A A Gates: 9 books

How could a vacation go so wrong? Chief Inspector Jim Hatchard and his wife Betty arrive in the UK from South Australia to enjoy a long-planned holiday in Cornwall, the county of Betty's ancestors. Early in their time in England they make an innocent enquiry for directions to their hotel near...

Riveting, raw and macabre. Three words that sum up the collection of short stories you will find in AL Gates’ Scenic City Café, where life (and death) are not always what they seem. His beloved Chattanooga, TN is often the backdrop for these stories, several of which have been published in writing...

Take a few minutes and pick around the things in A. L. Gates' mind. Two old men happen upon each other in a Chattanooga park. One black...one white...They get to know each other and their deep, dark secrets. Also, let Chip clean & fold your laundry and sully your mind in this dark twisted tale set in East Ridge, Tennessee. 

The master of Southern Supernatural Fiction is back with ten short stories whose roots are entwined in the buckle of the Bible Belt. An old man stumbles into a dingy bar and makes a group of bikers come to grips with who they really are...A boy's connection to the Cherokee Spirits is on display...

Two talented teenage boys deal with growing up in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In the shadow of Lookout Mountain, Travis & Willie deal with the old ways while creating new traditions. The two boys come to grips with what is and is not important.

Llywelyn ap Ioworth's life is not easy. Haunted by his dead mistress Tangwystyl, and in love with his young wife, Joanna, illegitimate daughter of King John of England, his world is rocked when the ill-fated de Braose family cross his path with such devastating effect that the repercussions will ripple...

Mr. Whiskers is dead—muerto—shuffled off his mortal coil. All Laney had to do was watch the store and feed the cat. Too bad she hadn't known there was a cat. She has a plan though. An obscure spell contains the power to grant life, only long enough to save her job, and her vacation...

Ivy always thought that breaking a curse with True Love’s Kiss was the ultimate romantic gesture in fairy tales. But when she has to plant one on a prince who’s been dead for 200 years, it’s just gross. After the “incident”, seventeen-year-old Ivy discovers she’s a witch, and she’s...