My Father’s Daughter, a collection of poems ranging from light-hearted to heart-rending captures Lily Lawson’s thoughtful observations about life and love.’ An excerpt from Autopsy, -If, as time moves on, the words that I have shared remain with you, and call you back to read them once again my work is done. ‘This is a […]
Best Evidence: Poems by Mark S. Osaki
November 29, 2022 By
Evocative, deceptively straightforward and wry poetry that delivers a shock to the system. $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: About a Girl
November 27, 2022 By
There were no cell phones. There was no social media. In the 1990’s everything was in person. Coming of age in Visalia, California was simple for Will; it was always about a girl. There was one girl in particular, though, that monopolized his thoughts. Her name was Hannah. She was the most beautiful girl that […]
Free: Chasing Rabbits
November 26, 2022 By
Winner 2022 PenCraft Book Awards 2022 BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR Winner at the Literary Titan Book Award 2022 Winner at the FAPA 2022 President’s Book Awards Winner at the American Fiction Awards Finalist at the Maxy Awards Distinguised Favorite at the Independent Press Award/NYC Big Book Award With an important test quickly approaching, […]
A Dress the Color of the Sky
November 19, 2022 By
For too many years, Prudence Aldrich has been numbing the pain in her life with random sexual encounters. Her marriage to cold, self-centered Nick is, not surprisingly, on the rocks. But after several dangerous experiences with strangers, Prudence finally realizes she needs therapy to stop her self-destructive behavior, so she checks into the Serenity Hills […]
The Man Who Screams at Nightfall…and other stories
November 14, 2022 By
“A powerful, gritty, and exquisitely written anthology —not to be missed.” – J. Miller, Reader’s FavoriteThailand. The Congo. Greece. Spain. America…Four continents and forty-plus years in the making. The Man Who Screams at Nightfall is a landmark collection of short stories depicting a young man on a classic voyage of self-discovery, wandering the earth in […]
A PERILOUS JOURNEY To An Uncertain Future
November 1, 2022 By
Four boys, on a quest to find a better life, encounter the best and the worst of humanity. People on both sides of the border want to rob them, kill them, or force them into the drug trade. With their wits and the kindness of strangers, the boys weave their way to an uncertain future. […]
Coyote’s Road Trip
October 15, 2022 By
“Unlike so many action-oriented dystopian stories, this is a somewhat surreal, moody, and introspective tale, with an easy flow to it that’s much like . . . well . . . taking a long drive.” —S. Lynn Helton. Coyote Jim, the shape-shifting spirit of a desert valley in Nevada is forced out of his home […]
Reckonings
October 5, 2022 By
A vibrant, superbly written tale. It’s a fast-paced, tightly knit, family drama with a female protagonist at the heart who, despite painful adolescence memories and present financial and personal hardship, has the courage and tenacity to confront her life’s challenges head on. $0.99 on Kindle.
The Truth of Who You Are
October 4, 2022 By
When his family is plunged into poverty during the Great Depression, Ben Taylor takes a job with the US Civilian Conservation Corps developing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A tragic accident puts him in a dilemma: does he let someone else take the fall for what he did so he can keep his position? […]
America High
September 23, 2022 By
In America High a murder shatters the students, divides the community, and challenges everyone. Jocks obsess over the football games, loner outcasts create lives for themselves, and pretty girls fight against an unstoppable foe…check out this literary thriller by genre novelist Dalton Lewis, author of American Starfleet Independence. $2.99 on Kindle.
