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Killing the Giants - 0.99

2012-02-10T12:55:00.000-08:00

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"Fascinating look into the dark side of Secret Societies. This book reminds us why we root for the little guy. 4.5 Stars!" - The Kindle Book Review

"Move over Dan Brown!" - Kendra Dalton (Avid reader)

ABOUT KILLING THE GIANTS:
From the author of REUNION, an Amazon #1 bestselling ghost story.

Do you remember the 2010 Gulf oil spill?

After a series of deadly explosions at two oil facilities, the ATF sends Sarah Perkins to investigate in this Dan Brown style chase from Louisiana to Canada to New York City. What Sarah finds is anything but accidental. When the witnesses are murdered and the evidence corrupted, she discovers that Caesar, a secret society from her past is at the helm and they're more sinister than ever!

Killing the Giants is NOT like Mr. Bennington's supernatural thrillers. This book is geared toward those who crave conspiracy theories, secret societies and historical backdrops to modern corruption. Killing The Giants has plenty of action, a variety of interesting and disturbing characters, but with more historical and theoretical content than his other works.

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Blood Money - 0.99

2012-02-10T12:54:00.000-08:00

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Nick Ceratto, a young, cracker jack litigator looking for a partnership in the prestigious Philadelphia law firm of Maglio, Silvio, and Levin discovers his firm's dark seceret for increasing it's bottom line while preparing a medical malpractice case for trial.The partners are setting up major cases by seriously injuring and even murdering their clients to produce huge jury awards. When the firm discovers he knows, Nick's only hope is to stay one step ahead of the hitman long enough to intentionally lose his case and expose the firm's corruption. As his mission careens towards an explosive climax, the only question left, is whose lives will be sacrificed along the way.

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Build A Man - 0.99

2012-02-10T12:53:00.000-08:00

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Slave to the rich and the rude, cosmetic surgery receptionist Serenity Holland longs for the day she's a high-flying tabloid reporter. When she meets Jeremy Ritchie -- the hang-dog man determined to be Britain's Most Eligible Bachelor by making himself over from head to toe and everything in between -- Serenity knows she's got a story no editor could resist.

With London's biggest tabloid on board and her very own column tracking Jeremy's progress from dud to dude, Serenity is determined to be a success. But when Jeremy's surgery goes drastically wrong and she's ordered to cover all the car-crash goriness, Serenity must decide how far she really will go for her dream job.

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The ways of love - 0.00

2012-02-07T18:21:00.000-08:00

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The young girl Kenya was growing up in Kenya, Africa. Her parents worked as doctors in a hospital there. In a tragic accident and suddenly Kenya loses her parents. Now Kenya stands with only 20-years suddenly alone and without money in the middle of Africa. Friends of the parents care so that Kenya can go to distant relatives of her mother. When an uncle of her mother in England, the wealthy Earl of Carrington, Kenya is now working as a governess. She falls in love. Are there chances for the love ? Or Kenya remains the poor governess?

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Connect - 0.99

2012-02-07T18:20:00.000-08:00

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Building bridges of meaning through symbols — such as flags, status, and nationality — is as much about alienating as connecting. But the Virtual Bridge Sri plans to build could reconnect the lost hopes of a dying civilization.

"Connect" is a complete short story excerpted from the anthology EXTINCT DOESN'T MEAN FOREVER.

- 6800 words
- about 27 pages

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Kill Log: Vigilante - 0.00

2012-02-04T13:16:00.000-08:00

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Welcome to the game; a sport so dangerous and morally questionable that it must remain a secret for those who have the courage to join. Run on the deep recesses of the internet, the game is highly illegal and extremely deadly. The rules are simple: kill or be killed; just don’t get caught. The players are anonymous; the victims chosen seemingly at random. And every move is logged for the audience to track. The game is the ultimate sport of urban warfare. This story was collected from one of the various Kill Logs of those who played and died.

A man sets out to kill someone he doesn't even know. He is tasked with finding a serial rapist hiding amongst the other lowlife scum living in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He must track down and kill his target before time runs out. He is the vigilante.

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Celtic Storms - 0.00

2012-02-04T13:15:00.000-08:00

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Darina O'Malley watched the sun set in the bay from the great tower in O'Malley castle - saying a silent prayer for her cousin Kyra and hoping the message that was delivered to the MacCahan's did not spell sudden doom for her and her people. If what her Uncle Ruarc had told her was true, she was to be married to a stranger in less than five days and her world would turn upside down.

The realization that her clan held secrets which could destroy them forever chilled her blood. Who was this son of a Laird she was betrothed to and how would he react when he learned the truth?

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Outsourced - 0.00

2012-02-04T13:13:00.000-08:00

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The Undead return in this short dark satire that ties together global warming, unemployment and zombies.

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Quick History Story 1 - 2/3/12

2012-02-03T07:29:00.002-08:00

Feb 3, 1924:

Woodrow Wilson dies

Woodrow Wilson the 28th president of the United States, dies in Washington, D.C., at the age of 67.

In 1912, Governor Wilson of New Jersey was elected president in a landslide Democratic victory over Republican incumbent William Howard Taft and Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt. The focal point of President Wilson's first term in office was the outbreak of World War I and his efforts to find a peaceful end to the conflict while maintaining U.S. neutrality. In 1916, he was narrowly reelected president at the end of a close race against Charles Evans Hughes, his Republican challenger.

In 1917, the renewal of German submarine warfare against neutral American ships, and the "Zimmerman Note," which revealed a secret alliance proposal by Germany to Mexico, forced Wilson to push for America's entry into the war.

At the war's end, President Wilson traveled to France, where he headed the American delegation to the peace conference seeking an official end to the conflict. At Versailles, Wilson was the only Allied leader who foresaw the future difficulty that might arise from forcing punitive peace terms on an economically ruined Germany. He also successfully advocated the creation of the League of Nations as a means of maintaining peace in the postwar world. In November 1920, President Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts at Versailles.

In the autumn of 1919, while campaigning in the United States to win approval for the Treaty of Versailles and League of Nations, Wilson suffered a severe stroke that paralyzed his left side and caused significant brain damage. This illness likely contributed to Wilson's uncharacteristic failure to reach a compromise with the American opponents to the European agreements, and in November the U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or the League of Nations.

During his last year in office, there is evidence that Wilson's second wife, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, may have served as acting president for the debilitated and bed-ridden president who often communicated through her. In March 1921, Wilson's term expired, and he retired with his wife to Washington, D.C., where he lived until his death on February 3, 1924. Two days later, he was buried in Washington's National Cathedral, the first president to be laid to rest in the nation's capital.

Poem of the Day - 2/3

2012-02-03T07:29:00.001-08:00

The Airy World

You've begun to breathe, brimming your lungs
with my small sea: practice
for the true thing, the first tug

of air into your slick, cresting body.
Even now, you might survive
if pushed from the deep.

With each false breath, you are drifting closer
to the airy world, this place where we'll touch
but forever be parted, and parting.

Quote of the Day - 2/3

2012-02-03T07:28:00.000-08:00

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.
- William Shakespeare

Restless Heart - 0.00

2012-02-03T07:26:00.000-08:00

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Selena Crawford struggles to keep her Bed and Breakfast afloat while caring for her younger brother and sister since their parents were killed in a train crash. Her life is very full, but lonely.
Derek Channing has always believed life was an adventure, but lately has been dissatisfied and looking for change. When his Corvette breaks down in Heritage, Colorado, he takes a room at Selena’s B&B, and ends up finding the biggest adventure of his life.

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He wished he could see the house clearly, but the welcoming light from the porch and the storm kept it in the shadows. Snow that now felt like sleet blew into his nose causing it to burn while the wind stung his eyes, blinding him. The high wind had whipped the drifted snow into mini-fortresses, blocking his pathway. He spied a small open area and worked his way through it to the porch steps.

To keep from falling, Derek started up the stairs, he skidded, lost his footing on the step and grabbed the railing. He stifled the curse that rose to his lips. Now if I can just get to the door. Carefully he inched his way to the porch, which protected the front door from the weather.
The dim light coming from inside the house seemed like a beacon pointing to refuge and comfort. Derek removed his glove and knocked on the beveled glass door. He tried to remain calm, but it wasn’t working. It had been a long time since he had been this frustrated.

When no one answered his knock, he spied a doorbell and pressed it. He waited for what seemed like an eternity, shivering in his still-wet clothes. He needed to get inside and dry off. Maybe he should have changed clothes at George’s garage, but he had been in a hurry to get to shelter, a warm bed, and some hot food. Finally, a shadowed figure approached. Slowly the front door opened, revealing a woman with long auburn hair spilling down her shoulders, her face pale in the soft light of a hurricane lamp. Because of George’s age-he looked like he might be in his seventies-Derek had been expecting a short, gray-haired lady to come shuffling to the door. Boy was he wrong.

Although her floor-length green robe hid her shape, she was tall, delicate, and stunning. Her friendly smile caused something inside him to tremble.

A soft, husky voice spoke. ”You must be Derek.”

Her eyes roved over his damp clothes and dress boots, useless in this storm.
“George Harmon called to say I’d be coming.”

“Yes, he did.” She opened the door wider. “Please, come in. I’m Selena.” She reached to shake his hand.

Heat met with cold. The warmth of personal contact had his hand lingering a moment too long. Speechless, he let go as if a small current of electricity passed between them. Startled by reactions flashing through him, he carefully colored his voice. “Thanks for taking me in so late.”
In the hallway, the scent of flowers filled the air. Her eyes were green like a country meadow. His mouth dried.

“Come in by the fire.” She walked across the living room, switching on additional lights.
“Let me leave my boots here.” Derek reached down to pull off his boots with stiff fingers that would not cooperate. Finally, kicking his feet free, he dragged his shivering body over toward the flames. “Ahhh, heat,” he moaned.

“Let me hang up your jacket.”

Selena tried to help him get his jacket off since his hands were so stiff. All he could hear was the rasp of his zipper unlocking, then came the pop of snaps being pulled apart. The noise suggested an intimacy it was far too soon to consider………

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The Money Stones - 0.00

2012-02-03T07:25:00.000-08:00

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Will diamonds and the millions they promise prove too strong a temptation for those involved in this exciting and fast-paced thriller?

