What would happen if the end of the world came...and everyone slept right through it?A speculative fiction short story that is all too plausible--a killing plague that leaves no marks...What would happen if the end of the world came...and everyone slept right through it?A chilling and all too plausible short story about a creeping apocalypse, the extinction of our species just a few blinks away...From my 1997 short story collection THE REALITY MACHINE.

This is a typical African medieval epic movie that features Africa before colonizations and Christianity. it feature the igbo outcast system (Osu) and a typical African environment.THE DEFENDERThis is a movie script or drama.This is a typical igbo, Eastern-Nigerian in Nigeria that features A village known as obuofia has always been tormented by an herbalist who was chased away from the village. The sent terror on the village for a while not until the gods answered the prayers of obuofia by using a man Ochiendu who came to be appreciated after several victory against the strange herbalist (Odomofia) owing to the treatment given to him when he developed an incurable illness called ochi-chom in that area. This all happened in accordance with prophecy of Nnedum the Chief priest before Odomofia rule.

A guard, driving through the woods finds a long lost campground. What he finds will give him nightmares for the rest of his life.Compelling, entertaining accounts of loosing weight, in a format never told before.This completely free e-book, will serve and double as a guide conselor and a true understanding of what loosing weight means. Particularly, the different type of heavy weight most people carry on their shoulders. The constant navigation of the subject, tended to bore the author incredibly, to the point of seeing the necessity to convey a different approach on such sensitive subject of tremendous modern relevant.Take a step and navigate the e-book, like Romina R. What do you have to loose, is free!Don't forget to read my other e-book,entitled " Be Safe", an extreme view of something so notorious, yet hidden.

Read 7 diffrent oujha ghost stories and enjoy......................................................................Kaleb Blackman and the Knox Twins are big time, the best that Langston Reigns Middle School has to offer. Like most boys, they love the spotlight, totally ambitious, yet unaware of the many vices that often come with it. In what has become a way of life all too familiar where the three boys have grown up, their story will determine if their loss was in vein. If they are indeed destined to overcome the stereotypes, the peer pressures, and the trials determined to rip them apart, it’ll be because they stuck to their principles and by each other’s side. This is the journey of a friend, a son, and ultimately of a survivor. This is to remembering a life before everything became only a synthesis of color, before everything had a price, and when each child was truly a blank slate of potential. This is remembering a life, Before I Black.

This is definitely a story from the other side of the gun. When people think of injustice, the disenfranchised, and often trivialized voices of minority victims, it is usually from behind a protective glass so to speak, so as to not step too close to the dangers. Here I've attempted to weave together a vivid picture of social injustice for any and all that dare to get close. Thank you for readingKaleb Blackman and the Knox Twins are big time, the best that Langston Reigns Middle School has to offer. Like most boys, they love the spotlight, totally ambitious, yet unaware of the many vices that often come with it. In what has become a way of life all too familiar where the three boys have grown up, their story will determine if their loss was in vein. If they are indeed destined to overcome the stereotypes, the peer pressures, and the trials determined to rip them apart, it’ll be because they stuck to their principles and by each other’s side. This is the journey of a friend, a son, and ultimately of a survivor. This is to remembering a life before everything became only a synthesis of color, before everything had a price, and when each child was truly a blank slate of potential. This is remembering a life, Before I Black.

