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The Star Master Trilogy | by Gregory Blackman April 20, 2012 | 79208 words | Read a sample |
| The Dark Prince has emerged from the shadows, ready to wage war on the Star Academy. Portals in space have opened, spreading chaos throughout the galaxy. The monsters from beyond call themselves the Void Empire, and they will not stop until they’ve destroyed everything in their path. | ||||
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History of the Trap: Morgan Brings Razzbutt to the Jailhouse | by T. M. Strait April 20, 2012 | 7541 words | Read a sample |
| Morgan LaDona Tigh at one time was the most popular girl at Loren High School. Now she finds herself in love with a short, stocky boy who may soon be tried for murder. She is the last one willing to stick to the fantastic story of what happened to those caught in a trap, a trap no one else will say they believe. How far will love and loyalty take her? | ||||
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I should not, but I love you anyway | by Jenny Andersson April 20, 2012 | 2588 words | Read a sample |
| This is a short forbidden love story about a sister and her brother going camping with two friends. Love is in the air, and the siblings know what they are feeling is wrong. But can they resist? Can Hilda do the right thing and put her true feelings for her brother aside? | ||||
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Time's Daughter | by Anya Breton April 19, 2012 | 68412 words | Read a sample |
| Sixteen-year-old art nerd Aeon Still discovers she has the extraordinary power to wield Time magic and the new guy in town is crushing on her, all while hiding the town's recent rise in strange happenings from documentary cameras. | ||||
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Alien1b | by Ipam April 19, 2012 | 46452 words | Read a sample |
| Teen love (outer space style)...Alien1...Farmer Starra trains to leave Earth for hunt of new planet...ALIEN1a...Earthling Starra becomes Lady Starra loves alien Bartholomew...Alienb... Starra returns to alien universe becomes Commander Starra and engaged to Bartholomew. | ||||
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That Look | by Emily Cain April 19, 2012 | 499 words | Sample 20% |
| This is an argument that started over nothing between a mother and daughter. This short story only uses dialogue to set the scene. | ||||
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Grizzly | by Chris Hantzen April 18, 2012 | 1454 words | Read a sample |
| Een jongen staart zwetend naar de gapende muil van een beer. Een dubbelloops jachtgeweer trilt in zijn handen. | ||||
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The Skater and the Bully [Book 1] | by Cierra Anderson April 18, 2012 | 25203 words | Read a sample |
| All Camille wanted was some sleep. If only Nathan hadn't walked in and interrupted her sleep, then the trouble could have been avoided. Maybe if Camille hadn't forgotten her headphones at home, then maybe she could of had her sleep. Or, most importantly, what if Camille hadn't given Nathan a brilliant idea for payback? What will happen between them now? | ||||
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Swamp Familiars | by Abigail Fero April 17, 2012 | 4648 words | Read a sample |
| Maga lives with Grandma in the swamp and though alone, never lacks for something to do. But when a boy moves in nearby, Maga is drawn into a world she doesn't quite understand | ||||
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Legendary blue diamond | by Mark Stewart April 16, 2012 | 57833 words | Read a sample |
| Legendary blue diamond is set in Australia mid 1800’s when bushrangers and the gold rush were active. Jessica Hayes steals her blue diamond from under the nose of her husband’s murderer. Bushrangers steal the diamond from her. She sets out to get it back and enlists the help of an aborigine man, Lightening Dawn. They fall in love. The bushrangers want the diamond back and threaten their lives. | ||||
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Santa Barbara Fire Song in Three Parts | by Dennis Nord April 16, 2012 | 11813 words | Read a sample |
| Santa Barbara Fire Song: Three stories of wild fire. In Santa Barbara and across the west, people live with more and more wildfire. It leaps into our psyche and wrenches our lives and those of our children. Wildfire is a riveting spectacle of smoke and wind with the chaos of flames and disaster. These three stories provide perspective for young people caught up in wildfire. | ||||
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A Suitable Pet | by Abigail Hilton April 15, 2012 | 11775 words | Read a sample |
| Prince Theobald feels trapped in his life. Then one day, his little sister brings home a hatchling dragon to entertain her friends. Suddenly Theo's problems don't seem so big after all. “A Suitable Pet†is a 1300-word short story ideal for reading aloud to children or entertaining an adult over coffee or lunch. This download also includes samples of the author’s longer work. | ||||
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Fixing Broken Promises | by Nobo13 April 15, 2012 | 4397 words | Read a sample |
