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A blend of fiction, timeless sales wisdom and two original characters debating eternal concepts. With plenty of humor, fundamentals, real field experience, and a sense of story that makes sales feel human again.
You don’t need fancy persuasion tactics, a perfect sales pitch or be the best salesperson in the world. You need to know the eternal sales techniques that will always work to get more and better clients.

My book BEYOND - The Paradigm, is an attempt to broaden your perspective on what may await us on the other side. No matter the outcome, I hope my work will spark curiosity about what is really out there waiting for us in the outer limits.Initially, I never intended to continue the short story of 'The Wrath of God' from the book, believing the outcome would not be a happy one, since I had grown attached to my characters. But that being said, I did write a footnote in the book after the story, 'to be continued soon'... Some feedback convinced me to move forward with it, although a short sto...

There’s beauty in the dark, hopefully reader, you find some here. Fair warning, there’s a lot of gore. In a world full of hatred, everyone needs a dream or two to cling to. There are too many monsters in the world, they just might not be the ones most often associated with the word.14 Gothic and Twisted fables for the broken souls.13 poems for the rebels in us all.Twisted dark broken lost fantasy gore goth blood revenge escape dream<><><>Praise for the author As I read this I kept picturing Walt Whitman in my mind. This feels like something Whitman would be...

Join us on a thrilling adventure with “Jonathan, Dragon Master,” the second captivating installment in Joseph R. Mason’s The Tales of Trymyll trilogy. This spellbinding novel continues the journey of teenage wizards Jonathan and Thomas, introducing new allies and escalating challenges that will enthrall readers of all ages.In this sequel to “Thomas, Wizard’s Son,” Jonathan and Thomas are joined by Glynda, a courageous fifteen-year-old orphan from a powerful wizarding lineage, and her steadfast protector, Samuel, a formidable dwarf warrior. Glynda wields a magical sword capable of s...

Embark on an extraordinary journey with “Thomas, Wizard’s Son,” the captivating first installment in Joseph R. Mason’s acclaimed trilogy, The Tales of Trymyll. This enchanting novel invites readers of all ages into a richly woven tapestry of magic, adventure, and self-discovery.Meet Thomas, a typical 13-year-old who dismisses the existence of magic, wizards, and dragons. His skepticism is shattered one fateful Sunday when he stumbles upon an invisible cave, leading him to the mystical land of Trymyll. Guided by Howell, a charming purple dragon, Thomas encounters a genuine wizard and be...

Some doors should never be opened. Some stories refuse to stay buried.In this chilling collection of short fiction, the familiar twists into the unsettling and the ordinary slips quietly into nightmare. A decaying house whispers to those who dare cross its threshold. A creature glimpsed in the dark woods may be more than just legend. An urban myth begins to bleed into reality with terrifying consequences. And in the deepest corners of the human mind, something far more insidious waits to emerge.Blending haunted spaces, cryptids, urban legends, and psychological dread, these stories explore the...

Join agent O'Hara in the exhilarating Archeological Thriller, The Pyramid Code, where the past, present, and future all collide in a web of intrigue and deception. Former soldier Marc O’Hara is acting as a reader for an intelligence service in London when the call comes in.  He's to be re-activated as a field agent and assigned to solve a 13th century alchemical riddle.A terrorist cell called the Red Death has the same goal.  If the terrorists solve the clues first, they will unleash an ancient flesh-eating toxin.  Even more alarming, they will possess the key to the most...

Navy SEAL and celestial being incarnate MICHAEL Sheppard has twenty-four hours to defuse a plot to unleash an extraterrestrial plague from the depths of the "Devil's Triangle."When TASK FORCE ARCHANGEL goes missing on an expedition to a supposed ancient alien relic, SHEPPARD is called out of retirement for one last mission: to infiltrate the undersea oasis undetected.Inside, he'll discover THE MAN UPSTAIRS, a social media tycoon, his cohorts, and extensive corporate assets, on the verge of releasing a novel pathogen, ELYSIAN, poised to trigger a global paradigm shift for humanity.Furthermore, ...

