Stephen Leary: 12 books

The 50 greatest 19th Century American short stories were determined by a new ground-breaking ranking system. Each story was awarded points for every appearance in an important literary anthology, database, or website. Rather than one person's opinion, the stories in this collection are the result...

Floyd Anvil is upset. Very upset. A planetary emergency threatens to destroy life on Earth yet people go about their normal lives as if nothing is wrong. Why aren't they taking action? Don't they recognize the impending danger? The mainstream news media understands the problem and publicizes...

This baker's dozen presents the game of chess, its stage and actors, as symbols of an incomprehensible world, a means of communication beyond language, an unreachable ideal, a trap, a disease, a salvation. These stories are literary, hallucinatory, and mystifying, resisting easy conclusions or explanations. The...

In the near future, rebel cell group members confront the reality that they have been infiltrated by a government manikin sent to spy on them. But who is it? The manikins are indistinguishable from humans. One of their group has recently died from a supposed accident that they believe was orchestrated...

Rivenlann is a world that has known only darkness and the thousand gentle stars in the night sky. The advanced Aarpions live on one landmass and dominate the primitive Towahs who reside across the sea on the other. An ancient prophesy of the Towahs called the Day of Reversal they believe is...

Riots. Cities are on fire across the United States. Police are shot and killed by thugs. But the President of the United States is nowhere to be found. Where is he? Are the reports true that he's been seen on the streets of DC? Why is he silent? And when will he appear again to calm the nation...

Jackson Smith is a frustrated self-published author. Despite his skills as a novelist, his books aren't selling and he can't find an audience. He becomes jealous of a successful romance author whose novels, though not examples of great literature, are nevertheless bestsellers. Her book signings...

After a close call with another spaceship during his flight, the inspector arrives at the Moon Colony. All seems in good order until a mysterious illness breaks out among the colonists. Did the inspector bring a germ with him? The malady threatens to wipe out the colony as the robots begin to bury the dead. Can the doctor identify the problem before it's too late?

The biggest intelligence theft in history. Ted Flurry, A young IT analyst, stole 2 million National Security Agency classified documents. He fled to Moscow and then began releasing the NSA's secrets to the world. The President of the United States is furious. He wants Flurry brought to justice....

Politicians are at war with the citizens who elected them. Criminals are exulted while law-abiding patriots are demonized. Leaders seek the elimination of their enemies without concern for the law. Stories on the theme of a dystopian world staring humanity in the face.

Washington DC is the setting of the annual library conference and Ally Derringer is anticipating a magnificent event to cap off her year as president. Many new members have recently joined, although it is unclear why. The festive atmosphere is interrupted as an unsolved murder threatens to...

Imagine a World where you have NO electricity or gas bills? Nada! Zilch! Zero! Imagine a home that uses nature to heat and cool your home? At no cost! Imagine a healthy home where the air quality is pristine that toxins, dustmites, mould cannot live in and condensation or harmful VOCs...