In the manner of an R. L. Stine story, Zombies Amuck is the story of school friends who might discover the secret of the zombies, but will the zombies let them live?This is the second place winning story by Ms. Eldering and is a short, fun children's story.

Moving to a new town was difficult enough, but that was only the beginning of what life had in store for Kelly Watson. Soon, a strange connection to her old family home led her down a path riddled with family secrets and mystery.Now, Kelly and her friend, Emma Cathcart, are faced with more questions. As the two friends come to terms with their psychic abilities, they will have to learn to work as a team to find the answers that they seek. Others may not be so keen on revealing what...

After her dad is transferred to a Podunk town, thirteen-year old Kelly Watson has to learn to adapt. Luckily, Emma Cathcart is not only kind enough to show her around, but knows a thing or two about Kelly's family history.As Kelly and her family settle in, Kelly finds herself drawn to an old home. She's always loved preserving old houses, but this house is like no other she's ever known. This eerie house seems to beckon her and it's all Kelly can do to resist the temptation to expl...

Everyone has their secrets. Some people have secrets that are innocent. While others have deeper, darker secrets that they keep sealed up tight. But even the most innocent of secrets can have deadly repercussions. And some secrets we take to our grave. But what happens when one's secrets knock so desperately to be set free? Find out the secrets interwoven within these four tales.

April 1st, a day filled with practical jokes and Stella's 25th birthday. It looks to be a day filled with wonderful surprises and not of the killjoy jokes that Stella is the victim of because her boyfriend, Henry, the most straight-laced man she has ever met, who also has been the victim of many practical jokes from her family, takes her out to dinner at a fancy restaurant. Stella hopes this will be the night he proposes. Her mother's hand in playing practical jokes on Stella shows up thro...

Four award-winning stories combined in one collection. Ms. Eldering's first place, second place, anthology pick and runner-up stories are combined in a short-story anthology/collection. Love Lingers brings everything together under one cover.THE TULIP KISS: A bittersweet tale of love, loss, and hope and how meaningful a simple flower can be. And a reminder to never, ever leave an argument hanging between two hearts. Find out how Amanda's world comes crashing down on that fateful da...

A bittersweet tale of love, loss, and hope and how meaningful a simple flower can be. And a reminder to never, ever leave an argument hanging between two hearts. Find out how Amanda's world comes crashing down on that fateful day and how she is reminded of the tulips she loves when she receives her very own Tulip Kiss.This is Ms. Eldering's first place winning story for the Fast and Frigid contest in 2007

This is Ms. Eldering's runner up story in the 2007 Fast and Fanciful contest, a story of two sisters who buy a necklace and fight over it and their lives take turns neither expected.

The ‘Creative Writing Tutor’ scheme provides a lively series of themed booklets that will stimulate your child’s imagination and inspire him or her to write in a more interesting way and to achieve better results. The booklets provide ‘a tutor’ for the child, fun features and stories to read, follow up activities to complete, harder vocabulary to prepare children for more advanced writing and many helpful tips and techniques to improve writing style.Written by an experienced teacher, they ...

Alice had no idea why she was in heaven. Her guide, Josie, isn't much help, either. She seems to be enjoying the fact that Alice is clueless about her death and the life that came before it. As Alice’s heaven expands around her, she discovers that there might be somebody in heaven who can fill in the blanks in her memories, but when they are unwilling to help, she finds herself being pushed to dangerous measures to discover the person she used to be.

Animal Tales told at nine, for the little ones at Bedtime. Tales with a lesson as true as time, that also makes for a good Pastime

#1 New York Times bestselling author Anna Quindlen’s classic reflection on a meaningful life makes a perfect gift for any occasion.“Life is made of moments, small pieces of silver amidst long stretches of tedium. It would be wonderful if they came to us unsummoned, but particularly in lives as busy as the ones most of us lead now, that won’t happen. We have to teach ourselves now to live, really live . . . to love the journey, not the destination.”