BY THE AUTHOR OF The Big Orange Splot, The Neddiad, and  Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl Things Victor loves: pizza with anchovies, grape soda, B movies aired at midnight, the evening news. And with his parents off at a resort and his older sister shirking her babysitting duties, Victor has plenty of time to indulge himself and to try a few things he’s been curious about. Exploring the nearby city of Hogboro, he runs into a curious character known as the Chicken Man (a reference to his companion, an intelligent hen named Claudia who lives under his hat). The Chicken Man speaks brilliant nonsense, but he seems to be hip to the lizard musicians (real lizards, not men in lizard suits) who’ve begun appearing on Victor’s television after the broadcast of the late-late movie. Are the lizards from outer space? From “other space”? Together Victor and the Chicken Man, guided by the able Claudia, journey to the lizards’ floating island, a strange and fantastic place that operates with an inspired logic of its own.

Defying causality and breaking the timeline in the name of fandom.Step into author P.K. Hrezo's future and take a trip with the Butterman (Time) Travel Agency! In this fiction short, author Ashley Chappell targets her own dream trip into last decade to Fox Studios with the secret intent of breaking all the rules in order to fix the one event that left her with a life-long need for more from her favorite fandom.Written and published with the permission (and enthusiasm!) of P.K. Hrezo.

Sexy teleoperator Clarity Nice and her fashionably bohemian friend, Flower Parkwood, visit the Mexican area of Campeche to study native artifacts and ethnographic aspects of the Mayan culture in the small village of Miradorcito, only to find that this village of Mayan ancestry, its people and local traditions are under threat by an egyptologist who overtly wants ownership of the village land.Teleoperator Clarity Nice and her friend ethnographer Flower Parkwood, reach the decrepit and picturesque town of Miradorcito in the state of Campeche in Mexico. Brought to Campeche in a colorful guagua from a brief vacation in Cancun after exposing alcohol traffic in the British Virgin Islands (The Sugar Baby), Clarity becomes the assistant of Flower, using her 'permiso de arqueologia', an observation and archaeological dig permit granted by Flower's boss, egyptologist Akhris Zephairi. Zephairi's Alabastriah foundation is funded by the Museum of Cairo and a shady real estate developer from Belize, Levian Fahibian, who is looking for new areas to invest a pile of cash showing on the balance sheet of his company, Mangrove Barrier Resorts. Fahibian makes an offer to the elderly head of the village, Ms. Morales, to buy the land of her ancestors, in order to seek an obscure assortment of Mayan ruins buried under Miradorcito for decades and build where the village of Miradorcito is standing, a gambling resort similar to those found in Belize, and a Mayan historical village that will bring new tourist business to the area.

The Phantom of Pilberry Place (13,100 words)A fun, rather rude short story for kids around 10 plus. Schoolboy Sam Fisher has been pumping for years, but is unable to stop. Will Sam find answers at magical Pilberry Place, and will he ever win back his one true love Violet Elizabeth?The Phantom of Pilberry Place (13,100 words)A fun, rather rude short story for kids around 10 plus. Schoolboy Sam Fisher has been pumping for years, but is unable to stop. Doctors cannot end his rare problem, which makes finding a girlfriend impossible. One day naughty Uncle Peter finds an old diary hinting of a lost magical village named Pilberry Place, rumoured to be home of a mysterious phantom and his incredibly powerful pumps. Perhaps Sam will find answers there? Sam is drawn into the world of pumps further when meeting the friendly phantom who shares very surprising news! Will Sam finally learn to control his pumps better and will he ever win back his one true love Violet Elizabeth?

Being undead sucks. Literally.Just ask C. Thomas Flood. Waking up after a fantastic night unlike anything he's ever experienced, he discovers that his girlfriend, Jody, is a vampire. And surprise! Now he's one, too. For some couples, the whole biting-and-blood thing would have been a deal breaker. But Tommy and Jody are in love, and they vow to work through their issues.But word has it that the vampire who initially nibbled on Jody wasn't supposed to be recruiting. Even worse, Tommy's erstwhile turkey-bowling pals are out to get him, at the urging of a blue-dyed Las Vegas call girl named (duh) Blue. And that really sucks.

