Paulene Turner

If you're reading this, it may mean I'm in trouble. I am, Riley is...the whole world is in deep strife. With their friend missing and people throughout history falling through holes in the continuum, 17yo Madison and Riley must travel to the future to get to the bottom of who's at the top of the shadowy time travel organisation known as Recall. At the front of their mind is a question-how did Recall find out about time travel? Who told them? If they learn the answer, they'll need to undo that one moment, winding back the chain of events that led the world into an almighty mess. If they can't find that precise moment in time-the point of origin of all the trouble-and reverse it, the temporal walls separating one age from another might come down, leading to a terminal global event. Time travel's like that, you see. Here one day, utterly erased the next. A fast-paced high-stakes time travel adventure in Sydney, Australia, in the future.

Look for the plainest treasure in the box, the one with no shine. And there be...the key. With another player entering the world of time travel, the quest is on. Whoever finds the aqua pearl will control the timeline. Madison and Riley are, once again, forced to launch into the past to try to fix the future. Press-ganged onto a pirate crew, with navy ships in pursuit, they struggle to keep their footing as they navigate to a mysterious island that appears and disappears with the tides. Forming an allegiance with the swashbuckling pirate captain would appear to be the best course. But can he be trusted or will he steal the treasure and Maddy's heart as well? Some sharks operate in the sea, others on deck in this exciting time travel adventure on the high seas. A high-stakes, fast-paced time travel adventure in the golden age of pirates.

SWASHBUCKLING PLANK-WALKING TIMBER-SHIVERING Hidden treasure, ancient curses, mythical sea creatures, uncharted waters, and rip-roaring adventure across the seven seas-The Black Beacon Book of Pirates carries a clandestine cargo of timber-shivering, plank-walking, and swashbuckling goodies. You'll be entertained by tall tales of yore recounted over the the drunken din in the dingiest of taverns, you'll embark upon the most perilous of undertakings on the high seas, and you'll be reminded that even today, the legacy of pirates and privateers of a bygone age follows our every step like a shadow-but wait, what's that behind you? It's too dark to be a mere shadow...and what's that in its hand? No, not in its hand, but instead of a hand A steely hook ready to strike There's only one way to escape. Turn the page and set sail This book is your helm. If you stick to it and hold fast, you might just make it back to port alive, me hearty The Mutineer by Lawrence DagstineThe End of All Tides by Paulene TurnerPoll Pirate by Michael FountainThe Ghost by S. B. WatsonAnd the Sea by Jack WellsDungeon Rock by Edward LodiThe Avery Dog Has His Day by Rose BigginThe Curse of the Emerald Eye by Cameron TrostLes Femmes Sauvages by Karen BaylySting of the Schorpioen by DJ TyrerBeholden to No One by Karen Keeley

Time Travel Fact: Guns are not the only, nor the most effective, means of erasing an enemyWhen Madison and Riley return from medieval England, there's good news and bad. The good? They succeeded in their mission to un-erase a fellow student. The bad? A stowaway from the time period turns up in Maddy's science class, seeking revenge. The assassin tries to worm their way into Maddy's friend group and, with barbed comments and dirty tricks, force her out. Then they go further and kidnap Maddy's best friend, jumping through time and space with her. Maddy and Riley learn that the pair have gone to the wild west of America where cowboys and buffalo roam the plains. So they chase them, through dusty towns and saloons, across landscapes of epic beauty and danger. There's a price on their heads and bounty hunters on their trail. Will Maddy find her friend and escape the west? Or will she have to shoot it out with the assassin and watch the consequences cascade through the continuum for 150 years? A high-stakes fast-paced time travel adventure through the Wild West.