The story is about:... the dreams and visions of inexperienced virgins three sisters (tre sorelle: Angela, Trifona, and Gracijana), daughters of the Italian Crossi family whose father is the distinguished captain of the ancient and famous Boka Navy...… the religious virgin Angela who marries a versatile Croat from Boka Kotorska...... Angela's descendants tell her life story through their memories...… the longings of Mary Magdalene in all the women of the world...… the impregnable fortress of the City-State of Kotor in the Boka Kotorska fjord in South Dalmatia with its Catholic-oriented D...

The story "RISAN IS TEUTA" was published 2019 in the Croatian language in the Montenegrin literary Magazine ARS by publisher OKF Cetinje: ARS : 2019. Nr. 1-2 (pages 141-150) : https://okf-cetinje.org/marisstella-octek-risan-jest-teuta/The story is Historical literary Fiction, which is why it is presented in some versions of the WIKIPEDIA in the content of Historical topics about the Illyrian tribe, the Illyrian Queen Teuta, and the small city Risan in BOKA KOTORSKA - BOCCHE DI CATTARO - BAY OF KOTOR.Author is Writer, Essayist, and Editor of the City-State Boka Kotorska (CSBK-CSBC): known as th...

Charming B&B Turns Crime Scene: Ghostly Clues Unravel Murder Mystery. Local Author's Death Unveils Scandal, Love Child, and a Heroic Ancestral Spirit.In Murder with a Terrace View, Molly Harrington and her brother Kevin breathe new life into their inherited Classic Revival Manor home, transforming it into a bustling bed and breakfast. However, their idyllic country retreat quickly turns into a chilling crime scene when local celebrity author Aubrey Rhodes is found dead on his room's terrace following a successful book launch party at their B&B.Aubrey's death plunges the Harrington sibl...

In The Wedding Planner’s Secret, Molly Harrington never expected murder to crash the Chamber of Commerce gala. But when Molly and her coroner friend Rick discover wedding planner Brandi Wrocklage dead in the country club's rose garden, her calm life running the Harrington House Bed-and-Breakfast is upended, and she's driven to uncover the truth.As Detective Tony Shannon leads the investigation, Molly finds herself drawn into Brandi’s tangled world of secret clients, suspicious finances, and a cosplay-themed wedding with a guest list no one wants to talk about.  The arrival of antique ...

Stories: true and some not-so true, including war, drama, science fact/fiction, horror, fantasy, faith, adventure and a bio.We can ask ourselves time and again about where it all ends for us, and the answer is always the same - nothing; and then we try to see Beyond, without success. Sure, some think they know the answers, but in reality, like me, they know virtually nothing, as we all grope around in the dark, while squatting here on our lonely planet. Anyway, I have a bent on some of it here, so take it or leave it, I'll have my say.The Greek word Paradigm underlies the theories and methodol...

Three disappearances. No witnesses. No explanations.A colony vanishes from the New World.A pilot dissolves into open sky.A ship drifts on calm seas—intact, abandoned, wrong.History calls them mysteries.These stories suggest something else noticed them first.The Last Known Position is a collection of literary folk horror where isolation is not an accident and landscapes are never empty. Forests watch. Oceans wait. The air itself keeps its distance.Each tale reimagines a real-world vanishing through quiet dread, ancient patience, and the unsettling idea that some places do not forget—and do ...

Every family fights.
This one runs the afterlife.

Heaven and Hell aren’t at war anymore.

They’re just… poorly managed.

Styx and Stonez—immortal twins, rival administrators, and lifelong adversaries—are responsible for keeping eternity on track.

No one is in charge.
Nothing is documented.
And the complaints are piling up.

Worse—no one remembers how the system is supposed to work.

Fans of Good Omens will recognize the chaos.

