The One Thousand: Book Two: Team of Seven
by John Walters
Price: $2.99 USD. 27480 words.
Published on April 9, 2013. Fiction.
In the late 1960s a team composed of humans and benevolent aliens hunt for murderous, alien-possessed convicts with enhanced powers who have escaped from prison.
Location: United States
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John Walters
Biography
John Walters now lives in San Diego with some of his five sons. He attended the 1973 Clarion West science fiction writing workshop and is a member of Science Fiction Writers of America. He writes mainstream fiction, science fiction and fantasy, and memoirs of his wanderings around the world.
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The One Thousand: A Novella
by John Walters
Price: $2.99 USD. 12460 words. Published on February 28, 2013. Fiction.
It is the late 1960s... What better place than prison to recruit psychopathic killers? So thinks Benny, possessed by a thousand alien entities which he intends to share around with the other inmates before unleashing a murderous rampage. Only William Stafford, a Vietnam War veteran, can stop him. But to do so he has to break back into the prison he has just escaped from...
Price: $2.99 USD. 12460 words. Published on February 28, 2013. Fiction.
It is the late 1960s... What better place than prison to recruit psychopathic killers? So thinks Benny, possessed by a thousand alien entities which he intends to share around with the other inmates before unleashing a murderous rampage. Only William Stafford, a Vietnam War veteran, can stop him. But to do so he has to break back into the prison he has just escaped from...
Fear or Be Feared: Fantasies
by John Walters
Price: $4.99 USD. 65810 words. Published on December 20, 2012. Fiction.
An American reporter discovers a hidden valley in the Himalayas ruled by a lovely but sinister woman who may not be human. A teenage girl climbing Mount Olympus is possessed by an ancient Greek god who uses her as an instrument of vengeance. In these and twelve other surreal and fantastic tales unwary people discover that the world is very different from what they imagined.
Price: $4.99 USD. 65810 words. Published on December 20, 2012. Fiction.
An American reporter discovers a hidden valley in the Himalayas ruled by a lovely but sinister woman who may not be human. A teenage girl climbing Mount Olympus is possessed by an ancient Greek god who uses her as an instrument of vengeance. In these and twelve other surreal and fantastic tales unwary people discover that the world is very different from what they imagined.
America Redux: Impressions of the United States After Thirty-Five Years Abroad
by John Walters
Price: $4.99 USD. 49240 words. Published on December 12, 2012. Nonfiction.
In 1976 John Walters left the United States in search of adventure and literary inspiration. He lived for many years in India, Bangladesh, Italy, and Greece. Finally, faced with the economic catastrophe in Greece and the lack of opportunities for his sons, he returned to the land of his birth. Without home, without job, without resources, he confronted his own country as if for the first time.
Price: $4.99 USD. 49240 words. Published on December 12, 2012. Nonfiction.
In 1976 John Walters left the United States in search of adventure and literary inspiration. He lived for many years in India, Bangladesh, Italy, and Greece. Finally, faced with the economic catastrophe in Greece and the lack of opportunities for his sons, he returned to the land of his birth. Without home, without job, without resources, he confronted his own country as if for the first time.
The Disappearance of Juliana and Invisible People: Two Fantasies
by John Walters
Price: $2.99 USD. 9780 words. Published on November 14, 2012. Fiction.
In these two related tales, a young artist being pursued by her abusive stepfather and a middle-aged man fleeing a terrifying incident from his past are recruited to join a society of people linked together by telepathy which exists completely outside the awareness of the present world system.
Price: $2.99 USD. 9780 words. Published on November 14, 2012. Fiction.
In these two related tales, a young artist being pursued by her abusive stepfather and a middle-aged man fleeing a terrifying incident from his past are recruited to join a society of people linked together by telepathy which exists completely outside the awareness of the present world system.
The Lady of the Lost Valley: A Fantasy
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 4700 words. Published on November 13, 2012. Fiction.
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During the British Raj an American reporter discovers a hidden valley in the foothills of the Himalaya ruled by a lovely but sinister woman who may not be human.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4700 words. Published on November 13, 2012. Fiction.
