The Eclective: The Pride Collection

The Eclective: The Pride Collection

The Eclective

Fantasy / Short Stories / Business

The fourth short story anthology from the Eclective brings together seven writers from across genres, each contributing a unique take in recognition of LGBT Pride Month. Go Team Everybody.The fourth short story anthology from the Eclective brings together seven writers from across genres, each contributing a unique take in recognition of LGBT Pride Month. Go Team Everybody."Saving Suzanna" by Rex Jameson - As Sara and Morgan struggle to escape the ruins left by the Northern Organizational Militia's campaign of terror, they hear the cries of an infant through the darkness. If they keep running north, they may save themselves… but if they stay and fight, they may just save their future."Shero: Glam, Bam, Thank You, Ma’am!" by Jack Wallen - Don't judge a book by it's cover and don't judge a queen by her smooth moves alone! Shero is honored to serve as judge for a local drag queen pageant. When all hell breaks loose, can Shero save the queens from a disaster worse than a loose gaff or broken heel?"Gay Angels in Heaven" by Alan Nayes - A teenager learns having pride in who she is is far more important than what others think of her."Moon Blossoms" by P.J. Jones - Outcast from their colony, two sprites learn to accept that their love is not a sin against nature but a thing of beauty."Urbs in Horto" by M. Edward McNally - There are many gardens in the city of Chicago, and none are as different as they may seem."Be Careful What You Wish For" by Shéa MacLeod - Cross-dresser Ryan Roberts has always dreamed of being a real woman for just one day. He'll soon discover that when it comes to cupcake-addicted ancient Welsh goddesses, you should be careful what you wish for."Love & Disaster" by Heather Marie Adkins - Becca is finally marrying the woman of her dreams, but she’s frightened of what the future holds in a world that doesn’t accept their love.
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Mirror, Mirror

Mirror, Mirror

Valerie Gaumont

Business / amazon / Science Fiction & Fantasy

This is short story about a woman who buys a magic mirror in a junk shop and ends up with more than she bargained for.Short story in which YOU are the monster, as you roam your lair killing and eating all who enter. That is until he shows up.Inspired by the sword and sorcery fantasy gaming books by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. A story told as if YOU are the monster.If you read this story then why not leave me a review to tell me what you thought. Any feedback (be it good or bad) is always most helpful.
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The Diary of Mary J. Smith

The Diary of Mary J. Smith

Kayla Brown

Romance / Paranormal Romance / Business / amazon

Mary J. Smith's diary reveals hidden facts about being a shape shifter. This short introduction to Blue Magic holds secrets that Lionel will not learn, but you get the chance to know.Happy Holidays!Here is a quick preview to the newest story I am working on. Blue Magic is about one man who is given a house and responsibilities by his dead best friend. One of those is taking care of a sister that he never knew that his friend even had. That sister is the focus behind this short little story. You delve into her mind to find out what it is truly like to be a shape shifter.
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The Opportunities of Youth

The Opportunities of Youth

Donald Phillips

Leadership / Business / History

A humorous look at the YTS or YOPS schemes of the nineteen seventies by someone who worked in them for several years in what was then Avon County.This book is a comedy, but the reader needs to understand a little of the background of Youth Opportunities as they were known. In the late seventies the Thatcher Government determined for once and for all to destroy the power of the Trade Unions who they felt were holding the country to ransom and to be fair, the majority of people in the country at least half agreed with her. However, what the Thatcherites actually achieved with their monetarist policies was the destruction of the countries manufacturing base, which slid rapidly downhill and has been diminishing ever since. Apprenticeships and other types of trade learning practically vanished overnight as companies cut down on all possible expenditures and then went to the wall in droves, buried under an interest rate that finally topped out at eighteen percent as Thatcher determinedly pursued her policies.There is no doubt that this did severely curb union power. However, it also removed the livelihood and job opportunities of thousands upon thousands of school leavers. This was especially true for the less able kids who had relied on jobs in the manufacturing industries. And so in Avon County, now vanished from the face of the earth, ACYOPS was invented, (Avon County Youth Opportunities Scheme), to give these unemployed kids something to do. The idea was that they should be paid a minimum wage by the state and placed with kindly employers who would teach them the ropes in return for their prepaid labour. In other words free workers from the government in return for giving them real world experience. Some, the more able, were put straight with employers. The rest were first of all put with Supervisors in groups to learn such skills as building and painting and decorating. They practiced on community halls, church halls and other buildings whose owners were very happy to have the work done, however slowly, for only the cost of the materials.
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A Duke's Bride. Episode 1. (Teen & Young Adult Romance). Sweet Regency Duke & Bride Series.

A Duke's Bride. Episode 1. (Teen & Young Adult Romance). Sweet Regency Duke & Bride Series.

AD James

Nonfiction / Business / Psychology

EPISODE 1. *(Regency Romance Soap Opera). Heat Level 1. *Ideal for 13-18+ age group.A duke buys a wedding cake for his wedding and meets his first love again. A British bake-off romance that revolves around the purchase of a wedding cake from Lydia's cake shop in York, England. Level 1: Sweet/Traditional. Available as a Regency Romance Novella.EPISODE 1. (Episode 2 & 3 Out Now)! *(Regency Romance Soap Opera). *Ideal for 13-18+ age group.When Lydia Somerville, an affluent baker's daughter, is jilted at the altar by Richard Claremont, Duke of Chester; a notorious, wayward rake, she thought her life was over. Two years later Lydia is the successful owner of a prosperous cake shop. When she displays an elaborate wedding cake in her shop window, it catches the eye of Lady Charlotte Cringlewood. She is a rich, spoilt heiress recently betrothed to an handsome duke. When the duke calls in to purchase the cake, Lydia is shocked to see her first love the Duke of Chester, who is betrothed to Lady Charlotte Cringlewood.However, Chester still has a passionate yearning for the beautiful young bride he left at the altar. Lydia is pulled into an explosive love triangle with the duke and Lady Charlotte. She has to fight for everything she has fought for. Her independence, her business and her respectable reputation. But how long before her defences are broken down, by the brooding passion of a duke, who is about to marry the wrong woman!
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Vultures Over the Dead City

