Raskaal Burgess is in a rut, so his sister sends him on vacation and won't let him come back. While in a seemingly perfect paradise of nature and beautiful people that he cares nothing about, he meets someone-- or rather, she forcibly meets him-- and a friendship unfolds against his better judgement.Warning: Raskaal swears.
Mr. Gregory was the most renowned Spiritualist Medium in Victorian Britain - until the agents of the Ottoman Empire ordered him killed, and he was forced into a hunted, vagrant existence in the most squalid parts of London. Now Lady Florence Padbury, head of Imperial Counter Intelligence, wants to bring Gregory back to serve the Crown on one more mission: to contact the soul of a murdered inventor who held the key to a revolutionary new technology. A technology that could give the British Empire's airships and steam-walkers the winning edge in the Crimean War.The novelette can be found here - http://tinyurl.com/molngxqand the full lavishly illustrated anthology of Steampunk and Dieselpunk short fiction can be found here! http://tinyurl.com/k8v2rq8
"What are you, a sorcerer?" Noah exclaimed, after Adam won another round. Adam leaned towards Noah, and widened his eyes. "Do I look like a sorcerer to you?""You could be casting an illusion," Noah said, "What are the chances of that?" scoffed Dinah. Ha, ha, yeah, what were the chances of that?***A runaway sorceress is struggling to get by, and is willing to use her powers to aid her in gambling and theft if it means acquiring enough money to feed herself. ***2098 words
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Elder Pinto takes his position in the tribe very seriously. So much that he gave himself the title 'Elder'. At 24 years old he quickly became one of the most respected members of the Faba tribe. Truth be told, no one knows if that is his birth-given name nor do they know what his name could be if not that one. The protector of elephants, a stressful job that anyone would be proud to do. What happens when the threat of elephant poachers increase? Will he be able to keep the elephants safe? Or will he cave into the promise of riches, abandoning everything he ever believed in?
Author: Xiao YibaiCategory: Tanmi doujinTop scientist Mu Qiao once went to a remote planet and was forced to start a farming journey. Cannon fodder: This waste will not even plant the ground except for fiddling with broken copper and iron, hahahahahaha-ha? Mu Qiao drove a DIY plough seeder silently passing by, followed by the excavators, water trucks, solar generators, wind turbines he made... And those crops they don't recognize, wheat, corn, peppers, tomatoes, potatoes... Everyone burst into tears in their hearts, and they already knew that they would hug their thighs. Those who said Mu Qiao before that they were waste quickly get out, they promise not to beat them to death! ~~~~~~~~~~ One day, Mu Qiao picked up a white ball on a water truck. Mu Qiao makes a nest for the little hair balls, bathes, combs, shovels poop, makes toys... Raising dango is happy, and gradually experience the fun of raising "sons". One day, a group of danzi fell from the sky, and the small danzi turned into a beautiful and exquisite cold boy in front of him. The little ball that turned into a human looked at Mu Qiao expressionlessly, snorted coldly, and left with his own nest. Wood. A face of question marks. Joe: Hey, what's going on? Later, Mu Qiao looked at the white ball lying on his body with a black face, and directly picked it up and threw it aside without mercy. "Sorry, I don't talk about interracial love." [UNFINISHED INTRO]JUST IN CASE, THIS STORY IS: ✓ PURELY MTL(means this is not edited, so expect the incorrect pronouns, indents, and grammatical errors. :D) ✓ FOR OFFLINE PURPOSE ONLY ( just uploaded here for my smooth offline reading) ✓ Do Not Report, Do Not Vote, Just Read ✓ DISCLAIMER: I do not own the cover nor the story, this is all for offline reading.
❝ You don't own me, you know. ❞ ❝ Technically, we do.❞ in which a girl fears people but needs immediate help, and the avengers are to the rescue.▸started; 8.12.18▸ended; tbdowned by me. if you take it? honey, you've got a big storm comin'.the avengers | book one▸ this series will contain events of the movies in it, but will also be part au.ongoing
Hot shot is an active and playful child. He lives with his parents Heatwave and Quickshadow. They live in Fort Worth Texas. They live a very happy life there. However soon Hot shot begins to feel unwell. He has a headache, he has nausea with vomiting, he is tired, he is cranky, he is walking funny, his is losing his coordination, he is falling down a lot, he is seeing two of everything, have weird eye movements, has a head tilt and a stiff neck. On the week before his fifth birthday Hot shot has to be taken to Cook Children's hospital. Hot shot has an MRI done and other tests done. Then Hot shot is diagnosed with Medulloblastoma a type of brain tumor that is brain cancer. Hot shot is brave and ready to fight his cancer head on with his stuffed Rhino Roxy who he got as a present. Hot shot makes friends with four other kids his age with the same type of cancer. They decide to fight their cancer together and become the best of friends. They are determined to win too! (Humanized)