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Brass Samovar

Book One: Echoes of the Detective

"Echoes of the Detective" is a captivating time-travel mystery that unravels the enigmatic tale of Alex Hartley, a modern-day young adult who stumbles upon an extraordinary brass timepiece in their family's dusty attic. This seemingly ordinary artifact holds the power to transport Alex through time, into the body of Ethan Collins, a detective from the 19th century. As Alex grapples with this inexplicable phenomenon, they find themselves navigating the unfamiliar streets of a bygone era. The gaslit lamps, horse-drawn carriages, and bustling townsfolk become their new reality, and their modern voice transforms into the language of another century. What makes this tale truly extraordinary is the revelation of a unique digital window that only Alex, or Ethan's persona within them, can see. This window displays vital information from the past, including a date, September 14, 1898, and a set of statistics detailing Ethan's detective skills, historical knowledge, and an unsolved murder case that has plagued the town for decades. Caught in the crossroads of two lifetimes, Alex must unravel the mysteries of both their own era and the 19th century. The clock is ticking, both in the present and the past, as they endeavor to solve the long-standing murder case, understand the secrets of the timepiece, and find a way to return to their own time. "Echoes of the Detective" is a mesmerizing journey through time, blending the allure of historical fiction with the intrigue of a detective thriller. Alex's character evolves as they embrace the challenges of the past and the complexities of a murder investigation. With the enigmatic timepiece as their guide, they must unlock the secrets of two centuries, forging a connection between past and present. This novel appeals to young adult readers aged 13 to 16, offering a unique blend of time travel, mystery, and historical intrigue. Join Alex on a gripping adventure as they traverse through the echoes of a detective's life, ultimately unraveling the enigma of the timepiece and their own place in history.
Vivid_Shado · 1.4K Views

The Clockwork Phoenix

In the bustling clockwork city of Cogspire, where gears grind and steam whistles, young Pip, a tinker with dreams bigger than his wrenches, stumbles upon a dusty, forgotten workshop. Inside, nestled among cogs and circuits, lies a breathtaking secret: the blueprints for a magnificent Clockwork Phoenix. Driven by a spark of ingenuity and a thirst for adventure, Pip throws himself into the impossible task of bringing the mythical creature to life. Days bleed into nights as he welds brass bones, winds feathered gears, and breathes life into the phoenix's fiery core. Finally, with a triumphant clang and a whirring sigh, the phoenix awakens, its eyes glowing with molten embers. But Pip's triumph is short-lived. The phoenix, yearning for the open sky, bursts free from the workshop, plunging Cogspire into chaos. Pip, his creation soaring out of control, is left with no choice but to chase after the Clockwork Phoenix across the city's vertiginous rooftops. His pursuit throws him into a heart-stopping race against time. He must navigate precarious clockwork walkways, dodge grinding gears, and outsmart city guards wielding anti-magical shock staves. All the while, the phoenix casts a blazing shadow over Cogspire, its fiery feathers threatening to ignite the city's intricate mechanisms and plunge everything into perpetual darkness. Pip, faced with a choice - watch his city burn or destroy the very marvel he created - must summon all his ingenuity and courage. Can he find a way to tame the Clockwork Phoenix before it becomes Cogspire's fiery demise, or will his dream turn into the city's worst nightmare?
Abdullah_Satti · 2.1K Views

