Showing posts with label Sci-fi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sci-fi. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Amethyst

Free - 548 pages



College-bound Lexi Adams leads no ordinary life. Premonitions dictate her every move, compelling her to rescue strangers day and night. After years of self-sacrifice, she decides to ignore one, but innocent people die. And when the next premonition depicts her own death, Lexi is faced with the decision of a lifetime.

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Smoke, Mirrors and Deep Space

Free - 462 pages



Alex McCormick is a national hero,an astronaut who sacrifices everything and everyone to realize his dreams. The first man to travel to Jupiter's moon, he is on the brink of reaching his life's goal when fate sweeps it all away, leaving him embarked upon the strangest journey of all, the quest to find out who he really is. Arrogant, brilliant,charming and oblivious, he just might be God.

Saturday, November 24, 2012

The Day God Winked

Free - 51 pages

Warning for strong language and depictions of drug use.

Every human on earth would remember exactly where they were on the day everything changed. Like Pearl Harbor or JFK’s assassination or September 11th, 2001, The Day was firmly anchored in everyone’s conscience— sometimes clear, sometimes confusing and ultimately unfathomable. But for one troubled man, The Day meant so much more. Warning for strong language and depictions of drug use.

Friday, November 23, 2012

Baby Wipes

Free - 31 pages



William, a Chicago suburbanite living in the not-so-far future, suddenly finds himself dead. When he recovers, Chicago is gone, leaving only open prairie and an alien offering him a baby wipe to clean his face.

This would be hard enough for anyone to deal with, but there's much more...

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Even the Paranormal Play Sports

Free - 23 pages



The paranormal greets teenagers, hockey, and Canada in this humorous flash fiction story.

Final Solution 7

Free - 112 pages



The year was 2202. Kroboski stretched his arm back. A steel hook reflected the dwindling but scorching copper sun. Kroboski snapped the hook forward. Three Long Darts spun along the surface of the hook and catapulted one-after-another toward a wooden barricade. Two of the four-inch shafts drove into the wood up to their hilts. The third dart caught an innocent Dart Boy to the left of his eye.

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Graceful Blur

Free - 28 pages



At Speed Week, superhero Mustang Sally aims to be the first person ever to break the speed of sound...on foot!

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Hera

Free - 94 pages



Hera, member of the Gultur race governing the Seven Islands, thought she knew right from wrong and what her future held in store. A chance meeting with a lesser mortal, though, will turn her world upside down and force her to see her race and the laws with different eyes. For Hera, knowledge means action, so she sets out to put things right and change her world.

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Far From Home 1: Legend

Free - 225 pages



Follow the adventures of Captain
Jessica King and the crew of the
Defiant as they find themselves
pulled into a black hole and thrown
from everything they have ever
known.
If you liked Battlestar Galactica,
Star Trek and Star Wars then you
will LOVE the Far From Home Series,
a 12-book epic adventure unlike
anything you've ever read!
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Monster At My Window

Free - 167 pages



****Beasts of a social order arise from the depths of mystery to terrorize the residents on Picasso Lane, where they suffer their greatest losses. Set against the backdrop of sweltering 1995 Brownsville, Texas, a rousing tale full of conflict, anticipation, and realism depicts exhausting battles,all for the love of their friends.

Friday, November 16, 2012

Az

Free - 271 pages



What does a man do when his wife dies? Of course he goes to visit friends for comfort. However, one of his friends starts him on a path that could get him killed or make him rich.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Nora's Sun

Free - 65 pages



The Merus invaded Earth decades ago and we didn’t even know it. It’s only been a few years since they declared war on the human-race and already our hope to survive is withering away. But not for Nora. All she has is hope and it fuels her fight to get back everything they took from her. For her love, her light, her life… she will stop at nothing to get them all back.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Faster Than Light: Babel Among the Stars

Free - 284 pages

Book 3

The third in a series of short stories about the I.S.S. Fenghuang, the last faster-than-light starship in the galaxy, and its crew of rebels determined to reunite humanity. This entry delves into the history of Captain Seth Garland and reveals how he came to be the last hope for interstellar travel.

Book 1                                       Book 2
              

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Gone But Not Forgotten

Free - 112 pages



Gone But Not Forgotten is about Wil and Matilda before "Lone Wolf" takes place. It's set on Saltulle 10 years in the past.

This short story provided for your quick reading entertainment by Dellani Oakes, author of the Sci-Fi new release, "Lone Wolf", and the historical romance, "Indian Summer".

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Death Has No Shadow

Free - 66 pages



Avar-Tek Event #2 (short story): When a military accident releases swarms of forger nanites into the environment, Kutisha finds that her lab is their target. As three swarms head her way, the military dispatches hover-tanks carrying human sized robotic mechs. Alone, late at night, she places her faith in the mechs, watching the battle between the big and little machines unfold on her doorstep.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Abandon Changes

Free - 48 pages



Rei's a runner-fast, smart, doesn't ask questions, and keeps her mouth shut about the errands she runs. She doesn't know what's in the packages she delivers and she doesn't care. It's simpler that way. But Rei's soon-to-be-ex, Sam, has gotten under her skin, and she's started thinking about the effects of her errands. Can Rei be close to someone and do her job-and can she make a choice before it's too late? ABANDON CHANGES is a short story by John M. Cusick, set in the same world as his compulsively readable debut novel, GIRL PARTS. This story includes a sneak peek at the first few chapters of GIRL PARTS.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Eaglethorpe Buxton and the Sorceress

Free - 193 pages

Book 2

Eaglethorpe Buxton, famed adventurer and story-teller is back, this time to put on a play about a sorceress. When the sorceress, subject of his play arrives with fire in her eyes, Eaglethorpe must pretend to be his good friend Ellwood. Will he pull off this charade and survive? And what happens when the real Ellwood shows up? One can never tell, especially when Eaglethorpe tells the story.

Book 1

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

The Judgement Conundrum

Free - 50 pages



Lacerant Plainer’s new short story is set in the near future, and with its fast-paced action, dystopian world and warring humans and aliens it ticks all the boxes for a near-perfect first contact tale.

Aberrant

Free - 282 pages



The Painfully Perfects targeted Delilah. When she could no longer tolerate their heartless attacks, she escaped to the island where she met Jack. The island, feared by the town because of its dark history.

When they follow Delilah to the island to test her, Delilah falls victim to one girl’s jealous rage. Jack decides to save Delilah the only way he can think of; by making her Aberrant.

Friday, November 2, 2012

From a Far Land: Jaben's Rift book 1

Free - 758 pages



One impulsive step, one ancient prophecy, and a family vacation on Earth becomes a journey to Teleria, a place where magic works and humans aren't alone. Teenager Jason Bennett, thought to be Jaben, a paradoxicalfigure foretold to hold the fate of the world in his hands, becomes the pivotal piece in a game between forces intent on reshaping Teleria. But is he a knight or a pawn?