It seems like we Machacas couldn't go on a vacation without something bad happening, and our sailing trip to Trinidad was no different.While our parents slept on the beach one night, we kids were accidentally kidnapped by a gang of Jamaican pirates who were stealing our sailboat without realizing we were onboard.When we heard them say that they'd be going back to nab our moms, and kill our dads, we knew this meant war!We managed to get back to our parents, but not b...

Well, it happened again, this time in the middle of the darkest, deepest jungles of Venezuela.It all started when me and my best friends Billy, Todd, and Carlitos got kidnapped for ransom by some diamond smugglers while we were fishing on the Orinoco River. To make matters worse, the leader of the gang was Roberto Malo, and he was going to torture us and then throw us to the gators for what we did to his brother back in Campo Mata.We just barely escaped and made a beeline f...

Hi! My name is Avery McShane. I live smack dab in the middle of nowhere in Venezuela. My best friends are Billy, Todd, Carlitos and my dog, Mati.Our adventures started when the bad guy Pablo Malo caught us trespassing and shot Todd in the butt with shotgun loaded with rock salt. That was bad enough, but when Pablo went and trashed our jungle clubhouse up in the huge mango tree, we decided to fight back. This was war!From then on everything got a mite out of control! Things ...

A collection of forty crime and thriller short stories, with all profits from the sale of this book to be donated to Hospice UK and Sophie's Appeal.Do you think you know darkness? Think again. Bloodhound Books presents Dark Minds—a collection of stories by authors who have come together to produce an anthology that will lure, tantalise and shock its readers. What took place "By the Water?" What goes on behind "A Stranger's Eyes?" And what is so special about "Slow R...

Prosetry is an integration of prose and poetry. Join us in this exploration of how these two literary forms may work more closely with each other.Prosetry Journey is a collection of:- Short stories and memoirs- Poetry related to the stories- Stories integrated with poetry- Found poems from the stories- Writing prompts- Different examples of prosetry

Was their love destined to last forever … Engaged in a brutal dogfight, dashing American Lieutenant Charles Tyler crashes his broken plane into the Italian countryside. He prays for divine intervention and is certain he's found an angel from the very moment he looks up at Lucille Renaldi's lovely face. Yet how can he be with her when his sense of duty tells him to stay away?… or become another casualty of war?Lucille's attraction to the American is forbidden, her obligation to her family's...

Hekate and Diana. Odin and Apollo. Freyja and the Witch-Lord. Eternal Haunted Summer was born in the late summer of 2009. It was created as a place where Pagans and polytheists and witches (and non-Pagans with a love of the old myths) could feature their short stories and poems and essays with those of a like mind and similar beliefs and practices. EHS has grown steadily over the years, due entirely to the wonderful contributors whose works fill its digital pages. Without their creativity ...