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What strange science made Nameless who he is? What catastrophes have been erased from his memories? In the stunning conclusion of this series, the dark past comes flooding back, and Nameless must decide how much he really wants to know. In Indiana, a murderous psycho has kidnapped his own six-year-old stepson, Jamie, and secreted him away in a subterranean cave. It’s become their bunker. For Nameless, the case is breaking down his defenses, and it may force him to face his memories.

Do you long for stories that feel like home, echoing laughter and wisdom from the past? Are you searching for heartfelt tales that are easy to listen to, without complex language or heavy themes? Would you love to share moments of nostalgia and joy with family, friends, or your book club?

Join Mark Twain as he remembers his earliest attempt at poetry, which was a piece of writing that won no favor with his father. Then again many sons will have tackled a project with the same good humor and savage sarcasm.

In a valley in which the remains of structures are overrun with postapocalyptic plants and animals, two entities wonder what creatures built these crumbling things.

This second book in a series of short stories by this author continues in the same vein as the first. Larsen tells us fanciful, mysterious stories, some are a bit scary while others tug at your heart strings. She has put together an enticing mixture of all the above. Each story is different in theme and tone with enough variety to keep you wanting to listen to the next one.

This audiobook contains many unreleased and internationally published pieces of Joseph A. Santiago (Mr. Joe). This books represents a decade's worth of works from Mr. Joe's life. The work utilizes creative nonfiction, fiction writing, poetry, essays, and showcases collaboration from the World Voice Project. Mr. Joe utilizes the digital media environment to connect the audience to him and continue conversations beyond what's possible in traditional publishing.

A child prodigy becomes an international celebrity at the young age of four through his obsession with knife sharpening. A man discovers that the food scraps he's been tossing overboard for more than three decades have been nourishing a lobster to the point that the beast becomes a real threat to his existence. The brutal destruction of two island communities is witnessed by a young man who watches in amazed horror as all manners of sea monsters converge on the doomed islands. If only he could think of a solution in time! Get these stories and others when you download this audiobook.

Gabrielle, a trophy wife and hobby gardener, wakes up from a coma and can't remember anything about her perfect life with Cory, her rich husband who has pampered her for eight years. She comes home to a closet full of designer clothes and Louboutin heels lining the rear wall, and she's pleased. She's also on edge, and her feelings are a mystery.

Edward lives the good life in Brooklyn. Until he's haunted by a strange legacy - the memory of his deceased grandmother. It seems that Grandma has some unfinished business in this world. To get his grandmother out of his head, Edward journeys to Poland, where he wrestles with his family's complicated past. This is a story of possession, in both senses of the word - a Jewish ghost story told with humor, tenderness, and insight.

2000 Deciduous Trees is an exploration of individual experience selected from Nath Jones's '90s zine, The Skirt. The writing resists losing its balance during a time when gasoline was cheap and no one drove slowly on the cusp of the new millennium. The voice yearns for change. But nothing can be done in a 20-something world where one-night stands get forgotten with execution-style murders.

Gerald is his Mother's precious one, but his father doesn't share her opinion and neither do his school friends. He is both pampered and bullied until he discovers a unique telepathic skill. Aged seven, he wonders, what if everyone were a house, and what type of house would they be? These two moments eventually come together in adulthood, with frightening consequences....

This is my life, one mistake at a time. Worker-bee goes to work, sip coffee, step forward, one, two, three. I'm a brainless zombie with no purpose in life. Feed me brains and I'll eat 'em raw with some Tabasco. Worst mistake in my life, getting married to the perfect Russian princess. Her beautiful face hides treacherous intent. She'll suck you dry like a lemon until you have no juice left. Out of life, out of money, out of any hopes and dreams. This is your life, suck it up and don't complain.

Grandma Mary is an educated, yet financially poor woman. She struggles every day to pay the bills and to put some food on the table. The only one she has in life is her grandson Misha. She works for a wealthy family in Rublevka, yet this doesn't improve her situation. A tragic event will turn her life upside down, completely changing the existence of both Mary and Misha. This is the story about a little boy who had everything and nothing at the same time.

In the misty mountains near Yangtze River, there is a remote village. This is the place where she was born, The Purple Lotus. A poor farmer girl who will rise from the ashes of the old, like a phoenix. She will fly high above the sky reaching for the scorching sun. This is her destiny, to be free from bondage. This is her beginning, her one and only moment.

Dima is alone, an orphan in life. Born in a small village in the Siberian Taiga, he must find his destiny. With nothing in his pockets, one day he starts a journey. No direction and no purpose - that's his life. A series of unfortunate events slowly and gradually turn him in to a criminal. Dima the thug, that's who he is. Will he ever find peace? Will he free himself from his criminal life?

A young man named Peter is inside a car. He's travelling to meet the boss. This is a very important meeting. His life depends on it. This meeting will decide his future, to live or die. The big boss will decide this. Welcome to Mother Russia and the criminal underworld in capital city. Money can buy it all. Everything is just about getting the money.

Forced by loyalty into a situation she doesn't want to be in, a young woman's oath of abstinence is put to the test when she is tempted by a group of hot guys, and jealousy rears its ugly head.