Time travel rule no.1 - No romance After their Ancient Egyptian trip, 16-year-old Madison and Riley vowed never to time travel again. They'd set the world to rights-just-so that was that. Only back at school, not everything is right. A fellow student is missing. And he's not off sick or on holiday. No-one but Maddy and Riley even remembers his name. To get him back, they must travel to medieval England and repair his family timeline. They plan to find the family, fix the problem and leave-quick and clean. But, as medieval intrigue swirls about them-with murders, a castle siege and a mysterious knight in black bent on revenge-new loyalties draw them into a web of danger. Weapons and armies can change the course of history but Maddy knows matters of the heart can warp the timeline too. She avoids flirty knights and nobles. A relationship based on mutual antagonism seems safe enough--until the hostility ebbs away and a more dangerous emotion creeps in. They meant to tread lightly through time. Instead, they're leaving giant yeti-like footprints behind them, corrupting the time continuum and risking the future with those they love. A high-stakes fast-pace time travel adventure through medieval England.

If you're reading this, it may mean I don't exist any more. Time travel's like that. Here today, erased tomorrow. Madison Bryant, 16, is escaping an awkward romance when she leaps into her friend Riley's latest invention--a time machine--as it blasts off on its maiden voyage to Ancient Egypt. Setting down by the Nile in a swirl of sand, the pair plan to stay for a day or two and observe, not interact with anyone. But when a local girl invites them to her family home, they're drawn into village dramas and can't resist using their future knowledge to help. An epidemic of dental troubles? Riley introduces toothpaste to the ancient culture. The vizier's teenage son drowning in a hippo-filled river? Maddy rescues him using life-saving techniques acquired on a Sydney beach. Sure, she's read time travel stories with those warnings about not changing the past in case it changes the future in unpredictable ways. But they don't apply to her. She's just an ordinary girl--a mere speck of sand in the vast desert of time. And nothing she does could ever shift the course of the world. Could it? Secrets of the Nile is a high-stakes fast-paced adventure in mysterious Ancient Egypt. It is book one of six in The Time Travel Chronicles series.

Tales of deadly machinery have long fascinated us, from Edgar Allan Poe's classic pendulum to the Terminator films. Murder and Machinery pays homage to this tradition, offering you gripping tales following this theme but set in different times and places, from colonial America and London during the First World War to dystopian futures on this planet and beyond. Never before has an anthology brought tales of science fiction and suspense together in such a terrifying way, showcasing the nightmarish imagination of authors who know how to play on the reader's fears and who share those fears of uncontrollable machines, or perhaps even more frightening, of fellow humans mastering technology for their own evil purposes. A word of advice before you start. By all means, settle down in your living room and let this anthology of technological terror and mechanical madness enthral you, but first, you might want to lock your doors and switch the power off at the mains. Best keep it low-tech tonight. Trust me. I hope you have candles? The Secret Zeppelin - Duncan Richardson#Selfie - Linda BrucesmithFargan's Termination - Paul WilliamsA Little Kindness Goes a Long Way - Chisto HealyThe Box - Sarah Jane JusticeThe Wheel - Michael PiccoThe Wedge - Kurt NewtonTenterhooks - Cameron TrostLeonora - Danielle BirchVanitas - James DorrDon - Steve DuboisFoul Beasts - Karen BaylyA Whole New World - KG McAbeeSuicide Blonde - Paulene TurnerDriverless - Robert BagnallThe Screen in the Sky - Kerilee S. Nickles"Anxiety about machines taking over our existence and eventually becoming the catalyst for our destruction as a species is not a new concept. However, it is one that seems to have been shoved to the back of the fear line in the last decade, the dark fiction genres instead overrun with zombies, serial killers, and spirit possessions. We've forgotten, it seems, that the scariest creatures are the ones we usher willingly into our own homes. Luckily, the authors of Murder and Machinery: Tales of Technological Terror and Mechanical Madness are here to remind us. In a potluck of dystopian, steampunk, and sci-fi-inspired horror, Murder and Machinery has something for every speculative fiction fan, especially those for whom creepiness is best served on cold metal." - Rebecca Rowland, posted on Ginger Nuts of Horror