Masterly plotting produces a terrifying climax to an adventure made unusual by its background.

Wheeling and dealing in London's money market is big business for Michael Townsend and Rupert Hallsworth but are the risks they have to take worth the gamble of their own lives...?

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The Red Reef - 0.00

2012-02-03T07:24:00.002-08:00

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Inspired by the classic adventure stories that appeared in such pulp magazines as ARGOSY and ADVENTURE, "The Red Reef" features the colorful glamour and the gritty danger of the South Seas as a guilt-ridden ship's captain gets a last chance at redemption. Written by bestselling novelist James Reasoner (the RANCHO DIABLO and WIND RIVER series, as well as cult classic novels TEXAS WIND and DUST DEVILS), this 4300-word short story first appeared in the final issue of the legendary webzine HARDLUCK STORIES and is now available again!

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Amazon Sale Items Blog - Monthly Price: $0.99

2012-02-03T07:24:00.001-08:00

Editorial Reviews

We provide you links to things that are on sale on Amazon. The list of items are books, clothes, food, shoes, and much more. Buy items from links. This blog will be updated three times a week..

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Quote of the Day - 2/2

2012-02-02T11:18:00.001-08:00

Before Buddha or Jesus spoke, the nightingale sang, and long after the words of Jesus and Buddha are gone into oblivion, the nightingale still will sing. Because it is neither preaching nor commanding nor urging. It is just singing.
- D. H. Lawrence

FRAMED - 0.00

2012-02-02T11:16:00.000-08:00

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When a hostage situation at a small Midwest bank results in no suspects, two Des Moines police officers learn that things are never what they appear to be when all the evidence points to one suspect… until it points to another.

Thirty-two people have been held hostage at the Midland Savings and Loan, and $1.2 million is missing, but when the police take the building, there are no robbers, only hostages. On their first case together, Officers Riley and Weathers feel confident they have their man until everything comes crashing down around them. Quickly recovering from their mistakes, they start to put together the pieces of a complicated plot perpetrated by the robber to frame himself. But can they convince the prosecutor, the judge, and the jury that they have it right this time? Can they even convince each other?

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Sudden Death - 0.00

2012-02-01T17:11:00.000-08:00

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Sudden Death is a murder mystery set amongst glamourous young aristocrats in London. Friends of Prince William and Kate Middleton have gathered for a weekend shooting party on a magnificent country estate in the English countryside to celebrate their engagement with them. All members of the prince’s inner circle from university, they are young and fashionable and in the prime of their exciting lives in London—until one of them ends up dead.

Lady Madison Abbott and her former love, Duncan Rand, race to solve the crime as all of them come under suspicion—and possible threat—of murder. The plot of Sudden Death takes its readers on a thrilling journey from the countryside to the chic private clubs of London. It allows a privileged glimpse of the exclusive world of Prince William, Kate Middleton and their “glossy posse,” while disentangling high- level business intrigue and underlying liaisons within the group.

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Bangkok Burn - A Thriller - 0.00

2012-02-01T17:10:00.000-08:00

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Take a walk on the darkside.

Orphaned as a child and raised as the only son of a Thai mafia godfather, Chance plans to quit the family business for the woman he loves.

Chance’s father is the godfather of Pak Nam and owner of the largest crocodile farm on earth. He didn’t get to where he is without knowing a thing or two about people, including how long it takes for a crocodile to digest one. Before Chance can quit, his father asks him to “take care of a little something for me.” Then a bomb goes off.

Waking up in hospital later that night, his father in a coma next door, Chance’s troubles have only just begun. There are three guys dressed in black down the corridor and they aren’t carrying flowers. Worse, Uncle Mike isn’t answering his phone, and a guy with a lisp is asking for a hundred million dollars in a week or “I’ll kill him, sthlowly.”

While figuring out who is trying to put the family permanently out of business, where to get a hundred million, and who’s got Uncle Mike, in the midst of a Bangkok gone crazy with factional fighting, quitting the family business takes a backseat to survival.

Survival begins with dying. And dying is the easy part.

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Man Hunt - 0.00

2012-02-01T15:37:00.000-08:00

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Lara has been invited to be chief bridesmaid (or maid of honour) to her irritating, size zero, bridezilla cousin, Janine. She is determined to lose weight and get a decent man in time for the wedding.

'Highly entertaining!' Irish Independent.

Marisa is the number one bestelling author of 'Mr Right for the Night' and 'Mile High Guy'.

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Flesheaters and Bloodsuckers Anonymous - 0.00

2012-02-01T15:36:00.000-08:00

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A vampire in a world where creatures of the night are second-class citizens is forced to enter rehab therapy to spy on its founder. These creatures are actually Infecteds, people unfortunate enough to catch a life-changing virus called, Abeos.

Infecteds are mysteriously disappearing after graduation from a group therapy program designed to help them heal. Unable to figure out where these unwanteds have gone, the government enlists the aid of a supremely unlucky vampire named, Harold, to join the group and spy on its founder. As he navigates his way through a maze of nightmares, Harold learns about a black market world of gambling, blood brokering and corporate experimentation.

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Highway Girl - 0.00

2012-02-01T15:35:00.000-08:00

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A Couple on the brink of divorce discover a dead body.

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Lighthouse - 0.00

2012-02-01T15:33:00.000-08:00

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Fast-paced page-turning character-driven mystery crime-drama with a hint of the supernatural, Lighthouse follows the trail of five kids who stumble upon a lighthouse situated in the middle of nowhere 500 miles from the sea, built by an eccentric old man to hide an impossibly large quartz crystal he unearthed there. The children reconnect as adults when three pieces of an ancient Japanese sword handle start to appear and one man's quest to obtain all three of them results in violence, mystery and mayhem.

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Quote of the Day - 1/31

2012-01-31T13:55:00.001-08:00

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
- Aldous Huxley

Sin: Flip and catch - 0.99

2012-01-31T13:54:00.000-08:00

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What would you do? Could you kill a killer? Does the death of one appease the deaths of a hundred? What about that hundred against a thousand?

What if you had no choice?

Meet Sin. No, not that sort of sin, but Sin, crazy as a loon (you ask Sister Moon), and proud of it. Sin locks himself away in a mental home and, every so often, gets violent. That’s only so they’ll give him those nice drugs, though. The ones that help him forget.

It’s a pity they don’t work.

Sin, you see, has a serious problem. Well, it’s not so much his problem, as ours – yours, mine and everyone else’s. People die around him. He doesn't like it and he can't help it. But someone else knows, and he has to stop them... and himself...

Flip and catch...

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The Memory Bouquet - 0.99

2012-01-31T13:52:00.000-08:00

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The Memory Bouquet is a trio of short stories featuring the Franklin sisters: Risa, Ginger & Georgia.

In Separate Ways, after Ginger crosses paths with her first love, she discovers just how much she regrets now belonging to someone else.

In Heartbreak Time, eldest sister Risa is coming to terms with the fact that her life is falling apart, and it's happening right before for her daughter's wedding.

In Pieces of April, Georgia—a famous singer who hasn't been home in nearly twenty-five years—reminisces about two critical events from her teenage years that changed her life forever.

The Memory Bouquet is approximately 15,000 words (56 pages) and is an introduction to The Lonely Hearts Club.

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The Lock Keeper - 0.00

2012-01-28T13:43:00.000-08:00

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Short Story (4,400 words) Fantasy

Stories claim that when the Englaed Isles were first formed, it was because of countless wars between two brothers fighting for control of the Crown. Once one land mass, now separated, the islands are home to surviors of the last war, their current king, and an elemental-user known as Wick.

As an Ember Mage, Wick decends from a great race of Guardians. To become one himself, he must find a secret worth guarding with his life. When an ocean-exploring girl tells him of such, Wick has no choice but to choose the life he thought he was ready for in order to save the Isles and its people.

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The Horror of Porthallow and Other Stories - 0.00

2012-01-28T13:42:00.000-08:00

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THE HORROR OF PORTHALLOW opens in late eighteenth century England. A citizen is pressed into the naval service and slotted on an ill fated ship. It encounters a malevolent, seaborne entity that slowly creeps into the vessel, causing mayhem. His story is told to the doubting townsfolk of Porthallow, who finally believe.

RUINCRAFT pits heroic moon explorers at odds with a malevolent being, who uses their bodies to reanimate himself!

THE PHOTOSPHERE LEGACY demonstrates the destructive power that mankind can unleash, as a science experiment goes terribly wrong.

POST WAR shows the aftermath of the Martian invasion, heralding in a new world war, with surprising results.

THE HEADS OF CRAYTON is a science gone awry story with a twist, that deposits our long dead main characters on the planet Mercury.

THE WATCHDOGS OF ERITITUS finds the odd Erititus creating lethal beasts that have a penchant for human meat.

THE PYRAMIDS OF HADES shows that we don't yet understand all the strange beings that live on (or under) our planet.

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The Detective One - 0.00

2012-01-28T13:41:00.000-08:00

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Arthur and the rest are cooped up in the cowboy/detective dimension. Mr. White-not-Black has been murdered and they must find the culprit. Yes it is supposed to be funny.

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Blood Curse - 0.00

2012-01-28T13:40:00.000-08:00

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THE FEAR.
Blood Curse.

Delia is dead.

All Lindsay, her nineteen-year-old niece, has to go on, in order to determine how, and why she succumbed, are a trunk-full of old papers and her diary, which she discovers in a hidden corner of the attic in her aunt's house.

From her journal, it is clear that Delia, was a talented spunky girl, with a glittering future ahead of her. The ingredients for success were readily available, all Delia had to do, was decide on the quantities of each, to blend into the mix. Evil, however, was hovering on Delia's horizon, a malevolence founded on obsessional jealousy, and wicked hatred.

Linsay is given a window to watch Delia, bravely, attempt to understand, and evade her fate, all-the-while, being unaware of the intensity of the ancient magic, which has been focused on her.

Can Lindsay, untangle herself from her family's secret, or will its meaning disrupt her destiny, and shadow her world with a sinister psychic haunting.

A whirlwind tale of action, love, adventure, and malicious unnerving terror.

How horrifying might it be to discover you have been granted a truly unnatural gift.

The Fear, a spine-chilling thriller, written for Young Adults.

