The Second Lost Tale of Mercia: Ethelred the King

EBook Description: This haunting short story illustrates the scandalous circumstances surrounding King Ethelred�s rise to power at the age of eleven, and reveals why the entire reign of so-called �Ethelred the Unready� seems to have been cursed.

Can the hunger that thrives in darkness be a love for eternity? Jack Shaw�s reputation as a wicked libertine is well deserved. He lives for the moment, indulging in temporary pleasures. Until he meets Lady Caroline Seton. Now he wants more than one stolen kiss, he wants forever. But Caroline hides a dangerous secret, one that could cost him his life. Will his love be enough to save them both?

The Secret Flower And Other Stories

In an age when cleverness often counts more than substance, the writer of these stories (and poems) offers a break from all the noise. Clement, a teacher, mother and poet, writes with a measured beauty that recalls Tolstoy and Tolkien. There is nothing heavy or stilted about these tales, which rely less on plot devices than on allegorical symbols and the evocation of moods. But there is the thrill of expectancy, a sense that something new is on the way, and the belief that the Someone for whom humanity longs and waits is seeking us, just as we seek Him.

A Mixture of Metals

Born in Society after the War of Restitution, Simora undertakes a voyage of investigation into the faceless forces that control him � to the Southland, to an affair with �barbarian� Mary, and to the Colony gulag. Finally, in the Settlement of the Guardians, he discovers why his mother disappeared. But other questions remain.

Mastering ID

A chance meeting with an enticing woman forces Jacob into a battle with Id, the primal instincts surging within him. As his new nature is revealed, Jacob struggles to understand what he has now become and what he has lost, forever.

Bloody Kansas

The Reverend Jacob Channing is a man on a mission, to abolish the practice of slavery now and for all time. To this end he leads a settlement to the Kansas Territory, but so does a prominent slave-holding Missourian. As John Browns raid sets everyone on edge, the battle for Kansas turns Bloody. This work is essentially a Shakespearean tragedy set in the old west, but is also many other things. It uses this historical setting to explore modern issues, not the least of which is the uneasy relationship between politics and religion. It is hoped that readers will gain both a new perspective on both US History as well as modern events.

The Albatross and the Mermaid

After a devastating fire at the age of eleven, the smoldering images of a dead mother and sister live in the faces of every black woman that Adrian Moreaux ever meets. One failed relationship has our Caribbean-American man also convinced that white women aren�t for him either. Plagued by the nightmares of his past, Adrian thus resigns himself to a life of sex without love until the day an enchanting flaxen-haired beauty comes along.

The First Lost Tale of Mercia: Golde the Mother

The Lost Tales of Mercia is a series of ten short stories set in England near the end of the Viking Age. Though fictional, they are heavily researched and feature many real historical figures as described in the ancient texts of the �Anglo-Saxon Chronicles�. They are intended to portray what might have and could have happened. These quick reads will entertain and educate at the same time. Read the stories in any order; though interconnected, they do not follow each other chronologically, and each tale stands alone. They will be released every other Tuesday starting May 18.

Freak City

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Chosen One

Louis Redmond is the pinnacle of Mankind: a high genius, a world-class athlete, and a natural leader of men. He has the respect of all who know him. He�s protected by an immortal warrior whose vigilance never slackens. Yet he would trade it all to be as ordinary as you or I, without a backward glance. For Louis�s powers bring him great danger, including from the One he trusts most in this world.

The Tear Thief

In a world where emotions are disappearing, selling the tears containing these emotions has become a thriving industry. Alongside this enterprise and its harvested tears, a black market offers wild tears culled from unsuspecting donors for very personal use. Baldassario, the tear thief, is a virtuoso in this field. The greatest challenge of his career brings with it a most unexpected journey. �The tear thief is a novella written as part of the Emotein project (originally published in French as �Le voleur de larmes�). The content is offered for free in different formats.

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