LAPD Detective Ray Collins and his partner Steadly team up again to solve a case which might not only put their careers on the line, but also their lives.A young girl seems to have disappeared without any trace whatsoever. Her best friend Rebecca tells the police that they got drunk and took pills “up in the hills somewhere”, but she has no further memory what happened next. When she woke up the next morning, Tracey was gone.There are little to no hints of ...

The clock is ticking.When Amanda Reeves, a beautiful young student, is kidnapped on the streets of Los Angeles, LAPD Detective Ray Collins knows that every second counts. Because the kidnapping is clearly the latest work of the serial killer known as the "Night Shade Killer," who has terrified the city for the past twelve years.Each year, the killer kidnaps a victim to torture and eventually kill them after a thoroughly planned ritual. Each time, there are ...

Arriving from distant lands in the east, Christopher King is an unusual sort around these parts. He has only two legs. He has two arms with strange wriggling things at the end. He seems to like pressing them against things instead of just grasping them in his puny mouth. He is hardly a pony at all.Of course, he isn't. He is a human, but he plans to make his mark felt and to find his place in this world alongside the fey equines that he hopes to join. It will take resolve and skill ...

We need to reimagine how we think about the firm. The dominant view of today sees corporations as relentlessly driven profit-maximizers; and, while many see this as an unfortunate reality, others maintain that a sophisticated understanding of law, economics, and morality reveals that corporations have a duty to act in this fashion. Either way, the dominant view is out of step with the needs and values of society. People, and especially members of younger generations, are clamoring...

A man working for one of the few remaining businesses in America is called upon to make the world a better place. A tall order when most of the country has been devolved into strange varieties of mutants.A couple go to preach their beliefs to the zebras next door.Odin weighs in on things.A shut in geek ends the world with selfish intentions.A post apocalyptic tale done for NaNoWriMo 2011.Four short stories woven together in a new world where technolo...

In a world governed not by gods or chance, but by probability itself; one mind searches through the fragments of self left behind in countless lives. Faith is not required; only perspective.This genre-bending philosophical narrative invites readers into a space where identity shifts like sand, memory stretches across lifetimes, and empathy becomes the bridge between radical selves. Gently woven with spiritual thought yet unbound by dogma, it offers a meditation on what it ...

A group of college students decide to sneak into the local zoo, only to walk face first into an ongoing nanoterrorism attack that will leave them forever changed in this titillating tale of transformation, domination and terror.

Starting in the early 1990s, journalists and scholars began responding to and trying to take account of new technologies and their impact on our lives. By the end of the decade, the full-fledged study of cyberculture had arrived. Today, there exists a large body of critical work on the subject, with cutting-edge studies probing beyond the mere existence of virtual communities and online identities to examine the social, cultural, and economic relationships that take place online.Tak...

Awaken, Heal, and Strengthen Your Mind, Body and SpiritEach day, millions of people worldwide practice Tai Chi Chuan, which has been known for centuries to promote deep relaxation and excellent health, to prevent injuries and illnesses, and to improve martial skills.Tai Chi has steadily become a popular form of Mind/Body exercise as more and more people in the west discover the rich rewards of living in a holistic way. Tai Chi is a journey through the mind, the body, and th...

It is the end of the world as we know it. As the towering construct of Shinra topples to the ground under the weight of a supernatural cataclysm, the rest of the world is left to figure out what to do with its new lease on a change world. Caution: Contains adult materials and situations, including sex and violence. This story was originally written for NanoWriMo 2006.

Jim Newell, astronaut, is sent from Earth in search of new planets to inhabit, what he finds instead is adventure and new life when a space faring people adopt him as one of their own. Matched with a rabbitoid fighter pilot and a reluctant robotic life form, they are charged with investigating a distressed station.

For more than a century, Rolex has stood apart as the most legendary brand of watch in the world. A Rolex conveys many things: a luxury timepiece, a tool of power for movers and shakers and the symbol of passage into adulthood.New labels pop up, styles come and go, but the brand at the top never changes. Ever the record setter—the Daytona that had belonged to Paul Newman was auctioned by Phillips in New York in October 2017 for $17.8 million— it comes as no surprise that Rolex is t...