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What happens when our emotional scars are visible? Or manifest as physical impairments? This comedy/drama seeks to answer this question in two acts. After their group therapy session for love's emotional scars is cancelled, various characters encounter adventures and mishaps over the course of...

Can a chance encounter with a stranger change your life forever? Liza Hendrix is desperate to stop tending bar and start living her life. She's been taking care of everyone else first and feels trapped in her small town. One night, a chance encounter...

Decide to survive or end up a victim?In the face of rapid societal collapse, Dan Littrel chooses survival. He and his family had planned to sail the world in a 54-foot catamaran for fun. Now they must be deadly serious about using that catamaran...

Locate, observe, report. In and out unnoticed equaled the perfect mission for Sergeant Mitch Sinclair and his squad of Force Recon Marines. Cut off and surrounded by the enemy, the mission shifts from green to black. Now, they must extract a female hostage from...

"His name was Jim Jones, and he was the only man I ever knew who didn't squint into the rain." So begins the story of an Irish mobster. Imbued with the power of an ancient and long-dormant god, Jim returns to San Francisco from...

"'Death Begets' is a finely crafted and deeply unsettling collection of fictions." -Clive Barker, Author of Imajica, Cabal, The Damnation Game, and creator of Hellraiser.Some say death is the end, the ultimate finality. Others believe there is more. That Death Begets. Herein are tales...

Vampire. Sexpert. No Worries.It's not that Darcy has no troubles, he simply doesn't let it get him down.Born to a vampire race of 100,000 Rakum, Darcy found out early he was destined to be the master's "fix-it man," a title he embraced with his...

Manipulation, child abandonment, sexual, mental, physical and emotional abuse were just a portion of what these siblings endured. Cecelia and Julius, known to the neighborhood as Sissy and Juju, the sister and brother duo, were all each other had. Would that be enough for...

The twins and their allies are blind to the crumbling of human civilization. Will they endure to face new threats or perish? "Oh The Humanity" is the long-awaited prequel to the Humanity Transformed series. Set in the troubled days leading up to the global...

The Baton Rouge Bus Boycott was the first large-scale bus boycott by Blacks of the segregated bus system in the United States. In June of 1953, Martha White, who was a 23-year-old Black housekeeper, refused to move from the Whites Only Section of the...

Mars Transit blends elements of science fiction, romance, erotica, and comedy. Sol Vincente, already one of the richest men on Earth, has made yet another fortune on Mars. Now he has decided to return home. He books passage on board the Speedy, a ship...

NOVUS a new beginning!For a new vampire, that is everything.Joseph Ellerslie watches the vampire magician with eyes as big as saucers. He wants to be amazing. He wants to live forever. Attending Law School and serving in his father's church had been a good...

Isabella Vasquez, born into a life of privilege on her father's hacienda, has a wild streak, galloping her horse across the plains of her father's vast land holdings, and learning to shoot pistols and handling a rapier from her father's foreman, Julio Higuera, a...

This volume contains updated versions of the three, previously published Campground Chronicles stories: Billy, Lucy, and Sassy. Based on and inspired by the author's own full-time RV life and travels, these short stories offer a mix of truth and fiction, adventure and romance. Each...

Thank you to everyone who took the time to read the book -jAuthor: Jeffrey CohlmeyerISBN-10: 1733978208ISBN-13: 9781733978200Publisher: ClsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/19/2019Pages: 154Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.36d

*What does lasagna taste like after midnight?*What happens when a mime attacks?*What does it feel like to not keep up with the Joneses?*Can a brother and sister find common ground through video games?Find out in Midnight Lasagna and Other Stories, a humorous and heartwarming...

In his acclaimed memoir 88x50, pianist Adam Tendler came out and came of age during a grassroots fifty-state recital tour. tidepools picks up three years later in New York City as Tendler, recently-single, new in town and all-but-unknown, forges a path both onstage and...

David, after injuring himself on the job site in Portland, Maine, decides to drive Uber for the rest of the day. He picks up his last customer, a very attractive woman named Melanie, at the airport. While driving her home they experience a near...

PIPESThe MC Princess. Of course, she'd be the only woman to make my heart race, inspire my songs, and make me dream of an impossible future. Oh well, she is off-limits, even thinking of her and the dirty things I'd like to do to...

A fantasy sci-fi time travel story about a group of young adults who find themselves embarking on a thrilling, at times nail-biting, adventure with a surprisingly-embodied alien from another galaxy. They develop close relationships once they become comfortable with Ergo, as they variously learn...

Women, especially black women are stereotyped as bitter. Before you call a woman BITTER, make sure you understand that word. Usually, she is just BROKEN and it's usually by the same one who is calling her bitter.Imagine being a ten-year-old girl, with the perfect...

Once a sweet innocent girl, Carlonna Henderson has been through it all. What was supposed to break her only turned her SAVAGE. After the man who took her virginity is hauled off to jail, and the love of her life is murdered, she finds...

This novella appears in the Once Upon a Christmas collection, still available in Kindle and Kindle Unlimited or paperback.Li Na feels a bit like her childhood heroine as she impersonates her father and whisks across the night sky on a mission. Colin Wen's Hun...

There is nothing like sitting by a cozy fireplace, glass of wine, and a good book... Enter the storyteller.Author: Eddie J. MartinISBN-10: 1733749578ISBN-13: 9781733749572Publisher: Eddie J MartinLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/26/2021Pages: 46Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.17lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.10d

The only thing that resembled the old Starlet was gone and that's when her friend woke up once viewing her, he screamed. The village people heard the scream an all noise stopped, the dance stopped the music stopped the voodoo priestess stop what he...

