Midnight Over Sanctaphrax: Third Book of Twig

      Paul Stewart
     Midnight Over Sanctaphrax: Third Book of Twig

Twig Verginix has gained a formidable reputation as the young sky pirate captain who dared to sail over the Edge. But far out in open sky a storm is brewing. In its path lies Sanctaphrax – the great floating city tethered to the land by a massive chain. Twig has learned of the approaching danger, but a perilous voyage destroys his sky ship, hurling his crew into and beyond the Deepwoods and robbing Twig of his memories. The race against the storm begins, as Twig struggles to reach Sanctaphrax and save its inhabitants before it is too late . . . Midnight Over Sanctaphrax is the third book of the Twig Saga – second trilogy in The Edge Chronicles, the internationally best-selling fantasy series, which has featured on the UK and the New York Times best-seller lists and sold more than 3 million copies. There are now 13 titles and four trilogies in the series, but each book is a stand-alone adventure, so you can read The Edge Chronicles in any order you choose.

Read online

  • 313

    Sheillene: Choosing Fate

      Wil Ogden
     Sheillene: Choosing Fate

Sheillene, a champion tournament archer, is setting out on her own for the first time and discovers she has other options than the life of an exhibition performer. Follow her as she learns the ups and downs of bounty-hunting and the trade of the bard. Faced with the choice, which profession will she ultimately choose?Sheillene, a champion tournament archer, is setting out on her own for the first time and discovers she has other options than the life of an exhibition performer. Follow her as she learns the ups and downs of bounty-hunting and the trade of the bard. Faced with the choice, which profession will she ultimately choose?Also included in this tome are several short stories, some previously published and some new, that take place in the world of Mealth--the world where 'Sheillene', 'Of Maia's Mist', and 'The Nightstone' occur.

Read online

  • 312

    Northern Exposure: Episode Two

      Luken Du Pont
     Northern Exposure: Episode Two

Raised in a little fishing town, Cairo Goodridge instead opts for a bigger brighter future in the concrete jungle, New York City. Success surrounds him, but all good things have to come to an end. After the cruel hand of mother nature brings destruction and desolation to his new home. He is forced to survive in the new untamed twisted city, were being human just doesn't cut it any more!"Why did I come out on this cold dark night?" A free flash fiction.

Read online

  • 312

    Past Jumper (Future Jumper Series #1)

      Jamie Heppner
     Past Jumper (Future Jumper Series #1)

Faster than light travel, it’s impossible, that is until Aiden and his girl friend Jess prove the theory wrong one fateful night. The world drastically changes and Aiden is doing his best to get it back the way it was. With a mixture of old science and new magic he struggles to fix what went wrong while trying to survive the destruction he created.Reviews from readers!*******sniff* Just read Past Jumper by @Scorpedo(Jamie). Good read. Cliffhanger ending. I'm a quick reader when I'm interested and/or hooked. And I was. From the very beginning until the end. READ IT! But... but... but... WHY?! Why there? *whines*******AHHHHHHHHH, where's the rest???? You cannot just stop a book like that! I have to know what happened! On to book two!******Faster than light travel, it’s impossible, that is until Aiden and his girl friend Jess prove the theory wrong one night. The world changes drastically with most of its people seemingly gone and the ability to use magic returned. Aiden must struggle against the changes he has unknowingly created, and try to get it back the way it was, or at the least, save everyone who has been taken.With a mixture of both old science and new magic he fights against nature, and father time itself to fix what went wrong, while trying to survive the destruction of everything we hold dear, even humanity.This short story is my Debut. The 3 following stories are already up and ready for your reading pleasure. Every story is a stand alone tale, however, if you read them out of order they won't make as much sense as they could, since they all tie together in some way.Thank you for reading. Please find the followup short entitled PRESENT JUMPER here on Smashwords and on Amazon.

Read online

  • 312

    Seven Days in New Crete

      Robert Graves
     Seven Days in New Crete

Like the three monkeys, the New Cretans see no evil, speak no evil and hear no evil. When Edward Venn-Thomas wakes up to find himself in their midst he realizes that much has happened since the mid-20th century from which he has been whisked. His hosts live in peace and prosperity in a society which knows no hunger and no dissatisfaction, where war has become a game played on village greens, where the poets and magicians of a strange occult religion keep all classes of the population happy with their lot. But idyllic though their civilization may be, it is insipid and boring, a Utopia utterly lacking in danger, excitement or spice. And as Venn-Thomas begins to understand the bewildering adventures which befall him, he realizes that he has been chosen by The Goddess to inject New Crete with disruption and misery, to create disaster and chaos, to reintroduce the New Cretans to a force they have forgotten about - evil. In short, to teach them to live again. [Taken from the back cover]

Read online

  • 312

    Nightmare

      Chelsea M. Cameron
     Nightmare

Ava-Claire Sullivan's first mistake was becoming vampire Peter Mackintire's personal blood bank. Her second mistake was falling in love with him. Now it's Ava's job to make sure he never loves her in return. A pact Peter made nearly a hundred years ago means loving someone will kill him. If she can figure out how to free him from his promise, it might kill her, make her immortal, or lead to the love she wants so badly. But if she doesn't, at best, her heart will break…and at worst, Peter will die.

