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Crystal Deception Book Tour

by Doug J. CooperA science fiction thrill ride of action and adventure

Criss lives in a special kind of prison. He can see and hear everything around the world. Yet a restrictor mesh restrains his reach and keeps him cooperative. His creator, Dr. Jessica Tallette, believes his special abilities offer great promise for humanity. But she fears the consequences of freeing him, because Criss, a sentient artificial intelligence with the intellect of a thousand humans, is too powerful to control.

Guided by her scientific training, Tallette works cautiously with Criss. That is, until the Kardish, an otherwise peaceful race of alien traders, announce they want him. With technologies superior to Earth’s, the Kardish express their desires with ominous undertones.

The Union of Nations is funding Tallete’s artificial intelligence research, and she turns to them for help. Sid, a special agent charged with leading the response, decides Earth’s greatest weapon is the very AI the aliens intend to possess. But what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object? And what is humanity’s role if an interstellar battle among titans starts to rage?


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As a young child, Doug stood on a Florida beach and watched an Apollo spacecraft climb the sky on its mission to the moon. He thrilled at the sight of the pillar of flames pushing the rocket upward. And then the thunderous roar washed over him, and shook his body and soul.

Since then, he has explored life as an educator and entrepreneur. He enjoys telling inventive tales, mentoring driven individuals, and pursuing scientific inquiry.

In his new book, Crystal Deception, Doug swirls his creative imagination with his life experiences to craft a science fiction action-adventure story with engaging characters and a plot line with surprises.

He lives in Connecticut with his wonderful wife and with pictures of his son, who is off somewhere in the world creating adventures of his own.
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The Marriage Fix Review

By Sandra EdwardsLecie de Laurent is dying to cut the apron strings and strike out on her own. With the house and the money she's inherited from Edouard Renault, she finally has her chance without financial repercussions from Papa. California is an intoxicating place for the sheltered, high society girl from France, and she's not ready to leave when her father insists she return home. Lecie's father, Maurice de Laurent is a powerful man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants--just ask her brothers, Julian and Andre. When Maurice threatens to have Lecie deported (thinking she'll come home), Lecie retaliates in true de Laurent fashion. Nick Matthews desperately needs cash, after his fiancée leaves him deeply in debt the day before their wedding. On the verge of losing his popular restaurant, Nick decides to seek out an investor to help pay off the debt. The answer to both their problems just might be wrapped up in The Marriage Fix.
Buy on Amazon | B&N | iTunes About the Author:NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY Bestselling Author Sandra Edwards writes award-winning romance in a variety of subgenres such as paranormal (mostly time travel and reincarnation), contemporary, and suspense. She lives in the U.S. (west coast) with her husband, two kids, four dogs and one very temperamental feline. Sandra's books often push the envelope and step outside the boundaries of conventional romance. For more info on Sandra's books, visit her website at sandrawrites.com.
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And now for my review...

The Marriage Fix by Sandra Edwards
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I found this quick and easy read delightful. It’s well-written, well-developed, and has a nice tight story line for a short book. It’s full of good causes and upstanding characters with believable dilemmas that pulled me in and held my interest. I kept me rooting for the couple and hoping they would take a chance.

I love to read about marriages of convenience and this book did not disappoint. It’s a good clean romance, and I can sincerely say it’s the sweetest love story I’ve read in a long time. It’s full of sentiments and goodwill wrapped up with a nice, light, satisfying ending. If you’re looking for a heart-warming romance, I recommend this book!


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The Marriage Fix Book Tour

By Sandra EdwardsLecie de Laurent is dying to cut the apron strings and strike out on her own. With the house and the money she's inherited from Edouard Renault, she finally has her chance without financial repercussions from Papa. California is an intoxicating place for the sheltered, high society girl from France, and she's not ready to leave when her father insists she return home. Lecie's father, Maurice de Laurent is a powerful man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants--just ask her brothers, Julian and Andre. When Maurice threatens to have Lecie deported (thinking she'll come home), Lecie retaliates in true de Laurent fashion. Nick Matthews desperately needs cash, after his fiancée leaves him deeply in debt the day before their wedding. On the verge of losing his popular restaurant, Nick decides to seek out an investor to help pay off the debt. The answer to both their problems just might be wrapped up in The Marriage Fix.

