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The King's Justice | E. M. Powell | [
"historical fiction"
] | Chapter 7 | God has committed to the King the care of all his subjects alike.
Aelred Barling repeated this refrain to himself many, many times on the hot ride to the village of Claresham. More specifically, he revisited it every time Sir Reginald Edgar irritated him afresh. Which was several times every hour.
Had it not been for... |
The Lion of Cairo | Scott Oden | [
"historical fiction",
"Egypt"
] | Chapter 64 | Yasmina cleaved to the shadows like a creature born of Night. She made barely a sound as she trailed Musa and the leper, Djuha, down refuse-strewn alleys that reeked of despair and across dim courts hedged in by walls of age-gnawed mudbrick, each step taking them deeper into the labyrinthine heart of the Foreign Quarte... |
In the Company of Ogres | A. Lee Martinez | [
"comedy",
"fantasy"
] | Chapter 9 | It wasn't until late morning that Ned's absence was discovered, and it wasn't until late afternoon that his corpse was found by the gravediggers Ralph and Ward. In addition to planting bodies, they were also responsible for keeping the cemetery tended. They were prepared for their weekly weeding, and instead found thei... |
Emma | Jane Austen | [
"romance",
"historical fiction"
] | Chapter 37 | A very little quiet reflection was enough to satisfy Emma as to the nature of her agitation on hearing this news of Frank Churchill. She was soon convinced that it was not for herself she was feeling at all apprehensive or embarrassed—it was for him. Her own attachment had really subsided into a mere nothing—it was not... |
Breath of Frost | Cate Corvin | [
"urban fantasy"
] | Chapter 11 | I decided to wear my pajamas out to breakfast. If Jack tried to steal me out of my own kitchen on a breath of frost after the night I'd had, he could damn well deal with me being dressed like an absolute mess.
When I heard running water, I quietly slipped out of my room, holding the door open for Ceri.
I wasn't entir... |
The Maltese Falcon | Dashiell Hammett | [
"mystery"
] | The Third Murder | Spade went into the Hotel Sutter and telephoned the Alexandria. Gutman was not in. No member of Gutman's party was in. Spade telephoned the Belvedere. Cairo was not in, had not been in that day.
Spade went to his office.
A swart greasy man in notable clothes was waiting in the outer room. Effie Perine, indicating the... |
(WWW 1) Wake | Robert J. Sawyer | [
"AIs",
"scifi"
] | Chapter 19 | It was now way past Caitlin's bedtime, but—hot damn!—she was seeing the Web! Her mother and father stayed with her, and she kept downloading the new software over and over again into her implant in order to keep the Web connection open. Her father was (so her mom had told her) a good artist, and Caitlin was describing ... |
Downfall and Rise | Nathan A. Thompson | [
"LitRPG",
"fantasy"
] | Go Tunneling | During one of the football games my sophomore year, I had been injured in a freakishly bad collision. I was a tight end trying to catch a difficult pass. Somehow three other players slammed into me, twisting my torso one direction, my neck another direction, and my head a third direction (if it's hard to imagine, just ... |
Chasm City | Alastair Reynolds | [
"hard SF"
] | Chapter 15 | The man who looked through my belongings had a whirring and clicking eyeglass strapped to his head. His hairless scalp was quilted with fine scars, like a broken vase that had been inexpertly mended. He examined everything I showed him with tweezers, holding the items up to his eyeglass in the manner of an aged lepidop... |
(Sprite Brigade 1) Candy Canes and Buckets of Blood | Heide Goody | [
"horror",
"fantasy",
"humor"
] | Chapter 98 | Esther was having trouble processing what she was seeing.
Dave had just scurried into the rear section of the sleigh. Further ahead, though mostly out of sight, she had seen her son taken at knife-point onto the front of the sleigh and (although it had taken her long enough to realise it) the bearded elf with him was ... |
Bloody Rose | Nicholas Eames | [
"comedy",
"fantasy"
] | The Cornerstone | There were four people you could always find at the Cornerstone.
The first was Tera, who owned the place. She'd been a mercenary herself before losing her arm. "I didn't bloody lose it!" she'd say, whenever someone asked how it happened. "A bugbear tore it off and cooked it on a spit while I watched! I know exactly wh... |
Influx | Daniel Suarez | [
"science fiction",
"thriller",
"mystery"
] | Fallen | Grady twisted around, struggling to right himself as he fell—then hit hard against the ceiling of Hedrick's office. Curio cases, furniture, and other bodies landed around him, but they didn't smash to pieces in the way he'd expect. The building seemed to be half a second behind them in falling, as soul-wrenching cracks... |
(Renegades 2) Archenemies | Marissa Meyer | [
"dystopia",
"superheroes"
] | Chapter 21 | Winston Pratt held the puppet in both hands, peering into its sad face with apparent indifference. Adrian had not known what to expect when he brought the doll to him. The counselor had insisted on being there, pointing out that objects that were significant and sentimental to a patient could result in strong outbursts... |
The Chestnut Man | Søren Sveistrup | [
"thriller"
] | Chapter 31 | 'Sorry I wasn't there this morning. I understand you've let Hauge go, but it might not matter. We need to talk about that fingerprint again.'