(4.00 from 1 review) During the British Raj an American reporter discovers a hidden valley in the foothills of the Himalaya ruled by a lovely but sinister woman who may not be human.
The Elephant's Eyes: A Fantasy
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 3340 words. Published on September 23, 2012. Fiction.
In the midst of a savage riot a young Indian woman's spirit merges with that of a temple elephant. Realizing that she can control the beast, she guides it out into the midst of the chaos to rescue herself from those who are attacking her.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3340 words. Published on September 23, 2012. Fiction.
In the midst of a savage riot a young Indian woman's spirit merges with that of a temple elephant. Realizing that she can control the beast, she guides it out into the midst of the chaos to rescue herself from those who are attacking her.
Clouds Without Rain: A Fantasy
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 3410 words. Published on September 18, 2012. Fiction.
Mexico has conquered much of the territory that once belonged to the United States. Americans are confused and disoriented. A lone, dying Native American searches for his people, a race of people that no one else believes ever existed. If he doesn't find them soon it will be too late.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3410 words. Published on September 18, 2012. Fiction.
Mexico has conquered much of the territory that once belonged to the United States. Americans are confused and disoriented. A lone, dying Native American searches for his people, a race of people that no one else believes ever existed. If he doesn't find them soon it will be too late.
Fear or Be Feared: A Story
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 6100 words. Published on September 11, 2012. Fiction.
A teenage Greek girl climbs Mount Olympus with some of her friends. Lost in a lightning storm, she discovers the spirit of an ancient Greek god which possesses her and uses her against her will as an instrument of vengeance.
Price: $0.99 USD. 6100 words. Published on September 11, 2012. Fiction.
A teenage Greek girl climbs Mount Olympus with some of her friends. Lost in a lightning storm, she discovers the spirit of an ancient Greek god which possesses her and uses her against her will as an instrument of vengeance.
The Illuminations: A Fantasy
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 5690 words. Published on September 3, 2012. Fiction.
Members of a rock group hiking in the Himalaya discover an ancient manuscript which gives them clues on how to compose songs to unlock within themselves the spirits of certain beasts. When they sing the songs they realize to their horror that they cannot control the spirits.
Price: $0.99 USD. 5690 words. Published on September 3, 2012. Fiction.
Members of a rock group hiking in the Himalaya discover an ancient manuscript which gives them clues on how to compose songs to unlock within themselves the spirits of certain beasts. When they sing the songs they realize to their horror that they cannot control the spirits.
Slice-of-Death
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 4260 words. Published on September 3, 2012. Fiction.
Paranoia overwhelms a young college student as reality and fantasy merge in the midst of a drug trip which he realizes a dark power may be controlling.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4260 words. Published on September 3, 2012. Fiction.
Paranoia overwhelms a young college student as reality and fantasy merge in the midst of a drug trip which he realizes a dark power may be controlling.
The Misadventures of Mama Kitchen: A Novel
by John Walters
Price: $5.99 USD. 74230 words. Published on August 15, 2012. Fiction.
In the late 1960s a hippy girl leaves her middle-class home and wanders first to a wilderness commune, then to Haight/Ashbury, and finally to Woodstock. On the way she encounters many strange characters. Though often disillusioned, she believes hippies should unite to create a better world. It's a wild tale: sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, sometimes violent, sometimes sexy, always extreme.
Price: $5.99 USD. 74230 words. Published on August 15, 2012. Fiction.
In the late 1960s a hippy girl leaves her middle-class home and wanders first to a wilderness commune, then to Haight/Ashbury, and finally to Woodstock. On the way she encounters many strange characters. Though often disillusioned, she believes hippies should unite to create a better world. It's a wild tale: sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, sometimes violent, sometimes sexy, always extreme.
After the Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Memoir of Greece
by John Walters
Price: $4.99 USD. 41230 words. Published on July 1, 2012. Nonfiction.
Greece has always been regarded as the birthplace of western civilization and a Mediterranean paradise. In The Iliad and The Odyssey Homer uses the magical epithet rosy-fingered dawn to describe the sunrise over a land of myth, fascination, and mystery. But when preconceptions and illusions are swept aside, what is Greece really like?