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Quick History Story 2 - 1/27/12

2012-01-27T09:33:00.000-08:00

Jan 27, 1978:

The so-called Dracula killer

On this day in 1978, Richard Chase, who becomes known as the "Dracula Killer," murders Evelyn Miroth and Daniel Meredith, as well as Miroth's 6-year-old son and another woman, in Sacramento, California. Chase sexually assaulted Miroth with a knife before killing her and mutilating her body. He removed some of the organs of the body and filled them with blood before taking them with him. Meredith was found shot in the head.

The previous year, the 28-year-old Chase had been found in a field, naked and covered in cow's blood. His behavior did not come as a complete surprise to those who knew him. As a child, he had been known to kill animals, drinking the blood of a bird on one occasion. He had been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for most of his life. A year prior to the killings, Chase was released because his psychiatrist found that Chase had a handle on his problems.

Upon his arrest, police found that Chase's home was filled with human blood. It was found in the blender and in the sinks, suggesting that Chase had been drinking it for some time.

In 1979, Chase went to trial and his attorney argued that he was insane. However, a jury found that he was sane, convicted him of six counts of first-degree murder and sentenced him to death. Chase killed himself in his cell at San Quentin on December 26,1980.

Quick History Story 1 - 1/27/12

2012-01-27T09:32:00.000-08:00

Jan 27, 1888:

National Geographic Society founded

On January 27, 1888, the National Geographic Society is founded in Washington, D.C., for "the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge."

The 33 men who originally met and formed the National Geographic Society were a diverse group of geographers, explorers, teachers, lawyers, cartographers, military officers and financiers. All shared an interest in scientific and geographical knowledge, as well as an opinion that in a time of discovery, invention, change and mass communication, Americans were becoming more curious about the world around them. With this in mind, the men drafted a constitution and elected as the Society's president a lawyer and philanthropist named Gardiner Greene Hubbard. Neither a scientist nor a geographer, Hubbard represented the Society's desire to reach out to the layman.

Nine months after its inception, the Society published its first issue of National Geographic magazine. Readership did not grow, however, until Gilbert H. Grosvenor took over as editor in 1899. In only a few years, Grosvenor boosted circulation from 1,000 to 2 million by discarding the magazine's format of short, overly technical articles for articles of general interest accompanied by photographs. National Geographic quickly became known for its stunning and pioneering photography, being the first to print natural-color photos of sky, sea and the North and South Poles.

The Society used its revenues from the magazine to sponsor expeditions and research projects that furthered humanity's understanding of natural phenomena. In this role, the National Geographic Society has been instrumental in making possible some of the great achievements in exploration and science. To date, it has given out more than 1,400 grants, funding that helped Robert Peary journey to the North Pole, Richard Byrd fly over the South Pole, Jacques Cousteau delve into the sea and Jane Goodall observe wild chimpanzees, among many other projects.

Today, the National Geographic Society is one of the world's largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions. National Geographic continues to sell as a glossy monthly, with a circulation of around 9 million. The Society also sees itself as a guardian of the planet's natural resources, and in this capacity, focuses on ways to broaden its reach and educate its readers about the unique relationship that humans have with the earth.

Quote of the Day - 1/27

2012-01-27T09:30:00.000-08:00

I have a very modulated way of dealing with my anger. I have always tried to understand the other person and invariably I've discovered that somebody who rubs you the wrong way has been rubbed the wrong way many times.
- Fred Rogers

Prisoner - 0.00

2012-01-27T09:28:00.002-08:00

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John Jerome Malda comes awake and sees his captor. The man's name is Corbin Conway, and John knows he is in trouble. Corbin and John have a unique relationship, having met in a small port-o-john in a parking lot at the Meadowlands. When they had first met, John had been on the holding side of a handgun. Now it was Corbin who had a handgun, and now it is John's turn to discover just how stable (or unstable) Corbin Conway really is. Trapped on a boat somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, John Jerome Malda finds out.

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Picture of Truth - 0.00

2012-01-27T09:28:00.001-08:00

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Debra and her husband, Earl, struggle with infertility in their marriage. When Debra buys an old painting of a woman from a garage sale, she starts to imagine that the painting is trying to tell her something. As her insecurities grow, their marriage is threatened, and always the woman in the painting seems to suggest to her something.

By the time Debra realizes that something is trapped in the painting--something that wants to destroy her marriage--it may be too late.

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Under the Broken Tree - 0.99

2012-01-26T16:33:00.000-08:00

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A young woman's search for self-identity.
A plane crash changes a little girl's life forever. A chain of events brings her full circle to re-discover who she is & along the way she finds unexpected love.

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On the Spectral Line: Stories of the Dead - 0.00

2012-01-25T15:54:00.000-08:00

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On the Spectral Line contains four chilling tales of the dead that will make your spine tingle!

Excerpts from two of the stories -

MUSIC FOR THE DEAD –
An intoxicating smell of burning leaves filled the night air. We walked across the road and down the street; the bar drifted away. We talked about music, and it seemed that I had know Jean all my life.

There was a schoolyard up ahead and we laughed like children as we ran toward it. We played on the swings and slides. Under the clear cool moon Jean spun the merry-go-round and jumped on.

"Come on!" she yelled.

But I didn't move.

The merry-go-round spun faster and faster until I could no longer see her at all, until I could only hear her laughter. It was a sound that took on a malignancy as it echoed into the trees. And for a single moment, I was terrified.

From ON THE SPECTRAL LINE -
Danny was not the kind of person to be afraid, but he was afraid now. He had lost a sense of time and felt trapped in a place that wouldn't be easy to leave, at least not tonight, and this crazy old man wanted him gone.

"How long have you been here?"

The old man didn't answer. His sunken face laughed in what looked almost like a convulsion. “Have I welcomed you in boy?” he asked in contradiction. “HAVE I?”

Welcomed? Danny shook his head.

The old man moved back into the shadows and from his outline now he seemed thin and frail; his wicked face was gone. An instant later, he filtered like smoke through the crack in the wall.

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Water Golems - 0.00

2012-01-25T15:51:00.000-08:00

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Two fantastic fantasy stories for the price of one.

Water Golems…is a glimpse inside a magical world that also happens to be our world, right here, right now. Roger and Ned are two wizard brothers who were smuggled away from the magical world of Pandemone decades earlier. Their father thought they were safe, but the evil wizard Krage has found a way to Earth. Knowing that danger could arrive at any time, the men debate letting a hundred magical Water Golems escape into the Cold Atlantic waters of Old Orchard Beach Maine. About 2,100 words.

Also included…

The Blue Porkasis…is a story about three imps who are trying to escape the magical land of Pandemone. In a wild scheme, one of the three is dressed up as a rare blue Porkasis, which is a race of talking, flying pigs. You’ll chuckle as their hilarious escape attempt unfolds. About 850 words.

Both stories are based in the “Zachary Pill” universe. Here’s what people are saying about the novel “Zachary Pill, The Dragon at Station End”…

Patrick Jones: “This book is really FANTASTIC and it's written with such a unique writing style.”

A.J. Grady, author of “Proof of God: An Ontological Adventure”: “It's seldom you see fantasy written with such verve and panache.”

Edwin Stark, author of “Echo Station One,” “Cuentos,” and other novels: “…this book is greatly recommended... and it will get you more bang to your book at any price.”

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Life Quotes: 129 Greatest Thoughts About Life from Famous People - 0.00

2012-01-25T15:50:00.000-08:00

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In “Life Quotes: 129 Greatest Thoughts About Life from Famous People," you will find some of the most powerful words ever spoken about life and the mysteries of it.

From 600 B.C. to the 21st century, these words and thoughts will provoke, challenge and stimulate you like nothing else. Each of these 129 "masterpieces" have been carefully hand-picked from well-known and recognized celebrities, world leaders, scholars and writers.

In this latest book from the Life Quotes collection, you'll learn:

---What TV host Oprah Winfrey says is life's biggest adventure...

---What motivational guru Brian Tracy believes is the most important thing you can control in life...

---Why Winston Churchill insists it's a GOOD thing if you have enemies...

---What writer Kurt Vonnegut says was compelling proof for his belief in the existence of a higher power...

---Why author Dale Carnegie tells you it isn't what you have, who you are or what you are that is important in life...

But that is merely the tip of "quotes iceberg" as you' ll discover 124 more memorable quotes...words of wisdom that will bring a surge of positive energy to your head and heart no matter what challenges you may be facing.

This book is an ideal present for young and old and everyone in between...particularly if you're looking for the kind of thoughts you want to start your day with and keep you headed in a positive direction.

You want more meaning and fulfillment in life? You've just found the catalyst with "129 Great Quotes About Life from Famous People" from quotes guru and best-selling author Christine J. Collins.

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Timpani the Ostrich Rancher - 0.00

2012-01-24T13:35:00.000-08:00

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The thrilling tale of love, war, and the search for freedom in another Africa. Led by a gentlemen aviator and financed by his lover, the respectable citizens of the Kingdom of Kenya decide to take a preemptive approach to threats against the London Confederation by liberating Reichland Africa . Meanwhile, a lowly rose-quartz man fights his own, more personal, battle.

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Nothing Else Matters - 0.00

2012-01-24T13:34:00.000-08:00

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When racism tears a school apart, can love put it back together?

As the senior star quarterback of Charleston Preparatory school in South Carolina, Scott Kincaid is poised for a spectacular professional career in sports. Though he and Reyna Lewis have been best friends for six years, between leading Charleston Prep to victory week after week, and seeking the approval of his tyrannical, racist mother, he doesn’t have time to develop anything more with her. But when his once perfect, healthy body is attacked by a debilitating disease, he reevaluates what is important in life. Just when he finally realizes he’s in love with his half black, half Puerto Rican best friend Reyna, a presidential election throws their small private school into racial turmoil. Now it’s up to Scott and Reyna to unify their school and their city. But it just might cost them their newfound relationship.

Formerly Titled La Cienega Just Smiled

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Evolution - 0.99

2012-01-23T15:26:00.000-08:00

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Against the backdrop of an apocalyptic, ideological war spanning the universe, a ship, a hunter and a thief take on a quest to end the war forever: the search for the Cascade emitter.