A group of random strangers from around the world, including Dr. Jim O'Connell, reunite following an out-of-this-world alien experience. But something's changed...and now they must work together to protect the planet from a sinister and powerful threat decades in the making.Sweet, fat, theatrical Billy-Boy was never cut out to be a farmer, but as his father’s only son he’s obliged to try. The cows are wayward and the chores are gruelling, but Billy finds escape in a fantasy world. A place where the turnip paddock becomes a lunar landscape, a lavender bed jacket a slinky space suit, a cow’s tail a head of beautiful blonde hair, and where Billy can become Judy Robinson, heroine of TV’s 'Lost in Space'.But in an isolated conservative farming community in 1970s New Zealand, not everyone approves of Billy’s transformation. On the brink of adolescence, Billy is beginning to discover that growing up is far more complicated and confusing than he could ever have imagined. While the mysteries of sex confound him, emotions are unleashed which urge Billy to betray those closest to him.'50 Ways of Saying Fabulous' is a poignant and endearingly comic novel. Anyone who grew up in a small town, grew up feeling that they didn’t fit in, or simply grew up will find this book funny, touching and unforgettably evocative of childhood lost. Praise for '50 Ways of Saying Fabulous':'I loved this funny sad tale of growing up a sissy in New Zealand. Graeme Aitken proves that even the most extraordinary events can occur to wonderfully ordinary people. If I knew fifty ways of saying fabulous, I’d use them all to praise this charming first novel.’ EDMUND WHITE'Thoroughly engaging.' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY'A funny but also achingly sad first novel'. OBSERVER'A sort of gay Adrian Mole ... There are laughs aplenty but also moments of agony ... Told with bare faced honesty, it is a warm, cruel, funny tale.' THE SUNDAY AGE'Touching and sad, '50 Ways of Saying Fabulous' also has some very funny moments.' THE TIMES'An entertainment, a gentle, poignant story of a fat boy who fantasises romance and glamour without yet having a name for what he is ... Aitken writes with a distinctive voice, one that is wonderfully evocative.' DENNIS ALTMAN, THE AGE'... an important work ... What Aitken has demonstrated fabulously is his skill in the art of telling a good story ... his honesty and fearlessness in confronting those squirmy adolescent secrets is to be admired.' CANBERRA TIMES

Rye never believed in divine encounters until he met Charlie, a homeless man, wearing a t-shirt with a smiley face scribbled on the front. Nothing seemed divine at first, but a conversation on a cold night by a bus stop changes Rye’s life forever.In the year 8015, a ten-foot tall statue of a man was found during an archaeological dig. The statue contained a God. This God, fortunately friendly, released all the other Gods and became ruler of the world. However, another, evil God, desired to rule the world himself. After a fierce and intense battle, the Gods and their weapons were sealed away forever. Or so was thought.Volotile Vengeance, a wealthy crime lord, is after the legendary weapons of the Gods. Getting them would mean ultimate power. It is up to Head Peacekeeper and Hero, Simon Ardar, to prevent him from getting his hands on them.

In a world faraway, in an era lost in time, an entire civilization was deceived by a powerful spell. A land where powerful magicians perform fantastic magic so easily that they didn’t realize so, beings with such a huge power that they are consumed in an endless series of indifference, vanity, and ignorance. It is vain to hope for a hero who will never do what everyone has to do for himself.In a world far faraway, in an era lost in time, an entire civilization was deceived by a powerful spell. A land where powerful magicians perform fantastic magic so easily that they didn’t realize so, beings with such a huge power that they are consumed in an endless series of indifference, contempt, vanity, and above all, ignorance. It is vain to hope for a hero who will never do what everyone has to do for himself. Will be a salvation or they all will succumb at the sweet illusions of magic which ultimately sucks all the life energy of these so indolent living beings.By the way, don’t be mad with me, just take another cup of coffee, or tea, as you desire, my friend.

In a land of fabled kingdoms, once respected truces are at risk of descending into all-out war following a gruesome series of murders in Liefland, the last stronghold of mythical creatures.In a land of fabled kingdoms, once respected truces are at risk of descending into all-out war following a gruesome series of murders in Liefland, the last stronghold of mythical creatures. In an effort to keep the peace, the Western Kingdom summons three valiant knights of the Royal Order to investigate and capture the deadly culprits. Knights Law, Love, and Order, accompanied by three lesser protégés, uncover a sinister Necromancer plot to subvert the Fairy King and take a once-in-a-millennia opportunity to question an extra-dimensional being. Unlikely bonds of survival are forged between former foes to keep the entire region from descending into a Necromancer hell of magic and mania. However, such alliances are fragile and easily called into question, as greed for power makes old hatreds bubble to the surface, threatening everything the Western Kingdom and knights hold dear. A battle of good versus evil is at the heart of this twisted, whimsical, fantasy tale. True character and love of humanity will push three veteran knights to the very limits of their creed, cunning, and highly honed skills. For you, choose now where your lot is cast...among the undead or with those of the living, but be warned: night is coming and there can be no rest.