Price: $4.99 USD. 41230 words. Published on July 1, 2012. Nonfiction.
Greece has always been regarded as the birthplace of western civilization and a Mediterranean paradise. In The Iliad and The Odyssey Homer uses the magical epithet rosy-fingered dawn to describe the sunrise over a land of myth, fascination, and mystery. But when preconceptions and illusions are swept aside, what is Greece really like?
The Perspicacity of Soaring Eagle
by John Walters
Price: $1.49 USD. 5210 words. Published on May 29, 2012. Fiction.
After a devastating fireflood the Earth has been newly terraformed. Soaring Eagle, searching for the spirits of his ancestors, finds a frigid island in the far north inhabited by huge bears which are supposed to be docile but have turned savage. Then a woman arrives who is bent on avenging a past wrong. A quest for fulfillment becomes a struggle for survival.
Price: $1.49 USD. 5210 words. Published on May 29, 2012. Fiction.
After a devastating fireflood the Earth has been newly terraformed. Soaring Eagle, searching for the spirits of his ancestors, finds a frigid island in the far north inhabited by huge bears which are supposed to be docile but have turned savage. Then a woman arrives who is bent on avenging a past wrong. A quest for fulfillment becomes a struggle for survival.
Noah and the Fireflood
by John Walters
Price: $1.49 USD. 7190 words. Published on May 29, 2012. Fiction.
After the Earth's atmosphere ignites and burns and the surface of the Earth is destroyed, with the help of an enigmatic genius called the Time Tiger a young woman travels backward in time in a desperate attempt to save the Earth's fauna from extinction.
Price: $1.49 USD. 7190 words. Published on May 29, 2012. Fiction.
After the Earth's atmosphere ignites and burns and the surface of the Earth is destroyed, with the help of an enigmatic genius called the Time Tiger a young woman travels backward in time in a desperate attempt to save the Earth's fauna from extinction.
Tasting the Forbidden Fruit, or, If This is Hell Then Why is Everyone Smiling?
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 4720 words. Published on May 29, 2012. Fiction.
Aliens finally arrive, landing at many locations, wandering about as if tourists, ignoring humans. In the aftermath of their departure cults spring up of devotees awaiting their return. Years later an apostate re-enters one such commune to which his wife has returned, to persuade her to come away with him again. What he encounters is a bizarre, deteriorating culture of unrequited longing.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4720 words. Published on May 29, 2012. Fiction.
Aliens finally arrive, landing at many locations, wandering about as if tourists, ignoring humans. In the aftermath of their departure cults spring up of devotees awaiting their return. Years later an apostate re-enters one such commune to which his wife has returned, to persuade her to come away with him again. What he encounters is a bizarre, deteriorating culture of unrequited longing.
Generation Gap
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 3060 words. Published on May 29, 2012. Fiction.
In the aftermath of a conflict in which all adults are killed or driven away by their progeny, children and teens roam the streets of a ruined city. When they near the age of 21 they must play the ultimate game, snuff sport, to prevent themselves from becoming hated adults. When a lone grown-up re-enters the city, he is captured and put on trial for his life.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3060 words. Published on May 29, 2012. Fiction.
In the aftermath of a conflict in which all adults are killed or driven away by their progeny, children and teens roam the streets of a ruined city. When they near the age of 21 they must play the ultimate game, snuff sport, to prevent themselves from becoming hated adults. When a lone grown-up re-enters the city, he is captured and put on trial for his life.
Life After Walden
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 4330 words. Published on May 29, 2012. Fiction.
In a future gone over to virtual simulations, a man escapes to Walden Pond, site of Henry David Thoreau's classic "Walden". When a group of friends, thinking him unbalanced, come to bring him home, they are instead one by one pulled into the simple reality of the natural life. Then a relative takes a more violent approach to make them all see reason.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4330 words. Published on May 29, 2012. Fiction.
