Download or read book Tales from Forgotten Days written by Kate MacLeod and published by Ratatoskr Press. This book was released on 2018-09-12 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Tales from Forgotten Days" collects five never-before-seen stories from fantasy and science fiction writer Kate MacLeod: the high fantasy murder mystery "Impostor Apparition", the western weird tale "Unsafe, Unsound", the pseudo-Egyptian fantasy "Tear of a Sphinx", the early Bronze Age fantasy "Changing Tides" and "In the Waste Places", the sequel to "Oil Fire".
Download or read book Tales from Forgotten Days written by Kate MacLeod and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story for the Letters written by Kate MacLeod and published by Ratatoskr Press. This book was released on 2018-09-12 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheshkala, far too young for such things, left her parents and her mountain home behind to secretly follow her big brother Irarra to his apprenticeship in the city. Then the siege began. Murderous barbarians surround the city, pounding at its ancient walls day and night. They want the king. They want the king's wealth. But more than that, they want to destroy the king's library. The library where she now hides and waits and watches her brother. "The Story for the Letters", a short story set in a bronze age city full of secret dangers. Dangers with no qualms about harming little girls. But resourceful little girls know no fear.
Download or read book A Tanjo Two Knives and Three Cups of Chai Makhani written by Kate MacLeod and published by Ratatoskr Press. This book was released on 2022-04-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elyot loathes the massive Commonwealth ships that hover menacingly over his home world of Adghal. He hates the Commonwealth enforcers who harass the populace even more. But with his mother missing so long she surely must be dead, Elyot keeps his head down and strives to avoid notice. And he succeeds until the day two strangers appear in the tavern where he waits tables. One dressed in rags with her hands bloodied and bruised, the other in finery beyond the means of the average citizen of Adghal, but both sharing an anxious jumpiness and a fondness for deep hoods to hide their faces. Then a squad of enforcers troop in. Just looking for an after-shift drink? Or something more sinister? Elyot knows with enforcers, one shifts to the other in the blink of an eye. And that squad sits between everyone in the subterranean tavern and the only way out. "A Tanjo, Two Knives and Three Cups of Chai Makhani" is the first episode in the ongoing monthly science fiction adventure serial TALES OF THE CHAI MAKHANI TRIO.
Download or read book Prisoners and Rebels Episode 4 written by Kate MacLeod and published by Ratatoskr Press. This book was released on 2022-07-01 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chai Makhani Trio survived a night and a day in the jungle of a thousand easy deaths. They even evaded capture at the hands of Koltn Ward and the rest of the enforcers. But night falls again. And the best Commonwealth medicines that Alextra keeps pulling from her seemingly bottomless belt pouches only slows the spread of venom up her leg. But not as fast as the venom slows her steps. And somewhere out there they know Koltn Ward is regrouping. Their only hope lies in the last place Keani ever wanted to see again: home. "Prisoners and Rebels" is the fourth episode in the ongoing monthly science fiction adventure serial TALES OF THE CHAI MAKHANI TRIO.
Download or read book Players in the Long Game Episode 9 written by Kate MacLeod and published by Ratatoskr Press. This book was released on 2022-12-01 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chai Makhani Trio escaped the clutches of Koltn Ward and the Commonwealth admiral. But they still find themselves trapped, hiding in the secret places of the flagship. Elyot knows now his mother never betrayed the rebellion. But why did she leave him all those years ago? Koltn Ward knows Alextra's secret. No longer a captive, Alextra still fears the wrath he has the power to bring down on her. They must get back to Adghal and to the rebellion. But without their pilots, they have no hope of managing that. But Keani just might hold the key to save them all. "Players in the Long Game” is the ninth episode in the ongoing monthly science fiction adventure serial TALES OF THE CHAI MAKHANI TRIO.
Download or read book Secrets and Lies Episode 6 written by Kate MacLeod and published by Ratatoskr Press. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chai Makhani Trio no longer need to run. The Commonwealth Enforcers, with all of their specialized equipment and brutal drive for domination, stand no chance of every finding where the Adghal rebellion lurks. But freedom from Captain Koltn Ward’s relentless pursuit comes with a price. Someone needs to get a message to Elyot’s mother. And the most uniquely qualified for that mission? Elyot himself. Not that Keani and Alextra entertain any plans of abandoning him now. But they all keep secrets that pose a risk to that mission. But the airing of secrets and the exposure of lies contains its own hidden dangers. "Secrets and Lies” is the sixth episode in the ongoing monthly science fiction adventure serial TALES OF THE CHAI MAKHANI TRIO.
