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This audiobook contains eight fantasy and sci-fi short stories perfect for your morning commute. Each story is self contained and lasts for about 1 hr of listening. Contains the following stories: Pale Rider, Magic Factory, Summer Sword, Floating Ink, Vampire Caving, Swamp Monster Voodoo, Frankenstein IT Support and Moonlight Motor. Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Morning Motivation Series and listen to the best fantasy and sci fi short stories for your daily commute!

Two worlds collide in this action novelette. Zombies have destroyed civilization. Gasoline fuel is no longer an option, but humanity must find a way to survive. In response to trying to restore our way of life, we engineer franken-monsters. Because of their small brains and massive sizes, these beasts make quick work of farming and clearing land. These large creatures are immune to the zombie virus and perform excellently in loud conditions.

Shortly after discovering an ancient grave, Amon's sister disappeared. Twenty years later she arrives at his doorstep, screaming at full pitch. The plea for help draws him into a world where danger shuffles behind every corner.

A fair fight doesn't start with hunger. That will to live drives a desperate, hungry man to find solace on a train. After all, you've got to keep moving to survive. The only problem is that blending in with the passengers may be worse than getting caught.

Shortly after discovering an ancient grave, Amon's sister disappeared. Twenty years later she arrives at his doorstep, screaming at full pitch. The plea for help draws him into a world where danger shuffles behind every corner.

This audiobook contains six fantasy and sci-fi short stories perfect for your morning commute. Each story is self-contained.

Magical industry knowledge is precious and hard to find. Even the most minor spells require enormous nondisclosure waivers. Most of the experts claim the knowledge under patents to ensure they could make the most money possible. The harder that knowledge is to discover, the less competition you have. Magic factories are known to be high risk because of the stigma of sharing information. Unfortunately for the workers at this factory, that includes information on how to be safe.

Celebrate Halloween with three unique and fun stories: "Frankenstein: IT Support"; "Swamp Monster Voodoo"; "Vampire Caving".

Where do vampires come from? How would such ancient creatures search for the truths of their origin? An ancient symbol is scratched on the side of a cave, causing one adventurer to dive deep into the mystery.

An exclusive order in a secret society looks to initiate a new member. The new member must learn what it means to be part of a unique brotherhood, especially one that isn't fully human.

I asked my skinny friends how they viewed food and exercise. Their tips helped me lose 75 pounds. I now want to share those tips with everyone.

The tide of zombies appears to be under control, thanks to the franken-beasts known as dinosaurs. However, one calm zombie shifts the tide. Soon they swell in like foaming water, buffeting against the frail walls men make. Pools of blood will flow, teeth with gnash, and not even dinosaurs will be able to stop this onslaught.

Now that Richard and Bernie have eaten half the soul glue, a truth stands between Richard and Bernie. Their friendship in tatters, Bernie goes off alone to face an entity much older and wiser then anyone alive: Draculeau.

The mystery of where vampires come from deepens as Bernie goes to Easter Island. One particular Moai statue only has one foot, just like the ancient race of mono-pods. Soon the weight to protect those around Bernie stresses his friendships, testing the limits of a lie of omission.

Something has changed inside of Richard. While he's still Bernie's friend, there is a new, darker path he's starting to walk down. That isn't helped when a long forgotten vampire enters their lives: the one who started them down this path.

Like a genie’s lamp, whenever someone rubs against the coin, their deepest wish comes true. The other effect is that rubbing on the coin also brings them what they need the most. This coin only works once for each person but has changed hands many times.

Miles's life was filled with cursing at birds and scraping barnacles off the bottom of boats. When a pirate crew arrives with a forbidden map, Miles is forced to round out their crew. As he longs for home, he must find his steel or he'll be sunk to the depths below. Sail out to sea in this short story pirate adventure!

"My tie whipped in my face as I jumped from a 20-story building. Everything I had worked for, everything I had invested in, was gone. It was a stormy day for Mother Nature and the stock market: October 29th, 1929. I thought of what my life would have been like as a bird, flying free. I started laughing and flapping my arms. After all, who did I have to impress now?" Join a risk-taking vampire as he explores why vampires exist.

An outlaw looks to make a fresh start, but finds a different kind of criminal lurks in his new home. Lucky for Holt, he has a supernatural ability to shoot straight at the problem.

Lucy: The Easter Bunny is about going out and making new friends in unexpected places. Just like Easter bunny tradition, Lucy hands out colorful eggs.