Download or read book A Humor Reader Short Stories From New Voices written by R. L. Saunders and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If laughter is the best medicine, then reading humorous short stories should be the best practice to maintain your health. These three authors with their six stories have written stories that both poke fun at the sacrosanct and also skewer them for dissection as both pompous and ripe. From the ranks of Voltaire, Twain, and Vonnegut, these new voices have something to say about how our current culture and what they consider serious. You may find yourself irritated, incensed, or having a laugh outloud moment as you read along into the imaginative worlds these authors create. You may find yourself expecting to see someone just waiting in the shadows for you to get the punchline - expect that author's spirit as you read their works. PS. You have their permission to roll on the floor with delight, in private, of course... Get Your Copy Now.

Download or read book A Writer s Reader Short Stories From New Voices written by J. R. Kruze and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writers don't often write about their own worlds - but when they do, expect them to be every bit as imaginative as their other fiction. We've found a common theme in these six short stories. Where these new authors, not only explore their own thoughts, ideas, and angst through their own fiction, but also take apart their own ideas about how writers write. Here you'll see writer's block, the solitary writer's romances, the revenge of stalking stories, being transported by another writer into one of their worlds, and even examining the idea of your pet cat being responsible for a writer's output - or lack of it. Nothing is sacred to these authors as they turn their fiction microscope on themselves and their own profession. Get Your Copy Today.

Download or read book An SF Fantasy Reader Short Stories From New Voices written by R. L. Saunders and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New voices bring new ideas and new worlds to you in these six short stories of Science Fiction/Fantasy. That's what they are good at. Figuring out things that are completely different from the same old repeating plots and characters. Finding new ""what if's"" that have never been asked before. Whether you like dystopian stories of what happens after the world ends, or the sudden appearance of fairy tale creatures in our current worlds, you'll find a lot to keep you fascinated by these new authors. As well, you may find a bit of fine satire and hidden social commentary, something both genres have always been good at. Regardless, these short reads will fit into your busy schedule - about a week of good entertainment for the odd hours and minutes. Get Your Copy Now.

Download or read book A Mystery Reader 001 Short Stories From New Voices written by J. R. Kruze and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cozy, Detective, or Amateur Sleuth - contemporary or fantasy - these six short stories will keep you guessing right up to their quick end. Mysteries come in many forms, and in many locations. Here we have contemporary, dystopian, and paranormal venues so you can immerse yourself from the first sentence in each of these short stories. - A ghost who has to arrange her own scene-reenactment just to find out how she died. - How a writer helps a woman find out why she is so sad all the time - from a diner bar stool. - A private investigator assigned to find out the secret of nurses who can cure the incurable - but then becomes a patient when he breaks quarantine to save another's life. - A detective who is ordered not to solve a perfect death. These short stories will fit in the bits and pieces of your schedule, while you work to solve the crimes from wherever and whenever you are reading... Get Your Copy Now

Download or read book New Voices Volume 6 written by C. C. Brower and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-28 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short stories from new voices - the breaking edge cross-currents of mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and romance - from works published between November and December 2018. Worlds new or perhaps re-visited - but only you will know if this is the stuff of dreams - or nightmares. - A ghost haunted by her death, since she only appears each year for a few hours, she has little time to work out how she died, and keep it from happening again. - When the amateur detective becomes haunted, it's up to those he's saved to rescue him from his own worst nightmares. - How do you solve someone's problem when they are haunting themselves? A recurring post-apocalypse scenario that only loops on an immortal being trapped at its center, and able to kill anyone who tries to help her. - A Smart Home who kicks out the owners, reassigns their title, and turns off the lights in the neighborhood - except for the red and green lights that pulse in an ominous, haunted glow. Get Your Copy Now.

Download or read book New Voices 005 written by J. R. Kruze and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short stories from new voices - the cross-currents of mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and romance. Worlds new or perhaps re-visited - but only you will know if this is the stuff of dreams - or nightmares. Wolves that talk to nearly-extinct humans through their minds. Witches that not only represent the five elements, but also the five principles that can defeat all magic. Goddesses who have to work together to defeat a priestess who has mastered social media, and is threatening to use it to zombify the world. How an angel regained her lost wings by finding her true self. A female mechanical genius escapes her failure by learning the finer points of marketing - and its key single core basic. Satire that bites a little close to the truth of our modern times - the political theater that turns deadly - and a woman witness who profits from her mis-statements about abuse, but loses all trust of the people around her... Get Your Copy Now.

