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The Rush Hour by The Dragonlord Completed
If you've ever travelled an underground railway system, this one is for you......especially if you commute on the Underground in London.......

Updated: September 2, 2013 | Published: September 2, 2013 | Reviews: 1


Musings In A Lounge Bar by The Dragonlord Completed
This is a sort of "metaphysical" story dating from when "transcendental meditation" was all the rage. It's a sort of introspective examination of the feelings engendered by the sightings of a particular girl. Sounds weird, but isn't really. It's just, well...musings, as a story.

Updated: September 2, 2013 | Published: September 2, 2013 | Reviews: 1


Ira; Searching for Profundity by Baxter Huston Completed

 

A geeky physics professor, an eccentric artist and a feminist cultural-anthropologist find the source of ancient legends from many cultures.  Some legends should remain ancient.

Updated: September 2, 2013 | Published: August 17, 2013 | Reviews: 0


Uncoded Fiction by Micheal Crum In Progress

Three scientists work on a project for a mad business man with evil intensions. After five years of hard work this mad man may be the only one that  can help them finish their project. There now on a course to finishing the project, but with some problems. One of the problems is an intruding ex-wife that wants everything that her ex-husband has.  That’s not there only problem with finishing the project and being successful. Now they have to keep the military from finding out about what they’re doing, and finish the project before they’re stopped. Now with some crafty thinking they will have to outsmart the military, and get rid of the ex-wife before they can finish the project.

Updated: September 2, 2013 | Published: August 8, 2013 | Reviews: 0


Changes Are Bound To Happen by Lizzy thompson In Progress

This is the story of Alice, a girl living with her dad and little sister, everyone in the family hating each other so much it's a wonder they are together. She has only a few friends, all the other feeling betrayed by her. And she is judged for the things she likes. But she doesn't give up, something good is bound to happen isn't it?

Updated: September 2, 2013 | Published: August 9, 2013 | Reviews: 0


Hobbes City by Bethany Masters In Progress

John Quinton, an injured 1st Lieutenant for the Union Army, is sent home to his family in the war-torn city of Lexington, Kentucky. Encountering violence and depravity, he, his cousin, and a few friends travel west to escape, meeting several different interesting and unique characters on his way.

Updated: September 2, 2013 | Published: August 26, 2013 | Reviews: 1


Desert Heart by Kenzi Swenson Completed

"Waking up is always the hardest part. You never know what memories might crawl in with you in the middle of the night. I've always known this and it still scares me." - A short story. 

Updated: September 2, 2013 | Published: August 24, 2013 | Reviews: 0


Her Pale Blue Eyes by Alyssa Bartoshevich In Progress
Named for the first story of this collection, Her Pale Blue Eyes is a set of short stories and introspective narratives I have written for both school as well as for my own benefit. (1) Her Pale Blue Eyes: "I, Daniel Kayes, am writing this as a distant confession, not as retribution for my sins... It was the things they failed to do that broke her. The things we failed to see, let alone understand. I always have made a point of never idealizing another being, but Sabine was as close to a perfect creature as nature could ever hope to create." A short story / fictional narrative. (2) Transcendence: "And in my nineteenth summer, I stared into Eternity..." A brief adventure between the blurred lines of death and life, reality and the spiritual world. A short story.

Updated: September 2, 2013 | Published: August 29, 2013 | Reviews: 0


The Confessions & Life of an Immortal Hybrid by Nicole Eshbaugh In Progress

Long ago, a great evil once stalked the earth. He, his kind, and his sons wreaked havoc on man’s world, killing whomever they chose. These monsters look like that of men with the looks of angels but with the intention of demons. Few could protect themselves, and  fewer more stood with mankind. The wolfmen. At this time, there were three tribes. Some were similar some were not. Their kind was started by three brothers. The oldest, Lucian, started the lycanthropy, who still walked and had the chest of man, yet with head and limbs of the wolves. The Lycanthropy or Lycan, could only change during the full moon. The children of second brother, Olric, founded the werewolves, who change into full wolves, with a height of twelve feet. They as well had to change when the moon is full, but at its highest. Mysteriously the werewolves were the only ones could talk in full change, neither Lycan nor Wulfs could do this.  Finally there is the youngest brother, Fenrir, who began the the wulfs, who fully changed, are the size of a battle horse, but he unlike his brothers and their children could change whenever they chose.

 

Their children fought against the monsters, who later begot the name of Vampir. The Wolfmen soon proved to the best ally that man could have. Their bite could kill the vampirs and that bite could change the sons of monsters’ and men into the loup-garou. The loup-garou, who looks more like the children of Lucian, talked like the sons and daughters of Olric, and could change at will like those begotten to Fenrir.  

