Delphinus - format ePub

A young woman's quick trip to the liquor store turns unexpectedly exciting, and even more dangerous.Abe's Liquors is a 3,000 word crime story.

A sword-for-hire quests to defeat an evil Necromancer.A young girl discovers that music has a magic of its own.An FBI interrogator discovers a chilling conspiracy.A shipwreck unleashes a supernatural...

When Jacob wakes to find himself bound to a chair in an unfamiliar room, he fears the worst.What he discovers in that room will put his worst fears to shame.The Memory Of Justice is a 3,000 word science...

From a place beyond reality, it comes to consume the world.For Barry, getting a transfer to a new position as an electrician aboard the Ketcham Space Station summed up his professional life perfectly:...

A mysterious stranger upsets life in a quiet bookstore.A police negotiator finds more than he bargained for on his latest case.A quick trip to the liquor store becomes exciting.  And dangerous.Private...

A single sock missing from the wash – the source of universal frustration and untold family bickering. Justine never gave thought to what happened to those missing socks, and where they went. Until the...

On the run from their past, swordsmen Raedrick Baletier and Julian Hinderbrook search for a place of refuge where they can start over.That search sends them through a remote mountain valley called Glimmer...

A stunning robbery threatens to bring Lydelton's economy to its knees, and constables Raedrick Baletier and Julian Hinderbrook must find the culprits.A team of Royal Marshalls is in town to help.  But...

A fateful meeting in deep space. A journey to a distant world to hunt the ultimate game: Dragons. Two young soldiers search for a lost family heirloom. Honeymoon bliss turns into a fight for survival...

The people live on the island, and the gods protect it.  The Beast waits on the beach, eager to ensnare the unwary.When outsiders come and disrupt that balance, Yili must find a way to protect his family,...

Larian's comrade-in-arms and friend, Jiles, received a family heirloom in the mail: a pendant from his deceased grandfather. Then he lost it during a night of liberty in Mirasol, a town near their Company's...

New customers come through Popper's bookstore all the time.  But one of them, an average man in every way, has David very concerned that he intends more than just buying books.Popper's is a 4,100 word...

Piter's honeymoon was off to a splendid start. He and his bride had a fancy bridal suite on a luxury spaceliner, and had their own private view of the most beautiful aurora in the known galaxy.Then it...

An infantryman, certain resistance is futile, nevertheless deploys with his unit to fight against an alien invasion.  Lords of the Remnant is a 3,800 word military science fiction short story.

An abandoned bag, filled with money and with what appears to be a bloody handprint on the side, upends Harry's relaxing day at the beach.Beach Bags is a 5,000 word short mystery.

Welcome to a grand adventure: a quest to create fifty-two stories in a year, one for each week, and collect them into five collections. This is the first collection in that quest, filled with ten stories...

The grand adventure continues!  This collection of ten short stories completes the second step in Michael Kingswood's quest to create fifty-two new works of fiction in the year 2023.  With stories ranging...

The midwatch patrol in a surveillance and reconnaissance skiff supporting a combat vessel of the Icaran Confederation Navy tends to be uneventful, an exercise in tedium. Until it isn't. For Joyride and...

As payment for his sins, in particular against Ichabod Crane, Brom Bones must ride his faithful steed Daredevil through the woods around his former home of Tarry Town every night, for eternity.No forgiveness....

Gregory recently took his vows in the monastery. Agnes recently became a nun.When they meet at a Christmas midnight mass, each face a choice—be true to their vows or be together.But maybe they can do...

As an operative for the Qoarthi Empire's Internal Security Service, Manolo Garces investigates and brings to justice all manner of plots against the Empire's integrity.No villain ever escapes his grasp.Until...

Jake wants nothing more than to live where his parents and grandparents lived and died, to make a life and build on their legacy in the world they terraformed into existence.If only his brother would...

Jeff had to get away, to hike in the woods after a fight with his brother. He never expected to stumble onto Miss Melody's Cafe there, in the middle of nowhere. Or that the cafe would hold answers to...

A death in a nightclub. Completely random, with no link to any person, or any motive.Or was it?Drops In The Storm is a short crime story.

A man imprisoned on a sailing vessel finds the ship sinking around him. How to escape, and even if he does, how to survive the aftermath of a shipwreck?Sea Legs is a short adventure story at sea.

Hank loves his bar, and it's done well for him over the years. He made it into his own little paradise and never wanted anything more.Until some unexpected—and shocking—visitors came knocking one Thursday...

A fortune in gold in a subterranean vault that no one can access.No one except Jordan and his crew.It's the perfect job, one that will set him up for life. As long as nothing goes wrong.Drilling For Gold...

Two thieves seek a valuable prize from within the kingdom's Museum of History.But what they find there is more than they bargained for.Revelator is a short fantasy story.

An unexpected phone call from an old colleague prompts Dustin Cofield, Elfsterminator, to investigate a local business that may be a key player in the world-wide Elfin conspiracy against Christmas and...

