When animals think like humans, the line between man and beast begins to blur.Centuries in the future, a world-famous lemur guitarist watches his life unravel in scandal and loss as notoriety threatens to take everything from him. A devoted wolf soldier, torn from his family as a cub, is betrayed by the nation he serves after refusing an unlawful order. And a brilliant kangaroo, with a promising future in engineering, sees her ambitions crushed beneath relentless h...

His music was his life, until it was all taken away.In a distant future, where some animals think and speak like humans, a destitute ring-tailed lemur with an extraordinary talent for music scrapes by as a street performer in downtown Tokyo. His guitar is his lifeblood and his only ticket to survival. But when it's stolen, he's thrust into desperation, forced to find a new means of income or face the brutal reality of life on the unforgiving streets.

Developing rich, vibrant, realistic and multidimensional characters is the aim of all budding writers. This brief guide offers 123 useful character questions for authors. Questions span a range of topics from biographical questions to questions on family, relationships, money and spiritual beliefs.This is the first book in a 123 series that offers ideas on a given topic.

In “All That Touches the Air,” author An Owomoyela explores the boundaries of differing moralities, as humanity tries to live alongside an unlikely ally—a parasitic being that believes only in natural law.In “Maneki Neko” Bruce Sterling takes us to a networked Tokyo, where strangers offer anonymous gifts, and what is needed is freely given without question. (Reprint)Tom Crosshill brings us a story of a boy, his dog, a lab, and many universes in “Mama, We are Zhenya, Your So...

The Academy: Ghost Bird series in a different look at the very beginning. Read Introductions with a whole new perspective--the boys'.Kota Lee has been trying for weeks to get the girl up the street to notice him. She’s beautiful and intriguing, but seems incredibly shy. Too shy. Every time he tries to get close, she dodges him, like a skittish little bird, flittering away out of his reach.Troubled by her haunted looks, he’s tried to give her some space, res...

Manga animations could possibly form the greater part of animation heroes and stories given chance. Their sheer imagination and variety of characters is in itself mind-boggling. With so many possibilities, there rarely is a limit to what you can draw and call it a manga character. You could choose to draw a disfigured dragon, or you could opt to use straight cut lines to draw the masculine face. Whatever approach you take, you will always have some room to flex your muscle and skill.

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Two convicted cyborgs guilty of the highest crime. An expression of love that could save them or be their end. A cyberpunk romance for the ages.Convicted of terrible crimes and banished to the rusty slums of Sector C, two lonely cyborgs find refuge in each other's company and struggle to pay for their battery refills in order to stay together. "Dispensable" explores love as a crime through the eyes of a cyborg who dares to feel more than she is programmed to."Dispensable" i...

"We cannot eradicate the most profound emotional connection between an ape and his ultimate purpose in life. We can only confuse them and divert them from their destiny to achieve our ends."A little known author seeks advice from one of the world's most powerful men, but instead of getting the canned speech about hard work that she was expecting, she uncovered a secret conspiracy conducted in cold-blood. Intrigued by the reptilian's plan to team up with "hairy little meatbags," the...

A fascinating investigation on how Science, the Paranormal and the Bible collide. Topics range from Bigfoot to the Art of the Covenant to Radiation in the Bible. Original ideas on incredible topics.

Terra is a fragile place; the swarms of humans are out of control. Each swarm believes they are right, they are the only ones deserving of the biosphere, and the chaos of hundreds of years of greed and cruelty concludes with its destruction. John Hudson discharges the others on board the space station to go back to their families before the end. He accepts as most do, that the different sides will come to their senses before they threaten the sphere with annihilation. As he expects a shutt...

Natch has just won his first battle with the Defense and Wellness Council for control of MultiReal technology. But now the Council has unleashed the ruthless cunning of Lieutenant Executive Magan Kai Lee. Lee decides that if Natch's company can't be destroyed from without, it must be destroyed from within.As black code continues to eat away at Natch's sanity, he faces a mutiny from his own apprentices, a legal onslaught from the government, and the return of enemies old and new. In...