The odds are high, but then the ship is Orpal, the most intelligent ship ever to sail the solar seas. The hunter is the greatest in the Suh’traeti galaxy. His name is Kyle, and he is not alone. The thief is Cetee, beautiful and more deadly than anyone knows.

To win, they must learn to work together. To survive, they must be lucky, too, because their enemies are legion.

And the prize? To lead the universe to Evolution.

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Dead in the Trunk - 0.99

2012-01-23T15:25:00.000-08:00

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Vicious monkeys and cold-blooded killers. Ghouls, ghosts and vampire girls. Dead wives and dead husbands...and insanity throughout.

Dead in a Trunk. The collected short fiction of published author Craig Saunders.

Terrifying tales and so much more.

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Tales from the Green Book Three: Spider's Web - 0.99

2012-01-23T15:24:00.000-08:00

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The adventures continue in the largest tale yet! At last accepting his role as the bearer of the Sword of Oaks, the boy hero Alex Samuels has come far during his time in the Green. Will his growing powers be enough, though, when enemies abound...even among his so-called allies? As friends abandon his side and foes plot his destruction, all will find themselves drawn into the Spider's Web...

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"For Love Nor Money" - 0.00

2012-01-21T07:28:00.000-08:00

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"FOR LOVE NOR MONEY" - a 90-minute feature film SCREENPLAY in easy-to-read book format

"The African Queen" meets "Coming Home" and "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner"

Mrs. Adams is on a secret mission. And it will not make Bernard Simms' day.

A day trip while vacationing on a sleepy Caribbean island for an American tourist, Madge Adams (40), turns into a nightmare ordeal in the South American jungle when the fishing boat she rented is hijacked by narco-terrorists. She discovers she has some unexpected emotional bonds with the boat's owner, a dyspeptic Gulf War vet who is convinced he's a washed-up loser, and is forced by cruel fate to relive his worst traumas one more time.

Intense, action-packed, character-driven drama which just doesn't let up until they both discover the very emotive truth about their shared past, life after forty, and the long arm of the law. And even then there's more.

A man. A woman. An old boat. And $5 million.
Nothing will ever be the same again.
And they don't want it to be.

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Dying Wishes - 0.00

2012-01-21T07:27:00.000-08:00

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Featuring SAS troopers, Russian mobsters and beautiful but vulnerable women, Dying Wishes takes us from the mountains of Afghanistan to the mean streets of London. Tom must forgo his grief to fulfil his best friends dying wish, to re-unite his family. With devastating news of his own and no clue where to start he returns to Britain, determined not to fail what could be his final mission.

Saffron is a smart, beautiful woman who has made the worst mistake of her Life, Vitaly. He is a sociopath and murderer, as well as a cunning charmer, who allows no one to escape his vice like grip. She may have managed to run but can she stay safe? With his seemingly trusted henchman Yuri, hot on her heels, she will have to move heaven and earth to survive, with her own safety no longer her main concern.

Whilst meeting up with old friends and making new surprising connections, Tom searches for Saffron using contacts from the world of espionage and skills better suited to dealing with terrorists. He is prepared to go to any lengths to protect her, even as low as his hated enemies if need be.

This adventure takes Tom into the dark underbelly of London’s Soho, into the midst of a world inhabited by Russian and Chinese gangsters, prostitutes and drug dealers. A world where he must negotiate the unknown hazards, whilst his physical prowess diminishes rapidly. Tom is not alone, Ricky, his new sidekick, will prove as surprising as he is helpful in more ways than one.

This is an all-out helter-skelter ride, where personal safety becomes irrelevant in the bid to grant more than just one man’s Dying Wish.

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The Caribbean Rescue - 0.00

2012-01-21T07:26:00.000-08:00

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Short story about a tourist forced to orchestrate an ocean rescue while vacationing in the Caribbean.

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Strangers of the Undead - 0.00

2012-01-21T07:25:00.000-08:00

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Jessica and Katelyn Adkins are on a mission to get revenge on the company that killed their parents; a company that has been doing experiments on people for years, a company that bought its own private island only to test the virus that they created. A island that Jessica and Katelyn lived on all of their lives. It's been five years since the Wave Corporation captured and killed their parents. Jessica is a veteran with the S.E.R.S (Special Evaluation Reserve Squad) and her sister was new to them this was their final mission and Jessica and Katelyn were determined to find the man who masterminded the capture of their parents only to find that there was something else going on inside her own team, something she never suspected, that only leads to more questions that happened to her parents.

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Maid for the Billionaire - 0.00

2012-01-21T07:23:00.000-08:00

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Book 1: Maid for the Billionaire

Dominic Corisi knew instantly that Abigail Dartley was just the distraction he was looking for, especially since having her took a bit more persuading than he was used to. So when business forces him to fly to China, he decides to take her with him, but on his terms. No promises. No complications. Just sex.

Abby has always been the responsible one. She doesn’t believe in taking risks; especially when it comes to men - until she meets Dominic. He’s both infuriating and intoxicating, a heady combination. Their trip to China revives a long forgotten side of Abby, but also reveals a threat to bring down Dominic’s company. With no time to explain her actions, Abby must either influence the outcome of his latest venture and save his company or accept her role as his mistress and leave his fate to chance. Does she love him enough to risk losing him for good?

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Intimate Strangers - 0.00

2012-01-21T07:22:00.001-08:00

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School teacher and advocate of abused children Hannah Cassidy invades a private retreat in the N. Nevada wilderness. Ignoring posted No Trespassing signs and the property's angry owner, she dismisses his threats and demands that he reveal her missing brother's location.

Nicholas Benteen, ex-mercenary and former CIA covert operative, assumes she is yet another adversary intent on exacting lethal revenge for his past deeds.

He will fight to the death to protect the sanctuary he has created for himself and those from his past he has vowed to safeguard. Even as Hannah penetrates Nicholas’s isolation and melts the ice that encases his weary heart, she is seduced by the sensual, battle scarred veteran and the dark secrets of his past.

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AT RISK - 0.00

2012-01-21T07:20:00.000-08:00

oth horse lovers and crime fans who've never stepped into a stirrup will relish Ehrman's riveting debut, set on a Maryland horse farm. When his successful surgeon father disowns him after he drops out of college, 21-year-old Stephen Cline takes a job as barn manager of Foxdale Farm, which specializes in the training and boarding of thoroughbred jumpers. In the middle of a late February night, Steve visits the stable to medicate a sick horse only to stumble on a horse theft in progress. Haunted by the events of that night after barely escaping from being kidnapped and murdered, Steve resolves to track down the perpetrators before they find him. In spite of the warnings of state police detective James Ralston, he continues his search to unravel what becomes a suspenseful mystery, but not before he puts himself in grave peril. The cold, wet Maryland spring vividly turns to summer amid the smells of horses, hay and sawdust as the plot gallops forward. As a former groom, veterinary assistant and barn manager, Ehrman treads Dick Francis territory with a sure foot. From Steve's girl-crazy friend, Marty, to the motherly farm manager, Mrs. Hill, to the ruthless villains who leave more than one body in their wake, she has created a memorable cast. The sensitively drawn relationship between Steve and the alluring Rachel, a boarder at Foxdale, is one of the novel's highlights. With his youthful zeal and perseverance, Steve Cline makes a captivating hero and sleuth, one readers will be eager to see again.

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Night of the Assassin - 0.00

2012-01-21T07:19:00.000-08:00

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Night of the Assassin is the gritty, edge-of-your seat prequel to King of Swords. A no-holds-barred, breakneck-paced thriller, Night of the Assassin charts the early years of El Rey - the King of Swords - a super-assassin responsible for some of the world's most spectacular and daring executions.

Framed against the backdrop of present-day Mexico's brutal narco-trafficking violence, Night of the Assassin chronicles the making of a monster - a cold-blooded, ruthless killing machine. Raw, disturbing, edgy and unflinching, this epic saga defies convention to create a roller-coaster of intrigue, suspense and thrills that will leave even the most jaded thriller aficionados gasping for breath.

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Quick History Story 2 - 1/20/12

2012-01-20T11:19:00.000-08:00

Jan 20, 1961:

Robert Frost reads at JFK's inauguration

On this day, 87-year-old Robert Frost recited his poem "The Gift Outright" at the inauguration of President John F. Kennedy. Although Frost had written a new poem for the occasion, titled "Dedication," faint ink in his typewriter made the words difficult to read, so he recited "The Gift Outright" from memory.

Frost was born in California in 1874, the son of a journalist who died when Frost was 11. Frost's mother brought him to Massachusetts, where he graduated as co-valedictorian of his high school class. He attended Dartmouth and Harvard but didn't complete a degree at either school. Three years after high school, her married his fellow high school valedictorian, Elinor White.

Frost tried unsuccessfully to run a New England farm, and the family, which soon included four children, struggled with poverty for two decades. Increasingly depressed, Frost moved his family to England to make a fresh start in 1912. There, he published a poetry collection called A Boy's Will in 1913, which won praise from English critics and helped him win a U.S. publishing contract for his second book, North of Boston (1914). The American public took a liking to the 40-year-old Frost, who returned to the United States when World War I broke out and bought another farm in New Hampshire. He continued to publish books, and taught and lectured at Amherst, University of Michigan, Harvard, and Dartmouth. He endured personal tragedy when a son committed suicide and a daughter had a mental breakdown. While Frost never graduated from a university, he had collected 44 honorary degrees before he died in 1963.

Quick History Story 1 - 1/20/12

2012-01-20T11:17:00.000-08:00

Jan 20, 1981:

Iran Hostage Crisis ends

Minutes after Ronald Reagan's inauguration as the 40th president of the United States, the 52 U.S. captives held at the U.S. embassy in Teheran, Iran, are released, ending the 444-day Iran Hostage Crisis.

On November 4, 1979, the crisis began when militant Iranian students, outraged that the U.S. government had allowed the ousted shah of Iran to travel to New York City for medical treatment, seized the U.S. embassy in Teheran. The Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran's political and religious leader, took over the hostage situation, refusing all appeals to release the hostages, even after the U.N. Security Council demanded an end to the crisis in an unanimous vote. However, two weeks after the storming of the embassy, the Ayatollah began to release all non-U.S. captives, and all female and minority Americans, citing these groups as among the people oppressed by the government of the United States. The remaining 52 captives remained at the mercy of the Ayatollah for the next 14 months.

