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Pumpymuckles       Copyright © 2016 by Jayne Fresina   Chapter One Ever Before   First the light, like a dying heartbeat, began to waver and dim. From that moment onward, everything that was normal and comforting transformed, from a once cheerfully glowing wick to a blob of fragile soot that curled inside the last tired lick of flame and finally expired, leaving a thin grey sigh. Then she felt the space thinning, smelled the burning, saw the air squeezing in on itself. And suddenly she stood in a tunnel, facing into the dark, her bones trembling with the...

With the Professor Copyright © 2016 by Hayden West Chapter One Aidan Nelson adjusted his backpack, altered his body’s angle, and did his best to avoid direct hits from the hard pounding rain as he jogged over the quad toward his destination—the dry classroom. Where I’m already late. Myth and Reality in the American Past was the class he’d much rather be sleeping through. The professor for this class put nearly everyone to that precise state anyway with his monotone voice. He muttered unpleasant words under his breath as he continued on. What the hell possessed me to become a...

Resurrection Aegarian Saga, 2 Copyright © 2008, 2012, 2016 by Alexandra O’Hurley   Prologue Millions of years ago, an alien race came to a new world filled with lush vegetation and animal life.  The ones that arrived were the best scientific minds of their race, albeit a little on the mad side.  They came to experiment with new genetic material, which had been outlawed on their home world.  Once they had settled and made a home base and laboratory, the scientists began using this material to mutate the animal life they had found on this distant world. A new race...

        Rescued Novus Prime, 2 Copyright © 2016 by Kelex   Prologue Neptune Colony   “Hurry,” Titus Abernathy hissed to his son. Talking triggered another bout of the dreaded coughing. He choked back the sensation before lifting a bloody rag to his lips and attempting to muffle the sound. Still, it echoed in the cargo bay. His son jumped onto the edge of the transport and handed Titus the re-breather. Hopefully it would be enough to keep them both alive during the journey, but not if he used the oxygen inside more than necessary. Titus brushed his...

Copyright © 2016, Marie Medina Chapter One Jareth rolled to his side in the lush grass. He loved the feel of each blade brushing his cheek, and he closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Magic swelled up around him, and he thought of Marcus. The next day they would begin Jareth’s training, and Jareth already felt his body tightening at the idea of being so close to the other man. He opened his eyes and looked up at the clouds floating by slowly above him. He ought to see Marcus as a father figure, but he didn’t. He...