Reza finds the afterlife isn’t all he thought it was supposed to be. As he watches the world continue on without him, he discovers his longtime girlfriend had been cheating on him. Unfortunately he’s dead. Then an odd ally tells him there is a secret way back to the world of the living. Now Reza can get his revenge, that is, if he can pass three unusual tests.Reza finds the afterlife isn’t all he thought it was supposed to be. As he watches the world continue on without him, he discovers his longtime girlfriend had been cheating on him. Unfortunately he’s dead. Then an odd ally tells him there is a secret way back to the world of the living. Now Reza can get his revenge, that is, if he can pass three unusual tests.It's the third story I released to the public back in November of 2011. If you enjoy this story, check out my others. If you really loved it, look into my first novel, Void Star. Thank you so much for reading and supporting indie authors!-J.P. YagerOtterbored.com

Hilbert Space, a very special region of the universe, is a rather unique place. Inhabited by dozens of space faring civilizations and spanning hundreds of systems,it is home to thousands of stories worth telling. Tales included in this collection:"Too Bad for Business" "Global Warning" "Packet Loss" "Salvaging Rites"Hilbert SpaceHilbert Space, a very special region of the universe, is a rather unique place. Inhabited by dozens of space faring civilizations and spanning hundreds of systems,it is home to thousands of stories worth telling. While the laws of physics, which lead to the rest of space being quite dull and boring for the most part,are acknowledged here, Hilbert Space is known to find many workarounds, loopholes, and compromises that ensure that it is a dangerous, yet also extremely entertaining domain.Four Short StoriesThis book contains four tales that are all set in Hilbert Space.Too Bad for Business is the story of the two worst exterminators in the whole of Hilbert Space, who find an innovative way of dealing with robotic competition.Global Warning tells us how Professor Tinwin tries to save a planet, which is not really interested in being saved, using a technology he does not even remotely understand.Packet Loss is a big problem for all Transcannons, but when two engineers and a repair drone team up to solve it once and for all, they experience the fate of lost packets first hand.Salvaging Rites follows Captain Peppita as she meets crazy cultists, obsessed with salvaging, and ultimately finds out that centering your whole existence around a very old book might not be the best idea after all.

Once upon a time . . . nothing was as it seemed! What if Sleeping Beauty were actually a frog princess, doomed to be Weeping Beauty forever? What if the Three Chickens had to outwit Goldifox? What if Cinder-Elephant lost her glass plate slipper? Then you'd have this hilarious collection of twisted fairy tales from the master of the absurd, Gregory Maguire!

When a city commissioned a famous artist to create a masterpiece for their newly refurbished downtown, they only forgot one thing: to tell him when to stop. Now his greatest work is threatening to take over everywhere. It's a race against time and space and dimensions nobody even knew were there!This is the story of Joao, an uninspiring country boy who moves to a slum in the city with his drunken father and falls for amiable prostitute named Charity.All João ever wanted was to be of some use. All he ever wanted was to belong. And far away from the molesting lick of the sun, where his brothers and sisters toil upon the arid earth, in a dank café in the very worst part of town, and working as a barrista, João will himself, inside the sediment of a city, at the bottom of a ceramic cup.And a minister, a chef, and a whore, they will all taste him on their lips, long after he is gone.

A fantastic, new, whimsical tale from the mind of Dr. Devon Decova, The Circumstances Leading up to and Surrounding the Grunch’s Apparent Theft of Hanukkah reminds one of the childhood classics he read in his own house. A groundbreaking entry in the nonsensical poetry field, The Grunch is not to be ignored.A fantastic, new, whimsical tale from the mind of Dr. Devon Decova, The Circumstances Leading up to and Surrounding the Grunch’s Apparent Theft of Hanukkah reminds one of the childhood classics he read in his own house. A groundbreaking entry in the nonsensical poetry field, The Grunch is not to be ignored. Written in the vein of other famous children's authors that weren't really doctors, The Grunch will be sure to warm the hearts of you, and the whole family for years to come.Now includes an exclusive session with Dr. Decova's long time friend, Dr. Ural Wright.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume V. (of X.) By Marshall Pinckney Wilder

All is well at first, when Tina and her mom relocate to Templeton, Maine from California. School, work. That friendly, small town vibe. Everyone knows everyone. But Templeton has a history. A history that doesn't want to be discovered.A flash fiction for the 'not so faint hearted'. After dark when the moon is full......stay home.

When someone tries to kill her best friend's husband-to-be during the wedding ceremony, assistant hairdresser and bridesmaid Jenny Branch is in pursuit of the prime suspect, Kevin Stone, a sexy undercover agent who takes her on a wild ride filled with super spies, danger, and passion.

This is the story of the greatest love, ever.... J. J. Smith, Keeper of the Records for The Book of Records, is an ordinary man searching for the extraordinary. J.J. has clocked the world’s longest continuous kiss. He has verified the lengthiest single unbroken apple peel. He has tasted the world’s largest menu item. But J.J. has never witnessed great love. That is, until he comes to a tiny town in the American heartland. Here J.J. discovers a world record attempt like no other. Piece by piece, a farmer is eating a Boeing 747 to prove his love for a woman. But when J.J. unexpectedly falls in love with the same woman, a woman as outwardly cynical as he is, J.J. learns why records are made to be broken...and why the greatest wonders in life can never be measured. From the Paperback edition.