President Jimmy Carter was unable to diplomatically resolve the crisis, and on April 24, 1980, he ordered a disastrous rescue mission in which eight U.S. military personnel were killed and no hostages rescued. Three months later, the former shah died of cancer in Egypt, but the crisis continued. In November 1980, Carter lost the presidential election to Republican Ronald Reagan. Soon after, with the assistance of Algerian intermediaries, successful negotiations began between the United States and Iran. On the day of Reagan's inauguration, the United States freed almost $8 billion in frozen Iranian assets, and the hostages were released after 444 days. The next day, Jimmy Carter flew to West Germany to greet the Americans on their way home.

Ana Martin - 0.99

2012-01-20T11:16:00.000-08:00

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On the eve of revolution...
a young woman fights for land, liberty,
and the man she loves.

A stranger appears on Ana Martin's Galveston doorstep, summoned by her father before his untimely death. Eduardo Guerra Peña remains by her side to settle an indebted estate that has left Ana penniless. When Ana boards a train bound for her uncle's vast hacienda, Eduardo is there to see her safely to her new home in the stark desert landscape of northern Mexico.

Eduardo's passionate ideals set him at odds with the corrupt Mexican government as his writings fuel a revolution and draw Ana closer. But it is Carlos Barragan, the dashing rodeo trick rider and freedom fighter, who touches her soul, setting Ana Martin on a journey that will test her strength and forge her destiny.

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Betsy's Breadbox - 0.00

2012-01-20T11:15:00.000-08:00

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Betsy just wants to find her loaf of bread. The Potters are coming over for dinner. Where did it go and where did the bloody knife come from?

This is a flash fiction story of 1,239 words.

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Confusing the Seasons - 0.99

2012-01-20T11:13:00.000-08:00

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In the immense solitude of his home in Northern Maine, Einar William Coates can hear his wife in the creaks in the walls and the settling of the stairs. He can smell her in the kitchen, can feel her in the wind that sneaks in through the single-paned windows in his bedroom. Now that this retired potato farmer from Northern Maine is alone in his home, his wife almost seems as alive in Einar’s house as she did in her own body. And in the darkest of times following Sarah Gamble Coates’s death, Einar understands no one really dies when they are dead. They simply move on to something else. In Sarah’s case, she moved on into the house—and into her husband.
But Einar also knows there can be no substitute for a wife, no moving on from one’s love. He knows that loneliness and despair, the two devils that come hand in hand, cannot be appeased by memories left in creaking wood or the smell of pillows.

When his two sons, Robert and Jason, pit themselves against each other in a brutal struggle of blood and family, Einar knows Sarah would have been better prepared to handle it. He knows he can only offer his stunted yet ultimately wise advice with the understanding that he cannot teach love to his sons, but instead can only hope to cultivate it when it develops in them. After all, they are no longer the young, rough-and-tumble boys they used to be. Instead, they are grown men facing the imperfections they bred in each other over the years.

A story about regaining hope, remembering love, and sacrificing everything in that pursuit, Confusing the Seasons follows the Coates men on a winter bound to guide them toward self-discovery—or self-destruction.

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Horror Blog - Monthly Price: $0.99

2012-01-18T16:52:00.001-08:00

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Two horror stories posted to your Kindle weekly allowing you to read them instantly.

Links to free and 99 cent books.

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Stonebridge Manor - 0.00

2012-01-18T16:45:00.000-08:00

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Lady Baldwin is beautiful, desirable, conniving, nasty, yet sometimes kind and very thoughtful. Loved and hated in equal measure, it's anyone's guess as to who would ultimately kill her. As a part of the English Aristocracy, she is very rich, surrounded by servants, and totally outrageous.
Told by a real English Butler with a certain degree of true English humor, this murder story will give you an insight into life in a wealthy, country mansion.

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The Boddy in the Snowbank - 0.00

2012-01-18T16:43:00.000-08:00

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“The Clue characters are locked in a winter lodge. Mr. Boddy is found dead in a snowdrift with no visible signs of trauma. Who did it and how do you prove it using just the things in the lodge?”

This short - 1,600 word - story based around the whodunit game Cluedo/Clue was written as a guest post for the 7criminalminds blog in January 2011, based on the prompt above.

This is Mr. Boddy's faithful retainer, Blanche White's recollection of the events of the fatal night, as told to police detective Bruno Gray.

It's the Clue characters like you've never seen them before!

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The Enchanted Noose - 0.00

2012-01-18T16:42:00.000-08:00

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Janet Whetherall has an enchanted noose around her neck, a noose named Donald. It’s 1968 and the wild and windy cliffs of Cornwall, England have seen many strange characters over the centuries but none so peculiar and unpredictable as Donald Whetherall.

Tethered to Donald by marriage, Janet gives every drop of her being to support Donald’s artistic ambitions, but is rewarded by Donald’s flagrant infidelities. Janet blissfully ignores her husband’s dilly-dallying until he announces that a fellow artist, a woman with a murky past, will be moving into their crumbling mansion, Swindler’s Bluff. Janet, sensing Donald’s interest in the woman is more than artistic, flees the conjugal home, but finds life without her man is filled with peril. Chastened, she returns to Swindler’s Bluff where Donald and his lover soon plot to polish her off.

Three stone cottages lie close to Swindler’s Bluff. Edna and Tommy Thompson, octogenarians with a wild life between the sheets and a deep secret in their past lives, live in one of the houses. Another is occupied by Beatrice Beal, middle-aged and lonely, but with a fine nose for the affairs of others. The third cottage initially stands empty, but its owner, a former burglar, finally takes up residence as Archbishop of The Brothers of Bountiful Love, a religious sect with a penchant for robbing the local village shops and distributing the plunder to the poor.

These characters all have their own stories, but these tales entwine and finally lead to the bowels of Swindler’s Bluff, where Donald Whetherall stands poised with a quivering axe and a mind gone mad.

The Enchanted Noose is a 50,000-word parody, sometimes chilling, sometimes darkly humorous, but it’s a parody with a purpose, to play vulnerability and wickedness against one another, and to show how bravery glides among us in the least likely of forms.

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Armed and Gorgeous - 0.00

2012-01-18T16:40:00.000-08:00

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He packed the heat, she had the looks--and they were on the run from a psycho!

Special Agent Bryce Attewelle and a sultry stripper were on the run from a revenge-driven maniac. Could they stay alive long enough to keep him from tasting blood again?

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The Thin Line - 0.00

2012-01-18T16:38:00.000-08:00

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Bobby Harris has lost a lot. His leg to a shark was one thing, but when he lost his pregnant wife at the hands of a sick killer, he had to do something. As a Virginia Beach homicide detective, Bobby quickly realized the NC officers were dragging their feet. The time came to investigate, on the sly. Bound and fueled by love and anger the young man leaves the beach, heading for the thin line.
This multifaceted story takes you from Virginia Beach down the coast to Wilmington, NC and into the middle of North Carolina.
Fast-paced, filled with colorful characters, and 'edge-of-your-seat' reading.
The sequel featuring Bobby Harris is "Dawn's Death" set in Sandbridge, Virginia Beach.
Thank you for spending your time with my first of eight novels. Keep smilin'...

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Autumn Goodbye - 0.00

2012-01-18T06:49:00.000-08:00

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This book is about a women name Autumn a fashion designer who overcomes breast cancer.

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Whispers of Murder - 0.00

2012-01-18T06:48:00.000-08:00

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It was Isabelle Donnelly’s wedding day, a moment in time that should have been the happiest in her life…until it ended it murder.

Three women, three motives to kill:

--A jealous sister
--A company CFO
--A newfound friend

But which one is plotting against her? Which one wants her dead?

Think you know who did it? Think again.

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A Flicker of Light - 0.00

2012-01-17T13:42:00.000-08:00

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In 1935, the Nazi established a program called “The Lebensborn.” Their agenda, to genetically engineer perfect Aryan children. These children were to be the new master race, once the Nazi’s had cleared all undesirable elements out of Europe. Within a year the first institution was built.
When the German army invades Demark, a seventeen year old Petra Jorgenson finds she is smitten with, Hans, a young soldier. To her parent’s dismay, she becomes pregnant. With the help of her lover she decides to enter the home for the Lebensborn. The couple agrees that when he is released from serving his country they will marry, and raise the baby. While she is awaiting Hans’ return, she witnesses the horrors of the program. Then unexpectedly, tragedy strikes. And when Petra learns that without Hans she will never be allowed to take her child, she knows she must run. Alone, penniless, and terrified she must risk death to escape by climbing under the barbed wire in the dead of winter into the forests of Munich. There she will find extreme cruelty and unexpected heroes, but most of all she will learn that even in the darkest hour there is always “A Flicker Of Light.”

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Dagger Heart - 0.00

2012-01-17T13:41:00.000-08:00

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“Erica was a good girl – most of the time – and didn’t step on anyone’s toes – for the most part. But sometimes a girl like her just couldn’t help getting into trouble.”

Norway, 704 A.D.

The valiant King Ulfur defeated the evil that swept the seaside village of Nornör into despair; Morgan, the demon witch, has been dead for nearly twenty years. The truce between King Úlfur and the Queen of the Fae has remained intact since the day that Morgan’s dark curses vanished. It seemed that peace had finally come to the wounded souls of the village.

But this peace is shaken when three curses that Morgan promised with her dying breath are placed upon the Norwegian village: who among them has cast the spell?

Seventeen-year-old Erica finds herself trapped in the middle of a witch’s deadly revenge scheme with no way out but to fight for survival. On top of trying to end the curses devouring her village like a savage beast she finds herself at the center of attention when it comes to Viking King Úlfur’s three sons: Kriger, Paul, and Finn.

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Arrows of Justice - 0.00

2012-01-17T13:39:00.000-08:00

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...Sam could see blood running down over his belly. He looked at the man who stood motionless watching...

Small town attorney Traugg Woodruff is charged with a brutal murder shortly after being sued for 10 millions dollars. His quest to protect his family and livelihood take him from his small Idaho hometown on a global hunt for justice.

