by
DelNovo
on Apr 20, 2020
First Time
This is my entry for "On The Job" 2020. I decided to challenge myself after a conversation with an online acquaintance, and write a story completely devoid of the verb "to be" and any of its conjugates. As such, I only use this verb when characters speak or think, to keep dialect as accurate as possible.
This is a very long story with a lot of character and...
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by
Lien_Geller
on Mar 13, 2019
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Author's Note: Big thanks to J_Reader_Comics, ScreamingEagle101, and DarkPulse for their enormous help in assisting me with editing this freakin' behemoth. They gave great advice and caught a shed-load of errors. Thanks guys! Also, this story is huge. I thought about breaking it up into smaller chapters but decided that some of my long time readers have wait...
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by
msnomer68
on Sep 12, 2017
Novels and Novellas
Prologue
Keene stared up at the ceiling and contemplated the darkness. He was safe, at the compound, tucked under the covers in a warm bed as snugly as a babe in its crib. He could dream the dreams long forgotten by a very different man, in a very different place and time. Dare he consider himself so lucky...to dream dreams and plan for the life he never th...
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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
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
msnomer68
on Sep 11, 2017
Novels and Novellas
Prologue
Carter ambled aimlessly across the rugged terrain of the frozen wasteland. He waited with bated breath and some measure of both heady anticipation and a fair amount of dread for the Grim Reaper to finally find him. He longed for the insanity that would eventually come and escort him to a shadowy world of lunacy. Drugging his mind so his body wouldn...
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by
Porridgemcgee
on Mar 12, 2019
Novels and Novellas
The sound of crickets chirping happily in the late afternoon sunlight combined with the sight of his faithful three year old white and tan little Basenji hound lounging contentedly on the end of the worn black leather couch he had been sleeping on for the past year allowed Vlad a small measure of comfort against the stress of staying alive as he awoke from h...
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by
msnomer68
on Sep 12, 2017
Novels and Novellas
The Native Dawn Series book 7 : Rogue Dawn book 3: Anna and Toby's story
Dawn's Never Ending Glow
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Prologue
The bastard knew how to put on the pressure. And Keene, as always, was his scrabbling servant. A whipped pup cowering at the master's feet. The Son of a bitch expected the impossible. But, of course didn't he always? Find a woman- one woman- one p...
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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
Undersought
on Sep 26, 2017
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The wind blew through the Tundra, the snow falling slowly to the ground and filling up the land for the latest day. It snowed during the day, and at night, it stopped snowing so one could look upon the night. The Tundra was a beautiful land of ice and snow which allowed one to look upon it with majestic awe. However, it was a majestic sight and no one who ca...
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