In a future gone over to virtual simulations, a man escapes to Walden Pond, site of Henry David Thoreau's classic "Walden". When a group of friends, thinking him unbalanced, come to bring him home, they are instead one by one pulled into the simple reality of the natural life. Then a relative takes a more violent approach to make them all see reason.
Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales
by John Walters
Price: $4.99 USD. 56280 words. Published on May 29, 2012. Fiction.
These tales offer terrifying glimpses of Earth's future gone wrong. From the author's afterword: "Dark literature is not meant to overwhelm us. It is meant to purge us, to provide catharsis. It is a cleansing and purifying process. We must be aware of the evil within before we can clean it out."
Price: $4.99 USD. 56280 words. Published on May 29, 2012. Fiction.
These tales offer terrifying glimpses of Earth's future gone wrong. From the author's afterword: "Dark literature is not meant to overwhelm us. It is meant to purge us, to provide catharsis. It is a cleansing and purifying process. We must be aware of the evil within before we can clean it out."
Brown-Eyed Girl: A Romance of the Future
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 3390 words. Published on January 25, 2012. Fiction.
In the future all prisons have become redundant. An old man who has spent most of his adult life behind bars, abruptly set free into a strange new world he does not comprehend, sets out to search for the girl he once loved.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3390 words. Published on January 25, 2012. Fiction.
In the future all prisons have become redundant. An old man who has spent most of his adult life behind bars, abruptly set free into a strange new world he does not comprehend, sets out to search for the girl he once loved.
The Earth-Born: A novelette of the future
by John Walters
Price: $2.99 USD. 15490 words. Published on December 18, 2011. Fiction.
A fireflood brought on by the wars of humanity has devastated Earth, and an island on the newly terraformed world is being used as a penal colony. When a representative arrives to offer the prisoners' children who have come of age a chance at relocation and education at an off-world facility, he and the children are hunted by the disgruntled prisoners.
Price: $2.99 USD. 15490 words. Published on December 18, 2011. Fiction.
A fireflood brought on by the wars of humanity has devastated Earth, and an island on the newly terraformed world is being used as a penal colony. When a representative arrives to offer the prisoners' children who have come of age a chance at relocation and education at an off-world facility, he and the children are hunted by the disgruntled prisoners.
The Customs Shed: A Story of Life After Death
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 4030 words. Published on December 4, 2011. Fiction.
Those who wish to cross the river of death must first be purged within the customs shed; but within await the mysterious customs agents. What will they require as the price of passage?
Price: $0.99 USD. 4030 words. Published on December 4, 2011. Fiction.
Those who wish to cross the river of death must first be purged within the customs shed; but within await the mysterious customs agents. What will they require as the price of passage?
Dark Mirrors: A Story of Alien Invasion
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 4100 words. Published on October 23, 2011. Fiction.
The people of Earth are losing a war with aliens that they themselves provoked. Everyone is being called up to fight, even prisoners; those who refuse are threatened with dismemberment to provide spare parts for wounded soldiers. A battle-hardened general enters a prison to recruit a woman who refuses to fight, but who may have a most unusual special ability that can turn the tide of the war.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4100 words. Published on October 23, 2011. Fiction.
The people of Earth are losing a war with aliens that they themselves provoked. Everyone is being called up to fight, even prisoners; those who refuse are threatened with dismemberment to provide spare parts for wounded soldiers. A battle-hardened general enters a prison to recruit a woman who refuses to fight, but who may have a most unusual special ability that can turn the tide of the war.
Downloading Catherine: A Post-Apocalyptic Tale
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 4190 words. Published on October 23, 2011. Fiction.
A man journeys across the post-apocalyptic landscape of Asia and the Mid-East to Europe to attempt to construct a replicate of his lost loved one.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4190 words. Published on October 23, 2011. Fiction.
A man journeys across the post-apocalyptic landscape of Asia and the Mid-East to Europe to attempt to construct a replicate of his lost loved one.
This Won't Hurt A Bit: A Story of the Future
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 3790 words. Published on October 16, 2011. Fiction.
