J. R Kruze
It rare to find a naked woman in your cabin when you come in from outside chores.
But it was only a visitor who had come to see me before.
She was a goddess, and dressed in gossamer.
Not that I minded how she was dressed, much. But the last time she had brought a serious message for me.
One that had changed my life.
So what did she want this time?
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At first, I
...A goddess visted me. And told me to get to work. Writers were supposed to be writing, not just complaining about their writer's block.
She told me that what you don't use, you lose. So my imagination was something to exercise.
Of course, the way she was dressed left little to the imagination. And as she got closer, it was more evident...
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A goddess came to me last night.
She
...3) The Lazurai
An unintended result of a terrorist bombing a children's hospital, the Lazurai could kill a person without touching them.
The government made it worse by their experiments. All the children wanted was to feel love like any child. When they grew older, their powers increased. And they found they couldn't be stopped.
Chuck hears a rumor of one coming his way, to his remote way station on the highway. But he can't leave
...Tragedy struck. And I never had a reason to smile after that funeral.
Or talk to anyone other than I had to. I'd rather sit in my room and re-read my Nancy Drew and Box Car Children books.
Until my Dad brought home a puppy from a farmer down the road - last of the litter. Dad got this dog to cheer me up, and give me someone to be with me while he was at work. Because I hadn't smiled or hardly talked since the funeral
Me
...Have you ever thought some very dangeous thoughts?
Ones that could destroy all life as you knew it?
In these six stories by three authors, they do just that. Of course, fiction is safer than real life, so it's much easier to test things here. ...Or so we've been told.
In these stories are ideas that will captivate, and excite you to new thoughts and ideas of your own. Because the universe we live in is just a
...Being able to escape into the wonderful world of romance is always a pleasure.
This set of short stories are an amusing way to find yourself into new worlds, with new lovers working out their difficulties and eventually end up with their happily-ever-after result.
Some are ghosts, some introspective writers, some CIA-government types, a couple of futurists, some socially disadvantaged, and a young couple with hidden
...Beware Your Dreams
"Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream."
~Lao Tse
"The longer the night lasts, the more
...The day she died, an ad was run.
And you saw it, everyone did.
Because it was a perfectly composed ad, with a perfectly chosen photo. Perfect clickbait headline. Not a word out of place. And it had a 30% click-through rate. For the mortuary.
That service was the most highly-attended event the mortuary had ever held. And pre-sales of burial plots and cremations spiked. All bought by impulse.
Yet the mortuary
...An Epic 4-Day Road Trip and Fantastical Semi-Memoir
Living life is nothing that any moron or better couldn't accomplish, even without setting one's mind to it. The trick is to do something with that life. Or live several at once, so that one could at least be a success in one of them.
Herbert, having endured his mid-life crisis with all the aplomb possibly available to him, now was set on making a new life for himself.
...Doreen didn't seem to know what she was doing ever since that jeweled pendant arrived. Her mind literally wasn't her own – completely.
Her day-dreams and nightmares kept taking her to foreign lands – the same exact location.
The cryptic messages that came with the pendant didn't explain anything, but just deepened the mystery. Why was it "her turn" to own this jewel – or did it own her?
Decoding the jewel and
...11) Her Eyes
He looked into her eyes - and forgot everything about himself.
He'd done something that night, but couldn't remember.
And she had left him like that. Until she returned as a Homeland Security agent to save him from two cops who wanted him for questioning.
Now on the run, in disguise, his memory wasn't returning very fast. Josh depended on this mysterious Rosa to get and keep him out of harm's way as they traveled
...The first collecton of short stories by J. R. Kruze.
Known for a unique take on common situations, and a dry wit, Kruze is also able to look at usual circumstances and see unusual aspects to write about. These stories will let you start wondering about the world around you.
Contemporary, fantasy, paranormal, romance and science fiction are a few of this mixed genre collection.
Enjoy seeing your world through
...I'd left two families behind me on that road.
One who raised me, but I'd left behind to see the world. They didn't know where I was now.
Another which I'd felt could be my home, but told me I had to leave.
So now I was walking down this abandoned desert highway, looking at an uncertain future.
I could only blame myself. And blame my past.
Because I had a secret. One that could heal or kill.
It
...14) Dark Lazurai
The nightmare came as usual, and woke him in sweats and a blinding flash of light - also as usual.
Right on his birthday. Their birthday.
No prescription or alchoholic drink did any good. Didn't even give him a buzz.
Long walks, working at some hands-on project - those were the ways he could eventually move his "birthday nightmare" out of his system.
Every year it happened. The day his twin brother was incinerated
...The burning chapel had six of us in it.
Right now, the flames were simply a fiery wall that engulfed the front doors and kept the mob at bay.
I stomped out the single torch they had thrown in. There was plenty of light to see by. Nothing else was burning except the candles in their stands.
Then my guide told me we all needed to join hands in order to escape.
As we did, the rest of the interior suddenly burst
...The body disappeared, the witnesses forgot their stories. And I had 24 hours to solve the mystery before all the evidence vanished.
I had no memory of how this all started. Only that I was brougth in to solve a mystery in 24 hours before I had to move to my next assignment. Because I'm a time-jumper. And I go where I'm sent.
Because I'm damned good at figuring things out. You don't have to have a string of degrees behind
...If I didn't rescue him soon, I'd be worse than dead. Just another ghost. Again.
But... forever, this time.
Because he saved me once, and now it was my turn.
"Still waiting for him to show up?" Molly refilled my coffee without asking.
"How do you figure I'm waiting for anyone?" I frowned, puzzled how she knew.
"Because the way you're nursing that pie ala mode says you care more for what's coming in
...It actually helped that the hundreds of shoppers had vanished.
That meant they couldn't be shot by accident while that gang of goons chased us with their handguns.
Of course, it was now more obvious exactly where we were.
I probably had it worst - dressed in pink like a stage performer. A long dress down to my ankles, with extra wide ruffles wasn't the best thing to either run or hide in.
Yes, I left the
...The fourth collection of short stories by J. R. Kruze.
Known for a unique take on common situations, and a dry wit, Kruze is also able to look at usual circumstances and see unusual aspects to write about. These stories will let you start wondering about the world around you.
Mystery, fantasy, paranormal, romance and science fiction are a few of this mixed genre collection.
Enjoy seeing your world through J. R.
...20) Voices Anthology
This anthology of stories all are around the fact that animals can talk.
Every bit as well as humans.
It's humans that have the real problem – listening.
There are probably a dozen-dozen reasons why we humans won't simply open up our ears and hear them.
It doesn't matter what type of animal – dog, cat, cow, crow, coyote.
The other simple fact is: people don't listen, so they don't hear.
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