Golden Vengeance

Golden Vengeance

Terry Compton

Science Fiction

Lucky Dawson knew that he should have just kept on riding. How could a little conversation, a meal and a card game lead to a hanging. His hanging to be exact. In 1875, Montanans didn't like card cheats but he wasn't one. He was just, well, lucky. The other players didn't think so and that started the ordeal.‘Lost Lucy’ is a story for the 4 to 7 year old child that tells about a careless girl who is very forgetful. She forgets to do things which are dangerous. She forgets to do things which are unhygienic. She forgets to do things which are inconsiderate. She forgets to do things which are rude and impolite.One day when Lucy arrives home from school, she takes her dog Patch for a walk. While walking, she starts daydreaming and finishes up lost. Then she finds a police station goes in and discovers that she has also forgotten her address and her name.Read about how Lucy finds her name and where she lives again with the help of a gentle policeman. Also read about some of the important things that one should do and not do, if ever one gets lost. The story raises some of the issues concerning ‘Stranger Danger,’ along with other helpful tips.This story was transmitted by the Bradford Radio for Schools on four or five occasions during 2000 and 2005.William Forde
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Lost Lucy

Lost Lucy

William Forde

Psychology / Music

‘Lost Lucy’ is a story for the 4 to 7 year old that tells about a careless girl who is very forgetful. She forgets to do things which are dangerous. She forgets to do things which are unhygienic. She forgets to do things which are inconsiderate. She forgets to do things which are rude and impolite. One day she gets lost and forgets her name and address. Stranger danger issue also dealt with.‘Lost Lucy’ is a story for the 4 to 7 year old child that tells about a careless girl who is very forgetful. She forgets to do things which are dangerous. She forgets to do things which are unhygienic. She forgets to do things which are inconsiderate. She forgets to do things which are rude and impolite.One day when Lucy arrives home from school, she takes her dog Patch for a walk. While walking, she starts daydreaming and finishes up lost. Then she finds a police station goes in and discovers that she has also forgotten her address and her name.Read about how Lucy finds her name and where she lives again with the help of a gentle policeman. Also read about some of the important things that one should do and not do, if ever one gets lost. The story raises some of the issues concerning ‘Stranger Danger,’ along with other helpful tips.This story was transmitted by the Bradford Radio for Schools on four or five occasions during 2000 and 2005.William Forde
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Iris

Iris

Norman Crane

Fantasy / Science Fiction / Horror

Iris is a post-apocalyptic tale about a pre-apocalyptic love. You have until 2025 to read. Then the world ends.If you can read this do not hit F5.Listen to me. The next decade is going to be an exciting and hopeful time. You'll witness the birth of the eighth billion human on Earth and live through the revelation of Kurt Schwaller's theory of everything. It's important you enjoy it, because in 2025 everything will change. I know. I lived through it. My friend Bakshi likes to say we're locked into a single future. Iris used to say that no one can take away the past. I wish I knew what you looked like. I wish I knew then what I do now. But if Bakshi's right, at least you'll be prepared. You still have time. Between now and March 27, 2025, they'll try to tell you that a hundred different things are the most important. They'll be wrong. Live, love and imagine. And, if you happen to meet Iris, go ahead ask and her about the theory. She'll blow your mind too.Hit F5.Hit F5.Hit F5.
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Unbreakable Bonds Part 1: Introduction to

Unbreakable Bonds Part 1: Introduction to

MJ Sparks

Chick Lit / Ebooks / Romance

When eighteen year old Torian Brooks left her small town to join the Air Force, she'd only hoped to escape the dark shadowing clouds of her mother’s damning prophecy and her father’s criminal legacy. On her journey, she found herself aligned with three other girls, Kimberly Christie, Raquel Richard, and Sabrena Benton, all fresh winged themselves navigating the same blue skies. As their journeyUnbreakable Bonds: The Introduction to the Sisters. Four ladies, four perspectives, loads of drama all intertwine and take you on an excursion filled with drama. This introduction details their journeys towards military service. Get to know the women before the suited up in camo. And get ready to one click and root for them in the full length story that follows this one void of cliffhangers, and simply a beginning, a middle, and a beautiful ending.
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The NAFTA Blueprint

