by
Frognut
on Sep 11, 2018
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Chapter 1 The Beginning
It started one afternoon after I had gotten off work with my Dad, I was tinkering with my car in the driveway when I hear my name being called. I looked down the street and a friend of mines girlfriend was walking to me, I said hey Sherry what's up?
she asked what I was doing tonight?
I said going to cruse the beach for a couple...
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by
davebccanada
on May 11, 2020
Novels and Novellas
MIKE CLAYMORE MYSTERY #3: PAULINE
*****
Chapter 1
"I am Richard, son of Michael, son of Mary Morris and Duncan Claymore. I don't understand, Dad. Why is Grandma as important in my lineage as Grandpa? Why is Grandma Claymore more important than Mom or her parents?" Father and son are bonding in a way they seldom have time to do daily.
"Because your Gr...
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by
Porridgemcgee
on Sep 16, 2017
Novels and Novellas
Oscar is a down on his luck thief who starts dreaming the future.
Robyn is a high school science teacher searching for answers after her mother is murdered.
Romeo is a dangerous assassin plotting to infiltrate a secretive Columbian drug cartel.
Johnny is an ambitious and manipulative nightclub owner looking to move up in the world.
Zulse is a geeky unive...
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by
davebccanada
on May 13, 2020
Novels and Novellas
Homicide in Hollywood North
another MIKE CLAYMORE MYSTERY #6: Maxine
A novel by David Horton
Copyright 2000
Chapter 1:
Wednesday, March 5/97
Today Mike's glad to be home. Swinging his feet around and thumping the side of his head to clear out the noise of the humming diesel he rests one arm on the open window of the open door on his K100...
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by
msnomer68
on Sep 16, 2017
Novels and Novellas
The Native Dawn Series Book 13
Lycan Dawn book 2
Chapter 1
Claire mumbled something intelligible and rolled over, dragging the blankets over her face. Bathing the room with the promise of a simply glorious late spring day, morning light streamed garishly, nauseatingly cheerfully through the lace curtains covering her bedroom window. Cursing the alarm clo...
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by
msnomer68
on Sep 11, 2017
Novels and Novellas
Chapter 1
Erica shuffled nervously in her seat. The cordiality of the greeting had dissipated into an awkward, uncomfortable silence hanging heavily in the air between them. Her eyes fixed on the man's neatly groomed nails, on his soft, chambray button down shirt, on the tiled patterns beneath her feet, on the brilliant sunny afternoon outside of the coffee...
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by
Snekguy
on May 30, 2018
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Author's note: this story has been re-edited to bring it up to my current standards as part of an effort to make Ebooks. It features improved editing, grammar, punctuation, and also includes rewrites and expanded scenes where necessary. Please see my bio for more information.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the...
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by
sddconst
on Sep 12, 2017
Novels and Novellas
Foreword
Thanks to those of you who were kind enough to read and comment on my first submission of Realms of Eden Book 1 – Sydney comes of Age (it's in the Sci-Fi section). This is a rewrite of that book but from the story teller's perspective rather than first person.
My characters told me that they didn't think they got enough time in my first book havin...
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by
Adrian Leverkuhn
on Sep 15, 2017
Novels and Novellas
A Somewhat Less Than Divine Comedy
Driftwood: A Prelude to the Evening
'Let me to take you down -- 'Cause I'm going to strawberry fields' Lennon/McCartney
Rogues Bay, Tortola, BVI
Today
There were a few low clouds scudding over the far horizon, yet all-in-all the day's weather was looking good -- better than good, really, especially for the time of...
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by
Ozma12533
on Dec 3, 2019
Novels and Novellas
Hello all, for those who remember me, it's been a while.
While I was writing The Loners, I mentioned that I was working on a very large project. This is that project.
This is the first few hundred pages of the first of four books, which is currently vastly incomplete at this time, so I apologize for the abrupt ending this has. (This is also my 4th rewrite of...
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