Orange Karen: Tribute to a Warrior by Multiple Authors

Change Finds You by Cara Michaels “The date of record is October thirtieth, two-thousand-twelve. This is Special Agent Everett Benjamin.” The voice drew my attention from the digital voice recorder resting on the table. The red recording light assured everyone observing that my words would be captured for all time, with “all time” defined as “until the Gemini Group buried the story”. At best, anything I said today would end up in a heavily redacted...

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The Darkest Lie by Angela Day

CHAPTER 3              "I bet he escaped from the psych ward," Remi mused, fascinated by Thane's story. "He sounds like one of those savants, people who can do one thing better than anyone else on the planet but lack in their connection to reality."                They were at his locker in the school hallway...

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James R Johnson – Practical Advice for Beginning Fiction Writers

Practical Advice for Beginning Fiction Writers by James R Johnson When it comes to playing baseball, there are rules.  There are also techniques that separate the superstars from the wannabes.  Veterans of the game know the ins and outs of the workflow while rookies need guidance in how to play the game well professionally. Writing is no different from baseball.  There are the rules of the game.  Then there are the subtle techniques...

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Dakota Madison – Pet Peeve of the Publishing Industry: Reviews

Pet Peeve of the Publishing Industry: Reviews by Dakota Madison When I first started publishing my novels, I realized there would be readers who didn’t like my work. I certainly don’t like everything I read, so it’s only natural, my work would have detractors. What I wasn’t prepared for were readers who were mean and cruel (sometimes bordering on sadistic) in their criticism of me (as an author) and my work. I’d always been taught the Golden Rule:...

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The Survivors by Daniel Harvell

When seven strangers impossibly survive a horrific airplane crash, they find themselves changed in remarkable ways. The survivors are endowed with powers that defy explanation. Some are blessed. Some are cursed. Going their separate ways, they adapt their extraordinary “gifts” to their ordinary lives. The results, however, aren’t always pretty — particularly when one of them engages in a killing spree. With little more to go on than the psychic...

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Orangeberry Book of the Day – The Blackout by Stephanie Erickson

5. The next morning Molly got up and went to class, prepared to hear the groans from her Modern Poetry class for their late papers.  She usually punished them with half a letter grade for every class they were late, but she wasn’t sure what to do to compensate for her own lateness.  She thought if she could come up with a few options, like having class in the garden one day or letting them pick the next poem to discuss, and let them choose,...

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Death Ain't But A Word: A Supernatural Hot Mess - Zander Marks

Death Ain’t But A Word - Zander Marks Amazon Kindle US Amazon Kindle UK Genre - Urban Fantasy Rating -  PG13 4.4 (29 reviews) Free until 31 July 2013 Just because Wilkin's a crackhead doesn't mean the shadows aren't real. They're real. And they've been haunting him since he was seven years old. Mostly he ignores them. But when the ghost of his best friend from childhood shows up at the local motel, Wilkin can't ignore the call...

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Dogs Aren’t Men by Billi Tiner

A contemporary romance. Rebecca Miller is a gifted veterinarian with an extraordinary understanding of animal behavior. She is leading a fulfilling life as the owner and operator of the Animal Friends Veterinary Clinic. Ever since her 30th birthday, her mother has made it her mission to help Rebecca find a man, get married, and give her grandchildren. But Rebecca doesn’t see the need for a man in her life. She has her dog, Captain, and that’s...

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Summer Kindle Fire Giveaway

This is a joint AUTHOR & BLOGGER GIVEAWAY EVENT! Bloggers & Authors have joined together and each chipped in a little money towards a Kindle Fire HD 7". Kindle Fire HD 7" Giveaway The winner will have the option of receiving a 7" Kindle Fire HD (US Only)   Or $199 Amazon.com Gift Card (International)   Or $199 in Paypal Cash (International)   Sponsoring Bloggers & Authors I Am A Reader,...

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Orangeberry Book of the Day – I’d Kill For You by Alan Plessinger

Chapter 2: A Detective, pursuing a lead not likely to produce significant results, comes upon a young girl needing to solve a certain mystery of her own, and upon interrogation finds her life to be not quite an open book, if not yet a fully closed one. After reading and memorizing the case file that’d been faxed to the office, Riley grabbed the key to his residence for the night, the apartment of a lovely blonde secretary named Karen. He also grabbed...

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Orangeberry Book of the Day – Mars Rising by Mark David Major

1 At the Threshold of the Gate The lieutenant retired to his quarters, removed his tunic, and tossed it across the arm of a chair. He threw his weary body down on the bunk. The collection of bones, ligaments, and tendons in his left knee made a cracking sound as he stretched out the lingering injury. A feeling of anxiety troubled him. He could not adopt the captain’s levity about the situation. The captain had played the role of a man on the brink...

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Pistachio the Tyrant (Tales of Pistachio) by Elvis Deane

Things aren’t going well for Prince Pistachio. Just as his grandpapa dies and revolution sweeps the kingdom, the bratty young lad is betrayed by his most loyal servant and sent into exile. Lost in the woods with only an adventurous rabbit to accompany him, Pistachio’s courage is tested time and again. While his only goal is to find a way home,along the way he might discover a thing or two about himself. Pistachio the Tyrant is written by Elvis...

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Orangeberry Free Alert - Transcender: First Time by Vicky Savage

Transcender: First Time - Vicky Savage Amazon Kindle US Amazon Kindle UK Genre - Fantasy Rating - PG 4.6 (68 reviews) Free until 25 July 2013 When a freak lightning storm turns terrifying, seventeen-year-old Jaden Beckett leaps for her life only to be glitched into an alternate universe. The destiny police want her out. Jaden's got other plans. Ripped away from her quiet Connecticut life and dumped into a post-apocalyptic version...

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Orangeberry Book of the Day – Redwood Violet by Robin Mahle

CHAPTER 1 KATIE MADE HER way to the back of the plane. Lightheaded, heart still racing, she stood in the galley and spotted a tray of water set out for the passengers. A nagging thirst that was brought on by the intense dream from which she had just awakened consumed her. After three cupfuls, her tongue no longer felt like cotton still clinging to its boll. However, the water could not satiate the vivid images that were still swirling...

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Orangeberry Book of the Day – Eyes Behind Belligerence by KP Kollenborn

P A R T  O N E They Will Live in Infamy Chapter One NO ONE turned off the radio as the sheriff and mortician carried a body down the stairs; their large feet popping the creaky steps. A sheet covered the boy’s face, hiding his lips that were frozen in a death grin. He was only seventeen. Jim watched the two strangers haul his older brother on a stretcher as if he were luggage; as if scraps. The broadcaster’s voice straggled up the staircase,...

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Orangeberry Book of the Day – Chasing the Lost by Bob Mayer

Chapter Two “What the hell is going on?” Chase demanded as he checked Chelsea once more. The bandage and seal were working; bleeding and losing air through the wound was stopped. That was good. Still no sign of an exit wound. That was bad. “They kidnapped Cole,” Sarah said once more. She had her arms wrapped around her body, shaking. “I couldn’t stop them.” “Who kidnapped him?” “I don’t know.” “Call the cops,” Chase ordered. On Sarah’s...

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