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- Ricky's Dream Trip
by William Stevenson - The Sons of Apollyon
by G. A. Colin - Xmas Stalkings (NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE)
by Johnny X. Graves (Pen Name For Ryan Miller) - I Wish I Was a Dog
by Rosalinda Vargas - Wrath
by Kevin Davison - Human Blend
by Lori Pescatore - When The Spirit Moves You
by Thomas De Prima - Nanamarvion: Adventures of a Reluctant Heroine
by P. A. Moore - Running with Moose and Other Stories
by Dave Folsom - The Zeitgeist Project
by Dave Folsom
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- Under The Blue, The Blue Series Volume 1
- by Josephine Dillon
David Smith is on the verge of self destruction. Seductively drawn into his dream world by a force he cannot detect, he becomes less and less human as the days pass by. Struggling to stay connected to both worlds, his life begins to unravel. With the help of his brother Dillon, he will appreciate the value of life, the importance of family, and that love comes even on the darkest day.
Set in Oceanside, California in the year 1986, Under The Blue is a story of family ties, religious conformity, and teenage rebellion set against the backdrop of one brother's dream world.Please note: the first chapter of the second book in the Blue Series is included at the end as a preview.
(16+ Contains profanity, violence, and sexual references.)
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- The House
- by Aaron Kruse
Purgatory is a cold and unpleasant place, a place where souls are warehoused until they are called to walk the earth again in the form of the living. But if the dead are owed a debt by the living, they can sometimes make a deal to come back before their time and collect on that debt.
Ezekiel Felder, his brother, and his sister, are all warehoused in Purgatory, as they are all the victims of savage childhood abuse. Ezekiel makes a deal with Satan to return to the world of warmth and light, and earn freedom for his brother and sister. All it requires is that he pay Satan a negotiated number of rotted souls, sent to Hell for Satan’s pleasure.
It seems straightforward, but trouble arises when first Ezekiel’s sister and then his brother come back to help him – and both have been modified in ways he doesn’t expect. And then there’s the fact that when you deal with the devil, you never really know all the details.
In a deal with the devil, you never really win.
Ezekiel navigates a path of constantly shifting requirements, unexpected input from his siblings, unwelcome attention from the police, and his own very valid feelings of love, regret and fear. The House follows Ezekiel through an action-packed adventure to a surprising – and unexpected – ending as the devil’s true goal becomes clear.
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- Tom and the Magic Bag
- by Anisah Sankar
A children's story for all ages that teaches honesty, truth and no matter how difficult life is you do have the strength to be a better person. The main characters in this story are Tom the young hero, his mother, the bully Gun and the Magic Bag. This is a story that everyone will enjoy! Below is a short extract from the story.
CHAPTER 2
WHEN DESTINY FINDS YOU
The noon day sun beat upon Tom’s face. He sweated profusely. His lips were dry but he ignored his condition and concentrated only on playing. Bang! Bang! Bang! That was the sound which Tom made as he beat his stick against the rusty old biscuit tin. Suddenly, without any warning, a strong gush of wind blew an old, dirty bag from out of nowhere. It landed on top of Tom’s rusty old tin. He curiously picked up the bag, opened it and saw that it was completely empty. He decided he could use it to store his stick and rusty, old tin.As the sun began to set in the glorious sky Tom began walking home, dragging the bag he had found behind him. Again, as soon as he entered the front door of his home mother handed him his bowl and in it was a little bit of flour porridge. As they all sat on the rotted wooden floor drinking their porridge Hazel asked mother if she had found work. Mother replied ‘‘No. It has no work in the town. I will have to try elsewhere. Tomorrow I will check up Tunapuna side.’’
‘‘Donna’s mother cook stew fish and dumpling today.’’ Carla then said to mother. Mother simply looked at her for a moment and said nothing. Then Tom said ‘‘I wish I had some chicken to eat.’’ Mother became frustrated with their complaining, and, angrily she said to them ‘All you hurry up and eat your food.’
