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A Brand New Ending by S.A. Rolls
Synopsis: Phoenix Harper never imagined her life would come to this: A life not worth living anymore. After a failed suicide attempt, Phoenix is sent to be observed at a local psychiatric hospital. There she meets Braeden Harris, a hospital aide with his own haunting past. Not long after their first encounter, they feel an [...]
A Myriad of Darkness by Jamila Wiley
Synopsis: A thirty-six-year-old woman, finds herself the victim of a mysterious horrific curse. She becomes convinced that one of her ex-lover’s may be responsible for her torment. Nadia Goldstein awakens with a gasp, reeling from a nightmare about a maniac chasing her with a chainsaw. Her home is hit by a sudden jolting sensation and [...]
Another Chance by Faydra D. Fields
“Bobby’s dead, Gavin,” Mr. Thennel said and buried his face in his hands. At that moment, Lena burst into tears and was immediately surrounded by several of the women in the crowded room. “What? Did he O.D.?” Gavin couldn’t believe what he was hearing. “Nope. Bad accident. Drunk driver,” his brother… click to read more
Austin Nights by herocious
Today is April 1st, and I just finished recording a 4:01 video to celebrate the moment. Bridget is driving the white Silverado packed to the hilt with the stuff we couldn’t do without: our home. We’re driving a long way. Miami Beach was death defying, but we have to leave now, leave the giant ocean [...]
Baby by J.K. Accinni
Synopsis: A deeper, darker E.T. A tear jerker featuring the love of an alien creature and the lives he touches. The series “Species Intervention #6609″ spans two hundred years, encompassing tender love between divergent species, political downfalls and violence of unspeakable order. It is an unfortunate tale of Armageddon and the despairing hope of redemption. In Baby, Netty [...]
Blue Roses by Sharon C. Cooper
“Man, where are you?” “I’m on my way.” Tyler Hollister pinned his cell phone between his shoulder and his ear as he fumbled for his keys on his way out of the dentist office. “You were supposed to be here a half-an-hour ago.” “Q, I’m sorry. Is the meeting over?” “Nah, but I don’t know [...]
Cooking Up Love by Candace Shaw
Shelbi entered the kitchen and was engulfed by the delectable aromas. B. B. King and Lucille roared through the speakers of the small radio on a shelf above the stove. She recognized the song, “Caught a Touch of Your Love,” from her dad’s B. B. King record collection. The chef, whose back was to her, [...]
Daimones by Massimo Marino
Dan Amenta and his family woke up one morning to discover the world had changed. Apocalypse had arrived. They were surrounded by horrible disaster. They were surrounded by death, yet they were untouched by it. More and more they sensed that some sort of supernatural power had left them the only 3 people on Earth. [...]
Dangerous Waters by Anne Allen
Jeanne went out on deck as the spring sun broke through the clouds. A warm glow spread over green and gold jewel-like Herm and its larger neighbour, grey and white building encrusted Guernsey. The salt-laden air enveloped her like an old and trusty coat. Taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes and was a [...]
Darkness Rising: Phoenix Files Book 1 by Eboni Manning on the Independent Author Index
Lalah awoke in a pool of cold, sticky blood. Her clothes clung to her like a slimy second skin, the metallic scent invading her nostrils. Corbin, Dell Christopher’s thug, lay a few feet away from her, unmoving. His body was covered with claw marks, and a particularly large one traversed his chest beneath the jagged, [...]
Destiny’s Daughter by Anthony Sunderland
Dawn swiftly stepped deeper into the tunnel. She stumbled into the dark as the searchlight faded behind her with every step. She continued to tap her right hand along the wall until she reached a fork. She held the crystal out in front of her and waved it between the two tunnels. “Empress Iruptu,” she [...]
Detecting Magic with Dick Hunter: The Mort des Hommes Files by A. Jarrell Hayes on the Independent Author Index
When I recall what I saw that day, I can scarce but wonder why I didn’t go insane. On the ground was the body of Mr. Hollis, bloody and torn but still barely alive and breathing. He was twitching on the grass like a chopped up inchworm. One arm was detached from the rest of [...]
Dragon Within, The by Cindy Lyle
Karah Cold, wet, and very tired, I trudged forward on weary legs. I didn’t know where I was, but the sounds of pursuit haunted my footsteps. I heard the horses’ hoof beats getting closer and felt the ground tremble with their approach. I was running out of time, but there was nowhere to go, nowhere [...]
