A Promise Given

Anxious to be married, Henrietta and Clive push forward with their wedding plans despite their family differences, made worse now by Oldrich Exley’s attempts to control the Von Harmons. When the long-awaited wedding day arrives, there is more unfolding than just Clive and Henrietta’s vows of love. Stanley and Elsie’s relationship is sorely tested by the presence of the dashing Lieutenant Harrison Barnes-Smith and by Henrietta’s friend Rose—a situation that grows increasingly dark and ... [Read More...]

Energon

When the robotic Neffexyion species came to Earth, they learned us about the many more possibilities we have, by harvesting our own energy which they called, Energon. They learned us about controlling our energy deep within our bodies. They thought us about our Spark, which is the energy center of our body, and our strongest yet most vulnerable part of ourselves. We learned, and eventually evolved into the civilization we are today. As we used our energy to not only protect ourselves from the m... [Read More...]

Free: Bangkok Whispers

Some people just can’t avoid danger. Lately, American expat lawyer Glenn Murray Cohen has been one of them. A year ago, Glenn and his close friends from Bangkok’s mysterious NJA Club were drawn into a CIA plot to kidnap a Russian gangster. They succeeded and survived, thinking life was back to normal. When a sleazy grifter from Glenn’s past appears in Bangkok, Glenn and the NJA gang are dragged back into a dangerous world, this one filled with drug dealers, spies, and North Korean hitmen.... [Read More...]

Free: 49 Buddhas: Lama Rinzen in the Hell Realm

Lama Rinzen awakens from meditation to find himself reincarnated as a detective on Denver’s Colfax Avenue. Immediately he realizes that once again he has been reborn into the Hell Realm—this time charged with finding insurance man Sonny Heller’s killer. Rinzen believes finding Heller’s killer will lead to the Sacred Dorje, which has eluded the lama for many lifetimes. By finding the Dorje, he will become a bodhisattva, allowing him to lead all sentient beings to Nirvana. But should the ... [Read More...]

Unpleasantness: Ghost Stories for the Depressed

UNPLEASANTNESS: GHOST STORIES FOR THE DEPRESSED challenges the notion of the ghost story itself. Two deceased workers haunt an office until turnover and management decisions erase all memory of them. A woman is driven into a life she never wanted by a vision of her future self. A man sees a ghost, but just for a second, and it ruptures his already distorted worldview. A convict acquires second sight and uses it for profane purposes. A desperate young man is compelled to steal by ghosts that are... [Read More...]

The Seaside Affair

Over twenty years after their mother left the seaside resort of Aycliffe on the English coast, Elizabeth and Francis Edwards, visit on holiday. They are invited by long-time friends of their mother, who are saddened to hear of her death. Upon arrival, the siblings soon discover that the sleepy seaside town is plagued by family drama and plots of self-preservation. Gossip, greed, deceit, and lust are the vices hidden under the sands of time. As Elizabeth and Francis unearth the truth about their... [Read More...]

Wafa

On January 27, 2002, Wafa Idris blew herself and an old man to Kingdom Come on a crowded street in the center of Jerusalem. She did it for Islam. She was the first female suicide bomber in the Israeli-Palestinian War. For the next 18 years she wandered the Netherworld in search of Allah’s paradise. She didn’t find it. Private eye Bernard Piffy says it doesn’t exist. Mohammed Atta and Osama bin Laden have also failed to find it. And now she is back. She has been reborn and has ... [Read More...]