Nina begged Phillippe not to reveal her identity before she danced on stage for the people at the village. He agreed, providing they ended both of their dancing careers by performing one final pas de deux together.In the end this performance proved to be a fitting ending to both of their dancing careers, as they felt they could now move on with their lives, hopefully still as a couple.This is a love story about how two people who were once ballet dancing partners, meet again under unusual circumstances, while working at a retirement village.To begin with they feel awkward and don't communicate, since they had parted after a silly quarrel. But once they realize that they have moved on and that they still love each other, they decide to put aside their former grievances and to dance one final pas de duex together.The performance takes place on New year's Eve at the retirement village and this proves to be fitting finale to both of their dancing careers.Note: A Pas de deux is a partnership between two dancers.

The epic Hrwang Incursion saga continues in Book Two: Hrwang. In episode 1, Confined, Eva accompanies the Lord Admiral to his home planet but doesn’t receive the reception she expects. Trapped in her worst nightmare, any hope of saving the Earth is lost. She also loses hope of saving herself...If you enjoy episode 1 of Hrwang, don’t forget to look for Bernard Wilkerson’s other books on https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/wilkerb007 or www.amazon.com/author/bernardwilkerson.

Imade arms herself with everything that she believes is necessary to succeed including a prestigious degree, a promising banking career and Dapo, her perfect man. But she is distraught when her perfect man walks out of her life and leaves her expecting his child. Then, just when she is learning to get along fine as a single mother, Dapo resurfaces; and it's not because he has missed her.Like most ladies in the prime of their lives, Imade is determined to make a success of herself. She arms herself with everything that is necessary for this quest including a prestigious degree, a promising banking career and Dapo, her perfect man. But she never anticipated that setbacks could occur along the way and is distraught when her perfect man walks out of her life and leaves her expecting his child. Then, just when she is learning to get along fine as a single mother, Dapo resurfaces; and it's not because he has missed her. Before long, Imade finds herself embroiled in one battle after the other as the ideal future she has mapped out, begins to fall apart. But though her dream of a perfect life is shattered, her faith in the perfect God is not. It is in her most dismal hours, that she discovers that God is able to turn her frustrations into triumphs if only she would yield to His transforming grace.

Leaving back her traumatic past, Yvonne makes any possible effort to get rid of old obsessions and live a normal life. She also feels the need to develop her psychic abilities and approach cosmic truths.She gradually comes to certain realizations about the secret construction of the human society.Rather proud, she talks a lot about her experiences - for she can't imagine the consequences...Leaving back her traumatic past, Yvonne makes any possible effort to get rid of old obsessions and live a normal life. She also feels the need to develop her psychic abilities and approach cosmic truths.She seeks guidance in various schools of metaphysics but she soon questions their dogmas and intentions. Therefore, she starts to teach herself and develop her spiritual powers.However, she still feels lonely, insecure and unsatisfied:She has a permanent job, but with no prospects. She has many friends, but they are wayward and enigmatic.There is extreme noise pollution, all around her house, day and night.She is still dogged by negative omens, bad luck and odd coincidences.She often experiences incidents of “street theater” against her.She gradually comes to certain realizations about the secret construction of the human society. Although she knows she is a target, she doesn't hesitate to talk about her ideas and experiencesto anyone who seems to be interested -maybe because she can't imagine the consequences...

Are you lonely? At Cutthroat Heroes, we can cure your wretchedness by injecting a “love ghost” into the heart of that special someone and make them fall in love with you. Call your local priest today for details! (A fantasy comedy novella.)It's poetry, y'all--poetry!

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