Nina-Bots

Nina-Bots

Tommy Smith

Horror / Science Fiction & Fantasy / Literature & Fiction

Nina turns to science to try and avoid a future that she believes is predetermined.Nina lost her family when she was younger, and to avoid a fate similar to her mother, Nina jumped into the possibilities of nanobot technologies to avoid her preconceived fate. A short story written I did in college in the first person perspective.
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Lucy

Lucy

Nikolaj Vigrim

Nikolaj Vigrim

Lucy falls in love with Gregorio Raviolli, the presenter of the TV game show, 'The Big Hammer' and sends him a bottle fill of love and kisses. A couple of weeks later the bottle returns from across the sea. It's fill of pasta....Suitable for 10 years and upA quintessential novel of modern Los Angeles, Peeko Pacifiko is at once an outrageous romp, a survival story, a sardonic political history, and a keen literary walkabout. At once squalid and glamorous, literary and low-brow, philosophical and wanton, wickedly funny and empathetic, it is as honest as it is innovative, its own unique, hydra-headed genre. As the Nineties dwindle down, the waning days of one era and the dawn of a new one are seen through the eyes of Donovan. At loose ends, he and his wife forced by economic necessity to live apart, his is a unique passage through many a strata of Los Angeles life. Donovan and those around him may be down, but they are never more than superficially out. Peeko Pacifiko is an exuberant, episodic ride, an exploration of character, as well as of a city, rendered with playful and disarming erudition, straight razor wit, and well-observed descriptive power.
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Habilitation

Habilitation

Ken O'Steen

Religion & Spirituality

A man awakes from a coma with no memory and no family. With the help of his Aide, Angela, he learns to walk and talk again. But when the man discovers there are six others like him and finds himself aboard a spaceship bound for a far away planet he must slowly unravel the history of his birth and the secrets the planet itself holds.A quintessential novel of modern Los Angeles, Peeko Pacifiko is at once an outrageous romp, a survival story, a sardonic political history, and a keen literary walkabout. At once squalid and glamorous, literary and low-brow, philosophical and wanton, wickedly funny and empathetic, it is as honest as it is innovative, its own unique, hydra-headed genre. As the Nineties dwindle down, the waning days of one era and the dawn of a new one are seen through the eyes of Donovan. At loose ends, he and his wife forced by economic necessity to live apart, his is a unique passage through many a strata of Los Angeles life. Donovan and those around him may be down, but they are never more than superficially out. Peeko Pacifiko is an exuberant, episodic ride, an exploration of character, as well as of a city, rendered with playful and disarming erudition, straight razor wit, and well-observed descriptive power.
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Peeko Pacifiko

Peeko Pacifiko

Ken O'Steen

Religion & Spirituality

A quintessential novel of modern Los Angeles, Peeko Pacifiko is at once an outrageous romp, a survival story, a sardonic political history, and a keen literary walkabout. At once squalid and glamorous, literary and low-brow, philosophical and wanton, wickedly funny and empathetic, it is as honest as it is innovative, its own unique, hydra-headed genre.A quintessential novel of modern Los Angeles, Peeko Pacifiko is at once an outrageous romp, a survival story, a sardonic political history, and a keen literary walkabout. At once squalid and glamorous, literary and low-brow, philosophical and wanton, wickedly funny and empathetic, it is as honest as it is innovative, its own unique, hydra-headed genre. As the Nineties dwindle down, the waning days of one era and the dawn of a new one are seen through the eyes of Donovan. At loose ends, he and his wife forced by economic necessity to live apart, his is a unique passage through many a strata of Los Angeles life. Donovan and those around him may be down, but they are never more than superficially out. Peeko Pacifiko is an exuberant, episodic ride, an exploration of character, as well as of a city, rendered with playful and disarming erudition, straight razor wit, and well-observed descriptive power.
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And My Heart Beats

And My Heart Beats

Blair MacKinnon

Blair MacKinnon

The Beast has returned and today is the day young spiritual warrior Nireti must confront her deepest fears to face the Beast. Alone and armed only with her crystal sword, her courage and her hope, she enters the Forest of the Beast. Rage, darkness and despair await her.The Beast has returned and today is the day young spiritual warrior Nireti must confront her deepest fears to face the Beast. Alone and armed only with her crystal sword, her courage and her hope, she enters the Forest of the Beast. Rage, darkness and despair await her. On the Gaian world of Rianth, the rage that humanity has carried within it for thousands of years has manifested as the Beast. Her brother died in her arms after he fought it, now it falls to Nireti to face the Beast.
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No Man to Trifle With

