When he picked her up for a romantic weekend getaway, she was not prepared for what he had in mind. First, there was his mysterious silence, but that was only the beginning of an adventure she would not soon forget.WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC LANGUAGE AND SEX. NOT SUITABLE FOR YOUNGER READERS.

In the silence of a foggy, lonely country road, strange things can happen. Was it her imagination, or…?

On a frozen wintry day, a Hero rides into town to free the town's citizens from the iron grasp of the evil overlord. This isn't just any hero, though. This is a Hero.The story is an unconventional look at a winter tradition.

Rebecca—the love of his life—was dead: killed by a drunk driver just days before the Yule holiday. Life for the man who loved her now held nothing—no profession, no possessions, not even the will to keep breathing. He dropped out and set out to walk hundreds of miles to the American Southwest. Why the Southwest? Because, in the desert, a man can completely disappear. The Universe, however, has a way of interfering with the best of intentions and helps this man find healing in the form of a...

Life on the Plains, like elsewhere, is often brutal. Predators prowl and feed with seeming impunity—but not always. This is a small tale of survival, not of the fittest nor of the quickest, but of the smartest.

Life is not often pretty for those at the margins of society. Even they, however, need to be loved. Some are lucky - but must pay a huge price. This story was originally published in Adventures for the Average Woman e-magazine in 2010. Contains violence and explicit language.

Halloween is always a reason to party at The Painted Door, with costumed patrons and staff, decorations, and abundant food and drink. In the fourth installment of award-winning author David H. Keith's acclaimed Tales from The Painted Door series, Mike and Shelly, two of The Door's regulars, will never forget this particular Halloween.

An old man, a semi-regular at the Door, walks in one quiet Thursday evening and begins drinking his usual beverage. Normally, he'd just drink quietly by himself, pay, and leave. Not this night. This night he opens his heart to Chris, Oly, Mike, Howie, and Benny. He reveals to them at least part of the reason he is what he is.Does it free him from his ghosts or does it just bring him a moment of peace? Does it really matter?This is the second in a planned series of stories f...

Some say Paramedics and other public safety workers are fools for doing what they do: rush into places sane people are trying their best to get out of. They may be right. Those people often owe their lives to these fools. This is a story about one of those glorious fools. It's a work of fiction, but the people represented are based on those who are all too real, both the rescuers and the victims.

Herbert is a serial killer...of a different sort. He has terrorized a small town in eastern South Dakota for some three years, but the police have done nothing about it. They don't even know about his murders, but they will. They will, thanks to Sean and Inge O'Malley, who live and run a business in town. WARNING: May not be suitable for children under 18 due to graphic violence.

Notes and Introduction by David Ellis, University of Kent at Canterbury.With its four-letter words and its explicit descriptions of sexual intercourse, Lady Chatterley's Lover is the novel with which D.H. Lawrence is most often associated. First published privately in Florence in 1928, it only became a world-wide best-seller after Penguin Books had successfully resisted an attempt by the British Director of Public Prosecutions to prevent them offering an u...

The second original anthology in the Fiction River line, How to Save the World brings together eleven of today’s brightest authors, presenting their answers to solve a pressing problem facing the human race. From the growing energy crisis to women’s rights to overpopulation to the survival of humanity in the future, the stories in this anthology examine the issues facing our planet today—and offer hope for our survival tomorrow.Fiction River: How to Save the World...