The Creed was born from a lie.AD 325. The Council of Nicaea.Constantine demands unity. The bishops deliver anything but.They chose the wrong scribe.Behind closed doors, there is no divine consensus.Only threats. Bargains. Quiet coercion.And ink remembers everything.As factions close in and a forbidden connection threatens to expose him, Archelaus faces an unthinkable choice:Tell the truth—and die for it.Or rewrite it—and decide what the world will believe.The Last Heretic is a razor-edged historical thriller for readers of Circe and I, Claudius.One man holds the quill.And history will beli...

He says this is his life.
The problem is, it won’t stay the same.
Elba Kramer is a memoir that revises itself as it goes—starting with a childhood that can’t agree on what happened.
Memories contradict.
Facts dissolve.
The narrator insists he’s telling the truth.
This time.
But if every version feels real…
what does “real” even mean?
You won’t believe this book.
You won’t be able to leave it alone.

Justin Case is twelve.
He writes things down so they make sense.
School.
Rules.
People.
And his dreams—
where everything fits a little too well.
But the more Justin writes, the more things stop lining up.
Memories shift.
Details don’t match.
And a second story begins to emerge—
one that doesn't quite match the first.
The question isn’t whether Justin is wrong.
It’s whether everyone else is.
For readers of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Flowers for Algernon, Dear Dairy is a haunting, intimate portrait of a voice trying to be heard in a world that won’t listen.

The Aerie stands as a bastion of peace within an expansive multiverse. A kingdom of soaring spires, living magic, and an ancient power tethered to the heart of The Nexus; the pathway between worlds. Davros Steiner bears the weight of scars etched in flesh, family, and memory. With his beloved wife, Kaiaa'Soumia, and their formidable brood of children, he strives to rebuild a world splintered by war and time.But peace is fragile, and old shadows are stirring.When monstrous voidborn creatures known as Thesekar breach The Aerie through ruptured skies, their sanctuary is thrown into chaos. The inv...

100 Days of Trump is a foretelling of what Trump's second term will be like.

This is a historian's view of the future based on the past. From Henry VIII, this book looks at the trauma ahead and the future of Canadian-American relations.

A prognosticator of the future, the wit of Colbert and Pepys, the author demonstrates his skill in English and his range of poetic forms. This book will enthrall historians and political scientists alike.

Regis Raingarden wasn't just a man, he was a storm walking on two legs. Six‑foot‑four, built like a legend, with a glass eye that caught the dusk like a warning. He arrived in town without a smile, bought the darkest house on a dead end street, and carried a past no one could imagine. One Friday night, the whole bar learned why people whispered his name. Faces changed. Energy shifted. And by the end of it, everyone understood one thing, you don't provoke a man who's already lived through the unthinkable. Bob

 

 

 

This eclectic memoir spans nearly 70 years, including over 50 years of medical experiences, and describes the intriguing journey of a doctor in a changing world. From working class roots in Glasgow, the author includes student adventures and travels, the rigours of postgraduate training, and the richness and variety of a peripatetic medical life. It is a rollercoaster ride of joy, disappointments, serenity, turbulence, poignancy, adventures, mishaps, serendipity and discovery. Firmly rooted in reality, the narrative includes unique insights into the human condition: the challenges of inner-cit...

Some secrets just won’t stay buried. A construction site provides a horrific discovery when a worker uncovers the skeleton of a small child wrapped in a sleeping bag. Police Chief Matt Foley soon links the murder to another cold case, the hit-and-run death of Attorney Josh Bradford.The long suppressed memory of the young victim’s childhood friend, Sara Bradford may hold the key to both crimes. But Matt has mixed emotions about Sara—his prime suspect in her husband’s murder. Matt soon discovers the twenty-five year old mystery has the power to stretch across decades to kill again.

