"She dreamt of snakes, enormous Martha-sized-eating snakes. By the time dawn broke, she was sure she’d been ingested, digested, and excreted."Meet Martha and Lois. Two fat ladies with attitudes, living in the State of Maine in the 1960's. Follow them on a humorous adventure filled with colorful language, reptiles, and an undying friendship.Is Martha insane, or are there really snakes in Maine?

In the Colorado mountain town of Glenwood Springs not far from Aspen artist/photographer Gwyn Sanders discovers a cryptic letter her sister Kelly left behind. The victim of a deadly hit and run Kelly reveals she was sexually involved with her sisters boyfriend and is scared for her life. Both Gwyn and her remaining sister Linda have since married their boyfriends so either of their husbands could be guilty of murder. The sisters received a large inheritance before meeting these men and kno...

Here are three flash science fiction stories collected in one volume for the first time. (Flash fiction is the name given to ultra-short stories of 1000 words or less.) These stories were originally published by the British science journal Nature in their Futures series of original one-page sci-fi stories. “My Morning Glory,” is a curious tale of a man and his apartment and the helpful entity that rules them both. In “Timed Release,” good housekeeping was never so compellin...

In a well of depression, Gavin, quits his telemarketing job and joins a group of radical idealists. In the days leading to his act of terror, a typo has all news stations emasculating the acts of his terror group. Thinking he will be remembered forever as someone less than a man, Gavin ponders the things that men do.

Katharina, the daughter of a Czech Duke and her maid Sheba are captured by the Comanche War Chief, Great Eagle and taken to his camp in central Texas. The Duke appeals to Sam Houston, the President of the Republic of Texas to rescue the young women. Houston call upon the Texas Ranger, John Haley and his Rangers to find the young women and to destroy Great Eagle's camp. John saves Katharina, but he cannot save his heart. If you liked my story, please read the expanded version, A Texas Texas...

During the height of the dotcom era free-thinking Texas cowboy Duke Tanner becomes wealthy by investing in Bay Area technology start-ups. Duke attributes his success to his own version of the concept that wealth can be created through the power of thought and he becomes a local New Age guru. The charismatic Duke starts marketing his ideas in the San Francisco area and soon finds an eager audience during the stock market boom of the 1990s, becoming an in demand lecturer and author.B...

The Human Novel opens during the Halifax Explosion....Tommy Joyce will never forget what he did in the mud-soaked trenches of Europe’s Great War, or the face of the comrade he betrayed.Halifax was supposed to bring peace in the arms of his wife Evie.Evie, already widowed once, risked her reputation when she became Mrs. Joyce, but her love for Tommy is her second chance at happiness.Their hopes are destroyed when a ship explodes in Halifax Harbour in the wint...

New York Times bestselling author Sharon Page introduces readers to Nigel Hazelton, the future Duke of Langford, as he leaves his home, Brideswell Abbey, and faces the dangers and horror of WW1 in this prequel novella...Beginning with the battle of the Somme, Nigel Hazelton is thrown into the dangers of trench warfare. Memories of his home of Brideswell Abbey and the fiancee he left behind keep him alive. He has vowed to protect his sister Julia's fiance from the dangers of battle-...

Adventure strikes Risgan, treasure-hunter, gambler, collector of magic relics.From jungle pygmies to powerful shamans to sea pirates, it's a fight to the end, on land, sea and air.Shipwrecked off a dangerous coast in an unknown land, Risgan stumbles upon a mysterious cult in the ruin of ancient temple grounds. An odd but alluring acolyte takes him under her wing, but the legend of their long dead saint leaves Risgan's blood running cold. The miracle-working...

Rose Brashear enjoys teaching anthropology as adjunct faculty at a Sacramento university, but when the job announcement lands in her in-box, she knows it’s time to get serious. Between exploring historic mine sites and scrambling to teach undergrad courses, she’s already stretched to the limit, but now she’s got to prove she’s the best candidate. Competition is fierce and Rose discovers the perfect position is hard to find.

Telah Costner has enlisted the help of psychic after psychic in a quest to find her missing daughter, Claire. Dani is the latest psychic, and Telah is hopeful because she senses something different about Dani.To Dani, however, Telah and Claire are just two faces in a sea of clients and missing people. Dani doesn't believe in psychics and never has. She and her sister Kate have perfected a scam in which money is the only thing that matters. That is, until weird things start happenin...

Emilie Adler, a gifted Hungarian athlete, one of only a handful of Jews who refused to boycott the infamous 1936 Nazi Olympics, wins bronze for Hungary. Eight years later, during the German invasion of Hungary, Adolph Eichmann arrives in Budapest and Emilie is caught up in the Holocaust. Working with Raoul Wallenberg, Sweden's special envoy to Hungary, she survives the war years and continues to live in Hungary. But the 1956 Hungarian Revolt is the last straw for Emilie. Determined to esca...