What do we mean when we talk about small groups?And more importantly: what do we expect to happen when people gather in this way? The small group that wrote this book—made up of current and former campus ministry professionals with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship—sees a small group as: a community that studies the Bible, prays and participates in God's mission together for the purposes of God's transforming work.Small groups are about transformation, and ...

Preacher by day, predator by night . . .In a van he christened the Meat Wagon, Cecil O. Biggs cruises the shadowy streetsand back alleys of Southern California on the prowl for victims.Young or old. Male or female. Makes no difference. Black, white, Hispanic. Makesno difference. So long as he's able to lure them with dope and cash—and haul themback to his dungeon of depravity.For fans of Dean Koontz, Shirley Jackson, Jac...

LIKE A BLAST FROM A DOUBLE- BARRELED SHOTGUN,TWO HARD NOIR LA NOVELSIN ONE BLOOD–STAINED VOLUME:THROWBACK & BACKLASHLove, Lust & Murder SeriesMénage as pressure cooker about to boil over: when Fred falls for married Marge, whose husband Frank is a bounty hunter . . . and Fred's boss.Marge can't leave her husband, not if she wants his life insurance money, and her lover Fred doesn't see himself as a murderer.Her scheme to make Frank's de...

PREACHER BY DAY,PREDATOR BY NIGHT . . .In a van he christened the Meat Wagon, Cecil Biggs cruises the shadowy streetsand back alleys of Southern California on the prowl for victims.Young or old. Male or female. Makes no difference. Black, white, Hispanic. Makesno difference. So long as he's able to lure them with dope and cash—and haul themback to his dungeon of depravity.For fans of Dean Koontz, ...

This five-hundred-thirty-six-thousand-plus word splatter tome packs a wallop and is not for the weak of belly.Psycho Cecil Omar Biggs plays the role of a preacher of his own church by day, while trawling alleys and strip joints in Hollywood and San Fernando Valley when the sun goes down––in search of potential victims to abduct and haul back to his dungeon of salacious depravity.Furthermore, this slayer does not give a damn if you're young, old or––even dea...

A hilarious, zany and action-packed adventure about three brilliant kids on an out-of-this-world adventure! From the fantastically funny author of ROBOTS STOLE MY MUM!, this can be read as the next book in the series or works just as brilliantly on its own.Sandy is very surprised when he finds an ALIEN in the garden shed!Luckily, Bobslurdle Shuzberger BumBum the Seventh - known as Bob - is sweet and polite. He just needs a bit of help escaping from a scary ...

Lovebird as Meany . . .There is no way to feed it or fill the water tray without being viciously pecked at with a razor sharp beak that the parrot hones daily on the pumice perch.Reclusive bird lover Calder didn't expect to have to face repeated attacks while merely attempting to tend to his new pet's needs. All Calder hoped for, when he gave his TV set away (to break free of his addiction to it), was to pick up a chirping, happy warbler at the local pet st...

Blood, Sweat and Chump Change –– L.A. Taxi Tales & VignettesOne novelette, 17stories & 70 prose poems, totaling 88 rage-fueled taxicab dispatches from the sun-baked, dog-eat-dog streets of Southern California.Acclaim for thrillers Throwback and Backlash:"Kirk Alex gets right down to it. There's not a wasted word. If you don't know his work, you should." ––Mark SaFranko, author of No Strings and Lounge LizardAcclaim for Lustmord: Anatomy of a Ser...

Paycheck to Paycheck –– Chance "Cash" Register Working Stiff Series –– Vol. 1My favorite books to read have usually been "novels" without plot, classic tomes like Tom Kromer's Waiting for Nothing, Jack Black's You Can't Win, Hamsun's Hunger, Bukowski's Post Office, Sa Franko's God Bless America, et al. I could go on. You get it. These tales are not plot-driven, instead they are abo...

Hush-Hush Holiday: A Doc Holiday Private Investigator MysterySolving mysteries is his business.And business just got personal.When hard up L.A. private investigator Edgar "Doc" Holiday learns that his ex-fiancé Candy Leigh Parker has gone missing he's hesitant to get involved. Mixing business with matters of the heart as complicated as his isn't worth it.But then the first in a series of heinous murders takes...

When Fade Out . . .Means You're Dead!Neophyte stunt man Lem Buck dies performing a dangerous fall from a San Fernando Valley rooftop that may or may not have been rigged improperly. A car skids off Mulholland Road during a chase sequence that results in two more fatalities.Foul play? If so, who's behind it and why? Aging director–– with booze issues––Denby "One Take" Bramlett? or vengeful stunt coordinator DirkTurpin? Better yet, the trio of Euro pro...

Up the creek . . .Volume 5 in the Chance "Cash" Register blue-collar series.He walked away from the shipping clerk job at the smut warehouse to rescue what remained of his sanity. Only now he's up sh*tz creek. There is zero money coming in for grub and other necessities. What makes it worse: No one wants to hire him. It goes on for months, forcing Register to use plastic to get by. Even so, he knows, the thing to do is to endure long enough ...