The Boys

      Matthew Novak
     The Boys

A short story about a twelve year old and his evening with a gang of troubled boys. Set in the 1920's.A special warrior angel who has spent the last ten years fighting a powerful demon obsessed with a young mortal woman gets ready to fight him again.'A Decade with Demons' includes talk of death, depression and spiritual wars. There is also mention of God, angels, demons and strong language. PG-13. One shot. Original short story.

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    Truckerson (The Missing Chapter)

      John F Griffiths
     Truckerson (The Missing Chapter)

A complete short story introducing my character, 'Truckerson'. If you like schoolboy humour, unbelievable plots or need cheering up generally, this is for you. Humour tinged with serious thought.In Parineeta I tried to depict the agony of a young girl who had to marry a man double of her age. Her problem was manifested as she could not tell the person whom he loves, till her death. Her sacrifice for her sons were also not appreciated, rather ridiculed and condemned by her own sons. She had to surrender her body to her husband against her will and then she had to submit her body to a heartless animal for money and physical needs. My ‘Parineeta’ is not based on any real characters living or dead. Association of my name to Parineeta is just to make the story more realistic. I am no way fit into the character as such. Therefore, if any reader finds some similarity in character of Parineeta, it is pure coincidence only.The life of Parineeta is full of un-contended life of a young girl who grew up to face all nonsense of life and one day she died without any ripple in the minds of those for whom she lived with agony of selling her body and soul whom she never loved.

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    Falling (Bits and Pieces, Book 1)

      Shirley Miranda
     Falling (Bits and Pieces, Book 1)

How would the course of your life change if someone new sat next to you?Meet Liz. She’s sixteen, the daughter of immigrant parents, doesn’t fit in at home and hides in plain sight in school. She’s an outsider until she’s rescued by an unlikely friendship that changes her life.How would the course of your life change if someone new sat next to you?Meet Liz. She’s sixteen, the daughter of immigrant parents, doesn’t fit in at home and hides in plain sight in school. She’s an outsider until she’s rescued by an unlikely friendship that changes her life.FALLING (first in the Bits and Pieces Series) is a coming of age friendship story about Liz that chronicles parts of her life during the fall of her junior year. She’s had a rough year and managed to get through it without anyone’s support, including her parents’. Her life changes when her physics teacher assigns new seats in class and Patrick, her new lab partner, befriends her. Unlike her past partners, Patrick challenges her to see the true meaning of teamwork and friendship. With him as her new best friend, she learns what friendship is really about and starts to find herself in the process.

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    That Dog, Young Jae

      Suilan Lee
     That Dog, Young Jae

Min Ho Jun is the heir to his father's business, but there are those who believe he can't take on the job. His father decides to prepare him for the position and he is suddenly faced with the daunting task of winning over a board of directors as well as working with a man he doesn't trust.Min Ho Jun He is the heir to Hanje Group. When the three friends he trusts leave Seoul for a year, he is left to face the daunting task of leading Hanje Group alone. His father orders his Chief Executive, Young Jae to help him adjust but they clash at every turn.Young Jae KimHe works for Hanje Group. His job is to make sure that Min Ho's father gets what he wants. Until he is ordered to work with Min Ho, the spoiled rich brat from hell. Love finds these two men in the most unexpected of ways. That Dog, Young Jae is about a journey of growing up,making choices and holding on to love.

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    Sure of You

      Armistead Maupin
     Sure of You

A fiercely ambitious TV talk show host finds she must choose between national stardom in New York and a husband and child in San Francisco. Caught in the middle is their longtime friend, a gay man whose own future is even more uncertain. Wistful and compassionate, yet subversively funny, Sure of You could only come from Armistead Maupin.

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    When All is Lost!

      Suzanne Readsmith
     When All is Lost!