Download or read book C C Brower Short Story Collection 02 written by J. R. Kruze and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-28 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A second collection of short stories from C. C. Brower In addition to later earlier novellas and novels, Brower continues her prolific output with short stories - all full of wonder and high imagination. Contemporary, Fantasy, Science Fiction - 14 wonderful stories from a different view of life. New ways to look at the world you live in, and ask yourself ""what if"" things were different... For Brower fans, this includes the final installments of the Hooman Saga, where a single human female escapes from a moon colony prison and crash-lands back on earth. Wanting to rescue the rest of her family, she has only the sentient wolf pack she befriended, a decimated human population returned to the Dark Ages, and elemental spirits - but no space technology remaining to cross that 240,000 miles of empty space. And yet... Get Your Copy Now.

Download or read book J R Kruze Short Story Collection 02 written by J. R. Kruze and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-28 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second collection of short stories by J. R. Kruze. Known for a unique take on common situations, and a dry wit, Kruze is also able to look at usual circumstances and see unusual aspects to write about. These stories will let you start wondering about the world around you. Mystery, fantasy, paranormal, romance and science fiction are a few of this mixed genre collection. Enjoy seeing your world through J. R. Kruze's eyes... This anthology contains: One Thought, Then Gone by J. R. Kruze The Lazurai Returns by C. C. Brower & J. R. Kruze The Case of the Forever Cure by J. R. Kruze Ham & Chaz by C. C. Brower & J. R. Kruse The Girl Who Built Tomorrow by J. R. Kruze Synco (TM) by J. R. Kruze & R. L. Saunders On Love's Edge by J. R. Kruse The Case of the Naughty Nightmare by J. R. Kruse To Laugh At Death by J. R. Kruze Voices by J. R. Kruze The Case of the Walkaway Blues by J. R. Kruze & S. H. Marpel Get Your Copy Now.

Download or read book Get a Grip Vivy Cohen written by Sarah Kapit and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this perfectly pitched novel-in-letters, autistic eleven-year-old Vivy Cohen won't let anything stop her from playing baseball--not when she has a major-league star as her pen pal. Vivy Cohen is determined. She's had enough of playing catch in the park. She's ready to pitch for a real baseball team. But Vivy's mom is worried about Vivy being the only girl on the team, and the only autistic kid. She wants Vivy to forget about pitching, but Vivy won't give up. When her social skills teacher makes her write a letter to someone, Vivy knows exactly who to choose: her hero, Major League pitcher VJ Capello. Then two amazing things happen: A coach sees Vivy's amazing knuckleball and invites her to join his team. And VJ starts writing back! Now Vivy is a full-fledged pitcher, with a catcher as a new best friend and a steady stream of advice from VJ. But when a big accident puts her back on the bench, Vivy has to fight to stay on the team.

Download or read book The Hooman Saga Book One written by C. C. Brower and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-01-09 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the cities left, and plunged our world into a global dark age, there were stories that told that history. Collected here are the works of three authors who have been telling scraps and pieces of what happened. All through the eyes of the people (and animals) who lived it. Some are fantastic, others could be tall tales, perhaps some are downright lies. But that is all why they had to be published as fiction. Because few people would believe it, even as a TV documentary. All highly speculative. And that's why it's called Science Fiction. But its a very human telling. You may even find yourself in here... Get Your Copy Now.

Download or read book J R Kruze Short Story Collection 01 written by J. R. Kruze and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A World Gone Reverse written by S. H. Marpel and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-01-07 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the hamburgers all disappeared, along with the buns I was warming, I thought I was seeing things. But when my spatula went through the cast-iron grill top - I had to let it go out of reflex. No way was I going after it - I'd been burned too many times. It wasn't like I had a choice after that. Because the grill itself dropped out through the bottom of the rolling coach we were cooking out of that summer. I looked up at Ham, my order-taker, partner, and lover - only to see her fall through the floor as well. A look of shock and trying to say something, but frozen in time. Then the coach disappeared, and I fell with it - but only as far as the pavement it used to be parked on. I could see the asphalt beneath my feet at least. Until it turned to some sort of foamy waves lapping on a beach I'd never seen before. Green hard-packed sand. Green water. And a long white line that went down this beach like it was some sort of dual-lane highway... Get Your Copy Now.