Download or read book The Perilous Escape Episode 8 written by Kate MacLeod and published by Ratatoskr Press. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chai Makhani Trio find themselves prisoners on board the Commonwealth flagship. Now they face interrogation and possibly execution. Elyot's mother has betrayed the rebellion. Worse than a collaborator, she serves the empress in the Commonwealth military. Elyot must get back to the rebellion and expose her. Alextra's hopes of keeping her identity secret seem on the verge of death. The longer she stays, the likelier it gets that she will get exposed. And Keani just wants to get her knives back. But before any other goal is achieved, they must escape. "The Perilous Escape” is the eighth episode in the ongoing monthly science fiction adventure serial TALES OF THE CHAI MAKHANI TRIO.
Download or read book The Jungle of a Thousand Easy Deaths written by Kate MacLeod and published by Ratatoskr Press. This book was released on 2022-06-01 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elyot, Keani and Alextra escaped the ancient monster at the heart of the catacombs under the city. But the Commonwealth enforcers launch search shuttles, and the side of the mountain offers no cover. The city above? No longer a safe haven for them. But below lies impenetrable jungle, stretching to the horizon in all directions. Keani loathes the idea of facing its many dangers. But she loathes the idea of abandoning her new friends even more. She fails to talk them out of it, but soon enough they will know just why facing squads of enforcers struck her as the better plan. "The Jungle of a Thousand Easy Deaths" is the third episode in the ongoing monthly science fiction adventure serial TALES OF THE CHAI MAKHANI TRIO.
Download or read book Running the Blockade Episode 7 written by Kate MacLeod and published by Ratatoskr Press. This book was released on 2022-10-01 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chai Makhani Trio leaves the surface of Adghal behind, finally bound for space. Their destination? The massive Commonwealth Flagship which lurks out of sight behind Adghal's only moon. But getting there poses challenges. The rebellion pilots run blockades all the time. But sneaking onto the most secure ship in the Commonwealth fleet? No easy task. Elyot needs to get inside to find his mother. Alextra knows more than anyone about the Commonwealth. Keani and her knives just want to stay in it until the end. But dangers lurk in space, and trying to sneak on board a battle cruiser just might spell the end of the Chai Makhani Trio. "Running the Blockade” is the seventh episode in the ongoing monthly science fiction adventure serial TALES OF THE CHAI MAKHANI TRIO.
Download or read book The Race Across the Desert Episode 10 written by Kate MacLeod and published by Ratatoskr Press. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chai Makhani Trio stole a shuttle, but without pilots to fly it, they remain trapped. But they have a prisoner now: Koltn Ward. His mission lies opposed to theirs. But Alextra has the power to compel him. Only none of them know where the rebellion hides now. Best guess? Somewhere in the Desert of the Burning Sands. Infinite dunes await their anxious search. But the name? Not an exaggeration. The trio must summon up all their strength to face this latest challenge. And they must do it with the help of their bitterest foe. "The Race Across the Desert” is the tenth episode in the ongoing monthly science fiction adventure serial TALES OF THE CHAI MAKHANI TRIO.
