An Australian soldier is killed in Afghanistan. Years later a young girl is abducted near her school in a rural Australian town. A strange man in worn Army camos discovers her. She has a rare blood group and is bleeding to death. It's a race against time. The local community helps by donating blood; neighbours and strangers are determined to help her. A nearby Army base also helps the daughter of a respected officer who died in Afghanistan. While she's in hospital there are strange incidents.

I just returned home from vacation and the reception AGAD garnered over the past week is overwhelming. Thank you all so very much. For those who posted in the public comments section, or those who e ... more

This is a collection of zany stories ranging from 300 to 1,600 words in length. The first one is preceded by an introduction to the Madazine staff.
Added Chapter 76

A Glass, and Darkly ended with today's submission. It's been a good ride. My thanks go out to everyone who read the story, voted on it, and/or commented on it. Whether you did one or all of those, i ... more

A Jade Force of Misera Story (11)
The Enforcers of God are causing problems in Palarma. Jade Force is hired to put an end to their reign of terror.
Added Chapter 6

A man is taken then returned. He's not the same or is he? Now with a lot of questions he leaves earth to search for the only other one like himself, so far.
Added Chapter 10

An Enfield Undrowned Story (2)
Terrorist rage pierces the heart of the United States in a shocking and brutal attack. The attack jolts the country from its naïveté in one, horrifying instant; Jeff Knox, his family, friends, and neighbors are shaken from their comfortable lives in that same moment. How does a nation of three hundred million respond and how does it change one man?
Added Chapter 25 (final)

Coming of age in the late 1950's.
Added Chapter 12

Her boldness blinded her to what lawfulness requires. Beautiful and tragic, she paid the full price.

A short story inspired by the many emails I received about Corvettes not having a backseat.

I have had so many emails about Corvettes not having a backseat that it inspired a very short story. BTW all the emails were sent in the right spirit and were appreciated, all one hundred and sixty two of them. Ed

A feud is finally settled. In the public domain.

A man with a past, not tied to anyone makes a startling discovery that changes his life and his perceptions of it.
Added Chapter 59

Updated Chapter 10 with my eagle eyed readers findings.

The first meeting of a girl and guy from different social backgrounds, with hints of some prior connection as yet unrevealed.

Stand alone, one shot in the Galactic Chronicles Universe.

Hairball A story in the Galacric Chronicles Universe Universe © 2018 by Vanessa Ravencroft

A Jade Force of Misera Story (11)
The Enforcers of God are causing problems in Palarma. Jade Force is hired to put an end to their reign of terror.

He loved a girl whose sister loved him, so the girl he loved wouldn't love him. But now he's home from the war and everything's changed

A Man with a lot of bad luck, suddenly finds he is more than he thought.
Added Chapter 30 (final)

A man is hunted for what he has created.
Added Chapter 13

A Jade Force of Misera Story (10)
The Sumar/Desera War is heating up. More refugees are fleeing the war zone and Jade Force remains responsible for them. Someone has to end the war and who better than Jade Force.
Added Chapter 5 (final)

I submitted all twenty-five chapters of AGAD back in February, so I didn't see that Lazeez recently changed the submission wizard. He added an option to have submissions sent to the moderators for mor ... more

Huh. I certainly didn't expect this week's chapter to post so early today. I've been so used to queued chapters not posting here until after 8 pm that I hadn't given Chapter 19 the final once-over. ... more

A Jade Force of Misera Story (10)
The Sumar/Desera War is heating up. More refugees are fleeing the war zone and Jade Force remains responsible for them. Someone has to end the war and who better than Jade Force.

A Jade Force of Misera Story (9)
The Sumar refugees are still living in the refugee camp. The end of the Sumar/Desera war is nowhere in sight. It is time for them to be looking ahead to the future. An uncertain future is offered to them by Jade Force. Will they take it?
Added Chapter 5 (final)

Hindsight is the only exact science. What would you do if you could go back

Neptar, a planet long forgotten through time. It's inhabitants have endured trail after trial, but none as great or as powerful as this. Join Mistery in his quest to stop an ancient evil from arising and bringing an end to Neptar. Watch as Mistery's story unfolds and his life becomes intertwined with those of legends.
Added Chapter 10

A Jade Force of Misera Story (8)
Misera from its founding has not been stable.There a suppressed indigenous population and a repressed population controlled by a few selfish political types. A civil war erupts. The government hires Jade Force to put down the rebellion so that Jade Force can kill off the protesters. Blame is easy to deflect - it wasn't us, it was Jade Force who massacred the crowd in the square.
Added Chapter 4 (final)