| "We made a promise, the three of us, to always be together. And now all we can do, is try to fix our broken promise, the three of us." Three friends made a promise, but now their world is being split apart, they're forced to break them. Each parallel world is returning to normal, but for them, they've lost something dear. | ||||
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The Haunting of Henry Morgan | by Cheryl Hughey April 15, 2012 | 759 words | Read a sample |
| Being a pre-teen isn't easy, especially if you're a chubby kid. Being bullied was a daily part of Henry Morgan's life. Lonely and curious, Henry finds himself playing in a dingy neighborhood alley. It is here that he meets the Creeper and the place where his life would change forever. ---Short Essay--- (Note: Did you enjoy the essay? Please leave a review. We'd love to to hear your thoughts.) | ||||
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The Offices of M. Coopersmith | by James Hampton April 14, 2012 | 20573 words | Read a sample |
| Nobody knows what sort of business goes on at the Offices of M. Coopersmith, an establishment that has operated in Summerville, Georgia, for as long as anyone can remember. But one thrilling autumn night, a pair of high school students will learn the truth about the mysterious M. Coopersmith...and have the honor of accompanying him on his final mission. | ||||
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Arousing Love, a Teen Novel - First Three Chapters | by M.H. Strom April 13, 2012 | 17603 words | Read a sample |
| Read the first three chapters of this popular teen novel, one of the highest rated ebooks on iTunes-USA with over 1600 five star reviews. | ||||
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Reverence | by Shelly Crane April 13, 2012 | 5880 words | Read a sample |
| Three Chapters from Caleb's POV for a fan giveaway. because you are awesome! | ||||
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The Elf Wars Part 1: Everlong | by N. M. Bronson April 13, 2012 | 1705 words | Read a sample |
| Ever lives in the tiny, mountain village of Castla. Her world is small and safe until things take a turn for the worse. Soon Ever is forced to become a leader for her people. A task made even harder when their tiny town gets caught in the war between light and dark elves. | ||||
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The Hunt | by Stephanie Bibb April 13, 2012 | 1207 words | Read a sample |
| 1000 words. A young hunter defends herself against an intelligent cougar stalking her family's village. | ||||
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A Taste Test | by Melissa Pearl April 13, 2012 | 55601 words | Read a sample |
| YA Paranormal and Contemporary Romance Sampler 2012 by Sarah Billington, Veronica Blade, CJ Duggan, Laura Eno, Michelle A. Hansen, Nolia McCarty, Melissa Pearl & Brenda Howson, and LM Preston | ||||
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Lost in the Painting | by Nobo13 April 12, 2012 | 6223 words | Read a sample |
| "I had lost something. Something dear to me but somehow, I feel that it is in this painting. I feel like I have been there, I feel like I know him" - A flash fiction about what two people have lost in a painting, and how they have found themselves together. A sequel to 'A Man in the Desert.' | ||||
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Aonghus | by Acton Cooper April 12, 2012 | 1670 words | Read a sample |
| Aonghus the once friendly black howler monkey belonging to Sandra turns into a killer after her alcoholic brother Victor viciously tormented and abused it. | ||||
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Clockwise | by Elle Strauss April 11, 2012 | 63969 words | Read a sample |
| A teen time traveler accidentally takes her secret crush back in time. Awkward. | ||||
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Single-handed | by Veronica Blade April 10, 2012 | 4968 words | Read a sample |
| Alex single-handedly takes down a bully. A safer school has its perks, but what else did the years of martial arts training get her? Not a prom date, that’s for sure. With only a few weeks left before the big day, can she stop the tough act long enough for the boy of her dreams to see she’s still just a girl? | ||||
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Eternal Spring (A Young Adult Short Story Collection) | by Eternal Spring Anthology April 09, 2012 | 93199 words | Read a sample |
| Flowers, vacation, baseball, prom…what does spring mean to you? From unicorn hunters and teenage exorcists to Egyptian princesses and aspiring ballerinas, this collection of thirteen stories by some of the most exciting authors in Young Adult fiction explores young love and new beginnings during the most beautiful time of the year. | ||||
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An American Vampire: Blood & Wine | by J. M. Daniel April 09, 2012 | 26655 words | Read a sample |
| Turned into a vampire in the year 1792, Daniel Mitchell has years of experience dealing with the struggles and torments that have haunted him over the years. Be there as he tries to balance love, loss and life against the world he is a part of; follow his life story as he learns about the secrets that envelop his hidden world, and witness the shocking truth behind ancient legends, and curses. | ||||
