In a woven tapestry of life, an old man contemplates its complexities in the twilight hours. He reflects on war, nature, love, and loss with a gentle wisdom. His meditations serve as a beacon, guiding others through the duality of light and darkness, and urging the embrace of life's journey. Chronicling resilience and the human spirit, his narrative extols the virtues of creativity, education, and the courage to leave a mark. Amidst global discord, his words stand as a testament to compass...

She cracked safes and robbed banks. She was a drunk, a fugitive, and an adulteress. But did she murder Diamond Joe Morino?At the dawn of the Roaring Twenties, a time when women could not yet vote, law enforcement officers considered Mattie Howard a criminal mastermind who not only associated with some of the Midwest's most notorious outlaws but was the brains behind their operations. Many of those outlaws, whose base of operations was the wide-open gangster haven of Kansas City, ...

This is a story about a man who life has been good to and now he has the time and means to give something back. He is fed up with the political arena, both state and federal, where speeches filled with promises, misinformation, platitudes, self-aggrandizing and cheap shots take the place of meaningful legislation and genuine interest in the needs of constituents. Corruption appears to be permeating the top levels of government. He believes he can make a difference if he can get elected. He...

Two brothers, Randy and Rick Somerall, whose avarice pushes them to commit the most off-the-wall and audacious crimes, including murder, also has them crossing paths with a Native American, Jesse "Tocho" Tanner, whose ancestry includes Paiute and Shoshone warriors and he is definitely a chip off the ancestral block. Tocho is Paiute for mountain lion and Jesse has a history of living up to that name in the military and he adds to it when the Someralls piss him off. He is very proud of his e...

This is a suspenseful tale about two private eyes who during their normal course of doing what they do best, snooping, they get caught up in an international intrigue that causes bedlam in the nations of the free world and puts the planet on the brink of WW III.Sam Cavanagh and Bridget Collier, sole partners in C & C Investigations, specialize in industrial espionage and have a reputation for getting to the bottom of things, but what their future holds for them is seemingly a botto...

This is a tale about two intrepid Navajo attorneys who take on a small cadre of despicable, amoral, greedy individuals who are well entrenched in the Washington D. C. bureaucracy. These people are willing to do anything, to go to any lengths, to get what they want, including murder.In this instance, they want the natural resources on all of the Native American reservations which are estimated to have a market value in the hundreds of millions of dollars, perhaps in the billions. Th...

This is a story about two journalists, Hank Hadley and Kylie Driscoll, working for a small Washington D.C. newspaper, the Capital Sentinel, whose nose for news uncovers a plot of government corruption so broad in scope it rocks the very foundation of American democracy. Using the power of the press and risking their lives in the process, they make it their number one priority to do everything they can think of to put the spotlight on the conspirators.What starts out as a local news...

This is a story about two ruthless gangsters who live on opposite sides of the globe who have joined forces to rip off the rest of the free world, primarily Europe and the USA. They have raised organized crime to a whole new level, threatening the economic stability of many nations and the lives of anyone who dares to interfere with their operations. The men come from entirely different cultures. Ji Yang is Chinese and is based in Shanghai, China and Basilio Marou is Latino and is based in...

CALUMNY CAPERSFlyleaf CommentaryThis is a story about a nefarious group of people who have achieved top of the ladder success in their chosen career fields accompanied by significant growth in their net worth, yet they remain dissatisfied with their status in life. The root cause of this discontent is a psychotic longing for unrivaled power, to acquire the ability to command people to do their bidding willingly. They have become addicted to the benefits of power and will do...

Cabernet Capers is a story about two unscrupulous Napa Valley, CA vintners, Duilio and Riccardo Paganelli, identical twins with identically huge egos, who will do anything to grow their business for the wealth, power and prestige that will come along with it, including forging a relationship with organized crime, hiring assassins and killing cops or anyone else who gets in their way.On the flip side, there are two very bright, very courageous and very determined deputies of the Nap...

Computer Capers is a riveting story about a league of seven exceptionally intelligent, successful and wealthy businessmen who have decided that America is headed down the path to ruin, to bottom rung status in the global community, with an urgent need to save itself from itself and they are the people to do it. These men have exceptionally high IQs and egos to match and would be a shoe-in for Mensa membership if they were so inclined, but their aspirations lie elsewhere and they are willin...

“Soaring with Vultures” by Dan KellyIn post-Civil War Missouri, killing was the way of life.With the echoes of Rebel gunshots only recently silenced in Kentucky and his near-fatal chest wound still healing, Union Colonel William A. Warner moved his wife and children to a new land in hopes of finding peace and prosperity. Instead, he discovered that violence remained rampant in Lafayette County, Missouri, where his dreams of a new life turned into a family n...