When they were all finished eating mother washed the bowls, sang everyone a song, out the candle and went to sleep. That night Tom slept with the dirty old bag he had found. His mother was too tired to notice the bag otherwise she would not have allowed him to bring it into the house.As Tom and his two sisters lay silently on the rotted, uncomfortable floor they found it very difficult to sleep. As they all stared at the galvanized roof they listened to the sounds of gun shots, dogs barking and cars passing in the road.
“I still hungry.” Hazel whispered to her sister and brother.
“Me too” they simultaneously replied.
“I wish I had some more ah that stew fish and dumpling.” said Carla
“Na, I wish I had some fry chicken.” said Tom
“You only like chicken. I wish I had a big burger.” Carla said to Tom and in return Tom replied “Well I wish I had the biggest, burger in the world with tomatoes and lettuce and cheese…” but before Tom could finish his wish mother had awakened. “Shhh… all you shut up and sleep.” She bitterly said.That night Tom had the most wonderful dream. He was in a colourful land where everything was made of the favourite foods that he loved to eat and foods that he wished he could eat. There were mountains of ice-cream, rivers of milk, a house which looked like a giant bake chicken, sugar cake sea-saws and chocolate slides.
CHAPTER 3
‘A NEW DAY’Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! This was the noise mother made in the kitchen as she hurried to prepare some porridge. As Tom watched her pour the last remaining flour into the boiling water he felt sad. He closed his eyes in an attempt to return to sleep but as he pulled his bag towards him he noticed that it felt different. It felt heavier. It looked bigger and more bulgy. He felt very confused. Tom slowly peeped inside the bag and at first glance his eyes could not believe what they saw. Tom rubbed the Yampi from his eyes then took a second look inside the bag. It was the most marvellous sight his eyes had ever seen. ‘‘Oh my God!’’ he shouted out aloud. ‘‘Mummy, Mummy’’ he yelled as if a snake had bitten him.
Franticly mother turned her head and looked at him. She saw a familiar object in his hand. She carefully took it from his hand, “Is a
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- Reeshard and The Great Parish Swamp / Gramp's Journal
- by Wj O Neil
Reeshard and The Great Parish Swamp / Gramp's Journal, takes a young boy named Richard on an incredible adventure into Otrindara's realm of truth. With pirates founding the strange town of Parish it continues with Genny and Jonah being taken by the ever present wall of fog. Cutting The Great Parish Swamp in half, it keeps our realm of denial and Otrindara's realm of truth apart.
Entering it to saved loved ones, Richard seeks help from Daka, Gargan, Leykin, and other Otrindaran's to fight the likes of pirates, slavers, the far side's dark sorceress Shadeyla, and her army of Darkmoor along the way.
Encountering plants and animals, the likes of which have never been seen before, Richard will discover secrets The Great Parish Swamp has kept for centuries. All of this will lead him to discover the truth about the legends of Parish that will reveal his true ancestry and fulfill an age old prophecy.
A place where past, present, and future all come together will reveal the unknown connection between a legendary pirate, Richard's godfather Jonah, and Richard, himself.
In the first book of the new Reeshard and The Great Parish Swamp series, the prophecy of the one has begun, and in saving Genny and finding Jonah, Richard has unknowingly become a part of it all.
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- PURE BLOODS, Origins
- by Jenna Raven
The bond between seventeen year old twins, Katherine and Amanda is supernatural, but when Katherine’s dead twin sister makes Katherine promise to go to an abandoned house she’s seen in a vision; Katherine will find there are more things in this world that are supernatural than merely talking with your dead twin sister.
A house isolated deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains reads, “House in need of TLC, will rent cheap to someone willing to remodel.” It’s the perfect match, having worked summers renovating homes with her father. Katherine convinces him to give her one month alone in the house to escape the memories of her sister’s death. But, this game isn’t like Survivor. When Katherine’s sister goes into the light, Katherine will face this journey alone. A female ghost who haunts a room and knows Katherine’s name, a devilishly handsome werewolf, and traveling back to the year 1817 will be some of the things Katherine encounters as an evil darkness hunts her. Is it truth or the same insanity that pushed her twin sister to suicide?
