Knox Thompson thinks he's working a hustle, but it's a hustle that's working him. Trying to keep his pizza shop and parents afloat, he cleans out a backroom Kentucky poker game only to be roped into dealing marijuana by the proprietor—an arrangement Knox only halfheartedly resists.Knox's shop makes the perfect front for a marijuana operation, but his supplier turns out to be violent and calculating, and Knox ends up under his thumb. It's not long before more than just the pizza sho...

Unfortunately, No Purchase On Tomorrow is classified in the romance genre. In this writer’s opinion, romance is fleeting and love is eternal, but my opinion is only that. No Purchase On Tomorrow is a love story involving two sisters. Dr. Deborah Finch is beautiful and perfect in every way and is every man’s dream, but her younger sister, Dr. Elizabeth Calloway, who is beautiful in her own way, is physically challenged and is confined to a wheelchair. Each sister has their doctorate in thei...

Be forewarned, The Lark, because of the explicit sex scenes is classified in the erotica genre and was written to excite the imagination. It is a damn good love story with a sensual sexy romp woven throughout. It is fun to read. It is exhilarating. It is not for children, although there is a child’s story within. The Lark is a light and fun adult love story for men and women. In the beginning the story appears to be about Mr. Joseph E. Jones and his undying hope to once again find love. I ...

DEAD FLAT, originally published in three parts, is combined here as a complete story, a mystery featuring the Bennett Sisters' favorite Frenchman, Pascal d'Onscon. Pascal is a wine fraud policeman who is called out of the Dordogne to investigate a bottle scam in Champagne as a favor to his boss. Thus begins a whirlwind August for Pascal and Merle, as he must also rescue his sister from a bad domestic situation, investigate the suspicious death of a vintner, and decide if he will accept a d...

"In this exciting new anthology, Wesley Brown and Aimée K. Michel bring together six wonderfully teachable plays by some of the greatest American women dramatists of the past fifty years-- Ntozake Shange, Suzan-Lori Parks, Paula Vogel, Lynn Nottage, Beth Henley, and Susan Yankowitz. The editors provide a helpful Introduction to the last 100 years of theatrical activity, from suffrage and anti-lynching plays, through the explosive 1960s, to recent Broadway triumphs, highlighting wom...

In the 1930s, Chief William Berens shared with anthropologist A. Irving Hallowell a remarkable history of his life, as well as many personal and dream experiences that held special significance for him. Most of this material has never been published.Because the elderly chief wanted his visitor to understand the Ojibwe world, and because Hallowell was deeply interested in his subject matter and was such a good listener, Berens freely related his dreams and other stories about encoun...

Foreword by Ismail MuhammadTragic Magic is the story of Melvin Ellington, a.k.a. Mouth, a Black, twenty-something, ex-college radical who has just been released from a five-year prison stretch after being a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War. Brown structures this first-person tale around Ellington's first day on the outside. Although hungry for freedom and desperate for female companionship, Ellington is haunted by a past that drives him to make sen...

this book, any book, should be read with an open mind. And yet, no biography can be entirely objective, especially so if the biographer is the son. Jesus said, Judge not, that ye be not judged. In retrospect, looking back to an era we would hope never to experience, its the least we should do. My father was an unusual man, destined it seems, to lead an unusual life in unusual times; a life filled with conviction, courage, insight, compassion, invention, creativity and tragedy. My father, a...

George Stuart has returned home to his beloved Sweetwater Plantation from the Mexican American War where he assisted Jefferson Davis in successfully leading the Mississippi Rifles to many victories which allowed America to acquire the vast New Mexico territory. George’s son, Robert, upon learning of his father’s returning to Sweetwater, left the plantation to join and support the cause of slavery against the abolitionists in the bloody Kansas War. Lila, a slave in charge of the Big House a...

A man's memoir paints a vivid portrait of his life's journey from war-torn Poland to America's shores. With his wife since 1961, they forge a life in Miami, their love story intertwining with the growth of their family and businesses. A testament to resilience and the enduring power of the human spirit, it is a celebration of legacy, love, and the pursuit of the American Dream against the vibrant backdrop of Miami Beach. This is their tapestry of life—a narrative rich with history, familia...

Grandpa’s Gift is a story born from a grandson’s walk through the world in search of something more. Attaining the comforts of business success, a very happy marriage & family life and general enjoyment of the world, still left Dan with a yearning for something else to find. Following the rediscovery of a book containing messages from his grandfather from more than 60 years ago, he began to realize that the elusive “something more” is the wisdom he found in its pages and stories. It’s a wi...

When the shooting started, there was nowhere to run.Three lawmen—bound by duty, not friendship—find themselves surrounded on open ground with no cover, no reinforcements, and no second chances. The men closing in are organized, well-armed, and certain that the law will fold before nightfall.They're wrong.As bullets cut the air and alliances are tested, the lawmen must rely on grit, nerve, and the kind of trust that's only forged under fire. Each man carries his own ...