Excerpts - Fiction http://www.akgmag.com/ Thu, 17 May 2012 14:00:02 -0500 By PagesbyCrystal. If time belonged to any one individual, it would be the watchmaker. And so begins the tale of 11:11 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Wishing_Year_a_legend_for_most_ages.htm Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Wishing_Year_a_legend_for_most_ages.htm By stevejonessnr. An idea I had for a book some years ago has reared its head again recently. I would like some opinions/criticisms on the opening. You can email me at steve@theblackcrown.co.uk to let me know what you think if you wish! http://www.akgmag.com/article/Power_Failure.htm Sat, 30 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Power_Failure.htm By stevejonessnr. He dismounted and led his horse under the drooping boughs. There was a small clearing in the middle of the group of trees, and at its centre, a flat slab of stone around six feet square, about as high as his waist. The sky was clear, and a half moon shone bright, its silvery light casting shadows of the willow branches. Garat thought how much like the claws of some great creature they looked, reaching out to grasp the stone. He stepped back under the cover of the trees at the sound of a rustle from the other side of the clearing. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Gates_of_Sparak_Thur.htm Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Gates_of_Sparak_Thur.htm By stevejonessnr. Back in the mists of time, the world began to cool. The surface became solid, cooled further, and then began to shrink. The colossal pressure of the molten core built up until the new crust split asunder in a great circle around the northern pole. Huge crags and spires of obsidian rock, thousands of feet high, were thrown up in a great ring almost a thousand miles across. Carag Cri’eth was formed, “The Black Crown” in the tongue of the latter race of men. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Making_of_the_World.htm Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Making_of_the_World.htm By F.W. vom Scheidt . How much money is too much? And how fast is too fast in life? Investment star Paris Smith steps onto the top rungs of the corporate ladder, only to discover he is caught between his need for fulfillment and his need for understanding, between his drive for power and his inability to cope with his growing emptiness where there was once love. When his wife disappears from the core of his life, Smith's loneliness and sense of disconnection threaten to overwhelm him. When he tries to compensate by lo http://www.akgmag.com/article/Coming_for_Money__Chapter_One_Sample.htm Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Coming_for_Money__Chapter_One_Sample.htm By Michael Quirke . Synopsis Robert McCain life takes a dramatic change when he finds a modern day treasure map that was slipped in his pocket by a desperate beautiful woman. A plane crashes and vanishes deep into the jungle of Central America. It’s cargo of millions in cash and drugs that are all over shadowed by a small yet significant looking statue. Hidden Aztec treasures and Cortez with his band of blood thirsty conquistadors, on their last mission from the King of S http://www.akgmag.com/article/30_Pieces_of_Silver_The_Judas_Payoff.htm Mon, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.akgmag.com/article/30_Pieces_of_Silver_The_Judas_Payoff.htm By Antonio F. Vianna. Book 3 of a series. As this novel opens Anne is awakened from a horrifying nightmare. She wonders if the dream is a predictor of events to come. All the while, her enemies, some old and some new, are intent to have their own way ... vampires who set in motion seemingly irreversible measures to do away with her. Paul has become the X-factor. http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Vampire_Who_Loved.htm Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/The_Vampire_Who_Loved.htm By Debbi Mack. IDENTITY CRISIS introduces attorney Stephanie Ann "Sam" McRae. A simple domestic abuse case turns deadly when the alleged abuser is killed and Sam's client disappears. When a friend asks Sam to find Melanie Hayes, the Maryland attorney is drawn into a complex case of murder and identity theft that has her running from the Mob, breaking into a strip club and forming a shaky alliance with an offbeat private investigator to discover the truth about Melanie and her ex-boyfriend. http://www.akgmag.com/article/Identity_Crisis.htm Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.akgmag.com/article/Identity_Crisis.htm