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When Billy Proudfoot and Terry Blackbird return to the reservation for the funeral of a beloved friend, they are shocked to find themselves alone at the funeral home. When their friend rises from hi……続きを見る

An aspiring writer suspects that her work has been stolen by someone in her Writing workshop. (Short Fiction) 続きを見る

What would make a woman miss her husband's funeral? He gave her a lifetime of memories and a good black dress. 続きを見る

Mary is a true but uncorroborated story as channeled through the writer; therefore, it must be viewed as a work of fiction. Her husband’s brutality left Mary too damaged to survive the birth of her ……続きを見る

When the chips are down, and they certainly are in these desperate times; friends and family stick together. Julie finds this out in an unlikely fashion. As the economy is crumbling around them, peo……続きを見る

A piece I wrote for a benefit for the Women's Center in Carbondale back in 2009. I am posting this free, but hope you will donate time or money to the causes the Women's Center in your town represen……続きを見る

Prison Break-Fast at Tiffany's is a tongue-in-cheek Flash-Play set in a woman's Prison, where all the Prisoners are Shoe-fetishists and Fashion-Victims... 続きを見る

Ian Evans gave his heart to the girl he had loved since high school, but she broke it when she threw his ring in his face and walked away. Three years later, when Kat reappears engaged to a powerful……続きを見る

What is deja vu, but a sense of having been somewhere before. The subconscious forgets nothing and can recreate every sense received by the central nervous system (except for pain...that's forgotten……続きを見る

Sapphire, upon much insistence, learns the truth of where she came from although it isn't what she was expecting... This is a short story, not a full-length novel. WARNING: This eBook may contain co……続きを見る

Silicon Valley is home to several Technology and PharmaceuticalBiotech corporations. Chris moved to Silicon Valley in 2000. He has been fortunate to have worked for various prestigious corporations.……続きを見る

Scarlet wakes up in a basement, blindfolded, and tied to a chair with no recollection of how she got there. She reeks of gasoline and sweat. Suddenly, something begins to stir next to her. Things st……続きを見る

Shadows beneath the Street Lamp is a series of short stories peering into the dark areas of life. “Lullaby for a Lost Soul” is the first installment of many to come. In this story you will take a wa……続きを見る

ME & JOAN (formerly titled La Pucelle) was conceived and directed by Ken Marini at Cheltenham Center for the Arts. In an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer, he said: “Joan is a spiritual woman……続きを見る

For teachers We know that the Common Core State Standards are encouraging you to reevaluate the books that you assign to your students. To help you decide which books are right for your classroom, e……続きを見る

On a torrid island, a mother and daughter confront one another over dark family secrets and long hidden animosity. The daughter suffers postpartum depression, the mother denial in the drug use of a ……続きを見る

He's an academic; she's an artist. He worships Cthulhu, the slumbering behemoth; she worships Atlach-Nacha, the spider goddess of dreams. Their interfaith marriage is challenging enough before the g……続きを見る

This is a collection of three stories. They were not written in sequence or even in the same year. The first is about what could happen if enough enemies of the US infiltrated our southern border an……続きを見る

Bugsy first appears in my short story "East Village" as a 16-year-old runaway living near Tompkins Square Park in 1967. Here we meet him again exactly one decade later and his circumstances have cha……続きを見る

A brief fictionalized account of the murder of a deputy sheriff in rural North Carolina on the Fourth of July in 1914 by a descendant of the family containing contemporary photographs and news clips. 続きを見る

An old man is tired of living. During his final day of life, he eats his usual breakfast of scrambled eggs, kicks the dog, greets the mailman in his own special way, watches back-to-back episodes of……続きを見る

René Gervais the "angry little Frenchman" is content with his title in his bakery just outside of Montreal. His world is turned upside down, however, when he meets "La Belle Mademoiselle" and commit……続きを見る

If you could travel back in time to save someone’s life, would you do it? Whose life would you save? These were questions Claire Callahan asked herself. "Yes," was her first answer, and "Marilyn Mon……続きを見る

In the latest prequel to Desperate Times you are introduced to Jon. With the world unraveling around them, Jon and his friend, Kyle, find themselves at a crossroads. People are already looking at th……続きを見る

David, a medical Doctor, leaves from a weekend visit at his sister and her husband’s home, also their global warming research center, in the desert, twenty-five miles from the nearest highway. While……続きを見る

Priscilla Connolly had made only one final request as she lay dying. Now her family had wished they listened. No one ever really takes their secrets to the grave with them! 1,800 words 続きを見る

A nostalgic and touching story of an eight year boy who is confronted by his father at Christmas regarding his torn coat. The only problem is he does not know how his coat got ripped, and his father……続きを見る

A honeymoon gone bad… The newlyweds, Bill and Caroline Jones are on the perfect honeymoon. Their cottage is in a secluded and romantic spot, far away from the hustle and bustle, that ensures they ar……続きを見る

Two homeless teenagers have only each other to rely on as they struggle to survive, carving out a thin existence on a New England beach and preying on the tourist life around them as it preys on the……続きを見る

It's October 31st, 1939, and Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" is being broadcast over the radio world. The Ables, people of the land type, in one apartment are listening to the show and believe its……続きを見る