No Man to Trifle With

Michael D. Britton

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Mystery & Thrillers / Religion & Spirituality

Humorous western in the style of Robert E. Howard. Join Archibald Welkins and his dog Biter as they visit the big city--well, the only town they've ever seen--for the first time!An homage to the brilliant Robert E. Howard and his humorous Westerns.Archibald Welkins is leaving the family ranch for the first time. He and his dog Biter are heading into town when Archie falls in love with the best little cook in town. But is she already spoken for?
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Superthread

Superthread

Michael D. Britton

Science Fiction & Fantasy / Mystery & Thrillers / Religion & Spirituality

I'm not who I thought I was. Neither is my wife. Now I must convince her of who she really is . . . or kill her. They tell me the future of the world depends on it. And I am running out of time . . . Superthread is a novella about a war waged through time, deceit with a higher purpose, and the power of love.Could you pull the trigger?The space hero Ratzzy lands in a unknown planet which was invaded by evil alien forces. He saved the planet from the evil forces. This amazing picture story book is created by a boy - Tejeshwar using "Create Children Book". This is part 2 of the story.
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Artifact

Artifact

Rik Hunik

Rik Hunik

2200 words Darby had made a fortune from mining artifacts to exploit their long-lost technology, but he had spent a lot of it trying to find the hiding place of a legendary ultimate weapon. He was sure she would find it at the bottom of this hole. Soon it would be in his grasp.'When Dawn Arises' reunites some of my best works so far. A celebration of people of all kind and their pursue for the lost wonder years of infancy. These are poems who evaluate human life in and outside a city lost in its own creation.---(Poems written between February and March 2015)
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When Dawn Arises

When Dawn Arises

Andre Fernandes

Biography

A celebration of people of all kind and their pursue for the lost wonder years of infancy. These are poems that evaluate human life in and outside a city lost in its own creation.'When Dawn Arises' reunites some of my best works so far. A celebration of people of all kind and their pursue for the lost wonder years of infancy. These are poems who evaluate human life in and outside a city lost in its own creation.---(Poems written between February and March 2015)
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Heartbreaker

Heartbreaker

Quelli di ZEd

Quelli di ZEd

Series Nocturnal, episode #2In Tejarak, in the world of Anthuar, detective Shim Stonehand must accept an unlikely alliance to enter the world of necromancers and stop a killer.Boelik has strived to avoid people all of his life. He shouldn’t even exist. But when he hears trouble and lets his conscience take over, his life begins to take on meaning that he never knew it could. And, one day, what he had built up suddenly comes crashing down.In anticipation of one more fateful day, Boelik sits out centuries. Travelling from one place to another, he takes up a new life, and, against his better judgement, new friends. Unfortunately, as he’s learned, nothing lasts forever.
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Boelik

Boelik

Amy Lehigh

Amy Lehigh

Boelik has strived to avoid people all of his life. He shouldn’t even exist. But when he hears trouble and lets his conscience take over, his life begins to take on meaning that he never knew it could. Travelling from one place to another, he takes up a new life. Unfortunately, as he’s learned, nothing lasts forever.Boelik has strived to avoid people all of his life. He shouldn’t even exist. But when he hears trouble and lets his conscience take over, his life begins to take on meaning that he never knew it could. And, one day, what he had built up suddenly comes crashing down.In anticipation of one more fateful day, Boelik sits out centuries. Travelling from one place to another, he takes up a new life, and, against his better judgement, new friends. Unfortunately, as he’s learned, nothing lasts forever.
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Heartland Junk Part I: The End: A Zombie Apocalypse Serial