'The fingerprint isn't important.'
As Thulin stalks down the long corridor, she hears Hess behind her.
'The boy said the doll wasn't there before the murder. You need to inves... |
M.C.A. Hogarth | [
"Alysha Forrest 5"
] | Chapter 15 | "Sensors report no ships in orbit, Captain," 'Star said.
Standing at the balcony rail, Alysha frowned and looked over her shoulder at the other woman. "None? Are they in atmosphere? I didn't think they'd be small enough for that, given the amount of trouble they're causing."
"It doesn't take much," 'Star murmured, so... | |
The Whispering Room | Dean R. Koontz | [
"mystery",
"thriller"
] | Chapter 171 | Jane into the high lair, nine thousand square feet of Olympian grandeur where a mad god did whatever gods with a lowercase g do when they aren't destroying one world and building another...
The pitiable circumstances in which the rayshaws had lived was proof of D.J.'s contempt for these simplest of his creations. She ... |
Grog II | R.W. Krpoun | [
"fantasy"
] | Chapter 1 | Burk was going on about the Red Guard. Again. Me, I would have preferred to practice in peace, but once Burk gets ahold of an idea there will be no silence until the topic is covered. Many things in my life have changed over the last few months, but Burk's need to fill perfectly good silence with his thoughts hadn't.
... |
(The Crimson Nights Saga 3) Crimson Storm | V. L. Moon | [
"MM",
"vampire",
"nsfw"
] | Croatia | The scent slammed into his nostrils and blew every nerve from nose to brain. Vischeral's fangs lengthened and throbbed. He growled and shook his head, fighting against the blood frenzy. His body and his mind writhed with his need to feed. Muscles twitched and jumped beneath his skin fueled by instinct and the primal ne... |
The Mysterious Affair of Giles | Kyell Gold | [
"furry",
"anthro protagonist",
"mystery"
] | Chapter 2 | A short while later, they held each other, Ellie still in her plain cooks dress, Abby with not a stitch of clothing. "Feel better?" the weasel asked.
Abby nodded against Ellie's shoulder. "I smell better, too."
"You smell like me."
"That's what I mean."
Into the quiet of the room came raised voices. Ellie peered to... |
The Divine Dungeon Complete Series | Dakota Krout | [
"LitRPG",
"fantasy"
] | Chapter 83 | I was really having trouble getting more Essence into myself. I wasn't starving, per se, but I needed to find a way to create greater throughput or I may have trouble in the future. I think a part of it had to do with my current restriction to this room; without my aura spread throughout the dungeon, anything that died... |
The Physician | Noah Gordon | [
"historical fiction"
] | THE HUNTER | Aryeh made his loathing plain. He was careful to watch his words in front of Lonzano and Loeb, but when the other two were out of earshot his comments to Rob were apt to be cutting. Even when speaking to the other two Jews, he was often less than pleasant.
Rob was larger and stronger. Sometimes it took an act of will ... |
The Complete Works | Aristotle | [
"nonfiction",
"philosophy"
] | Chapter 245 | They differ in that 'spontaneity' is the wider term. Every result of chance is from what is spontaneous, but not everything that is from what is spontaneous is from chance.
Chance and what results from chance are appropriate to agents that are capable of good fortune and of moral action generally. Therefore necessaril... |
The Name of the Wind | Patrick Rothfuss | [
"adventure",
"epic fantasy",
"fantasy"
] | Chapter 178 | We bought a loaf of dark bread and a bottle of Avennish strawberry wine. Then found a private place in one of the many public gardens scattered throughout Imre. The first of autumn's falling leaves danced along the streets beside us. Denna removed her shoes and danced lightly through the shadows, delighting in the feel... |
(The Lymond Chronicles 1) The Game of Kings | Dorothy Dunnett | [
"historical fiction",
"16th century",
"Scotland"
] | Chapter 81 | When the convent on the estate of Lymond was blown up by the English on information received from its former landlord, the remaining nuns found shelter in a larger nunnery near Midculter. In this convent Mariotta had now been resting in collected misery for six weeks, visited regularly by Sybilla.
The Dowager, taking ... |
Kim Stanley Robinson | [
"Mars 2"
] | Chapter 214 | Then in the new year came news of heightened security measures in Odessa itself. It seemed that UNTA had learned the lesson of Sabishii, and was going to clamp down on the other cities more subtly: new passports, security checks at every gate and garage, restricted access to the trains. It was rumored they were hunting... | |
Rats, Bats and Vats | Dave Freer | [
"comedy",
"science fiction"
] | Chapter 126 | "I never ever want to speak to you again," Ginny said fiercely. "You left the Professor there to die, you... you Vat."
"Suits me, Shareholder bitch," he said, dragging the bags along past her. He didn't even look at her.
