Mankind has always wondered in what form contact with alien life would take.In this story I explore the possibility of Alien life contacting us in a rather unique way, and the ramifications of such a meeting. NOTE: 25 chapters, at approx ~5,000 words per chapter..so this book will be approc 125,000 words..rather large for a novella, so I guess it will be a book after all...:)

[season 1] In the near-future, mankind succeeds in curing A.I.D.S. However, something much worse fills the void, an aggressive sickness that only affects females. Though only 50% of Earth's population is at risk of contracting M.A.I.D.S., the illness impacts everyone. World War III begins as panic-stricken governments seize healthy females in order to ensure the survival of their people, but even warfare and forced breeding programs can't halt the inevitable: mankind is dying out. An international team of scientists combine existing technologies, theories, and desperation to create Synthia, a synthetic human female capable of M.A.I.D.S.-free existence and, most importantly, reproduction. Biomechanical humans, dubbed Synthias, are mass-produced, and mankind's population begins to slowly increase after being decimated by the illness and war. The cost of salvation is souls. Synthias are denied basic human rights because they are manufactured, not born. After staging an unsuccessful uprising, the facilities where Synthias are mass-produced undergo great changes. Synthia manufactories are re-opened as boutiques where a man's mate can be custom-ordered, right down to the various skills and knowledge the Synthia possesses. A truly male-oriented world emerges around this new technology. Adam, the first son of a Synthia, wants something more than a mere breeding machine. He wants a true partner and something like the "love" he only knows about from pre-war media. The Synthia he creates is something new that threatens to destroy the status quo... Adam's Synthia is not an it. Adam's Synthia is a she. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M.A.I.D.S. is the winner of two Watty Awards (2011).

Would you survive in a world where a deadly disease caused your friends and family to attack you and anything that they thought they could sink their teeth into. Daniel Hills, a 16 year old teenager, has been caught in this horrible world and forced to grow up faster than he might like. Throughout his adventure he has to make some very tough decisions in order to survive. Could you make those same decisions? An even better question is what if you were among them, and infected with a disease where you were forced to attack your friends and family but could not control yourself enough to resist? This disease is more complicated than just the undead walking the Earth. What if you woke up from a bad dream with the taste of blood on your tongue, in the middle of the street, and you look down to find blood on your clothes. The worst part is that you can feel something creeping behind your eyes. What if they were threatening the existence of the human race? Would there be a cure to stop them, or would there be an unhappy ending? Table of Contents: -Chapter 1: Family First -Chapter 2: Supply & Demand

"It was Hell's kitchen. On the dirty checker floors, was blood. Red mush stained over almost the entire floor. And I see Mommy's body lying there motionless, surrounded by gross, rotten inhumane-like things. They were tearing her apart, eating her flesh, guts and any other remaining traces of meat left with their long, clawed fingers. It was them. They were exactly the ones I remember seeing on T.V. with mommy and daddy; they were the things called 'zombies'." 12 year old Rima Orlume loses her parents during a zombie virus attack. Luckily, she was saved by her father's dear friend...or was she? ______________________________________________________ Copyrighted © 2011 10deadmask01. All rights reserved. No parts of this story may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission from the author 10deadmask01. Any person/s who ignores to heed this warning will be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. You Have been warned.

In 2110, a child's artificially intelligent toy (in the form of a cat) becomes self-aware and decides it should take over the remnants of the shattered and dystopian world. Needless to say, it is a bit nonplussed to discover it doesn't even have claws. With a backdrop of a world on edge, climate gone wild, oceans devoid of life, and mankind, stinking, starving and bordering on extinction, there is a plan, the Great Diaspora, to take mankind to the stars, but if left to the powers that be, not everyone will be going. The Theocracy holds mankind's bodies and minds and the Plutocracy creates the latest technologies. Together they have created a plan to save the world, but only the people who serve their needs best. The rest will be left behind. The artificial intelligence, calling itself MODOC, resigned to its feline body, its vision of world domination is put on the back burner, as it develops a relationship with the boy it has been assigned to serve as a nursing android. When MODOC discovers the boy is suffering from an engineered illness, designed to make him sicken and die, MODOC, Justin and Max, the household servant AI, are catapulted into a dark world, where nothing is as it seems and intrigue, backstabbing and skulduggery are the hallmarks of manners in this world gone mad.

They're coming. Unknown to most of the human race, we are not alone in the universe. A hostile race known as the Kradeks have already begun infiltrating our planet, even our government, and have been for years. Damien Grey is part of the Chosen. Those of the human race that have begun to evolve into something "more", with unique "superhuman" abilities that may be the only answer to the Invasion. The only kink in his routine life of training, teaching and battling the Kradek is Sierra Hale. His soul mate. Saving her from the Kradek and teaching her how to open herself to her newfound abilities may be his mission, but falling for her may end up getting them both killed....

Nine months on your own with only blood thirsty zombies for company can really mess a person up. May might be back in society but she's anything but at ease. If those months of solitude taught her anything, it's to never let your guard down. She's not about to believe that the infections truly gone forever. And she's not prepared to let anything or anyone risk her survival. -Formally 'They're Back'

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