Click on image to enlarge.

	Regular				Club
List Price:	$4.59				$3.90
You Pay:	$2.52				$2.14
You Save:	45.1%				53.38%

eBook Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy
eBook Description: A collection of short stories by Susanne Marie Knight. "Homesick"--Just what is Jayna homesick for? Through a miraculous event, Jayna overcomes her antagonism to her new surroundings. But will she be able to reconcile her husband to the upcoming, impossible event? "True Love and Candy Corn"--On a Halloween outing, thirteen-year-old Rebecca knocks on a "witch's" door. As her treat, she is cursed with true love until the end of time, and even though desirable Frank Palmer seems to be the love object in question, Rebecca is thoroughly spooked. Now, nine years later, Rebecca is treat-or-treating again as she escorts her young cousins on their rounds. When she comes face to face with Frank, she doesn't see true love as a curse anymore. Will the witch's prophecy come true? "Happy Anniversary"--Ten years ago, Claire Newberry had made a terrible mistake. When she returns to the restaurant where she foolishly had broken up with her boyfriend, will she get a second chance at love? "Saturation Point"--If you think the light of the silvery moon is romantic, just think what the shadow of the planet Mars will do to one's libido! "Grand-mère's Sainte Bleu"--After a young girl touches the special portrait hanging in her grandmother's house, the grandmother tells how she met her true love at a USO dance during World War II. "A Very Special Christmas Present"--Her only brother killed in the Napoleonic Wars, romance is the furthest thing from grieving Deidre's mind. However her young "niece"--Cupid's curly-haired accomplice--is determined to give Auntie Dee the best Christmas present ever. "Special of the Week"--The new restaurant in town has delicious food. Eat at your own risk! "Teacher's Pet"--Ever since Bill Nelson was a kid, bully "Mac" MacDonald always bested him. Now grown, Bill has a bit of an inferiority complex. To even the playing field, he visits a hypnotherapist who knows just how to handle the obnoxious Mac. "Shades of Old Glory"--After winning a contest she doesn't remember entering, Rebecca Sedgwick arrives at a Virginia plantation bed and breakfast ready to relax before starting her job search. She finds her older hosts very congenial but Jake, the handsome handyman, is antagonistic. That night, on the eve of the July 4th celebration, she has a vivid dream of a Civil War battle. As one corporal lays dying, he asks for her help. But how can she possibly help a ghost? "Adolescence"--Never doubt an alien fortuneteller! Shandelle is a happy-go-lucky teenager who is preoccupied with normal teenager concerns. But what will she do when she learns that her perfect world will soon come to an end? "Zeus and the Single Teacher"--A hunky new instructor, a magic pencil, and two out-of-the-ordinary adolescent girls create an odyssey of love for a lonely teacher. "Friday Night"--If only she could meet Mr. Right--someone like the new neighbor that had moved into the garden apartment below hers. She hadn't seen much of him, probably because their work schedules conflicted. What she had seen, though, she instinctively liked. See how a lost article of clothing introduces two neighbors. "Lady Elizabeth's Excellent Adventure"--Lady Elizabeth would rather be comfortable than go on an adventure. She isn't given a choice however, when she takes the plunge... literally and figuratively, and ends up in a New York cop's hot tub. Is it possible that they can be the answer to each other's unspoken prayers?

eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com, Published: Fictionwise.com, 2005
Fictionwise Release Date: August 2005

5 Reader Ratings:

Great	Good	OK	Poor

Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: eReader (PDB) [163 KB] , ePub (EPUB) [186 KB] , Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [139 KB] , Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [919 KB] , Palm Doc (PDB) [155 KB] , Microsoft Reader (LIT) [169 KB] , Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [201 KB] , hiebook (KML) [397 KB] , Sony Reader (LRF) [240 KB] , iSilo (PDB) [128 KB] , Mobipocket (PRC) [159 KB] , Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [213 KB] , OEBFF Format (IMP) [204 KB]
Words: 44340
Reading time: 126-177 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Portable Document Format (PDF) Format:  Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED

Jayna stared out at the vast expanse of desert undulating before her. The shifting sands roughly lapped at her booted feet. As she watched, arid winds increased in tempo, whirling the gritty particles into a frenzy. Soon a sandstorm would obscure her vision and she'd have to return to the compound.

Not that she minded. Staying inside the manmade tomb carved into a mountain higher than Mount Everest irritated her, but being outside was infinitely worse. At least inside, ordinary, everyday objects surrounded her. Outside, only the monotonous, pale sand seemed familiar. But instead of reminding her of the home she'd left behind, the sand's color made her blood boil. She'd expected the stuff to be blood-red.

God, how she hated this place. Even the name of the desert was apt: Hellas. Hell. How true.

Inhaling a deep breath of the purified oxygen-nitrogen mixture from the tank strapped to her shoulders, she took one last look at the velvet skies pierced by intense, untwinkling points of light. Two tiny moons hung low on the horizon. Two. If she lived to be one hundred, she'd never get used to that unnatural sight.

Just as she'd predicted, blowing sand fiercely ground against her visor. Time to leave. She turned her back on the Martian landscape and with a flying leap, opened the airlock to the compound, and stepped inside. Removing her helmet, she shook her dark hair free, then heard the loud clanging of steel-reinforced doors behind her.

She sighed. Trapped. An infernal prison, and she was one of the inmates.