The Good News Series Study Guide is a companion to the Christian Fiction, Good News Series by Audrey McKay. This guide offers explanations and descriptions of terms and characters presented in the series. The Good News Series consists of the following books:Enough Good NewsNo WeaponBlind JusticeLong NightEven MeThird Watch* - coming winter 2012Kingdom Force* - TBACan a shy artist gain the upper hand in a face-off against her domineering twin?Will paint cans fly as two teams from vastly different backgrounds butt heads?Will a fun-loving volunteer find the courage to carve his own path?Follow three teens as they grapple with issues of love, loss, friendship, identity, and harbored prejudices in a race against time to complete their artwork in the 2nd Annual National High School Fresco Painting Competition.

When Rick and Annie Waldron, a bitter elderly couple, turn onto New Hampshire's legendary Kancamagus Highway in a dangerous snowstorm, they are unaware that their fate may lie with an ancient forest alive with a vengeful spirit. (Short Story)This special edition of "The Kanc" includes free bonus chapter's from Steven R. Porter's novels "Confessions of the Meek & the Valiant and "Manisses."The past meets the present!In this first ever published collection of poetry by the author and written with warmth and feeling straight from the heart, this book intends to take readers,on a journey of emotions.A landmark in poetry, using olde English and contemporary crossover dialects.

the unbeatable spirit of the heroes of old is reborn in the nineteen sixties, where it engages the monsters and villains of modern life in scotland in its quest to be free, in this swirling epic set in a bygone era which still beams a nostalgic message to us. this is how it really was.growing up in scotland during the sixties, the main character of this novel spins the capivating tale of the formative events and escapades that snowballed into an epic struggle to make real the obsessions of that era which colonized the minds of his generation. the many characters who are drawn to him and become part of this tale are often recognizable as like ourselves or others we have known; the dilemmas and challenges he faces are some of them familiar, others bizarre and extreme; what is unique and uplifting is his response and his spirit and the insights he gains into friendship, love, wealth, and power.

Story about a spontanious road trip to New Orleans during the early 1990's.A mermaid named Lily goes on an adventure with her dolphin friend, Cory. They see many sea creatures on their travels. Then, they go to the above ground world.

Between this world and elsewhen lies the Barrow Lands; the place where things that were once magic go when the magic fades. This is a collection of two of the Barrow Bard tales -- the ones most frequently performed at science fiction conventions by Mel. WhiteBetween this world and elsewhen lies the Barrow Lands; the place where things that were once magic go when the magic fades. This is a collection of two of Mel. White's Barrow Bard tales -- the most recent ones that were previewed at Soonercon science fiction convention.

Newlyweds Joel and Sonnet have just wrapped up a housewarming party in Suburban Phoenix. Custom-built on the site of a meteor crash a half century ago, the young couple received everything they wanted in their dream house. Unfortunately, Joel and Sonnet also got what they didn't want: thousands of unwelcome, venomous guests.Newlyweds Joel and Sonnet have just wrapped up a housewarming party in Suburban Phoenix. Custom-built on the site of a meteor crash a half century ago, the young couple received everything they wanted in their dream house. Unfortunately, Joel and Sonnet also got what they didn't want: thousands of unwelcome, venomous guests. Despite a clean inspection report, the house is crawling with more scorpions than your average infestation, leaving husband and wife to avoid the pests' numbing and potentially fatal sting.On a night that will forever alter their fates, Joel and Sonnet are forced to uncover the mystery of the scorpions' origins. What they find challenges their greatest fears as well as their love for one another.

THE MAJOR’S LETTER is a fictional account of the last week in the life of Union Major Sullivan Ballou, featuring the famous letter he wrote to his wife Sarah shortly before his death at the Battle of Bull Run. Made famous by the PBS Documentary “The Civil War,” Ballou’s letter has been called one of the most eloquent statements of love and devotion found in 19th century literature.All readers, please help me out: I'd like to turn this concept into a novel, so would love to have your feedback on how it should evolve. I want to write a book that both of us can enjoy. So check it out, and let me know how I can create a story we'd both be proud of. Thanks! RobertOut of great tragedy sometimes comes great triumph. One such tragedy was the American Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865. More American soldiers died during this intense five-year period than those in World War I, World War II, Korean and Vietnam combined. And yet, the triumphant stories of heroism, bravery and devotion from this great tragedy abound. THE MAJOR’S LETTER is a fictional account of the last week in the life of Union Major Sullivan Ballou, featuring the famous letter he wrote to his wife Sarah shortly before his death at the Battle of Bull Run. Made famous by the PBS Documentary “The Civil War,” Ballou’s letter has been called one of the most eloquent statements of love and devotion found in all of 19th century literature.And the man behind the letter is no less amazing. In reading his story, you will journey with Major Ballou as he reflects on the love of his wife and his faith in God, even as he encounters the enemy in the first great Battle of the Civil War.Allow the Major’s letter to transport you to a time and place when great chivalry was known and even greater men lived and died.