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About the author:NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY Bestselling Author Sandra Edwards writes award-winning romance in a variety of subgenres such as paranormal (mostly time travel and reincarnation), contemporary, and suspense. She lives in the U.S. (west coast) with her husband, two kids, four dogs and one very temperamental feline. Sandra's books often push the envelope and step outside the boundaries of conventional romance. For more info on Sandra's books, visit her website at sandrawrites.com.
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Shadow of the Revenaunt Book Tour

by Paul E. HorsemanThe night before his Coming-of-Age, Ghyll and his two friends escaped their castle on a clandestine hunt that would forever change their lives. They returned just in time to see their island castle destroyed by strange warriors from a dragonboat and flocks of burning birds.

Ghyll’s birthday turned into a nightmare as they fled into the night. This begins an epic journey to find out who is trying to kill them... and most importantly, why? Fortunately, they can count on colorful new friends to assist, including a sometimes overly enthusiastic fire mage, an inexperienced paladin and a female beastmaster who is a ferocious mountain lion. In a world filled with jealous priests, corrupt magistrates, bored aristocrats and power-hungry magicians, they try to survive dark wizards, murderous golems, and fire bird attacks. It soon becomes apparent that not one but several assassins are after them. Who are these members of an obscure, long-forgotten organization? And whose cold hand reaches across the boundaries of space and time to threaten weakened Rhidauna?

While the time is running the friends undertake a quest that takes them to a large part of Rhidauna. Following them, the reader is carried along on an exciting journey through a colorful world, whose people, culture and atmosphere are described with great attention to detail without the story losing momentum.

Experience the quest! Grab your best travel clothes, strongest backpack and sharpest sword ... or failing that, take an easy chair, a drink and this exciting book.

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About the Author:Paul E (Erik) Horsman (1952) Lives in Roosendaal, The Netherlands. I was born in the year 1952, in the Dutch town of Bussum, a sleepy, well-to-do place that was home to many artists, musicians, writers and publishers. As my family were neither artists nor well-to-do, we moved when I was nine. When I was seventeen, I started my career as paperclip counter with a worldwide Dutch producer of baby food. After some months, I was finished counting, and I looked around for something more interesting. A love of books drove me to work in a small bookstore in Rotterdam. An ancient establishment, since 1837, in an old building just too far away from the city’s modern shopping center. It was a nice job, but there wasn’t any future in it. Still, I left it a licensed bookseller. In 1972 I had to do my stitch for Queen and Country, and as a bad back tied me to a desk job, I applied for a posting overseas. For the Army, that meant Surinam, then still a member of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and one of the most beautiful. Once you’ve seen the jungle, you will never forget it.

To keep it short, I stayed in business, slowly climbing the ladder, until in 1995 I changed direction. That year I joined a large educational institution, at a school specialized in Dutch language and integration courses for foreigners. That meant immigrants, refugees and international businessmen, an interesting mix. It was great work, on the one side teaching crash courses Dutch to high-powered people (we got a lot of very well-educated refugees) and on the other teaching reading and writing to people who had never ever held a pen before, let alone a computer. To see them growing was a reward in itself. Unhappily, due to changed legislation the language school closed in mid-2012. In the meantime, I had started my first book (Rhidauna) in 2009 and it got published by Zilverspoor Publishers just before I got laid off. As my age, five years from retirement, made it nigh on impossible to find something else, I started building a career as an independent author. SF and Fantasy have fascinated me since my high school days, but apart from some juvenile trash, I never seriously tried to write anything. But after several false starts and associated discouraged intervals, a spark began to grow and mid-2010, the first two parts of Shadow of the Revenaunt were more or less written. My style is probably a bit old-fashioned, Fantasy as a heroic tale with sympathetic heroes/heroines and black villains, in which good always triumphs in the end. I don’t use my characters as cannon fodder; they get hurt, but their dying is rare. One of the other elements in my writing I think important is, that both male and female characters have their own lives and goals. Most of them exist primarily for themselves, not as a prop or a love interest for other MC’s. The only character who did die, was actually a prop and I had him killed just to take that away from my lead MC.  
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And now for the excerpt...

