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The Quest: A Novel
Mercado sat on the far right, and Vivian had taken the chair next to him, though Mercado was pointedly ignoring her. Gann had sat himself between Vivian and Purcell, and behind them was a soldier armed with an AK-47 automatic rifle. Purcell was surprised that Getachu had included Gann in this mee...
The Endgame
She didn’t know if she wanted to kick something or just burst into tears. When she was sure he wouldn’t be back, she got up and ran upstairs to her bedroom. Mark had been right that she was desperate to touch something, but it wasn’t herself. She rummaged through the drawer in her nightstand, qui...
Lipstick & Zombies (Deadly Divas Book 1)
It was part of a special “Get to know your Deadly Divas!” campaign Willa had put together. It was smart, really. But the time had come, the manager said, to speak of many things. Sadie was glaring at Willa, trying to find a good way to get out of it, but she knew she'd have to do it sometime. “He...
Doctor Whom or ET Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Parodication
‘We’ve arrived!’ announced the Dr, somewhat superfluously. ‘Here we are.’ ‘And this is the location of our mission?’ Linn asked. ‘Oh yes.’ ‘So where are we, exactly?’ ‘According to my screen here,’ said the Dr, ‘we’re on a planet called, um.’ ‘Um?’ I said. ‘The Planet Um is in the Hesitant System...
No Going Back
Sunbeams bounced off the parquet floor. I rang the bell. Suddenly, stupidly, I felt nervous. Maybe Sam had just been trying to be nice. Maybe he really didn’t want me here at all. After all he was a vicar’s son. He was bound to have been brought up being kind to people and I was just one of them....
Rewarded
Hands like claws reaching, reaching . . . Then the man bellowed in rage, and she spun to see her pursuer engaged in a vicious fight with another man. Her rescuer. No, there were two men battling the enemy, and she knew them both. Knew them because t...
Being Shirley
She happily floated in that lovely warm abyss between sleep and wakefulness where the running water from the shower wasn’t Tony going about his morning ablutions but rather the rushing flow of a waterfall on a tropical island. Then the water had gone off and a moment later Tony had banged back in...
I'm Game
Bob Ritchey continued. He walked over to the woman on Katie’s left. “Tell us a little bit about yourself and your family,” he said. “My name is Elaine Blackwell,” the woman answered. “I’m single. I’m a doctor at Cherrydale Hospital, and in my spare time I like to skydive.” “Wow, you must be very ...
Harrigan and Grace - 01 - Blood Redemption
He read it over and said he would keep it. Once Louise had left, he rang Susie and asked her how Toby was. ‘Tim’s with him at the moment,’ she said, ‘I’ll check.’Eventually she was back on the line. ‘He’s okay, Paul. He is upset but he doesn’t want to talk to anyone about it.’‘I’m coming over to ...
The Wicked Boy (2015)
In the Old Bailey, Charles Gill QC continued to make the case against Robert Coombes and John Fox. He called PC Twort to the witness box. The constable described the events of Wednesday 17 July and read out Robert’s confession to murder. In reply to questions from Robert’s counsel, he confirmed t...
Franklin Affair
The only good sign was that he was on the verge of huge bursts of laughter, not of tears. There he’d been, pondering the murder of a blackmailing plagiarist with a statue of Benjamin Franklin while reciting bits of wit and wisdom from Benjamin Franklin, until recently the least appreciated of the...
Alyx - Joanna Russ (2016)
Small women exist in plenty—so do those with gray eyes—but this woman was among the wisest of a sex that is surpassingly wise. There is no surprise in that (or should not be) for it is common knowledge that Woman was created fully a quarter of an hour before Man, and has kept that advantage to th...
A Midsummer Night's Demon
She heard the bark crack from the impact and watched Ky leap into the air, landing in front of the downed man. She gasped at the sight. Ky covered at least twenty feet in one mighty bound. No one could do that! The two men fighting before her could not be human, but she didn’t think they were dem...
My Lord the Spy
It was decided that lunch would be jolly if taken near the sand; so Clara spent the morning supervising staff taking chairs, tables and food down to the beach house. Refreshments would also be provided for the more intrepid of the group who ventured onto the beach itself. ...
The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 2
Tiny Stories @page { margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 5pt; } About the Author hitRECord is the open-collaborative production company founded and directed by actor and artist Joseph Gordon-Levitt. We create and develop art and media collectively using our website where anyone with an intern...