My Brother, Jacob
by Amanda McCarter
Price: $1.49 USD. 11430 words.
Published on May 30, 2012. Fiction.
Jesse loves her little brother, even though he's an alien, or maybe because he is one. Her mom never questioned how or why a little bright-eyed boy wound up on her back porch. She just took him in. And he's looked after them ever since. When men come to town in black suits, driving dark cars, Jessie and her mom have to make a run for it. It's their turn to protect Jacob, but where can they hide?
Location: United States
Member Since: April 27, 2011
Amanda McCarter
Biography
Amanda lives in Tulsa, OK with her boyfriend. They share their living space with a cat and two snakes. When not dreaming of distant futures and far away lands, Amanda spends her time knitting, reading, and playing video games.
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Books
A Man Among Gods
by Amanda McCarter
Price: $1.49 USD. 10190 words. Published on May 20, 2012. Fiction.
Roger McCrory is a simple man. He likes his smokes, his booze and his women. But when the old man known only as Odin returns to remind him of his oath, it seems as though his simple life will soon end. Three years free of the machine for every nine inside the machine. Wrapped in wires and conduits, Roger considers it a miserable existence, but he'll die if he doesn't go back. Or will he?
Price: $1.49 USD. 10190 words. Published on May 20, 2012. Fiction.
Roger McCrory is a simple man. He likes his smokes, his booze and his women. But when the old man known only as Odin returns to remind him of his oath, it seems as though his simple life will soon end. Three years free of the machine for every nine inside the machine. Wrapped in wires and conduits, Roger considers it a miserable existence, but he'll die if he doesn't go back. Or will he?
Alone in the Night
by Amanda McCarter
Price: $5.99 USD. 86960 words. Published on April 15, 2012. Fiction.
Security Chief Janet Bryer hates her job. One mistake and she's sent to the farthest end of no where. Trapped on a remote space station, far away from Earth, she feels painfully alone. When she finds the body of one of her security officers dead in her office, things start to change. She has to rely on a team she previously ignored and trust they'll back her up when things get dangerous.
Price: $5.99 USD. 86960 words. Published on April 15, 2012. Fiction.
Security Chief Janet Bryer hates her job. One mistake and she's sent to the farthest end of no where. Trapped on a remote space station, far away from Earth, she feels painfully alone. When she finds the body of one of her security officers dead in her office, things start to change. She has to rely on a team she previously ignored and trust they'll back her up when things get dangerous.
Cybergenesis
by Amanda McCarter
Price: $4.99 USD. 95550 words. Published on October 14, 2011. Fiction.
Some things are better left unsaid, or for that matter, unthought. For someone like Shelly Konrad, a human with cybernetic implants that let her interface with machines, this is doubly true. When her company sends her on a mission to recover data, she never imagined the nightmare she would find. How high can the price of freedom be?
Price: $4.99 USD. 95550 words. Published on October 14, 2011. Fiction.
Some things are better left unsaid, or for that matter, unthought. For someone like Shelly Konrad, a human with cybernetic implants that let her interface with machines, this is doubly true. When her company sends her on a mission to recover data, she never imagined the nightmare she would find. How high can the price of freedom be?
Quantum Magic
by Amanda McCarter
Price: $4.99 USD. 83170 words. Published on July 1, 2011. Fiction.
Aurelia has never known anything more than the life laid out for her by her over-bearing mother, her distant father, and her emotionally detached husband. For a Victorian housewife, this is the norm, but she secretly craves more. When the literally other-worldly Marcus, an alien from another world promises a life of danger, exploration and adventure, how can she say no?
Price: $4.99 USD. 83170 words. Published on July 1, 2011. Fiction.
Aurelia has never known anything more than the life laid out for her by her over-bearing mother, her distant father, and her emotionally detached husband. For a Victorian housewife, this is the norm, but she secretly craves more. When the literally other-worldly Marcus, an alien from another world promises a life of danger, exploration and adventure, how can she say no?
Drawing Down the Stars
by Amanda McCarter
Price: $1.49 USD. 8000 words. Published on May 15, 2011. Fiction.
On a dark, frozen world, light years away from Earth, the last remnants of humanity struggle to survive. With no light to heat their world, mankind must rely on Starfire dancers to draw the light from a distant star to warm their cities. Aewit is just such a dancer. She's loyal to her group, but when division among her people threatens to destroy everything she knows, which side will she choose?
Price: $1.49 USD. 8000 words. Published on May 15, 2011. Fiction.
On a dark, frozen world, light years away from Earth, the last remnants of humanity struggle to survive. With no light to heat their world, mankind must rely on Starfire dancers to draw the light from a distant star to warm their cities. Aewit is just such a dancer. She's loyal to her group, but when division among her people threatens to destroy everything she knows, which side will she choose?
Galileo's Stepdaughter
by Amanda McCarter
Price: $2.99 USD. 45700 words. Published on April 30, 2011. Fiction.
Ellia McAllister is a heretic. Mankind lives in a new dark age, her mother is next in line to be head of the church, and Ellia just discovered a lost science that will get her killed, despite her mother's position. She needs a way out and she needs it fast. When Kieva, a nomadic Rover, comes into her life, her prayers are answered. Or are they?
Price: $2.99 USD. 45700 words. Published on April 30, 2011. Fiction.
Ellia McAllister is a heretic. Mankind lives in a new dark age, her mother is next in line to be head of the church, and Ellia just discovered a lost science that will get her killed, despite her mother's position. She needs a way out and she needs it fast. When Kieva, a nomadic Rover, comes into her life, her prayers are answered. Or are they?
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