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Ring the Bells That Still Can Ring is a raw, unfiltered, and deeply human memoir that blends spirituality, psychology, theater, football, and redemption into a remarkable journey of self-discovery.Author Richard J. Walters, a former West Virginia University football player, lawyer, and stage actor, opens his life with brutal honesty-sharing his battles with mental health, faith, failure, and the re...

When a hitchhiker returning from an extended trip abroad in the early 1970s crosses the United States, he plunges into a dark, surrealistic, frightening landscape from which there seems to be no escape.After a worldwide plague has decimated their city, four children searching for sustenance enter a seemingly deserted mansion, only to find out that its owner, a madman seeking the alchemical secret to immortality, has modeled it after an elaborate ancient torture chamber.In t...

After a worldwide plague has decimated their city, four children searching for sustenance enter a seemingly deserted mansion, only to find out that its owner, a madman seeking the alchemical secret to immortality, has modeled it after an elaborate ancient torture chamber.

In the aftermath of the official cancellation of Medicare, Social Security, and other government welfare programs, a destitute senior is relegated to an internment camp for old folks. There he discovers that all is not as it seems, and the recalcitrant elders have some tricks up their sleeves that they can use to deal with the pitiless system that has banished them from its midst.

After living abroad for thirty-five years in India, Bangladesh, Italy, Greece, and other countries, John Walters returned to his home country, the United States, with his sons. When the youngest moved out, he found himself alone in a fourth floor apartment with a spectacular view. He dubbed his new home the aerie.For some people solitude can be devastating, but for others it can provide a unique opportunity to maximize the creative experience. These scintillating and captivating es...

It is the late 1960s...What better place than prison to recruit psychopathic killers? So thinks Benny, possessed by a thousand alien entities which he intends to share around with the other inmates before unleashing hell on Earth in the form of a murderous rampage. Only William Stafford, a Vietnam War veteran unjustly convicted of killing a girlfriend, can stop him. But to do so he has to break back into the prison he has just escaped from...

Escaping a death sentence on a starship, three refugees come across a stone city that has been mysteriously abandoned. With a torrential rainstorm fast approaching, they become aware of a horrific menace lurking in tunnels beneath the city streets.

A shy, withdrawn teenager abruptly discovers that he has telepathic abilities. While attempting to cope with problems arising from his newfound powers, he is contacted by a mysterious organization known as the Telepathic Guild.

Leon Wolf, an elite quarterback on a Super Bowl-bound football team, suddenly discovers that he has telepathic ability. At first, it merely seems an advantage in the game, as he can read the minds of his opponents and teammates and anticipate their moves. However, he is then approached by a representative of the mysterious Telepathic Guild and presented with a life-changing proposition.

In a world whose inhabitants routinely visit famous historical events, two jaded road-weary tourists take a holiday in an isolated retrograde enclave where time travel is forbidden.Humankind is plunged into chaos as the recently deceased reappear and take up residency in their former homes.As the result of an expensive technique that restores their youthful vigor, wealthy old people gallivant from place to place adventure-seeking and partying. However, their newfound energy...

During the war, the infamous Gustav extorted a vast fortune from his prisoners, promising them freedom but then reneging and torturing them anyway. In the war's aftermath, Gustav's henchman Nickolas searches for a map to the treasure, leaving mutilated bodies in his wake. Where is the map? Can Gustav's surviving victims evade Nickolas, locate the treasure, and exact vengeance for Gustav's crimes?