A short story about love and relationships from three points of viewIn a desperate measure to add excitement to Sam’s boring and crumbling marriage, he arranges an exotic sailing adventure, but it’s more than he bargained for when he and his family are abducted in the Gulf of Mexico, forcing them to endure a nightmare to escape their fate awaiting them in a foreign land.

Lube up, dear reader, because this is the story that happens when the Muse starts talking dirty to you. This is a ten minute fellatio for your mind - sloppy and in your face. This is…What if the ancients were wrong? What if the delicate, graceful, vestal Muses were nothing more than dirty, divine whores looking to score some creativity from us mortals? What if they wobbled from Mozart to Proust to Da Vinci to Canaan, with their togas lopsided, eyes bloodshot, rubbing themselves against genius like cheap harlots?

Anything Goes is a collection of stories crafted by authors of Facebook's Anything Goes Author's Group. Spanning multiple genres, from military sci-fi to action, suspense, and romance, there's something inside for everyone to enjoy. Authors include: Lindy Spencer, J.B. Cameron, Linda S. Pearce, Michael Tinker Pearce, Zach Abrams, Tyler Roberts, and Drew Avera.Anything Goes is a collection of stories crafted by authors of Facebook's Anything Goes Author's Group. Spanning multiple genres, from military sci-fi to action, suspense, and romance, there's something inside for everyone to enjoy. Authors include: Lindy Spencer, J.B. Cameron, Linda S. Pearce, Michael Tinker Pearce, Zach Abrams, Tyler Roberts, and Drew Avera.

If you like this be sure to check out the full "Bell Watkins and The Mistrunners" book available on Amazon.com now for only 99 cents!When former MI6 agent turned archaeologist Dr Ava Curzon is engaged by American intelligence to track down an African militia claiming to hold the Ark of the Covenant, she is plunged into a world where nothing is what it seems.Her breakneck descent into the shadowy realm of dark biblical magic hurls her across continents and into the opaque worlds of the Knights Templar, freemasons, occultists, and extremist neo-Nazis, pushing her mentally and physically to the limits.As the plot twists and turns across the centuries, she requires all her skills to solve a trail of ancient clues leading her inexorably towards a terrifying ritual. Taking centre stage, she faces the ultimate battle against an age-old evil she must stop at all costs.Dr Ava Curzon is Lara Croft meets Evelyn Salt – the first real challenger to Dan Brown’s Robert Langdon.

A collection of short stories, dealing mostly with science fiction and fantasy themes. First contact is about making first contact with an alien species. Crucifixion is about a scientific discovery. Jack and Jill is a murder mystery. Heroics is about saving the princess from a rival. Reawakening is about an elf who feels alone. But all of these stories twist from expectations in the end.A collection of short stories, dealing mostly with science fiction and fantasy themes, the expectations of these and how they differ from reality. First contact is about making first contact with an alien species. Crucifixion is about a scientific discovery. Jack and Jill is a murder mystery. Heroics is about saving the princess from a rival. Reawakening is about an elf who feels alone. But all of these stories twist from expectations in the end. Each story is short and can be read quickly.

Fully consider Alban's state, a young prince who was sold into slavery. Void of memory of who he is, rumors begin to fly that he may be the foretold Slave King. Alban toys with the idea, but only to figure out whom he may trust. Love with the slaver's daughter, Joan, only complicates things further. Beyond his fallen state, will he regain his memory or at least find out who betrayed him?Don't let the light-hearted humor distract you; there is deep meaning far beyond that which is apparent to be found in this book and series! As you consider this, be prepared for a life-changing experience, for, you are about to enter into the fireside chat of the old king as he begins to tell the age-old Legend of the Slave King.  As the king shares a story, far beyond belief, those characters come alive to the extent that they dance in the flames of the campfire. Tales of then and now, bravery and treachery, good and evil, and romance and disenchantment become emblazoned on the minds and hearts of those who watch and listen. The old king begins, "As we each begin our individual quests in life and try to figure out who we really are in our heart of hearts — who it is that God knows we may become — most of us are given a name by which we will be known throughout our lives. So, what is in a name, what happens when that name is lost, and what dangers occur in such a situation?"As all listen in anticipation, the old king teaches his people of Alban, a young prince who was sold into slavery. Without much more than a name only given to him by his captors, he struggles to gain any memory of who he is (or was). Because of his memory loss, more and more rumors begin to fly in the camp that, aside from being a slave, he may actually be the Slave King of whom it was foretold generations ago. Beyond his own curiosity, Alban toys with the idea only in order to figure out whom he may trust. Especially when the enchanting daughter of the slaver company's owner crosses his path and sparks begin to fly! Still, there are the visions that he's having and the inexplicable but deeply seeded longing to do God's will. Will he be able to remember who he is or at least to find out who betrayed and sold him? Will he be able to endure to the end of escaping to freedom? Is he actually the Slave King from the legend?This series is best read from book one and continued in succession:Book One: The Legend of the Slave King Book Two: The Hope of Eternal SpringsBook Three: The Road Back to Effulgia