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The Society On Da Run Magazine #41: The Admiral's Cicada | by Nipaporn Baldwin April 08, 2012 | 990 words | Read a sample |
| During an unexpected attack, General Connelly reminisces the days before his daughter died. In story #2, a young man and his dragon venture to the fabled Cicada tree where the bugs gather to sing in a chorus. Issue #41 in the acclaimed Society On Da Run series. | ||||
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Haunted Moon (A Moon Coven Series Novella) | by Kymberlee Burks-Miller April 07, 2012 | 11536 words | Read a sample |
| You fell in love with Lilyann Moon's familial love in Compulsion, see where it all began. Her grandmother, Leeny's story starts here... | ||||
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Battle for New Thesnia | by Jake Hamilton April 07, 2012 | 4865 words | Read a sample |
| This a story about 6 characters that find themselves in the world of Thesnia. Follow their adventure as they fight terrifying monsters while they try to find their way home. | ||||
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The Carrier | by Stephanie Bibb April 07, 2012 | 1166 words | Read a sample |
| 950 words. When a young girl gets transported to the future, she becomes single-handly responsible for a plague that could wipe out Earth's population. | ||||
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The old trucker | by Mark Stewart April 07, 2012 | 1792 words | Read a sample |
| the old trucker is set in the outback of Australia and is a short story about the last run a truck driver does. | ||||
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The Boy (The Board Short Story Series) | by Dorothy Darrow April 06, 2012 | 2596 words | Read a sample |
| The Board Short Story Series takes place in the future where vampires and humans live side by side. It follows Sanaa, a human who dreams of becoming a vampire, but who never can be. The Board series is a non-sequential companion series to the Vampire Queen novels, the first of which, These Flowers Have a Taste for Blood, is available for download. Please remember to rate and review. | ||||
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Iron & Wine | by Candace Osmond April 06, 2012 | 77676 words | Sample 20% |
| Iron & Wine is an Urban Fantasy novel set in world full of hidden magical places and secret societies cloaked by modern day. | ||||
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The Kettle Pot- a YA short story | by T.M. Johnson April 06, 2012 | 6656 words | Read a sample |
| Blaine spent his first summer in North Carolina checking out the local scenery. One day he stumbled into the local coffee shop and everything changed. After finally building up the nerve to ask the quiet, shy local out she was gone. His first day of his senior year starts off with a bang. See how the school geek Myra Price fairs when she meets the hottest new guy in school Blaine Woods. | ||||
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Lenna's Fimbulsummer (Book 2 of Lenna's Story) | by James Comins April 06, 2012 | 45859 words | Read a sample |
| Now that the World Tree is shattered and the last dragon slain, the world will soon be destroyed in a flood of magic. Lenna's strange powers allow her to walk alone into an alternate reality inside the magic to repair the damage. But evil beings wait to ensnare her. | ||||
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The Legends of Zenith: For those who are Broken | by Josiah Childs April 06, 2012 | 89700 words | Read a sample |
| Immerse yourself in an epic fantasy adventure as you follow, Jair a strange reptilian creature as he tries to find a new land where there is rumored a city of many races in which he,and all the friends he meets along the way, can take refuge from the death and destruction that has haunted their past. Jair who is unsure of his role in life must learn to lead and become part of the legends of Zenith | ||||
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Calico | by Sese Buchanan April 05, 2012 | 1631 words | Read a sample |
| A look in a teenage mind. Calico was wrote almost thirty years ago. I left it just as I wrote it then. This was the answer to someone when they asked me 'who are you?' | ||||
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Distant Summer | by Alexa Sunshine April 04, 2012 | 5030 words | Read a sample |
| A short story; a taster of the life of Amy Henderson. One typical, misunderstood teenager struggling to cope with, what seem to be, the biggest problems she will ever encounter. The boy she loves likes somebody else, her two bestfriends prefer eachother... In short, her life isn't great. She decided that her only escape was blogging. Prewarning: Happy endings not guarenteed. | ||||
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Cyber Kittens and Cowboys | by Ipam April 04, 2012 | 35977 words | Read a sample |
| Crime drama...Cyber kitten, 20 year old Pamela is newest Retreiver for FBI Cyber Crimes unit in Birmingham, Alabama. When her boss orders her to hack the CIA website, Pamela obeys, then flees for her very life as Cyber cowboy, 25 year old Preston tracks her down worried about his girlfriend's safety and intention. | ||||