CODE NAME: THE FOX – Operation Yucatan Cartel
September 21, 2022 By
Hatred is a tough monster to kill, as Harold soon discovers the moment he realizes that his war against the cartels is morphing into a never-ending vigilante mission. There is a lot to be said about the devastation that the cartels bring into human existence. But Harold Brandon, drug-lord-turned-minister-turned-contractor-turned-vigilante, is not about to sit idly […]
CODE NAME: THE FOX – Operation Durango Cartel
September 20, 2022 By
Two years since the rape and murder of Harold Brandon’s beloved wife, Shelly, he strikes his scythe of vengeance upon one man and his entire cartel. “Hey gringo, are you lost?” “No. Not lost. Looking for someone.” “Who are you looking for?” “I’m looking for a dead man.” *** Shelly was raped and murdered by […]
CODE NAME: The FOX – Operation Tucson Cartel
September 19, 2022 By
Making things right was drug-lord-turned-contractor/minister Harold Brandon’s new purpose. But he soon finds out that changing sides comes at a steep price. Harold’s Harley roars across asphalt and dirt toward a meeting with DOJ agents and a few informants. It’s been eight years since he decided to do the right thing and take on the […]
The Resurrection of Fulgencio Ramirez
September 17, 2022 By
In the 1950s, tensions remain high in the border town of La Frontera. Penny loafers and sneakers clash with boots and huaraches. Bowling shirts and leather jackets compete with guayaberas. Convertibles fend with motorcycles. Yet amidst the discord, young love blooms at first sight between Fulgencio Ramirez, the son of impoverished immigrants, and Carolina Mendelssohn, […]
Red Rain
September 12, 2022 By
Olivia Montag is a professor who doesn’t have all the answers. The devastating loss of a child ended her marriage, and she’s been overlooked for a job promotion one time too many. Not sure what comes next, she leaves it all behind and volunteers to teach English to schoolchildren in India. Ten thousand miles away, […]
Gathered
August 19, 2022 By
Gathered is a story of disconnection and redemption. Sol Severson is successful in every observable way, living with his wife and daughter in an exclusive Chicago suburb. But inwardly, Sol is an empty soul, cut off from any relationship with his family of origin and merely going through the motions with others. After a tragedy […]
Bravely and Faithfully
August 2, 2022 By
A New Captain’s First Patrol Turns into a Fight for Their Lives Sam Powell gets a well-deserved promotion to Lieutenant Commander and a coveted slot at the Naval War College. His replacement, hard-charging young Lieutenant Haley Reardon, is about to get a baptism of fire aboard her new command, the Coast Guard patrol boat Kauai. […]
Free: The Color of Miracles
July 12, 2022 By
Thomas Hall is an artist with astonishing talent–and he knows it. Since his days as a child prodigy, he has reveled in recognition and believed in his inevitable destiny. Chosen. Entitled. He presumes his artistic brilliance deserves a lavish life of independence, fast cars, and drop-dead gorgeous women. Thomas Hall wants it all and more. […]
Free: The Sins of Others
July 9, 2022 By
The international story of a young aspiring conflict zone reporter turned Hollywood celebrity photographer and his estranged mother, a brilliant social activist turned militant fanatic who’s been on the run from Interpol for thirty years, as well as the array of people they encounter on their (mostly) separate journeys to deliverance. Free on Kindle.
Free: The Coldness of Objects
July 7, 2022 By
A dystopian satire and a story about different kinds of love: London 2030. The news a young postman delivers will cause Mr. Rubens to reflect on all the sorrows and joys of the past, while he begins to prepare for the menacing surprises of the future. “Thoroughly gripping… a chilling vision of an abnormal ‘new-normal’ […]
SPECIES of ONE
June 30, 2022 By
Good-hearted loner Phil Kyle leaves his successful career for an isolated mountain cabin. Neurotic thoughts and skirmishes paralyze him as the harsh winter he longs for sets in. Then, an enigmatic priest befriends Phil at Sunday mass and convinces him to volunteer for a project with a seemingly reserved woman. Phil’s world slowly expands as […]
Arnold Falls
June 27, 2022 By
Arnold Falls is a small town in upstate New York filled with people who went a little further north than they planned: eccentrics, rat-race refugees, artists, self-promoters, self-medicators, the kind and the cranky, the brilliant and the dim, the delightful and those who should be avoided at all costs. Jeebie, a voiceover artist, isn’t looking […]
The NSA Files (a Shaman Detective novel Book 1)
June 23, 2022 By
A retired shaman is contacted by the NSA to find out who’s coercing politicians into passing bills that they have fought up until now. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: The Music Stalker
June 12, 2022 By
Kayla Covo is a child piano prodigy. In mid-1970’s New York City, she vaults to fame, holding audiences in awe with her uncanny musical ability and warm smile. But deep within her lie the seeds of destruction: the paranoid fear of being stalked by a murderous fan. Free on Kindle.