The ghost of an Indian Chief is living in the spooky garage in Emily's back yard, and he needs her help to find an object he lost hundreds of years ago. With the help of her friends, Shayna and Sydni, Emily is in a race against time to find the object and return it to the Chief.The ghost of an Indian Chief is living in the spooky garage in Emily's back yard. At first, she is afraid of him, but she soon overcomes her fear and discovers he needs her help. He lost an ancient artifact hundreds of years ago. The artifact was given to the Chief by a benevolent spirit and is vital to the survival of his tribe. Emily knows where it is and she needs to get it back for the Chief before it's too late. Accompanied by her friends, Shayna and Sydni, she plans a caper to recover the artifact and return it to the Chief.

This is probably a short story you should skip, you'll sleep better... trust us.This short story was left to us by a friend, a fellow writer, after his suicide. He made us promise that we will make sure that it was published posthumously. We debated for a long time whether to honor his final request. We had to balance loyalty to him with what reading it will do to you. In the end loyalty won out, and for that we are truly sorry. To assuage our own guilt, we ask that before you open it, please pause and consider that once read, some things cannot be unread.

“Naomi loves you, Saul … She loves you in a way that neither you nor I can truly understand – in a way that only someone like her is capable of loving. But because of who she is, a world like ours can only destroy her. And because of what you are, her love will cause you pain unlike anything you have ever felt before..."The dystopian image of a world order built on perpetual war is Bo Jinn's backdrop to the story of Saul Vartanian; a veteran of the warzones, scarred both physically and emotionally by battles fought, and by the perverse order of the UMC to which his life and soul have been committed, and from which there is no escape. Saul’s struggle takes a dramatic turn, however, when he comes upon a figure of innocence and purity utterly alien to the world that bore him. Orphaned by the ever-growing blight of war and the spread of so-called “martial order”, little Naomi becomes Saul Vartanian’s last vestige of hope and his final redemption for a past long forgotten. . .

A tale about redemption, forgiveness, unforgivness, the Guinness Book of World Records, the Bible, God, and sex.We were told that this is a good story. Fight Club is a good story, Catch-22 is a good story, War and Peace is a descent story, this is nothing. But it does have the following: the very first murder; sex; coffee shops; witty banter; sex; humor; cleverness; conquers-all love; a hipster; an unreliable narrator; sprinkled references to historical events; brilliance; human sacrifice; profound philosophical revelations; a Metallica song; and eye-opening ideas.

This is a metafictional preview of a metaphorical tale of a metrosexual angel trying to stop a metaphysical apocalypse.Gabriel is an iPod-totting archangel obsessed with crossword puzzles and human souls. God is the Creator of Everything who misquotes platitudes and who is set on destroying the world. You are a hot, large-breasted dear reader. Angels Don't Cry is a sacrilegiously satirical short story about divine disappointment and angelic hope.

Generations after the world has been overrun by the forces of Hell, Mercius, half-man, half-demon, embarks on a mission to rid the world of the foul demons that have inherited it. With an army at his back, Mercius sets out to destroy the Hell-spawn, all the while battling the darkness in his soul.For 17 year old Alex Constance, high school has had its hardships. With her parents’ divorce, her brother leaving for the Marines, and not fitting in with the popular crowd at school, Alex thought her life couldn’t get any more difficult than it already was. That is, until her entire world is turned upside down when she sees a man in black and no one else does. A whole new world of weird has been added to her life. Nathaniel, a dangerous man with many secrets, may be her only hope to save her life. Caught in the middle of an on-going war between fallen angels and angels, Alex begins to learn the truth about herself and her unique family; but will it be enough to save her life or will she become her biggest fear yet? One thing is certain. Alex will not be given a choice, and she may still end up in a psychiatric ward or a body bag.