The evil escape

On a rainy night, six priests, led by Father Manfred (Norman Lloyd) enter the infamous Amityville Horror house and start to exorcise it. One of the priests, Father Dennis Kibbler (Fredric Lehne) is in an upstairs bedroom and begins to bless it when he sees a glowing brass floor lamp. As he begins to chant, a burst of energy emerges from the outlet, through the cord and into the lamp. A demonic face appears in the large round bulb. Kibbler is knocked across the room and is unconscious. A few days later, the real estate agency decides to have a yard sale by selling the items left in the house by the previous owners. Father Manfred believes that the evil spirits are finally gone from the house. Meanwhile, at the yard sale, a woman named Helen Royce (Peggy McCay) and her friend Rhona (Gloria Cromwell) are looking through the items when Helen finds the lamp. At only $100.00, Helen decides to buy the lamp as a birthday present for her sister, explaining that she and her sister send each other rather ugly gifts as a long-running joke. While checking the lamp, Helen cuts her finger on a brass collar around the bulb. Ignoring the cut on her finger, Helen buys the lamp. As the day goes on, Helen's finger begins to get infected and discolored. Helen later dies of Tetanus. One week later, the lamp arrives at Helen's sister, Alice Leacock's (Jane Wyatt), house, a large, three story home over a beach in a small town called Dancott, California. That day, Alice's daughter, Nancy Evans (Patty Duke) and her three children Amanda (Zoe Trilling), Brian (Aron Eisenberg), and the youngest child, quiet, mysterious Jessica (Brandy Gold) move in with Alice. Once they arrive, Alice decides to open the package containing the lamp. Nancy thinks the lamp is hideous, while Alice finds it to be interesting. Once the lamp is turned on, Alice's parrot, Fred, begins to act crazy, and her cat, Pepper, scratches Amanda. While the rest of the family pays little to no attention to the lamp, Jessica seems to be drawn towards it. The lamp then begins to manipulate electrical devices around the house or perform seemingly impossible feats, such as killing the parrot and putting it in the toaster oven, turning on the kitchen sink's garbage disposal and cutting off the hand of Amanda's boyfriend, and vandalizing Jessica's room. When Nancy calls a plumber to fix the pipes, the lamp murders him by drowning him in tar and then makes his car leave on its own, making it seem like he left. Jessica is drawn to the lamp and starts to believe her dead father's spirit is inside it. Meanwhile, Father Kibbler, while staying at Father Manfred's place, gets a call from the lamp which makes smoke come out of the phone and melts the speaker. Worried, he travels to Dancott to investigate. When most of the family is away, Jessica is entranced by the lamp, which then uses its extension cord to murder their housekeeper Peggy. The police investigate though they do not find the plumber's body. Father Kibbler contacts Nancy and tries to convince her that the evil has taken possession of an object from the Amityville house. They rush home only to find that the lamp used a window to knock out Amanda and has brainwashed Jessica, who stabs Father Kibbler in the shoulder, while the lamp's extension cord tries to stop him from exorcising it. The day is saved by Alice who grabs the lamp and throws it out of the window, shattering it on the rocky shore. The movie ends with the family thinking their ordeal is over, not realizing that the dead plumber is still inside their house. The camera pans to the remains of the lamp, showing the evil within has now possessed the family's cat.
DaoistZnwrNB · 2.6K Views

Think twice

A certain man had was no money any more to buy food to eat. There was a great famine in the land, the younger son have to go and join himself to a citizen of that country. The person that younger son was working for sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his stomach with the husks that the swine did eat. And no man gave into him. The younger son forget who he was, he was suffering, he find no man to favor him, so many of us are like that today. Are you like the PRODIGAL SON? THINK TWICE AND BE SAVE. (Luke 15 vs 17). And when he came to himself, he said how many hired servant of my fathers have enough bread and to spare and I perish with hunger. You don't have to perish, is not the will of God. Most of the problem we find our self today, we are the cause by our own decision. The younger son said to himself, I will arise and go to my father and I will say unto him father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee. And am no more worthy to be called thy son, make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. God can not forget you, can a mother forget her sucking child, No". God think about you.." Psalm 139 vs 17." Turn from your ways and God will clean you from every unrighteousness. You are precious to God, because he made you and form you in his image and likeness. Is not the will of God for any one to perish but to come to repentance, that why he send his only begotten son, Jesus Christ to come and die for you and I. (John 3 vs 16). No matter your wrong, God will still take you back, because you so precious before him. But the father said to his servants, bring forth the best rope and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet. You will be crown as prince, because your father (God) is a king, he received him with happiness, it was also with God, if you repent, God will rejoice with all his angels. The things of this world profit nothing, but death and sorrow. The younger son love the world, but what he face after was terrible, love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the father is not in him. "1john 2 vs 15.". Love God because he loves you, and because of that he sent his only son Jesus Christ to die for you and I, THINK TWICE, my brother and sister, don't be deceived by what you see in the world, they are vanity. CHAPTER TWO. THE ONLY WAY. Jesus Christ is the only way in the book of john 14 vs 6.jesus said unto him, "I am the way the truth and the life. No man cometh to the father, but by me. There are no other ways, no other truth, no other except Jesus Christ. Maybe you have been passing through many ways, but I tell you, Jesus Christ is the the only way. The way here symbolise his instructions. "Proverbs 8 vs 5" He said, O ye simple understand wisdom and ye fools be ye of an understanding heart, if you read down to verse 10 to 11.He said received my my (ways) instructions and not silver (money) and knowledge rather than choice gold.. For wisdom is better than rubies and all the things that maybe desire are not to be compared to it. You see what God is telling you. All the things you desired are in God, what are you looking for, money, power, fame etc mention them, they are all in God.. The only way to get what you desire, is to seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness and all this thing shall be added unto you. Do you think God can lie, No he can not, he has said it, so shall it be. Just follow the only way think twice now and be save. He said in the book of Isaiah 45 vs 2 to 3,"I will go before thee to make the crooked places straight :, I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron. And I will give thee the treasure of darkness and hidden riches of secrets places that thou may know that I m the God of Israel.
AlfredGbadebo · 2.5K Views
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