About Joshua Martin: Hello everyone! Thanks for checking this out. I am a writer based out of New York, no not New York City, and no not "upstate." I live with my wife and two young children, they are a handful. I've written and published 2 novels DEVIL'S HOLLOW and my short story collection GHOST FROM THE RUINS. Check them out. I like them and think you will too! What inspires you to write? I write because I feel as though I have to. It's a coping mechanism. It … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Joshua Martin
Interview with Author – Ellen Pall
About Ellen Pall: ELLEN PALL is the author of more than a dozen novels, including Among the Ginzburgs, Corpse de Ballet, and Slightly Abridged. She has also written many features about people in the arts for The New Yorker and The New York Times, and published numerous personal essays, most recently in The New York Review of Books. Ellen grew up on Long Island, went to college at U.C. Santa Barbara, then moved to Los Angeles. There, she wrote eight Regency Romances under the pen name Fiona … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Ellen Pall
When Push Comes to Shoot by Rena Koontz
When Push Comes to Shoot by Rena Koontz Emma Hunter’s tyrannical brother deserved to die, even if the manner of his murder was horror-movie gruesome. As a police lieutenant, she’s duty-bound to provide whatever assistance she can in hunting down her brother’s killer, but she doesn’t mourn his loss. Business acquaintances, former friends, and even his relatives agree the world is better off without the despicable bully. With no clues and too many suspects, it looks like the murderer might be … [Read more...] about When Push Comes to Shoot by Rena Koontz
Interview with Author – Lee Ryder
About Lee Ryder: Alden Native and Amazon Best Selling award nominated author Lee Ryder knew she wanted to be an author very early on. From the time she began to read she knew and cherished the amazing worlds that could be brought to life in books. She started writing in elementary school and never stopped. Her work was published in many small works throughout the year. Her writing blossomed in high school when she was published in the school literary magazine “Between The Lines.” When she … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Lee Ryder
The Trouble with Murder: A Hetty Carson Mystery by Vanessa A. Ryan
The Trouble with Murder: A Hetty Carson Mystery by Vanessa A. Ryan Hetty Carson was once one of the upperly mobile of the Los Angeles jet-set. Then her husband walked off with millions of embezzled funds and all of Hetty's credibility. What began as a search for the ex has turned into a new career: detective. The Trouble with Murder is book one of the Hetty Carson Mystery Series. The story opens with Hetty being interrogated by the police about the murder of a bar owner. The man was a … [Read more...] about The Trouble with Murder: A Hetty Carson Mystery by Vanessa A. Ryan
Hollow Stars by Lauryn Dyan
Hollow Stars by Lauryn Dyan Discover the dire side effects of partying like a rock star. As lead singer of popular, emerging rock band, Tracing Stars, Kennedy has the swagger of a badass, or at least she used to. While caught up in the booze, passion, and chaos of her first major rock tour, her dreams are erased by a string of ever-worsening blackouts. Now, the instability of her mind has landed her in a psychiatric hospital. Despite being convinced one of her tour mates sabotaged her, she … [Read more...] about Hollow Stars by Lauryn Dyan
Sunshine Valley – A Children’s Story for Grown-Ups by Matthew Ashcraft
In the animated town of Sunshine Valley, cartoon animals walk and talk. They put up with long bouts of rain in-between visits from real-world children which literally brighten their lives. When a killer begins targeting toons who never even knew they could die, the local pig, Constable Connor, is thrust into a dangerous game with a crazed adversary willing to kill to get what they want. When two human teenagers who are determined to save the cartoons they grew up idolizing offer a floundering … [Read more...] about Sunshine Valley – A Children’s Story for Grown-Ups by Matthew Ashcraft
Two Weeks on the Eastside: The Play by Kipe Lyan
This is a play about a guy that loves a gal and what he does to try to keep her. There are two endings to this play about what happened after two weeks on the east side and how it impacted their relationship. One person's happiness can be another person's worst nightmare. This play was written to highlight how domestic abuse doesn’t have to be physical to be considered abuse. … [Read more...] about Two Weeks on the Eastside: The Play by Kipe Lyan
The Trouble with Murder, A Hetty Carson Mystery by Vanessa A. Ryan
Here I sit at a police station being accused of murder! Will wonders never cease? How could I have decapitated Gerry Delaney when he was a big, barrel-chested man and I'm a slim woman, barely registering five-feet six? That's something the cop interrogating me can't or won't answer. Besides, why would I kill Gerry? I was trying to get him to buy tequila mixers for his dive bar. He hadn't made up his mind yet and killing him wasn't going to help. I'm Hetty Carson, private investigator. … [Read more...] about The Trouble with Murder, A Hetty Carson Mystery by Vanessa A. Ryan
The Brink by James B. McPike
THE WORLD IS ON ... THE BRINK When a young archaeologist discovers the earliest known cave painting hidden deep within the heart of Africa, she suddenly becomes the target of a sinister organization. They will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden, knowing it could shatter the fabric of religious order worldwide and rewrite history as we know it. In comes Vince Ramsey, Israel’s top investigator and biblical scholar for matters like these. He must not only protect the archaeologist as they … [Read more...] about The Brink by James B. McPike
Next of Kin by Scott Barron
A page turning debut in the tradition of Stieg Larsson, Lee Child and Dean Koontz, Next of Kin is a a thriller fuelled by an earth shattering mystery and desire for revenge. An original mix of war and its impacts, both heartbreakingly pathetic and terrifying. "... they were now moving down the slope towards his house; the soldier at the front raised his rifle to look at Alaz through the light intensifying sight, and for a fleeting moment, his face was illuminated as a pale green mask. Alaz … [Read more...] about Next of Kin by Scott Barron
Long Gone Tomorrow by Nick Bateman
Sometimes bad things happen to good people... who then end up doing bad things. After a virus is unleashed on the entire globe, a handful of survivors, each having their own experiences and hardships, fights to remain alive in a world that is falling apart around them. The lines between right or wrong and good or evil get very blurry when your life is at stake with every move. In a world quickly becoming devoid of both humans and humanity, survival at all costs is still a very steep price to … [Read more...] about Long Gone Tomorrow by Nick Bateman