What do an 82-year-old war veteran and an 11-year-old Ninja wannabe have in common? They are related but they don’t find out about it until the tenth chapter. Tom’s Treasure is a heart-warming story of how God brings a faithful servant’s life full circle. Have you ever made a decision you knew was right but something went terribly wrong and you wondered why? Tom did. But, God worked it all out.When World War II broke out, Tom Dandridge joined the Army and eventually became a part of the newly formed U.S. Army Rangers. On their first assignment, a premature explosion crippled Tom and gave him amnesia. A band of local natives carted him away to the safety of their village until they could find the outcome of the skirmish. He stayed there for several years until his memory came back.The explosion was so fierce, that the Army thought he was dead. His widow, Ellen, and his young son, Billy, were devastated. After several years, Ellen married the associate pastor of her church to help her raise Billy. When Tom's memory came back, the Army went about the arduous task of mending his crippled legs. It was during his transport to a another Army hospital that he prevailed upon his superiors to allow him to just ride by his old home. He knew that Ellen had remarried and he didn't want her and Billy to know he was still alive just yet. When he got to his home, the three of them were outside. His son and the stepfather were playing catch with the football while Ellen cheered him on. Billy was pretty doggone good. They were happy and Billy wanted to be a tight end just like his dad. With a heavy heart, Tom made the decision not to come back into their lives. He couldn't bear the thought of forcing his sweet Ellen to make a tough decision. Then again, he didn't know if the Army doctors could ever straighten out his legs. Would Billy stick with football or give it up to be with him?Years and operations went by and Tom was eventually as good as new. He busied himself with helping troubled teens find their way to Jesus. One by one, God would bring them into his life. One by one, he would walk with them through their turmoil. He said it was like helping them find buried treasure. Life was fairly satisfying but a part of his life was still empty.Years later, God began to tug on his heart to go back to his old home town to see if he had any relatives there. Was Billy still alive? Did he have any grandchildren? The most haunting question was, if he did find anyone there, what would they think? Would they be mad because he never came back? Could they accept him for who he was? As hesitant as he was, God wouldn't leave him alone. Tom knew that there must be someone there God needed him to talk to.The town had changed a lot in fifty years, and there were no Dandridges to be found. He figured his search was over and he headed back to the hotel. He may as well go back home and live out the last few years of his life.As he took a short walk through the park, he happened to meet an eleven-year-old boy who was showing the middle school football team some Ninja moves. Now that was quite odd. But, more peculiar than that, God would not let him leave until he spoke to the young man. As they struck up a conversation, Tom realized that this kid was rambunctious and energetic. He didn't seem to have any deep-seated problems at all.That's where he was wrong. This young man need a great-grandfather to speak into his life. Yes, he didn't find out for ten more chapters but Tom had just met one of his only great-grandson.A Soldier Finds His Treasure is funny and very heart warming. God is faithful to honor the love and dedication of His faithful servant, Tom. He has sown good seed for fifty years and God brings him an abundant harvest of happiness. Also, we find out that God put Tom through his journey because of the plans that He had for Tom's great-grandson, Arthur. In the end, all things do work together for good to those that love the Lord.I trust that you will laugh, cry and enjoy this testimony to God's goodness.

Meet Laurence Swift - inept, incompetent, idiot. When the fate of the world hangs in the balance due to the mysterious discovery and subsequent theft of Pandora's Box, he's probably the last man you' want to save the day. Yet somehow, by a miraculous turn of events that includes Dinosaurs, the Tour de France and a dartboard, he turns out to be the one man who can save the world from annihilation.Meet Laurence Swift - inept, incompetent, idiot. When the fate of the world hangs in the balance due to the mysterious discovery and subsequent theft of Pandora's Box, he's probably the last man you would want to save the day. Yet somehow, by a miraculous turn of events that includes Dinosaurs, the Tour de France and a dartboard, Laurence Swift turns out to be the only man who can prevent the world from being totally annihilated by a ruthless megalomaniac. Action, adventure, romance, comedy, it's all here in Laurence Swift & The Search For Pandora's Box.

Following is a translation from the writings of my mother, her trip to scotland.But it is more then a travel guide to scotland.It is a sumptuous saga unleashed through meditating mountains, talking rivers and wailing remains of "once splendid mansions". And most importantly it is a moment lived to the fullest and the feelings of heart truely felt by a mother and the sweetest human.Meet Laurence Swift - inept, incompetent, idiot. When the fate of the world hangs in the balance due to the mysterious discovery and subsequent theft of Pandora's Box, he's probably the last man you would want to save the day. Yet somehow, by a miraculous turn of events that includes Dinosaurs, the Tour de France and a dartboard, Laurence Swift turns out to be the only man who can prevent the world from being totally annihilated by a ruthless megalomaniac. Action, adventure, romance, comedy, it's all here in Laurence Swift & The Search For Pandora's Box.

Shelly couldn't let Nicholas go. So she created a monster. And now, it's the monster who won't let go.Nick, the teenaged son of two scientists in the guinea pig group is sick of waiting to wake the sleeping colonists. There has to be something he can do about the boredom.A science fiction story for young adults.

It’s 2012 and Japan is a dystopia ruled by an invisible leader – a man whom with the power of mind-control has banished the souls of the adults, turning the majority of Japan’s inhabitants into drones for him to command in the name of his perfect society. Paradise. Seeking to take back his future, teenager Tamashii Kiosh decides that the time has come to restore Japan to its former glory.In Japan on 1988, corrupt politician Yamamoto Akira took over Shibuya before seizing the rest of the country. Through his ability to control minds he created Paradise – his perfect world; a world without worries, murder or chaos, only an unnatural order. By banishing the souls of the adults into another dimension, Akira achieved the ability to control the masses and was also able to seal away the peoples’ ability to use their supernatural powers.In this oppressed society, teenagers sooner commit suicide than become one of the “Deprived” but, when their teacher is shot dead by an assassin working for Akira, 18-year-old Tamashii Kioshi along with a small group of peers decide that the time has come to fight against their places in their society and restore Japan back to its former glory.Set in a dystopian Japan, Take Me With You is a grim story about desire, sacrifice and hardship. Their dream of restoring Japan is a journey filled with pain, as their struggles bring to light what kind of people each of them really are.Are they strong enough to seize their future?