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Footpath to Freedom - 0.00

2012-01-16T07:01:00.000-08:00

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When we feel our world closing in around us. We need to find a way out. Discover the steps to find freedom that will touch every area of your life.

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Destined - 0.99

2012-01-16T06:59:00.000-08:00

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When Psyche receives a prophecy gone horribly wrong, she learns that even the most beautiful girl in Greece can have a hideous future. Her fate? Fall in love with the one creature even the gods fear.

As she feels herself slipping closer into the arms of the prophecy, Psyche must choose between the terrifyingly tender touch she feels almost powerless to resist and the one constant she's come to expect out of life: you cannot escape what is destined.

Destined is a fresh and heartachingly romantic retelling of the Cupid & Psyche myth from debut novelist, Jessie Harrell.

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Angelfall - 0.99

2012-01-16T06:58:00.000-08:00

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It's been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back.

Anything, including making a deal with an enemy angel.

Raffe is a warrior who lies broken and wingless on the street. After eons of fighting his own battles, he finds himself being rescued from a desperate situation by a half-starved teenage girl.

Traveling through a dark and twisted Northern California, they have only each other to rely on for survival. Together, they journey toward the angels' stronghold in San Francisco where she'll risk everything to rescue her sister and he'll put himself at the mercy of his greatest enemies for the chance to be made whole again.

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101 Crafty Gifts - Tips and Ideas - 0.00

2012-01-16T06:57:00.001-08:00

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101 Crafty Gifts is a collection of simple, beautiful gifts you can make!

Looking for that perfect gift to make for someone? This collection of over 100 projects has step-by-step instructions and pictures to get you going! Whether you're into knitting, sewing, food, or crafting, we've got something exciting for you. Check out the awesome assortment of projects from easy to advanced and get started on one today! All projects come from us are written by our creative authors. They contain pictures for each step so you can easily make these yourself.

We provide easy DIY tools with pictures to enable passionate, creative people like you to create your most innovative projects, recipes, skills, and ideas. We have projects covering all subjects, including crafts, art, electronics, kids, home improvement, pets, outdoors, reuse, bikes, cars, robotics, food, decorating, woodworking, costuming, games, and more. Check our books out today!

Table of Contents:
-Embossed Velvet Balsam Pine Sachets
-Fake Cupcakes!
-Hearts With A Mission
-Make a RECYCLED PAPER BEAD Bracelet!
-Homemade Earring Organizer
-Emery Pincushion - Keeps pins and needles sharp
-Sew Useful: Handy Dandy Bottlecap Pincushion
-Cargo Scarf: Free your hands, and your mind will follow!
-How to Sew Your Own Pajama Pants
-How to sew an adjustable chef's apron
-Sew Easy Purse - It's Reversible!
-Make Your Own Snuggie
-Sew Easy Purse - It's Reversible!
-No Sew Fleece Blanket
-And More......

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Alice in Deadland - 0.99

2012-01-13T13:11:00.000-08:00

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The sensational Amazon.com bestseller. #1 Science Fiction and Horror bestseller.

Civilization as we know it ended more than fifteen years ago, leaving as it's legacy barren wastelands called the Deadland and a new terror for the humans who survived- hordes of undead Biters.

Fifteen year-old Alice has spent her entire life in the Deadland, her education consisting of how best to use guns and knives in the ongoing war for survival against the Biters. One day, Alice spots a Biter disappearing into a hole in the ground and follows it, in search of fabled underground Biter bases.

What Alice discovers there propels her into an action-packed adventure that changes her life and that of all humans in the Deadland forever. An adventure where she learns the terrible conspiracy behind the ruin of humanity, the truth behind the origin of the Biters, and the prophecy the mysterious Biter Queen believes Alice is destined to fulfill.

A prophecy based on the charred remains of the last book in the Deadland- a book called Alice in Wonderland.

If you enjoy Alice in Deadland, also check out Zombiestan by Mainak Dhar for another action packed thriller with a unique twist on the zombie genre and Vimana the Amazon.com sci-fi bestseller by Mainak Dhar.

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Light Of Eidon - 0.00

2012-01-13T13:10:00.000-08:00

Review

"...an exciting allegorical fantasy ...Hancock's writing, often eerie and suspenseful, is rich in sights, smells and sounds." -- Christian Retailing

"...the future should be bright for this promising novelist." -- Publisher's Weekly

"TOP PICK-Four and a half stars." -- Romantic Times

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The Callahans - 0.00

2012-01-13T13:08:00.000-08:00

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Author's Note: The Callahans: The Complete Series, in five volumes, is available in one Kindle book at Amazon with a discount price below the five separate novels.

Vol. I - Destiny: Fleeing an abusive father and a hopeless life in Ireland in 1895, nineteen-year-old Tom Callahan takes passage on a ship bound for America. On board, he meets Katrina Hansen, a young Norwegian woman traveling to Utah. It's not a likely match. The brash Irishman is a Catholic, a brawler and a young man without prospects. Katrina is a refined young woman, yet naive in the ways of the world. Lured into a polygamous marriage, she finds herself abandoned on a remote Mexican beach as the man she loves, unaware of her status, seeks his fortune in Alaska. Destiny is a sprawling historical novel set at the turn of the 19th century, played out in such far-flung places as New York City, the gold fields of Alaska and Old Mexico.

Vol.II - Conflict: Tom Callahan strikes it rich in the Alaska goldfield while Katrina struggles to remain alive in Mexico. Demonstrating her determination and faith, the reader is shown the resilience of this young woman who has grown beyond her years. Continuing through 1912 and the disastrous voyage of HMS Titanic, Conflict will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Vol. III - Reunion: It's 1917 and American has entered World War I. Tom and Katie's son, in an effort to prove his worth to his father, has joined what President Woodrow Wilson is calling - the fight to make the world safe for democracy-. As the war ends, Tommy is selected for appointment to the Naval Academy, while his father is arrested and imprisoned in Ireland for gun running in the great Irish Civil War. Set against turbulent events in world history and filled with vivid scenes as well as tender emotions, Reunion takes the reader around the world.

Vol. IV - Prelude: Tom and Katrina Callahan continue their story in the years between the two world wars. Their three children have grown up and are making their way in a world that is propelling itself toward World War II. Tess has her heart set on a Hollywood movie career; PJ is a successful sheep rancher in New Zealand and Tommy is pursuing his career in the Marine Corps and learning not only about war, but about the perils of romance. When Tommy finds himself in England prior to WWII, Winston Churchill calls on him to examine the economic growth of the German nation as they secretly prepare for war.

Vol. V - Reprisal - Continuing the series into WWII as Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Callahan III faces personal tragedy during the Blitz in London as the war presents a very personal face. As he leaves his Embassy post to return to the United States, America joins Europe in the worldwide conflagration. For the second time in his young life, the son of Thomas and Katrina Callahan finds himself immersed in front-line battle, torn between his duty and the love of a beautiful woman who desires only his safety.

The conclusion of The Callahans will leave you enthralled as the children and grandchildren of a once-young Irish immigrant and his Norwegian bride leave their mark upon the world.

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Of Love and War - 0.00

2012-01-13T13:07:00.000-08:00

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Of Love and War - A novelette by Margaret Lake

July 4, 1943 – John Jameson is home from the war. The Fourth of July has always been his favorite holiday, but now he finds himself alone on the boardwalk in his New Jersey hometown. It seems like everyone he knew is either off to war or working in the factories producing the armaments of war. Along comes Julie to offer him a cold drink. Happy to have someone to spend the day with, especially one so young and beautiful, he accepts her invitation for a backyard picnic.

He has no idea what is behind Julie's seemingly innocent invitation. He has no idea that the afternoon will force him to face what he has lost and find his heart at last.

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Quick History Story 1 - 1/11/12

2012-01-11T09:33:00.000-08:00

1993: BA dirty tricks against Virgin cost £3m

British Airways has ended one of the most bitter and protracted libel actions in aviation history in a humiliating climb-down.

At the High Court Christopher Clarke QC, counsel for BA, apologised "unreservedly" for an alleged "dirty tricks" campaign against Virgin Atlantic.

BA also agreed to pay damages of £500,000 to Virgin boss Richard Branson and £110,000 to his airline, as well as incurring legal costs of up to £3m.

Counsel for Virgin and Mr Branson, George Carman QC, had told Mr Justice Drake of "distinctly hostile" rumours that had been circulating about his client.

The traditional rivalry between the two airlines intensified from July 1991 when Virgin moved the centre of its operations from Heathrow to Gatwick, in direct competition with BA.

'Sharp business practices'

By October Mr Branson had accumulated evidence of BA employees poaching Virgin customers and tampering with confidential company files.

He also claimed that BA's PR consultant, Brian Basham, had been undermining him and his company's reputation in the City and the press.

Mr Branson confronted BA's non-executive directors about these "sharp business practises" in an open letter. They dismissed the allegations and said he was simply seeking publicity.

In February 1992, after an investigative report by Thames Television, BA bosses, including chairman Lord King, repeated their claims that Virgin was "securing publicity" in an internal magazine and various letters.

These written statements formed the basis of Mr Branson's libel case. BA and Lord King then counter-sued over Mr Branson's original allegations.

The counter-claim was also withdrawn today.

In Context:

Lord King retired six months early, in June 1993, and several other senior managers came under internal scrutiny.

For the financial year 1993-94 BA still made a pre-tax profit of £301m. In the year to the end of October 1993, Virgin Atlantic declared an operating loss of £9.3m.

In April 1993 Mr Branson went on to lodge a $325million action against BA in the US, accusing it of flaunting anti-trust laws over its domination of transatlantic flight routes.

Legal wrangles over this continued until the US courts threw out the case in 1999.

In 1994 Virgin won another £2.65m from BA in a separate case about aircraft maintenance.

