Danny Foster is a typical teenager on the surface. The third child after two high achieving sisters, he just blends into the household, barely noticed. When his sister, Theresa, is paralyzed in a car crash on her way home for Thanksgiving break her freshman year of college, his world is upended and he sinks further into the background. When he finally gets away to college and meets Kim, his sister's double, he must confront issues that have haunted him his entire life.

Fate is all. Destiny is written and every single mortal is beholden to the whims of the Gods. Except one. Her thread broke. Deliberately or on purpose? You will find out. Swanhilde possesses an abundance of beauty but not much in the way of wit and character. She is a vain and shallow girl, convinced of her own superiority and that the poets will sing eddas to celebrate her loveliness. In reality she is fated to only be a minor player in the saga of the hero Hrolf Ironborn, a warrior of reknown who she drove away with her constant rejection. So it is written and so it must be. But then something changes, a moments lapse by a Wyrd sister, and Fate is broken.

[One Million Project - Fantasy/Sci-Fi Anthology] Russell Cornelius Brattle - a punctual and orderly teen - worked long hours as an apprentice tinker to provide for his broken family. His cousin Agatha - a free-spirited youngster - was eager to put her sewing days behind her and get her hands greasy. But she and her prosthetic limb turned out to be more trouble than they were worth. One act of clumsiness put into motion a chain of events that not even Russell could fix... __________ This short story appears in the Fantasy/Sci-Fi edition of the One Million Project (OMP). All proceeds from the OMP go towards the charities Cancer Research UK and EMMAUS (a homelessness organization). Check out the OMP's latest short story collections on Amazon and like/join their facebook page to help out this great cause! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1767625790120273/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B016WLQTXW http://www.theonemillionproject.com/ © 2016 by K.V. Wilson. All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the author. Cover design © 2016 by K.V. Wilson; images used from Pexels and Pixabay under creative commons. *** #593 in Science Fiction - June 11/17 First Place in the Chaos Awards, Nov/17

This is an excerpt from one of 40 short stories in the OMP (One Million Project) Fiction Anthology. Historical fiction based around the Battle of Culloden -the last battle to be fought on Scottish soil.

Never poke a sleeping warrior. . . or he might poke back. Noah Hunter's best friend has woman problems. Not a rare event to any man, but she and her friends decide to teach Nick a lesson that goes overboard. When they include Livy, they poke at Noah's protective side since he's secretly in love with her. As an Apache Indian, he knows the meaning of Getting Even.

Two women. Poles apart in looks and lifestyle. But they share one thing in common.

In the midst of an interplanetary war that has decimated half the earth, there is a small group of people. Teenagers and younger. Just trying to live their lives. Yet it isn't destined to be for them. Meela Delaney, Gree Delaney, Deirdre Thomson, Elbert Credence, Antony and Cara Credence ... this group of people, separated by their positions, find themselves forced together as the war steadily tears apart everything they know and love. Elbert finds himself in a position of leadership. Deirdre is taken from her comfort zone. Meela and Gree try to keep each other safe. And Antony and Cara fight for their brother's safety. But it will not be enough to keep them all safe ...

FBI's A Squad member, Miranda Jones, thought her new assignment, going undercover as a college girl to infiltrate an illegal gambling ring, was going to be hell. Instead, she's falling for a guy she shouldn't. Ben Thompson, a FBI drug enforcement agent, discovers his new undercover assignment isn't going to be as bad as he thought when a hot girl walks into his dorm room and stays as his roommate! How are they to concentrate on their jobs when they are unknowingly falling in love with their secret partner?

two souls fall in love in the underworld until the angel of mercy forgives Jayelle and she is reborn on earth. Her soul mate sneaks into the mortal world and convinces a vampire to bite and turn him so he will be immortal

A collection of tales of growing up in a working class suburb of South Australia in the 1950's. My Dad was the butcher, next door was the grocer. Milk and bread were delivered by horse-drawn vehicles, and what is now a busy highway was once an ordinary street with little traffic. Welcome to a whole other world - so simple, so full of hope after the years of War and want. We thought it would never end. How blessed to have lived in those best of times.