Short Stories
DEDICATED TO: All good friends everywhere. Thank you for reading the next book of the “Hope Falls Secret Club Mysteries.” - Graycee F. Babb CHAPTER 1 “All right, class. Attention, please,” Mrs. Ann instructed politely. The class came to a sudden and complete silence as everyone stopped talking and faced the front of the classroom. “I am pleased to introduce a new student, who will be attending here until further notice. Everyone, this is Cliff Clemson. Say ‘Hello,’ kids.” “Hello, ...read more
WILL’S DOG MYSTERY
Thank you for taking the time to read this book. This book is dedicated to all the dogs in the world. I hope you have read the two previous books: “Malaya’s Backyard Mystery” and “Sal’s Jail Mystery.” If you have not, that’s fine too; although I do encourage you to read them for background purposes. These books, in my eyes, are easy to catch on to. So, here we go! Please enjoy. - Graycee F. Babb CHAPTER 1 Will Seets ...read more
Sal’s Jail Mystery (By Graycee F. Babb, age 13)
This book is dedicated to: Police Officers, Firefighters, First Responders, Military, and all people who serve our country. Dear Readers, If you’ve read the first book of this mystery series, “Malaya’s Backyard Mystery,” then you’re all set to read this second book. If you haven’t read the first book, I encourage you to read it now. I appreciate you wanting to read this series. Enjoy! -Graycee F. Babb CHAPTER 1 A knock on the door of the Knotes’ house woke ...read more
Malaya’s Backyard Mystery
Malaya’s Backyard Mystery By Graycee Babb Age 12 This book is dedicated to: My family: my Mom, Angela Babb, my Dad, Jeff Babb, my Grammie, or “Grams,” Wanda Payne, my Papaw, Jim Payne, my Grandmom, Judy Babb, my Granddad, Wendal Babb, and the rest of my family. My friends: Gracie Lynn Fried, Emeline Hewett, Madalyne Jones, Emma Logan, Kahlie Logan, Leah Saunders, Savannah Snyder, Brianna Snyder, Delancey Whitlow, Darcey Whitlow, and the rest of my friends. Chapter One In Hope ...read more
Interra and the Authors
Interra and the Authors When I was a child, my mother told me the story of the Internet. She told me of the Librarian who fought the Authors to bring information to everybody. I will tell you the story as she told me. Many years ago, in the land of Tenenlibris, all information was kept hidden and locked away in the halls of the Authors, who viewed themselves as the only beings worthy of accessing all knowledge. The only information ...read more
The Demise Of The Muppets
It was only a matter of time, of course. Once Disney slapped warning labels on the Muppets that certain things about them were “offensive,” their demise was assured. When the pink slips were handed out, though, it took some explaining. Mrs. Piggy (naturally) was the first one to speak up. “FIRED?!? YOU THINK YOU CAN FIRE ME? WHY I THINK I’LL JUST FIRE YOU RIGHT OUT INTO THE ATMOSPHERE!!!” she screamed as she balled up her fist and prepared to ...read more
The Avengers Church
Having vanquished Thanos and saved the universe, the Avengers found themselves with nothing meaningful to do. Sure, Hulk would go out and smash a few shoplifters now and then, but after a while the ACLU protested (in writing, from a secret location a very long way away) and even that came to an end. Finally, though, Tony Stark came to the rescue, as he was always wont to do anyway. “Okay kids, listen up,” he said with a playful smirk, ...read more
Transse
Transse. That would be the nearest way in our language to say the name of the world he found himself crashed on. This was supposed to be the triumphant return of the United States to space. Years ago, the U.S. had gone to the moon a few times, then everything seemed to go backwards from there. The rocket ship going to the moon gave way to the space shuttle simply orbiting the Earth, and that was then canceled due to ...read more
The Old Man Who Could Speak, But Couldn’t
Far away and long ago, in the tiny land of Bleshy, lived a nice old man in a nice old cottage, who hoped to live out his last few years in peace. He had raised his children, buried his dear old wife, and was very, very tired. He longed for nothing more than to wander down by the sea shore each day, feed the birds, and maybe catch a few fish now and then. “I need no excitement,” he would ...read more
The Kid
The Kid. That was the name that Big Will Buckman derisively called Travis Jackson behind his back the night before, to his buddies at the bar. To his face, he dropped the “The,” and just spat out “Kid,” before he added “You should have took my advice, and left town.” Travis just stood his ground, there in the middle of the street. The noon day sun beat down on the both of them, and sweat trickled down their backs. No ...read more
“The Flower’s Choice”
As the pretty lady hovered over her, the flower in the field knew she had a decision to make. This field had been home to her, and to others before her, for as long as anyone could remember. Each day the sun would rise over the nearby mountains, and the rays would illuminate the dew on her petals. She would stretch, and open herself up to it’s warmth-giving rays. Shortly, the dew would be gone, the heat of the day ...read more
The Mini-Adventures Of Robbie Ryckowski. Adventure Two: The Presidential Pardon
Robbie Ryckowski was an ordinary little boy in almost every regard. Yes, other than the fact that he was absent-minded, hyper, bug-eyed, prone to uncontrollable attacks of giggling at all the wrong times, accident-prone, covered in freckles, and with no common sense at all, he was perfectly ordinary. Oh, and did I mention that he was also a magnet for trouble and that when he got scared his voice went away? And then there was that awkward episode with the ...read more