An accidental malfunction causes a teacher to discover that a microchip had been implanted within her forehead, causing her to lose her power of individual decision-making and become manipulated by the government. She determines to rescue the orphaned children in her care from a similar fate.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3790 words. Published on October 16, 2011. Fiction.
An accidental malfunction causes a teacher to discover that a microchip had been implanted within her forehead, causing her to lose her power of individual decision-making and become manipulated by the government. She determines to rescue the orphaned children in her care from a similar fate.
Mendocino Mellow: A Fantasy
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 8100 words. Published on October 10, 2011. Fiction.
A government scientist develops a strain of marijuana that gives those who use it psychic sensitivity. From all over the country people are drawn to him, and he is determined to use the drug's special power to find a way for them all to time-travel back to the original Woodstock Music Festival.
Price: $0.99 USD. 8100 words. Published on October 10, 2011. Fiction.
A government scientist develops a strain of marijuana that gives those who use it psychic sensitivity. From all over the country people are drawn to him, and he is determined to use the drug's special power to find a way for them all to time-travel back to the original Woodstock Music Festival.
Wolf in a Cage and The Gift: Two Fantasies
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 4260 words. Published on October 2, 2011. Fiction.
In the wilderness of Alaska a man escapes the attack of a pack led by a savage black wolf. Many years later, in the ruins of Jack London's Wolf House a wanderer discovers the trapped spirit of a wolf pacing back and forth. But who or what is it, and is it benign or malevolent? And... A musician busking in the Athens subway system encounters another musician who can play the souls of men.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4260 words. Published on October 2, 2011. Fiction.
In the wilderness of Alaska a man escapes the attack of a pack led by a savage black wolf. Many years later, in the ruins of Jack London's Wolf House a wanderer discovers the trapped spirit of a wolf pacing back and forth. But who or what is it, and is it benign or malevolent? And... A musician busking in the Athens subway system encounters another musician who can play the souls of men.
War Horse and The Ghost of Halkidiki Past: Two Fantasies
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 3670 words. Published on October 2, 2011. Fiction.
Fleeing a war that has devastated her homeland, Lisa encounters an enigmatic white horse. Where has it come from, and can it help her escape? And... In a remote village in post-apocalyptic Greece, a man is confronted by a mysterious stranger.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3670 words. Published on October 2, 2011. Fiction.
Fleeing a war that has devastated her homeland, Lisa encounters an enigmatic white horse. Where has it come from, and can it help her escape? And... In a remote village in post-apocalyptic Greece, a man is confronted by a mysterious stranger.
Basketball as a Metaphysical Experience: A Memoir
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 2350 words. Published on August 11, 2011. Nonfiction.
Basketball can be much more important than simple recreation, as evinced in this autobiographical essay by the author of the memoir "World Without Pain: The Story of a Search". It can give you stability, depth, creativity, and peace of mind.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2350 words. Published on August 11, 2011. Nonfiction.
Basketball can be much more important than simple recreation, as evinced in this autobiographical essay by the author of the memoir "World Without Pain: The Story of a Search". It can give you stability, depth, creativity, and peace of mind.
Love Children: A Novel
by John Walters
Price: $4.99 USD. 51300 words. Published on July 20, 2011. Fiction.
In the mid-1970s the Love Children, raised from birth by benevolent aliens, come home to Earth. Sexually free, telepathic and honest to the extreme, they find that the world they left behind is full of darkness and deceit. As they set about using their extraordinary powers to bring light and unity back to their world, they run up against a sinister alien force intending to keep it in darkness.
Price: $4.99 USD. 51300 words. Published on July 20, 2011. Fiction.
In the mid-1970s the Love Children, raised from birth by benevolent aliens, come home to Earth. Sexually free, telepathic and honest to the extreme, they find that the world they left behind is full of darkness and deceit. As they set about using their extraordinary powers to bring light and unity back to their world, they run up against a sinister alien force intending to keep it in darkness.
Painsharing and Other Stories
by John Walters
Price: $4.99 USD. 55370 words. Published on July 11, 2011. Fiction.
In these gripping science fiction tales John Walters explores possible futures on Earth and other worlds.