"Uh. Ginny." Someone plucked gently at her elbow. It was fat Fal, being uncharacteristically quie... |
Vainqueur the Dragon | Void Herald | [
"LitRPG",
"comedy",
"fantasy"
] | God Game Night II: Good Expansion | Mithras hated game nights.
The god of order, the sun, and medicine didn't quite remember how these gatherings started. But he knew how they always ended up: with him patching up a new cosmic mess.
This time, Cybele hosted their gathering. She had set aside a large room in her planar realm of Arcadia, an open space wi... |
Complete Series | Nathan Hystad | [
"science fiction",
"space opera"
] | Chapter 339 | Doctor Nee was glad to have returned to his own medical bay, and it was clear Kelli had done a fantastic job in his absence. The room was quiet, with the exception of the body scanner in the third patient room. He walked over, finding Kelli deactivating it after performing the daily tests.
"You've done wonderful work,... |
Complete Collection | Tahereh Mafi | [
"science fiction"
] | Chapter 240 | Warner is sitting in one corner. Adam in another. They've both asked to be left alone.
And they're both staring at James.
James, who's still just a little snoring lump.
Adam looks exhausted, but not defeated. Tired, but not upset. He looks freer. His eyebrows unfurrowed. His fists unclenched. His face is calm in a w... |
(Terran Armor Corps 1) Iron Dragoons | Richard Fox | [
"scifi",
"war"
] | Chapter 51 | The hangar behind Gate 37-C rivaled the new Phoenix University stadium in size and volume. As a child, Roland had marveled at the immense structure the few times his orphanage had dragged him and the other children out to an American football game, the teams drawn from fleets and Marine divisions. That the Martian engi... |
Men of War | William R. Forstchen | [
"science fiction"
] | Chapter 4 | Varinna Ferguson, widow of the famed inventor who had done so much to ensure the survival of the Republic, walked through the vast hangar, gazing up in wonder at the air machine that filled the cavernous hall. This machine was special, with the name Ferguson painted on the port side, just behind the pilot's cabin. Work... |
Barbed Wire.txt | Erin Wade , Victoria Mei | [] | Chapter 37 | Cage could not recall ever seeing so many people in one place, and buggies were still flowing into the stable yard.
"They'll party until they pass out tonight," Morgan said, handing Cage a drink. "Then work like hell for the next two months."
"Do you always make a celebration out of the roundup?" Cage asked.
"Uh-huh... |
(Odyssey One 1) Into the Black | Evan Currie | [
"scifi",
"space opera"
] | Chapter 82 | "Captain Weston, Sir?"
Eric Weston turned away from the view screen for a moment and made eye contact with the young ensign behind him, "yes?"
Ensign Lamont hesitated a little under his gaze, but firmed up a moment later as she went on with her report, "engineering reports that they've brought the recycling systems u... |
Errant Hope | Damien Jennison | [
"science fiction fantasy"
] | Chapter 41 | "I can assure you, Z-Gen have conducted a thorough search of the area where the incident occurred, and they have confirmed with near-absolute certainty that the criminals were working alone. Furthermore, there's no evidence that they have remained in the system.
"I have been in conversation with General Cadmus himself... |
Complete Works | Jules Verne | [
"adventure",
"science fiction",
"steampunk"
] | Chapter 1139 | BATTLE BETWEEN THE "SWORD" AND THE TUG.
Through all this sleepless night I have followed the keg in fancy. How many times I seem to see it swept against the rocks in the tunnel into a creek, or some excavation. I am in a cold perspiration from head to foot. Then I imagine that it has been carried out to sea. Heavens! ... |
Gods of the Stone Oracle | Krista Walsh | [
"urban fantasy"
] | Chapter 40 | Despite the fact that they were in a prison surrounded by enemies with very little chance of escape and still hadn't been able to reconnect with Percy, Vera couldn't suppress a low buzz of optimism as she followed Frank Mulligan through the corridors. Not only had they made it inside, but they'd found a guide. And not ... |
Poseidon's Wake | Alastair Reynolds | [
"hard SF"
] | Chapter 55 | Mposi had to take off again to conserve the fuel it needed for the steering motor. They pulled away from the wheel, made a few circuits to gather more information, then climbed back into low orbit.
"While all that was going on," Vasin said, "we neglected to keep you informed of wider developments."
It was just the ca... |
Tyche's Flight | Richard Parry | [
"science fiction",
"space opera"
] | Chapter 67 | She'd stepped inside the tower with ease. The doors were massive, vaulted metal, on the floor inside. They'd been torn off and tossed aside like paper. To do that, you'd need some kind of industrial equipment.
Inside was a confusion of equipment amid a jumble of bones that might have been people once. Shells, hard cas... |
The Raven Banner | Tim Hodkinson | [
"historical fiction"
] | Chapter 45 | Skar spat on the ground.
'We'll have to fight our way in now,' he said.
'Get those Welsh bowmen up here.' Sweyn shouted orders back down the slope.
