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Double Suns - Twisted Mirrors: Episode I Charley Blackwolf

There was an abundance of life on the planets when the flickering of the star first signaled the beginning of its death. Many looked upward in despondence and desperately prayed for deliverance from the unfeeling cruelty of the darkening star as shadows begin to...

First Responder James Summers

Centrally located between Malibu Creek and Topanga state parks is a lonely stretch of road the locals refer to as the ‘Mulholland Dieway’. Here first responders frequently rally to save those unfortunate enough to find themselves stranded and in need of assistance. For years...

The Taste of Air Gail Cleare

A simple phone call disrupts Nell Williams's well-ordered life. Her mother, Mary, is in a hospital in Vermont. But her mother is supposed to be safely tucked away in an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, so Nell can't fathom why she would be so far from home. After notifying her sister, Bridget, Nell...

Every Now & Then Melissa Powell Gay

Every Now & Then is a dual narrative of events which come before and after Iris Lee, 47, discovers a valuable objet d’art – a French military medallion – in the pocket of her mother’s secondhand mink coat. It’s mid-June. Iris must endure humidity laden heat in her parent’s un-air-...

Crowns of Gold Abbot Lee Granoff, MD

Ancient Scythians (800B-200AD) re-emerge in the modern word to take over. This nomadic tribe had their roots in the Altai Mountains where China, Mongolia and Siberia meet. They created the first "Silk Road" from western China to the ancient empires of Egypt, Persia, Greece...

A Story of Bad Edward M. Krauss

The relationship between the police and the media has always been a strange one; adding romance creates serious complications. A Story of Bad is the tale of a cop and reporter entering into a controversial romance, where they both try to stay loyal to their employers' rules and ethics, while...

Say It Once Kysa Kelleher

Say It Once is your go-to handbook for successful childrearing. The overall concept is simple: empower your children, and learn how to say "no" with love and a smile. Change your home for the better as you teach your kids to pull their own weight, and to discover for themselves how good...

The Vines We Planted Joanell Serra

In the heart of the California wine country, secrets seem to grow on the vines that Uriel Macon’s family have tended for generations. Uriel, the winery’s young widower, steers clear of complicated relationships. He prefers the lonely comfort of his vineyard and his horses, until he is reminded of...

The Guardian and the Oak Tree Ty Dubowsky

Connect with a boy named Try to find his purpose in life through the goodness of the heart that every one of us holds, but not every one of us realizes. Meet heart-stirring and spine-tingling characters who help him find his true path in life, through noble and grim turning...

Yellow Dog Chronicle R. M. Smith

When my great grandparents started up the Oregon Trail in 1875, two hundred thousand people had gone before them. Part of the story is that my great grandparents never got to Oregon. Neither did the twenty thousand who ended up in unmarked graves. Our story begins with...

The Conspiracies of Dreams Sandra Biber Didner

Jews, Christians, Moslems, and Canaanites all share an ancient dream of possessing the land that lies between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea which they hold sacred. In 1956 an Egyptian spy, Ishmael al Mohammed, is determined to gain...

The Too-Brief Chronicle of Judah Lowe Christopher Carter Sanderson

Fiction. The formal playfulness of Christopher Carter Sanderson's novel, The Too-Brief Chronicle of Judah Lowe, is visually apparent at a glance. It consists of two parts, each composed of a series of short...

The Hours Between Us Carol Graf

Kai Ingersohn was motivated to become a psychiatrist after a childhood of dysfunction with her tempestuous and manic-depressive grandmother, Dumpling. Now divorced, in private practice, and raising two teenagers, she starts work with Stephanie, a young grad student with acute leukemia, who...

ChangeSeekers Joanne Sonenshine

On a career path that one could only call circuitous, Joanne Sonenshine learned that what fulfilled her the most was, in many cases, the opposite of what she had originally planned for her journey. The tragedy that struck America on September 11, 2001 changed how she saw her life and...

Tough Karma: A Race Against Time Laura Simmons

From the Author of Little Bits of Karma comes a chilling new tale of loss, tragedy, psychic warfare, and eternal love. Amber Macklin's world is cruelly shattered when she loses her baby girl three months after her husband's sudden death. Her cousin, Bryce, comes to her...

Kuwaiti Seeker Jim Carroll

Yacoub, a young Kuwaiti, pursues truth in Islam. His search takes him to King's College in London, where he abandons his sexual morals, and then to the University of Arizona for his Ph.D. in the history of Islamic law. In his thesis, he confronts the Sunni hadiths, the words and deeds of the...