Summer, sunshine, and a lovely beach...Lilly couldn't have asked for a better way to relax during her pregnancy together with her hot billionaire husband. Except maybe for the little problem of them being shipwrecked. No water. No supplies. No hope of rescue. Now it is Mr and Mrs Ambrose against the jungle. All that is missing is a sinister plot and some bloodthirsty pirates... The 8th volume of Robert Thier's "Storm and Silence" series.

Order. Discipline. Silence. Those are the rules billionaire businessman Rikkard Ambrose lives by-at least until his wife Lilly presents him with the bundle of bawling joy that is his newborn son. Together, they embark on a new life of delightfully chaotic perfection, not knowing that, in the shadows, an old enemy is plotting. Can the little family defend itself against a web of intrigues and change diapers at the same time? The 9th volume of Robert Thier's "Storm and Silence" series.

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[short story | dark fantasy] "My 6-year-old daughter got sent home from school for saying mermaids have teeth like razors, soul-piercing screams, and the blood of murdered sailors caked under their fingernails." This is my entry for Mermay 2022, TalesoftheDeep. 3414 words.

"Darcy Lynn Delonorie, is a 26 year old woman. She cooks, cleans, and showers daily. If you wish to marry Darcy Lynn Delonorie, please send us an email and your C.V." When Fate reminds you of a flame of an Old Love, will you go for it? After all, they could be your soulmates. Darcy Lynn Delonorie, is a 26 year old woman. She is fraud by a Big Reporter. Will She Avenge herself from his constant humiliation? Or Will she find something else or maybe someone else to fight for? This beautifully made Cover by @TheTigerWriter (highly recommend her) #2 in youngadultshortstory #10 Fightfor

An 8-year old pirate, a neglected astronaut and a deserted galaxy. Grace and Lass meet through fate and precision. With imagination and a bit of luck, they are able to fly to their new adventure in the Outer-Space. Yet both can only survive the true adventure of discovering a Deserted Galaxy - only together. #9 on Opportunities, Dec 2021 🏆Featured in @StoriesUndiscovered, Jan 2022 Amazing cover by the talented one and only @dayisdemigod

Forced into a marriage she did not want, would Lady Tammy Lynn Johnson allow it to happen because her only other choice was to stop being a mermaid and leave the water forever? Would she and her prince compromise to make an incompatible relationship work against the merfolk king's wishes? Created for the MerMay 2022 contest by talesofthedeep. Must have a unique mermaid and underwater world plus one underlined quote of two choices. I picked: They muddy the water to make it seem deep. This story won third place.

Cassie is a magician with real magic. Some might call her a witch, but their idea of what that means is not anything like what she does. Anything technology might do, magic can do. Even tech that has not gotten invented as yet. The illusion licenses true magicians to practice magic. Each county in New Hampshire has a single illusion and Cassie runs the Hillsborough County one. She teaches Computer Science at Southern New Hampshire University in Manchester. Someone uses magic to rob banks. They broke illusion and human laws in doing so. Cassie and her team of investigators have to track the criminal down before the humans discover magic really exists. This short story is for the Low Fantasy May 2022 challenge. Based on these prompts: 3. Do not be silent. Raise your voice. Be a light in the dark. 5. I don't think we know what kind of enemy we are really dealing with. 10. Just remember who you are. Don't let the world change you into someone else. That's the best advice anyone can give you.

Wendy found the motherlode of iron standing to make trillions. One planet stands in her way to capitalize on it. Is there life on that carbon dioxide world? This story was created for the BeyondSol April 2022 contest.

Marissa owns a spaceship factory in space. Her engineers create a light speed engine leading her to be one of the first thirty humans to travel beyond our solar system. All kinds of theories exist for why light speed cannot happen. But this is a theory of what could happen with it. I created this for the April 2022 SciFi challenge based on the prompt: I left Earth to follow my dreams. What I found, was --- different.