Book Review - Boy With a Coin - 0.99

2012-01-11T09:30:00.002-08:00

Amazon.com Review

Emily Dickinson wrote: "The difference between Despair / And Fear-- is like the One / Between the instant of a Wreck / And when the Wreck has been..." National Book Award finalist Madison Smartt Bell seems to be languishing in that instant in his equally confounding but no less poetic Kindle Single, Boy with a Coin. In this case the wreck is the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that rocked Haiti on January 12th, 2010, killing an estimated 316,000 people, but the rest of Bell's story is a fiction. In it he does not cast a self-sacrificing Sean Penn, who--putting aside differences with Wyclef Jean--bands with him to pull children from the rubble of a crumbled school. Instead our enigmatic hero, Charlie Chapo, doesn't do anything more heroic than continue on an errand, one he had begun before the earth opened up and tried to "shake him off." What goes through his mind, what he sees along the way, is the heart of Bell's haunting narrative (not that it's always chaste or profound). But Boy with a Coin also serves as a quiet tribute to "the nameless but not unremembered dead." --Erin Kodicek

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When the massive and famous Haitian earthquake strikes almost halfway through this short story, white Charlie Chapo is dazed but determined to continue on his errand. He is vaguely aware of the suffering around him but cares no more than he does on other days in Port-au-Prince, where palpable suffering is never too far from view. This is a slice of life tale about an unsympathetic and self-absorbed wanderer, and it leaves me wondering if those who are geographically close to suffering have a greater obligation to do something about it than those who are far away but just as aware.

The storytelling style is entrancing, and the details are sometimes gritty, sometimes exotic, and sometimes mundane.

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Poem of the Day - 1/11

2012-01-11T09:30:00.001-08:00

Island

Rash of the harbor lights in the mountain region.
Night, he says, is the dark humor of the day—
first you are scared
but by the sunrise
I'll get you laughing.
My head, thrown back in laughter, has bought me more
than money thrown forward, and men
pressed me down and worked like a Chinese seamstress.
But none could slap my face as hard as the sea slaps
its adopted child and steps back, all tears.

This island spat out by the sun over the world's shoulder,
a fence holds the bougainvillea laughter behind its teeth,
a metal gate guards the doze of heat-stricken watchdogs.
A road comes up to my face and stands like a mirror
showing everything that has led me to it: a bed
soft like bruised fruit, a whole lime garden bruised
by the afternoon shade, and his book's hard spine
breaking with the day.

A body strips down all the way to forgiveness
and grants itself before there's even a reason, unless
it wants to tell the other: I forgive
your juices for not filling these hard fruit;
your skin for not cracking and rotting over the ants'
heads; I forgive your throat for not birthing the dog's cough;
I forgive your hand, right now rising, falling, and leaving trace
unlike what it praises; I forgive your shadow for never becoming
a stain to mark this road, this bed, but mostly this sea.

Bricks of gray moonlight fall weightlessly
through the wooden
shades
building a new wall above the sink.
Here he lies on his stomach—
the gap between his ass and his thighs
forms a perfect black diamond.

Horizon blistered by the setting sun heals, leaving
a hardly visible scar.

The Red Tulip - 0.00

2012-01-11T09:28:00.002-08:00

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Cris's world is suddenly turned upside down when she finds herself in the middle of a divorce, and staring at her dead brother. What reason could he have for coming back, and will Cris every figure out the message her brother come all the way from the dead to give her?

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Face Reality - 0.00

2012-01-11T09:28:00.001-08:00

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Marisa Mikel presents a story of love, lies, murder and suspense. It will keep you close to the characters and their relationships with each other. Don't miss this one. It will draw you deeper and deeper into their lives and open up their true feelings for each other.

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Stealing Death - 0.00

2012-01-11T09:25:00.000-08:00

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A man must rebuild his life after accidentally killing his own child.

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The Red Ferrari - 0.00

2012-01-11T09:23:00.000-08:00

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THE RED FERRARI is a short story by Karl Jones. A humorous tense thriller starring Marlon, an ordinary young man who is chased by an unknown assailant.Who is it, and what does he/she want? Full of intrigue, dark-shadows, and passion. Well, perhaps not the latter, but plenty of excitement, surprises, and unambiguous after-thoughts. As you read this story you will start to question everything around you. This is normal. But at the end you may need to seek alternative medical attention. Meanwhile, relax, relish, appreciate, and enjoy the not-so-true story of ... The Red Ferrari.

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City of Ruin - 0.00

2012-01-11T09:22:00.000-08:00

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In a not-too-distant future, the earth is decimated by war with an extra-terrestrial enemy and mankind is left on the verge of extinction. What little of society is still standing is virtually enslaved toward a rebuilding effort while a smaller portion of the population roams the wastelands as little more than savages. A loving couple with a baby on the way must decide whether to stay in the city (where a frightening threat against the unborn is revealed), or venture into the wasteland on their own. City of Ruin is a bleak, dystopian view of the world left behind, where the hope for a better tomorrow can be the only thing needed to survive.

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ATLANTIS - 0.00

2012-01-10T13:24:00.000-08:00

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By NY Times Bestselling Author Bob Mayer writing as Robert Doherty (author of the bestselling Area 51 series)

*****Updated August 2011*****

Over 1,000,000 copies sold! Amazon Hot 100 in print. Amazon Top 10 in Thriller.

“Spell-binding! Will keep you on the edge of your seat. Call it techno-thriller, call it science fiction, call it just terrific story-telling.” Terry Brooks, #1 NY Times Bestselling author of the Shannara series and Star Wars Phantom Menace

What if the Shadow that destroyed Atlantis 10,000 years ago, comes back to threaten our present world?

A war beyond time. An enemy beyond space. A thriller beyond your wildest dreams. Three areas on the Earth’s surface defy explanation: the Bermuda Triangle, the Devil’s Sea of Japan, and a small region of Cambodia. Inside these realms, planes have disappeared, ships have vanished, and, in Cambodia, an entire civilization has been lost leaving behind Angkor Wat.

In 1945, Training Flight 19 disappears in the Bermuda Triangle.
In 1963, the USS Thresher, a nuclear submarine, is lost under unusual circumstances, part of a secret government investigation into mysterious gates.
Near the end of of the Vietnam War, Green Beret Eric Dane led a team of operatives deep into Cambodia and encountered a strange fog near the legendary city of Angkor Kol Ker. His entire team disappears, attacked by strange creatures out of the fog. Only Dane survives to return.

Now a plane goes down. In the same area Dane lost his team. He’s called back. To find out who is the darkness behind these gates to our planet. What does this Shadow force want? It is a threat that will take on the world’s greatest military forces and defeat them. A power that will overwhelm our science and technology. A merciless enemy that will lead Dane—and the whole planet—into the final desperate battle for survival.

If you enjoyed LOST, you’ll love this book and be amazed at the similarities in concept (although this book was published before Lost).

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Dark Before Dawn - 0.00

2012-01-10T13:23:00.000-08:00

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Psychic chills and thrills in a deserted Maine beach town from the author of Twenty-Five Years Ago Today, Sink or Swim, and Face-Off. When teen psychic Dawn Christian gets involved with a fortuneteller mentor and two girls who share her mysterious talents, she finally belongs after years of being a misfit. When she learns her new friends may be tied to freak "accidents" in town, Dawn has an important choice to make - continue developing the talent that makes her special or challenge the only people who have ever accepted her.

This novel is appropriate for young adults ages 12 and up, or adults, and contains an excerpt from Stacy Juba's classic young adult family hockey novel Face-Off.

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The Competition - 0.00

2012-01-09T03:22:00.000-08:00

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In the not too distant future, the most popular game show on television is known only as The Competition. For a person like Violet Johnston, who is on the verge of becoming homeless, the grand prize money of five million dollars is a reward she'll do anything to win.

And I do mean anything.

Contestants must race against the clock in a number of dirty and exciting challenges if they want a shot at winning. Normally quiet and reserved, Violet quickly finds herself aroused more and more by the public exhibition of her sinfully delightful degradation.

Does she have what it takes to become the next grand prize winner?

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Pins And Dolls - 0.99

2012-01-09T03:20:00.000-08:00

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Two friends. One trunk. A collection of old dolls. What could possibly go wrong?

When Andre shows his friend Kevin the old trunk that he bought at an auction, Kevin goes crazy over the price his friend paid for it. Realizing that it's only full of torn clothes and ratty dolls, they part company on unfriendly terms. Back at home, Andre and his girlfriend go through the contents more closely. The dolls aren't just any dolls, and what happens later was just an accident...wasn't it?

Approximately 5100 words

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Drunk on The Moon-Blood and Alcohol - 0.99

2012-01-09T03:18:00.000-08:00

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A cold blooded killer. A mysterious man with a past cloaked in shadows. Dark, delirious dreams of strange worlds. Frank Duffy's Blood and Alcohol is P I Roman Dalton's most haunting story yet. Paul D. Brazill's genre bending Drunk On The Moon series continues to break boundaries with this intense and lyrical tale.

Frank Duffy is the author of over forty short stories published in both the States and the U.K. He is the author of Mountains of Smoke,The Signal Block and Other Stories,& Between These Pages, These Places. He lives in Poland with his wife Ewa, and his two dogs, B and Mr. Mole, both of whom are available for editing duties by request. Frank is originally from the North West of England.

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The Stash - 0.99

2012-01-07T13:41:00.000-08:00

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‘The Stash’ is an action packed adventure thriller with a mix of gangsters from London, Lagos, and Los Angeles that will keep you in suspense from the first page to the last. The story is unique in that it is told from both of our unwitting heroes’ perspective. Watch John and Alan fall deeper and deeper into a shadowy world of torture, kidnapping and murder.

THEY DON’T FIND TROUBLE, TROUBLE FINDS THEM!

John Simonds and Alan Shorey stumble across a kilo of cocaine while they are decorating a luxury apartment in Knightsbridge. Deciding to risk the wrath of the unknown owner, a psychopathic Nigerian crime boss, they steal ‘The Stash’ and unwittingly embark on a farcical but dangerous journey that takes them across continents!

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The Truant Officer - 0.00

2012-01-07T13:40:00.002-08:00

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To have and to hold from this day forward...
Darren McLaughlin thinks he's having a nightmare as he watches his wife, Lilly, being abducted from a gas station in Chandler, Arizona. Things then go from bad to worse, when it's revealed that her captor is one of the students she taught at a local high school.

For better or worse...
In Manhattan, US Attorney Aaron Eicher cringes upon learning the identity of the man who abducted Lilly McLaughlin. Nick was the one thing holding his case together against the son of Russian crime boss, Viktor Sarvydas—but now his star witness was on the run, and in mortal danger. It is just the latest surprise in a case that went against everything he'd learned in school—when it came to the Russian Mafya 1+1=3.

