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My name is Ashe, and I'm one of millions of Imperial Conscripts. Like everyone else, I just want to get through my term with as few demerits and as much excitement as possible. That way I'd actually have a good chance to get into a proper Academy, and not have to go with my back-up plan of joining a minor Strike-Wave league as a goalie prospect.You'd think that would be easy, considering how many people manage it all the time.Sadly I've got a disadvantage that not many in the Empire share... I'm Human.Not even halfway through my term of service, and I've already been assigned to more units tha...

¡Soy la tierra viva! ¡Soy la que soy! Un canto por América. 4ª edición. 2024. 140 páginas. ISBN 9798327154049. (Poemas escritos en 1991)Independently published. Impreso en EE.UU.  Cuando se publicó por primera vez este libro en 1991, en una edición particular — sencilla, pero con buenas intenciones —, América se preparaba para celebrar los 500 años del descubrimiento español de este continente que sufrió uno de los peores genocidios de la humanidad: uno que no ha terminado y que muchos se niegan a reconocerlo y/o verlo. Muchas naciones indígenas aún sufren hoy el od...

Ni vivo ni muerto. 3ª edición. 2024. 174 páginas. ISBN 9798875546280. (Novela escrita en 1991)Independently published. Impreso en EE.UU.  Ni vivo ni muerto es una novela de humor negro que satiriza las relaciones conyugales, el concepto de madurez y el carácter de la gente. Es una historia humorística y dramática que retrata algunos conflictos que surgen en la vida familiar. Con humor, ironía y sarcasmo, esta novela es mucho más impactante que los problemas reales de la vida familiar. Pero también es una historia de amor incondicional y de madurez. El protagonista es un...

An engaging and imaginative story of friendship, loyalty and the power of good overcoming evilReviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 April 2026Format: Kindle EditionA fascinating book which can be read on many levels. I feel it has elements of some of the best children's literature, reminding me in turns of Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. Like the best children's fiction, I am sure it will be enjoyed by adults as well as children.Written with much humour, not least with the play on the names of the book's characters, the central themes are of the import...

Earth, 2212. The planet is ravaged by catastrophic climate change. Billions have died. The remnants of humanity are divided: the elite inhabit the MEGs, cities transformed into massive, high-tech protective domes, while the rest, the MASS, struggle for survival in the ruined landscapes outside. All seems well for those in the CORPORATE, but the facade is crumbling. As the climate worsens and the MASS grows restive, the AI "Silicons" are achieving sentience. In a desperate bid for survival, the ruling elite have concocted a final solution: abandon Earth for Alpha Centauri, destroying the p...

Mel Buckworth, a dependable family man, loses his manufacturing job through recession. Having lost his sense of purpose, his pride sidelines him as he discerns his lack of digital skills, so apparent in his children's generation.As Mel desperately attempts to find equilibrium, he estranges his family and enlists the help of a greedy grad student, Will Baker, who teaches him the skills needed to wreak revenge on a system seemingly discarding him. As his aptitudes grow, he begins to use the internet, the very thing he despised, as a weapon. Slowly, he turns terrorist to deliver his message: that...

At war against Napoleon, near-bankrupt English mill-masters experiment with a new factory system, acquiring machines to replace men. A young worker leads the Luddites, attacking mills and smashing machines. With increased assaults and even murder, North England feels the grip of terrorism. Government agents attempt to suppress the rebellion. In 1812, there are more British troops in North England than fighting Napoleon in Europe.Against the Machine relates the story of the diverse characters caught in this conflict. It unveils the rank exploitation which marked the Industrial Revolution. Timel...

There is nothing worse than chasing revenge... and being forced to give up the man you've sworn to kill. Even when you had to do it just to survive.His time would come. But in the aftermath of Zadith, even I could admit we weren't in any shape to go after him. More than a year of constant battle had worn me down to the point where I needed a break. Needed some time to recover, prepare, to figure out just what my partner meant to me. Time to figure out where I fit in the alien pack that has come to mean family.A trip to her homeworld, to Xentha itself, might help with all of those things.Or it'...

The first year of the war has brought us a long of things. Lost friends and battered bodies first and foremost, but also fortune, glory, and some measure of revenge.Zero, the partner of the man who killed my closest friends, is dead. Some part of me knows I shouldn't be happy about that. Shouldn't find some sick pleasure in repaying Krom with the same pain he delivered to me. Most days I don't, some days... some days I wonder just what kind of man I'm turning into.I guess that's just the price of vengeance. Becoming, if only for a while, something like the bastards you're hunting down. None of...

