We're all just created, debated, chewed up, eaten, spit out, and repeated by the machine that runs the world.The moon is falling. The shift is tearing apart the transportation infrastructure, and the population is stricken with "moon sickness" - literal lunacy.Charlotte, Lawton, and Fisk are friends. They met in a writing workshop when the news of the moon's fall was only mentioned on the late-night conspiracy shows. While lunar cults pray for the intense celestial coitus of Luna's impact with Earth, all Fisk wants is Charlotte.MOON SICK is a surreal short story by Aniko Carmean, author of MIXED MEDIA and STOLEN CLIMATEs.

The moon is falling, and while some pray for the intense celestial coitus of Luna's impact with Earth, all Fisk wants is Charlotte.The moon is falling. The shift is tearing apart the transportation infrastructure, and the population is stricken with "moon sickness" - literal lunacy.Charlotte, Lawton, and Fisk are friends. They met in a writing workshop when the news of the moon's fall was only mentioned on the late-night conspiracy shows. While lunar cults pray for the intense celestial coitus of Luna's impact with Earth, all Fisk wants is Charlotte.MOON SICK is a surreal short story by Aniko Carmean, author of MIXED MEDIA and STOLEN CLIMATEs.

A smooth talking American evangelist is building a church in a small town outside Vancouver and drops dead in the middle of a sermon.Many people who know and serve him have a motive to kill him. Was it murder or heart disease?Given with love to spread love. Please enjoy!"Empress Famika deLauer, the Queen of Rock, has unearthed the legendary Dark Scroll, the means by which she intends to monopolise the entire world’s music industry. All she lacks in her diabolical plan for domination is the final ingredient to unlock a set of spells that will render her a perfect singing voice.Starting in the Principality of Rock, Isobel Stellar finds herself faced with a serried of grueling musical quests – the only way to stop the bloodthirsty Queen of Rock and her ludicrous Vogue Revolution. Isobel must leave the only life she has ever known and make a perilous journey across the realms of Cathania – to the dance-crazed dangers of La Isla La Diva, then partake in the lyrical madness of Nonqawuse’s Amphitheatre in Mandelaland and finally succumb to the soul-revealing solitude of Mirror City.Join Isobel on a stellar journey of self-discovery in a world where music is more than mere entertainment. The Ubuntu Song makes the bourgeoisie and the rebel – but will Isobel be in time to sing it at the spectacular International Music Competition and save the coveted Double Vivre Award before Empress Famika takes to the stage?"Isobel Stellar & the Ubuntu Song is the first in a series of Proudly South African fantasy-realism novels aimed at a wide crossover market. The author's goal is to outsell Harry Potter and the Twilight Saga with a set of stories that empower and educate the reader, especially children, with powerful shift in human consciousness concepts. "The only way we can really educate anyone is to inspire them to think with their heart."Love liberates. Music liberates. Isobel Stellar carries that flame.

When Brandor is attacked and the great book stolen, the people of this quiet village begin to vanish from existence. Only Darius can save them. But to do so, he must face his past and soon discovers that old wounds and a recent curse throw obstacles in his way. With the help of an extraordinary dragon, he finds his way, only to face the sorcerer who stole the book...and killed his father.There is always hope...when you have a dragon.The precious book of Brandor is stolen, and now the fate, not just of the town but of a destined hero, looms in the balance.Unwelcome in this quiet village, Darius struggles to get by, but now he is Brandor's only hope. With the Great Book gone and no wizard to protect them, the town is being unwritten, vanishing from existence one house at a time...one person at a time. Brandor is trapped, and only he can leave to find the book! Darius soon finds that as he fights to save Brandor, he also struggles to piece together a past riddled with heartache, death, and the discovery of who...or what...he is. With the unexpected help of an extraordinary dragon, Darius sets out on an adventure that ultimately leads him to the final battle. Can he defeat the evil that stole the book and killed his father?

The second volume of random poetry I've written from 2006 to 2011, covering love, sex, hate, angst, frustration, and longing of the soul. The first in a set to be released.Experience time travel and romance in this novella for mature young adults.Virgil was ready to risk danger crossing the prairie to find his father and a fortune in gold. After the long wagon journey to Colorado, his difficulties should have been over. But they were only beginning. Soon he would find himself among among mammoth hunters and falling in love.During his puberty rite, Virgil was given a vision. But now there's danger. Will he live to make his vision real or perish in an age when humanity is extinct? This time travel romance is intended for adults and mature young adults.

Walter Axel knew how to handle a super villain. As Side Winder, a resonator who could turn almost any object on its side, Walter tipped over whatever it took to catch the caped cretins that threatened his city. However, when an old villain claimed to have learned his weakness, Walter soon found himself with a choice to make. Catch the villain for good or reveal his identity.Human life has value. The poor living in the gutter are as valuable as the rich living in a manor. The scoundrel is no less valuable than the saint. Because of this, every life a reaper takes must be redeemed. Raven has lived by this first tenet since she was trained by her father to become a reaper. But since his death, she’s been spending years redeeming the lives she’s taken. By her count, she’s even and it’s time for that life to end. If she settles down and becomes a wife, she might just feel human again. But on the way to the life she thinks she wants, the baron of New Haven asks her to complete a task which she cannot ignore… Just when Raven decides to give up on her life as an assassin, she’s pulled right back in. The Chronicles of Steele: Raven is a steampunk-inspired fantasy set in an alternate universe.

