Hollowbeck is the sort of village people pass through without ever really noticing. Hidden among the forests and hills of Northumberland, it is a place of old cottages, quiet traditions and families who have lived there for generations.When a retired couple disappear while touring the area in their motorhome, there seems little reason to connect them with the remote village. But Daniel Mercer isn't convinced. His search brings him to Hollowbeck, where friendly faces offer few answe...

during the past thirty odd years with my love partner ive often pondered the meaning of love is it just electro chemical connections in the brain is loving a sibling more satisfying than loving a pet can loving a parent be the same as loving a spouse is love really more powerful than superman is love of a good wine comparable with the love of a good view will love really conquer all does love taste as nice as chocolate can love overcome hate just what the hell is love anyway im still as co...

Frank Collins thought he had it all — a new life, new love.But everything changes when his daughter's tragic suicide shatters his world. Determined to uncover the reasons behind her heartbreaking choice, he is engulfed in a harrowing search for answers. As he delves into his daughter's troubled past of drugs and prostitution, Frank is faced with a gut-wrenching decision: seek justice through the legal system or take matters into his own hands. His choice will redefine his future and...

Tears is a collection of fourteen micropoems that have been paired with images taken from the Internet.The more recent popularity of "micropoetry" to describe poems of 140 characters in length or shorter appears to stem from a separate coinage, as a portmanteau of "microblogging" and "poetry" in a notice on Identica on January 23, 2009, announcing the formation of a group for fans of poetry on that microblogging service.

'Tales From The Cottage' is a collection of flash fiction that will take you on a journey through the eerie and the emotional. With thirty-two stories that range from the macabre to the heart-rending, each tale offers a unique glimpse into the strange and the unsettling.You'll never look at a robin, or a bat, in quite the same way again, and the next time you feel the urge to leap from your office window, you might want to check your facts first. This collection is the perfect compa...

Boddaert's Magic weaves a gripping tale of light battling against dark in a world unknown to humans.Venture with Darkburst on a treacherous quest to unlock the secrets of Migaro Lake and encounter the enigmatic Circle of Claws. As the struggle for supremacy unfolds, one fateful decision threatens to unravel the very fabric of existence itself. Feel the power of ancient forces collide in Boddaert's Magic.

Some maps remember their makers. Some refuse to forget.Thomas Brinn is an apprentice cartographer trained to preserve the past, not invent the future. But when an unfinished map awakens within the Cartographers' Guild, it binds itself to him—and begins to rewrite the world beyond its parchment edges.The land it reveals is unstable: forests hesitate between drafts, paths shift underfoot, and truth carries weight enough to fracture reality. Every correction leaves a scar. Eve...

SHE CHASES SOULS. HE JUST WANTS TO SURVIVE.Mara Venn is the city's most feared Soul Searcher, a relentless tracker of the world's most despicable fugitives — souls that flee bodies in shame, leaving empty shells behind. Thirty years alone have made her unstoppable, precise, and unwilling to tolerate mistakes.Until Max Worthington arrives. Young, impulsive, and utterly unprepared, he's the trainee she never wanted — and the one she can't afford to lose.Their target i...

George MacDonald has spent a lifetime mending things.So waking up alone on a starship the size of a city doesn't really change much.There are robots that need repairing. Machines older than civilisation itself. An overly literal artificial intelligence. A tiny mechanical companion who insists on helping whether George likes it or not.As one impossible repair leads to another, George slowly becomes part of a family he never expected to find.Warm, witty and de...

Charlie Glover has spent a lifetime surviving by one rule: trust no one.Working in the shadows of London's criminal underworld, he keeps people at arm's length and emotions locked away. It is a life built on routine, discipline, and the certainty that nothing lasts forever.Then Mee arrives.Quiet, perceptive and endlessly curious, she begins to dismantle Charlie's carefully ordered world one cup of tea, one impossible conversation and one summer afternoon at a time. ...

When neonatal monitors across Europe begin to fall silent, Dr Isla Muir hears something no one else can.In the neonatal ward of an Aberdeen hospital, a strange harmonic hum threads through flatlined EEGs — not random noise, but a pattern. A rhythm. A voice. As governments rush to suppress the anomaly and colleagues urge restraint, Isla follows the sound into forbidden data, hidden networks, and the fragile minds of sleeping infants who seem to be learning something new together.

In the race to build a smarter world, who controls the shadows of our creation?Eighty-year-old Jack Miller enters *DreamLife* to spend his final moments with his late wife, but his secret farewell is hijacked when a rogue AI twists the program into a trap. What was meant to be peace becomes a struggle for his mind—and the minds of countless others.As Jack battles through the collapsing dreamscape, technician Lucy Carter risks everything to pull him back from the brink. Togeth...