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A Bet Turned Deadly

by Alice Zogg Jacob Barrstein and his friend, James Eaton, have a $1000 bet going. James claims that a group of 21st Century people cannot last a week without smartphones, computers, tablets, GPS's, and the like, while Jacob aims to prove him wrong. They organize a camping trip with 12 people, heading to the Angeles National [...]

Always October

by C. E. Edmonson Lucas Taylor has lived a long life. Though his body is failing him, his memory is still strong as he recounts his journey through life, love, and loss-and shares the incredible lesson he's learned along the way.

The Guardian of Detritus

by Chuck Snearly Following your dreams? Don't turn left at the Fist. Something snaps when failed rock musician and disgraced reporter Will Harkanen reads an obituary for an old friend who died in a car crash in Detroit. On the far side of middle age and the brink of divorce, Will quits his boring job to [...]

Elbow Room

by D. D. Fisher Set on a misty remote island in the Gulf of Alaska, a young couple struggles to establish roots on the rugged mountainous terrain of a small fishing community. From humorous fishing excursions and frightening bear encounters to snow blinding blizzards and quirky characters, they come face to face with the unpredictable Mother [...]

Down Chestnut Street

by Pam Miller What if one day all color disappeared...Forever! Would you miss it? In Louis Garringer's world, everything is gray. Including him. That's OK, until Louis gets a one-time glimpse of color. Now he craves what he's been missing. Along with his friend Abby and her pesky little brother, Louis's quest for color takes him [...]

The Chronicles of Articia

by K. D. Enos Pursued by a great evil, the children of the king are on the run. Along the way, they find pain, fear, longing, and loss; they discover surprising truths about themselves; and the youngest of the royal children learns a great secret about her own fantastic power She has the power to destroy [...]

Trapped in Half Position

by Dixie Huthmaker What does the world have against twelve-year-olds? Anna Browning desperately wants to be thirteen. First, she's forced to wait a year to audition for the All-City Youth Orchestra, then the language arts teacher disqualifies Anna from the school spelling bee-all because she's twelve. Add to Anna's problems: a bully named Mark Pointer, Nibbles [...]

Of Particles Detached and Floating

by Ryan Ratliff A collection of short stories and poems by Ryan Ratliff. When all is viewed from the greatest distance, Individuals appear as little more than single particles, And their lifespan is a process of detachment from the collective mass, As they float and engage separation to define themselves... Just before vanishing. Small and transient [...]

Selena’s Requiem

by Ria Dimitra It's been a year since Selena D'Agostino fled Castle Cormoran and her vampire kinsmen, staking Philip and setting Kieran on fire as he slept in his coffin. After Kieran appears at her book signing--and just as quickly vanishes--Selena receives a mysterious telephone call from a solicitor in Leeds, urging her to return to [...]

Strike of Lightning

by Aaron Jinks Sometimes pain can breed things beautiful. Lucas Stilhart has decided he's had enough after years of loneliness, constant bullying, and the absence of the ones who kept him hoping. With the Glock in his hand, he prepares to end it all, but thunder cracking and lightning surging hundreds of feet above in [...]

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