Its a cold night, the children warm themselves by the crackling bonfire. Reluctant to allow the night to end the day, they beg for a story. The Story Teller happily obliges.The Story Teller is tired of telling stories to those that no longer care about the legends of old. He finds himself sitting next to the Nights Guard that just wants him to leave as the children play nearby. The nights are longer, the wind freezing. The children cuddle close to the bonfire, not wanting to surrender to sleep. Begging and pleading, the children get the Story Teller to tell them about the howling they hear in the distance.

Three gifted children: boy genius Eldred, acrobat Lulubelle and disabled visionary Keith are all learning to survive in a world that puts pressure on them to be normal. But, beyond their unusualness, is there another link between them that nobody knows about?A story of ordinary uniqueness. Eldred Jones taught himself to read at the age of five. This would not have qualified him as a child genius, except for three significant facts: Eldred had spent all five years of his life in an oxygen tent, he had not spoken a single word since birth, and the book he was reading was a medical textbook.Three gifted children: boy genius Eldred, acrobat Lulubelle and disabled visionary Keith are all learning to survive in a world that expects them to be normal. Eldred’s parents, baffled by a child who dabbles in complex mathematical equations and designs potentially lucrative recycling systems, wish he could be more ordinary.Lulubelle’s ambition for stardom is compromised by having to be the adult in the relationship with her unpredictable mother. And Keith needs his family to accept that surgeons’ attempts to correct his physical disabilities may not be improving his life.Their stories weave in and out until the three of them finally meet. Despite their differences they find common ground in their unusualness and form a strong friendship.But, in the threads running through their life stories, is there a link between them that nobody knows about?

A sister, one of hundreds not seen for decades, returns with a ship, a crew and dreams of larceny. She plans to steal from a species so alien they speak in scents and colours and cannot comprehend the treasure they carry between the stars. But for Morgan, the cloned son of a genocidal dictator, joining his sister could mean repeating his dead father’s journey into madness and death.Eenralla Land lives in a Dome. That Dome is run by the Government. The Government has a secret. A secret Eenralla gets herself entangled in. It all started when she touched the wall... Eenie's life has been anything but normal, and only gets stranger when she slams her hand against the Dome wall to catch her balance. The rule is broken and her third Strike is coming - until she begins to see flashes of something that isn't supposed to be there. The Government has a secret, but is Eenie ready to uncover it?

Eenralla Land lives in a Dome. That Dome is run by the Government. The Government has a secret. A secret Eenralla gets herself entangled in. It all started when she touched the wall...Eenralla Land lives in a Dome. That Dome is run by the Government. The Government has a secret. A secret Eenralla gets herself entangled in. It all started when she touched the wall... Eenie's life has been anything but normal, and only gets stranger when she slams her hand against the Dome wall to catch her balance. The rule is broken and her third Strike is coming - until she begins to see flashes of something that isn't supposed to be there. The Government has a secret, but is Eenie ready to uncover it?

Menagerie is the newest pet craze from the Acme Corporation. The robotic animals genetically bind to their owners. Only three easy steps to link: 1) Put a drop of fluid (saliva or blood) in its mouth 2) Wait for 24 hours 3) Tell your dreams and fears to your forever friend. By the way, genetic binding is an imperfect science. 15,000 words, give or take a character or two.“The tricky part isn’t making you see things; it’s making you believe what you see.”Menagerie is the newest pet craze from the Acme Corporation. The robotic animals genetically bind to their owners. Only three easy steps to link:1) Put a drop of fluid (saliva or blood) in its mouth2) Wait for 24 hours3) Tell your dreams and fears to your forever friendBy the way, genetic binding is an imperfect science.Timothy Hollow believes the measure of a man is how much he gains. He is a successful analyst, climbing Corinth’s societal ladder. In Corinth, the societal ladder also means living in the upper levels of the colossal buildings that stretch hundreds of floors upward. The higher the better. However, his universe is turned upside down when his mother brings him an unexpected gift, a Menagerie.-----Longer than a short story, shorter than a novella. This novelette is 15,000 words, give or take a character or two. If you read, please post a review.

Trapped in a prison cell on an alien planet. No clue how he got there. No way out. Or maybe there is.Trapped in a prison cell on an alien planet. No memory of arriving. No way out. No hope.

You cannot escape the Reaper. Especially not if you steal his body to return to the world of the living.When the rules of love were written, one of them said this: “Once you put a face to the hunger of your heart, your heart cannot let go.”Unaware of this rule, for love had never confided in me, I recently put a face to my heart’s hunger, and this was an unwise thing to do. For with the fresh sting of hope in its nostrils, its hunger grew exponentially and fast, and soon engulfed everything: my thoughts, my dreams, my room, my day, the streets, the earth, the sky, and before I really noticed, and before anything could be done to stop the beast, or even slow him down, my life was nothing but hunger for that one face.Unaware of this rule, yes, but I am no stranger to the hunger. We are acquainted, Beast and I. I say Beast, for Beast he is, but a beast with the softest voice and the sweetest yearning. He is the whisperer of dreams long abandoned and the promiser of perhaps futures. He is also the ruthless and unremitting tyrant dictating moment by moment what you feel and what you do and what you don’t do.

Erin has just recently been crowned Queen. Everything is going well until one cold night when an attempt is made to assassinate her and what remains of her family.An inventor has sunk all of his life savings into inventing a time machine, but discovers that using his machine to help people creates some very series and complicated problems.

An inventor discovers going back in time to do good deeds is not as easy as it seams.An inventor has sunk all of his life savings into inventing a time machine, but discovers that using his machine to help people creates some very series and complicated problems.