Julian, Melanie, and Jared have returned to Lydelton.  And not a moment too soon.  Snow has begun falling in the passes, and soon no one will be able to travel in or out of Glimmer Vale and its environs...

"The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath is a haunting exploration of the human psyche. Set against the backdrop of 1950s America, the novel follows Esther Greenwood, a talented and ambitious young woman, as she...

**Pre-order DREAM COUNT, the searing, exquisite new novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie now!** From the Women's Prize-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun come twelve...

Holiday chaos is universal. So is falling head over tentacles.When a case of mistaken mistletoe etiquette leads to a very public, very unexpected kiss, there are three things Xyl keeps reminding herself.One:...

9 Short Stories:Tonight is Christmas, This is What You Get, Stumbrick Witches, Night Mirror, Alone on Saturday Night, The Cabin, BLUE, Burn Yourself at the Stake, Wolf & Sheep: Vendetta1 Micro Novel:...

What if the story was reading you?Mara Penn never meant to bring the book home. One brush of the cover, and it was already too late. Bound in blood-red leather and etched with a shifting sigil, the ancient...

How far would you go to help an enemy?Anna and Lev are enjoying a rustic fall hike when a rainstorm forces them into proximity with a testy teenager. When River's disdain for technology in general and...

One day, Ram and his family went on a holiday when they were suddenly attacked. Similar incidents had been reported in the same area, prompting Ram and his team to investigate the mysterious enemy. To...

Beyond the realm of rock and roll, George Harrison and John Lennon seek a deeper understanding of existence. Their path, paved by the unexpected sounds of a Mexican Beatles cover band, leads them to María...

Kayla has one job—help her best friend Belinda find love. So when Belinda reluctantly agrees to dive into the world of online dating, Kayla is all in. She's the perfect matchmaker, setting up the profile,...

Escape to the enchanting, snow-covered wilderness of Deepwood Mountain's highest peak—Frozen Heights—a remote paradise where icy serenity awaits those craving solitude.Our big, gruff heroes think they're...

This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents of the complete works of Oscar Wilde, containing more than 150 works. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie...

The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's timeless coming-of-age novella, The Body - set in Castle Rock and originally published in his 1982 short story collection Different Seasons, and adapted into...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. “In a moment I was clutched by several hands, and there was no mistaking that they were trying to haul...

Agatha Christie’s seasonal Poirot and Marple short story collection. First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding… then the discovery of a corpse in a chest…...

All 51 Hercule Poirot short stories presented in chonological order in a single volume – plus a bonus story not seen for more than 70 years. ‘My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the...

This ebook contains Oscar Wilde's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...

Can the perfect village save the perfect wedding? INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT FROM A POSTCARD FROM ITALY Cher, the landlady of the Duck & Puddle...

Orestes flees from his mother's angry ghost, and Orpheus longs for his lost wife. Achilles cannot bring himself to bury Patroclus, and there are some nasty shocks waiting for Odysseus in the underworld....

I've always lived alone. Quiet, simple, just the basics. But one look at her, and everything I thought I wanted burns to the ground. Now all I see is her—mine to protect, mine to keep. BooneI only come...

Don't be late for your own funeral.An embittered soul ascends from the underworld to seek revenge on those who wronged her. ("The Dead Rise in Greece")In an online forum, a tight-knit group takes their...

Madeline passes judgement on her sister and nephew for trying to ruin Alice's happiness.

When you travel the galaxy, you find that society's issues span the cosmos. Mars is for Millennials satirizes what's happening today, and this futuristic, shared-universe short story collection focuses...

Whispers of Africa: 20 Timeless Tales from the Heart of the Continent.Embark on a journey through magic, music, mystery—and the soul of Africa itself.From the sands of the Sahara to the bustling beats...

A dark and disturbing ebook original from the master of the crime genre.A famous writer asks a boxman to open an old safe that comes with the mansion he's just bought. It's not as easy a job as he's used...

Sherlock Holmes is not only the most famous character in crime fiction, but arguably the most famous character in all fiction. In sixty adventures that pit his extraordinary wits and courage against foreign...

Paws with a Purpose is a deeply moving story about the extraordinary bond between a boy fighting for his life and a dog destined to heal more than just physical wounds.When young Liam's world crumbles...

What would you do if you discovered your neighbours thought you were utterly boring? When meticulous editor Robert Smith overhears a devastating conversation about his "dull" personality at the local...

Shane Grey's biographical fiction Micro Novel about a time he and his best friend took a beer & drug fueled road trip to Las Vegas for Southern California. From the book, Literary Madness. 

Isaac Asimov’s Robot series – from the iconic collection I, Robot to four classic novels – contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the Three...

Three irresistible short stories by the global phenomenon Ali Hazelwood, now available together in paperback for the first time, with an exclusive bonus chapter.Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first,...