What if God had a psychiatrist? What would their sessions uncover? Megalomania? An inferiority complex? Voyeurism?This short story is an explanatory expedition into God's infinitely fractured psyche. Our probe comes in the somewhat obese and very unattractive shape of our unfortunate protagonist - a middle-aged Jewish psychiatrist whose uninteresting life forced him to become a therapist for the rich and famous and whose untimely death forced him to become the therapist for the dead and deified. Now his days are filled with treating Buddha's body image, Mohammed's phobia of being rendered as an image, and Jesus' daddy issues. Then it gets weird. Our probe falls into the space between good and evil, and becomes frozen at the midpoint of insanity and sanity. This is a story of a mad God, of reversal of roles, and reverse psychology. But you probably wouldn't be interested anyway.

Native and non-native cultures clash in this northern Canadian romance.A somewhat hapless artist from Toronto finds himself adrift on a Cree reserve in northern Ontario in the middle of a breakup disaster in 1977, a few years after the close of the local residential school. In attempting to understand his new environement, he faces challenges not only to his family and his job, but to his identity.

A short story set in France towards the end World War IIAfter centuries of believing they were invincible, the Fey receive a rude awakening when a seer reveals the end to their everlasting life. Evil forces threaten to destroy the Fey's homeland, Usue, and its surrounding kingdoms. As a messenger from the god of life, Nadia, the seer offers news of hope in the form of Usue's unborn princess, Poppiena Quindallen Moabe.With the weight of being born as a sacrifice on her shoulders, young Poppy is forced to accept a sheltered life under the constant watch of her knight, Anton.Even with Anton diligently guarding her, Poppy manages to maneuver through life, living as wild and recklessly as her heart desires. Until, her eighteenth birthday arrives and Nadia forces her to challenge the limits of common laws. Poppy embarks on a voyage to find the truth behind her existence and seek out the evil threatening to end the world.Poppy must find the forbidden magic lurking through the kingdoms'. If she's too late, darkness will enslave Nadia's innocent people; forever damning the Fey to an afterlife in pits of Hector's underworld.

Someone is killing the members of a pseudo-outlaw gang one at a time. After a saloon brawl in a small town in the old west, the fifth of the six outlaws is murdered and the deputy sheriff witnesses the entire thing. What caused this man, dubbed as the Riata Killer to go after these men with such malice and what will the sheriff of this small western town do with him now that he has been caught?Serialized Fiction: bigger stories told in concurrent, easy to digest, smaller parts.PeeDee3, Intergalactic, Insectoid Assassin, Season One: PeeDee3 is Dead, Episode 10: Spider Murphoid, the galaxy’s deadliest Arachnoid ultimate fighter, so dangerous in fact that the sporting syndicates can’t get anyone to fight him willingly. So who better to coerce into the ring than the Kacekan with a deadly reputation and a total lack of brain matter? Spider Murphoid’s got some of the deadliest and most illegal moves in the ultimate fighting scene and eight hands and two feet to deliver the goods. This Spider’s going to murder PeeDee3.

The After-Hero, the guy that's always in the heroes' shadow, twisted by existential woes and sexual perversions, wishing to be a protagonist himself... alas no one writes about him.If you're looking for selfless heroes, true love, adventures on the high seas and heroic sacrifices you should go back to reading the Bible. If you're looking for a neurotic protagonist in a trench coat who is willing to become a villain to defeat the villain (and just for fun), if you want to read about a man who compensates for his shortcomings with a short-barreled shotgun and gratuitous violence, if you want to LOL, then this is the story for you. Would you like to see what's under the trench coat, little girl?

Fifteen-year old Melanie has run away and is lost in the Californian desert. The search party is told she is mute. But is Melanie really mute, or is there an unspeakable secret in her life? Melanie's terrifying adventure is about the difficulty of putting thoughts into words, of being heard and understood and loved.Fifteen-year old Melanie has run away and is lost in the Californian desert. The search party is told she is mute. But is Melanie really mute, or is there an unspeakable secret in her life? Yes -- Melanie’s is terrified by the thought of allowing anyone into her mind, of putting thoughts into words. And so Melanie has decided not to talk. She prefers her perfect fantasy world to the problematic reality of a broken family and bullies at school. Lost in the desert, she discovers that she isn't the only one who has problems with words. A young man doesn’t understand “No”. An illegal immigrant has no voice in America. A gay man can’t explain himself. An old man is silenced by a stroke. Melanie doesn’t talk because she is afraid of being misunderstood, but love and longing finally make her speak out.

