A corrupt government with hidden agendas. Two agents hiding discoveries, trying to break free from the system. Portals to alternate realities hidden within the hollers of the Ozarks. Targets that are killed twice and hunted a third time to bring them in at grub stage. This is the story arc of the Renegade Agents of A.R.S.A.In First Hunt, when Treya signs on with A.R.S.A. to become a bounty hunter, she learns she has supernatural powers to track people even through parallel worlds. ...

The last drop of oil pumped out of the earth on the day Treya's life changed forever. A global collapse, yes, but no zombies, no nuclear WW3 and resultant mutants. Just earthquakes and portals opening to alternate universes. Deep in the Ozarks, a rebel-held holler controls one of the portals. They're using alternate trade goods to keep it and themselves hidden from the government. While Treya trains to become a government agent assasin, she learns secrets that could get her killed. Who to ...

Norma almost kills a pixie while trying to capture it and the pixie takes revenge. A short rural fantasy story set in the Ozarks.

Ledeir might seem like an ordinary person, but she's a realm-walker with herbal allies about to accept a risky proposition from a shadeling that would like to have her for supper.This rural fantasy short story is backstory for a character who will appear in book 2 of my Bounty Hunter series.

One morning the world ended. It wasn't with a boom or even a whimper. Ice covered everything. What happened and why is Sharalyn the only one who is still moving? The first story in a new collection, Ice.

In 2,700 words and eight illustrations, an ordinary chicken finds himself in an awkward situation and needs to get away—fast. He soon discovers he is inventive, smart, and sneaky enough to become a temporary zombie (and a stylish one), a magician of dazzling feathers, and a half-mastermind hero.Suitable for all readers who wonder how far nonsense can go while enjoying a ridiculous series of events.

On a deserted beach late at night, a man encounters a miracle...for the second time.

कहते हैं जिसने प्रेमचंद नहीं पढ़ा उसने हिन्दुस्तान नहीं पढ़ा। प्रेमचंद ने 14 उपन्यास व 300 से अधिक कहानियाँ लिखीं। उन्होंने अपनी सम्पूर्ण कहानियों को 'मानसरोवर' में संजोकर प्रस्तुत किया है। इनमें से अनेक कहानियाँ देश-भर के पाठ्यक्रमों में समाविष्ट हुई हैं, कई पर नाटक व फ़िल्में बनी हैं जब कि कई का भारतीय व विश्व की अनेक भाषाओं में अनुवाद हुआ है। अपने समय और समाज का ऐतिहासिक संदर्भ तो जैसे प्रेमचंद की कहानियों को समस्त भारतीय साहित्य में अमर बना दे...

Learn how to build all of your favorite houses in this all-new guide for Minecraft. Houses included in this guide are a mushroom hut, a tree house, a floating house, a cobblestone and glass home, a rustic countryside house, a medieval style house, and a lighthouse!Conquer Minecraft with your very own tree house!

Help isn’t coming.When Carise wakes up on an alien planet running is her only chance at escape, even if being caught means death.She’d rather die than face whatever her captors plan to do to her.Guerran is no safe place for healing and every moment is fear. Until Jaek, a gentle giant of an alien, makes himself her protector. But when their fragile bond is tested, Carise knows she must find strength within herself to become brave enough to survive Guerran.Thi...

An alien invasion comes to one man’s doorstep in the form of a story-creature, followed by death and rebirth in a transformed Earth, in this Tor.com Original science fiction tale from Jeff VanderMeer, the New York Times bestselling author of the Southern Reach trilogy.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Imagine driving home alone at night. You roll your window down, stop at a red light, and fiddle with the radio.Then you die.That's just the beginning of award-winning writer Annie Reed's story THEY LIE, the harrowing tale of one young woman's savage death and rebirth as a vampire."The appearance of a new Annie Reed story is a treat. Try one and you'll be hooked." -- Dave Hendrickson, author of CRACKING THE ICE, forthcoming from WestSide Press"A friend recomm...