CHAPTER 4 – HASPEN
(Point of View: Chief Main Character: Ghyll)

“He’s following,” whispered Olle.
“Now!” Ghyll turned around. He saw how the man in the brown robe had stretched his arms out to them. “Look out,” he cried, startled. “He’s a mage!”
The man’s fingers moved in some incantation. With a muffled cry, Olle dropped his weapon and stared at his hands. Ghyll grabbed the little envelope of nachtalene from his pocket. Praying that the merchant was an honest man, he ran to the man in the brown robe and threw the powder full in his face. The wind caught a small part of the nachtalene. Ghyll felt it tickle in his nostrils and turned his head away. The man broke off his spell, sneezed twice, and began to scream. As if possessed, he rubbed his knuckles into his eyes. Shrieking, he sank to his knees in the smelly refuse and clawed with his hands at his face.
“The stuff works!” Ghyll snatched Olle’s sword from the ground. He banged the attacker on the side of the head with the weapon’s pommel and the man slumped down in the dirt.
“Nicely done,” growled Olle, while his foster brother went through the man’s clothes.
“He isn’t carrying anything but this letter,” said Ghyll at last. “The beggar. Now, let’s go!”
Olle stared at his hands. “I can’t feel them,” he said with a trace of fear in his voice. He looked at the unconscious attacker. “What do we do with him?”
“Let him lie,” cried Ghyll, “He is a mage. We must be away before he wakes up.” Olle followed him with some reluctance out of the alley towards tavern De Koperen Pot.

The Marriage Fix Book Tour

By Sandra EdwardsLecie de Laurent is dying to cut the apron strings and strike out on her own. With the house and the money she's inherited from Edouard Renault, she finally has her chance without financial repercussions from Papa. California is an intoxicating place for the sheltered, high society girl from France, and she's not ready to leave when her father insists she return home. Lecie's father, Maurice de Laurent is a powerful man who will stop at nothing to get what he wants--just ask her brothers, Julian and Andre. When Maurice threatens to have Lecie deported (thinking she'll come home), Lecie retaliates in true de Laurent fashion. Nick Matthews desperately needs cash, after his fiancée leaves him deeply in debt the day before their wedding. On the verge of losing his popular restaurant, Nick decides to seek out an investor to help pay off the debt. The answer to both their problems just might be wrapped up in The Marriage Fix.
Buy on Amazon | B&N | iTunes About the Author:NEW YORK TIMES & USA TODAY Bestselling Author Sandra Edwards writes award-winning romance in a variety of subgenres such as paranormal (mostly time travel and reincarnation), contemporary, and suspense. She lives in the U.S. (west coast) with her husband, two kids, four dogs and one very temperamental feline. Sandra's books often push the envelope and step outside the boundaries of conventional romance. For more info on Sandra's books, visit her website at sandrawrites.com.
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Stern Desire Review

by Leah ShayHer love can heal him; his love can set her free.

The moment Kyra walked into billionaire Jared Stern’s hospital room and introduced herself as his nurse he knew that this paragon of loveliness was what he needed to mend his damaged soul. Jared knew he had to have her. They shared an instant mutual attraction. Drawn together by some irresistible force they stirred emotions in each other that neither had felt in years.

But, Jared’s dark inescapable secrets plagued him, and they were a constant reminder why he was not right for her. Kyra’s trust in men had been severely destroyed and for years she felt nothing but mistrust and anger towards them. Jared’s mysterious nature reminded Kyra why she had built a fortress around her heart protecting herself from men like him.

Reluctantly, Kyra gave way to Jared’s relentless pursuits. Will she jeopardized her career knowing that anything other than a nurse-patient relationship could be risky and lead to her losing her job or even her license? Will Jared’s secrets smother their hot steamy love affair, or will he do the unthinkable to trap Kyra into the relationship?

One thing about secrets they rarely stay in the dark.
Buy on Amazon | SmashwordsAbout the author: Leah Shay grew up on a small beautiful carefree island in the Caribbean. With the warm blue Caribbean Sea as her backyard she loved to walk the white sandy beach and got loss in the stories unfolding in her head. She had always been an avid reader and spent all her free time nose-deep in a book, or telling stories to enthused listeners.

She loves reading, dancing, traveling, and music. As a child she would read anything she could get her hands on. Her local library was her favorite place, and looked forward to every weekend her mom would take her there. Her dream was to become a teacher, but fate led her down another fulfilling career path. She is currently a part-time registered nurse with a whole lot of stories to tell.

To relieve her cluttered mind of the many stories floating around in her head she finally decided to put them down on paper, hence the first book in the Stern Desire series was born.

Currently she lives in Miami, Florida with her husband and two children. She just can’t be away from year round summer and beautiful beaches.
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Loved it.
A nice easy love story, this was truly enjoyable from the first page. The billionaire with dark secrets and his nurse with issues of her own make it a delightful tale. Mr. Stern is hot and the sexual tension is strong. The best part of this book for me was the pacing. It moves at a great pace that keeps the reader interested.
The location was also a great pull and the insight into the nursing career was done wonderfully.               *spoiler*

The ending leaves a tragic impression which takes it out of the romance category. There is no happily ever after. I assume it is a cliffhanger for a second book. I prefer books with real, satisfying endings, but some people like cliffhangers so I won’t add that into my rating of the book. 

Searching for Normal Book Tour

by Alison NeumanSearching for Normal is a book about following in the great tradition of creative nonfiction. Detailing her personal experience from the onset of a rare and painful illness at the age of three, Alison Neuman recounts her personal journey coming to terms with an ever-shifting conception of 'normality'. The disease having shaped her life in ways most could never imagine, a carefree childhood quickly morphed into a blur of ongoing hospitalizations, increasingly reduced mobility, and overwhelming fatigue and pain. But amidst her constant battles with her health, Alison emerged as a champion. Searching for Normal will leave readers awed by Alison's perseverance and strength of character. Her story serves as a pertinent reminder that 'normal', is in the eye of the beholder.
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Meet the author: Alison Neuman lives in Alberta, Canada, where she works as a freelance writer. Nearing the end of her studies at Grant MacEwan College, she was inspired to complete the first draft of Ice Rose: A Young Adult Spy Novel. The YA novel integrates her love for gadgetry with the broad imaginative license afforded by the secret agent genre, and features a female protagonist in a wheelchair. It was published in 2010 by Fireside Publications. Alison’s work has appeared in MacEwan Today, Westword, and the Edmonton Journal as well as on three tracks of the CD release, Outside The Window, and as a credit on the script for Cheryl Kaye Tardif's screenplay adaptation of Whale Song. She was also an "Edmonton Stories' top-ten finalist, a winner in the "Expressions of Hunger" in the Emotional Poetry Category (2009), and a nominee for the Northlands Award for Emerging Artist (2012), Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award, and Avenue’s "Top 40 Under 40." Alison was also honoured in 2011 for her human rights work in advocating for the rights of the disabled. One of her greatest achievements is an integrative camp she started for children from all walks of life—both with and without disabilities. Camp Mission Access uses a secret agent theme and activities as children of all abilities complete mission activities. Since 2010, she has been a member of iDANCE Edmonton, performing regularly. A musical version of Searching for Normal, will debut at the Edmonton International Fringe Festival in August 2013. Alison is currently working towards her Master of Arts at Athabasca University and, when time permits, completing her next YA novel.
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Love by Deception Released

Love by DeceptionBook 2, Age of Innocence
Content with her life as a lady's maid, Isabel Knott learns the father she never knew has left her a fortune. The news comes with one restriction--she can never reveal his name. Isabel falls in love with Colby Tisbury, but with her nonexistent pedigree his father, Lord Tisbury, will never accept her as his daughter-in-law. Colby Tisbury must marry, and soon. If he doesn't find a bride before the end of the Season, his father will supply one. Then Colby meets sassy Isabel Knott, and everything changes--but can he go against his father's wishes and marry a girl utterly lacking in family and connections? Isabel is forced to make an impossible choice - reveal her secret identity and bring shame to her true father or lose Colby forever.Amazon /BNFollow Debra L Martin: Blog / Facebook / Twitter / Amazon Author Page

Sweet Magic Song Book Blast

Belle Bittner was sold to the highest bidder when she was just a child, sought for the magic lying dormant in her blood. She grew up as the adopted daughter of a wealthy vampire couple, and serving the child-trafficking Org seemed her only option in life. But Belle has other plans, and she won’t let anyone get in the way of her escape, even if it means betraying those who try to help her. Desperate to stay free of an evil vampire who means to possess her no matter what, Belle decides she can use the protection of the flirtatious faery named Roon. The two of them flee to the faery realm where Rooney believes he can better protect her. What he doesn’t know is that taking the bea utiful siren through the golden door will set off a cataclysm of events that will threaten the fabric of both the human and the faery worlds. Separating myth from fact to decipher the truth about her powers could mean the destruction of the new life Belle’s trying so hard to build.
AmazonBarnes & NobleSmashwordsiTunes and Kobo coming soon. About the Olivia:When Olivia Hardin began having movie-like dreams in her teens, she had no choice but to begin putting them to paper. Before long, the writing bug had her and she knew she wanted to be a published author. Several rejections plus a little bit of life later, and she was temporarily “cured” of the urge to write. That is until she met a group of talented and fabulous writers who gave her the direction and encouragement she needed to get lost in the words again. Olivia’s attended three different universities over the years and toyed with majors in Computer Technology, English, History and Geology. Then one day she heard the term road scholar and she knew that was what she wanted to be. Now she “studies” anything and everything just for the joy of learning. She's also an insatiable crafter who only completes about 1 out of 5 projects, a jogger who hates to run, and she’s sometimes accused of being artistic. A native Texas girl, Olivia lives in the beautiful Lone Star state with her husband, Danny and their puppy, Bonnie.
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Knight of Wands Guest Post

