Category: Literature & Fiction

Concerning Intelletual Suicide in The Human Race

Intellectual suicide corresponds to the more or less conscious decision to switch off the brain and renounce rational thought in favor of attitudes dictated by superstitions, by established habits, by prejudices, by common places. The effects of irrational choices made with the brain switched off can be devastating for oneself and for the others. Examples range from conformism, to religious superstitions, to ideological fundamentalism, just to name a few possibilities. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Madeleine and Jane

Jane and Madeleine are roommates, first in an East Village tenement and later in the luxurious uptown apartment of a mysteriously absent woman. Madeleine and Jane encounter the terrors and excitements that burgeoned in the New York of that era. As the two develop a wary friendship, a self-appointed therapist becomes entangled in their lives. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Free: Surviving Jane

Dr. David Scholz is looking for a career change. He’s burnt out and is planning a year-long sabbatical to travel and reset before beginning his ophthalmology residency. During these last weeks, David is given a tough patient: young Jane Doe, a heroin addict, is brought in with severe injuries. Jane does not want to be in the hospital. As David grows increasingly disgruntled, a surprising source reminds him why he entered the medical field in the first place: to help people. An emotional j... [Read More...]

By the Sea: A Comic Novel

By the Sea tells the stories of an ensemble cast of characters all living in or around the architecturally eclectic Briers Hotel, situated on out-of-the-way, scruffy Leech Beach. With comic verve, their pursuits of happiness in love, art, sex, theater, power, fast cars, and old movies all come together in revelations that change their lives forever. Its a modern comic adult fairy tale of heroes and heroines, villains and jesters, the village ogre and the village idiot. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

The Weight of Water

This is a novel about two sisters born into an abusive and neglectful poor trash family, and their love for each other. They live in the 9th ward of New Orleans, and Hurricane Katrina is on the horizon. The tension builds as you realize what they are going to have to contend with it. This was a beautiful, sad story, with very believable characters. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Free: EVACUATION: Book One: The Desert Deluge

Jodi Flakes end-times, adventure novel of 100,000 words begins in the United States in 2072. A father and a son, who both narrate this novel, are separated by the Chinese government which has overthrown the USA, twenty-five years before. Both father and son are forced to make life-and-death decisions when the authorities of New China threaten the safety of their family and friends. Part police thriller, part wilderness adventure, and part survival of a natural disaster. At great risk of being l... [Read More...]

The Love of Impossible Sums

Still grieving the loss of his beloved wife, Oliver reluctantly agrees to attend a poetry reading. The poet is Alex, who has also suffered loss, and soon after the performance she and Oliver embark on a whirlwind romance. But the past is never far behind, and a cast of meddling characters stir up tensions that risk coming to a head. “A unique, pensive, and mournful literary style to be savored” – Publishers Weekly’s BookLife Prize $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

And Then There’s Margaret

For fans of Maria Semple and Camille Pagan, comes the perfect laugh-out-loud dramedy about marriage, midlife and a controlling, manipulative mother-in-law thrown into the mix. Clarke’s award-winning novel takes readers on a relatable and hilarious ride, as Allie realizes the only way to survive the angst of family is to let go.and let be. $0.99 on Kindle. ... [Read More...]

Free: Punks for the Opera

Marina Quantrill leaves her shattered Oregon life for a new start in San Francisco and runs smack dab into a hot streak. So hot, in fact, that she suspects foul play. A month later, she’s an assistant dog walker, manager of a punk band and creator of one of the strangest fundraisers ever created. “Bravo! Encore!” Free on Kindle. ... [Read More...]