In this brief collection of humorous essays about the people who buy products, Jonathan Land turns one's daily purchases into skewed sociological observations. You'll never look at kid's toothpaste the same again.Nevada 1882. The daughter of gubernatorial candidate Trent Slaughter vanishes, stolen the evidence suggests... by demons! Now it is left to soul hunter Jim Mercantile to track the girl down. But as Jim begins his investigation, he quickly discovers that more is at stake than the fate of one missing girl. This conspiracy stretches from the doorsteps of the capitol building in Carson City clear to the gates of Hell. And if Jim doesn’t rescue the girl by the time the polls open on election day, those gates will swing open and Hell will be unleashed upon the Earth.

The weaknesses and faults of humanity are exposed. Hearts have grown weak. The human design has decayed. No one speaks for the wretched and the broken. In this world, people think about their lives and do not care about anyone else. They will let others die for their own benefit. The poems in this book criticise all of these human acts. Brace yourselves for a sad and depressing journey.This book unveils the darkness found in our society. The human thinking has become obsolete. Man is not a man anymore. All differences between a human and an animal are vanishing. The future remains uncertain. Mankind can not continue if it does not adopt a different way of living. The system has now failed. The code of life has been corrupted. And we all are responsible for this. We will hurt others for our own benefit. All such deeds will one day invoke God's wrath. This book will take you through a sad and depressing journey and will expose the weaknesses of humans.

Short story about a teen and how he became the leader of his gang.How do you catch a killer who is already dead?One year ago, the Bluebell Killer killed his last victim. He was shot and killed, leaving behind a legacy of twenty corpses and a name that people will fear for years to come…A year later, a man is shot in the back of the head and left in a field of bluebells. Is it a mugging gone wrong? A copycat killer? Or is the Bluebell Killer still out there, waiting to pounce on his next victim?For DS Evelyn Giles the solution is simple – it’s just another dirty politician caught committing an unforgiveable crime. But with the evidence stacking up against him, Giles’ suspect has one more surprise in store for her…And his words will throw everything she knows into question…‘It’s not over yet.’The past is coming back to haunt DS Giles. She’s already sacrificed much for the lie. The only question is how much more will she suffer for the truth?An ingeniously, gripping thriller, The Bluebell Informant is a dark, unexpected and emotionally charged debut.

How does a poor prince form a misbegotten kingdom get the Goddess of Victory to fall in love with him?She lives in a palace swaddled in clouds and mythology; he is a prince of a country so unknown that it is known for being left off maps. She makes emperors kneel in front of her; he - milkmaids. She is a divine being; he isn't even a very good person. He wants her questionable favors; she wants unquestionable worship. She has a vagina; he's a prick. She is the goddess of victory; he wants to defeat her. We are talented authors; you are a discerning reader - and this is a story about the unlikely romance of human ambition and divine caprice.

‘Psychs 1st’ is a spin off from the 'Psychs series' that tells the story of young Hassan, a guy with eight ghosts connected to him by the tragic event of his birth. He decided to visit the United States in an effort to put closure to 7 of the ghosts by visiting their families and give them letters with a fake story of how he got them, only to discover that he is there to do more than that.‘Psychs 1st’ is a spin off from the 'Psychs series' that tells the story of young Hassan, a guy with eight ghosts connected to him by the tragic event of his birth. He decided to visit the United States in an effort to put closure to 7 of the ghosts who are connected to him by visiting their families and give them letters with a fake story of how he got those letters, only to discover that he is there to do more than that, and probably to try and survive.

This is story about four people who gets stuck in an old elevator. The Elevator takes them to different worlds and gives them tasks to achieve. They have to demonstrate kindness, truthfulness and honesty to come back to their own worlds. The Journey involves many vanishing worlds and each world has fascinating characters and characteristics. Ishita the 10 year old child is the lead in this story.A story of archaeology set in modern day Jerusalem and the search for the Temple of the Jews, destroyed in 70AD by the Roman Emperor to be Titus, who sacked the city and razed the Temple to the ground. Today the Temple Mount is crowned by the Haram esh-Sharif controlled by the Muslim Waqf. A successful writer, Pat O'Connelly, is contacted by a strange French archaeologist in Paris who has developed a theory relating to the site of the Temple using documents dating from the nineteenth century when the British Army surveyed Palestine. The archaeologist seeks O’Connelly’s assistance in the hope of finding a publisher for his work. O’Connelly discovers the arcane world of Biblical archaeology and the conflict between Jewish and Muslim authorities in the Holy Land.

Short story about a woman and her two companions who live at a hotel for transients.Introducing Advanced Smash Repairs.Spillage is the first tale in a quirky six-part series about a smash repair business that knows too much. Craig runs a small workshop, and with the help of his staff – lead mechanic Pavel, apprentice Clint and the enigmatic test driver Boris – he fixes cars in unconventional ways, and in the process ends up solving a few mysteries along the way. A damaged and mysterious BMW and an over-enthusiastic ex-customer challenge Craig’s patience and skill in a tough week at Advanced Smash Repairs "Spillage was a great short read with excellent, believable characters." "A brave change of pace that just . . . worked. And worked well." "The smell of oil, grease and fun from the cars and the garage workshop got me hooked. A great read."

