Category: Literature & Fiction

They Called Me Margaret

Margaret Manning has spent the better part of her life conforming to the expectations of other people–her father, then her husband. Breaking away from this ruinous tradition, she becomes a cozy mystery writer and decides to open her own bookstore “Thn’e Indie Book Nook.” But when her husband mimics the behaviors of some of the more unscrupulous characters in her books, she fears that she is losing him, or even worse that she is losing her mind. While abandonment is nothi... [Read More...]

Free: The Death of a 10-Year-Old Boy

The Death of a 10-Year-Old Boy is a heartbreaking, once-in-a-generation novel about a man who takes his dying son on a hunt for a bear that’s killed two people. The man wants the boy to see something in life beyond school and sports, beyond everything he’s ever known. Ultimately the book is about what’s left when we’re facing the end: what are we and what does it mean to be alive? Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Free: The Final Frame

He sacrificed his family for ambition — but now they’re all he has left. Cameron Parrish became Hollywood’s #1 action director by refusing to use AI-assist technology. Every film is a box office success, but neither fame nor fortune makes up for the fact that Cameron’s dying to make real cinema — an Oscar-worthy movie that will show the world he’s an auteur, not the clever hack that the critics make him out to be. But mere hours after being greenlit for the film he knows he was bo... [Read More...]

Free: As Far as You Can Go Before You Have to Come Back

Two classics, The Lovely Bones and The Beach, meet in this girl-and-her-backpack story—except this teenager, Carlie, isn’t merely traveling. Carlie steals ten thousand dollars from her parents to get as far from them as possible: Southeast Asia. There, the Lonely Planet path of hooks, heat, alcohol and drugs takes on a terrifying reality. Landing in Tokyo in the late 1980s, teaching English and practicing tai chi, Carlie has the chance at a journey she didn’t plan for: one to find the sel... [Read More...]

Free: Sweet and Sour

Discover poems that tackle both the benefits and pitfalls of love and relationships. The first section focuses on being unattached and full of hope. The second is all about being in a relationship that’s full of love but also worry. The third looks at being single again after the collapse of a relationship. Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Xerxes: Sailing the Wings of Morning

Spies, forbidden romance, and Mideast intrigue converge in this novel of high seas adventure and cyber sabotage. Two determined women and the men they love are caught in an international espionage manhunt. It begins with deceit and daring and ends with the dueling of three intelligence services culminating in a climactic offshore encounter. $4.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Do You Hear What I Sing

Once upon a time dinosaurs ruled the universe with loud, commanding voices. Now, humans rule the world with even louder cacophony. Today, I think, birds choose to speak softly to balance human clamor on this planet. In this book, the author hides behind these birds to amplify their voices, pride, meditations, thoughts, avowals and feelings to silence human noises. The speakers in each poem are these noble birds themselves: seagull, dove, hummingbird, nightingale, canary, woodpecker, cuckoo, vul... [Read More...]