Blackwell Opsis an interational network of professional assassins managed and monitored by TJ Blackwell.Neil Speck is a well-tested operative for TJ Blackwell, but llike most of us he has his problems.He draws a bold line between the gritty, real world of Blackwell Ops—the world in which he lives—and the almost fantasy world occupied by the Normals.One thing they seem to have that he doesn't is Luck. Kismet or Fate seems to smile on them at ...

Blackwell Opsis an interational network of professional assassins owned and operated by TJ Blackwell.Whereas most Blackwell Ops novels are documentary glimpses into the lives of those assassins (operatives), A Most Unusual Day is remarkably different.Although it documents the lives of two operatives, one seasoned and one brand new, it also reveals what it takes to join Blackwell Ops as an operative.But more than anything else, A Most Unusual...

Ever wonder what it would be like to be on a generation ship departing Earth for a new home on Terra 2?It's much like life anywhere. Well, except for the aliens.The Ark: The Journey HomeStephen Hawking once wrote that "[E]ither a nuclear confrontation or environmental catastrophe will cripple the Earth at some point in the next 1,000 years. However, by then our ingenious race will have found a way to slip the surly bonds of...

From legends of murder, and undead killers walking, to missing girls, deadly diseases, suspense and gore aplenty; from sleuths and detectives, murder and vengeance enter into a world of crime, clues and mayhem.Table of Contents"Courageous" by Russ Crossley"Who Unkilled Johnny Murder?" by Robert Jeschonek"What Leads A Man To Murder" by Joslyn Chase"By Dawn's Bloody Light" by DeAnna Knippling"Nice Man Jack" by Dave Franklin

What would you give to ride wild on a good horse in a just cause? That's just what you'll do with the Texas Rangers in the Wes Crowley saga.With only a little over a year as a Ranger, Wes Crowley has already earned a reputation for getting things done in Company D, Amarillo.Will he be as effective while on temporary loan to the Ranger company in Brownsville?Among many others, we'll encounter several new Rangers, plus Rincón Sandoval, a dangerous comanchero and his g...

What would you give to ride wild on a good horse in a just cause? That's just what you'll do with the Texas Rangers in the Wes Crowley saga.Will Wes accompany Lew Wallace to Santa Fe in the New Mexico Territory?What challenges and hardships will they endure during that 200 mile trip on horseback?After all, the land is dominated by the Comanche, the Apache, and the ever-present comincheros.What role will a Caddo Indian from northern Louisiana and a priest fro...

What would you give to ride wild on a good horse in a just cause? That's just what you'll do with the Texas Rangers in the Wes Crowley saga.It's a new time, and a new job.How much trouble will Wes encounter as the newest law enforcement officer in Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory?Are his days of putting up with Comanche raids at an end? But what about the comancheros near the Texas state line? Is a surprise awaiting him there or elsewhere?Can there be a smooth...

One last time, what would you give to ride wild on a good horse in a just cause? That's just what you'll do with the Texas Rangers in the Wes Crowley saga.Wes has been a lawman since he joined the Texas Rangers back in the panhandle of Texas some 50 years ago at the age of 16.Now his children are grown and gone. He's settled in the hacienda he shared with his wife, Coralín. He remains in touch with his friends in Agua Perlado, the older members of the Guerrero Rangers, and ...

What would you give to ride wild on a good horse in a just cause? That's just what you'll do with the Texas Rangers in the Wes Crowley saga.Among many others, we'll encounterFour Crows, the young Comanche war chief;Red Hawk, the old Comanche chief and brother of Four Crows' mentor, Iron Bear;Rafe Wilkins and other outlaws; andFrancisco "Paco" Messina, the most dangerous and wily of the comancheros.and Carmen Morales, who tries to set a lot of thi...

What would you give to ride wild on a good horse in a just cause? That's just what you'll do with the Texas Rangers in the Wes Crowley saga.This book is set in the quaint, peaceful fishing village of Agua Perlado along the Pacific Coast.Is Wes disenchanted with being a lawman? Having trusted faulty friends, what will he do with the rest of his life?Sometimes our future is ours to determine. But sometimes—maybe more often than we'd care to admit—fate makes our choice...

Forewarned is forearmed, right?After telling a good story in the first place, your number one job as a fiction writer is to not sabotage your own work.Yet many fiction writers lay a minefield that sabotages their own work without even realizing it.This prolific, professional fiction writer will point out many of those mines and teach you how get rid of them.Author Intrusion: How Fiction Writers Kill Their Own Work is replete with examples.

What would you give to ride wild on a good horse in a just cause? That's just what you'll do with the Texas Rangers in the Wes Crowley saga.Will life, love, and peril continue?What do a would-be Comanchero from the old days, a much younger man Wes once saved from a life of crime, and a gambler and professional killer from Georgia have in common?Maybe a desire to harm Wes in ways from which he might never recover. Then again, maybe they'll be surprised.Make s...