Price: $4.99 USD. 55370 words. Published on July 11, 2011. Fiction.
In these gripping science fiction tales John Walters explores possible futures on Earth and other worlds.
The Coma Killings
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 5180 words. Published on June 13, 2011. Fiction.
Detective Steven Stone has a secret: he is an alien disguised as a human. While searching for missing persons of his own kind, he stumbles onto a group of rogue aliens bent on taking over and using human bodies for their own pleasure, thus killing the humans in the process. Somehow he must foil their plans without becoming one of their victims himself.
Price: $0.99 USD. 5180 words. Published on June 13, 2011. Fiction.
Detective Steven Stone has a secret: he is an alien disguised as a human. While searching for missing persons of his own kind, he stumbles onto a group of rogue aliens bent on taking over and using human bodies for their own pleasure, thus killing the humans in the process. Somehow he must foil their plans without becoming one of their victims himself.
Beyond Purgatory
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 5410 words. Published on June 4, 2011. Fiction.
On a far planet the ultimate civil punishment is to be genetically deformed into a monstrous beast and forced to live in the forbidden compound called Purgatory as slaves of the State. When authorities arrest and condemn the woman he loves, Justus determines to find and save her, even if he must search Purgatory itself.
Price: $0.99 USD. 5410 words. Published on June 4, 2011. Fiction.
On a far planet the ultimate civil punishment is to be genetically deformed into a monstrous beast and forced to live in the forbidden compound called Purgatory as slaves of the State. When authorities arrest and condemn the woman he loves, Justus determines to find and save her, even if he must search Purgatory itself.
Fearful Symmetry
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 5940 words. Published on May 28, 2011. Fiction.
Visitors from Earth sent to a far planet to re-establish contact with an isolated colony discover that a group of white tigers with enhanced intelligence are terrorizing the locals. One of the visitors saves a young crippled girl from a tiger attack, and then while escorting her back to her distant village realizes that they are being hunted.
Price: $0.99 USD. 5940 words. Published on May 28, 2011. Fiction.
Visitors from Earth sent to a far planet to re-establish contact with an isolated colony discover that a group of white tigers with enhanced intelligence are terrorizing the locals. One of the visitors saves a young crippled girl from a tiger attack, and then while escorting her back to her distant village realizes that they are being hunted.
The Left-Handed League: A Conspiracy Story
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 5330 words. Published on May 24, 2011. Fiction.
Long has the Left-Handed League been a shining light against majority right-handed prejudice and discrimination. Now in the face of a new threat of government-enforced ambidexterity, the League must fight, or face extinction.
Price: $0.99 USD. 5330 words. Published on May 24, 2011. Fiction.
Long has the Left-Handed League been a shining light against majority right-handed prejudice and discrimination. Now in the face of a new threat of government-enforced ambidexterity, the League must fight, or face extinction.
The Lost Poem
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 3230 words. Published on May 23, 2011. Nonfiction.
This is an excerpt from the memoir "World Without Pain: The Story of a Search". In the 1970s, while hitchhiking through southeastern Iran on his way to India, another traveler stole Walters' passport. Forced to return to Tehran, totally broke, he begged on the streets for weeks while trying to obtain a new one. The lost poem arose from his despair.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3230 words. Published on May 23, 2011. Nonfiction.
This is an excerpt from the memoir "World Without Pain: The Story of a Search". In the 1970s, while hitchhiking through southeastern Iran on his way to India, another traveler stole Walters' passport. Forced to return to Tehran, totally broke, he begged on the streets for weeks while trying to obtain a new one. The lost poem arose from his despair.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Sadhu
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 6130 words. Published on May 22, 2011. Nonfiction.
This is an excerpt from the memoir "World Without Pain: The Story of a Search". In the 1970s, as a young writer hungering for experience, Walters journeyed from Sri Lanka through India and into the Himalayas in Nepal. Near-penniless and alone, high in the mountains, he was confronted with a life-changing choice.
Price: $0.99 USD. 6130 words. Published on May 22, 2011. Nonfiction.