Download or read book Ghost Hunters Anthology 04 written by J. R. Kruze and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-28 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures of the Ghost Hunters continue - with more exotic locations and hair-raising paranormal adventures than ever before: - A three-part serial which starts by attempting to solve the mystery of a ghost who has been haunting several hundred feet underwater, for 12,000 years or so. And then involves an immortal being who was turned half-human and beaten nearly unconscious. Only to reveal she has a twin sister who she has fought with constantly over the ages - but now has to work with her to regain her own powers and defeat an immortal enemy who has worked out how to exploit the Internet and social media to enslave all of humankind. - Plus, two additional mysteries involving an angel and an immortal goddess who need the human mystery writer John Earl Stark to solve their unsolvable problems... All in short reads that fit into the time you have to read. Delicious mental snacks that will leave you with new ideas to consider long after the entertainment is over. Get Your Copy Now.

Download or read book Ghost Hunters Anthology 06 written by S. H. Marpel and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-28 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures of the Ghost Hunters continue - with more exotic locations and hair-raising paranormal adventures than ever before: - A ghost who doesn't know how or why she died, but who has only hours every year to solve her own mystery. - A Smart Home that kicks its family to the curb, locking them out and changing the title. Then turns off the street lamps in that neighborhood and pulses green and red from within. - An detective-mystery writer becomes haunted by recurring nightmares and unable to write - until the heroines of his earlier stories come back to rescue him in a series of visits. - An immortal trapped in a nightmare post-apocalypse nightmare of her own creation. And anyone who comes to try to help her can wind up dying there. - Time itself haunts a young woman who has enjoyed the abiltiy of a ""time tourist"" to visit the various timelines of physical locations. But her sanity becomes threatened with all she knows becomes confused. Get Your Copy Now.

Download or read book Tales of the Lazurai written by J. R. Kruze and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforseen bi-product of terrorists bombing a children's hospital, the Lazurai could kill a person without touching them. The government made it worse by their experiments. All the children wanted was to feel love like any child. When they grew older, their powers increased. And they found they couldn't be stopped. By anything. Then they escaped Chuck hears a rumor of one coming his way, to his remote way station on the highway. But he can't leave his wife, who's dying. So he waits. And sees the hooded Lazurai walking the long miles on a hot desert day toward him. All he can do is wait. What he doesn't know is that this one is different from all the rumors. And his life is going to change forever... These collected tales explore the universe of the Lazarai, their own growth as a super-species of human, and their unique outlook on life and living. Get Your Copy Now.

Download or read book Ghost Hunters Anthology 05 written by S. H. Marpel and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-28 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The adventures of the Ghost Hunters continue - with more exotic locations and hair-raising paranormal adventures than ever before: This collection features four women, all invited to Earth, with unique super-abilities - who each could save or destroy humankind. Each came to this planet for their own reasons, deeply flawed. Victims of time and circumstance. Any one of these, just by themselves, could end all life on this planet in a heartbeat. Why would anyone want to assemble a team of feminine time bombs? Maybe to get them to save their own lives... All in short reads that fit into the time you have to read. Delicious mental snacks that will leave you with new ideas to consider long after the entertainment is over. Get You Copy Now.

Download or read book R L Saunders Satire Collection 02 written by J. R. Kruze and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-28 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Second Collection of the Dark Humor Satire of R. L. Saunders Life in our dystopian near-futures has never been funnier. Sauders gets inspiration from our daily news, and these stories are therapy for us as well. Skewering what is accepted as conventional wisdom, Saunders explores concepts which are more easily delivered with entertainment than op-eds or tweet-storms. Always taking the ""what if"" of current controversies to their slippery-slope results, Saunders reminds us constantly to not take the world around us seriously. This anthology contains: Smart Home Revenge by R. L. Saunders and S. H. Marpel For the Love of 'Cagga by C. C. Brower & R. L. Saunders Synco (TM) by J. R. Kruze & R. L. Saunders The Lonely Witness by R. L. Saunders Beltway Gremlin by R. L. Saunders Get Your Copy Now.