The girls got out the car first with no hesitation they started running toward the pool taking off their clothes as they ran. The men were next taking their time as they got close to the front door that's when I turned loose on...

What would you if your past, present, and future collided? Emma George is in for a ride when she is offered an opportunity to reevaluate the decisions she's made, the current predicament she's in, and the future that awaits her. Will she make the...

Keera finds herself drawn to a strange being from her dreams, who tells her she is part of something extraordinary. He conditions her psychic abilities but when he disappears, Keera is faced with others of his kind who are also distressed by the disappearance.Raknico...

The Muffet's have a long and proud history of being Arachnologists. No one in the family's long line has ever failed to heed the calling; until now... The Muffet twins Alana and Collin have little desire to walk in the footsteps of their ancestors,...

All Paul wanted to do was get home with his trusted donkey, Gilbert. Instead, he finds himself trapped in a forgotten kingdom where the villagers believe he is their long-awaited hero. Though he disagrees with them, his only chance at returning home is to...

The second book deepens the exploration of intimacy, sensuality, and self-awareness begun in the first volume, delving into the complexities of interpersonal dynamics, desire, and emotional growth. It follows characters through encounters that blur the boundaries between the physical, emotional, and spiritual, further emphasizing...

This book is a rich exploration of human relationships, sensuality, and personal authenticity. At its core, it follows characters through emotionally and physically intimate experiences, probing deeper themes of desire, integrity, and personal freedom. The narrative is deeply philosophical, blending elements of romance with...

Lily falls in love with LaShay. But it's no ordinary love. Lily is a vampire but like no other, she is half human. LaShay is like no ordinary human, she has vampire blood. The vampire species begins to decline, but Lily and LaShay's blood...

A turning-point romance novel. TODAY... Grace Hart was used to good-looking men; they were all over the place in Los Angeles. She'd never let one distract her before: she had an engineering degree to finish. Then her mom's boyfriend brought Lucas Gutierrez over for...

In this short story, a man simply known as the Neutral struggles with maddening thoughts from his past. His persistent rants lead him to encounter his younger innocent self, whose visage tries to persuade him to deter from the current path. However, he encounters...

Sparkling rocks, family secrets, and seductive lies Mia's advertising career masks a side job in the family business―the business is thievery and the competition kills. Partnering with her brother, Andy, Mia is drawn into a short timeline to plan a diamond heist to make...

Edith, like most teens, depends on her parents for her wants and needs. With good reason to. She is the daughter of upper middle class parents. Their finances and connections afford her a nice life style. They are her heroes.Life becomes contentious when her...

James, aka Jimmy Mattock the second, had no idea where he was. He had awakened earlier when a clock chimed and found himself in a foul mood. His head felt as if soiled towels had been stuffed into his nose and pulled out through...

puzzled pieces by Matthew Duncan is a curious palette of many contrasting cultural threads and surreal sensory impressions. In his spiralling word labyrinth, there is always an element of the baroque theater meticulously forged like Siegfried's sword. Matthew's swirling and visionary poems often feel...

Spike camp: a remote backpacking camp generally used for hunting and forestry.Luke, a welder in his early thirties, takes a week off work to hunt deer alone in the northern Cascades wilderness during the rut. Extra snowfall motivates him to try a new hunting...

'"Yes, Cheryl?" I reply, barely opening my eyes. She opens her other hand in front of me, revealing something mini, about the size of a June bug, in her palm."'What would you do if you found this?College senior, Bradley Carleslie-posterior to being the prime...

Secret Insurrection is an unpublished science fiction novel manuscript. This book contains two self-contained excerpts from the novel that have been previously published in these anthologies of speculative fiction by people of African descent: The Future of Us: An Anthology (Charlotte Bailey & Florence...

Silence can be a fatal choice, but so can speaking up. Would you stay silent and keep your own life at risk or speak up and risk the lives of the ones you love?Almost a year after graduating from university and first meeting her...

PANAGIOTIS COMES TO AMERICAIn 1910, six year old Panagiotis embarks on an adventurous journey with his family as they make America their new home. The powerful emotions, hopes and dreams of this young boy are delightfully brought to life with classic illustrations of the...

Jamaica knew the day would come that the Emperor would make another move. She just didn't expect it to be the moment she finished junior high. She also doesn't expect him to be so ruthless as to have his own brother kidnapped, or a...

Notwithstanding his intelligence, Drazzle Fairfeather has always felt like an ordinary duck. So, then, imagine his sense of wonderment when an acute feeling comes over him, prompting him to leave his family, and a Colony of Ducks, living in an idyllic home in a...

Haw Kola, a Lakota Fall is a story of 1860 Minnesota. The book deals with hot button topics they faced then which still are facing us in the twenty-first century. Related from a teenager's viewpoint, the story describes the experience of one family of...

Predators thrive on entropy. They're often the ones closest to us. They know where we're most vulnerable-where it hurts the most. They come in all types. They cruise the street anonymously, looking for victims; or they return to us like a lethal rash from...

Soul-searing quest and daring poetic experiment mix fearlessly in the first full-length published work by American poet Timothy Lavenz. Tracking through aftershocks of grief, epiphanies of freedom, excoriations of world and faith-filled vows to future beauty, and all the inner tangles and glimmers of...

Cori Videri dies at age eighteen, purportedly, while participating in a research project to study brain functionality and the paranormal. Following her funeral, this government-funded program is shut down. Nine years later, Cori reemerges amid a CIA covert operation, acting as the liaison, to...