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These stories have evolved from life-experience of a mish-mash concern that this modern environment forces upon us that we can do nothing about except complain. You may find them stupid maybe arrogant, offensive, yet think deeply and you may see that our society is being moulded by conformity to what ends no one knows.The theory of Bicameralism proposed by Julian Jaynes may account for the direction in which our world is going. Before Man became conscious...
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Ebenezer Scrooge has never been known for the greatness of his heart. A miser, a leech, a penny-pinching old coot. . . Say what you will about him, though—he's never actually sucked someone's blood.
That dubious honor belongs to the vampires who surround him, preying on the weak and laying traps for the strong. They've dogged his footsteps since he was born, driving him from the love of his friends, family, and faithful fiancée.
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That dubious honor belongs to the vampires who surround him, preying on the weak and laying traps for the strong. They've dogged his footsteps since he was born, driving him from the love of his friends, family, and faithful fiancée.
Now,...
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HEIDI:
Ten days is all I have before the love of my life marries the Princess of Hell and my dreams for a smokingly hot happily-ever-after goes up in flames. It's DEF CON 666 and this girl is outta time and outta choices.
LOLA:
We're gonna find Zelda, the next Baba Yaga, have her yank me outta Heidi and shove me into a fresh new body then bingo bango, Lola's gonna get her groove on. It looks like I might even end up with some powers, seems Cookie,...
4) Bestseller
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Indie Author Debuts with Bestselling Cli-Fi Novel!That's the headline Felix Ryder is dreaming of, the one that will turn his life around. Searching for the winning formula, he spends his days researching marketing hacks and apps promoted by the self-publishing maven, David Dill.Felix's narcissistic personality and obsession with success at all costs puts his best friend Andy on edge and his wife Natalie at the end of her rope as they try to save Felix...
6) Unexpected
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UNEXPECTED is a collected anthology of works by Charlotte Gorrell following the lives of very different people. The style of the story varies as much as the characters themselves. CRUSH follows the story of being trapped on a broke down roller coaster. THE JOB follows the anxiety of a man and his wife trapped in a difficult and illegal situation. IT CAME FROM THE CLOSET is a spine-tingling story that builds off of childhood imagination.
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In this action packed follow up to Fruitbasket from Hell, private investigator Alex Cheradon is faced with a nail biting case.
Reeling from the public relations nightmare that accompanied accidentally tackling a senator's daughter, Alex is approached by a man with a lethal case of amnesia. He wants to hire Alex to find out who he is, and since he just happens to have a winning lotto ticket that's worth 10 million dollars, money's no object. But as...
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Three Short Stories – Bloodbath – The Gruesome Murders, deals with a man applying a brutal approach to satisfying his need. A Tale of an EHO (Environmental Health Officer) includes food safety and adult entertainment, reluctant and good looking food operators, cult like Church leadership and adult entertainment venue ownership. It's a complicated tale. Learning to Kill explores how a professional hitman and his family educate their son. Each story...
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El Venado, Amanda y Otros Cuentitos contiene los siguientes cuentos:* El Primero-El Venado y Amanda: Averigüe lo que sucede cuando Nick se compromete a recoger a Amanda una noche tarde en Madison.* El Segundo-Jessica: Un cuento de el por qué se debe ser honesto con su pareja porque es el mejor camino a seguir.* El Tercero-Miriam: Encontrar el camino con la ayuda de un local no siempre es lo mejor.* El Cuarto-Oye: Leer acerca de un hombre y un gato...
10) Drama Dolls
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From the author of the critically acclaimed cult novel, ANONYMOUS, comes a dark tale about love and loss.
Meet Jeffrey. Jeffrey is turning forty. He has a good job, a loving wife, and a beautiful house. When the love of his life passes suddenly, his seemingly normal world turns upside down. The sudden death, along with his midlife crisis, causes Jeffrey to grieve the five stages in unnatural ways. He trades in his Toyota Corolla for a Corvette, smokes...
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The Deer, Amanda and Other Short Stories contains the following short stories:*First Short Story-The Deer and Amanda: Find out what happens when Nick agrees to pick up Amanda one late night in Madison.*Second Short Story-Jessica: A short story on why being honest with your partner is the best way to go.*Third Short Story-Miriam: Finding your way with a local's help isn't always so useful.*Fourth Short Story-Hey: Read about a man and a cat and their...
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They're Retrieval Specialist, and they're the best there is. Snow and Cinder, operatives of an organization called The Kingdom, have been tasked with one of their most dangerous missions: find former teammate Alison Wonderland and bring her back alive. A year ago, Alison went missing, presumed dead, but now satellite imagery has revealed she's alive. Wherever she's been, whoever she's been with, Snow and Cinder have to take special care in bringing...
13) Waitress
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Why anyone should kick against her self-perceived societal illusions was inexplicable to all that knew Lucy, but she had. She never fathomed the why herself, bringing as it had, a hard-knock existence to the young, single mother of a challenging child. All changed for the better when Katrazyne moved in, only to cast up old acquaintances and a dreadful discovery about beginnings kept secret.Lucy is haunted by the father of her child, a young man killed...
15) The Bookworm
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Gerald prides himself on his librarian skills-he's a teacher, a researcher, a human database, and the one he coined himself, a recommender, with just a few details, he knows the perfect book for every customer. Will his skills help him when a hungry newcomer, desperate to devour the books, arrives in his library. Supernatural horror from Emery and Hort.
17) A Fresh Start
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"A Fresh Start" contains short stories which were written for both amusement and school assignments. This is the first time many of these works are made available to the public. To keep with the original authenticity, not much these stories have been changed.
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December 1985 and New Romancer's first single had peaked at number 40. Keyboard player Jonnie Cole's dreams of girls, money, girls, travel, girls, drugs, girls and music seemed to have stalled. But with new hit producer 'Magic' Dan McCloud on board, 1986 looked like being their year.Join them on their first tour of Europe as they discover themselves, each other and the dangerous cargo they have unwittingly stowed on the tour bus.CAUTION: This tale...
19) Mister Nobody
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Is it better to be a fake somebody or a real mister nobody?
Mister Nobody lives a very, average life, with an average job and average friends. He has a bullying mother, a failed marriage and low self-esteem and that's as good as life is going to get.
That is until Mister Somebody blazes into his work. Mister Somebody is the best, salesman known to man, a slick, fast-talking, womanizer with a huge house and fast cars. Nobody is awe-inspired by the...
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Heretical discontent; that's what this collection of short stories is primarily intended for. Some of these stories are funny. Some of them are not. One of them is about a 'truffle-hunting hedgehog' as told by a silly old piss-pot. The publishers of 'Pride and Prejudice' may want to sue for damages after they see what has become of that pompous bore, Mr William Collins. Another story is set in Brooklyn, New York, against a backdrop of ferns. All of...
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