Seeking refuge in Israel, fleeing the fallout of his son's arrest, Viktor Sarvydas smiles when he learns the news about Nick. He knows that it's now just a matter of time before he comes face to face with the man who was going to testify against his son.

With the FBI, media, and dueling Russian assassins in a cross-country race to get to Nick and Lilly, it becomes clear that the only one who can truly save them is Darren. Will he get to them first, or will...death do us part?

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Petals of Canna - 0.00

2012-01-07T13:40:00.001-08:00

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Petals of Canna is an aviation adventure and a story of intrigue and romance in the Amazon rainforest.

Neil Burton is a graying expatriate, operating an air charter out of Porto Velho on the frontier of the Amazon rainforest. He is offered a plum contract with Earthlife, a bio-research group working to find the cause and cure for a blight that is destroying miles wide swaths of the rainforest. The stipulations in the contract appear paranoid to Neil but he eventually accepts the offer and buries his suspicions. Earthlife pays him handsomely to transport supplies and personnel to a remote research camp deep in the forest. After a year of working in near secrecy, Earthlife allows a carefully screened AP reporter to visit the remote camp. When Neil flies the young woman chosen for the job to the remote site, they find they are attracted to each other. When Neil makes the next supply flight to the remote camp, the journalist confides in him that she too suspects that Earthlife is not doing what has been made public. Both are surprised at the force of the chemistry between them and make plans to explore it when the journalist's assignment is completed. Before that can happen, the journalist is reported dead in a fiery helicopter crash, body unrecoverable. The circumstances add to suspicions that Neil can no longer ignore. His faith in the journalist leads him to uncover deception, betrayal and murder.

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Bonus Book Links of The Day - 1/6/12

2012-01-06T16:01:00.001-08:00

Jenny Pox

Horror: Volume One

Circus of the Dead

Origins

The Undead: Zombie Anthology

Quick History Story 1 - 1/6/12

2012-01-06T12:13:00.000-08:00

Jan 6, 1838:

Morse demonstrates telegraph

On this day in 1838, Samuel Morse's telegraph system is demonstrated for the first time at the Speedwell Iron Works in Morristown, New Jersey. The telegraph, a device which used electric impulses to transmit encoded messages over a wire, would eventually revolutionize long-distance communication, reaching the height of its popularity in the 1920s and 1930s.

Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born April 27, 1791, in Charlestown, Massachusetts. He attended Yale University, where he was interested in art, as well as electricity, still in its infancy at the time. After college, Morse became a painter. In 1832, while sailing home from Europe, he heard about the newly discovered electromagnet and came up with an idea for an electric telegraph. He had no idea that other inventors were already at work on the concept.

Morse spent the next several years developing a prototype and took on two partners, Leonard Gale and Alfred Vail, to help him. In 1838, he demonstrated his invention using Morse code, in which dots and dashes represented letters and numbers. In 1843, Morse finally convinced a skeptical Congress to fund the construction of the first telegraph line in the United States, from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore. In May 1844, Morse sent the first official telegram over the line, with the message: "What hath God wrought!"

Over the next few years, private companies, using Morse's patent, set up telegraph lines around the Northeast. In 1851, the New York and Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company was founded; it would later change its name to Western Union. In 1861, Western Union finished the first transcontinental line across the United States. Five years later, the first successful permanent line across the Atlantic Ocean was constructed and by the end of the century telegraph systems were in place in Africa, Asia and Australia.

Because telegraph companies typically charged by the word, telegrams became known for their succinct prose--whether they contained happy or sad news. The word "stop," which was free, was used in place of a period, for which there was a charge. In 1933, Western Union introduced singing telegrams. During World War II, Americans came to dread the sight of Western Union couriers because the military used telegrams to inform families about soldiers' deaths.

Over the course of the 20th century, telegraph messages were largely replaced by cheap long-distance phone service, faxes and email. Western Union delivered its final telegram in January 2006.

Samuel Morse died wealthy and famous in New York City on April 2, 1872, at age 80.

Miles to Little Ridge - 0.00

2012-01-06T12:12:00.000-08:00

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Edward A.Grainger's Gideon Miles hits the trail in this fast-clip western novella written by Heath Lowrance. The U.S. Marshal finds himself in the sleepy town of Little Ridge, Montana, on the search for a wanted man. But just as Miles enters town, he's spotted by a hard case who recognizes Miles as the lawman that killed his friend. Now Miles must face the wanted man, who claims his innocence and is raising a daughter on his own, while the hard case and a ne'er-do-well partner are gunning for him.

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Sniper Bid - 0.99

2012-01-06T12:11:00.000-08:00

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Runner UP Nashville Book Festival Best General Fiction
Finalist Indie Book Awards for Best General Fiction
USA News Best Book Award Finalist for Best Thriller/Adventure
Honorable Mention New England Book Festival
Honorable Mention Hollywood Book Festival
Pick on International Thriller Writers

Congressman Richard Thompson takes Capitol Hill by storm in this political thriller, Sniper Bid. Catapulted into the spotlight by witnessing a death on the baseball field, Thompson takes on the ‘ole boy club in this fast paced mystery of professional sports and political intrigue.
Award winning author, Rick Robinson, hits a home run with his second novel. His first novel, The Maximum Contribution, was named Finalist for Best Political Fiction in the 2008 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. Robinson fans won’t be disappointed with this sequel!

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The Last Ride of the Iron Cowboy - 0.99

2012-01-06T12:09:00.000-08:00

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A world of brass, steam, and gears has blossomed across late nineteenth century America. It has even touched the tiny town of Nowhere, Indiana. The iron rails of the locomotive have brought news of foreign lands, new technologies, and prosperity into the once quiet town.

But now it brings a much darker cargo.

Sheriff Jack Judge has seen a lot of years, a lot of miles. The well-polished handles of his six-guns have brought down more than his share of bad men. But what is about to descend upon him will take more than his cowboy know-how, more than grit, more than forty-four caliber bullets. It will take the most advanced technology steam and brass can bring to bear, for it is the vestige of a long dead empire that threatens the town he has sworn to protect, and the Sheriff Judge is all that stands between Nowhere and total destruction.

Note: The Last Ride of the Iron Cowboy is a novella length of 50 pages in chapbook print edition.

About The Author

A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, James has been an actor, computer tech support operator, historic infotainment tour guide, armed self defense retailer, automotive petrol attendant, youth entertainment stock replacement specialist, mass market Italian chef, low priority courier, monthly printed media retailer, automotive industry miscellaneous task facilitator, and ditch digger.

The Radiation Angels: The Chimerium Gambit is his first novel
and is followed by The Radiation Angels: The Key to Damocles. Snow and Steel is his first sojourn into historical fiction. James Daniel Ross shares a Dream Realm Award with the other others in Breach the Hull, and two EPPIE awards with the others appearing in Bad-Ass Faeries 2 and 3.

Most people are begging him to go back to ditch digging.

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Double Take - 0.99

2012-01-06T12:08:00.000-08:00

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Hank Hammond, ink hardly dry on his private investigator business cards, never anticipated that a chance encounter with a pair of suspicious characters and a mysterious crate would change his life forever. But it did, and nearly ended his life...also very much forever. And the deeper Hank gets into his investigation, the more the danger spreads until ultimately imperiling other innocent--and not so innocent--people, including his client, wealthy octogenarian Walter Tompkins, the client's favorite grandson Richard, and Hank's reluctant investigating partner, legal assistant Lori Reed.

Navigating the varied neighborhoods of Kingston Beach, California, from hilltop country club to Dumpster site, coastal marina to his own apartment, Hank unravels a series of crimes--past, current, and future--and with just the right combination of strength, skill, cunning, and luck he might just be able to prevent the most virulent crime of them all.

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What Goes Around - 0.99

2012-01-05T17:07:00.000-08:00

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What Goes Around (Lexington Avenue Express - Short Fiction)

Blackness, heat, the stench of rubber so strong it permeates each shallow, panicked breath I gulp.

“You have a light,” the tinny voice squawks followed by a short burst of static.
“What … WHAT!” I scream but heavy, putrid air slams my words back, resonating, foreign. I sit up in the pitch black, smashing my forehead and falling … and falling …

Words floating past, I can feel them prodding me. “You have a light and a radio,” they finally say, startling me awake with a final, familiar snort of static.
Eclipsed fingertips move to my forehead. The lumpy gash near my hairline feels gritty, thick grease and dirt are mixed with the warm blood seeping there. I raise my hand toward the starless heavens and my knuckles rap the unyielding camber of a smooth, steel canopy.

“You have a light and a radio and a small oxygen tank from our emergency medical kit. Do you hear me, Ferguson?” Reflexively, I reach for the radio-microphone clipped to my shirt-front. As always, it's there and a sense of relief washes over me.

“I'm here … this is Ferguson.” I speak the words but they echo away into my unfathomable warren, the voice is a stranger's.

“Good, you're okay, I was afraid you weren’t going to regain consciousness,” the words were coming through the radio attached to my belt. Like every supervisor at Campbell Mining, I wear a portable two-way radio when I visit an active quarry.

The broiling darkness is a relentless sea, bumping the pier of my rational world with the puzzle fragments floating about me. Clenching my eyes shut, I see streaks of ethereal light. In the void of this silvery dazzle, I briefly gain control of my thoughts. Yes, I am at Mine 416.

“Ferguson, turn on your flashlight. It's attached to a carabineer on your belt. A small oxygen tank is also attached to your belt. Do you hear me?” the radio crackles.

I reach for my belt and fumble to find the flashlight, then the switch. Shining the bright beam toward my feet, I see the ribs of a cave curving upward, my dark boot-tip shadows climbing, widening before disappearing into a starless sky.

“Help me,” I say after keying the radio-mic. “Help me get out of here. I … I can barely BREATHE!” Panic is overtaking me as I shift the light above my head. Again, the tunnel's bones arc away into darkness overhead and something more; the ceiling is smooth, broad slashes of apricot curving above me, away from me. I don't understand--

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Quote of the Day - 1/5

2012-01-05T17:06:00.000-08:00

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.
- James Michener