 

It wasn’t long till the vampirs began to kidnapping of wolfman. Through trial and error, the vampir broke the wolfman to their will. Now, with their new weapon of broken wolfs and loup-garou, the vampir used them to fight against their enemies. This would later become known as the First War. By the war’s end, all the Lycans, half of the wolves were gone, and a third of the wulfs were no more. The wolves would not survive the second war. Leaving behind the Wulfs and what remained of loup-garous.  

 

But the wolfmen and the humans were not the only ones who were opposed to the vampir. There were of course the Fay. Now the Fay are cunning creatures. Their king at the time, made a deal with the Vampir King, a child of both bloods, a child to keep the peace, a child to sever the supreme power, as personal bodyguard and so it was agreed. The Fay King gave his half human daughter to the Vampir King, with a promised that his daughter would be returned so the Fay could train the child to be the perfect soldier. But what nobody expected was that child would be a girl.

 

After the agreed upon time had come to pass, the Fay gave back the girl they had transformed into a unthinking, killing hybrid. She killed whomever she was told, the girl was emotionless thing. Completely inhuman in every way, a monster by all rights, and you know what? That girl, is me.

 

So, I guess you’re wonder what’s with the backstory. Simple, so you get a better picture of the world I was born into. You think vampirs are amazing, sweet and misunderstood. That’s the front they put up so they can rip your throat out. Some are more tactful than others, yes, but in the end they get what they want. I’d be one to know. Then there are the vampirs that have their children do their dirty work. I was born to the king, and the king didn’t get his hands dirty. My brothers and I killed whomever, whenever we were told, the only difference was they were older and free, and I spent my entire service to my sire in a black haze.

 

Well, until my brothers started to second guess their loyalties. Kael the oldest, started to prod me with question about if I really wanted to be the way I was, but only when the two of us were alone. Which seemed to all the time, but in reality, those were the only times I was not the perfect soldier and at my sire’s side, but seemingly more in my right mind. Being as human as one could get being only 43.9% human. Anyway, after while he started to get pass the charms and spell wall in my mind. More and more, I was aware of what I was doing, the more I hated myself. By the time all the charms broke, I had lost all feeling, shutting it all off so just I could go to sleep without seeing the faces of the people I have killed.

 

One day, one where I was actually allowed to sleep, I snapped. The year was 1016 BC, mid harvest. It was also a day when none of my brothers were at the castle, which proved to my advantage. I stole my brother, Surtur's sword from his collection, and returned to my sire’s side. When his guard was down I turned on him. After a struggle, I took off his head. Leaving my brother’s sword with the body, I took off.

 

Unfortunately, the my brother sword did not throw off those I'd hoped most to avoid. My mother’s people were close on my heels, by the time they caught me I was far from the place where I caused so much terror, in a place where I nor my sire had been heard of. A place you now call Ireland, and what I knew as Lyeman. They used their spells to overpower me, and took me to their hidden realm. Where they tortured me, day and night, so all I knew was pain. When they decided I had learned my lesson, they locked me up in a cell where no one would find me. The Fay spread stories about me, the evil that would hunt you down and kill you. For years my name scared little children into obedience.

 

But, now? Now I will be at last free. Now their spells and charms are weak, and I shall once again walk among the realm of men. I do not exist to them anymore, my title and story are all but forgotten. For the sons of vampirs and Fenrir think my brother killed our sire.  

Updated: September 2, 2013 | Published: August 11, 2013 | Reviews: 0


The Lost & Forgotten by Leslie Rocha In Progress

These are short stories and Tales that I have written.

Updated: September 2, 2013 | Published: August 15, 2013 | Reviews: 0


So the Cycle Goes by Lianne Seller Completed

She never saw him. He never saw them. They knew about him. One day, this changed.

Updated: September 2, 2013 | Published: August 9, 2013 | Reviews: 2


Primus by D.M. Gergen In Progress

The Olympic Alliance and Ursa Republic have been at war for centuries, only recently ending in a tense stalemate.  Yet the uneasy peace is on the verge of ending as greed and power tempt mysterious players into the intrigues of politics.  

 

A series of short stories from various planets in the two galaxies, Primus explores the preqursors for war, betrayal, lust, passion, and hope, only to cumulate in the novel, Kronos.

 

(Text copyright © 2013 DMG)

 

 

 

Updated: September 1, 2013 | Published: August 21, 2013 | Reviews: 0


Fade by Tristan Scriver In Progress

In Greek Mythology there are the Keres, and they represent the most gruesome horrible deaths that humans go through. This collection of short stories will go through 'a day in the life of' the different Keres sisters and what it's like being an immortal.