When I had fished my dinner, and drank the King of France’s health, to satisfy my mind that I bore him no spleen, but, on the contrary, high honour for the humanity of his temper, - I rose up an inch taller for the accommodation. - No - said I - the Bourbon is by no means a cruel race: they may be misled, like other people; but there is a mildness in their blood. As I acknowledged this, I felt a suffusion of a finer kind upon my cheek - more warm and friendly to man, than what Burgundy (at least of two livres a bottle, which was such as I had been drinking) could have produced.

Weihnachten: meist verbringen wir das Fest mit der Familie unter dem Tannenbaum, mit Kirchgang, Kerzen, zuviel Essen, und Gemuetlichkeit. ist das langweilig? Es geht auch anders: Ethel arbeitet in der Notaufnahme. Dies ist eine Kurzgeschichte ueber ein anderes, trotzdem weihnachtliches Fest.Das Fest der Liebe verbringt Ethel, die junge Krankenschwester, in diesem Jahr in der Notaufnahme. Sie unterhaelt sich mit Kollegen und hat eigentlich keine Lust zum Arbeiten- wer haette das auch? Dann aber, trotz Verletzungen, piepsenden Monitoren und Aufregung, kommt sie drei besonderen Patienten naeher: dem aelteren Herrn Ricken, der zu schwach ist, um sich selbst zu versorgen, Kerstin, die oft Schwierigkeiten hat, angemessen auf Probleme zu reagieren, und die huebsche Nina. Und alle von ihnen werden getroestet und gut behandelt: so gut es eben geht, mit gebrochenen Knochen und fern von zu Hause. Dies ist eine Kurzgeschichte ueber Ethel: wer mehr ueber sie lesen moechte, ueber Liebe im Krankenhaus, erste Arbeitstage, die Suche nach dem eigenen Platz und darueber, wie es eigentlich ist, in der Notaufnahme zu arbeiten: der kann sich "Neu in der Notaufnahme" herunterladen. Viel Spass beim Lesen!

A high school loser gets caught up in the latest craze known as FACE PUNCH, where a person can change someone’s life by punching them in the face! Now he’s determined to get the girl of his dreams and change his reputation, one knuckle sandwich at a time!Hodge Podge is a mix of poems and writings on various spiritual topics and movements in our time. There is a section on Fundies and poems about homelessness. There is a section on God's wise path of creation and on why we live in a messed up world. Deep insights echo throughout this Hodge Podge of thought.

When Esk, a young ogre-nymph-human, began his pilgrimage to the Good Magician Humfrey to rid himself of a seductive demoness, little did he know it would become a mission of mercy. A running river paradise and its harmless inhabitants were perishing in the wrathful wake of a greedy demon horde. Now it is up to Esk and his companions--a beautiful winged centaur named Chex and a brave burrower Called Volney--to search Xanth's treacherous reaches, gathering together a mind-boggling company of creatures to defend the precious Vale of the Vole.

Charles Hythloday observes the world from the comfortable confines of his family estate, and doesn’t much care for what he sees. At twenty-four, Charles aims to resurrect the lost lifestyle of the aristocratic country gentleman. But Charles’s cozy existence is about to face a serious shake-up. With the family fortune teetering in the balance, Charles must do something he swore he would never do: get a job. Booted into the mean streets of Dublin, he is as unprepared for real life. And it turns out that real life is a tad unprepared for Charles, as well.