This is an excerpt from the memoir "World Without Pain: The Story of a Search". In the 1970s, as a young writer hungering for experience, Walters journeyed from Sri Lanka through India and into the Himalayas in Nepal. Near-penniless and alone, high in the mountains, he was confronted with a life-changing choice.
World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
by John Walters
Price: $4.99 USD. 48020 words. Published on May 15, 2011. Nonfiction.
In the mid-1970s Walters hit the road, first to Europe, then to the Indian Subcontinent. He sampled Buddhism and radical Christianity; he wandered alone in the Himalayas; he listened to strange gurus spouting stranger doctrines. As he traveled onward he became fascinated with the road itself. He wondered what it was that gave the road its alluring power, and forsook everything else to find out.
Price: $4.99 USD. 48020 words. Published on May 15, 2011. Nonfiction.
In the mid-1970s Walters hit the road, first to Europe, then to the Indian Subcontinent. He sampled Buddhism and radical Christianity; he wandered alone in the Himalayas; he listened to strange gurus spouting stranger doctrines. As he traveled onward he became fascinated with the road itself. He wondered what it was that gave the road its alluring power, and forsook everything else to find out.
The New World
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 8420 words. Published on May 14, 2011. Fiction.
In post-apocalyptic Sicily a megalomaniac has taken over one of the last outposts of an interstellar colonization program, and organized crime has assumed political control of the island. A man caught in the middle of these conflicts struggles to save his wife and with her join a team making one last effort to reach the stars.
Price: $0.99 USD. 8420 words. Published on May 14, 2011. Fiction.
In post-apocalyptic Sicily a megalomaniac has taken over one of the last outposts of an interstellar colonization program, and organized crime has assumed political control of the island. A man caught in the middle of these conflicts struggles to save his wife and with her join a team making one last effort to reach the stars.
State of Grace
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 6370 words. Published on April 22, 2011. Fiction.
Sister Mary Grace is part of a group of nuns who have settled in isolation on a far planet to devote themselves to prayer for humankind. When she is sent on an errand of mercy she realizes that in the guise of another colonist evil has followed her even to this remote place, and that it lusts after her and seeks to trap her in a horrifying prison.
Price: $0.99 USD. 6370 words. Published on April 22, 2011. Fiction.
Sister Mary Grace is part of a group of nuns who have settled in isolation on a far planet to devote themselves to prayer for humankind. When she is sent on an errand of mercy she realizes that in the guise of another colonist evil has followed her even to this remote place, and that it lusts after her and seeks to trap her in a horrifying prison.
The Orpheus Equation: An Adventure at the Solar System's Edge
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 7860 words. Published on April 20, 2011. Fiction.
At the edge of the solar system an interstellar spacecraft is ordered by an unknown power to change course and fly to Pluto; when it refuses to comply the entire crew is mysteriously killed. An unlikely team goes to investigate and discovers a life-or-death conundrum stranger than anything they could have imagined.
Price: $0.99 USD. 7860 words. Published on April 20, 2011. Fiction.
At the edge of the solar system an interstellar spacecraft is ordered by an unknown power to change course and fly to Pluto; when it refuses to comply the entire crew is mysteriously killed. An unlikely team goes to investigate and discovers a life-or-death conundrum stranger than anything they could have imagined.
Painsharing: A Fable of the End of Days
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 2150 words. Published on April 17, 2011. Fiction.
In the far future the Earth is about to be consumed by its bloated red sun. What requiem should be offered for a dying world?
Price: $0.99 USD. 2150 words. Published on April 17, 2011. Fiction.
In the far future the Earth is about to be consumed by its bloated red sun. What requiem should be offered for a dying world?
Leilani: A Post-Apocalyptic Tale
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 4180 words. Published on April 3, 2011. Fiction.
After nuclear war, a survivor of the monster-populated ruins of Oakland California joins the crew of a clipper ship sailing the waters of the Pacific. A typhoon shipwrecks him on a tropical island whose inhabitants share a bizarre secret.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4180 words. Published on April 3, 2011. Fiction.