In Shadow of Justice - The Fall and Rise - someone guns down Detective Robert Cooper outside his apartment, leaving his partner, Detective Josh Watson, devastated. A strange, unsettling occurrence soon makes him question his own sanity. Ignoring his captain’s orders to stay away from the case, he is driven to seek justice. His investigation uncovers a web of deceit stretching beyond the city, leading him to dangerous places, putting his life at risk. As time runs out and the stakes rise, he must piece together the clues to bring the shooter to justice, all while facing unseen dangers and mou...

NYPD Detective Josh Watson returns from a transformative trip, haunted by the memory of a woman he left behind. As he tries to move on, a new drug lord rises in the syndicate he previously investigated, only to be overthrown by a ruthless South American rival, plunging the city into chaos. Josh picks up the investigation into the murder of a cop, but his passion for justice fades, leaving him disillusioned.Seeking solace in a new relationship, Josh dives deeper into investigating a mysterious crime organization that threatens his life. As the stakes rise, someone close to Josh faces mortal dan...

Why waste time chasing love when you can be matched by a number?Age, looks, intelligence, wealth — the Attraction Abacus counts it all and gives you your entire romantic worth as a single, eye-opening score. Or does it?When doom-dreaming author, Evelyn Foster, takes an Attraction Abacus flyer from the infuriatingly charming Luke, her carefully unplanned life changes in ways she never expected. Evelyn is soon caught up in fake-dating chaos, questionable matchmaking, and finds herself falling for a man she knows she shouldn’t.Is Luke really the one? Can Evelyn help make the Abacus a global d...

What if the world no longer revolved around money, power, and fear? The Ten Levels – From Having to Being is a visionary novel that explores a radical new model for society — one based on responsibility, empathy, cooperation, and shared purpose instead of profit and competition. In a world where social status is determined not by wealth but by contribution, people grow through trust, meaningful work, and human connection. Through the lives of Elyas, Mira, Tayo, Ada, and Rafi, readers experience a profound transformation: leaving behind the chaos, inequality, and violence of the old world t...

The Battle for Truth and Shadows is a gripping thriller that delves into how far people will go when truth becomes a weapon and secrets turn into shadows that refuse to stay buried. The story follows characters trapped between loyalty, deception, and the relentless pursuit of answers. As hidden motives emerge and alliances shift, each revelation pulls them deeper into a dangerous web where nothing is what it seems. Ben D. Schwandt delivers a tense, atmospheric narrative rich with psychological depth, moral conflict, and unexpected twists. This novel challenges readers to reflect on the nature ...

Soon: Martial law declared. U.S. elections canceled. Congress and the courts dissolved. An audacious plan is underway to racially purify the land, one region at a time. In Richmond, Virginia the lights go out. The town is renamed Covenant City and remade as a model for a “homegrown heritage” white Christian nation. This is the story of a young white man who falls in with a cadre of multi-ethnic rebels. They enlist him to go into the city as a spy. Once there, to his surprise, a heritage survey uncovers a heritage from Jamestown settlers. Welcomed with special privileges, he has a fron...

Poetry is a puzzle of expression.  We poets enjoy piecing together images and rhymes to complete a puzzle of our experiences, of our feelings.  Trying to make the pieces fit challenges and liberates us, unleashing the creativity that builds up inside us.  As we add each allusion, each alliteration to the puzzle, it becomes a recognizable picture.  It may not be the most beautiful, yet it is the perfect representation of our momentary selves.  Soul of A Rose is such poetry.Since Rosemary Musachio was twelve, she has written poetry.  Since she cannot verbalize what ...

What happens when a parent’s pursuit of respectability costs a child their sense of belonging, and can that fracture ever be repaired?Scarlet Birthright is a multi-award-winning novella about family, inheritance, and the quiet reckoning that follows abandonment. When Joromi Enoch leaves Trinidad to build a life in America, he also leaves behind his firstborn daughter, Trisha. Years later, both father and daughter are shaped by that choice in ways neither fully understands.This story is for readers who carry complicated family histories, who want narratives that honor cultural truth without s...

