Bruce is 9 years old. He likes to do all the things that 9 year old boys like to do. But someone wants to take this away from him. Someone very big and very scary (and also someone very brown and hairy). Beware ... the BOOGIEMAN! Targeted Age Group: 5-10 What Advice Would You Give Aspiring Writers? To be aware of the simple everyday things around you because sometimes the greatest ideas come from the smallest things. Author Bio: Todd White is a fiction author who loves to spend … [Read more...] about Bruce and the Boogieman by Todd White
The Lost Dark by Andy Rigley
In a boring and ordinary world, adopting the shadow of a dead girl seems quite exciting to Jake. But he soon learns that he's not the only one with a second shadow, and he becomes involved in a violent and disturbing new world that existed all along on the fringe of society. His boring and ordinary days become filled with strange characters, murder, torture, and deceit as he struggles to keep hold of his little girl, and ultimately stay alive. Some people will do anything to adopt a second … [Read more...] about The Lost Dark by Andy Rigley
An Ingenious Guide To Twitter
Twitter is an amazing tool that has come from a small little known service to one of the top 10 most visited websites in the world. With over 500 million active users, Twitter sees more than 340 million tweets and over 1.6 billion searches each day. One of the biggest issues that new users face is understanding how to use the service to their advantage and how to reach current and potential customers for their business. In this guide, I’ll show you how to setup your Twitter account … [Read more...] about An Ingenious Guide To Twitter
That Pig Ate My Pocket Money! by Scout Walker
That Pig is a MENACE A complete DISGRACE He keeps pinching pocket money from all over the place! Have you noticed something missing? Maybe ‘That Pig’ is keeping it safe? An illustrated rhyming short story for children by Scout Walker Targeted Age Group: 3 years plus What Advice Would You Give Aspiring Writers? Keep on going! If you feel disheartened consider joining a writer's club for encouragement and helpful criticism. Author Bio: Scout Walker lives in England and … [Read more...] about That Pig Ate My Pocket Money! by Scout Walker
Roam Around Antigua & Barbuda by AR Corbin & PM Johnson
eGuide to these islands. Information about the islands plus things to do both on land and water, eating out, festivals, maps and photographs. The authors visited the islands and write from their own experiences, and the photographs are their own. Targeted Age Group: Adult What Advice Would You Give Aspiring Writers? Don't give up Author Bio: The authors both live in the Caribbean and have traveled extensively in the region and beyond. They have both been involved in the travel … [Read more...] about Roam Around Antigua & Barbuda by AR Corbin & PM Johnson
Water’s End: A Love Rediscovered by Jessica Deforest
Anne Mills chooses the wrong men and loses the only man who is right for her. Thirty years later, after she has given up hope of ever finding him again, she finally reconnects with David, a man beautiful as a Roman god and elusive as a mirage. Their relationship takes her from a little town in Kansas to the inner circles of Hollywood, but she thinks he is just like all the others until she discovers the secret that makes him keep her at arm's length. Targeted Age Group: Adults What … [Read more...] about Water’s End: A Love Rediscovered by Jessica Deforest
The Epitaph of Jonas Barloff by Calvin Dean
Popular high school senior, Daniel Townsend, is dead – victim of a suspicious car crash. Classmates Marc and Angela begin to investigate. A chance discovery pinpoints Daniel at a crumbling antebellum mansion – the old Jonas Barloff estate. The house looks uninhabitable. Haunted. Evil. While inspecting the Barloff family cemetery, Marc notices a towering grave marker with a perplexing inscription. What does the epitaph mean, and who is the old man claiming to be Jonas Barloff? To solve … [Read more...] about The Epitaph of Jonas Barloff by Calvin Dean
What Doesn’t Kill You
I was sent away. I was scared. I was eight years old. 'What Doesn’t Kill You' is a sometimes sad, sometimes horrific and sometimes humorous account of my first year at boarding school beginning in September 1971. In the days before the abolishment of corporal punishment, this expensive school found many opportunities to wield slippers, canes, plimsolls or just hard flat hands for the slightest of reasons. By today’s standards it would be called barbaric. Did we suffer? - Yes we did. … [Read more...] about What Doesn’t Kill You
Night of the Chupacabra by Michael Hebler
Post Civil War. Families move west to begin rich new lives, only some never make it. There is a creature that lurks in the vast open deserts of the west. It can only survive on blood and, although it prefers to prey on the weak and young, it will slaughter anyone or anything, once provoked. It is unnatural, deceptive, and difficult to kill. Word about the existence of this elusive beast has not spread since anyone who has crossed paths with it did not live long enough to tell of their … [Read more...] about Night of the Chupacabra by Michael Hebler
Sunspots by Karen S. Bell
Sunspots follows the healing journey of a young woman thrown into the horror of losing a spouse. It is a love story of loss and redemption and the ghosts that haunt our lives and our houses. Skirting the genres of magical realism and romance, Sunspots, explores the existence of the afterlife and the paranormal. The story takes the reader on a path of high emotion as the narrator, Aurora, uncovers her husband Jake's secret life and her own internal conflicts as she matures to self-awareness. The … [Read more...] about Sunspots by Karen S. Bell
Beautiful, Magical, Amazing Ballet
Mia is a sweet little girl with a big imagination. Today is her first day of ballet class and she is very excited. This energetic story shows what it means to be part of a team and that some things can still be wonderful even when they are not yet perfected. Mary Lee is the author and illustrator of "Not just a Princess". She's lived in various places across the country but currently her heart is in San Francisco. She has two small children, two dogs and works as a Graphic Designer. … [Read more...] about Beautiful, Magical, Amazing Ballet
An Actor’s Life – A Short Story by Duncan Whitehead
It is Oscar night and Hollywood holds its breath to see if Sir Michael Brookes not only wins the best actor but also the best supporting actor award, which would take his tally of Academy Award wins to an unprecedented six....meanwhile his biggest fan and fellow actor Terry Sparkes watches the ceremony alone in his dingy London flat unaware that this evening will change his life forever......but have Terry's and Sir Michael's paths crossed before? A short free story of approximately 7,500 … [Read more...] about An Actor’s Life – A Short Story by Duncan Whitehead
