Redacted- a modern euphemism for censorship of documents. In this short story, it is not a document that has been redacted-but a person, and this short story is a one page speculative perspective of their experience.Inspiration comes from thinking about where is Edward Snowden now.

A short fictional story in which the life of Jesus Christ is depicted as a carefully orchestrated political plot.

A short story about a man in search of peace and quiet in his life and what he gets is not exactly what he hoped for.

Rumors are rife that terrorists will strike at the upcoming G8 summit in Montreal. As security agencies scramble to stop the plot, the Canadian diplomatic team rushes to finalize its preparations for the summit. The last thing they need is Justin West, the boss's obnoxious nephew, who's just looking to have fun. Will his disruptions prove fatal? Or is something else going on?

Catching spies is hard work, so when a deal is struck before a question is even asked of their new prisoner... the director decides to take matters into his own hands.

At the request of a trusted colleague, ex-soldier Savio Mendes departs for Mexico City with the goal of gathering data on a drug network. When circumstances force him to get involved in locating a runaway family member for the head of the cartel, his role as clandestine observer is compromised. To complicate his already screwed position, Savio soon discovers he’s been directed to undertake a different job than the company authorized. Unsure who to trust and no longer certain who he’s actua...

The classic Danish thriller dubbed 'The First Crime Novel.'The trial of Pastor Søren Jensen Quist of Vejlby took place at Aarhus in 1626. The trial centered around the unexplained disappearance in 1607 of a farm laborer named Jesper Hovgaard who was employed at Pastor Quist's rectory. Fifteen years later, in 1622, human remains were unearthed on the grounds of the rectory. The bones were believed to belong to Hovgaard and word soon spread that the Reverend Quist had slaughtered him...

Volume I of IV.At exactly midnight on December 31, 2012, every electronic device made in China for the last 30 years stops working.From the U.S. electrical grid and all its back-ups, engine control-management systems, early warning systems on U.S. satellites, every motor vehicle, aircraft and ship made after 1985, to even simple memory chips inside children's teddy bears—every electronic fuse, resistor, or connector that was "Made in China" becomes dormant… forever.S...

Israeli Mossad assassinations of Iranian nuclear experts, debilitating international sanctions, computer viruses tailored to disrupt uranium enrichment facilities, and threats of tactical strikes and all-out war by the U.S. and Israel escalate and push extremist rulers within the Islamic Republic of Iran to the point of frenzied desperation and insane impatience in their quest to construct the ultimate weapon of horror: a nuclear bomb.Despite the risks of feeding Iran's ravenous ap...

Dr. Arcadia Jones, archaeology professor and adventurer extraordinaire rescues a newly-discovered relic from a construction site in Peru. Arcadia is interested in the carvings on the stone and believes they could be the oldest such relic yet to be discovered. Her studies are interrupted, however, by a young and nervous man named James, who brings her a tablet with similar pictures and writings, claiming he recovered it from the famous Göbekli Tep site in southern Turkey, all the while bein...

Unlucky Kelvin Meekin gets more than he bargained for during his latest burglary. Melvin is proud of his neat and tidy, never hurt anyone routine. He lives by his "get in quick, get out faster" philosophy. It's saved his neck on more than one occasion. Kelvin's life takes a deadly turn when he breaks into the wrong house and is caught red-handed by the homeowner, "Slick" Nick Harley, a brutal crime boss. It looks like this job will be Kelvin's last.

From former Lonely Planet author J.M. Porup comes this gritty South American noir...Rats ate his baby daughter while he partied in a disco. Now Horace "Horse" Mann is a drugged-out expat teaching English to criminals in Lima, Peru. Oh, and doing the odd favor for the CIA.When his Agency contact, Pitt Watters, goes missing, Horse's desperate efforts to find his only friend lead him to a Buddhist ashram on the shores of Lake Titicaca. There Horse uncovers his friend's involve...