Tales of the Lazurai
Tales of the Lazurai

Author: J. R. Kruze

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-10-04

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 0359022286

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An unforseen bi-product of terrorists bombing a children's hospital, the Lazurai could kill a person without touching them. The government made it worse by their experiments. All the children wanted was to feel love like any child. When they grew older, their powers increased. And they found they couldn't be stopped. By anything. Then they escaped Chuck hears a rumor of one coming his way, to his remote way station on the highway. But he can't leave his wife, who's dying. So he waits. And sees the hooded Lazurai walking the long miles on a hot desert day toward him. All he can do is wait. What he doesn't know is that this one is different from all the rumors. And his life is going to change forever... These collected tales explore the universe of the Lazarai, their own growth as a super-species of human, and their unique outlook on life and living. Get Your Copy Now.

An SF/Fantasy Reader: Short Stories From New Voices
An SF/Fantasy Reader: Short Stories From New Voices

Author: R. L. Saunders

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-09-03

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 0359065961

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New voices bring new ideas and new worlds to you in these six short stories of Science Fiction/Fantasy. That's what they are good at. Figuring out things that are completely different from the same old repeating plots and characters. Finding new ""what if's"" that have never been asked before. Whether you like dystopian stories of what happens after the world ends, or the sudden appearance of fairy tale creatures in our current worlds, you'll find a lot to keep you fascinated by these new authors. As well, you may find a bit of fine satire and hidden social commentary, something both genres have always been good at. Regardless, these short reads will fit into your busy schedule - about a week of good entertainment for the odd hours and minutes. Get Your Copy Now.

New Voices 005
New Voices 005

Author: J. R. Kruze

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-10-30

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0359192912

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A collection of short stories from new voices - the cross-currents of mystery, fantasy, science fiction, and romance. Worlds new or perhaps re-visited - but only you will know if this is the stuff of dreams - or nightmares. Wolves that talk to nearly-extinct humans through their minds. Witches that not only represent the five elements, but also the five principles that can defeat all magic. Goddesses who have to work together to defeat a priestess who has mastered social media, and is threatening to use it to zombify the world. How an angel regained her lost wings by finding her true self. A female mechanical genius escapes her failure by learning the finer points of marketing - and its key single core basic. Satire that bites a little close to the truth of our modern times - the political theater that turns deadly - and a woman witness who profits from her mis-statements about abuse, but loses all trust of the people around her... Get Your Copy Now.

Finding Grace
Finding Grace

Author: S. H. Marpel

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-12-12

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 0359289010

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He knew that something he was listening/watching to was poisoning and killing him. Slowly. Painfully. Sinking into a gradual depression and dying of apathy. He'd seen this happen to others. Suicide, drug overdose. All a permanent solution to a very temporary problem. Then she showed up. Not your typical haunting ghost or vindictive spirit. Different. In a good way. She had come to solve his mystery - the one he didn't know he had. It was ae haunting problem that she didn't know if could even be solved. But she owed him this chance to solve himself. Now she was calling on people he had saved from themselves to come and intervene in his life, his mystery. To expose the secrets he didn't want anyone knowing - especially himself... Get Your Copy Now.

Clocktower Mystery
Clocktower Mystery

Author: S. H. Marpel

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-12-05

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 0359273378

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An old clock tower, with an unsolved death - that the ghost still haunted. Once a year she appeared. Right on the calendar date of her death. Not that she wasn't also seen during the day, some rumors said, but that was a real person. A flesh version. Who was also haunted by the mysterious death. The mystery was who pushed the young woman - or did she simply slip? Why the lights in the upper bell tower - and why three of them? Too many for a single person to carry... For hundreds of years, the clock never moved - frozen at the time of her death, it was said. Yet the bell still tolled once a year. Two minuted before her anniversary - of dying. Get Your Copy Now.

A Writer's Reader: Short Stories From New Voices
A Writer's Reader: Short Stories From New Voices

Author: J. R. Kruze

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-09-03

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 0359066097

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Writers don't often write about their own worlds - but when they do, expect them to be every bit as imaginative as their other fiction. We've found a common theme in these six short stories. Where these new authors, not only explore their own thoughts, ideas, and angst through their own fiction, but also take apart their own ideas about how writers write. Here you'll see writer's block, the solitary writer's romances, the revenge of stalking stories, being transported by another writer into one of their worlds, and even examining the idea of your pet cat being responsible for a writer's output - or lack of it. Nothing is sacred to these authors as they turn their fiction microscope on themselves and their own profession. Get Your Copy Today.

New Voices 004: July-August 2018
New Voices 004: July-August 2018

Author: R. L. Saunders

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-08-29

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 0359057160

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Welcome to another unique bi-monthly compilation of the inspired visions and universes from four Midwest Journal Press authors: C. C. Brower J. R. Kruze S. H. Marpel R. L. Saunders From their prolific output, we've assembled 16 short stories, grouping them by author and publication date. While every major genre is represented, you'll also see that in most cases, these books cross genres and plot structures to give you the best possible reader experience and entertainment. While each of these authors are still improving their craft, you will find their short stories to be just springboards to exploring the wider universes that inspired them. In this compilation, you'll see more where these authors have co-written and produced marvelous takes - and entirely new characters or aspects of existing ones - which flesh out these universes into greater reality and detail. Please enjoy - and do look up their other works... Get Your Copy Now.

A Mystery Reader 001: Short Stories From New Voices
A Mystery Reader 001: Short Stories From New Voices

Author: J. R. Kruze

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-09-03

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 0359066070

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Cozy, Detective, or Amateur Sleuth - contemporary or fantasy - these six short stories will keep you guessing right up to their quick end. Mysteries come in many forms, and in many locations. Here we have contemporary, dystopian, and paranormal venues so you can immerse yourself from the first sentence in each of these short stories. - A ghost who has to arrange her own scene-reenactment just to find out how she died. - How a writer helps a woman find out why she is so sad all the time - from a diner bar stool. - A private investigator assigned to find out the secret of nurses who can cure the incurable - but then becomes a patient when he breaks quarantine to save another's life. - A detective who is ordered not to solve a perfect death. These short stories will fit in the bits and pieces of your schedule, while you work to solve the crimes from wherever and whenever you are reading... Get Your Copy Now

Time Bent
Time Bent

Author: S. H. Marpel

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-12-15

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 0359295037

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Time haunted her. It didn't do what it was ""supposed to"" when she was around. It ran forward, backwards, sideways. Sometimes time helped her solve her problems, sometimes it made them worse. For a lovely young woman, you'd think there would be young men lined up to talk to her at any gathering. But she stayed away from them - to protect them from her curse. What would be the good of a comittment like that if the other person was going to age too fast or too slow - or live forever haunted with the thought of a long lost love? Or was this time-problem contagious? Were other people at risk because of her - or could she pass it onto her children? Life wasn't all that safe, just because you could bend time anyway you wanted. Get Your Copy Now.