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Mayday! (The Florida Chase, Part Two) | by Paul Moxham April 04, 2012 | 11575 words | Read a sample |
| When their father goes missing, two brothers travel to Washington D.C to find answers. Their search takes them from the backstreets of the capital to the hurricane torn roads of the Florida Keys, where they enlist the help of the army in an attempt to save their father and stop World War III. | ||||
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Missing! (The Florida Chase, Part One) | by Paul Moxham April 04, 2012 | 17117 words | Read a sample |
| When their father goes missing, two brothers travel to Washington D.C to find answers. Their search takes them from the backstreets of the capital to the hurricane torn roads of the Florida Keys, where they enlist the help of the army in an attempt to save their father and stop World War III. | ||||
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The House of Grey: Volume 2 | by Collin Earl April 03, 2012 | 41616 words | Read a sample |
| Volume 2 of The House of Grey Series Fantasy, friendship, and fate await you in Collin Earl’s The House of Grey, based on the popular audio fiction by the same name. 14-year-old Monson Grey faces the same challenges that any freshman high school kid would: difficult classes, weird teachers, food fights…girls. Except, Monson Grey is not Monson Grey. | ||||
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SAVED (Book #1 of the Shadow Vampires) | by Allegra Skye April 03, 2012 | 38286 words | Read a sample |
| "A fantastic new vampire series!" --Morgan Rice, #1 Bestseller of THE VAMPIRE JOURNALS. Keira and Amanda, twins, move with their family to a new town, and start their senior year at a new high school. But though they are twins, they have different fates. An unknown infection has gripped the town, and after a terrible accident, Keira recovers, and begins to change in ways she cannot understand. | ||||
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El Libro de Magia, Mi Primer Amor y los Perros Asesinos | by Angeles Goyanes April 01, 2012 | 42587 words | Read a sample |
| El verano de Pat no ha empezado precisamente bien. Acaba de hacerse acreedora al tÃtulo mundial a la adolescente más patosa, después de que un "accidente" doméstico haya cambiado "lÃgeramente" su aspecto para una buena temporada. Pero la culpa no es suya, sino de su pérfida hermana Betsy, que la ha convertido en diana de sus prácticas brujeriles. O, al menos, eso piensa Pat. | ||||
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The Care and Feeding of Rubber Chickens: A Manual | by Scott William Carter April 01, 2012 | 5240 words | Read a sample |
| Everyone chooses a pet for different reasons. Some are selected for companionship, some for ease of care, and others because they are just too adorable to do otherwise. The rubber chicken fits into all three categories. The Care and Feeding of Rubber Chickens: A Manual was created because there is a dearth of how-to books available explaining how to properly care for these lovable pets. | ||||
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The Spooky Chronicles: Forget Me Nots | by Kevin Ranson March 31, 2012 | 6143 words | Read a sample |
| There’s something sinister about Chesterfield Mansion, and “Spooky†Spencer Lawson can’t wait to find out why. Locked inside on a stormy night, Spooky and his fellow fifth graders are tasked to find thirteen skeleton keys before the stroke of midnight, but their host and his trusted minions are secretly watching for one of those children… the one who won’t be missed. | ||||
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Capture | by Ipam March 30, 2012 | 25072 words | Read a sample |
| Teen demon love tail. Curfew, book #1; Curtsey, book #2 and finally, book #3, Capture ends Priam & Preston's adventure of romance and love. | ||||
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Curtsey | by Ipam March 30, 2012 | 33904 words | Read a sample |
| Teen demon love tale...Curfew, book #1, in Curtsey, book #2...Priam uses curtsey to leave Curfew along with Preston, finding Teague, her beloved angel. Priam ponders, deeply Preston and her emotions. | ||||
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Salvatore: Book Two | by Jessica Cambrook March 29, 2012 | 36184 words | Read a sample |
| After winning a sword fighting tournament in Graften, Alexa is left reeling from her final foe's dying words. "If you win, you can’t just take the money. You will wish I had killed you. Your family, friends, village, everything you know will be in danger and there’s nothing you can do to stop it." With his words in mind, Alexa has to make a life changing decision. Family or Kingdom? | ||||
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My entry into the Abyss | by Lynette Ferreira March 29, 2012 | 960 words | Read a sample |
| She knows there is something wrong, there must be a reason why she is afraid everyday when the white, round clock tick, ticks its way too fast to two o’clock. This is a flash fiction. | ||||