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21 Rough Diamond by Ernest Bywater

An Australian schoolboy discovers he can move small objects with his mind. His family moves to Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA and he uses his special skill to 'win' money at casinos. His exceptional skills at winning bring him some unwanted attention from some people, including the Department of Homeland Security. He objects to their actions and soon a state of war exists between his family and the DHS (and the people behind them). The odds are heavily in favour of one side - but which side?
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Coming of Age, Crime, Drama, Politics, School, Violence, War, Workplace, Rags to Riches, Science Fiction, Extra Sensory Perception, Young Adult
Downloads: 22664 | Votes: 1201 | Score: 7.85
Size: 304KB | 61,584 words | Posted:

22 Michaels Mansion by Ernest Bywater

A Rivers Region Story
A two hundred year old Australian building is destroyed by fire when a jet taking off from the local airport is shot down. This is how the owner turns a fire gutted building of five sandstone walls back into the elegant building it once was, despite not having much cash to do it with and having to fight the state bureaucrats. It also talks about his important personal and family events during the reconstruction. The fire is very much a life changing event for the owner and his family.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: General
Tags: Drama, Workplace, Rags to Riches
Downloads: 12519 | Votes: 382 | Score: 7.74
Size: 278KB | 55,578 words | Posted: Concluded:

23 Life Is Change by Ernest Bywater

No good turn goes unpunished. There's nothing so constant in life as change. Shortly after finishing his Australian university exams Smoky Grey learns these two sayings are true. His life and plans are totally changed by an encounter in the university car-park. For the next few years his life is one change after another. Some of them being ones he initiates. He's a catalyst for changes to improve the lives of many people.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Workplace, Rags to Riches
Downloads: 15249 | Votes: 494 | Score: 7.66
Size: 250KB | 50,162 words | Posted: Concluded:

24 The CIA Exposed: T.a.R.P. Cover Up by Ernest Bywater

Some smart people invent a way to dispose of rubbish, and a few other things. The CIA want their technology, and they won't hand it over. Things heat up. Set in Australia.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Action/Adventure
Tags: Politics, Workplace
Downloads: 4287 | Votes: 309 | Score: 7.63
Size: 36KB | 7,122 words | Posted:

25 Always on My Mind by Carter County

Another troubled marriage.
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Age Rating: Older than 17 | Genre: Drama
Tags: Romance, Drama, Workplace
Downloads: 4865 | Votes: 328 | Score: 7.59
Size: 33KB | 6,713 words | Posted:

26 Mallard Heir by Ernest Bywater

A man just out of university inherits a trust in the USA. He has to live in the house it owns, but first he has to make it liveable. He also has to worry about some old feuds in place in this rural valley in the Appalachian mountains. He has to survive his first weeks in the mountains, and in doing so he finds a wife and partner for life while they deal with old feuds and the local weather. Set in Australia.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: General
Tags: Workplace, Rags to Riches
Downloads: 12933 | Votes: 526 | Score: 7.53
Size: 246KB | 49,993 words | Posted: Concluded:

27 Rage-part IV: Desires by Celtic Bard

A Rage Story (4)
After a hard night at Exposé, dancer Candy goes home and has a sexily strange dream that leaves her sweat-covered and worried. Going into work that night, she learns Angus never showed up at opening after being wounded the night before and the police are now looking for him, worried he might be missing. Candy sets out to discover what happened to Angus by searching his apartment only to discover the weirdness from the night before hasn't ended but only expanded to engulf her.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Fantasy
Tags: Romance, Crime, Workplace, Secret Agents, Alternate Universe, Fantasy
Downloads: 3057 | Votes: 160 | Score: 7.53
Size: 23KB | 4,589 words | Posted:

28 One Small Step by Ernest Bywater

A masters student does some research into the Apollo 11 moon landing and the claimed hoax. He has some startling discoveries to announce when he delivers his final paper.
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Age Rating: Anybody | Genre: General
Tags: Humor, Drama, Politics, Science, Workplace, Science Fiction, Aliens, Space, Vignettes
Downloads: 4341 | Votes: 478 | Score: 7.52
Size: 9KB | 1,814 words | Posted:

29 New Computing World by Ernest Bywater

Love or hate computers, you'll love this story. This satirical tale of the humiliation of Little Electronic Technologies and the destruction of their computer software monopoly is told from a future viewpoint, as a college assignment. Some determined computer geeks take on the global might of LET, and win! They defeat LET by getting deep inside their own software!
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: General
Tags: Crime, Politics, Science, Workplace
Downloads: 3701 | Votes: 149 | Score: 7.48
Size: 76KB | 13,899 words | Posted:

30 Skyscrapers by The Outsider

A story in the Enfield Undrowned Universe
Civil engineer Todd Rook feels he has little to show for his time on the planet other than a good job and a few possessions. It will take a former friend from his past to make him understand what he has, and what he still needs.
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Age Rating: Older than 13 | Genre: Drama
Tags: Romance, Military, Workplace, Alternate Timeline
Downloads: 5052 | Votes: 248 | Score: 7.47
Size: 73KB | 14,343 words | Posted:
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