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Excerpt: The First Vial : Indecent Proposal

linnea — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:23:18 +0000

His mistress dead, the priest intends to choose a successor and summons Lady Katherine to the church. She obeys, arriving with her servant.

When they reigned in outside the churchyard, Katherine knew a moment’s misgivings. The big church was so quiet and its grey bricks reminded her of the gravestones in the cemetery. She shivered and

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Excerpt: Lest Darkness Prevail – Morcai Sees Light

Sandra — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:56:48 +0000

This excerpt from Lest Darkness Prevail features a precocious 3-year-old named Morcai as he gives his godfather and other family members an unexpected surprise.

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“Shi’níyah, are you all right?” Warnach rose on his elbow and leaned over her shoulder.

Twisting onto her back, she expelled a frustrated breath. “I’m so tired of not being able to sleep.

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Excerpt from THE FIRST VIAL : An Inconvenient Woman

linnea — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:09:09 +0000

In this scene from the medieval novel, The First Vial, the local priest visits his sick mistress, in whom he has lost

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Book Excerpt: Objects Are Closer Than They Appear

carolrzadkiewicz — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:10:42 +0000

Editors' Choice Winner

Again puffing on the cigarette, Tammi Jean closed her mind on Charlene Cook and watched an eighteen-wheeler top the crest of a ridge almost two miles away, watched it slide into view and then disappear, only to reappear again, riding the undulating hills like a gigantic black whale rising and plunging over

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Joelle’s Discovery – Part One

michelle — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:42:56 +0000

Joelle pushed open the dusty door, the squeak of its hinges following her into the room. The attic was more of a loft, the ceiling low but high enough for Joelle to stand up, and sloping downward under the house’s peaked roof. The whole house looked as though it was still living in the

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Wrong Place, Wrong Time – The d’Arc – Chapter 1 (excerpt)

cfmacek — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:23:37 +0000

A blustery wind blew across the River Thames as Diane Firestone, carrying a yellow wicker picnic basket, walked back to a leased 1936 Riley Kestrel parked near a large hackberry tree off to the side of the road. The breeze was strong enough to make it difficult for her to hold the trunk lid open

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Excerpt: War Eagles – Chapter 4 – Free Fall

cfmacek — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:03:15 +0000

A reoccurring dream of a fictional aerial dogfight over France during the World War

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Quest for Onepus – Part 1

Tasja — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:05:21 +0000

I had been travelling the galaxy for some time now, alone, occasionally stopping on an inhabited planet for food and supplies. I’d had a pretty good system going for a few years. I didn’t have a crew, although the ship is large enough for one, but still small enough for me to handle on my

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Freedom Bound – Part One

michelle — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:42:49 +0000

Abigail quietly and carefully led her horse, Sky, out of the stable and across the pasture to the gate. She opened the gate, led Sky through it and closed it securely again. She looked briefly over her shoulder to the house a distance away from the pasture gate. The house was quiet in the

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Book Excerpt: The Perkiest Vampire – A First Date

alicia — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:08:36 +0000

Mathilde merely smiled. “I’m sure we’re destined to be great friends, Aurora.” she lifted her glass to toast. “With you being the sunrise, and I a

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