The Scots archers were already running onto the fighting platform above the gate. The Norse outside drew back to a safe distance before they could shoot any more arrows.... |
The (sort of ) Dark Mage | Nelson Chereta | [
"comedy",
"fantasy"
] | Chapter 7 | Castle Corpselover had nine towers and five dungeons. The main castle itself had five floors each with dozens of rooms and a different lay out. The hallways twisted and turned with various side corridors that came to abrupt ends or could go in a circle. Some of the stairways only went up or down one floor and the walls... |
Vainqueur the Dragon | Void Herald | [
"LitRPG",
"comedy",
"fantasy"
] | Chapter 240 | Victor had missed TV so much. And Seng had a full-size plasma-screen one!
"... and this is why no Princess Hunter goes hunting in the cold north without camouflage," Grandrake explained behind the screen, as he stalked a group of giants while hidden beneath a cover of snow. Why the dragon was talking to himself remain... |
(Tales of the Koriba 1) The Dry Lands | Simon J. Townley | [
"historical fiction",
"Africa",
"stone age"
] | Chapter 70 | Yamba glared at Kofu. He had one hand over her mouth, the other held his spear, the point pressed against her neck. He had knocked her to the ground, and dragged her behind a rock. At first she struggled, but he hit her hard on her forehead with his huge fist. It was no warning blow but it left her dazed.
Then she hea... |
Hoot | Carl Hiaasen | [
"young adult",
"contemporary",
"animal fiction",
"humor",
"coming of age"
] | Chapter 14 | Roy spent the morning with a knot in his stomach. Something had to be done, something decisive—he couldn't spend the rest of the school year hiding from Dana Matherson and Beatrice Leep.
Dana could be dealt with later, but Beatrice the Bear couldn't wait. At lunchtime Roy spotted her across the cafeteria. She was sitt... |
Fool on the Hill | Matt Ruff | [
"comedy",
"urban fantasy"
] | TALES OF AUTUMN | [ 1866—OUTSIDE THE BONE ORCHARD ]
They begin climbing The Hill along a dirt track that will one day be known as University Avenue, but which for now is just more nameless mud soup. The going is hard yet Mr. Sunshine forges ahead—carrying a bright lantern he did not have with him when they set out from the Ithaca Hotel... |
Light on Shattered Water | G. Howell | [
"science fiction"
] | Chapter 29 | We were treated very well. Like visiting royalty.
Our lodgings were in the Chistri Einter House. Loosely: an exclusive guest-house, not quite similar to a hotel. It was a sprawling old stone building near the city hall, a foreboding exterior facade with an interior that'd been remodeled recently. The windows were glaz... |
(Dragon Shaman 1) Taming the Blowing Wind | Teresa Garcia | [
"fantasy",
"native American",
"time travel"
] | Chapter 19 | Confronting the Inner Demon
Red, gold, and black coiled upon each other in grand sweeps of heat on the surfaces that bore paint. Elsewhere, bare wood made its brazen appearance in the vacant spaces where books or martial arts equipment had not been carefully arranged, waiting for their master's return. Period after pe... |
From the Ashes | Gareth K Pengelly | [
"dark fantasy",
"fantasy"
] | Chapter 35 | Those final, harrowing moments of Jafari's life still replayed over and over in Naresh's head as the Nine ran from the Temple, making their way through the winding streets towards the Pen. The sacrifice. The grief. The nobility. Yet also the desperation. The determination to end the suffering. Had it been bravery? Had ... |
Ally | Kacey Ezell | [
"science fiction",
"space opera"
] | Chapter 30 | Fssik gave Ziva a ninenight before he brought it up.
"My Human," he said as she settled, with a sigh, into the Human-sized seat he'd added to the cockpit of his ship. "Is it done?"
"It is, my Hunter," she said, fatigue fraying her tone as she closed her eyes and rubbed her fingers over her face. "Jim came through as ... |
Aggressive Behavior | Daniel Potter | [
"urban fantasy"
] | Chapter 26 | "Rudy, why didn't the TAU hit the building with tass bombs?" I asked the squirrel the following evening. It had been an exhausting 24 hours. O'Meara and I had been working on repairing the building's wards until she had nearly keeled over into the spell circle. Everything else, from managing the trio to taunting the TA... |
(Valdemar 9) By the Sword | Mercedes Lackey | [
"high fantasy",
"magic",
"romance",
"adventure"
] | Chapter 11 | For one long moment, she couldn't seem to do anything but stand there stupidly, staring at him. Then his shoulders began to shake with silent sobs, and she reacted automatically, pulling him inside, taking him over to the bed and getting him to sit down on the side of it.
"What happened?" she asked, bewildered. Last s... |
(Upon Dragon's Breath 2) Dragons of Kings | Ava Richardson | [
"fantasy"
] | The Council of Dragons | Standing next to Saffron at the edge of the main cavern, I decided I'd never seen so many dragons. I didn't even know so many lived within the Western Isles.