"Ted, Ted, come quickly, I think we did something bad!"..... So begins another day in the lives of best fur-friends, Teddy and Roo; Ted, who wants nothing more than to be a Good Dog, and Roo, who, despite the best of intentions, attracts trouble like dirt. For these two, life in suburbia is anything but dull. A short children's story that will resonate with anyone who's ever owned dogs!"Ted, Ted, come quickly, I think we did something bad!"..... And so begins another day in the lives of best fur-friends, Teddy and Roo; Ted, who wants nothing more than to be a Good Dog, and Roo, who, despite the best of intentions, attracts trouble like dirt. Whether it's tyranical tortoises, midnight soirees under the stars or death-defying leaps from cars, for these two, life in suburbia is anything but dull. A short children's story that will resonate with anyone who's ever owned dogs.

Bartender Rob Loughran noticed that most of the jokes he heard at work were about women. So he wrote them all down and published them in "THE OFFICIAL "I HATE WOMEN" JOKEBOOKHis wife and five daughters think he's an idiot.Bartender Rob Loughran noticed that most of the jokes he heard at work were about women. So he wrote them all down and published them in "THE OFFICIAL "I HATE WOMEN" JOKEBOOKHis wife and five daughters think he's an idiot for telling jokes like:What’s the best thing to do when you see your wife staggering around on your front lawn?Shoot her again.Why do women rub their eyes when they wake up in the morning?Because they don’t have any balls to scratch.A man walks into a bar and orders a Tanqueray Sapphire martini. He slams it down, looks in his shirt pocket and orders another. He repeats this five times, then asks for the tab. The bartender totals it up and says, “Why do you examine the contents of your pocket after each drink?”“I have a picture of my wife in there. When she starts looking good I go home and fuck her.”Did you hear about the new morning after birth control pill for men?It alters their blood type.An old man walks into a bar and the barkeep says, “What’s new?”The old guy says, “I think my wife died.”“You think?”“Yeah. The sex is the same but the dishes are piling up.”Why are there 7.2 million abused women in the United States of America?Because they never shut the fuck up.What’s the main difference between a blonde cheerleader and a bowling ball?You can only fit three fingers in a bowling ball.“Please deliver the moped,” said Ron to the salesman, “with a note that says, Happy Birthday from your Husband.”“A little surprise for the wife?” asked the clerk.“Hell yes, she’s expecting a Mercedes.”Why don’t they let women swim in the ocean?They can’t get the smell out of the fish.

All Jason wants is someone to watch the kids until his wife gets home. The new nanny--her protective instincts honed with canine genes--seems the perfect solution. But the honing is more than Jason can handle, and he's about to lose his family to a new Alpha.What makes a monster? Big Teeth? Huge Claws? Unfortunately for Jason he gets both when we becomes a lycan, the original werewolves. Not monsters that howl at the moon just people living in fear. Humanity has become exceedingly good at hunting them down and with the tensions with the new werewolves, shape shifters at an all time high things look bleak. Only an Umbrian may be strong enough to fight back, to reunite the two races but they have long gone, the last a child lost is their only saviour, a child that may just have been found.I would like to add that this is just rough writing and a couple of error may appear and any feedback would be really appreciated

(Short Story.) Finnegan o'Flannagan (Finn) is an out-of-luck musician in the tiny town of Kilkee. The last thing he knows is how to race a horse; but this is exactly what he is requested to do, by his pretty and forceful young friend, the Lady Millen. Who can deny her?A bit of slapstick to entertain you on a rainy day...On the Friday after Thanksgiving Day in 1963 a young man finds a wallet containing over three hundred dollars laying on the ground in front of a drug store. The drug store is giving away a beautiful toy train set as a Christmas promotion. The boy could buy several of the trains with the money in this wallet but he decides to try to return the wallet to its owner. The events that ensue will have major affects on the lives of many.

The Wordy Shipmates is New York Times best-selling author Sarah Vowell's exploration of the Puritans and their journey to America to become the people of John Winthrop's "city upon a hill"—a shining example, a "city that cannot be hid." To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but Vowell investigates what that means—and what it should mean. What was this great political enterprise all about? Who were these people who are considered the philosophical, spiritual, and moral ancestors of our nation? What Vowell discovers is something far different from what their uptight shoe-buckles-and-corn reputation might suggest. The people she finds are highly literate, deeply principled, and surprisingly feisty. Their story is filled with pamphlet feuds, witty courtroom dramas, and bloody vengeance. Along the way she asks: Was Massachusetts Bay Colony governor John Winthrop a communitarian, Christlike Christian, or conformity's tyrannical enforcer? Yes! Was Rhode Island's architect Roger Williams America's founding freak or the father of the First Amendment? Same difference. What does it take to get that jezebel Anne Hutchinson to shut up? A hatchet. What was the Puritans' pet name for the Pope? The Great Whore of Babylon. Sarah Vowell's special brand of armchair history makes the bizarre and esoteric fascinatingly relevant and fun. She takes us from the modern-day reenactment of an Indian massacre to the Mohegan Sun casino, from old-timey Puritan poetry, where "righteousness" is rhymed with "wilderness," to a Mayflower-themed waterslide. Throughout The Wordy Shipmates is rich in historical fact, humorous insight, and social commentary by one of America's most celebrated voices. Thou shalt enjoy it.

Twelve Adventures at Sea From the Author of THE MONKEY'S PAW -- W.W. Jacobs is mostly remembered nowadays as the author of "The Monkey's Paw"; some folks recall that he also wrote other weird fiction. But the truth is that he was quite a versatile author -- Short Cruises isn't his only volume of sea fiction; and he wrote others as well. Included in this volume are "The Changeling," "Mixed Relations," "His Lordship," "Alf's Dream," "A Distant Relative," "The Test 83," "In the Family," "A Love-Knot," "Her Uncle," "The Dreamer," "Angels' Visits," and "A Circular Tour." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.