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David Selby was born and grew up in Berkeley, California. He taught elementary school in California, Mexico, and New Mexico for thirty-six years. He and his wife live in Northwest New Mexico. He has written many short stories including the Joe the Man with Gills series. Mica is his first novel. Mica, an expert navigator, uses the currents of the Darkstream to pilot his ship across the galaxy to join his love, Olivine. On the way, he befriends Ronnie, a stowaway who can look like a coat or a first aid kit, the mysterious Vuud, and the translucent “Slight People”. They experience the savage planet of Carnage and the whirling destruction of the Moon of 10,000 Drones before they even reach Olivine in the brand-new city of Garner in the midst of an unknown world.

Max arrives in Japan believing he has finally escaped his old life. A new country, a cheap room, and the promise of anonymity feel like a reset—quiet, lonely, but safe. Days blur together as he drifts on the edges of society, unseen and unimportant. Then one day, Max wakes up in complete darkness. With no sense of time, place, or how he got there, his memories begin to fracture. Ordinary moments collide with unsettling gaps, and reality starts to feel unstable. The longer he waits, the harder it becomes to tell whether he is remembering, dreaming, or losing himself. MICE is a psychological thriller about isolation, identity, and the terrifying question of what remains when no one is watching.

En el corazón de una Miami vibrante y peligrosa, un equipo de élite de la DEA, compuesto exclusivamente por mujeres unidas por un lazo más fuerte que la sangre, se enfrenta a su misión más personal y destructiva. Michelle Morgado, una capitana de hierro con un pasado que se niega a soltar, lidera a este grupo de guerreras: Sol, la mente tecnológica y madre protectora; Janet y Norma, cuya relación secreta desafía las reglas del deber; y Karla, el antiguo amor de Michelle que regresa de las sombras para encender una llama que nunca se apagó. La estabilidad del equipo se desmorona cuando la traición se infiltra en sus hogares. Teylor, el esposo de Sol, revela su verdadera cara como un sociópata vinculado al despiadado cartel de Jáuregui, usando a su propia hija como peón en un juego mortal. Mientras la desconfianza siembra el caos y los secretos salen a la luz, las chicas deben decidir si creer en las mentiras del enemigo o en el amor que las ha mantenido vivas. Tras una emboscada sangrienta en una mansión de gala y una explosión que amenaza con enterrarlas bajo los escombros de su propia hermandad, el equipo queda fracturado. Con Michelle secuestrada por el hombre que juró protegerlas y el reloj corriendo en su contra, las agentes deberán reconstruir su fe mutua para ejecutar una cacería final donde la justicia ya no es suficiente: esta vez, se trata de supervivencia. Personajes Principales: Michelle: La capitana cuya armadura de hielo oculta un corazón herido por el amor de Karla. Karla: La agente que huyó para salvarse y regresó para salvar al equipo. Sol: El cerebro del grupo, cuya sed de justicia nace del dolor de una madre traicionada. Janet & Norma: El fuego y la roca; una pareja que demuestra que la pasión y la lealtad van de la mano.

As an interior designer, Erica Leal has a great career and a new condominium. But she has one problem: through the duct work in her bedroom she can hear everything her upstairs neighbor does in his, and with a different woman almost every night! Fortunately, her dry spell is challenged by a handsome new guy named Gianni Sloan, who happens to have a twin brother named Nico. Of course, the siblings are as different as night and day, with Gianni a self-centered player, and Nico a shy artist. As she tries to balance her feelings, Erica finally realizes the twins are actually one and the same—her very own upstairs neighbor! Feeling used, she consults a Latina witch doctor, who gives her an anti-love potion and instructions on how to get him out of her system. To top it off, Gianni has asked her to decorate his condo, and Erica agrees but with one exception: she’ll decorate in a way he’ll not soon forget! Miami Spice is created by Marva Dale, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author.

An orphan who grew up in the slums joins society in order to grow stronger, using who his superpower to copy other people's superpower.

Cosmic will be outta commission for a while... gotta redesign the story a bit. Thanks for helping out with your reviews and adding to your collections. it will be back one day...tho probably not soon

young boy Leonis Lionheart (Leo) gets the help of the system to find the hidden mistery of the death of his parents

Keiz Acrex was born a noble of the Kingdom of Lecratia—yet from the very start, he was branded a failure. His skill was useless for a man of status. His talent, lacking in every way a noble should shine. To his family, to his peers, he was nothing more than a disgrace. But fate is cruel, and fate is kind. The boy once mocked as worthless will one day become a dark, monstrous knight—an existence so fearsome that even the kingdom itself will tremble at his name. This is the story of his fall, his rise, and the legend that begins from failure.

Flora Bloom, who was betrayed and killed by her boyfriend in her past life, is reborn with a peerless spatial dimension back to the time before the crisis, hoarding food, raising a child, and tearing apart scumbag men and manipulative women. Originally, she just wanted to raise a child and low-key fight zombies and level up together with her family. But she discovered that she was unexpectedly falling step by step into a tender trap meticulously designed by a certain sly and scheming man. Flora Bloom looked at the vast space within her sea of consciousness; it had a farmhouse courtyard, fields, and a Spirit River, but it just lacked a bit of vitality. So, a fat, sky-flying mantis? Collect! A rare little white tiger that can discharge electricity? Collect! A behemoth spirit crocodile with its young? Collect! As long as it's alive and edible, collect, collect, collect them all! Endless scumbags and vile women, a shameless and deeply scheming leader, all wanting to use her to attack zombies and obtain more Crystal Cores for their own gain? Your shameless, worthless life? Hand it over.

[Ding! The 'Randomly Spend' Tycoon System is at your service.] On her way to work, Yun Zijin was bound by a system named 'Randomly Spend'. [Spending Task Completed. A 2x rebate has been triggered. Ownership of Villa No. 1 at Xingyu Mansion. The related documents have been placed in the system backpack.] [Spending Task Completed. A 3x rebate has been triggered. Ownership of Dingsi Building. The related documents have been placed in the system backpack.] ... Yun Zijin was dazzled by the system's rewards, only to be told that her wealthy parents had found her? That she's the true daughter of the Xia Family of Dijing? Being bound to the Tycoon System was exciting for Yun Zijin, but she refused to be part of any cliché wealthy family drama. The Xia Family of Dijing? Yun Zijin: Get lost! Don't even think about associating with me!