Everything changed after Terminus... after their deaths.. after that bastard killed my friends just to get me involved in his sick game.I know I'm playing into his hands. Doing exactly what he wants. That I'm about to chase a master assassin through an interstellar warzone that filled with deadly beings who would love nothing more than to see my head on a spike.But to be honest? I can't bring myself to care about how insane this all is.I've left behind my pack. My adopted home. My old allies. All I have are a few mercenaries eager for fortune and glory, an adopted teenager with more loyalty th...

One moment you're finally gaining the respect of the people around you. You're a trusted friend and subordinate, you're in a committed and loving relationship... The next you're faking your own death to escape from bounty hunting assassins and fleeing to the single most corrupt world in the known galaxy. All the while the two groups who want to protect you are more interested in screwing each other over than actually helping.Being exiled is more fun in the movies.All I want to do is find out who set me up to fail on Alum and then go home, but for every step I take forwards I'm shoved three ste...

You would think that nearly two years on an alien world would be enough to acclimate someone... and you'd be mostly right. I could speak the languages, I could enjoy the sports, and I could find a new family. Sure, my accent was a bit rough, and some of my friends hated each other, but it was a good and stable life. At least until politics got involved. Now I'm just one more pawn in the interstellar games of the Far Reaches. The Queen of the Crescent wants to end her mercenary war. The Ascendancy wants to silence traitors and make inroads to Alum's economy. The Empire of the Homeworl...

I hadn't really enjoyed my life on Earth. I lost my parents to a drunk driver, had distant family who didn't offer much, and I was stuck in a job that I couldn't stand. So when the opportunity came up to be flung out into space, to start over on a new world, I grabbed it with both hands.Going into cryo-freeze with a thousand others I expected to wake up early to prepare the ship for arrival. Instead I woke up next to an alien on a world I'd never heard of.Between a foul mouthed roommate with a mysterious past, alien gangs wanting to make an example of me, and a local crime lord wanting to cons...

It never rains when it can pour.I'd thought I had a handle on things. Sure, my life in this medieval city hadn't been great, but I'd been making it work. I'd been helping the local Elves, doing good for our Garrison. For a while, things had even started to improve. I'd met someone else who'd gotten dragged here from Earth, just like me, even if we didn't exactly get along.And then the Grand Tournament came around, and it all went to hell.My friend and greatest supporter was dead for reasons I could only guess at, and my resulting mental breakdown had unlocked some power within me that I didn't...

I survived my first year on another world.Considering that I've been stabbed, shot, attacked by undead, and nearly had my brains melted by a magical artifact, I'm honestly surprised. All I was really missing was an official manhunt for the Elven wizard, and I'd have nailed every possible worst-case scenario.Of course, the problem with living through so many crazy things, of helping others do the same, is that people start to assume you're capable and trustworthy. That you're the kind of person to go to with their problems. Now I'm some kind of Knight, with even more responsibilities, and a gui...

For anyone who thinks that living in another world would actually be pleasant, I'm here to tell you that it's anything but.You don't realize how much you take for granted until its all been stripped away, when dodging slavers and murderers becomes part of your daily routine. When every step outside of your door carries the risk that you won't be making it back that night, when each time you sleep voices beg you to let them in. When your suddenly pointed ears mark you for harassment on the good days, and attempted murder on the bad ones.All I want is to go home, and the one benefit to suddenly ...

Jack and Luke are cousins and headed to the beach for a week to relive some good old bachelorhood days. After an initial few days of fishing, storytelling, eating and drinking, and what not, the two men are joined by the other family members, and the house occupancy swells to a total of seven adults and four children. An aging family aunt, Brigid, is also invited, without the initial consent of Jack and Luke, and arrives on the scene in somewhat of a whirlwind. Aunt Brigid is likable enough but rather set in her ways and a bit cantankerous. But more importantly she and Luke, her nephew, have n...

The murder was gruesome. A small town deputy has to figure out who murdered Steven Carmichael. Tony doesn't find clues at the scene, but digging into Steven's past, he does find a lot of subjects. Tony is going to need a lot of help from his fellow officers to figure out who would kill the man in such a blatant manner.

If you have never seen a Jeebie, you are lucky. They are evil spirits that steal something precious from a dying person. The Jeebies have come to Jed and Ellie's house. Ellie is dying, and the Jeebies are ready to attack. When they do, Jed is devastated. His Ellie Girl has always been the love of his life. With her dying without a special thing that the Jeebies stole, Jed knows he has an epic journey ahead. He needs to cross from this world to another to find Ellie. If he can, Jed has an enormous task of replacing and returning to her what the Jeebies stole.

