Avril Sabine
1) Extrication
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Horror.Word Count: 57359Esther is determined to change her life around. To stop mourning, stop being angry and most of all to stop getting into fights. She decides it's going to take a new attitude, a new city and a new job. As always, things don't go according to plan and she's left wondering who will mourn her if the worst happens?This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling.
2) Premonition
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Horror (with elements of romance).Word Count: 52092Emily Hunter has had the same dream every night for the past six months, one that made her quit being a demon hunter. It's a nightmare she wishes never to have again. When she finally dreams of something else, it doesn't help, only has her fearing for her sanity and her life. To survive, she needs to face all she's tried to avoid. If she fails it'll mean not only her...
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Sci-Fi/Superheroes.Word Count: 77310 When Douglas bursts into the bookstore, Gina is meant to be on the beach enjoying the end of the school holidays before she starts her final year of high school, not working an extra shift. Along with two teenage boys, she's kidnapped by a crazy gunman talking about human experimentation and a highly contagious virus that was meant to create a super army. Instead it brings death. If the...
4) Dragon Lord
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Genre: Children's Fantasy (Preteen/early teens)Word Count: 48230In a world ruled by those who own dragons it is almost impossible to change your station in life. Fen is an orphan with a short life expectancy and no hope for the future. In the process of trying to steal a dragon for his master, Fen's life looks like it's going to become even shorter. He's faced with a difficult decision. Should he risk everything, including his blood boiling in his...
5) Promise
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Series two of Dragon Blood series)Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy.Word Count: 54453Ronan is adamant that Amber owes him and expects her to repay him by tracking someone down. Amber soon finds that, as always, when dealing with dragons, nothing is simple. Surrounded by enemies, and without her usual allies, Amber needs to find a way out of danger and discover how to return home before it's too late and she's stuck in a world far from her own.This...
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This is a bundled edition of the following five stories.Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy.Word Count: 281,113When dragons have the ability to shapeshift, anyone could be one. Even the boy sitting next to you. Dragon Blood 1: PliethinWord Count: 57263Sixteen-year-old Amber's life, that was once completely normal, is dramatically changed when she is forced to move to a small Queensland town west of Brisbane. Suddenly dragons are no longer creatures of...
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Genre: Memoir.
Word Count: 12792
Joyce
Born April 1926
Joyce's childhood was during an era when sugar cane was cut by hand, not everyone had electricity or running water, recycling was more a necessity than a lifestyle and people dressed up when calling on their neighbours. This is a collection of stories told to her granddaughter when she was a child, fascinated by a world so different from her own.
This story was written by an Australian author...
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Genre: Creative Writing (Nonfiction)
Word Count: 3153 (52 Writing Exercises)
Looking for ways to practice and improve your writing skills? An exercise a week to help you hone your skills might be exactly what you need. These exercises have been collated from workshops run by Avril Sabine where she has shared some of her knowledge gained from decades of writing.
This book was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling.
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy.Word Count: 53234 Summer is meant to look after her brother and keep him out of trouble. That's a little hard to do when they find themselves in the realms of the Fae where she can't keep herself out of trouble. Hunted by a Demi Fae and needing to break a curse, Summer fears she'll never find her way home. The Fae are meant to be stories for children. Not something to fear.This story was written by an Australian author...
10) An Endless Dawn
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The beginning of a new dawn.
When an alien life form is discovered and brought back to Earth, the possibilities seem endless. Piper is fascinated from the beginning, wanting to know everything about the plant and desperate to own one when a limited amount are released to the public. There are of course the usual rumours and crazy people who preach that the end of the world is coming. But Piper knows better. It's the most monumental discovery and somehow...
11) Mage
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy.Word Count: 55356Amber wants to take back control of her life. She's fed up with assassins, death threats, unrealistic expectations, nightmares and secrets. The secrets most of all. Especially Ronan's secrets and in particular his secret that she knows will scare the hell out of her and will probably never let her have another moment of peace. Maybe some secrets shouldn't be told.This story was written by an Australian...
12) The Irish Wizard
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Genre: Children's Urban Fantasy (9+ years).Word Count: 24014Thirteen-year-old Hailey spends far too much time following her older brother, Lachlan, into trouble. When her entire world changes she thinks at first it's something Lachlan has caused. But surely magic is beyond him, even though he's always wanted to be a wizard.This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling.
13) The Sword
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This story first appeared in Like A Girl Anthology.Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy.Word Count: 7025The Fae never forget and certainly never forgive. But a grieving king doesn't always think clearly and it's his people who will pay the price.Ivy, a human living in the realms of the Fae, quit training to be a warrior after being badly injured by wolves attacking her village. Ever since that day she's been labelled a coward. Now there's another threat....
14) Eternally Late
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Genre: Urban Fantasy Short Story.Word Count: 2877Tony is always late and his family have all kinds of tricks to keep him on time. But there are some things that just have to be done, no matter how late they make you or how dangerous they are.This story was written by an Australian author using Australian spelling.
15) Forgive Me Aiden
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Paranormal.Word Count: 20752Plea Of The DamnedHave you ever done something and immediately wished you could undo it? Jack knows that feeling very well. He's damned, bound to haunt his old school and help students until he atones for his sins. It's the last thing he wants to do. But since the alternative is an eternity in hell, he's not about to say no.* * *Book 2: Forgive Me AidenAiden has been waiting for years to...
16) Surety
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy.Word Count: 55355Amber learns that her family has a more interesting past than even she could have imagined. That past is now creating problems for her. Negotiations, attacks by an unknown enemy and her mother discovering some of her secrets causes even more complications. The only thing that hasn't changed is that someone wants her dead. She needs to find out who it is before they can succeed and she doesn't get the...
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Paranormal.Word Count: 20846Plea Of The Damned SeriesHave you ever done something and immediately wished you could undo it? Jack knows that feeling very well. He's damned, bound to haunt his old school and help students until he atones for his sins. It's the last thing he wants to do. But since the alternative is an eternity in hell, he's not about to say no.Book 6: Forgive Me DawsonAfter years of being forced to live...
18) Forgive Me Kobe
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Paranormal.Word Count: 21178Plea Of The DamnedHave you ever done something and immediately wished you could undo it? Jack knows that feeling very well. He's damned, bound to haunt his old school and help students until he atones for his sins. It's the last thing he wants to do. But since the alternative is an eternity in hell, he's not about to say no.* * *Book 4: Forgive Me KobeIn an effort to salvage a friendship,...
19) The King
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Genre: Children's Fantasy.Word Count: 10490***This is book four of a four book series that is best read in order to avoid spoilers.***Shen needs to journey far from all he's known, leaving behind the Arena and Battle Circuit, in his quest to find the family he hasn't seen since he was three-years-old. He doesn't know what he'll find, who he can trust or if his family still lives. But it's the only way he can find the answers he seeks.This story was...
20) Knight
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Genre: Young Adult Urban Fantasy.Word Count: 56052Amber is starting to feel that her list of enemies is growing longer by the minute. Those she cares about are threatened and during a surprise attack she fears one of her people is killed. Her life is spinning out of control, there are too many people she desperately wants to keep safe, but she can't be with all of them at once. There's only one of her and so many of them. It's tearing her apart.This...