Enchantment by Charlotte Abel
As soon as everyone else was asleep, Channie crawled out from under her quilt and opened her window. A blast of cold air made her eyes water. She tried to cast a warmth spell on herself, but her new power-name was still dormant. What kind of parents destroyed a perfectly good power-name like Enchantment and [...]
Enough Good News by Audrey McKay
They set the house alarm and headed out to what was still a beautifully starry night although it had gotten much cooler. They were both moving a little slower than usual partly due to the meal they had consumed but also because they wanted to stretch a moment in time that was swiftly coming to [...]
Feelings Kill by Barbara Reed
Have your ever experienced feelings of rage, anger, bitterness, sorrow, betrayal, jealousy, revenge, or depression (or all of the above) that suck the very life, soul, and heart out of you? Have you survived abuse from others who have acted these feelings out on you? Are you controlled by your feelings and at the mercy [...]
Finding Jennifer by Dave Folsom
Jennifer Hollings parked her five-year old Honda CRV at the new wash; an inauspicious beginning to a day she hoped would improve. An exaggeration when called a road, the previous rough, gravelly, seventeen mile, two cow-path byway, intended at the end of the 19th Century for mule-drawn ore wagons, challenged the Honda’s suspension. The remnants [...]
How We Did It by Tascha L. Stith
I went back to the hospital later that day, but I had only dilated one centimeter, so they sent me back home again. I went back to the hospital several hours later. I was tired from walking all day and waiting. The nurse came in to see me, but she did something strange. She gave [...]
Hunger of the Wolf by Francene Carroll
She must have drifted off because when Amber opened her eyes again it was pitch black, and it took a moment for her vision to adjust. She got up to turn the light on, but a noise from outside caused her to stop just before she flicked the switch. As she crept towards the window [...]
I Can’t Get Next to You by Chicki Brown
Chapter One Tamyra No matter how many times I calculated, the number fell far short of what I expected or needed. The Small Business Administration required twenty thousand collateral. At this rate, it would take forever to see my venture fulfilled. My goal for the New Year was to put away half of my salary [...]
If Only by Robin Nadler
Tommy walked onto the hospital roof and tried to clear his head. He couldn’t believe what had happened. He had almost gotten Jack killed. He had thrown a couple out of a consult because of his arrogance. He didn’t even remember the man’s face. How could he be so oblivious? And then there was Red; [...]
Lessons of Life by Amanda Eaddy Oliver
LESSON LEARNED # 2: Improper Connections =Disastrous Outcomes 2 Corinthians 6: 14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousness and wickedness have in common? Or what fellowship can light have with darkness? (NIV) This lesson was one of the hardest lessons I had to learn after being divorced from my husband [...]
Life, Love, and Lack Thereof by Acamea L. Deadwiler
She pulled the shades and drew the blinds. Just like that, my younger brother David and I became prisoners in our own home. Days never seemed so long. Nights never seemed so dark. If I were to write a letter to my six-year-old self, it would begin: “I would love to tell you not to [...]
Lost: Amelia Jones Private Detective Series by Pandora Richardson
I looked down at Matthew as his tongue tickled and teased my breasts. I gripped the edge of the desk and barely registered the faint crunching sound it made as it gave way in my hand. I looked lazily around the room, and my gaze eventually rested in a spot across the office directly behind [...]
Married or… merry! The International (?) Greek Book of Marriage, or 40+1 Reasons Not to Get Married by Kate Papas
“MARRIAGE IS FATTENING” (A personal, but also general, conclusion) Look around you and tell me: How many people have escaped weight gain after getting married? This “big fat(tening)” problem is due mostly to our mothers’ theories, according to which “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach!” You see, that is the first [...]
Michal’s Window by Rachelle Ayala
“Behold, the daughter of Saul.” The herald announced my arrival. Hot and sweating inside the stifling litter, I fanned my face and coughed to clear my dry throat. Uncle Abner, my father’s general, approached the litter. “Merab, I’m glad you’re here. The men need courage.” I didn’t reply, afraid my voice would give me away. [...]
