The Friday 56: Survivors by Sophie Littlefield

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Survivors
by Sophie Littlefield
-zombopocalypse novella
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PAGE 56: this is an ebook, so sentence is from location 56

But Dor's men were well armed with crowbars and sledges and lock tools--not to mention unusual levels of training and testosterone or, in Faye's case, just plain fearlessness.

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The Friday 56: Original Sin by Lisa Desrochers

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Original Sin
by Lisa Desrochers
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Angel spit has magical properties.

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GABE:


LUC:


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The Friday 56: Stanley Seagull by Cathy Mazur

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Stanley Seagull
by Cathy Mazur

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There was something mysterious and exciting about this flying food fest.


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The Friday 56: Mr. Softee by Mike Faricy

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Mr. Softee
by Mike Faricy
PAGE 56: this is an ebook, so sentence is from location 56

I nodded at the smiling Barbie doll sitting up straight in the vinyl chair.

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Participant entries:

Krysykat picks...


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The Friday 56: Called Home-Two Hearts Answer by Gloria Schumann

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Called Home-Two Hearts Answer
by Gloria Schumann
-romance, thriller
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I'm busy running a farm and working in this wonderful bookstore.

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The Friday 56: Shiewo by Ciye Cho

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Shiewo
A Fantasy Flight to Adventure
by Ciye Cho

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Yet, these creatures were anything but human: leopards were covered in rainbow gingham, llamas had cotton candy instead of fur, the whole a mishmash of organic, inanimate, and fantasy shapes.

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The Friday 56: Golden Healer by Christine E. Schulze

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Golden Healer, Dark Enchantress
The Amielian Legacy: The Stregony Sequence Book 1
by Christine E. Schulze
PAGE 56:

We have only two vulnerable places--our neck, and our heart, which must be run through with gold.


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The Friday 56: Down the Mysterly River

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Down the Mysterly River
by Bill Willingham
Release date: September 2011
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PAGE 56:

On my worst day, blink in both eyes, with three broken legs, busted teeth, and a bad case of runny-butt from eating too much rotting carrion, I could still beat a pretty-boy like you, all the while sparing enough attention to compose love songs for each of my three dozen mistresses.

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The Friday 56: Happy Birthday to Me

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Happy Birthday to Me
by Brian Rowe
PAGE 56: i have the ebook version, so sentence is from location 56

I stayed awake and daydreamed I was seventeen again, when all was right in the world.

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Ahhhh, seventeen!

What fond memory do you have when you were that age?

I remember the amazing feelings of freedom and independence when driving around in my very own car.

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The Friday 56: The Pirate Code

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Pirate Code
by Helen Hollick
re-released version

PAGE 56:

The whores were screaming abuse at the men, a few rotten eggs being thrown along with mouldering fruit and projected spittle, and their common shout of protest.

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The Friday 56: The First Days

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The First Days
by Rhiannon Frater

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Wept for her dead children, the dead world, and for her new found freedom...

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The Friday 56: Jabberwocky

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Jabberwocky
by Daniel Coleman
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PAGE 56: this is an ebook, so sentence is from location 56

Finding none, the pale green raths outgrabe repeatedly--their wheezy bellows and interspersed snortles were all that upset the peaceful ambiance.

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Alice in Fragonard's Swing
created by the Strangeling

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The Friday 56: Raven's Kiss

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Raven's Kiss
by Toni LoTempio
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Sighing, I transformed my arm into a snake's coil once again, wrapped it around the object, and brought it down to me.


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The Friday 56: 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts

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1,000 Creative Writing Prompts:
Ideas for Blogs, Scripts, Stories and More
by Bryan Cohen

PAGE 56: this is an ebook, so sentence is from location 56

If you have the desire to write and you can give yourself the permission to have this passion in your life then you are a writer.

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The Friday 56: The Strange Case of Finley Jayne

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The Strange Case of Finley Jayne
The Steampunk Chronicles
by Kady Cross
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PAGE 56: this is an ebook, so sentence is from location 56

When she was younger they were so infrequent she barely gave them a thought, but they started getting worse shortly after she got her first monthly, and now happened regularly enough--and without warning--that oftentimes she wasn't even aware anything had happened until it was far too late.

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The Friday 56: Between Two Ends

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Between Two Ends
by David Ward
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Sinister would have held promise, but this house appeared... forgotten.

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The Friday 56: Once A Pirate

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Once A Pirate
by Susan Grant
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Startled and dismayed by Amanda's tears, Andrew snatched her wrists.

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The Friday 56: A Wild Light

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A Wild Light
by Marjorie Liu
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He might have been the only man in the world with his ... particular condition ... though given the proclivities of the creature that had made him, I had my doubts.

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The Friday 56: The Adventures of Miss Upton and the Sky Pirate

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As part of pirate's month ( ...and a bottle o'rum), I present a steampunk pirate for my Friday 56...

The Adventures of Miss Upton and the Sky Pirate
by CJ Archer

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Whenever she touched an object separated from its owner, her skin heated, as if the source of the heat was the object itself.

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The Friday 56: Somber Island

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Somber Island
by T. Lynne Tolles
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Here the rain and wind lessened with the shelter of the canopy of trees above them, but the tops of the trees moaned and creaked in the vicious wind above.

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