A fantasy short story.

A cursed prince. A vain beauty. Glory is the seventh daughter of Balthazar, High King of the Twelve Kingdoms. Glory hopes that - of all her sisters - she can escape the fate of a loveless marriage. But on the night she plans to elope with the royal falconer, her world comes crashing down: Her father announces Glory's betrothal to Eoghan of the Blood Realm - a prince no one has ever seen. The prince is said to be a recluse, cursed and deformed by the gods for the sins of his power-hungry father. Yet when Glory is trapped in Blackthorn Keep she discovers that not everything is what she expected. An insulting gryphon, a persistent ghost, and a secret plan to usurp the prince keep Glory reeling. Can she overcome her vanity to learn that what you want isn't necessarily what you need-and save the cursed prince?

**THIS IS THE DRAFT COPY AND MAY DIFFER DRAMATICALLY FROM THE FINAL VERSION** (Currently enrolled in Kindle Unlimited at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PI4BNZY . Final copy includes new chapters and content!) "I felt your sky, and it has told me much. There is a dark force at work. The world is about to change, and you... little red hen... are at the center of it." --The Kelpie of Lake Lomond When a magic acorn falls on Rós's head and changes how she sees the entire world, she believes the sky is falling. She seeks the advice of her farmyard friends, only to be sent on a quest of a lifetime. Many factions are in play and lives are at stake when she learns that an even greater evil is lurking than just the Ents in the woods. Can one little red hen save the world? In this twist on the classic tale of Chicken Little, no one is too small to make a difference. *** FROM THE BOOK: She looked down at the acorn and suddenly remembered. A dark and stormy night. The acorn rocketing from the swirling vortex like a golden, shooting star. Then... WHACK! Rós's beak gaped. A piece of sky had struck her.

Mike O'Malley, a Manhattan bartender down on his luck, finds himself evicted from his Bronx apartment. A walk to clear his head ends in a tragic incident. He wakes up at Fairy Tale Inn in the magical land of Crum where townsfolk burst into song, and all is bright and cheerful... or is it? Often the happiest places are facades for something darker. Can Mike accept his new identity as Moredread and save our favorite fairy tale characters from a fate far more sinister than being stuck in a chorus line?

What do you do when your exam is a blank piece of paper with no instructions? Aleator scribbled all over his. But there was one problem: that was someone's destiny and he had utterly screwed it up. Now he must make a deal with Chance, the Elders and the Angel of Death to save his charge from the life he's written for her, and act as her guardian angel.

Sam Dalcome thinks he is so completely average that no one ever notices him. Until he discovers a mysterious stranger outside his home. Bewildered, he tries to uncover the stranger's intentions. But Sam is sidetracked when he and his friend Travis discover a secret passageway deep in the town's quarry that leads to a hidden cavern. What they uncover next will not only change their lives forever, but will uncover the first clue to a deadly Dalcome family secret. Sam finds himself drawn into a world of mystery and magic he never knew existed, which brings him closer to a destiny he never knew was possible. HAVEN SERIES: Known as a place of refuge, Haven is a sanctuary for those with supernatural abilities. Decades of peace between the Witches, Vampires, Goblins, Elves, and Orcs is coming to an end. Now the once tranquil world is shrouded in deception and corruption. Dark secrets tear at the very fabric of their alliance giving way to an evil that stirs in the shadows. Exhilarating and utterly gripping, the HAVEN series is an action-packed journey full of suspense, magic, mystery, and intrigue.

Sienna Beckham is a powerful witch, and along with her four fiercely protective Keepers, it is her destiny to maintain the balance of nature in this world. Tonight, it's the town carnival and everyone will be there: Sienna's family; her friends; her protectors. Archer. Laughter and flirtation await. But in a few hours, Sienna's life will have changed forever and her powers stretched to their very limits. For something is lurking in the forest… Murder. Sorcery. Revenge. And no one sees it coming. The Keepers: Sienna is a free prequel brought to you by HarperImpulse. To find out what happens at the end, download the first book in this exciting new paranormal romance trilogy now. Buy The Keepers: Archer: http://smarturl.it/thekeepersamazon

It's in his blood and soul. Adam is not like the others, not meant to live a normal life. He is a chosen one... a demon hunter. But he doesn't know it. And until it is time for him to find out, he has to be protected at all costs from the ones who wish to murder his kind. Yet, when his guardian angel is unable to watch over him anymore, the higher forces have no choice but to count on her to do this... a fallen angel, back from hell. She always has to stay in the shadows, yet the time comes and Adam has to face his destiny. What will it be? Life or death? ~ Copyright © 2013 *ALL RIGHTS RESERVED* All rights are reserved by the owner and creator of this work (username/pseudonym: XenaraDaolftan) and any infringement of copyright is punishable by law. ~ *I DO NOT OWN ANY FRAGMENTS FROM DIFFERENT BOOKS THAT MAY APPEAR HERE.*

Cara’s mother has disappeared. Her father isn’t talking about it. Her big brother Max is hiding behind his iPod, and her genius little brother Jackson is busy studying the creatures he collects from the beach. But when a watery specter begins to haunt the family’s Cape Cod home, Cara and her brothers realize that their scientist mother may not be who they thought she was—and that the world has much stranger, much older inhabitants than they had imagined. With help from Cara’s best friend Hayley, the three embark on a quest that will lead them from the Cape’s hidden, ancient places to a shipwreck at the bottom of the sea. They’re soon on the front lines of an ancient battle between good and evil, with the terrifying “pouring man” close on their heels. One chapter will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays until all 10 chapters are up. These will be followed by the second book in the series, The Shimmers in the Night. A Junior Library Guild Pick; Kirkus Reviews Best of 2011; Selected for the ABC Best Books for Children Catalog; Locus Notable Books.

They say that people go there when they're ready to die. They say Death himself is a patron. That's where the tavern gets its name. Azrael's Stop. Watering hole for the Angel of Death. But that's just rumour. Ceph doesn't trade in rumour. He just serves drinks. Except, of course, that every couple of weeks, someone dies at Azrael's Stop. Azrael’s Stop is an experimental fiction and music project, about life, death, and friendship. It is the story of a mystical tavern and how the people who go there develop over the course of a year: Ceph, the seventeen-year-old bartender who has seen all his loved ones die; Tom, the depressed old man, whom death will not take; Rye, who visits every day, though he died a year ago; Nael, the blind minstrel who saw war too young; Lona, the mysterious hunter of the dead; Trin, the girl who refuses to deal with her past; and the crow who watches over it all, cawing only when someone dies in Azrael's Stop. Azrael's Stop is part of a larger storytelling project by Silverstring Media, Inc., and is best enjoyed accompanied by the Azrael's Stop Official Soundtrack, which includes music referenced in this story. To learn more, and to purchase the album, go to http://azraelsstop.com This is a preview; the first several chapters are available to read here for free! To get the whole story, it's available as an ebook from http://silverstringmedia.com/store or get more information at http://azraelsstop.com