Miss Gone-Overseas by Mitchell Hagerstrom
November 1942 The District Center We have been separated. Kimiko, who slept so sweetly against me on the long voyage, who became like a sister to me, is in another house. Mrs. Okata is in charge here. She seems a decent sort. I have never heard her scolding someone without reason. Although it is still [...]
Patches of Grey by Roy L. Pickering Jr.
“What are we going to do?” The question lay heavily in the air between Caren and her husband. Spread out before them was a collection of unpaid bills. “I don’t know” was the best answer Lionel could come up with. “Most of these are final notice.” Lionel sighed in exasperation. “Do you think whining and [...]
Pompeii: A Tale Of Murder In Ancient Rome by Robert Colton
Synopsis: “Vesuvius?” asked Tay. He was leaning against one of my travel-worn chests, pointing toward the approaching shoreline. I didn’t bother to follow the invisible line from his extended finger to the land mass that was still some distance away. I just grunted a tired “Yes.” I wasn’t sure to be honest, and he was [...]
Return to Caer Lon by Claude Dancourt
The door slammed so hard that its frame trembled. Ylianor grabbed her phials just in time before they fell on the floor. “This is intolerable!” Wiping her hands on her apron, she turned to face her irascible son. Derek had inherited her blondness and deep-blue eyes; from his father, he had taken his height and [...]
Revelations: Book One of the Merlin Chronicles by Daniel Diehl
Synopsis: The Merlin Chronicles is a seamless blend of Arthurian legend, biblical prophecy, classic wizard fantasy and contemporary urban fantasy that never takes itself too seriously. This refreshing new series creates a world exactlylike ours – except that Merlin and the age of magic have returned full-blast to battle ancient evils & save civilization. In Revelations, Book [...]
Sincerest Form of Flattery, The by John G. Walker
I hate it when I’m right. I hate it even more when being right is going to get me killed. Imagine if you will, a guy in his early to mid-thirties, dark brown hair, a little stocky. He’s dressed in a dark blue t-shirt, black jeans, long black coat and Chuck Taylor hightop sneakers. The [...]
The Beijing Code by Wes Thomas
There are no secrets, be careful what you say. As Rachel Watson begins to unravel the secrets of the Beijing Code, she is thrown into a world of international conspiracy and political intrigue. Rachel, a beautiful computer engineer, hired by Stewart Networks to develop an interface between two computer systems in Beijing, uncovers a secret [...]
The Crusader’s Chronicle by Graham Bishop
The car screeched round the corner out of the cathedral square into the pedestrianised rue des Remparts in Bordeaux. There were still a few people about at that early hour of the morning and a young couple strolling home arm in arm were forced to jump aside in fright as the car passed within inches [...]
The Poets Are Dead? and Other Poems by A. Jarrell Hayes
The Word I speak in hieroglyphics. Every word my tongue utters Is plastered upon existence: A relief adorning an underground tomb, A mural painted across the wall, A carving etched by tendrils of air. Silence your whispers when I Speak into being my ancestors Toiling under the noon sun, My contemporaries Out in the summer [...]
Touched (World of the Touched) by Colin Frankel
The murmuring of the crowd filled the bar; it had been a long time since this small rundown drinking hole had seen a crowd this big; it looked like the new managers idea of putting on live music acts had gone down really well with the punters. The crowd watched the blacked out stage expectantly, [...]
Veterans of the Psychic Wars by Wayne Gerard Trotman
Synopsis: “Star Wars meets Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon…” Roman Doyle is a twenty-five-year-old schoolteacher, happily married and anticipating becoming a father. What Roman does not know is that he is really Armon Sakara, the only son of Sakara Rey, the emperor of a distant galaxy known as The Cosmic Sea. That is, until he encounters Chi-Ro Jin, a [...]
Where Did We Go Wrong? by Monica Mathis-Stowe
The bond between girlfriends, best friends, is unbreakable, Joy thought as she zigzagged and weaved through the Beltway traffic. She drove as fast and as calmly as she could with Gabby huffing and puffing through her labor pains in the passenger seat. Her normally light-skinned complexion turned a pale shade of red with each contraction, [...]
Zio the Hero by Marc Grimston
The sun streamed in through Robert’s bedroom window, he yawned, reached over and switched off his alarm clock. If he had known that one of his brothers would be threatened with death, he would have pulled the bed covers back over his head and gone back to sleep. As he didn’t, he got out of [...]