She's gone. Vanished from a city so slick it looks like it’s been sprayed with high-gloss paint. But underneath, it's as rotten as a week-old banana in your gym bag. Where silence and deceit are bought and sold like just another commodity.Life as a private investigator was supposed to be easier than being a cop, but for Elias Gentry, it was anything but. Stumbling into forced retirement, a burned-out Gentry reflects on his past, haunted by the memories of a lost cousin, a partner who’s no longer around, and ghosts that whisper about bad decisions, threatening to unravel him.But when he tak...

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” (Edmund Burke) Roosevelt Theodore Franklin attempts to make it through life day by day. Roosevelt, a retired history professor, is a widower, who lost his beloved wife to cancer, and he has not stopped grieving. He along with his two closest friends, also retired and who have also lost loved ones, form a paranormal investigation group. They hope to find an answer to the question: is there life after death? When asked by a local teacher to investigate a possible haunting of her house, the group discovers an evil be...

SynopsisIn 1969, with thirty dollars stitched into the hem of his jeans and a rucksack slung over his shoulder, a young Indian man climbs the gangway of a cargo ship in Bombay. He has no visa, no guarantees, and no clear destination—only a stubborn belief that life must be larger than the one he has been handed.That single act of departure becomes the hinge on which an entire life turns.Thirty Dollars and a Dream is a sweeping, intimate memoir of migration, loss, resilience, and unlikely love. From the violence and upheaval of Partition-era India to the narrow lanes of Old Delhi; from a chil...

The old lady's body lay at the foot of the stairs. The police believe it was an accidental fall that killed great-aunt Jane. Young Australian, Belinda Lawrence is convinced it was murder and when she inherits her great-aunt's ancient cottage and garden on the outskirts of Bath, England, she finds herself deep in a taut mystery surrounding her legacy. A second vicious murder by a ruthless killer intensifies the tension and Belinda, now under threat herself, is befriended by two charming men: her neighbour Jacob and realestate agent Mark Sallinger. But can she trust them? And what interest has b...

Whisk Of Dust is a book of poetry. It aims to uplift and inspire, as it speaks of love, peace, and life. Sending you on a poetic journey.

Written with great attention to detail, putting the reader solidly in John’s shoes.Cleverly Written, Dynamic Story TellingJohn survived Vietnam, but first, he survived Detroit     This collection of short-stories depicts growing up in 1960s Detroit, capturing the author's childhood adventures—alone or with friends—often marked by both fear and excitement. Vivid descriptions bring his experiences to life, revealing the innocence of boys who chase adventure despite the consequences. Readers may recall their own childhood moments, especially those spent running from danger in...

Detail-rich story that keeps the reader engaged
Great introduction to the life of a young man heading to war
Thought-provoking memoir with smiles and tears

     Mr. Podlaski is well-known for the accounts of his time served in the Vietnam War. However, this short story allows readers to see the beginning. He shares the emotions of being drafted into the U.S. Army on 2-27-70 and how it impacted not only him but also his family.
     If you want to know what these ‘soon-to-be soldiers’ experienced at the Induction Center, then this book is a good place to start.

Realistic and well-written
Great story written by an excellent writer.
Podlaski draws readers into the meat of his stories immediately.

John Kowalski makes it home from the Vietnam War in one piece, and his battles are finally over. Or so he thought. Home for less than a week, John must defend his family from a pair of unwelcomed thugs hell-bent on revenge.

This book is perma-free on Amazon.

The author’s style of writing engages all the reader's senses
This evocative, descriptive micro-read will trigger memories
Author, you got me believing in the bogeyman again!

     As a reward, two fourteen-year-old boys are offered a great first-time opportunity to sit up front in the open and watch a movie at a local drive-in theater. Little did they know the movie would affect them in ways neither had imagined nor would ever forget.
     Pick up a copy to find out what happened.