Home of the first settlement in the United States and known as Old Dominion and The Mother of Presidents, the state of Virginia’s artistic output proves among the most fecund in the nation, evidenced in this ninth volume of The Southern Poetry Anthology. This collection includes well-known, established, and celebrated poets such as Charles Wright, Claudia Emerson, Gregory Orr, Ellen Bryant Voigt, R. T. Smith, Forrest Gander, and Rita Dove, and the editors have dedicated equal focu...

My novel is "The Missing Man", a young adult mystery/thriller novel delving into the obsessions of losing a child. Cleo is the daughter of a police officer, with three mischievous best friends, Ivy, Rory, and Jack. Cleo has the passion for finding the truth and maybe a bit too much curiosity for her own good. On a childish dare gone too far, Cleo sneaks into the house of her strange and infamous neighbor, Owen. Owen is known for his daughter going missing many years ago, causing him to bec...

A ruined fortune. A fake marriage. A master who demands total surrender.Eric Merlin believed marrying the wealthy Adèle Benchetrit would solve all his financial ruins. But the ink on their marriage contract was barely dry before he realized he had walked straight into a trap. Adèle didn't want a husband, she needed a pawn to satisfy the demands of a dangerous underground figure: Rocco Marchionne.When Adèle’s scheme stalls and Rocco grows tired of w...

After discovering that spanking older women is much more fun than spanking younger ones, Ken looks for opportunities to get his hands on older bare bottoms. He was surprised at how easy it is however when the daughter of Sofia, the wife of the Italian restaurant owner, comes knocking at his door. Maria wants a repeat of her mother's enema and spanking punishments and eventually gets the crop right between her bottom cheeks. Later Ken has to look after his maiden aunt who thinks she can bos...