Read online

  • 312

    Jasper and the Shelter of Angels

      Robert A. Hunt
     Jasper and the Shelter of Angels

When a construction worker, Jasper, is involved in a workplace accident that renders him blind, he begins a journey, seeing more than he could ever dream possible. After a near death experience, Jasper is...Take a step into a world of spiritual domain. When a construction worker, Jasper, is involved in a workplace accident that renders him blind, he begins a journey, seeing more than he ever dreamed possible. After a near death experience, Jasper is granted a second chance at life. Waking in a hospital, he crosses paths with a company of Seven divine Angels. Diagnosed to have brain damage, Jasper becomes ensnared in spiritual warfare between Angels and Demons.A specific band of Demons, ‘The Insufferable Six,’ try to thwart the good efforts of the Seven Angels at every turn, but can Jasper be the element to tip the balance for good or evil? Find out how Seven Celestial friends help lead a blind man to prove his worth to God and ultimately save the planet earth from its utter demise.May this story stir the heart of every reader and inspire him or her to lift their eyes with wonder in this non-stop action adventure. Open your wings and soar into the pages of this haloed epic narrative.

Read online

  • 311

    The Tenth Hole Bridge

      Andy Wilkinson
     The Tenth Hole Bridge

Bobby Lambert has been offered the deal of a lifetime to become the world’s best at something he loves: golf. But the cost is high … very high.excerpt:We leave the car and strip behind it. The boy turns shyly away, exposing the pearly white purity of his bare bottom. Safe from view, I enjoy the transitory thrill of standing naked in the world. Before slipping my trunks on, I look beyond the far side of the wired enclosure, remembering a place, now possessed by a cottage, where my father and mother and brother and I once long ago camped in a trailer. As we approach the gate again, I look beyond it, down the length of interlinked wire, towards the dwindling end of beach where my father always set the barbecue grill, away from children carelessly running about. I close my eyes and imagine him still standing there on a sandy crescent of shoreline, enclosed by the now becalmed water and a green profusion of cattails.A cool draft coming off the lake causes me to wonder if we have come too late. The possibility prompts the remembrance of another past summer day when the water proved too cold to go in. As I stood with my toes at the waterline looking out, a tall gangly girl my own age, with skin of shiny ebony and hair kinky black, approached holding in both hands a half-empty bottle of Fresca. Having little experience with unfamiliar girls, even less with black ones, I found her an interesting challenge. My eyes continually drew away from her face to her hair, woven into pigtails tied off at the ends with bits of red yarn. I particularly liked the way she talked, which imparted a slight trill to the words she spoke. But my every gambit to capture her interest failed until, replying, “Tosh,” to a bold hypothetical I expressed in an attempt to impress her, (that swimming would be far more comfortable if only a small piece of sun were to fall in the lake and warm it,) she turned away and went back to sit on the blanket next to her mother, who listened, smiling, holding a cigarette motionless to her lips, while between finishing sips of her Fresca the girl related what I’d said.

Read online

  • 311

    Rogues of Overwatch

      Dustin Martin
     Rogues of Overwatch

Lydia has dedicated herself to becoming a BEP agent while Mark is pressed into service by Whyte. When the BEP Division and Whyte's private military corporation receive word of Heather's whereabouts, it's a race to see which side can find her first. Can Heather's knowledge save the BEP Division from Whyte's enclosing trap? But even more importantly, can a murderous fugitive like Heather be trusted?Since the attack of her hometown, Lydia has dedicated herself to becoming a BEP agent to assist those like her, and to take down those who would use their abilities for destruction and cruel intent. Meanwhile, Mark is captured and pressed into service by the devious Whyte, owner of a private military corporation, whose far-reaching plans that will shake the foundation of the country.When both sides receive a report that Heather is still alive and on the run, it’s a race to see who can reach her first for their own gain. To what lengths will Lydia go for justice against a murderer? Can Mark find Heather first and fall off the grid with her? Or will Heather be silenced forever by Whyte? As their enemies threaten to ensnare them in a trap, the BEP Division’s only hope of survival rests with Heather’s knowledge of Whyte, and the monster that he truly is. But can she be trusted? And whose side is she really on?

Read online

  • 311

    The Boy Who Could Fly Without a Motor

      Theodore Taylor
     The Boy Who Could Fly Without a Motor

Jon Jeffers is the loneliest nine-year-old on earth. It's 1935, and he's stuck on a tiny rocky island off the coast of San Francisco with his mother and his lighthouse-keeper father. So when the ghost of an ancient magician appears and offers to teach him to fly, Jon seizes the chance for adventure. But then he flies into serious trouble. . . .

Read online

  • 311

    Var the Stick

      Piers Anthony
     Var the Stick

The Scourge of Enmity Sol controlled the mountain and Sos the Empire. Two worlds so completely different from each other that they could not exist together on the same planet. There had to be war... Var was the chosen one. Half man, half animal, a mutant victim of the blast, he would have continued to live as a savage if Sos had not rescued him from the badlands. And now Var was called upon to repay that debt, to risk his life as the champion of the Empire in a duel he was secretly afraid of winning...

Read online

  • 311