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Private Screening by Richard North Patterson
epub |eng | | Author:Richard North Patterson

1 AT fifty thousand feet, Lord felt his life in suspension, the trial behind and ahead of him. Boarding the 747 to Washington, he had noticed passengers turning to watch ...
( Category: Thriller & Suspense January 29,2015 )
Arctic Summer by Damon Galgut
epub, azw3 |eng | 2014-07-16 | Author:Damon Galgut

* * * At work, he was answerable to a Miss Victoria Grant Duff, the head of the Wounded and Missing Department. She was perhaps a decade older than Morgan, ...
( Category: Biographical January 29,2015 )
Whistling Past the Graveyard by Susan Crandall
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-07-02 | Author:Susan Crandall [Crandall, Susan]

Miss Cyrena stopped at a gas station and gave me a dime to buy a bottle of Co’Cola from the red cooler out front. When I lifted the lid and ...
( Category: Coming of Age January 29,2015 )
Some Things About Flying by Joan Barfoot
epub |eng | 2013-01-28 | Author:Joan Barfoot

seven Radiant, she steps out of the washroom and back into chaos. Was she in there a very long time? Some people regard her impatiently, as if she’s been holding ...
( Category: Contemporary January 29,2015 )
Hawthorne's Short Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne
epub |eng | 2011-01-10 | Author:Nathaniel Hawthorne [Hawthorne, Nathaniel]

THE CELESTIAL RAILROAD NOT a great while ago, passing through the gate of dreams, I visited that region of the earth in which lies the famous City of Destruction. It ...
( Category: United States January 29,2015 )
Breaking the Cycle by Zane
epub |eng | 2005-03-29 | Author:Zane [Zane]

“Isn’t this place just gorgeous?” Candy’s head turned, scanning the room from one end to the other. “Good evening. Welcome to Emeril’s. How many in your party?” “Two,” I replied. ...
( Category: Anthologies January 29,2015 )
The Color of Ordinary Time by Virginia Voelker
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-04-05 | Author:Virginia Voelker [Voelker, Virginia]

Nine John did not get to bodily throw Porter out of the Brandt’s. When the meal was over Linus firmly asked Porter to go, and Porter complied. I’ll give Porter ...
( Category: Contemporary January 29,2015 )
The Steady Running of the Hour by Justin Go
epub |eng | | Author:Justin Go

THE CROSS It rains the whole drive to La Calotterie. Mireille drives as I try to guide us by an old Michelin map from the glove box. We see the ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
Five Days in May by Hammon Ninie
azw3, epub |eng | 2014-06-09 | Author:Hammon, Ninie [Hammon, Ninie]

Thursday May 9, 1963 Chapter 17 Jonas parked his pickup truck in Mac’s driveway right after lunch on Thursday, full of questions about Princes and her case. Mac told him ...
( Category: Contemporary January 29,2015 )
A Cab Called Reliable by Patti Kim
epub |eng | | Author:Patti Kim

9 My teacher usually loved anything I wrote that was about Korea. But my submission for the Young Writers Contest disappointed her. She told me that the writing in my ...
( Category: Asian American January 29,2015 )
The Cottoncrest Curse: A Novel by Rubin Michael H
mobi |eng | 2014-09-09 | Author:Rubin, Michael H. [Rubin, Michael H.]

Chapter 42 Marcus cautiously pushed aside several charred stalks and peered down a trench that ran between the rows of cane. No one was in sight. He listened closely. No ...
( Category: Historical January 29,2015 )
Broken Sky by Saurav Dutt
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-01-26 | Author:Saurav Dutt [Dutt, Saurav]

Chapter Thirteen He knew the timing was off. Pollard had sunk two cans of baked beans into his oversized khaki army jacket and was sure the overweight blonde lady down ...
( Category: Contemporary January 29,2015 )
Big Sur by Jack Kerouac
epub, azw3 |eng | 2011-06-16 | Author:Jack Kerouac

23 BUT IN THE MORNING (and I’m no Milarepa who could also sit naked in the snow and was seen flying on one occasion) here comes Ron Blake back with ...
( Category: Beat Generation January 29,2015 )
Too Salty: Ain't a Damn Thang Changed (Part 6) by Williams Aleta
epub |eng | 2014-01-03 | Author:Williams, Aleta [Williams, Aleta]

Part Three Chapter 14-Wack It was exactly midnight when Wack walked into the Crystal Park casino located in Compton, CA. He knew the time because someone had asked him when ...
( Category: Urban Life January 29,2015 )
Our Lady of the Islands by Shannon Page & Jay Lake
epub |eng | 2014-12-09 | Author:Shannon Page & Jay Lake [Page, Shannon & Lake, Jay]

Reikos shoveled the last spoonful of this evening’s ‘dinner’ into his mouth, scorning the sergeant’s empty promises. They’d received the same watery broth and rotten vegetables last night and tonight ...
( Category: Epic January 29,2015 )

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