Aaron was determined to change the world with his work, no matter how what it took. But one catastrophe later, and he's got much bigger things to look forward to, for better or worse.

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Our story follows Joanie from a confused childhood to her Golden Years. Joanie reflects on the events and quirks of fate that led her to becoming Joanie. At 72 years of age, flashbacks and self reflection, allow us to better understand her lifelong search to understand ‘how’ and ‘why’. “Why me?” she asks.

(This story is semiautobiographical adult fiction. Explicit adult content. There are six chapters. All rights reserved. Comments appreciated.)

It started with a medical issue and a mad scientist - I mean arguably, they're all a little mad, aren't they?
It started with a confused and somewhat distracted boy struggling his way through school.
It started when he woke up in the middle of the night and discovered he'd turned into a six year old girl.
After that things became more interesting.

Tricorne + Vic are back in town, preoccupied with the lectures they're giving at the headquarters of a new super team, The FX. However, some of their prior cases are far from over. New evidence and new events connected to their Spring Break adventure keep turning up. Soon, they find themselves involved in something much bigger - and far more sinister - than museum thefts. Then it turns personal for one of the four. I

Everyone makes choices, even if one chooses not to make them.

Fourteen-year-old Douglas often feels his twin gets the better of him in their deals. The latest has him trying to ensure he doesn't lose his twin's U15 soccer teams good birth into their playoffs. Their step-mum caught them trying to swap, where Douglas would do his twin's detention. So now he is playing soccer for the first time this year. Of course neither his step-mum or step-dad know this, because they thought it was Douglas's U15 soccer team. Breanne is on the girl's field hockey team.

"To Be or Not to Be, That is the Existential Question" If given the power of a comic book superhero, is that person obligated to play the part for the greater good?

All Alexis ever wanted to be was normal. But when she's reunited with an old friend she didn't remember she's reminded of the ugly truth: The world isn't always a kind place.
Faced with struggle and conflict in the real world she withdraws into the new VRMMORPG, a game called Resistance in a world where players can move their virtual avatars the same way they move their real bodies.
In this Virtual World, Alexis becomes Faye; the cold blooded sniper who faces all her problems with her rifle.

There are Predators and then there are the Hunters. Sometimes the same thing, sometimes they aren’t. To some the thrill of the chase and then the kill is all they desire in life. They can find employment with the more powerful and less ethical men, organizations, and even the government. Those predators get paid to do what they would do anyway, killing. They are top of the food chain.

The Huntress is a predator herself. Only…, she hunted the predators, those who hunted others. Always on the move, she tried to stay ahead of those who hunted those like her. Government agencies believed her kind should be eradicated from the face of the earth.

This new story of Eerie, Arizona concerns one of its untold tales. It carries us back to December, 1871, to a month that has been already visited in the second novel, “Eerie Saloon: Seasons of Change – Autumn” and in the short story “Eerie Saloon -- Toy Soldier.” Let's assume that, behind the scenes, something else was happening that we did not at that time choose to reveal, something that will now be the subject of this novella.

Sydney Moya

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