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The Rising: Fall of Hysteria

by Crystal Rodriguez

Three years after the Risers took over cities and people, the military has finally started to begin rebuilding after some of the infection seems to be controlled. But how controlled has it become? Tony, now...

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Nightmares Encased in Stone

by Wayne C. Hannis

Meshan Algoric would never get over the senseless slaughter of his family. The pain consumed him. Until a mysterious man comes, seemingly out of no where, and offers Meshan something he can't refuse. http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/57622

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Guilty Pleasures

by Keta Diablo

Erotic Romance, Bondage, FREE short story by Keta Diablo

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Wells and Wilde: A Fiction

by Tom Triumph

Oscar Wilde and H.G. Wells, young writers on the verge of fame, accept an invitation to dinner from a scientist with a time machine. On a lark the two climb in and find themselves in modern day, to humorous...

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H.G. Wells

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Soul Price

by Roderick Gladwish

A horror tale about a woman who's life choices finally catch up with her.

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Three Days without Grace

by Dale Reierson

There were three days between the crucifixion and the resurrection. A time rarely spoken of and vaguely recorded. Three Days without the Grace of God and The Prince of Demons stood to bear witness, as mankind...

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Gifted

by Ray Weeks

The world has fallen to the dead, and each day, humanity struggles to hold on. In the midst of this madness, one man is hopeful enough to collect the stories of the living. This is one interview.

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The Stairs and The Doorway

by Unxmaal

A security guard finds secrets, down in the dark.

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Invisible

by Jeff Erno

Fifteen year old Chance Devereaux feels an enormous weight of anxiety. He has to give a speech today in his Oral Communications class, and he is terrified of public speaking. Worse yet, he is being bullied by...

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Young Adult

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The Hog Killin'

by H.D. Timmons

A Tennessee mountain family finds their tradition of a yearly hog killin’ upset by family tragedy.

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short fiction

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Walks Softly

by Dakota Douglas

A children's short story about children in an American Indian village in the 19th century. Walks Softy was afraid of her own shadow. But could she be brave enough when danger threatened her friends and people?

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Childrens Story

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The Case of the Schmoldenese Falcon

by John Northern

A humorous, science fiction short story

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24 Hour Nightmare: A Short Story

by Gayle Tiller

"24 Hour Nightmare: A Short Story" is a short horror tale with about 6,000 words. It's Friday night and Monica is checking her e-mail from her apartment in San Jose. She hasn't had a date in over six months....

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The Old Lady and Winston

by Cindy Borgne

After Wendy drops her kids off at school, she spots an elderly woman begging for help along the side of the road during a thunderstorm. This story won an honorable mention from Writer's Digest in the inspirational...

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Uncertain Harvest

by J. R. Tomlin

With the land ravaged by war and plague, Marita is determined to survive. But at what cost? Yet help might come from a most unexpected direction, if she has the courage to accept it.

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Savage

by H.D. Timmons

When suspense author Rob Peters returns to a mountain cabin retreat for inspiration he accidentally hits a dog with his car. After being tormented by scratching and growling outside his cabin at night, and the...

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Letting Go

by Jaleta Clegg

If you could preserve someone forever, would you? Susan must make an agonizing choice--watch her mother slowly fade away or preserve her as an artificial construct at Life Preservation, Inc.

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artificial life

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Geographicide

by Gareth Lewis

The world's greatest assassin was hired to kill a country. His clients are unhappy with the results.

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Hopping Bird's New Name

by Dakota Douglas

A children's short story giving a glimpse of family life in an American Indian village in the 19th Century. Hopping Bird hated his name. And he could never imagine the adventure in store to earn him a new one...

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