Avril Sabine
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Genre: Urban Fantasy Short Story.Word Count: 2497Scott has no idea how to solve any of the numerous problems filling his life. Then he meets Joe who offers a unique solution. He's not certain Joe can help because the offer sounds a little too good to be true.This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling.
2) Premonition
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Horror (with elements of romance).Word Count: 52092Emily Hunter has had the same dream every night for the past six months, one that made her quit being a demon hunter. It's a nightmare she wishes never to have again. When she finally dreams of something else, it doesn't help, only has her fearing for her sanity and her life. To survive, she needs to face all she's tried to avoid. If she fails it'll mean not only her...
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Genre: Memoir.
Word Count: 12792
Joyce
Born April 1926
Joyce's childhood was during an era when sugar cane was cut by hand, not everyone had electricity or running water, recycling was more a necessity than a lifestyle and people dressed up when calling on their neighbours. This is a collection of stories told to her granddaughter when she was a child, fascinated by a world so different from her own.
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4) Dragon Lord
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Genre: Children's Fantasy (Preteen/early teens)Word Count: 48230In a world ruled by those who own dragons it is almost impossible to change your station in life. Fen is an orphan with a short life expectancy and no hope for the future. In the process of trying to steal a dragon for his master, Fen's life looks like it's going to become even shorter. He's faced with a difficult decision. Should he risk everything, including his blood boiling in his...
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy.Word Count: 58374When Audrey and her family become lost on a rural road, they end up with more problems than just car troubles. Kidnappers, an imprisoned knight and Fae who are rapidly losing their sanity, but not their magic. Audrey doesn't know if she'll survive let alone save those she cares about.This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling.
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Sci-Fi/Superheroes.Word Count: 77310 When Douglas bursts into the bookstore, Gina is meant to be on the beach enjoying the end of the school holidays before she starts her final year of high school, not working an extra shift. Along with two teenage boys, she's kidnapped by a crazy gunman talking about human experimentation and a highly contagious virus that was meant to create a super army. Instead it brings death. If the...
7) Feud
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Horror (with elements of romance).Word Count: 54,145Aura spends a ridiculous amount of time rescuing her mum from dangerous situations. This one would have to be the worst. More dangerous than the serial killer episode. And for once, it isn't her mum's fault. Not that it makes the situation any less dangerous or the chance of her survival any greater. Demons are real and they want her family dead. She's determined...
8) Tainted
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Horror (with elements of romance).Word Count: 50529Cassidy is sick of her father looking for a miracle cure. He should accept there is none, instead of believing the lies told by those who prey on the desperate. But he doesn't and Cassidy finds herself in an abandoned industrial building staring into the flame streaked eyes of a demon. Only a thin line of salt keeping her alive.This story was written by an Australian...
9) Extrication
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Horror.Word Count: 57359Esther is determined to change her life around. To stop mourning, stop being angry and most of all to stop getting into fights. She decides it's going to take a new attitude, a new city and a new job. As always, things don't go according to plan and she's left wondering who will mourn her if the worst happens?This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling.
10) Pliethin
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy.Word Count: 57263Sixteen-year-old Amber's life, that was once completely normal, is dramatically changed when she is forced to move to a small Queensland town west of Brisbane. Suddenly dragons are no longer creatures of myth. Amber becomes caught up in their world of clans, survival of the fittest, ancient traditions, dangerous enemies and dragon warriors.This story was written by an Australian author using Australian...
11) Retribution
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Horror (with elements of romance).Word Count: 55570Scarlett knows the things that go bump in the night are real. Her family has hunted demons for generations. She has grown up learning how to banish them, seeing things most people couldn't imagine, even in their worst nightmares. In fact, hunting demons is just like many other jobs. The hours are long, the pay is nearly non-existent and the clients are determined to...
12) Pact
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Series two of Dragon Blood series)Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy.Word Count: 57,650 Having allies around her hasn't made things easier for Amber. Time is running out. One of her allies is imprisoned and they need to be rescued before all of them are forever trapped in a world not their own. This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling.
13) Cursed
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Horror (with elements of romance).Word Count: 52943After running into Luca, Penelope gets out of her car, worried he's hurt. When he tells her she's now his master and he's a genie, or a jinn as he says, she wants to put as much distance as possible between them. He's obviously insane. Others believe he's a genie, even though Penelope doesn't. They're willing to do anything to end her life so they can become Luca's...
14) The Island
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Genre: Children's Fantasy.Word Count: 12238***This is book two of a four book series that is best read in order to avoid spoilers.***Continuing to use the Battle Circuit as a way to travel in his search for his family, Shen returns to the place where it all began. The Island. An important clue is discovered, but disaster strikes and the journey he's waited years to make, may need to be delayed.This story was written by an Australian author using Australian...
15) The Arena
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Genre: Children's Fantasy.Word Count: 14791***This is book one of a four book series that is best read in order to avoid spoilers.***Shen was separated from his family during a volcanic eruption when he was three-years-old. No one has ever come forward to claim him, but he refuses to believe he's an orphan. Trained to be a sword fighter at an Arena, he uses the Battle Circuit to travel the country looking for clues about his family. All he has is...
16) Mage
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy.Word Count: 55356Amber wants to take back control of her life. She's fed up with assassins, death threats, unrealistic expectations, nightmares and secrets. The secrets most of all. Especially Ronan's secrets and in particular his secret that she knows will scare the hell out of her and will probably never let her have another moment of peace. Maybe some secrets shouldn't be told.This story was written by an Australian...
17) An Endless Dawn
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The beginning of a new dawn.
When an alien life form is discovered and brought back to Earth, the possibilities seem endless. Piper is fascinated from the beginning, wanting to know everything about the plant and desperate to own one when a limited amount are released to the public. There are of course the usual rumours and crazy people who preach that the end of the world is coming. But Piper knows better. It's the most monumental discovery and somehow...
18) Over Too Soon
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Genre: Young Adult Contemporary/Paranormal.Word Count: 71935Seventeen-year-old Kayla finds life a breeze. She has plans for her future and friends to hang out with. Life is exactly the way she wants it to be. Until she realises that not every person she can see is actually alive. Or friendly. Her world is crumbling, her twin brother is suicidal, a ghost moves in and her own death seems a distinct possibility.This story was written by an Australian...
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy.Word Count: 53234 Summer is meant to look after her brother and keep him out of trouble. That's a little hard to do when they find themselves in the realms of the Fae where she can't keep herself out of trouble. Hunted by a Demi Fae and needing to break a curse, Summer fears she'll never find her way home. The Fae are meant to be stories for children. Not something to fear.This story was written by an Australian author...
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Genre: Creative Writing (Nonfiction)
Word Count: 3153 (52 Writing Exercises)
Looking for ways to practice and improve your writing skills? An exercise a week to help you hone your skills might be exactly what you need. These exercises have been collated from workshops run by Avril Sabine where she has shared some of her knowledge gained from decades of writing.
This book was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling.