English Storytelling

My Pet Rattlesnake is an interactive story between storyteller and children. Feel free to adlib your own words. Usually, whatever the children say, the storyteller says something different. Do you want to hear about my pet dog, my pet cat, or my pet rattlesnake? (If students respond dog or cat, you say "Sadly, it ran away." And pretend to wipe away the tears from your eyes for several dramatic seconds.)

Join us on a magical journey around the world, where the enchanted bed takes you on an exciting ride to meet new friends and discover all types of amazing lands. It's a fairytale for the mind, and takes you away into slumber land, surrounding you with positivity and fun for toddlers and children, teaching them kindness along the way. The perfect bedtime story!

Join us on a magical journey around the world, where the enchanted bed takes you on an exciting ride to meet new friends and discover all types of amazing lands. It's a fairytale for the mind and takes you away into slumber land, surrounding you with positivity and fun for toddlers and children, teaching them kindness along the way. The perfect bedtime story!

A desperate struggle against an alien invasion. A rescue attempt that goes haywaire. A scientific expedition endangered by its own discovery. An assassin's most lucrative job, and also his most dangerous. A victim's search for true justice. Or is it just revenge? A young soldier learning the ropes. A zombie's rant about the difficulties of his life...Short Story 10-Pack is a collection of ten engrossing short stories from science fiction/fantasy author Michael Kingswood.

Lexi Pines has made a terrible mistake. Just out of grad school and desperately broke, she’s resorted to cleaning out old houses in exchange for room and board. When she discovers a brand new Sybian in the attic, Lexi can’t resist the temptation. But her sexual exploits aren’t just earth-shatteringly fun; they’re waking a dark, handsome, brooding ghost with a secret he can’t quite remember. The Sybian is tied to the fading spirit who gets stronger the more Lexi indulges in carnal pleasures. Will this haunting send Lexi for the hills? Or will she go along for the ride?

Have you ever struggled to convince someone of something you felt passionate about? No matter how hard you try to convince them, they just don't get it. Or, maybe, you've been stumped in a job interview where you're being asked to sell yourself and your capabilities to the interviewer, but you just don't know how.

A war is raging on the streets of Bangkok. Yai, the giant all black alpha male, and his pack are in permanent danger. Their home is a coveted paradise, a verdant patch of grass and trees that provides shelter from the overbearing heat as well as the “tall creatures”. The war to protect their home is constant, with the menacing rival packs of the soi all scheming to overthrow the king. As a new generation is imminent, Yai and his family must fight harder than ever to protect their Garden of Eden.

Lucien Bandemyr, Crown Prince of the Qorathi Empire, looked forward to adventure, excitement, and glory from his first campaign outside of the Empire's star systems. Instead, he found frustration and betrayal, as an assassination attempt, coupled with an unexpected military catastrophe, put him squarely in the center of a galaxy-wide struggle for power. With his father near death, his most trusted advisors not above suspicion, and a Republican-minded princess seemingly determined to set his mind awhirl, Lucien sets out to right the military situation.

When Ben, a ranger in the Jarl's service, finds his friend's isolated cabin raided and burned, he must get the lone survivor, an injured young boy, back to town and safety. But the perpetrators remain nearby, and present a danger greater than Ben has ever faced, or even imagined. Debts And Obligations is a short fantasy adventure.

The Battle for Hong Kong seems lost in the shadow of other battles in Southeast Asia, such as Malaya, Singapore, Burma, and the Philippines. But while the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong Island lasted just one week from 18-25 December 1941, it was highlighted by horrific atrocities involving wounded Allied soldiers, and medical doctors, nurses, orderlies and patients. None worse than the massacre at St Stephen's College, which had transformed into a makeshift hospital.

Gareth and his sworn man, Hatherle, delve into the lair of a Necromancer who has been terrorizing the surrounding territory, seeking the reward on his head. But trips, traps, puzzles, and the dead themselves serve as the Necromancer’s guards, making this the most dangerous mission Gareth has ever taken on.

The Depths of December is a short and punchy (12,000 word) treatment of one of the most pivotal naval battles in World War II, when the British Far East Fleet found itself pitted against the Mitsubishi Bombers of the 22nd Flotilla Imperial Japanese Air Service off the coast of Singapore and Malaya. It is narrated in an engaging and high-energy style by the author of the book.

Intelligence told the High Command that the Mar Tabban, arch enemies of the Citizens' Army, had moved into the territory garrisoned by Larian's Regiment. In response, the Regimental Commander sent the B company scouts, Larian's unit, out to investigate. On his first operational assignment, Larian has to overcome inexperience and his own fear and uncertainty if he wants to survive and get the information his Regiment needs to emerge victorious.

A young army recruit, recently graduated from the Martial Academy, returns home on leave to find his village attacked by brigands and his girl kidnapped. Confident in his swordsmanship and the fact that his is the side of virtue, he sets out on his own to rescue her. This is the tale of his rescue attempt. Will he succeed, or will he fall, leaving his girl to the ravages of of the brigands?

Larian Elesir, a young recruit in the Citizens' Army, arrives at his first post. Eager to join the war effort, he is nonetheless nervous in his new environment and worried about setting a foot wrong. During his first day in camp, his new companions put him through his paces as they both learn who he is and teach him the basics he'll need to survive in his job in the army.

A great hero can come from a humble past. Great love can bloom from the embers of conflict. And sometimes the two can happen at the same time, to the near ruin of both.

Larian's comrade-in-arms and friend, Jiles, received a family heirloom in the mail: a pendant from his deceased grandfather. Then he lost it during a night of liberty in Mirasol, a town near their Company's camp. Larian agrees to help Jiles find his lost heirloom. Their search brings them into the heart of Mirasol's underworld, where they encounter dangers they did not expect during a simple night of liberty.

A plaintive call for help from across the void of space draws the star Alberon's attention, and incites it to compassionate assistance. But how does a star help something so far away from itself?

During an alien invasion, a lone naval special-warfare operator behind enemy lines has to rescue a group of civilians. Final Extraction is a 6,100-word military science fiction short story.

Someone replaced a little girl with an android made to be an exact duplicate of her. Detectives Ben Mulkahie and Devin Abrams have to find out who did it, and why, before other kids suffer the same fate.