The NAFTA Blueprint

Rodrigo Garcia

Romance

Michael Ray Korsakov’s journalism career had become stagnant, until he stumbled across a story that lead to his incarceration. When Michael begins investigating an illegal immigration conflict in Edinburg, Texas, he is thrust into a perpetual world of superhighways, monopoly, conspiracy, and murder.Michael Ray Korsakov’s journalism career had become stagnant, until he stumbled across a story that lead to his incarceration. When Michael begins investigating an illegal immigration conflict in Edinburg, Texas, he is thrust into a perpetual world of superhighways, monopoly, conspiracy, and murder. It also spurs Michael into a torrid love interest with the founder of a watchdog organization that monitors the superhighway system, Helena Stratos, a social activist and contract attorney with a sordid past who’s bent on exposing the NAFTA blueprint. While Michael and Helena begin uncovering a massive monopoly involving private and public organizations, whistleblower Jay Jacobs is found dead in his suburban home in the outskirts of Austin. Michael and Helena race to uncover the perpetrators behind the plot in a story that takes them across the United States, Mexico, and Canada. In the process they are aided by an x-CIA agent who happened to be a close friend of the deceased Jay Jacobs, who has his own motives to expose the monopoly. But his help comes with a price tag, what will Michael and Helena have to do in return?
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Tempus Non Fugit (Time Does Not Fly)

Tempus Non Fugit (Time Does Not Fly)

Alex Drinkwater, Jr.

Fiction / Science Fiction

If you could have an injection that would make you age much slower and live much longer, would you do it? Would you have everybody do it? Are you sure? Read this story, and you may be surprised at the potential consequences!A legion of demons and imps overrun the city of Trebridge. But Gillen, leader of the four gargoyle guardians, has more problems than the invading demons. One of his squad plots to usurp his command. With St. Edmund's church--the sanctuary that guards the only known portal from the demon world into city-- scheduled for destruction to make way for high-rise condos, Gillen must decide whom to fight. The demons or his rival.Dare he ask the angel commanders for reinforcements and prove his incompetence? A short story set in the world of Andor and the inspiration for the book, There Be Demons, to be published by The Grumpy Dragon in 2014. If you enjoy this free story, please review it. Even a couple of sentences will do. Thanx.
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Night for the Gargoyles

Night for the Gargoyles

M. K. Theodoratus

Fantasy / Young Adult / Paranormal

Who to fight? The Demons overrunning the city or Orvil, the rival lusting for his position.The four gargoyles guarding Trebridge are outnumbered. Gillen, their leader, is caught between fighting Demons and the schemes of Orvil to replace him. He tries patience with Orvil and asks the angels for reinforcements. Will help come in time?If you liked this story, please review it. Thank you.A legion of demons and imps overrun the city of Trebridge. But Gillen, leader of the four gargoyle guardians, has more problems than the invading demons. One of his squad plots to usurp his command. With St. Edmund's church--the sanctuary that guards the only known portal from the demon world into city-- scheduled for destruction to make way for high-rise condos, Gillen must decide whom to fight. The demons or his rival.Dare he ask the angel commanders for reinforcements and prove his incompetence? A short story set in the world of Andor and the inspiration for the book, There Be Demons, to be published by The Grumpy Dragon in 2014. If you enjoy this free story, please review it. Even a couple of sentences will do. Thanx.
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The Last Letter

The Last Letter

Jeffrey Miska

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Social Sciences / Science

Marie is a college student living in Laval Quebec. An unexpected tragedy brings her to a turning point in her love life. Little did she know that the voice of a young girl sharing her name and her pain, would give her the answer she was looking for.Medb hErenn serves Seidhloch the Moneylender of Ulthar as the steward of his business interests in the Dreamlands, because she owes him a debt. Though she serves him faithfully and honestly, she does not like being beholden to him, so when the Cats of Ulthar offer her a large reward to retrieve their most sacred artifact, stolen from the Temple of the Great Ones, she accepts without hesitation.It seems a simple enough task, but it has been taken to the onyx city of Inganok in the far north, where cats are forbidden to go. On top of that, who or whatever took the artifact seems to be after more than financial gain, despite its priceless value, because upon reaching the city it has vanished without a trace. Then Leng Men appear, old enemies from previous adventures. Are they somehow involved, or will they prove to be a red herring?Medb and her companions must find the artifact, not just for the reward, but also before it can be used to release an evil that could threaten the whole of the Dreamlands. But how can one find a needle in a haystack?
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The Lions of Inganok

The Lions of Inganok

Kevin L. O'Brien

Kevin L. O'Brien

Medb hErenn is commissioned by the Cats of Ulthar to retrieve their most sacred artifact, stolen from the Temple of the Great Ones and spirited away to the onyx city of Inganok, which cats are forbidden to visit by ancient decree. Seemingly a simple enough task, but she soon discovers that the force that had the idol stolen is after more than mere financial gain. This is a short story.Medb hErenn serves Seidhloch the Moneylender of Ulthar as the steward of his business interests in the Dreamlands, because she owes him a debt. Though she serves him faithfully and honestly, she does not like being beholden to him, so when the Cats of Ulthar offer her a large reward to retrieve their most sacred artifact, stolen from the Temple of the Great Ones, she accepts without hesitation.It seems a simple enough task, but it has been taken to the onyx city of Inganok in the far north, where cats are forbidden to go. On top of that, who or whatever took the artifact seems to be after more than financial gain, despite its priceless value, because upon reaching the city it has vanished without a trace. Then Leng Men appear, old enemies from previous adventures. Are they somehow involved, or will they prove to be a red herring?Medb and her companions must find the artifact, not just for the reward, but also before it can be used to release an evil that could threaten the whole of the Dreamlands. But how can one find a needle in a haystack?
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Crawlspace