The Council of Dragons, Zenema had called it.
Shafts of brilliant sunlight streamed in down the tunnels of Den Mountain. The main cavern looked more like a cath... |
(Watership Down 1) Watership Down | Richard Adams | [
"animal fiction",
"rabbits"
] | Chapter 41 | Bigwig crouched in his burrow, pressed against Hyzenthlay. He was trembling, but not with cold: the stuffy runs of the Mark were dense with thunder; the air felt like a deep drift of leaves. Bigwig was close to utter nervous exhaustion. Since leaving General Woundwort, he had become more and more deeply entangled in al... |
(Daughter of Pirate King 1) Daughter of the Pirate King | Tricia Levenseller | [
"fantasy",
"pirates",
"adventure",
"female protagonist"
] | Chapter 10 | Though my time spent with Sheck and Ulgin was only a few hours, it felt like much, much longer.
It started with Sheck walking back and forth in front of my cell, never taking his eyes off me. Occasionally he would reach through the bars, as if he could grab me. He was trying to get a response from me. To see me afraid... |
New Vegas Sheason's Story | Sheason | [
"apocalyptic",
"Fallout"
] | Chapter 67 | Daniel Wyand and I sat at the bar of the Rawhide Saloon, a pub in Shady Sands. We were sharing a drink and laughing about the events of the day. In all honesty, we probably shouldn't have been laughing - the two of us had both nearly died. But I guess laughing about it and drinking booze was helpful for taking the edge... |
Shield of Lies | Jerry Autieri | [
"historical fiction"
] | Chapter 54 | The gates of Ravndal all stood open and every resident from hirdmen to craftsmen, women and children to the elderly, milled outside the walls. Carts lined up in a rough column, piled with a lifetime of valuables. Herds of livestock were prodded into groups, dogs barking at stray sheep. The afternoon sun floated between... |
(People of the Longhouse 4) People of the Black Sun | W. Michael Gear | [
"historical fiction",
"Native Americans"
] | Chapter 20 | For the moment, Yi ignored the dusty messenger who stood, breathing hard, on the opposite side of the fire. A shaft of afternoon sunlight streamed down through the smokehole, landing like a golden scarf across his dirty trail-weary face. Yi continued pacing the floor of the longhouse, thinking.
Yi's chamber in the Wol... |
Magic Shifts | Ilona Andrews | [
"urban fantasy"
] | Chapter 39 | "He's too fast," Julie growled.
We hit a bump. The Jeep went airborne and landed with a creak. I ran my tongue along my teeth to make sure they were all still there.
Above us, vampires dashed along the buildings.
Something landed on the roof with a thud. I rolled down the passenger window and a vampire stuck his hea... |
(Spells, Swords and Stealth 4) Siege Tactics | Drew Hayes | [
"fantasy",
"humor",
"tabletop RPGs"
] | Chapter 89 | Shocking as the sight of someone swinging around a piece of the Bridge was, Timuscor didn't have time to indulge in staring. No sooner had the dome vanished than the opponent nearest to him and Grumph began to move. It was humanoid, in the sense that it had two arms, two legs, a torso, and a head. For a creature made o... |
(Lensman 3) Galactic Patrol | E. E. Doc Smith | [
"scifi",
"space opera"
] | Chapter 25 | Kinnison approached that star cluster with care. Small though it was, as cosmic groups go, it yet was composed of some hundreds of stars and an unknown number of planets. Any one of those planets might be the one he sought, and to approach it unknowingly might prove disastrous. Therefore he slowed down to a crawl and c... |
The Gentleman Bastard | Scott Lynch | [
"adventure",
"urban fantasy"
] | CROSS-PURPOSES | When the rose's flash to the sunset
Reels to the rack and the twist,
And the rose is a red bygone,
When the face I love is going
And the gate to the end shall clang,
And it's no use to beckon or say,
"So long"—Maybe I'll tell you then— some other time.
—Carl Sandburg, from "The Great Hunt"
[ INTERLUDE - STRIKIN... |
Grandma Gatewood's Walk | Ben Montgomery | [
"adventure",
"nonfiction"
] | Chapter 37 | That night as she dreamed, eight hundred miles to the south, monstrous waves began licking the coast between Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Wilmington, North Carolina. The tide surged five feet, six feet, seven feet—higher than normal—and the ravishing winds began flicking shingles off beach cottages and lifting boa... |
(Thousand Tales 1) Virtual Horizon | Kris Schnee | [
"fantasy",
"virtual reality"
] | Chapter 108 | Clouds and the bright Caribbean Sea stretched beneath her. She landed in the state of Cuba, part of the American Free States. She'd imagined the former dictatorship shrouded in a perpetual thunderstorm, with bats, but it was sunny and warm. Still, the place and its people had scars of poverty under the new skyscrapers.... |
Nova Igniter | Joseph R. Lallo | [
"science fiction",
"space opera"
] | Chapter 67 | "We've got a massive power surge," Silo said, eyes on the visualization.
