In late 1980s rural Kansas, Mara finds herself taking on more than she can chew. Mara’s mother is a woman arguably ahead of her own time when it comes to the investigative day job she holds, and her own progressive take and unwanted oversharing of her thoughts on the day’s larger social justice issues. Mara’s story allows the reader to start their journey following her mother’s divorce from Mara’s abusive stepfather, and make the move with Mara, her two youngest sisters, and her mother from … [Read more...] about Shit That We Should Never Pass Along, And All That We Cannot Leave Behind by M.J. Boin De
The Day Bailey Devlin’s Horoscope Came True by Rebecca Forster
The Day Bailey Devlin's Horoscope Came True by Rebecca Forster Oh Boy! Oh Bailey! You're just trying to make something of yourself. You've got the grit and the gumption. Now you just need a some luck, and a little love wouldn't hurt either. When your horoscope says the man of your dreams is going to knock on your door, you're ready. But the one that shows up isn't the man you want. Still, he might just be the man you need. … [Read more...] about The Day Bailey Devlin’s Horoscope Came True by Rebecca Forster
All The Best Quotes By Rufus & Friends In The Road To Key West series by Michael Reisig
All The Best Quotes By Rufus & Friends In The Road To Key West series by Michael Reisig The following effort is a remarkably entertaining collection of insight on Caribbean life, from a handful of famous authors, musicians, gamblers, and adventurous fools. Along with the best quotes from my entire "The Road To Key West" series, this is really a banquet of memories, in which you will discover adventure and wisdom with short bursts of truth and humor. The 70s and 80s are very much alive in … [Read more...] about All The Best Quotes By Rufus & Friends In The Road To Key West series by Michael Reisig
The Drunk’unn Boat by Darby Guise
George Dilgunk, an everyman’s everyman, begins his life with tragedy knocking at the door. After the death of his best friend and the disappearance of his girlfriend, George embarks on a strange odyssey forgoing all the rational rules. He’s on a collision course with a weird finale—a story populated by rogue priests, wayward cinema owners, and kindly prostitutes. Targeted Age Group:: 18-65 What Inspired You to Write Your Book? It's my first novel, and I wanted to challenge myself … [Read more...] about The Drunk’unn Boat by Darby Guise
OOF: An Online Outrage Fiesta for the Ages by Strobe Witherspoon
Award-winning novelist and cultural critic Strobe Witherspoon interrogates his own profession. It goes terribly. "Wildly entertaining ...Sometimes sad and sometimes hilarious, Witherspoon's timely metafictional novel explores the ways (mis)information can shape public discourse in the digital media age." – Booklife by Publishers Weekly ”Strikingly original ...an innovative literary experiment that supplies a thoughtful commentary on the 'discourse virus' of our age ...Witherspoon tackles a … [Read more...] about OOF: An Online Outrage Fiesta for the Ages by Strobe Witherspoon
Mutiny In The Dugout by Rod Kent
Parents send their kids to the newest craze in Little League baseball: military boot camp on a diamond. The kids have had enough of out-of-control parents, coaches, and abusive drill sergeants. After a typical day of coaches cursing and hitting kids, exploding bases, booing from the stands, and parents fighting in the parking lot, the kids are at their wits' end. It's mutiny in the dugout. The kids go on strike, pulling out picket signs to let their parents know they've finally crossed the … [Read more...] about Mutiny In The Dugout by Rod Kent
Bargain Book: Little Bram by Michael Barrett
A 2018 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist. It's the fall of 2002, and Skyler Bram is bracing herself for another year of torture from her half-sister Kina Dunlap. But when a family emergency strikes, the girls are forced to live under the same roof. Instead of drawing a line down the middle of their bedroom and letting the war wage on, Skyler and Kina make what they believe to be the mature decision to call a truce and put their past behind them. Together, they'll break each other out of … [Read more...] about Bargain Book: Little Bram by Michael Barrett
Tasty Bits by Jon Sindell
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The Pugilist Poets of Venice by Jon Sindell
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Beautiful Monsters by Brian Anthony
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Beautiful Monsters by Brian Anthony and Bill Walker
Beautiful Monsters by Brian Anthony and Bill Walker Beautiful Monsters, a novel by Brian Anthony & Bill Walker, with illustrations by Rick Geary In London, in the year 1916, an ailing Sherlock Holmes is attended by his old friend and colleague Dr. John Watson. Sensing that time is short, Holmes relays one final, remarkable story to his biographer, that of Holmes’s own mentor, Professor Harry Nelson Beadle. In 1874 thirty-year-old Professor Beadle, laureate at Cambridge University with … [Read more...] about Beautiful Monsters by Brian Anthony and Bill Walker
The MisreadBible: Genesis by J. R. Eldridge
A collection of twisted Bible tales from the warped mind of J. R. Eldridge. Drawing from his fascination with religion and mythology, Eldridge takes the reader on a journey from the creation of the universe to the arrival of the Israelites in Egypt in this blasphemously funny retelling of the Book of Genesis. A lonely deity creates the universe in his mother’s basement and makes a little clay man who falls in love with his own rib. After the humans engage in some freaky angel sex, God decides … [Read more...] about The MisreadBible: Genesis by J. R. Eldridge
