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Earth has fallen far from its splendor and progress. Humanity's long-held fear of an asteroid colliding with the world has come to pass, and the repercussions are devastating. Resultant natural disasters, plagues, and famines have taken billions of lives. Of the former population, only a meager million or so, the Human Remnant, survive. Dust and ash blanket the atmosphere, making agriculture all but impossible, and fogging the sun to a bright ...

The reenactment of the iconic battle of the American Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg, is in its second day, and the paramedics at Aid Station Three have seen their share of cuts and scrapes and heat exhaustion, as oppressive heat and thunderstorms plague the re-created battle scenarios. Fortunately, the more serious injuries have been taken directly from the field to the hospital by emergency medical personnel. The aid station is more like...

Friends in Greece' is a romantic short story based on the Greek island of Samos.Richard, a writer, and Jennifer, a stockbroker meet en route to the island. He wants to complete his book at Samos, while she simply wants to enjoy a holiday at a villa.The story tells how the two help each other out and become friends and soon, how love blossoms between them in the idyllic environs of Pythagorio on Samos, an exotic island in the Aegean Sea.Brillia...

• Never Been on Broadway is a romantic short story about the reality of fame and about how far away from reality the famous can be. The story follows the first day of Evelyn Alford's first ever trip to New York City:• we meet her working actor cousin Eric Freeman, a young man trying to balance an ever-growing fame with the humble beginnings from where he came• Johnny Edwards, a man born in the spotlight but an actor bordering on irrelevancy wh...

Randall cannot remember a day in the last ten years that he has not spent beside his canine friend, Eduardo the Magnificento, or Ed. Ever since Rand found the pup nestled against a hot-water pipe, the two have been inseparable, spending countless hours together wandering through the woods on adventures, some make-believe and some real. But now, Ed's gone missing, and Rand takes it upon himself to seek out his four-legged friend. Unfortunately,...

Who was that in the water she wondered as she peered at him throw the over grown foliage? He looked amazing. She could see that even his muscles had muscles. He had long brown hair a golden brown tan and every move that he made was fluid this man was in one word gorgeous. As she kept watching him he turned around and let the waterfall run over his body. God what she would give to be a bead of water on his body to feel his strength and touch on...

Sense and Super-Abilities" is a pastiche of the settings, style, and sort of characters usually associated with Jane Austen and Superlatives, superhuman characters similar to modern comic book heroes. Though it combines two previously existing elements, it is an original story and not a mash-up.Told as a first-person narrative by its main character, Catherine Eldenbrook, "Sense and Super-Abilities" details:• Catherine's humble beginnings as a ...

Mermaids, mermen, treacherous villagers and a Nix: these are some of the exciting things in store for you with the latest Natashiah Jansen story entitled "Pearl Port Singer".You'll be taken on a dive into the magical world of merpeople and learn:• why the treacherous villagers set up false harbor lights, • why the mermaids want to stop them, • why the mermaids call on Antaeus to help, • why Antaeus believes that Damarion, the moon equatorial f...

Seven Roads to Love" is a story that is close to Christine's heart. It is actually the true story of how her and her soon-to-be husband met. Not only are the feelings real, but the events happened as stated in the writing. It was a feeling of almost true love when she met this man and, oftentimes, they still wonder how they really ever got together. Everything happened so quickly, but the fact of the matter is that through everything they have...

In the summer of 777 AD, Charlemagne rode out to conquer the Saracens and reclaim Hispania for the Holy Roman Empire. While immortalized in the words of medieval poets, scholars, and historians, the story never told is the one of what happens when all the men leave and the village is left to run itself.This is a story of Lady Matilda, the wife of Lord Harold, one of Charlemagne's many lieutenants. After Lord Harold departed, nearly two years a...

Cashmere Blake is Hollywood's newest "It" girl. After 3 years of trying to get in the business, she finally has it all, fame, money and fortune. She gives all of this up to take a break in her humble hometown. But Hollywood is not so easy to let go of its new star.• Cashmere's manager forces Philip, her costar and on-screen boyfriend, to go with her and pretend they're going on a mysterious winter vacation in the hopes of getting some publicit...

• A grungy, edgy Rockstar famous since he was 12 and a young model, innocent in her ways and just coming into her own.• They didn't have much in common, except for fame…and the inability to properly breathe.• While Olympia's father does everything to keep her cystic fibrosis under control, his healthy ways won't give her immortality. Meanwhile, Michael has chosen to live life like a fast burning torch, since he'll be dead soon either way.• Wil...

Dead People's Letters" is a story that should appeal to fans of ghosts and zombies as well as fans of Fyodor Dostoevsky's classic works. It not only places the undead in the middle of 19th century Russia, but also makes them the central characters of the story and also good friends with one another."Dead People's Letters" is a complex and layered story that examines:- The relationship between the body and the soul, and where one leaves off and...

• This story teaches that a state of despair is no manner in which to live.• Often, when someone has been in a coma, they come out with memories (more likely hallucinations), that seem so real they really appear to have happened. Coma patients frequently remember things so vividly they appear to be real memories.• This story imparts the healing power of a person who is simply "willing to care" for someone, even if it can cause them pain.• When...

Little Pests" is a suspense horror story that pits a woman and her young daughter against a suddenly and violently unhinged pest control technician, who has sinister plans for the woman and the girl whose home he is working in.Although he enters their house with no ill intentions, it seems as though the chemicals he works with are affecting his mental state and thought processes. "Little Pests" includes:• An introduction and complete portrayal...

• Is an actor's life as glamorous as it seems?• Avion and Jared, two leads in a new historic play, can barely stand each other, let alone stand the horrid historical play they are both starring in.• The story of Elizabeth Woodville and King Edward is well known, but they can't seem to capture each character in their acting.• Each of the actors in this play is a Blist actor, headed nowhere fast.• Reviews on previews are terrible and they don't ...

An assassin is at the top of his field and each of his kills are never the same. In this way, he never leaves a signature and that keeps the law two steps behind. It's a life full of turmoil and continuous travel, but it's the life he chose.• He gets a job that requires him to kill not only the mother and father, but also the heir apparent. The client wants this done, so there'll be no one to step in and take what's rightfully his.• The assass...

Why You" is about two seniors. One has a rough and troubled home life. The other has a strong close knit family. Collin takes charge after his girlfriend Cleo disappears for a short time. He looks for her at work and school. He goes to her home and there discovers the root of Cleo life problems.Not knowing what to do, Collin talks to his parents about the situation and finds they are his best allies to help Cleo break away from a horrible moth...

A woman that was living a normal, mundane existence with her fiancé is thrust into a world that she isn't equipped to deal with. Her life is shattered, and she must pick up the pieces with the help of a strange man that appears in her room.• Samantha is a woman that finds herself attacked by what she can only describe as a Werewolf.• After the attack, she is taken to the hospital, where she meets an old man who can answer her questions.• She f...

Do you know a super shy guy? Some guy who appears to have it all together, except for one thing - he can't talk to women? That's the problem, Jim, the protagonist of "Super Shy Guy" by Mark Laughlin has.He joins a local book club to try and come to meet people and come out of his shell a bit, and gets a serious crush on Nancy, a stunning brunette. What happens next?• Nancy likes Jim, but wants a man who isn't quite so shy.• Jim confides in his...