"As anticipated," said Ma. "This is the time-displacement activation. Lex has been sent back in time."
The intricate web of blue lines connecting the swarm of GenMechs flickered and faded in what looked like a rolling blackout on the display.
"... |
The Wayward Astronomer | Geoffrey Thomas | [
"scalie",
"adventure",
"scifi",
"scalie protagonist"
] | Chapter 26 | "What happened back there was murder, plain and simple! How the hell do you justify killing someone in cold blood like that?" After a sorrowful and silent ride back, Hal now found himself in a heated argument with his brother in the cozy top-floor office of the cathedral. Despite the comfortable setting, it felt like t... |
Network Effect | Martha Wells | [
"Science Fiction",
"Artificial Intelligence"
] | Chapter 4 | Part of my problem now was that Mensah, who was way too honest about this kind of thing, had later told Amena that she had asked me to keep an eye on her, which Amena interpreted in some hormone-related human way I'm not sure I understood. Thiago, who is not an adolescent and has no excuse, interpreted it as Mensah not... |
(Mars Colony Chronicles 1 | Brandon Ellis | [
"scifi",
"Mars"
] | Tunnel Downs, Mars | Sergeant Marino uncuffed Jozi and then Ozzy. He pointed down the street. "Get going."
Gragas bowed. "Ozzy, do what he says."
"I have a different route if you don't mind," said Ozzy, kicking open Venessa's door.
He rushed inside with Jozi behind him. They grabbed their hidden weapons and went up the elevator. They hu... |
Will | Will Smith | [
"biography",
"memoir",
"nonfiction",
"music",
"rap",
"contemporary"
] | Chapter 240 | I had never heard of it before. I've never smoked weed, never done cocaine or taken any pills, and other than a vodka and cranberry once in a while, I will pass a piss test at the Tour de France. So when my friend Veronica suggested it, I laughed politely, and said, "Thank you, but no thank you. I don't mess with drugs... |
The Bards of Bone Plain.txt | Patricia A. McKillip | [] | Chapter 8 | The winter that killed the bard who replaced Declan at King Oroh's court seems to have been one of the harshest on record. The Stirl froze nearly all the way from the sea to the tiny village on the plain, which had grown enough to become a coherent entity, and which named itself Caerau. Court records of nobles all over... |
Cage of Souls | Adrian Tchaikovsky | [
"science fiction"
] | Further Conversations with a Madman | It turned out to be evening when they got me back to my home away from homes. The Marshal's procrastinating had made me miss a meal. With an honour guard of three Wardens I trooped down into that familiar corridor. Midds, back in charge of my stretch again, stood at the far end with his hands behind his back and his pa... |
Calico Spy.txt | Margaret Brownley | [] | Chapter 52 | Chapter 29
Katie miraculously reached the safety of the restaurant before the panicked cattle overtook them. She huddled next to the building, protecting Andy with her body, and waited for the frenzied herd to pass. Even the wind couldn't drown out the sound of clashing horns and pounding hooves.
The moment she thoug... |
The Snake Report | Jake Montesi | [
"LitRPG",
"comedy",
"fantasy"
] | Snake Report: Day Twelve | I bought them all.
Maybe that was foolish.
I'm trying not to have too many regrets.
Even if I mess up, I'm sure the God of Tiny Snakes will forgive me.
─ Water element Unlocked: Water manipulation I
─ Knowledge element Unlocked: Voice of Gaia
─ Divine element Unlocked...
Nothing. Maybe I should have figured as m... |
Kushiel's Dart | Jacqueline Carey | [
"Fantasy",
"Romance"
] | Chapter 72 | No D'Angeline need march, of course; it was not our battle. We could have set sail, gone the long way around, avoiding the Straits to set course for lower Siovale. But it would have been a coward's course, and in truth, we'd have had no word to bear. By the time we made landfall and won through to Ysandre, the Cruithne... |
Werewolf in Space | Brandon Getz | [
"comedy",
"science fiction"
] | Chapter 31 | Lars flexed and went to the keg for refills. His leg still burned a little where Fish had shot him, the wolf blood, low on lunar power, slow to stitch him back together. He'd plugged into a lunar battery while he slept, but it hadn't been enough. The turn back at the spinner, so far from any moon, had drained too much.... |
Complete Works | Jules Verne | [
"adventure",
"science fiction",
"steampunk"
] | FLAYPOLE BECOMES DELIRIOUS | JANUARY 24. — 1 have inquired more than once of Curtis if he has the faintest idea to what quarter of the Atlantic we have drifted, and each time he has been unable to give me a decided answer, though from his general observation of the direction of the wind and currents he imagines that we have been carried westward, ... |
Old Guard | Various | [
"science fiction"
] | Chapter 35 | It was raining again as Kaethan's column slowly traveled down the gravel roads that connected the plantations in this area. The rain was light, with only occasional lightning strikes that always seemed to hit far away from them. Enough light was shining through the cloud cover to navigate by, though the thick forest th... |
Light on Shattered Water | G. Howell | [
"science fiction"
] | Chapter 2 | "Christ, Riley, I'm just asking you to take a few days off. Look...I've got this place in the Smokies. A cabin. Great place: heating, utilities, all the mod cons...I can give you loan of that for a week if you want. Fishing, climbing...you're into hiking, right?"
