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Tiny Instruments
Chapter One – The Unusual Case of TC5 He was born in a tank, no different than any other member of the Cavanagh School, University and Research Facility. The current model of Timothy Cottard filled...
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A Contest to Kill For
Chapter One “Why is it so damned cold?” Alexi stamped her UGG-booted feet on the frosty ground and thrust her hands deeper into the pockets of her sheepskin jacket. “It never got this arctic in...
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Journey, A Short Story – Volume I
The United States of Earth has been in power for over six thousand years. The federal government, working in close association with the private sector, had long since found cures for most of the...
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Existential Threats
Chapter One CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, ITALY New Year’s Day The assassins hid behind a huge boulder above the timberline, giving them an excellent view of the ski slopes below. “In the red parka at the top of...
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Stop The Diet, I Want To Get Off!
Why do we do it? What makes us try the latest and greatest fad diet, or go back in time for an oldie, but not so goodie? For many, it’s the quick fix. We want fast results, sometimes for an upcoming...
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Revelations
Prologue Montségur Castle Languedoc-Roussillon, France March 15, 1244 Raymond de Perella, Cathar Parfait and lord of Montségur, took the hand of his beloved wife, Corba, and spoke in a quiet voice to...
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Pawns in a Larger Game
FORTUNE Fortune’s footsteps fell noiselessly into the mist as she strode down the corridor with Death at her side. The cloud-shouldered castle of her father, Lord Sky, seemed especially mutable this...
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Out of Bounds
I sat alone in the baseball dugout, my ears searching for a voice—no matter how distant—my eyes straining for a silhouette to emerge on the horizon. “Deep Throat,” my mysterious source for the...
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Living in the Shadows
1969 Chapter 1: Linda Booth Ashford, morning: Tuesday, September 16th She’d always been afraid of the dark. The shadows along the corridors of the hospital, the blackness of corners, the sounds,...
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A Tiny Feeling of Fear
chapter one Firstly, I’d just like to thank each and every one of you for attending today. It is much appreciated. Before we begin, I’d like to introduce myself. Or at least one of myself. My name is...
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The Boy Who Fell from the Sky
1 FALLING DAY EIGHT: Wednesday, 15 June 2472, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Siberia, Russia At first he spins. The sky and the trees below spin too, and his stomach lurches. Then he is parallel to...
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The Victorious Mindset
Selected quotes from the book: 1. “Create Extraordinary happiness from extreme gratefulness, not from financial or circumstantial gain or loss, and build a bridge above anxiety and fear.” 2....
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How to Lead A Satisfying Life: 11 Universal Lessons From The Gita
Introduction Can the Gita, a book written thousands of years ago, teach modern adults anything about the art of living in today’s high-tech, high pressure, super-connected, super- busy world? You bet...
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Romance With A Touch of Love
American Princess My American Princess was the night’s grace and attraction’s ally. When I saw her I could hear the sanctity of her footsteps. I could feel the loveliness of her walk. I could...
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Longshot In Missouri
Chapter 1 Pink at Sunset Early Spring, April 3rd, 1862 After breakfast a few miles northwest of New Madrid, Missouri, on a slight ridge overlooking a ford of St. John’s Bayou Longshot eased his...
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Escape to Perdition
Chapter 1 Applause shot around the conference chamber like the cannonade of a victorious commander, reaching high into the rafters where cameras whirred and the cheers echoed. Down below, the man...
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Dream Warrior
Elsie woke, drenched in sweat with a scream trapped on her lips and her sheets tangled around her legs. Her sister stirred next to her on the queen-sized mattress. She didn’t want to wake her and...
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Gagged and Bound 2 – More puns, one-liners and dad jokes
GAGGED AND BOUND 2 I’ve got a pair of trousers that were handed down to me by my father, and by his father before him, and by his father before him. I’m not going to pass them on to my son, though –...
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Gator Girl: The Royal Seduction
Before this no one would ever have accused me of being a drama queen. Even though I have had a major tragedy in my life that would have totally warranted it, I managed to live through it gracefully...
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