Download or read book The Ocean s Menace written by Archibald Rutledge and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A twist-filled adventure story set in a treacherous land where most hunters dare not venture—enhanced with artwork and a literary scholar’s commentary. One of the more underappreciated aspects of Archibald Rutledge’s varied literary efforts is the way he could weave stories of danger in the wilds. What he frequently described as chimeras—great sharks, alligators, rattlesnakes, and cottonmouths of incredible and often embellished dimensions, wild hogs with razor-sharp tusks, and more—clearly fascinated him. Similarly, he exhibited a knack for twists and turns in his tales reminiscent of O. Henry at his best. “The Ocean’s Menace” offers a fine example. The title of the short story may conjure images of a massive white shark or a devilfish—but in fact “The Ocean” is a remote, treacherous tract of land where hunters dared not venture and which locals viewed with a mixture of awe and alarm. It provides an ideal setting for this tale—in which, Instead of a mighty stag or an antlered giant, the quarry proves to be the hunter’s salvation. Delightfully told, with an abundance of twists and turns as the story unfolds, this is the sage of the Santee—a John Burroughs Medal winner and South Carolina’s first poet laureate—at his finest. A project of South Carolina Humanities benefiting South Carolina literary programs, this new edition of “The Ocean’s Menace” is illustrated in handsome charcoal etchings by Southern artist Stephen Chesley. Award-winning outdoors writer and noted Rutledge scholar Jim Casada provides the volume’s introduction and afterword. “These books remind us of Mr. Rutledge’s command of the English language, his great skills of observation of the natural world, and his fondness for distilling universal truths from stories of local essence . . . It is good to have Mr. Rutledge with us once more.” —Pat Conroy
Download or read book A Book of Tales written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book True Charity or a Tale of the year 1800 By the author of Moral Tales i e Maria Edgeworth A supposititious work written by and published by . This book was released on 1827 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Full Circle written by Kate MacLeod and published by Ratatoskr Press. This book was released on 2018-09-12 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans live throughout the solar system but the factories on Earth stopped producing. No new ships, no new stations. Find an old ship to salvage? Someone died there. Maybe many someones. April knows this better than anyone. She cleanses haunted spaces, removes ghosts left behind by hull breaches, failure of a life support system, or even good old-fashioned cabin fever. People rely on her for peace of mind, living in ships with such histories. She wants to help. She believes in family and in people lending a hand when called on. But in ghosts? Not so much. When nothing saves you from the killing vacuum of space but the thickness of your hull, why make up other horrors. Or so April thinks, until she answers one last call for help.
Download or read book Death Spiral written by Kate MacLeod and published by Ratatoskr Press. This book was released on 2023-08-19 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sanyah Allani, born on a space station, once dreamt of retirement on a cabin down on Earth. But when she finds herself suddenly a widow, that dream loses all appeal. Instead, she goes to a mining asteroid, taking work as a security officer. But what was meant to be a sleepy posting becomes anything but, when a dead body is found deep in one of the mine’s caves. A murder, but worse, the victim isn’t even supposed to be there. And the aliens the humans share the mining rights to the asteroid with are livid. Now Allani has to not only solve a murder, but also keep an important, if hard to communicate with, species of allies at peace. “Death Spiral”, a science fiction short story originally published in Analog magazine.
Download or read book DETECTIVE MYSTERIES Ultimate Collection 48 Novels Detective Tales in One Volume written by Anna Katharine Green and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-05-29 with total page 4631 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique edition of carefully collected detective mysteries has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. That Affair Next Door Lost Man's Lane The Circular Study The Leavenworth Case A Strange Disappearance X Y Z: A Detective Story Hand and Ring The Mill Mystery The Forsaken Inn Cynthia Wakeham's Money Agatha Webb One of My Sons The Filigree Ball The Millionaire Baby The Chief Legatee' The Woman in the Alcove The Mayor's Wife The House of the Whispering Pines Three Thousand Dollars Initials Only Dark Hollow The Mystery of the Hasty Arrow The Old Stone House and Other Stories A Memorable Night The Black Cross A Mysterious Case Shall He Wed Her? A Difficult Problem The Gray Madam The Bronze Hand Midnight in Beauchamp Row The Staircase at the Hearts Delight The Hermit of ——— Street Room Number 3 The Ruby and the Caldron The Little Steel Coils The Amethyst Box The Thief The House in the Mist The Golden Slipper The Second Bullet An Intangible Clue The Grotto Spectre The Dreaming Lady The House of Clocks The Doctor, His Wife, and The Clock Missing: Page Thirteen ... Anna Katharine Green (1846-1935) was an American poet and novelist. Green has been called "the mother of the detective novel". Her main character was detective Ebenezer Gryce of the New York Metropolitan Police Force, but in three novels he is assisted by the nosy society spinster Amelia Butterworth, the prototype for Miss Marple. She also invented the 'girl detective': in the character of Violet Strange, a debutante with a secret life as a sleuth. Indeed, as journalist Kathy Hickman writes, Green "stamped the mystery genre with the distinctive features that would influence writers from Agatha Christie and Conan Doyle to contemporary authors of suspenseful "whodunits". She was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America and distinguished herself by writing well plotted, legally accurate stories.