Benny Cahill is a private eye. His job is to help little guys with big problems. However, Benny always gets served a large portion of hurt for his troubles. Things don't turn out any different when Benny is hired by a crooked jockey who never heard of the phrase: "Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth".Being a private eye means helping the little guy and that is what Benny Cahill does for a living. The problem is: this kind of work can be bad for your health. After helping a jockey put a bet on a fixed race, Benny loses the money ands finds his client dead. With the cops eyeing him for the hot seat, Benny Cahill must bring the real killers to justice. All because a jockey had never heard of the phrase: "Don't Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth".

Life for Audrey Reynolds consisted of nothing but the routine developed to cope with abuse. She never looked to the Moon, to the Mare Gods, for help, never prayed for their influence, and never cursed their apparent lack of interest in her existence. When civil war erupts among the Five of the Mare, Audrey finds Nubium, god of justice, in need of help and, quite possibly, in need of her love.The world looks to the Moon when in full and it is known the Mare Gods look back. A new Moon frightens the true believers who worry whether the gods have abandoned them and whether they will ever return. Storms are attributed to angry gods. Peace and prosperity means the gods are pleased. Humans understand precious little about how great, or how feeble, control over the course of events they have.When the Five of the Mare determine to fight one another for control of their realm, and ours, humanity will be forced to choose sides and hope to survive the war.If she had her way, Audrey Reynolds would stay as far away from the conflict as possible. A believer, but by no means devout, Audrey spent a lifetime wondering why the gods failed her in her time of need. These are her stories and how she comes to grips with Nubium, the god of justice, and his quest to restore peace among the gods.

A pale young man, looking twice his age, manages a vast complex of apartments. The residents despise him for his apparent weakness. What they don't know might lead them to see him differently if it were not for the legacy of his father.Betrayed is not a true story, but it was inspired by one. All the characters are invented, some are composites of real people, and aspects of the story - including the ending - were fictionalized for dramatic effect.

A short story about the life of a quirky person who diedThis book contains six of the eighteen fairy tales from Andrew Lang's Blue Fairy Book (1889). The stories have been rewritten sentence by sentence to make them accessible to 21st century American children. The 6 stories include Toads and Diamonds, Beauty and the Beast, Snow-white and Rose-red, Why the Sea is Salty, Felicia and the Pot of Carnations, Hansel and Grettel.The great beauty of Andrew Lang’s Blue Fairy Book, originally published in 1889, is that it brought together many different fairy tale traditions. There are stories written by Charles Perrault and Mme d’Aulnoy, collected by the Grimm brothers and Asbjornsen and Moe, and translated from the Arabian Nights. It is a very rich collection of fairy tales.However, the stories are written in a language that is outdated and in places inaccessible to modern American children (and even their parents). To remedy this problem, I have thoroughly edited half of the stories contained in Lang`s book, keeping the stories as intact as possible, while revising every sentence so the stories can once again be read with pleasure by children.

It is a love story but it’s ending is not predict… it’s a love story in which the girl can do anything to save her love… even say yes to the witchLaura was the only girl child of Craft family and because of that her father doesn’t allow her to go outside but there was something that he was hiding from her. Laura runs away from her home when she falls in love with Ryder. Ryder was very handsome guy but that’s not the reason she falls in love with her, it was his heart that makes her. Ryder madly in love with her, he was doing everything to make her and break his rules for her. They were living happily with each other until Laura’s 18th birthday after that she feel someone with her all the time so many paranormal things happens to her and one day she saw the witch and soon she realize that her family wealth and fame is because of a curse and she’s the only one who can free them from it.

Short story about a student named Kwinton Jones and the inner city high school he attendsMarie is a 40-something housekeeper leading a pretty humdrum existence in modern day Saltriver, Cape Town.She has regular church meetings, a grown son and a husband she barely talks to.Marie starts having excruciating back-ache and eventually loses track of parts of her day.Katriena is a 18th century slave-girl of about 15 years, who is pregnant with her white master's baby and desperate to save her unborn child.Johannes, a medicine man, promises to help her do this, using her link to Marie who is Katriena's only living descendent.

A children's story which relates how King Edgar of Scotland came to have an elephant, which history mentions that he gave to the King of Ireland.The story begins with a Viking earl and his men who find themselves with an elephant and decide to send it back to Scotia as a present to the king, where its arrival is seen as a miracle; its keeper, however, is sad when they part.

