Erin: 1995 books

**WARNING** This book is intended for mature audiences only due to the graphic violence and psychologically disturbing nature of some scenes.Sometimes you reach a point where you just can' take anymore -- a breaking point some call it. The day I watched my husband murder the woman who was pregnant...

The passionate struggle against temptation, that breathless anticipation, or the ultimate rush of total surrender . . . Whether you like it sweet or sizzling, It’s In His Kiss is guaranteed to satisfy. Nine authors cross time, space, and genres to bring you some of their most provocative...

TJ Bennett knows one thing for certain—being in love isn’t for him. Been there, done that, has the scars to prove it. But that’s before he meets colorful, sweet, slightly-kooky Hope Daniels. Hope is only in town temporarily. She simply wants to have a cup of coffee with the father...

These characters may be the usual suspects, making the usual mistakes, but their stories are not the usual fare. Populated by pretenders, ex-cons, and wannabes who bend the rules, break the law, and risk everything to salvage their own hearts, the twelve stories in The Usual Mistakes conduct readers...

Deep in the Amazon, a plane crash brings botanist, Kitarna Ashford and ex-sniper, Jack Callaghan together under chilling circumstances. Although attracted, both guard secrets that could well destroy their tenuous bond. Kitarna came to Brazil to join her sister’s archaeological dig, and prove her...

In this exquisite debut short story collection, people with unusual jobs and lives embark on extraordinary journeys. A taboo romance breaks the laws of gravity. Albert Einstein writes letters to the daughter he abandoned. A female physicist meets Stephen Hawking in a bar.... In the closing novella,...

For those who like their fantasy twisted and darkly humorous, The Shattered Shoe is a mixture of the traditional Grimm Brother’s tale with the Wizard of Oz and a touch of Russian demonology. Trapped in a hostile land, imbued with the powers of an evil godmother, and befriended by a monstrous beast,...

A baker’s dozen of queer Christmas stories for the twelve days of Christmas. An exercise in writing—storytelling—story finishing—and story sharing. The writers were asked to write “true” and “queer.” (Also, short. Because, shiny things!) Their interpretations of these instructions...

In a sweaty hotel room, a lonely businessman and a young woman meet for sex. Somewhere between reality and fantasy, the sex becomes talk and the talk becomes dangerous. Nothing is off limits in this battle of morality, economics and desire. This witty, dark and sexually charged new play by Governor...

“The biggest mistake any of us could make would be to underestimate Satan.” The seventeenth century and present day are seamlessly intertwined as Satan vents to an audience about her frustration at being cast out of Heaven and her thoughts on oppression. When she finds out that God has...

In these two plays for young audiences, award-winning playwright Erin Shields presents the challenges of friendship and communication. In Mistatim, which is based on a concept from Sandra Laronde of Red Sky Performance, two eleven-year-olds strike up an unlikely friendship at the fence between...

An unconventional take on the corpse challenges traditional conceptions of who—and what—counts as human, while offering bold insights into the modernist project Too often regarded as the macabre endpoint of life, the corpse is rarely discussed and largely kept out of the public eye. In...

Something old. Something new. Something borrowed… Callie Johnson has just about everything she needs for her wedding. And what better place to get married than Happy Endings Resort, where residents are always looking for an excuse to throw a good party? As Callie waits for her soldier...

Though most of the concubines seem harmless to Sheshamun, she makes a fast enemy of Pharaoh Ramses’ second wife, Senra. Between Senra spewing poison into her husband’s ear and sending a spy after the young girl, Sheshamun learns she must find an ally. Mira willingly offers to be her confidant...