Do you believe we go somewhere when we pass away? Josh does, and he shared that with his wife, Cassie. The two of them have seen good and also seen evil. Now, they are trying to live their lives helping others. Cassie and Josh is expecting their first child. What they weren't expecting was for their friend Xeke to return from whatever tunnel he had used before to take evil away. Now, Zeke is back. To Josh, the man still looks like a god of thunder. Where Zeke came from is still a mystery, but what isn't is the fact that Zeke has brought bad news. Evil is headed to the small town of Norville. O...

Josh has walked through the valley of the shadow of death. He has seen the other side and even talked to someone there. It was that person who sent Josh back with an obliteration to rid the world of the evil spirit that followed him through the tunnels that connect this world with another. Josh was given some special gifts and a couple of unique friends. Cassie is Josh's age, but Zeke is a mystery to all. Together, they have to find evil and then a way to destroy it

No one likes hearing the word, no. Jimmy has heard it too much and is fed up. He's going to try to get far away and find a place where he won't hear the word. Grab children an early reader that is a fun, rhyming tale. It is silly, but it teaches a moral as well.

For years, the Nefasylum Psychiatric building was the place where horrific things were done. Inside the walls of that place, electric shock, beatings, and terrible conditions were the normal routine. The building was shut down after years of abusive acts. When a man sees a light in the basement of the building, he is scared. Luke spent time in the building and knows all about the horrors of the place.  He knows who ordered the horrific things done by Doctor Neff. Luke has to make sure the place isn't opening again. Meeting new friends who are also worried about the secrets in the building...

A year ago, Matt Compton died a gruesome death up in Mystic Valley. Matt's brother, Tony, asks his friends, Brandi and Scott, to come with him to Mystic Valley and the military base that sits next to the place. As they begin the search, they find secrets about themselves, and also about Tony. Heading into Mystic Valley is one thing; getting out is another.

In Mancer Hollow, three generations of women live in a house close to the river. The people in town gossip and spread rumors about the women, who have special gifts. The townspeople wonder if the three are witches, or something similar. The three ignore the rumors and just live as normal a life as they can. When the youngest member of the family and her two friends find a dead body, the rumors get much worse. The search begins to unravel the mystery and solve the murder. Family secrets are revealed, and the generations of women know they have to find the truth before they are blamed. 

A state park sits five miles from the town of Clarkston. People have always shared gossip and spread rumors about the strange happenings at the park. There is something deep. dark and evil about a cave in the park. Animals and people have gone missing after being up by the cave. Three friends want to find out the truth about the cave. They are going in, but getting out after they find the horror inside the cave might be hard.

The Sploot Friends: Welcome, Archie! is a heartwarming story about welcoming someone new and learning that there is always room for one more friend. When Archie joins Beau and Taron, everything feels new and a little uncertain. But with kindness, patience, and lots of playtime, the three friends learn that becoming a family just takes a little time and a lot of love.

This gentle story teaches children about friendship, belonging, and welcoming new friends.

Perfect for ages 3–7, bedtime reading, and families who love stories about friendship, family, and growing up.

The Sploot Friends Growing Together is a heartwarming story about patience, learning, and growing up. When Beau and Taron help Gigi plant a garden, Taron wants the flowers to grow right away. But as he learns, growing takes time, gentle care, and patience. Through sunshine, rain, and a little help from family, Beau and Taron discover that the best things in life are worth waiting for.This sweet story teaches children about patience, helping others, and the joy of watching something grow.Perfect for ages 3–7, bedtime reading, and families who love stories about friendship, family, and gentle ...

Beau was used to a quiet, peaceful life filled with naps in the sunshine and cozy afternoons at home. But one day, something new arrived - a tiny corgi puppy named Taron. At first, Beau wasn't sure what to think, but it didn't take long for the two to discover that life is better with a friend by your side.

The Day Taron Came Home is a heartwarming picture book about new beginnings, friendship, and learning that sometimes the biggest changes can bring the greatest love. This gentle story is perfect for children welcoming a new pet, a new sibling, or a new adventure.

A cold case. A fresh crime. One village hiding decades of secrets.Book 4 in the compelling Inspector Harcourt crime mystery series.As the world teeters on the edge of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, a brutal attack on a young girl near the quiet Worcestershire hamlet of Salwood shocks the local community—and stirs memories of a haunting disappearance over three decades earlier.In 1988, teenager Rebecca Jarvis, the baker’s daughter, vanished without a trace. Now, with a new Cold Case Unit under his command, Inspector Harcourt selects her case as their first to reopen. But as his team b...

