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In the vein of Jurassic Park, this high concept thriller follows a group of graduate students lured to Hawaii to work for a mysterious biotech company—only to find themselves cast out into the rain forest, with nothing but their scientific expertise and wits to protect them. An instant classic...

In this book, we are going to explore the specific challenges of writing genre flash fiction and short fiction, where you only have 500 to 1,000 words to tell a story. To do this well, you need to master three specific skills of genre writing. You need to understand the reader's expectations of the genre—the voice, the story arc, and the satisfying outcomes. More often than not, you will need to use familiar locations or settings; after all, you don't have many words to create a whole new world. The real skill lies in the twist—after drawing the reader in with familiar genre storylines ...

Ryan wakes up to find his contractor dad building walls to turn their big old house into a duplex. The family that moves into the other side includes Bizzy Horvat, the pretty girl he has a crush on at school. Bizzy claims her mother is a witch with the power to curse people with clumsiness or, in Bizzy’s case, astonishing beauty. When a bee gets caught in Bizzy’s hair, Ryan acts so quickly and radically to save her from getting stung that he attracts the attention of a group of micropotents - people with micropowers.

Informative, entertaining, and upbeat, this audiobook continues Grazier and Cass’ exploration of how technology, science, and scientists are portrayed in Hollywood productions. Both big and small-screen productions are featured and their science content illuminated - first by the authors and subsequently by a range of experts from science and the film world. Starring roles in this volume are played by, among other things, computers (human and mechanical), artificial intelligences, robots, and spacecraft.

‘Enthusiastic, pleasingly madcap’ Geographical Adventure – something that’s new and exhilarating, outside your comfort zone. Adventures change you and how you see the world, and all you need is an open mind, bags of enthusiasm and boundless curiosity. So what’s a microadventure? It’s...

It is November 1983 and young Billy Twist and his friends are about to discover the exciting new world of microcomputers. Billy and his friends start on their journey but run into some obstacles as they try to setup a computer gaming club. Take a trip into the 80s world of micros, 80s pop culture, and classic video games in a story for 8-bit micro fans and geeks. Billy is a typical kid growing up in the 80s - the age of the microcomputer. An age of wonder for teens and adults alike. A nostalgic story of ZX Spectrums, Commodore 64, Amstrad and Ataris.

This is the only book that tells both sides of the story of germs: that they are critically important for our health and that the dangers of emerging pathogens continue to wreak havoc in our bodies and around the world. 

Learn powerful, science-based techniques to boost focus, drive and energy hour-by-hour throughout the day -- every day. As leadership consultants and executive trainers, Bonnie St. John and Allen P. Haines have heard the same complaints from clients for years; periodic burnout, lack of focus and...

The adviser to Senator Hillary Clinton, Bill Gates, and President Bill Clinton proves that small is big by identifying 75 hidden-in-plain-sight trends that are moving America, revealing that the nation is no longer a melting pot but a collection of communities with many individual tastes and...

Composée de chercheurs et de militaires, la société française Pygmée Prod commercialise les services d'une nouvelle race d'humains créée de toute pièce : les Emachs, des femmes et des hommes ne dépassant pas 17 cm. Ces êtres réduits servent sur la planète entière à diverses tâches : leur petite taille et la minutie de leurs gestes font des merveilles ; certains se sont même illustrés dans des actes héroïques. Tout pourrait continuer ainsi, si un fait divers sordide ne venait tout bouleverser.

An instant classic in the vein of Jurassic Park, this boundary-pushing novel has all the hallmarks of Michael Crichton’s greatest adventures with its combination of pulse-pounding thrills, cutting-edge technology, and extraordinary research Three men are found dead in a locked second-floor...

Se Danubio abbracciava una vastissima area geografica e storica, in "Microcosmi" Claudio Magris ci guida alla scoperta di luoghi circoscritti, via via più piccoli. Dalla descrizione del paesaggio - anche nei dettagli più sfuggenti - al racconto delle esistenze minime o grandi, dei destini, delle passioni, delle comiche o tragiche vicende che lo hanno segnato, sgorga una narrazione randagia e fluttuante che segue un suo percorso nascosto, come la corrente di un fiume.

Raised in Manhattan by her overprotective sex-therapist mother (who wore “nine inches of shoulder pads”), Wendy Spero has always sought excitement in microthrills, the small, strange highs that give her life meaning—from finding a strip tease video of her grandmother to selling knives...

Microrrelatos y cuentos para adultos, porque los adultos necesitamos cuentos para disfrutar como cuando éramos niños.

The microscopic world of Zertera exists within the normal physical realm, hidden from human eyes. Its inhabitants, the Zerterans, possess the extraordinary ability to travel between their world and the larger universe at will. They serve as the microscopic guardians of the cosmos, dedicated to battling the myriad unseen enemies that threaten human existence. Bound by an ancient prophecy, the Zerterans are destined to be the saviors of mankind in a conflict that will erupt on Earth and spread throughout the universe.

Rumour has it that a group of archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed a peculiar tomb belonging to an extra-terrestrial being. A tomboy Princess, along with her mechanical dog sidekick, Magnus, get wind of this find, the likes of which pushes them to explore it. But, upon doing so, they quickly realise that this ‘thing’ the archaeologists have exhumed is not entirely dead … or pleasant.

Dos escuelas de escritores hiperbreves luchan por hacerse con el dominio del género. Los fundadores de las escuelas son los gemelos Salazar, irremediablemente enfrentados por su ideología y por un odio fratricida. Es este libro se recogen las obras de los excéntricos o los desgraciados que formaron parte de una de estas escuelas. Fantasía, horror, ciencia ficción, noir y realismo mágico quedan miniaturizados en los cien microcuentos que recoge la antología.

Earth is overpopulated. Human beings are now too many. Years of technological progress across the board have decreed their almost exponential increase decade after decade. Any attempt made to curb growth has been in vain. Expansion into space has not delivered the desired results. Earth is exhausted and humanity, on the verge of a near extinction. Solution: Shrink the whole of humanity. An unknown path that once undertaken cannot be reversed. Although everyone keeps saying yes, are we sure that all the dangers have been taken into consideration?

Short.Sharp.Shock is a collection of one hundred micro stories from G. W. Thomas, who used to edit a daily micro-fiction newsletter called FLASHSHOT. Here are strange and unusual tales of Horror, Humor, Fantasy and Science Fiction told in only one hundred word bursts.The story-fest ends with an article on "How To Write Micro-Fiction" in case you want to try it yourself.

Welcome to "Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids", where it’s always the spooky season – full of chills, thrills, and spine-tingling spooks! MICRO TERRORS™ are family-friendly frights for those ages 8 and up. And while our stories are for younger ears, we are still talking about things that go bump in the night, and some children may not be able to handle what others can. Parental consent is recommended. Visit us online at http://MicroTerrors.com