I leaned back in my chair in front of the SunSparc work... |
The Humiliation of My Wife | Mr Creator | [
"Fiction",
"BDSM",
"NSFW"
] | Chapter 6 | The next day, once I had my office door closed and was assured some privacy for a bit, I called her at work, around 10am her time. She was surprised to hear from me as I usually don't call during her work day, but rather wait until the evening to speak with her. Needless to say she was startled when I asked "happy to h... |
The Complete H.P. Lovecraft Collection | H. P. Lovecraft | [
"classic",
"cosmic horror,short stories"
] | Chapter 119 | Randolph Carter's advance through that Cyclopean bulk of abnormal masonry was like a dizzy precipitation through the measureless gulfs between the stars. From a great distance he felt triumphant, godlike surges of deadly sweetness, and after that the rustling of great wings, and impressions of sound like the chirpings ... |
Summerhill | Kevin Frane | [
"scifi",
"furry",
"canine protagonist"
] | Gratitude | It was late evening, with Rydale's orange sun shifted towards red as it hung low in the sky. The ocean formed a nice, placid horizon, broken only by a single offshore island.
The very first stars were visible high up in the sky, far away from the sun. Familiar patterns showed themselves, and Summerhill recognized this... |
Norse Vengeance | Jerry Autieri | [
"historical fiction"
] | Chapter 20 | The room at the top of the fortress's central building was lit with a gently flickering hearth fire. Brass lamps provided extra lighting around the room that smelled of leather and oil. Thorfast appreciated the clever construction of the command room. He had experience raising nothing more complex than halls and barns ... |
The Tree of Sword and Jewels | CJ Cherryh | [
"Fantasy"
] | The Fuathas | It was the old hiding game, and they laughed, did Meadhbh and Ceallach, while Muirne searched. They watched the skinny woman up close by the keep looking this way and that among the bushes and covered their mouths to keep from setting one another to laughing aloud. Then Ceallach threw a stone and made the bushes rattle... |
Kim Stanley Robinson | [
"Mars 3"
] | Chapter 118 | Shining Mesa had a large top, more a kite shape than a diamond proper, thirty kilometers long and ten wide, standing in the middle of Candor Chasma like a Monument Valley mesa writ large. The tent town occupied only a small rise on the southern point of the kite. The mesa was just what it appeared to be, a detached fra... | |
Dungeon Core Academy | Alex Oakchest | [
"LitRPG",
"fantasy"
] | Chapter 10 | While Tomlin mined the wall of room three as I ordered, I hopped back to my core room. Even far across the dungeon, I could hear Tomlin's efforts. His pickaxe hitting the wall. Mud crumbling away. Tomlin whistling to himself.
It was nice to feel like I wasn't alone here anymore. Another sentient being sharing the same... |
Proven Guilty | Jim Butcher | [
"mystery",
"urban fantasy"
] | Chapter 17 | When you get right down to it, all hospitals tend to look pretty much the same, but Mercy Hospital, where the victims in the attack had been taken, somehow managed to avoid the worst of the sterile, disinfected, quietly desperate quality of many others. The oldest hospital in Chicago, the Sisters of Mercy had founded t... |
The Boy Who Would Live Forever | Frederik Pohl | [
"adventure",
"hard SF",
"science fiction",
"space opera"
] | Chapter 35 | I kept one eye on the time, but I had plenty for what I wanted to do. I even gave myself a little diversion first.
I went to my island.
I don't mean in person, of course. I simply checked out everything on Raiwea through my monitors and listened to the reports from the department heads. That was almost as satisfying.... |
Chuggie and the Desecration of Stagwater | Brent Michael Kelley | [
"dark fantasy",
"fantasy",
"horror"
] | Chapter 28 | Kagen Kale did not like children. He especially did not like them in his home. Their filthy little fingers did little besides get fingerprints on his fine leather furniture and clean glass tabletops. Only the decorative shields, high on the walls, were safe from nasty little hands.
Olin Stone was a shining example of ... |
(The One and Only Ivan 2) The One and Only Bob | Katherine Applegate | [
"animal fiction. childrens",
"dogs",
"contemporary"
] | When I walk Julia—well, okay, I suppose it looks like she's walking me, but I beg to differ—there's a place we pass that always makes me jumpy and bummed. | It's the animal shelter. And I know it's a good place. A space for pets who don't have a safe home of their own. When I was abandoned on the highway, just a few weeks old, a nice cage with a soft towel in it and a bowl of fresh water... well, I woulda given just about anything for that.
Still, when I walk by and hear ... |
(Pax 1) Pax | Sara Pennypacker | [
"animal fiction",
"war",
"animal protagonist",
"foxes"
] | Chapter 33 | "Kid!"