Vultures Over the Dead City

Adriano Silva

Business

The city is already taken by the living dead, but a mysterious group appears to challenge the horrors and search for a new kind of living dead.There's something in the virus, something changing and evolving, and these changes are about to get in the hands of the most dangerous being in the world: humans.Such discovery will bring hope, despair or something far more complex?The city is already taken by the living dead, but a mysterious group appears to challenge the horrors and search for a new kind of living dead.There's something in the virus, something changing and evolving, and these changes are about to get in the hands of the most dangerous being in the world: humans.Such discovery will bring hope, despair or something far more complex from the depths of human mind?
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An Unwanted Shade of Grey

An Unwanted Shade of Grey

Rebecca Milton

Adult Fiction / Erotica / Business / amazon

When he asked, she said yes. When he asked why, she had no answer. She could not answer the man she was about to marry, but can she answer a total stranger she encounters in a cemetery?Baltimore-born Ireland Rose, daughter of Irish immigrants, must be married by her seventeenth birthday. Rose's father finds a suitable husband, Captain Camden Lovell, twenty-seven years her senior. Captain Lovell takes his bride to Charleston, provides her with a beautiful home on the Battery and good standing in Charleston Society.Three years later Rose is a widow. Captain Wyatt, her husband's trusted employee is now in charge of her affairs. Rose senses he does not like her. One day he brings a young woman with child to her - and a secret that must be kept. A little girl is born, and Rose becomes a mother. Captain Wyatt offers to marry her in name only to protect her from Charleston society gossip, but she is determined she will not marry a second time for protection. She will marry for love or live alone.Just three months later, August 31st, 1886 the city of Charleston suffers the worst earthquake of the century. Her beautiful home is in shambles. Rose has no choice but to return to her parents' birthplace in Ireland. The only record she has of her Irish ancestry is in her mother's Bible. She and her infant daughter take the next ship to Ireland. She has begun to hope she has finally found happiness when Captain Wyatt comes with news that shatters her heart.Every person Rose loves is taken away. Her faith in God is shaken. There is a plan for her, but she can't see it. Captain Wyatt breaks her heart, not once but twice.
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Out for Blood

Out for Blood

Adam Nicholls

Thriller / Business / amazon

Never open your door to strangers. It's been six years since ex-cop Logan Fox lost his family, and their killer still roams free. Now working as a private investigator, Logan seeks justice on behalf of those around him. For those unable to protect themselves. For people like Jenny. When his only friend goes missing, Logan is horrified to find the link to a series of brutal murders in the area. But as he edges closer to the truth, he finds there's more to the kidnapping than first appears, and that the killer is linked to his dark past. A past he'd left behind long ago. OUT FOR BLOOD is the first instalment to a gripping new serial killer series. It introduces Private Investigator Logan Fox, a no-nonsense vigilante with a short temper and a dark history... a history that is about to catch up with him.
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Blue Ice Dying In The Rain

Blue Ice Dying In The Rain

Jim Craig

Business / Buisness / Sports

Johnny Wainwright is a bush pilot repo man in South Central Alaska. One September afternoon he flies Alaska State troopers to a remote island in Prince William Sound on a routine case of domestic violence. But the troopers disappear, thick fog rolls in and things get strange. Add to the mix a peculiar lodge owner, a flirtatious cover girl model and gunfire. Mayhem and madness follow.“They say there's a million ways to make a living. For me there's only one. I fly airplanes. Small airplanes in remote Alaska. Sometimes I even get paid. It isn't much of a living but I get by. Man and machine battling the elements in the final frontier. It's the only life I want to live.”Johnny Wainwright is a bush pilot repo man in South Central Alaska. One September afternoon he flies Alaska State troopers to a remote island in Prince William Sound on a routine case of domestic violence. But the troopers disappear, thick fog rolls in and things get strange. Add to the mix a peculiar lodge owner, a flirtatious cover girl model and gunfire. There must be an easier way to barely make a living. In this sequel to Jim Craig's first Alaskan novel, North to Disaster, you'll be reacquainted with Johnny's quirky cohorts, old flames from the Yukon Bar and the infamous Alaskan weather. If you like adventures with twists and turns, buckle up for a ride into the off the wall world of Johnny Wainwright and the bizarre bush pilot lifestyle unique to Alaska.
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On the Choke at Cutter's Point

On the Choke at Cutter's Point

E.R. Fox

Business / Self Help / Nonfiction

In a lonely place along a coast with a strange reputation, Wishfield Porterman faces the disappearance of his sweetheart and finds that her father isn't interested in helping. Amidst one of the greatest hurricanes ever to hit in that area, he learns about family secrets hidden by time and seclusion, only to become one of them.RESPONSIBILITY is the first in a series of Christ-centered character quality books about the Carson family. Each book in the series demonstrates how the Carson family learn biblical character qualities while honoring Jesus Christ along the way. The Carson family includes Mr. and Mrs. Carson, their son, Phillip and twin daughters, Eleanor and Allison. In "RESPONSIBILITY" Phillip learns a valuable lesson in what it means to be responsible and how important it is to ask for forgiveness. Phillip agrees to take care of his best friend's hamster, named Henry, while his friend Caleb and family are on vacation. Will Phillip learn what it means to be responsible in time before his friend comes back from vacation? Does Phillip learn how to honor Jesus Christ in being responsible?
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