Crawlspace

Evans Light

Horror / Suspense / Literature & Fiction

Fooling around on your wife can be hazardous to your health. Jusk ask Tom. He's juggling a frustrated wife, a secret new girlfriend, and the unpleasant task of trying to keep his deteriorating farmhouse from falling down around him.Now with his wife out of town for the week, Tom is eager to get with his beautiful new lover - but first there's something he has to finish up...in the CRAWLSPACE.CRAWLSPACE is a selection from SCREAMSCAPES: TALES OF TERROR, by Evans Light.Fooling around on your wife can be hazardous to your health. Jusk ask Tom. He's a man with a lot to juggle: a frustrated wife, a secret new girlfriend, and the unpleasant task of trying to keep his deteriorating vintage farmhouse from falling down around him.Now with his wife out of town for the week, Tom is eager to get busy under the covers with his beautiful new lover - but first there's something he has to finish up...in the CRAWLSPACE.
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Adam The Office Ninja

Adam The Office Ninja

Mike White

Mike White

Adam is the world's only (self declared)Office Ninja-skilled with the ancient art of Ninjutsu, and also using 6 copying machines concurrently. Can Graham, the manager from the office temp agency Office Lenders, teach Adam the Noble Way of the Office Temp, and more importantly- keep Adam from ruining his career?Graham, local manager from Office Lenders, has a problem that most Office Temp managers don't have to deal with at all. One of his workers thinks, in all sincerity, that he is a ninja. See, most people don't get reports on their desk from clients complaining of being hit with paper throwing-stars. They also don't hear that someone is breaking dress code at their job- not by wearing a Hawaiian shirt, but by wearing a black mask and frightening old ladies at a flower shop. But that's OK, Graham will make Adam into an ideal office worker,even if he has to trick him into it. After all, its what a ninja would do.
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Soap Opera Uncensored: Issue 16

Soap Opera Uncensored: Issue 16

Nelson Branco

Nelson Branco

Weekly summary of soap opera's hottest news, stories, humour, gossip, blind items, top stars/stories/couples/characters to watch, snark galore, review, and analysis.INSIDE — Exclusive: 2012 EMMY AWARD PRE-NOM BALLOT! Who submitted herself twice? Plus: Shocking Lead and Supporting Actress Submissions! ONLY IN UNCENSORED! Valentine’s Day Special! Y&R’s Colin and Jill Reunited: Exclusive Interviews With Jess Walton and Tristan Rogers! Plus: Is Jess Leaving Y&R? Also: Rogers on His GH Comeback, Kimberly McCullough’s Exit, Ethan’s Paternity, Prospect Park, A Possible Y&R Return, and Cartini’s GH! Source: Did ABC kill a Multi-Million Dollar Syndication Deal For ONE LIFE? GH’s Carolyn Hennesy: “I’m back on COUGAR TOWN!” B&B: Ratings Champ! Crystal Chappell’s Exclusive VENICE Preview! B&B’s Jack Wagner Out! Is He GH-Bound? DAYS Shocker: John and Hope Married! GH’s Jason Dying? Part Two: Kim Zimmer Sounds Off On Life Post-GL and ONE LIFE! Plus: Last Week's Reviews, Unbelievable Blind Items, and Next Week's Cheat Sheet!
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A Ghost of Fire

A Ghost of Fire

Sam Whittaker

Horror

What if you had no job? What if you had no friends? What if those...were the least of your worries?Steve Nicholas finds out just what might be worse when he discovers malevolent spirits haunting him.Steve Nicholas wasn't looking for drama. He was just looking for a job. But when he lands a position as a janitor at a respectable data processing company, strange things begin to happen. There's the smell of smoke and the echoes of childlike laughter. But these inexplicable things may only be the beginning of something much more menacing.He soon begins to have increasngly terrifying nightmares and to experience ghostly encounters while awake. It wan't be long until Steve finds himself caught between warring supernatural forces.If he isn't careful he might get burned...or worse.
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Revival (Prologue)

Revival (Prologue)

Trynda Adair

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Paranormal / Historical Fiction

Join a mother and daughter as they travel through the post-apocalyptic world; putting their relationship to the test in their search for a place in this strange new world."We interrupt this broadcast to report an incoming attack. Seek shelter immedi-ately. Stay away from all -" Sirens began to wail making me want to cover my ears. "Quickly, into the shelter," my grandma whispered. My mother picked me up in her arms and rushed to the basement. Over my mother's shoulder I could see the horizon growing brighter and brighter with every passing second. "Mommy, why is the sky turning white?" My mother did not turn to look, she turned and ran.
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