A Small Village, A Big Secret, and A Murder That Could Change Everything.In the summer of 2019, the quiet Worcestershire village of Bishop’s Lacy is shaken to its core. As the funeral of Brenda Wilkins, the late wife of the local butcher, takes place, the village is gripped by a chilling question: what’s the connection between her death and the brutal murder of her neighbour, Kathleen Hodges?Detective Inspector Harcourt and his team are on the case, but what they uncover raises even more unsettling possibilities. Could this be the work of a ruthless gang embroiled in county lines drug wars...

A Dark Mystery Unfolds in Rural Worcestershire…In the autumn of 2017, Inspector Harcourt of West Mercia Police returns in the second gripping installment of this critically acclaimed crime series. Set in the picturesque yet increasingly troubled countryside of Worcestershire, this contemporary thriller is packed with twists, suspense, and unforgettable characters.A Drowning That Doesn’t Add UpWhen Gary Jones is found dead in the tranquil lake at Pickerton, a quiet village nestled at the foot of the Malvern Hills, it seems like a tragic accident. But the discovery of a second, eerily simila...

In life, some people build walls. The blocks can be literally a solid thing, or they can be psychological. It takes a special touch to build bridges instead of walls. Hopefully, when we reach out and touch another's life, it will help to build a bridge of love, understanding, and filled with empathy. Until you walk a mile in someone else's shoes, you don't know what they may be going through. These short tales tell of some people who learned to build those bridges.

With both her parents dead, Lucretia lives in their house alone. She has a brother, but doesn't talk to him much. In the house, Lucretia has seen the ghost of her mother. That is the least of her problems, as a memory block begins to crumble, strange memories return. Lucretia needs answers, but all she is getting are lies. The shadows of her past lie deep in the recesses of her mind. How did a memory block happen, and how does Lucretia find a way to fix it and unleash her past? Grab this hypnotic thriller to find the answers.

Throughout time, there have always been stories about the legends that roam this world. Maybe a scary story told around a campfire, or in a backyard tent camping with friends. What if those legends of folklore told their own stories? Supernatural beings and humans with legendary talents. Learn what the legends tell you about their own story,

Karatage Canyon is a place of mystery. Native American legends speak of danger. They try to warn others to watch where they go in the canyon. Sam and Troy are friends and business partners. When the two go on a camping trip near Karatage Canyon, Troy finds a relic of the past. The two know they have to investigate. What they find will connect to the past, have an effect on the present, and even change the future.  The legends are true, and strange things will be unleashed.

Bronwyn St. Claire has mastered the art of control—until an unexpected encounter on a flight leads her into the electrifying orbit of Nate Collins. What starts as a sizzling flirtation on the flight home ignites into another weekend of intoxicating intimacy in the heart of the Hill Country: secret rendezvous, wine-fueled confessions, and an unexpectedly vulnerable threesome that leaves them all irrevocably transformed.Back in Austin, Bronwyn must navigate the emotional fallout—jealousy, desire, and an unsettling connection with a man she never meant to love. Nate is steady, irresistible, a...

If you stepped into the Just Divine coffee shop and bakery, Pat and Tracy would greet you with a smile. The two women bought the shop with a house attached when they were rudely shoved out of their homes to make room for a parking lot. Once the women moved in, they found secrets of the past were haunting the present. The mystery the two find, has them investigating the past in order to right wrongs that were made.

 In the small town of Ashton Heights, the unthinkable has happened. When a woman is murdered, and her body is found with teeth removed, the local sheriff has to investigate the gruesome murder. Sheriff Brady Jenkins and his small police force soon learn of another victim. This young woman had fingernails, and then her fingers were removed. Who is behind the bizarre killings, and can they be stopped before more victims are found? Judgments is a murder mystery to keep you up at night long after you turn the last page.

British-born Bronwyn St. Claire expects nothing but a quiet window seat and getting lost in a good book on her mid-afternoon flight from Austin to Toronto. What she doesn’t expect is Nate Collins—a remote‑working, whiskey‑loving, Hill‑Country Texan—or the wildfire that sparks between them at 30,000 feet. One impulsive weekend in Toronto turns into four intoxicating days of late‑night confessions, boundary‑pushing intimacy, and the rare comfort of two people finally refusing to hide. She’s a forty‑one‑year‑old writer rebuilding after loss; he’s a forty‑thre...