Peter twisted around so sharply, he nearly fell over. He'd been certain the guard station was empty—he'd watched for ten full minutes to make sure before leaving his cover.
A soldier came out from behind a truck. He lifted his rifle butt to the sign chained over the barricade. "No entry."
Peter straightened u... |
Once In a Blue Moon | Simon R. Green | [
"comedy",
"fantasy"
] | Chapter 36 | By the time they'd finished all the things that needed doing, it was night. The dragon returned, and they all sat around the fire, quietly digesting as they watched the dancing flames, enjoying the quiet and one another's company. The night sky was full of stars, with a pale half-moon hanging right overhead. The birds ... |
Tarnsman of Gor | John Norman | [
"Science Fantasy",
"BDSM"
] | Nar the Spider | I had a little difficulty making out the tallest tower in Ar, the cylinder of the Ubar Marlenus. As I dropped closer, I saw that the bridges were lined with the celebrants of the Planting Feast, many perhaps reeling home drunk on paga. Flying among the cylinders were tarnsmen, cavalry warriors reveling in the undiscipl... |
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody, vol. 8 | Hiro Ainana | [
"LitRPG",
"fantasy",
"light novel",
"slice of life"
] | Confession | Satou here. I've always been strangely popular with younger girls, but I've never successfully confessed to an older woman. The girlfriend I had for a while was around my same age. Am I fated to be unappealing to older women or what?
"I'm back..."
"Welcome home. Are you hurt? Take your coat off and lie down."
Obedie... |
Born a Crime | Trevor Noah | [
"memoir",
"Africa",
"apartheid"
] | Chapter 65 | One afternoon I came home from Sandringham and my mom was very upset and worked up.
"This man is unbelievable," she said.
"What happened?"
"He bought a gun."
"What? A gun? What do you mean, 'He bought a gun'?"
A gun was such a ridiculous thing in my world. In my mind, only cops and criminals had guns. Abel had gon... |
Bent Outta Shape | Rick Gualtieri | [
"urban fantasy"
] | Chapter 85 | The chief instructed me to douse the charred bodies with gasoline. When I was done, he handed me a pair of rubber gloves and had me drag the remains of the shredded wizard to the side of the road. When I tried to ask why, he simply repeated his point about the ambulance.
That final part was messy business, requiring t... |
Old Guard | Various | [
"science fiction"
] | Chapter 90 | "You need what?" Jask asked. He was standing beside the sleeping Lieutenant Orren. The headset was on his head and he was talking to a real Bolo. He almost couldn't talk from the excitement of it.
"I request transport to the nearest repair depot."
"I can't do that. You come here."
"That is not possible."
"Don't you... |
Complete Tales | Edgar Allan Poe | [
"poems",
"prose"
] | Chapter 2 | My name is Arthur Gordon Pym. My father was a respectable trader in sea-stores at Nantucket, where I was born. My maternal grandfather was an attorney in good practice. He was fortunate in every thing, and had speculated very successfully in stocks of the Edgarton New Bank, as it was formerly called. By these and other... |
Curious Beginnings | V. A. Lewis | [
"LitRPG",
"fantasy"
] | Magic Attack | Up until now, all of the mindless, lumbering Demons I had seen were alone. It was odd; the only time I had encountered a group of Demons had been shortly— relatively speaking— after I was born.
So based on this single observation, I came to the broad conclusion that only others like me would clump up together. And whi... |
A Dangerous Path | Erin Hunter | [
"animal fiction"
] | Chapter 21 | "Will she live?" Fireheart asked anxiously.
Cinderpelt let out a weary sigh. She had come to Snakerocks as fast as her uneven legs could run and done her best to patch up the worst of Brightpaw's injuries with cobwebs to stop the bleeding and poppy seeds for the pain. At last the apprentice had recovered enough to be ... |
(Lost Regiment 8) Men of War | William R. Forstchen | [
"scifi",
"military"
] | Chapter 16 | The fact that he had asked for the meeting had caught him by surprise. Walking into the main hall of the Capitol Building he stopped, looking to his right toward his own chambers. The building was empty except for the lone military guard posted under the open rotunda. It had been started in the year before the start of... |
The Divine Dungeon Complete Series | Dakota Krout | [
"LitRPG",
"fantasy"
] | Chapter 53 | Dale's group scrambled to get into formation and follow the trail of the long-retreated Goblins. They had Evan filling Tom's position temporarily, mainly because he was well-armored. Quickly moving through the room, they were easily able to follow the trail of sludge that dripped from Tom. They came upon the large fort... |
Fire Margins | Lisanne Norman | [
"science fiction"
] | Chapter 225 | Twelve Touibans in any one area made it seem crowded. Living their lives at a slightly faster pace than their Alliance allies, they darted about like glittering points of light, first here, then over there, with no apparent in-between. The trick was to not watch them too closely, otherwise motion sickness would set in ... |
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