When all is lost for one particular guy there is something he needs to do! His woman has gone and she is living the high life with ‘Mr Successful’ himself! He tries to take stock of his life! Someone ought to help him to pull himself together and help is at hand from a trusted source.For Henry, it's about avoiding a repeat of the desperate struggles he faced as a child. He does not want the mistakes of the past repeated, and his work as a mercenary is a means to this end, for the one thing he desires above all else.For Mary, it's about escaping the monotony of her work serving one of the wealthiest men in Amestraton. Regardless of what may come, she is determined to move away from the only life she has known, and onto the path that she has chosen.For both of them, the goal is simple enough: to build a better life together. However, the conflicting politics of the city - and the sudden arrival of a living legend - put everything they have worked for at risk. Regardless of outcome, the decisions they must make could very well change the future of the city they call home...

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    Balle Kumar's Universe Vol 1

      Sunil Wagh
     Balle Kumar's Universe Vol 1

Balle Kumar's Universe represents the eccentricity present in every human being.Thirteen-year-old Matt Barnes, while searching for his father, a scientist trapped in quantum foam, ventures onto the red planet. He and his faithful, though reluctant, companion, Sarah Sachs, stumble through a canyon maze and make a grisly discovery - perhaps a strange twist of evolution. Things go downhill from there. After all, Mars is a planet with an unbreathable atmosphere and hurricane-force winds where your blood might boil. The perfect place for a summer vacation, or a short disastrous adventure. Will they escape the maze, and will they stop arguing long enough to survive their next deadly encounter?

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    The Billiardist

      Rodney Cimburke
     The Billiardist

A writer practices billiards while trying to finish the stories of the characters in his head. Although his characters plague him, following him everywhere he goes, he can't seem to finish writing about them.The Star Trails Tetralogy, i.e. "Beyond the Hidden Sky;" "A Dark of Endless Days;" "A Psilent Place Below;" and "Refractions of Frozen Time," takes place in a fictitious universe which includes unfamiliar vocabulary, aliens races, and numerous planets. This compendium was compiled for readers who requested more detail, such as a glossary of terms as well as descriptions of the political structure, weather patterns, and Cyraria's indigenous race, the bnolar. Topical discussion guides at the chapter level are included as well for those who want to delve even deeper, including educators who could use the stories to stimulate interest in numerous scientific or sociological topics.

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    The Bitter End

      Les Rolt
     The Bitter End

A body has been washed up on the shore, and as he begins his journey to confirm whether it is that of his estranged father, Thomas reflects upon the misery that man brought into his life, and questions whether everyone would be better off if his father truly were dead. From indie story-teller Les Rolt comes a gripping tale exploring the scars that the past leave upon us.“When the phone rings at four in the morning you know it's not going to be good news.” A body has been washed up on the shore, and as he begins his journey to confirm whether it is that of his estranged father, Thomas reflects upon the misery that man brought into his life, and questions whether everyone would be better off if his father truly were dead. The debut short-story from indie story-teller Les Rolt is a gripping tale exploring the scars that the past leave upon us, and the grave consequences they may bring.

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    The Double

      Fyodor Dostoyevsky
     The Double

While his literary reputation rests mainly on such celebrated novels as *Crime and Punishment*, *The Brothers Karamazov*, and *The Idiot*, Dostoyevsky also wrote much superb short fiction. *The Double* is one of the finest of his shorter works. It appeared in 1846 (his second published work) and is by far the most significant of his early stories, not least for its successful, straight-faced treatment of a hallucinatory theme. In *The Double*, the protagonist, Golyadkin senior, is persecuted by his double, Golyadkin junior, who resembles him closely in almost every detail. The latter abuses the former with mounting scorn and brutality as the tale proceeds toward its frightening denouement. Characteristic Dostoyevskyan themes of helplessness, victimization, and scandal are beautifully handled here with an artistry that qualifies the story as a small masterpiece. Students of literature, admirers of Dostoyevsky, and general readers will all be delighted to have this classic work available in this inexpensive, high-quality edition.

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