After nuclear war, a survivor of the monster-populated ruins of Oakland California joins the crew of a clipper ship sailing the waters of the Pacific. A typhoon shipwrecks him on a tropical island whose inhabitants share a bizarre secret.
Under Calcutta
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 3980 words. Published on December 31, 2010. Fiction.
Calcutta has a problem with rats and bubonic plague and the authorities have called in the World's foremost extermination expert to deal with it. But he finds out that the rats are not just rats, and the problem is much worse than anyone imagined.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3980 words. Published on December 31, 2010. Fiction.
Calcutta has a problem with rats and bubonic plague and the authorities have called in the World's foremost extermination expert to deal with it. But he finds out that the rats are not just rats, and the problem is much worse than anyone imagined.
The Touchstone
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 3810 words. Published on December 31, 2010. Fiction.
A woman named Haroula, tormented by her past, journeys to a far planet to seek the Touchstone, who is rumored to be able to discern ultimate truth. When she encounters the Touchstone and the strange creatures called glims that surround him, she is confronted with a far stranger truth than she had thought possible.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3810 words. Published on December 31, 2010. Fiction.
A woman named Haroula, tormented by her past, journeys to a far planet to seek the Touchstone, who is rumored to be able to discern ultimate truth. When she encounters the Touchstone and the strange creatures called glims that surround him, she is confronted with a far stranger truth than she had thought possible.
Star Over Babylon
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 2510 words. Published on December 31, 2010. Fiction.
Spiros, a student of history, returns to the past to solve the mystery of exactly how Alexander the Great died. He finds an old man who tells him the story of an alien encounter that changed the great Alexander's life forever.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2510 words. Published on December 31, 2010. Fiction.
Spiros, a student of history, returns to the past to solve the mystery of exactly how Alexander the Great died. He finds an old man who tells him the story of an alien encounter that changed the great Alexander's life forever.
The Golden Ones Who Work Miracles
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 3540 words. Published on December 31, 2010. Fiction.
Rajiv, born without limbs, spends his days begging in the Bombay streets. But when amazing golden beings alight from a spacecraft and grant him the gift of arms and legs, he finds that coping with his new mobility is not as easy as he always imagined it would be.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3540 words. Published on December 31, 2010. Fiction.
Rajiv, born without limbs, spends his days begging in the Bombay streets. But when amazing golden beings alight from a spacecraft and grant him the gift of arms and legs, he finds that coping with his new mobility is not as easy as he always imagined it would be.
The Dragon Ticket - A Story
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 8010 words. Published on December 31, 2010. Fiction.
Presented with an extraordinary gift by an alien artifact high in the remote Himalayas, Michelle must learn how to use her new power, as nuclear war plunges the world into chaos.
Price: $0.99 USD. 8010 words. Published on December 31, 2010. Fiction.
Presented with an extraordinary gift by an alien artifact high in the remote Himalayas, Michelle must learn how to use her new power, as nuclear war plunges the world into chaos.
Clear Shining After Rain
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 4340 words. Published on December 31, 2010. Fiction.
While trying to protect his family in Bangladesh in the aftermath of global war, Razak has a life-changing encounter with strange beings who mysteriously appear to help restore order out of chaos.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4340 words. Published on December 31, 2010. Fiction.
While trying to protect his family in Bangladesh in the aftermath of global war, Razak has a life-changing encounter with strange beings who mysteriously appear to help restore order out of chaos.
Ceasefire
by John Walters
Price: $0.99 USD. 7170 words. Published on December 31, 2010. Fiction.
Trapped in the mountains in southeast India as nuclear war erupts, separated from his family, deteriorating mentally and physically, David Holcroft must find his lost grandchildren, as an alien signal intended to suppress hostilities has unexpected side effects on both animals and humans.
Price: $0.99 USD. 7170 words. Published on December 31, 2010. Fiction.
Trapped in the mountains in southeast India as nuclear war erupts, separated from his family, deteriorating mentally and physically, David Holcroft must find his lost grandchildren, as an alien signal intended to suppress hostilities has unexpected side effects on both animals and humans.
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