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One of Opera’s great sopranos is dead. Was it murder? If so, who killed her? The Roma? The jealous wife? The ruthless understudy? Or was it Emma’s tomato sauce? Newly residing in Blissburg, a quaint, wine country town north of San Francisco that caters to the rich and richer, amateur sleuth Emma...

For the first time in her life, 25-year-old Josephine Geroux has a future worth looking forward to. She has her beloved bookstore, she has all the comforts that money can buy, she has found the love of her life, and most importantly, she has found hope where there was none for 16 long years. After...

Detectives Rosie Young and Vince Mendez chase an elusive villain when not one but two victims turn up alive less than twenty-four hours after their death. The body count continues to climb as the detectives investigate how two seemingly unrelated victims share an almost identical near-death experience...

In "Green" a young girl forms a bond with the great old tree in her yard. In "Onion Street", lovers find their relationship tested in a little Texas Cafe. In "Quantum Theory and Tube Socks", a down and out television producer goes on a metaphysical voyage of iffy science,...

A parody of gothic contemporary fantasies like those written by Laurell K. Hamilton, Kim Harrison, and Charlaine Harris, Jeana Keller is dynamic and proactive, with tongue firmly in cheek. When she discovers that Gus Rink, an evil vampire who destroyed her favorite boots, is in town, she vows nothing...

From the mind of J.R. McLemore come eight strange and disturbing short stories: When the Dead Whisper - If the dead had a secret, would you want to hear it? Jason's Last Wish - Can a cancer-stricken boy get a second chance at life? Western Justice - Do the sins of our fathers come back to haunt us? Hush,...

When Billionaire Real Estate Developer Peter Bruxton is found murdered – shot in the head in his hotel room – it comes as no surprise to anyone who knew him. In fact, the biggest challenge facing the detectives charged with solving Bruxton’s murder may be finding someone who is NOT a suspect. Also...

Sometimes in life, people are given a rare gift—a gift of foresight, of premonition—a sixth sense that goes far beyond what we can feel, touch, see, or smell. In some cases, these individuals are born with their abilities; they grow up with it, nurture it, it’s a part of them and they know no difference....

An act of unexpected betrayal sentences an unsuspecting oceanographer to a watery grave. Denied a simple death by drowning, he remains trapped and helpless within the steel confines of his diving suit and is left alive as long as his helmet retains oxygen. The longer he survives, however, the deeper...

Every summer comes the raiding season. Every summer, a fleet of intrepid longships strikes out across the indomitable Sea of Rage, their swords of conquest pointed eastward, toward the soft and sackable shorelands. Every summer, thousands of fearless marauders brave the voyage across the domain of...

The wars are all won and now a shogun sits in power. The demand for swordsmen of any stripe or skill has evaporated. Like orphaned children, masterless samurai roam the land, invariably falling to banditry when no other employment can be found. When one such wretched figure stumbles into the defenseless...

A fast-paced short story to kick off a new crime fiction series by J.L. Hays... Nearly a year after the traumatic events set in motion by his ex-wife, Detective Alex Walker is looking forward to the next chapter of his life as a Special Agent with Homeland Security. In his last week with the Glynn County...

Gabriel Celtic is confronted with something that he could never have imagined giving a second thought to...Saving the world! Ancient scrolls found by archaeologist Julien Taylor in present-day Iraq have foretold the end of the world, as well as the man tasked with stopping it….Gabriel himself. Presented...

The hunt for a missing young Blackfoot Indian man leads disgraced ex-RCMP police officer J.M. Walsh into the darkest corners of Indian communities in Montana and Alberta -- and the middle of a hunt between Homeland Security and a domestic terrorist. What can an individual accomplish against...