Its a story about Nimmu, a sixth grade student in India, who moves to a village and struggles to settle there. As the days progresses, he wins new friends and establishes equations among them, and starting to enjoy his school life. Gopu Joins school in the middle of the year and he becomes Nimmu's best friend. How he earned Gopu as his best friend and why he is missing the friend is the story.WARNING! This is a Zed Lab Experiment! "Cursed chocolate" description:Samir is eight years old and he has left India with his family and he must make the accounts with the grayness in the Milan winter. Difficulty to integrate... if it were for the chocolate, that his classmates have passed of hand in hand during the interval, but as all the sweetest temptations, difficult to withstand this new intoxicating world, so much to be forgotten his own earth and his own origins. Integration, multiculture and loss of identity. The migration told by a child that it moves him with the family to Italy and that a new world must face, rich of temptations, that, just as the chocolate, they can make to forget his own origin and his own cultural baggage.

As two high school sweethearts and lovers are reunited after an eight-year absence, two tragedies are occurring. Pamela, at the age of twenty-six, is dying of cancer. Dwight, also twenty-six years old, is dying in a subtler way. Dwight has allowed financial success and prestige to erase his life’s passion. Fate brings these two long-lost partners together on a quest for transcendence.As two high school sweethearts and lovers are reunited after an eight-year absence, two tragedies are occurring. Pamela, at the age of twenty-six, is dying of cancer. Dwight, also twenty-six years old, is dying in a subtler way. Dwight has allowed financial success and prestige to erase his life’s passion. When fate brings these two long-lost romantic partners together during the last days of Pamela’s tortured life, everything that takes place after that is intended to allow you to meditate about difficulties and decisions that you will almost certainly have to face. Is all of your physical and psychological pain meant to simply be endured? Or is it your right to decide what limits you wish to place upon your own suffering? Finally, is it possible that a supremely patient and loving spiritual presence carefully knits together what might seem to be accidental or trivial events, so that even the darkest and most tragic of all of our lives disasters lead toward an ultimate state of ecstasy and transcendence?? Because these subjects are so crucial in all of our lives, I am offering “The Runway” to you as a free download. If this story assists you in any way, that will make my work worthwhile.My best wishes to you,Michael Naugle.

A few poems in sonnet. It is about love, struggles, failures,pain, beauty, fun, and the sad life of some people I met.This is my first try publishing my poems. I really hope to hear reviews from people who appreciates poetry.

Short story about a teen during the mid 1980's and his job at a local grocery store.Imagine being stuck in school forever. Living there, working there, and eating every meal there. That’s what Taryn and every other kid from her town has to do. What they don’t know is that this so-called slave school is run by Taryn’s father. This secret will lead to heartbreak and despair. Freedom will be had, but not without a heavy cost.

When Dr. Jennifer Ryan perfects a power source of unlimited potential, she is torn between the peril and the promise. When word of her triumph gets out, sinister forces tighten the noose, a seemingly innocent betrayal catapults her into a swirling vortex of suspicion and death.Jennifer Ryan is beautiful, brilliant...and alone.When this incredible woman perfects a power source of unlimited potential, she is torn between the peril and the promise, wondering if her discovery will benefit mankind...or destroy it. When word of her triumph gets out, sinister forces marshal themselves, surrounding her in an effort to claim her discovery as their own. As those forces tighten the noose, a seemingly innocent betrayal catapults Jenny into a swirling vortex of fear and suspicion.Aaron Casey lost the love of his life.Broken by grief, he goes through the motions of living. His work is the only thing that keeps him moving and his mother and sister, the only ones who bring him any comfort. Late one night he discovers a woman, badly beaten and left to die in the cold. Aaron saves her, having no idea the intrigue, redemption and danger she will bring to his life in equal measure.Together this unlikely pair now face dangers they never expected, from places they never imagined.As assassins, the FBI, and evil forces within their own government chase them across the New England countryside, Aaron and Jenny find themselves running for their lives while still battling their own personal demons.If they want to survive, they must learn to lean on each other and use their unique talents to defeat enemies that seem to materialize from the frozen winter air itself.

By outward appearances the North Shore is the greatest place on Earth. Affluent families living on compounds driving the finest vehicles. Friends, families, and parties the way of life. Coffee shops. Yoga pants and Mexican groundskeepers. But just beneath the surface the North Shore is anything but idyllic as best friends Anne, Chaz, and Margot are about to find out on D-Day.Any occasion is cause for celebration on the North Shore. An announced engagement sets off a course of parties where each host attempts to outdo the previous. Election to the Board of Directors of a charity in the city requires the local newspaper to attend to photograph the event. Milestone birthdays keep the CEOs away from their palatial offices and in their corporate jets spiriting away to private clubs the world around.In River Grove there were few celebrations larger than the party commemorating one of its favorite citizen’s participation in the landings at Normandy.For Margot Wallace, June 6th will always mark the day her life irrevocably changed.For Chaz Perkins, June 6th is always a day to shine in the spot light.For Anne Glassmaker, June 6th is all too familiar to the day before and bodes poorly for the day to follow.Follow Margot, Chaz, and Anne and their searches for love and fulfillment in stories of “The North Shore” available monthly.