What if you wake up tomorrow morning and realise that you do not see your reflection in the mirror, but everyone else does?Would seeking for your reflection make you less and less of what you really are? Maybe you would become more of something else. Something that would make you discover your true self, that the mirror has always hidden behind its reflection.In this story, your absence becomes its own character and will constantly alter, dealing with myste...

Linda’s a typical mom from the suburbs but still wants to look cool. That’s why she goes into the city every month for a hair trim at an edgy downtown salon. Also, she has a mad crush on the owner, Lola, a notorious seducer of women. Linda never thinks her hairdresser would want someone so inexperienced as she, but Lola has a treat in store for her very favorite customer.What could it be?This story is a work of fiction and contains sex scenes and is suitable for adults only. All ch...

What happens when you teach chaos theory and life starts to mirror your lessons? The tiniest events transform the most driven woman in this beautifully written lesbian psychological thriller.Fierce and frosty high achiever Professor Sonja J. Storey is on the verge of seizing power in her department. She has exacting plans to remake her backwoods North Carolina university, just as she has painstakingly remade herself.Sonja's perfectly ordered life takes a dr...

She is about to get married. But not to him. Quinn MacFayden, an accomplished expat businessman in New York, is set to return to Scotland in extremis to protect the precious family legacy. His 91-year-old grandfather is about to marry a perfect stranger sixty-six years his junior… And that is out of the question! Quinn swears it. Over his dead body will Dawn Fleming ever be part of the family! But Dawn is not a future bride like the others. She is nowhere near the gold dig...

Family is everything…I always knew my father was a cold, heartless bastard.But the moment he took Elle Castlemaine and her pathetic daughter into our home, barely a month after our mom died, he unleashed something savage inside me.I didn’t care they lost their home. Didn’t care their father was behind bars.Didn’t care he betrayed the notorious Stidda Mafia boss, Benjamin Rossi, and now their lives were in danger.All I cared ...

In a world on the brink, love is the greatest act of rebellion. A gripping, lushly told sapphic dystopian tale about daring to resist and love during the darkest times.Untamed and wild, Cynda is an outdoorswoman holed up in the Appalachian backcountry. Her solitary existence is shattered when Kadija, a fierce freedom fighter, tracks her down. Kadija demands Cynda return to civilization to face the consequences of an out-of-control project Cynda worked on years ago....

In a world on the brink, love is the greatest act of rebellion. A gripping, lushly told sapphic dystopian tale about daring to resist and love during the darkest times.Untamed and wild, Cynda is an outdoorswoman holed up in the Appalachian backcountry. Her solitary existence is shattered when Kadija, a fierce freedom fighter, tracks her down. Kadija demands Cynda return to civilization to face the consequences of an out-of-control project Cynda worked on years ago....

Academia has never been this seductive—or this deadly.What happens when you teach chaos theory and life starts to mirror your lessons? The tiniest events transform the most driven woman in this beautifully written lesbian psychological thriller.Fierce and frosty high achiever Professor Sonja J. Storey is on the verge of seizing power in her department. She has exacting plans to remake her backwoods North Carolina university, just as she has painstakingly re...

SHORT STORY COLLECTIONThe Bright Green Futures: 2024 anthology is a collection of short solarpunk stories from guests of the Bright Green Futures podcast, where we lift up stories to build a better world. These hopeful climate-fiction stories include clicky space centipedes, sentient trees, a flooded future Rio de Janeiro and characters trying to find their place in a climate-impacted world. Each story imagines a way for us to survive the future, together.Brigh...

Advanced methods for water consumption management can help save water and financial resources. This book introduces efficient methods and practical approaches for water consumption management through computational modeling to forecast water demand and optimization and through smart technology to help prevent or reduce water loss using the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the Internet of Things (IoT).The book will be a useful for researchers and graduate students focusing on...

This is an overview of the principles and practical applications of small-scale hydropower and energy recovery using water hammer effects. It offers new insights for engineers, technicians, and students alike, bridging the gap between theory and practice. The book shows that the excessive working pressure of water transmission lines has led to an increase in water accidents and water loss and how this excessive pressure of water can be converted to electrical power.Inside this book...

The current issues of water security, economic efficiency and environmental protection worldwide along with the issue of loss control in water distribution networks are becoming increasingly important. It is important to note that both technical and economic aspects should be closely considered in the context of water losses, especially in situations of water scarcity or rapid growth in water demand.This volume bridges the gap between theory and practice by presenting the practical...