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All Blog Posts Tagged 'stories' (197)

Land of Mountains - Jinx Schwartz, Author

‘Yep, that first year in Haiti was a ring-tailed tooter. I’d learned a new language, met a zombie, survived polio and malaria, and nearly started a revolution. I couldn’t wait for 1954.’

Elizabeth Ann, called Lizbuthann by most, is originally from…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on September 30, 2010 at 5:16pm — No Comments

A freebie

I've put together a sampler, Humorous Yarns and Other Stuff. It contains a number of my stories and parts of novels. It was put together as a sampler for those not familiar with my writing and my weird sense of humor. I challenge you to read these stories and selections without laughing.…

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Added by Hank Quense on September 15, 2010 at 6:56am — No Comments

Tales from Gundarland

Tales from Gundarland won a medal in the Readers Favorite competition in the scifi/fantasy category. It's also picked up three rave reviews. Read the press release:…

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Added by Hank Quense on September 5, 2010 at 6:04am — No Comments

Tales for the Troops Announcement

For several years now, I have made available to our military a collection of ten of my published short stories. The collection, called Tales for the Troops, has been available as a free of charge download, but only in .pdf format. It can now be downloaded in a variety of formats from the Smashwords website.

I want to disseminate the availability of the collection…

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Added by Hank Quense on August 24, 2010 at 12:11pm — No Comments

Flashing My Shorts - Salvatore Buttaci, Author

Flashing My Shorts - Review by Martha A Cheves, Autor of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

When I picked up Flashing My Shorts I had no idea of what to expect. What I found was the creations of a man who can take any word, object or feeling and turn it into a short story.

Reading Buttaci’s writings was almost like reading poetry.

In…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on August 20, 2010 at 6:04pm — No Comments

Self-Publishing--Is it an option? Yes, And A Good One!

Self-Publishing--Is it an option?

Self-publishing. For me, that has always equated to those detestable two words: VANITY PRESS! And I’ve always shunned those. They usually produced inferior books, had little or no distribution, and/or the books were so expensive nobody would buy them. They were really just to assuage the author’s vanity, in my opinion, hence the… Continue

Added by Rob Shelsky on August 11, 2010 at 5:30pm — 2 Comments

Short Stories

Why is it so difficult to publish short story anthologies. Writers have been publishing short stories for centuries, yet I'm finding publishers reluctant to publish anthologies because they claim people don't read them. Of course it's always an eye to the bottom line, especially in this economy.

Why short stories? I always loved the stories of O'Henry because the endings were so surprising. The most famous sci fi authors wrote short stories…

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Added by Fran Orenstein on August 9, 2010 at 12:33pm — No Comments

Tales From Gundarland Sample Read

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Added by Hank Quense on August 5, 2010 at 6:29am — No Comments

Case of the Death Dealer parts one, two, and three - a free story from Lawrence Johnson Sr.

Death Dealer

by Lawrence Johnson Sr,

Ex-detective Alexander Steele is the owner of a private upscale nightclub in Philly,

but there’s a problem the retired private detective can’t seem to

solve. People keep bringing him new cases, life or death cases that he

can’t…

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Added by Author Larry J on July 23, 2010 at 12:37pm — No Comments

Sliding Otter News- Listening to Each Others' Stories

Broadway Street Sculpture

~People are hungry for stories. It’s part of our very being. Storytelling…

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Added by Joseph Langen on July 19, 2010 at 8:38am — 1 Comment

TAOS SOUL: Love Stories, Heroes, and Wild Adventure (Kindle Edition)

"It was Friday afternoon, and the post office was full of Indians.

That's the opening line of my latest book, available on Amazon Kindle for $2.99. :-)

TAOS SOUL: Love Stories, Heroes, and Wild Adventure is a collection of 62 individual stories about life in northern New Mexico, the terrible beauty of Taos, and the author's… Continue

Added by John Hamilton Farr on July 18, 2010 at 11:08am — No Comments

Part #2 of Alex Steele and the Death Dealer has been uploaded (free e-book)

Excerpt from the Death Dealer

by Lawrence Johnson Sr.

Two hours later Steele found himself driving through the roughest

neighborhood in the city. No one in their right mind would come down

here alone in the daytime and most cops wouldn't risk traveling through

this part of town late at night but somehow on this dark, quiet night

Alexander Steele seemed to be drawn to it. There was movement in

shadows of the blocks and blocks of… Continue

Added by Lawrence Johnson on July 16, 2010 at 7:14am — No Comments

Summer Book Sale

Fool's Gold and Tunnel Vision are now on sale at the eTreasures website. The prices are much better than on any other website. This is a great opportunity to pick up two great books to read this summer. Hot weather and laughter just seem to go together somehow. Take…

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Added by Hank Quense on July 15, 2010 at 2:47pm — No Comments

Ex Philly private eye Alex Steele is on the case in Death Dealer

(excerpt from Death Dealer)

Dealer of Death - free e story from Alex Steele Investigations

Two hours later Steele found himself driving through the roughest neighborhood in the city. No one in their right mind would come down here alone in the daytime and most cops wouldn't risk traveling through

this part of town late at night but… Continue

Added by Lawrence Johnson on July 11, 2010 at 5:03pm — No Comments

Lighting the Dark Side - William R. Potter, Author

Lighting The Dark Side - Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat

Bent, Not Broken

He set his mug on the kitchen counter; and he knew that the mug was

nineteen inches from the refrigerator, nineteen from the sink, eleven

from the backsplash, and eleven more from falling to the floor. He

washed his hands for exactly one hundred and nineteen seconds and ran a

hand… Continue

Added by Martha A. Cheves on July 6, 2010 at 4:20pm — No Comments

Tales From Gundarland Launched

Laughter is like free health insurance. You'll get plenty of coverage with Tales From Gundarland. It's now available in a print edition from Amazon and ebook formats from Smashwords. There is also a Kindle edition.

Check out the…

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Added by Hank Quense on July 3, 2010 at 5:40am — No Comments

Bingo the Banjo Picking Bear - Jay Miller

Bingo The Banjo Picking Bear – Review by Martha A. Cheves, Author of Stir, Laugh, Repeat…

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Added by Martha A. Cheves on June 9, 2010 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Digital Writing Services

Hi to all self-published, independent, new writers, and college students:

I wanted to inform everyone of my proofreading and editing services for self-published writers. The services for proofreading and editing are $1 a page for a short story, novella, novel, or an epic. If you're self-published and want to do everything yourself, but, want someone to proofread/edit your novel, I can do that. If you know anyone who is a college student that needs essays and research papers proofread… Continue

Added by Cliff Ball on May 20, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

The Boy in the Mirror

We found the boy in the midst of our tormentors in the aftermath of a massacre that came like a rushing wind upon the city. In our pool of old age, we wore long faces as if we had eaten frustration that day.The tragedy that struck us when the evening was about to resume duty took her esteemed seat in the heart of the melee.

When we contended with the frightening figures, one of them whose balls sat in the socket of his skull was daring, shaven…

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Added by Omoruyi uwuigiaren on April 13, 2010 at 12:31am — No Comments

Political satire at its best - "The Adventures of George"1

Interested in politics, international affairs, and remember your recent history? If so, "The Adventures of George", a satirical and entertaining look at modern events, will set you chuckling.

And George? . . . . . . .who is this George? Well, George may be a common name but it’s good enough for Kings, for Princes, and for Presidents. So which category does our hero fall into? To find out, read this amusing narrative poem which chronicles George’s struggles with international leaders… Continue

Added by Blair Gowrie on January 24, 2010 at 2:11am — No Comments