Ropo is a Nigerian living in North Yorkshire; he has just been covered in toxic waste and become a super hero. Unfortunately for him he is a lizard and it has all come as rather a shock!Ropo is a Nigerian living in North Yorkshire; he has just been covered in toxic waste and become a super hero. Unfortunately for him he is a lizard and it has all come as rather a shock!In this comic short story hear about the birth of a new super hero, even though he is not quite sure exactly what that entails.The story was written to help promote National Short Story Week in a secondary school in England.

Canadian superspies Agent Diamond and Charming Guy are back! This time they are present at an Easter egg decorating fundraiser when a crime is committed. It's up to our intrepid duo, with help from a few fetishists, to save the day. Despite the title, this is a very chaste story.When Judge Rosswell Carew makes the gruesome discovery of two corpses on a river bank in the Missouri Ozarks, he's plunged into a storm of deadly secrets that threaten both him and his fiancee, Tina Parkmore. Unsatisfied with the way the authorities are conducting the investigation, Rosswell, who's always nurtured a secret desire to be a detective, teams up with an ex-con, Ollie Groton, to solve the case before the killer can murder again. Rosswell uncovers a maze of crimes so tangled that he must fight his way to a solution or die trying

Social science fiction with a sprinkling of humour. Gay to straight or straight to gay? Would you change your sexual orientation if you could? When the scientists gave a large dose of insulin to the mice in their food, a number of the mice began to engage in same-sex sexual activity.Social science fiction with a sprinkling of humour. Gay to straight or straight to gay? The story was that some scientists in Edinburgh had carried out experiments on mice. When the scientists gave a large dose of insulin to the mice in their food, a number of the mice began to engage in same-sex sexual activity. Would you change your sexual orientation if you could? How does sexuality and sexual orientation actually work? These are the questions facing a group of young people living in the North of England. Along the way, they confront issues of sexual role, family breakdown, social isolation and what's going on in John's fridge - you name it. "I find this story a fascinating read, as Mr Reed manages to give his characters a kind of complexity that feels real in many ways." -Hot Sauce Reviews“Despite its short length, Reed presents the reader with a complex, well-realized characters, and interesting questions to think about. It makes a statement about social activism, sexual identity, the role of the media, and the desperation some people feel to be accepted.” - David L. Felts, SFReader"A quick read that makes you laugh as much as it makes you think. " - A BookLikes reviewer"What an odd, short, minimalist thought piece. I enjoyed it." - A Goodreads Reviewer"I have never read a story quite like this. Often authors don't dive into touchy subjects like this one, but Michael Reed did an excellent job!" - A Goodreads Reviewer"This book brought a lot of questions to mind." - A BookLikes reviewer

Book of Nonsense is a beautiful book that have been entertaining children for over a hundred years.

After Brexit Westminster was further rocked by news Scotland had voted to leave the UK.When a leaked email showed Scotland planned to overrun UK military bases and its oil platforms all hell breaks loose.Italian mobsters, a Swedish hitman and an ex-trapeze-artist-turned-assassin have all been hired to kill one man: Scotland’s new King, Gavin Brewson, (supposedly a descendent of Robert the Bruce). Following Brexit and then the election of Donald Trump, Scotland breaks away from the UK and crowns an English council parking official ‘King of Scotland’. All hell breaks loose. Scotland’s First Minister wanted a stupid king, one she could boss around and control. Instead she gets a headstrong, idealistic monarch. When Gavin is secretly handed an ancient scroll that empowers him to overrule the politicians, he devises a plan to nationalise just about everything. With their careers potentially finished, should the new King be allowed to enact his new laws, Scotland’s First Minister and the UK Prime Minister hire assassins… with orders to kill the King. But instead of focusing on their target, the assassins get caught up in a jealous spat over which of them is the Number 1 hitman and who will get to assassinate the monarch. With the King about to take the short trip from Holyrood Palace to the Scottish Parliament Building, where the world’s media awaits his pronouncement, D.I Frank Guardo and a squad of armed police descend on Holyrood… only to find a body covered with a sheet in the courtyard. Are they too late…?