Updated: September 1, 2013 | Published: August 19, 2013 | Reviews: 0


Revemort: The Death of Dreams by Leigh Aldridge Completed

In a morally ambiguous future, a young doctor named Sol Kuromeru is tasked with the challenge of creating a suicide drug that will result in the perfect way to die- death by dreaming. And so, Sol begins to test his new drug on willing (or not so willing) human subjects. "Revemort; The Death of Dreams" is part of my 2013 short story collection. It's an extension of my other piece, Corn for Men (le maïs pour les hommes), expanding on the idea of a death by dreaming suicide drug. Please note, this story contains some graphic description and deals with a few sensitive topics. I mean no offense by what I write. The ending is entirely ambiguous; you'll see what that means later. Also note, this edition of Revemort is completely unedited, so expect minor mistakes in grammar/punctuation.

Updated: September 1, 2013 | Published: August 13, 2013 | Reviews: 0


Radioactive by Chinenyenwa Ogbonnaya Completed

The world is ending and only one angel of darkness can stop it. With the help of two humans they will travle to the ends of humaity .

Updated: September 1, 2013 | Published: August 26, 2013 | Reviews: 0


Better Half of Us by Jack Irons In Progress

Emotional trauma can change a man drastically. When Creed loses his beloved wife and partner to the Darkness, he finds himself on the dark, lonely path of vengeance as he tries to redeem her soul. Through his actions, he realises that even though he fights for the Light, the Darkness still taints his soul

Updated: September 1, 2013 | Published: August 22, 2013 | Reviews: 0


Brave New World by Louis Kemner In Progress

Sisters Anna and Chara are rogues in a wild colony world, thriving on the fringes of the new civilization. But when a madman spreads his nation's wicked power across the developing world, the sisters find themelves dragged into the maelstrom of war.

Updated: September 1, 2013 | Published: August 9, 2013 | Reviews: 0


The Tales of the Olympians by Alonzo Dean In Progress

A collection of stories of the Ancient Greek and Roman Patheon.  From unexpected love found to humoros realizations.  See how the Olympians dealt with their stories and what they thought...it may just surprise you.

Updated: September 1, 2013 | Published: August 22, 2013 | Reviews: 0


Battery by Amber Gramon In Progress

They need to eat. We are edible. When the number one food source becomes humans, and the number one consumers are the wasted humans themselves, the unwasted will fight back. Even if the unwasted is just a ragtag bunch of college students and nothing else. But through all this shit, how does battery fluid come into the mix?

Updated: September 1, 2013 | Published: August 9, 2013 | Reviews: 0


Unparalleled by Kasia White In Progress

When 14 year-old Eira O'Brien discovers a portal to the mysterious world of Unparalleled, she meets Luka, a mysterious boy with amazing powers. Eira and Luka become fast friends, but is it more than just friendship that draws them together? Their bond may be the only thing that can save both worlds from a terrible fate... and they may be connected in more ways than one...

Updated: September 1, 2013 | Published: August 11, 2013 | Reviews: 0


Its Messages by Vic Durward In Progress

Izzy, a grade 12 that is pretty, talented, smart, and really confused. 

Who is behind the notes? Is it all in her head? What about it? Well 1, what is it? And 2, does it have to do with what's happening to Izzy?

Whatever is going on it needs to stop before it's too late.

Updated: September 1, 2013 | Published: August 18, 2013 | Reviews: 0


The Contract by andy holberry Completed

Bad day?...

Trouble at work, home...with life?...

When offered a choice do you take it no matter the cost?...

Be careful what you wish for...you may just get more than you bargained for.

Updated: September 1, 2013 | Published: August 9, 2013 | Reviews: 1


The Taken by T.J Brink In Progress
29/8/13- I just wanted to say that this book is currently on hold, until I have time to re-write the first three chapters. The new chapters will probably be different, but the main ideals will still be there. Thank you every one for reviewing this story- feedback is still welcomed and greatly appreciated, you guys rock!

Updated: September 1, 2013 | Published: August 20, 2013 | Reviews: 0


A Gift From The Sky by Joshua Duvert In Progress

A girl loses her parents to a war with a mysterious alien race, and gets captured by them. A year or so later, they have defended themselves from the aliens, but not all is as it seems...

Updated: September 1, 2013 | Published: August 8, 2013 | Reviews: 0


The Scam by Alena Massaker In Progress

Lillian is gravely ill. Uncle Franks a big help during the Great Depression. Moneys tight and Robert will stop at nothing to help Lillian. When Frank convinces Robert to help rob a bank with him will Franks greed for money cause a problem for the duo?

Updated: September 1, 2013 | Published: August 14, 2013 | Reviews: 0