Heartland Junk Part I: The End: A Zombie Apocalypse Serial

Eli Nixon

Horror / Short Stories

In a quiet midwestern town, a terrifying plague gives three junkies a chance to live again. But they aren't the only ones given a second chance at life...It came at you first like an unexpected chill breeze on a warm day, the kind that makes you wrap your arms around yourself and shiver involuntarily. Most people never had a chance to figure out what was happening before it was too late. Only the lucky ones, the ones already ruined, like me, were able to defend ourselves.The terrifying first installment of Heartland Junk, a zombie apocalypse serial!--Rivet ignored my reply and began pacing, tearing at his hair with both hands. "They're in me, man. In my head. I can't...all night, they've been talking...whispering...telling me things." "Who has?" "These, I don't even know, man, these voices. And like, I'm seeing this darkness. It's so deep. I haven't touched a needle in two days, but please, Ray, please. You gotta help me out." He stopped pacing and turned to me, eyes pleading. He'd burst a blood vessel in his left eye and a tributary of red ran across the white from the pupil. He looked sick. I noticed his hands, now held out to me like a beggar's, were shaking slightly. This wasn't the Rivet I knew. "Give him some, Ray," Jennie's light voice floated up from the couch. I'd almost forgotten about her, watching Rivet carry on like this. It was frightening, in a way. "Can't you see he needs it?" "I, uh...yeah, yeah sure, man. Just let me..." I turned to look around the living room, searching among the overflowing ashtrays and crusted dishes for that little brown baggie filled with powder. Something pressed at the inside of my skull, like that feeling right before a killer headache. It was hard to think. I needed coffee, a cigarette, hell, a hit of my own wouldn't go down too rough. "I uh...Jen, what'd we do with it last night?" "Kitchen?" She sat up on the edge of the couch and let the quilt fall to her waist. She wasn't wearing a shirt or a bra. "Oopsie," she giggled lightly and bunched the quilt edge up to her shoulders. Rivet had stopped pacing and was staring at her like a row of corn had sprouted from her forehead. "It wasn't like that..." I started, hoping to head off another jealous outburst from Rivet, but he wasn't paying attention. He just kept staring at Jennie's forehead with that blank, lopsided expression, his eyes wide, unblinking. "...Rivet?" Jennie said cautiously. "You okay, hun?" Rivet licked his lips. Then he calmly leaned down and bit Jennie's ear off.
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Free To Fly - 10 Poems on Getting Through

Free To Fly - 10 Poems on Getting Through

Paul Whybrow

Childrens / Picture Books / Animals / Dinosaurs

There's always more than one way of doing things. Sometimes you have to apply a few filters to screen out what's holding you back. Sharing who you are with the world is what your art is about. Take flight and scan the horizon.We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. from Dead Poet's SocietyPaintings in Words is a book of poetry by Scottish artist and author, Jenni Munn, currently living in Western Australia. The poems are based on the authors observations of the world around her and have been created over the last 10 years, and compliled into this book. They capture some of the darkest, brightest, deepest and most passionate moments that life offers. The book offers poetry for both adults and children. All of the artwork in the book is original and has also been created by Jenni. Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry. ~W.B. Yeats
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Part One: Killing Hitler

Part One: Killing Hitler

William Dean Hamilton

Humor and Comedy / Biography

In this dark comedy series, a Jewish brother and sister sneak back into time with their uncle’s time machine and accidentally kill Hitler. They are delighted until they get back to the present and see the awful and odd things that have happened as a result, they find they have no choice, they must save HitlerIn this dark comedy series, a Jewish brother and sister sneak back into time with their uncle’s time machine and accidentally kill Hitler. They are delighted until they get back to the present and see the awful and odd things that have happened as a result, and each time they go back and try and fix things, reality get progressively worse, until they find they have no choice, they must save Hitler. This first book in the series chronicles their trip back in time when they kill Hitler and the awful result when they return to present day New York. You also get to meet a group of scientists who are working on an array of humanity killing projects, from zombies to contacting aliens, and the creation of a cat-dog.
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Fields of Ashmere

Fields of Ashmere

Ronald Brandenburg III

Ronald Brandenburg III

The village of Ashmere has a curse hanging over it that seems to swallow outsiders from the surface of the earth. Now, Investigators Derrick Cowley and Chin Po, along with K9 Leonard, have been sent to find Inspector Drumwell, who hasn't been heard from in a month. Derrick and Chin must find the Inspector and get out of Ashmere alive and with their souls.Something is amiss in Ashmere, a small hamlet isolated in the country. Investigators Derrick Cowley and Chin Po, along with K9 Leonard, have been sent to find Inspector Drumwell after a month without contact from him. What they discover is a grisly secret that has horrible ramifications. Derrick and Chin are put into a deadly situation, but must persevere and rescue the Inspector.This story takes place before the age of cell phones and computers, so the men must rely on themselves and keep their wits about them.
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