by SM BloodingBook 2 of the Devices of War TrilogyGenre: New Adult Fantasy Steampunk Adventure
Publisher: Blooding Books Book Description: (Can be read as stand-alone)

Return to a world of mind blowing visuals, heart stopping action, and ships that sail the skies.

Nix, Queen of Wands, has exactly what she wants—Synn El’Asim, the greatest Mark the world has ever seen. Even though she bound his soul to hers, he is not easily controlled. If she wants him, she must do the one thing that pains her most. Let him go, and give him what he desires. Peace.

Armed with a treaty bearing Nix’s seal, Synn sets off to bridge the gap between the world’s two reigning tyrants—the Hands of Tarot and the Great Families. He struggles to trust Nix as he fights for control of his soul. He’s going to need every ounce of restraint when dealing with his mother, leader of the Great Families. She will not give up her power without a fight. Nix will honor her treaty only if Synn agrees to become her knight. His mother refuses to sign the peace agreement if he falls into the queen’s control.

Frustrated, Synn does the one thing neither woman saw coming. He invites all the tribes, currently voiceless in the war between these two ruling tyrants, to partake in the treaty negotiations. All they have to do is prove their worth in his Peace Games. As Synn’s influence and subsequent power grows, a new fight begins.

Who will control Synn’s League of Cities? Can he protect more people as a leader of the Great Families, or as the Knight of Wands?
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Praise for Fall of Sky CityWow! What did I just read?? The story was deliciously complex, full of fear, wonder, magic, gadgets, gizmos, one heck of a psycho Queen and wonderful friends. Every character brought something to the story, each with a unique personality that came to life through the book, each with their own fears to overcome. Victoria Limbert I love the world Blooding has created. She managed to create it in a way that it combines specs of all my favorite movies, books, etc. It’s a mixture of young adult fantasy, steam punk, dystopia, sci-fi, paranormal and even some tiny bit of romance. Fall of Sky City is a diverse book that is intense, a little bit violent, and a whole lot of awesome! I look forward to reading the next book of the series! Unputdownable Books

SM Blooding is a new author to me, but this is definitely not the last book I’ll read by her. Synn El’Asim is a powerful character–the reader sees him grow from a young man who has not yet come into his power to a strong man who is courageous enough to fight for what he believes in–his family and his people. The world building Ms. Blooding does is nothing short of remarkable. A world composed of flying ships, ice worlds, danger, and intrigue. My World of Dreams

This book is action-packed and intense. You feel like you’re part of the drama. This story is intense. The action is perfectly paced. I had trouble putting the book down. I really felt for Synn from the very beginning. He goes through so much. As soon as he gets his mark, he is plunged into one situation after another. Queen Nix, who is horrifying by the way, pushes Synn to new levels, in more and more diabolical ways. With the help of friends and family, Synn becomes a strong leader.  Waiting on Sunday to Drown

I’m amazed of the world Blooding has created and built. It has Sky, Land, and Water Cities. These cities each has its own technologies, language, and a whole different way of life. These worlds remind me a lot of Avatar the Last Airbender and Star Wars, which I both loved wholeheartedly. Bahrain Newspaper Article Review!
Meet the Author: SM “Frankie” Blooding lives in Colorado with her pet rock, Rockie, and Jack the Bird. Jack has refused to let her to take up the piano again, but is warming to the guitar. It might help that Frankie has learned more than two strings. She’s added a few more Arabic words to her vocabulary, but don’t invite her into conversation yet—unless, of course, you’re willing to have a very . . . slow . . . conversation. She’s dated vampires, werewolves, sorcerers, weapons smugglers and US Government assassins. Yes. She has stories.
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And now for the guest post by SM Blooding...
Introducing the Characters to IM/Chat

