by
sddconst
on Sep 13, 2017
Novels and Novellas
Act 1 - Island Affairs
Chapter 1 - The past catches up
Sydney ran along the compacted sand of the beach lining Mwarotu Bay, the cloaked Majestic sat at anchor in the deep water to his left. The big muscular man with his dark mane of hair with its errant lock across his forehead shook as he ran. The dark-blue eyes were focussed on the sand in front of his f...
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by
Sir Galahad
on Aug 28, 2018
Novels and Novellas
1.
"Your new book is selling pretty well," said Irina Slonimska, Roger's editor. "Plumbing for the Panic-Stricken fills a definite need. I don't mind telling you that it saved me several hundred dollars in New York City plumbers' bills when I was editing the manuscript."
"Did it really?" asked Sharon Hillstein, eying her old college roommate across the t...
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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
Snekguy
on Apr 27, 2020
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Authors Note: It took a while, but here's something substantial to read through while you're all in quarantine. Remember to deploy chemical countermeasures against hostile organisms, and wear your rebreather if you go EVA!Special thanks to my buddy SketchyWarrior for his help with the UNN armored vehicles and their tactics.
CHAPTER 1: PREEMPTIVE STRIKE
The...
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by
davebccanada
on Jun 1, 2020
Novels and Novellas
Mike's Navy: a novel in five parts
Part 5: Changes
copy write 2014
Chapter 66
Sunday 23 June, 1985
When Mike parks by the gate and snoozes Ken Daniels wakes him. "Sorry, I didn't know anyone was out here. I'm going off shift but Ferman's down there. Toot your air horn."
Mike looks at his watch and sees it's nearly seven thirty. He toots his air h...
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by
msnomer68
on Sep 11, 2017
Novels and Novellas
Chapter 1
The drive back was long and tedious. Texas had been filled with excitement, adventure, and some scary ass shit, but the drive back to the frozen north sucked. Absolutely, without a doubt sucked. In Texas the weather had been cool, not fucking freezing. In Texas, spring was beginning to bloom. Up here, winter dug in her heels and refused to give it...
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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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by
hammingbyrd7
on Sep 11, 2017
Illustrated
Copyright 2008, 2009 hammingbyrd7
Chapter 1.
Time: Friday, December 21, 2018 4:05 PM EST, nine kilometers northeast of Burlington, Vermont
"Are you sure you know where you're going?" Jada looked at the driver with only a tiny hope of getting her roommate to give up. Once Emily had her mind latched on an idea, she had the tenacity of a Maine lobster ho...
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