Free: Spitting Image
June 10, 2022 By
What if you had a twin – who was a better version of you? When Everett Reyes loses his adoptive mother – the only person who ever believed in him – his bullying stepbrothers find a way to keep Everett’s inheritance. They won’t even let him keep Mom’s cookware, though she’s the reason he became […]
Free: Finger of an Angel
June 9, 2022 By
After a romp in North London, 60-odd-year-old Lily drives off in her classic Mercedes and takes a wrong turn, experiencing a series of encounters with angels and demons and ghosts from the past… “Time-warping, mythological… introspective, bleak, and quite often beautiful… a real pleasure to read” Publishers Weekly’s BookLife Prize 2022 Free on Kindle.
A Better Heart
May 27, 2022 By
For aspiring indie filmmaker Kevin Stacey, it’s another day on the set of his first film, but when his estranged father, a failed Hollywood actor, arrives unexpectedly with a bundle of cash, a gun, and a stolen capuchin monkey, he’s propelled toward the journey that will change his life. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: The Madness of Grief
May 3, 2022 By
London 1969. While men are walking on the moon, a series of dramatic events threaten to have lasting repercussions for 16-year-old Jane and the people she loves. “A richly complicated, and deeply engaging coming-of-age tale.” – Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “A rollicking good read…” – BookLife Prize 2021 Free on Kindle.
Free: Prisoner of War
April 24, 2022 By
Prisoner of War is a dual POV love story, providing a unique perspective on the challenges faced by veterans and their loved ones enduring PTSD. With the assistance of fourteen military personnel around the world, this novel portrays a realistic look into the effects of battle on those who are often torn between two worlds. […]
Whelm
April 21, 2022 By
Walking away from her unfaithful ex, Audra Filigree realizes that while there’s nothing wrong with her life, there’s nothing right with it either. Whelm is a contemporary romantic tale addressing the challenges faced by those struggling to overcome mental health issues and escape expectations to be their authentic self. $2.99 on Kindle.
The Beasts of Success
April 15, 2022 By
After getting nowhere in their careers, three friends decide to play dirty and create crazy schemes at work to advance to the top of the corporate ladder. But life at the top isn’t what they imagined, and they become aware of greater forces that have the world in the palm of their hands. How far […]
Picasso’s Motorcycle
April 8, 2022 By
France, 1940. An unexpected gift of an old motorcycle with a tragically romantic past hurls a young orphan into the thick of things as war breaks out and his life changes forever. Half-French/half-German Daniel must find a way to survive in a world that mercy seems to have abandoned. This book transports the reader to […]
While You Walked By
March 26, 2022 By
A young homeless boy. An old man who had lost everything. An unlikely friendship that brought healing to both. $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: What A Dream: My Subconscious Poetry
March 24, 2022 By
Are you struggling with finding peace of mind? Would you like to discover more peace than you can find? well, this poetry book is for you… Thee Age Of Enlightenment – is the first clue… Stay encouraged. Do you need encouragement? This poetry book is for you… I’m Going To Start Writing Again – is […]
Free: Finding Eden
March 15, 2022 By
The MV Militobi, a German rescue ship, teeming with 600 Arab, African, and South Asian migrants, patrols the Mediterranean Sea and learns that all European ports refuse entry to asylum-seekers. Captain Anna Kruger has a decision to make: return immediately to the nearest port to place passengers in a detention camp for deportation or head […]
Free: Broken Pieces of God
February 17, 2022 By
Unemployment, failed chemotherapy, and no insurance bring Eddy and Gayle to life’s precipice. Desperate, Eddy turns to a statue of Jesus, seeking a miracle, while Gayle dives deeper into a scheme she has been concocting for twenty-five years. In the meantime, their adult offspring, Rich and Sandy, grapple with the aftershock of a tragic incident […]
In God We Trust: A Novel
November 10, 2021 By
They’ve all been touched by his name. But he’s the one who ends up moved by the journey… 1976. Jack Sampson’s faith is spent. Grieving the tragic loss of his father, the ten-year-old sees no reason to agree with the sentiment on his hardworking mother’s tip money – “In God We Trust.” And as he […]
Intended for Harm
August 12, 2014 By
A powerful family saga like no other …At the height of the Vietnam War in 1971, Jake Abrams is desperate to leave his oppressive home in Colorado and begin a new life in college in LA, but his dreams are waylaid when he meets Leah, an antiwar protester who pushes him into marriage and family. […]
Home
May 11, 2013 By
Home. A simple word; a loaded one. You can say it in a whisper; you can say it in a cry. Expressed in the voices of father and daughter, you can hear a visceral longing for an ideal place, a place never to be found again. Imagine the shock, imagine the sadness when a daughter […]