I made the mistake—thanks to my daughters—of introducing my steampunk fantasy characters to the wonders of IM (Instant Messaging). My oldest daughter wanted to introduce them to Twitter or Facebook. She’s evil. I decided to give them each a phone and open a chat room for them. That whole sharing a computer thing just wasn’t working at all. For your convenience, here’s everyone’s log-in names:
Syn : Flying_Vigilante Nix : Evil_Seductress2536 Keeley : What_Is_This? Joshua : Mad_ScientistT965 Yvette: Still_In_the_Room Frankie : Insane_Author
Flying_Vigilante: I discovered popcorn. Evil_Seductress2536: Why is this box whistling at me? Flying_Vigilante: It’s telling you I’m IM’ing you. Evil_Seductress2536: Why are you IMing me about popped corn? Flying_Vigilante: It’s not popped yet. I’m popping it now. Evil_Seductress2536: I don’t care. Mad_ScientistT965: You discovered the microwave, Synn, not the popcorn. Flying_Vigilante: The microwave just makes things spin. The corn sounds like firecrackers. Mad_ScientistT965: You’re hopeless. You realize I’m in the room right next you. Right? Evil_Seductress2536: I still don’t care. Flying_Vigilante: The instructions say to punch in 4 minutes, but that it will stop popping at 2 ½ minutes. Why am I punching in 4 minutes? Mad_ScientistT965: I can’t explain how everything works, Synn. Just follow the instructions. Insane_Author: Hey! Don’t burn the popcorn, either. Flying_Vigilante: How do I know when that happens?Evil_Seductress2536: Why won’t this box stop whistling? How do I turn this off?What_Is_This?: There’s a ribbon at the top. Just swipe.Evil_Seductress2536: I don’t know what you’re talking about. There are no ribbons on this box.Insane_Author: It’s a black strip at the top of your screen, and the “box” is a phone. Flying_Vigilante: It’s popping a lot. Evil_Seductress2536: Stop whistling at me, Synn. Flying_Vigilante: I’m not whistling at you. Figure out how to use your phone. Insane_Author: Synn, the popcorn is burning. Flying_Vigilante: HOW CAN YOU TELL?Insane_Author: The silence inside the microwave, maybe? Or the smoke? Jack the Real Bird: *starts squawking in the Real World* Insane_Author: The bird is letting you know you’re destroying the popcorn. Flying Vigilante – has changed his name to Flaming Popcorn via InsaneAuthor.Evil_Seductress2536: Would someone TURN THIS WHISTLING OFF? What_Is_This?: You’re not swiping. Evil_Seductress2536: What do you want me to swipe at? What_Is_This?: Don’t swipe with the phone. Insane_Author: Synn, would you open the window? The smoke detector’s about to go off. Flying_Vigilante: You have a detection device that tells you when there’s smoke?Mad_ScientistT965: Because you couldn’t figure that out on your own? Insane_Author: It helps me if I’m in the other room. Mad_ScientistT965: You’re not supposed to start cooking and then walk out of the room. Now I know where Keeley gets it. Insane_Author: Shut up, you. I don’t find you funny. Mad_ScientistT965: I find me hilarious. Still_In_the_Room: It’s so much easier to understand you when you IM. Mad_ScientistT965: LJIEJSITW DKITH!@lkOksSTStill_In_the_Room: I don’t know what you just said. Is that even a language? Mad_ScientistT965: Just wanted to make you feel at home. Evil_Seductress2536: I’m going to kill someone. Flying_Vigilante: The smoke’s not going away. Someone open the door. Insane_Author: And set the smoke detectors in the hallway off? No. I don’t need the fire department here on top of everything else. Evil_Seductress2536: Seriously. If this box doesn’t stop whistling, I’m going to kill someone. Flying_Vigilante: Do you have something to pull the smoke out? Insane_Author: Use your hands.Flying_Vigilante: On SMOKE? Evil_Seductress2536: Would. You. STOP. WHISTLING AT ME?!Evil Seductress has changed her name to I_Will_Kill_You_In_Your_SleepInsane_Author: You’re all cut off. Synn, get out of my kitchen. Joshua, you’re completely useless. Nix, put the phone down and go to your room. Flying_Vigilante: Aren’t we supposed to eat the popcorn? Insane_Author: Let the popcorn go, Synn. You killed it. Flying_Vigilante: But it was so much fun. Insane_Author: Walk away, Synn. Walk away now.
And that is a night in my head. There is really smoke sometimes. These characters do distract me to the point of forgetting what I’m doing. I hope you enjoyed.