To every action there is a reaction. It is cause and effect. Gas prices go up, and up and up. It affects many aspects of our world. It affects how we live. Gas prices affect whether we travel which affects...

Homicide Detective Noah Webster is very astute.  He notices that several apparent suicides looked similar…too similar.  He is sure they are staged.  The connecting thread to the murders is Shadowland, an online role-playing game.  The anonymous players create names, avatars and fictional personal histories.    Eva...

The setting is Earth in the unknown future. The fate of the human race rests on the shoulders of Lucan Roarke. The humans are no longer fertile. Roarke searches for what he believes will bring a healing, the Grail. He has...

The story begins in 1444 Mystras with the birth of the narrator, John IX Palaeologus. He was abandoned by his mother and adopted by Emmanuel and Diana, a baron couple. It is obvious he was loved. They secretly read to him from the scriptures. His...

Deborah was one of the Judges of Israel. She was well respected. She knew the Torah. She would sit under a tree and the people came to her for words of wisdom. I have long admired Deborah and was eager to read her account. I...

A drug robbery goes wrong resulting in deaths. Nard is charged with murder. He pays stripper Daisy Fothergill two thousand dollars to provide when with an alibi. Daisy uses the money to pay for her mother’s funeral. When Reggie Carter, Daisy’s boyfriend dumps her she is...

A drug robbery goes wrong resulting in deaths. Nard is charged with murder. He pays stripper Daisy Fothergill two thousand dollars to provide when with an alibi. Daisy uses the money to pay for her mother’s funeral. When Reggie Carter, Daisy’s boyfriend dumps her she...

I love anything that will catch a child's interest and get them to read. Books like Sir Licksalot & The Maverick Fools captures a child's interest and stirs their imagination. D.L. Carroll opens the opportunity for dialogue on topics that touch today's youth, including bullies...

Sisters, Olivia and Connie, are attending Lelouche’s annual masquerade and charity ball in London. Connie has attended this affair before, but it’s a first for Olivia. There was quite a mystery when the two African American women entered the party. No one is allowed to...

J. Laurence Stillwell uses a unique medium to convey his message. Few authors could successfully accomplish this feat. The story of Paul is told in a soft poetic form. God speaks to Paul through a dream. He takes him on an incredible journey to see...

Our heroine in this story is Verity, a twelve year old girl. She doesn’t like to wear shoes, preferring to give her toes room to wiggle and breathe. Around her neck is a necklace. It is a stone shaped a bit like an arrow head...

Screwing the Pooch is seven short stories by J.B. Bergstad. Milton’s Pickle The setting is September 25, 1978 Provo, Utah. Seven year old Milton was the victim of bullies, nine year old Phillip Tanner, Leonard Brown and Myron Duncan. They bloody his nose at every opportunity. Yet...

John Crippen begins his book by describing the take down. When a patient becomes violent the staff must restrain him/her to prevent injury. It takes several people to perform this procedure. Crippen humorously describes the dangers, these include: a worker with extremely bad breath, a...

You can find more strength in yourself than you ever thought possible through love... Kale Weaver is on a mission to help protect the environment. Living in America's last Frontier, Alaska, means she has her work cut out for her. This vast land with its odd...

Frankie Mae Tyson was in love. She loved Michael Jackson for as long as she could remember and she had always dreamed of meeting him. One day while driving down the Santa Monica freeway, 20-year old, Frankie saw a large flashy limousine. There wasn’t a...

Caitlyn wanted to do well in this job. She had little choice in the matter, her sister, Amy, had to be cared for. Caitlyn found it hard defending guilty people, and even lost some cases on purpose when necessary. But work wasn’t all Caitlyn wanted...

Frederick “Red” Joseph Killmeyer, Jr. was born in 1923. He was a delightful child full of energy, antics and a fiery temper that fit his red hair. He was in high school when he met Gladys Steinhardt, she would later become his wife. The bombing...

The setting is 1912. Tommy is helping his grandfather, Asa in the field. As Asa plowed the ground Tommy dropped the seeds. Tommy loved to hear his grandfather tell stories. As they worked together he once again begged for a story. As he listened once...

When Louise Prister’s children went to summer camp she wanted to write them every day. She didn’t want to send them boring letters so she sent them stories. The letters made her children very popular campers. Do You Know Why? Is the stories she sent...

No Stone Left Unturned is the story of Detective Sean Collin. He lived the idyllic life with his loving wife and their six children until the detective was falsely convicted of murder. The 25 year veteran police officer knew he must adapt to survive in...