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Down Clark Street

by michael panno

Illinois, winter, 1958. Eleven-year-old Michael Carmello lives with his parents and five siblings in a small house in Hardscrabble, Illinois. His father ekes out a living driving a cab, while his mother works part time at the local hospital. Michael wants to tryout for Little League in the spring, and dreams of someday being a Major League ball player. But dreams don't find a lot of support in Hardscrabble; that is, not until Michael meets Cornelius (Neely) Brown, a former pitcher with the Negr... more

Short Happy Stories

by Evan Pellervo

"Short Happy Stories" is comprised of fifty compact stories that hopefully function as a respite from troubling times. Inspired by Tolstoy, Salinger, and Lydia Davis, these stories try to make the most of the present. This is an eclectic collection with an overarching theme: gratitude. Since most of the stories can be read in a few minutes, they are good for a day's in-between moments.

tomcats killers of innocence

by patsy shook

Tomcats: Killers of Innocence meticulously navigates the life of a young woman grappling with her own vulnerability amidst dehumanizing circumstances. As Sarah endeavors to comprehend the depths of her husband’s cruelty, she confronts the daunting challenge of securing a path to freedom for herself and her children. Shook deftly portrays the intricate dynamics of a woman ensnared in a marriage with her abuser, demonstrating with psychological acuity how Sarah grapples with a sense of complacency... more

Seldom Heard Quotes

by C Howard Diaz

I originally came up with the idea for this short coffee table book of quotes back in 1993. I filed the quotes and commented on each one myself or added another person's writing for a few. Most comments are mine. I made copies and sent a shorter version to people I knew who would appreciate it. I have cited almost all the quotes, and anything I say in the comments is my opinion, whether it is cited or not. If you disagree with anything I say, you take the time to find your argument, I already sa... more

A Place of Safety-New World For Old

by Kyle Michel Sullivan

Continued from Volume One -- Derry.

Seriously injured thanks to being caught in a horrific bombing, Brendan has collapsed into an Akinetic Catatonia, where he is only vaguely aware of what's going on around him. When he returns to reality, he finds that six months have passed. And while his body has healed, his mind is now torn by sudden flashes of memories of that day, mingled with confusing arguments between his mother and PIRA over what to do about him. There were some w... more

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by Michelle Fogle

In Gilded Age Paris, starving bohemian composer Erik Satie longs to overthrow convention. Expelled from the Conservatoire for his overly unique approach, the frustrated cabaret pianist vows to prove his critics wrong. He finds a kindred spirit in the also floundering Claude Debussy. The duo launches a radical crusade against the entrenched musical order. Enduring ridicule, exclusion from venues, and personal demons, they pioneer an art form steeped in the green haze of Absinthe and mysticism. ... more

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by Michelle Fogle

Journey to the Holy Land at the dawn of the Renaissance for a thrilling adventure tale. When their father is abducted by a vicious crime lord, Yonatan and Aaron Déulocresca embark on an odyssey to retrieve a lost cache of family assets to pay the ransom. With the help of a fearless crew of Sephardic corsairs seeking justice against the Spanish Inquisition, they navigate treacherous waters in epic tale of courage, loyalty, and family bonds. Heirs of the Tide is the second book in the Lost Tales o... more

Sophia: Daughter of Barabbas

by M.D. House

After her miraculous rescue by the angel Raphael, Sophia, daughter of Barabbas and Chanah, sets out with the former slave Onesimus to find the elusive and itinerant apostle John. Once they find him, an unexpected trip outside the Roman empire into the mysterious northern nation of Sarmatia expands her understanding of God’s global efforts to gather his children to their Savior. It also reveals in starker detail the pernicious, pervasive attempts by the adversary to disrupt the work and turn t... more

Muses

by Abigail Mandlin

When one is in the midst of a depressive episode, it's a whirlwind. It's a ceaseless stream of doctor's appointments, psychiatric visits, therapy sessions, trips to the pharmacy, frantic late-night internet searches, well-meaning friends and family giving you unsolicited advice, and so on and so forth. While it may not feel like it at the time-as the fog is heavy, prominent, inescapable-the help is there, an ever-present weight against the back. But what of when it's all over? When the dus... more

Edged In Purple

by John Feist

GREEK MYTH AND SHAKESPERIAN ROMANCE ENTANGLE IN THIS FATE-FUELED LOVE STORY THAT DEFIES REALITY Three Greek playwrights chose Orestes and Shakespeare chose Perdita to play supporting roles in different dramas. What if they were to meet in a crease in time and fall in love? The mythological Orestes is expected to perform the unthinkable and face otherworldly consequences. In this retelling, when he goes back in time to a joyless, immoral life, he refuses to remain in it. Scarred by the expe... more

Unabashedly Classless

by Russell Ernst

Ella Richardson recounts a recent story involving her creative writing student, Alex Patorovsky, who becomes an outcast in Fallsworth following a crime that many in the community are convinced he was responsible for. The story takes a surprising turn when investigators uncover key details about the suspect, setting the stage for a moving conclusion to the tale.

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by Eliot Parker

The stories in Eliot Parker’s “Table for Two” are linked by the sense that all of these characters have inserted themselves–and others–into the worst human positions available: to follow each of these exquisite narratives is to land solidly on the best unease there is. When a man’s dementia causes him to make a run for it, his daughter discovers a part of his past she’d never quite touched. A woman aiming to hold the perfect wedding escapes her rock only to land in a very hard place. Two men cru... more

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Reminiscing: The First Family of God Remembers

by Edward N Brown

If you get one hardbound book this year to put on your bookshelf, this is it! > The complete story of the beginning of the human race − as chosen and blessed by God. > An epic journey of body, mind, soul, and spirit – everything you always wondered about. > Not just the Bible rephrased – but a totally new narrative – tailored for the modern educated audience, but based on biblical scripture. This book tells the story of what happened at the beginning – inside and outside of the Gar... more

What Once Was Promised

by Louis Trubiano

What Once Was Promised combines fact and fiction in telling the story of young Domenic Bassini’s journey from a sixteen-year-old Italian immigrant arriving in Boston in 1914 through 50 turbulent years of triumphs and tragedy. Try as he might to avoid the conflicting forces battling for power in his neighborhood and his city, he is drawn into encounters with the fledging Biston Mafia, the powerful Irish political machine, the Italian anarchists and corrupt police. \tHis crossing to America give... more

Anny in Love

by Barbara Wright

When Vanity Fair author William Thackeray dies without a will, his young adult daughter Anny is forced to support her sister and their mad mother in a Victorian world unfriendly to female talent and ambition. Anny develops a crush on Leslie Stephen, the future father of Virginia Woolf, but it is the prettier sister Minny who steals his heart. After their marriage, Anny finds solace on the Isle of Wight among her father’s famous, eccentric friends: the poet Alfred Tennyson, Lewis Carroll, the pai... more

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