This work contains seven short stories, all of which deal with the human spirit with an undercurrent of Christianitythat within each of us is the capacity to do good or evil.

In this short story, the Nichols family that finds their stingy Uncle Albert, who's been mooching off of the family for years, is actually quite wealthy. Naturally they aren't at all that happy about it and decide that Uncle Albert has overstayed his worldly welcome. What to do? They plot to get rid of him--and just in time for Christmas. It's a jolly holiday all right.Lorraine Bartlett is the New York Times bestselling author of the Victoria Square Mysteries. (A Crafty Killing, Th...

A tale from the world of Steven Brust and Skyler White's novel The IncrementalistsThe Incrementalists are a secret society of two hundred people with an unbroken lineage reaching back forty thousand years. They cheat death, share lives and memories, communicate with one another across nations and time, and have a very modest mission: to make the world better, a little bit at a time."Fireworks in the Rain" tells an original story not found in the no...

Among the provocative social phenomena of our time, few have caught the public fancy as profoundly as that quintessentially American species known as Bubba. The conventional notion of Bubba is a Southern redneck who thinks a rented movie and a six-pack are quality entertainment. According to Dan Jenkins, this historical view has been advanced largely by "effete Easterners and West Coast ponytails who claim to like trout pizza and fat novels written by some kind of Ecuadorian". Granted, say...

A young man writes letters in a last gasp at finding meaning in the world.

Imagine these endorsements The joke is on you if you dont buy this book. Jay Leno Blankenship has an uncanny sense of humor that crosses all boundaries of fun. Everyone will laugh hysterically at these jokes. David Letterman There is no doubt that this is the funniest collection of jokes ever - I say ever - compiled. Buy it! Jimmy Kimmel Laughter is a constant vacation. Take the best vacation of your life for less than thirty dollars. Mary Lou Whitty When I read this book, I must have laug...

Death by Wall Street: Rampage of the Bulls, a murder mystery, is based on real events. It is the story of how the oligarchs of Wall Street, doctors and others in the pharmaceutical research profession having significant conflicts of interest, and employees of two 'captured' US government agencies the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by design as well as by simply refusing to pursue the evidence of malfeasance provided to them, deny patient...

The characters in Inappropriate Behavior teeter on the brink of sanity, while those around them reach out in support, watch helplessly, or duck for cover. In their loneliness, Murray Farish's characters cast about for a way to connect, to be understood, though more often than not, things go horribly wrong. Some of the characters come from the darkest recesses of American history. In 'Lubbock Is Not a Place of the Spirit,' a Texas Tech student recognizable as John Hinckley, Jr. wri...

An ordinary work day at the western Massachusetts Sugarloaf Inn turns more chilling than the winter weather when staff member Candy Wadsen makes a gruesome discovery. Her day goes from bad to worse when Candy realizes that Detective Sergeant Dan Petrowski suspects her of committing the crime.

It started like any other day. I was just going through my normal routine until it happened. This one lone bug decided to change the course of my ordinary day into an event of a life time.I encountered a Buggy Battle unlike any I've ever imagined which whirl winded into an unexpected journey of destruction and fury. This evil bug will not destroy my way of life. I shall not be defeated! I must overcome! Based on real life events . . . kinda!

When private investigators Raam Commoner and Kayman Karl buy a derelict Hollywood mansion and start out to restore it to its early glory they have no idea that they’ll dig up a fifty-year old family skeleton and the key to a looted fortune. But as Raam watches their money get sucked into the restoration vortex, and an outrageous tattooed performance artist makes a documentary of the project, Raam’s Israeli mother breaks the code and starts them on a trek that takes them from Beverly Hills ...

"Quite definitely addictive . . . a must-read, written with wit and humor and peopled with multidimensional characters. What more could a reader ask for?" —Mary Balogh, New York Times bestselling authorThe phone call Rachel Gold received from a nervous CPA almost seemed routine. Rosenthal wanted to meet with her to discuss something confidential about a corporate merger. Hardly an unusual request of a lawyer. But Rosenthal never made it to the meeting—and ...