Today my usual blog post about food is all about books instead. Hopefully this week-end will be perfect for grilling, sitting out in the sun and reading!!! My short story will be available for download this week-end for free in the Open Doors Fantasy Anthology. Have a fantastic labor day week-end, for those that celebrate it and for the rest of my friends....Relax, enjoy and read!
Wayman publishing has teamed up
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For three whole days
—September 2-3-4—
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Adrienne deWolfe,
Peter Thomas Senese,
Lucy Swing,
and
Kara Tollman.
In honor of Melynda Fleury--who
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eyesight--Wayman Publishing is also donating 5% profit from select physical book sales to the American Diabetes Association.
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An enticing collection of fantasy stories from previously published, as well as, debut authors,(yours truely included) Yay, my first ever published story!
Including stories by contest-winning authors: Joshua Carstens, Melynda Fleury, Pat Hatt, Carrie Seymour and Leetah East.
Until Halloween 2012, 5% profit of physical book sales earned from this book will be donated to the American Diabetes Association
Faced by an uncertain future and surrounded by hypocrites, Elisa feels
her foundation crumbling. She doesn't know who to turn to. That's when
she meets a mysterious man. But maybe she shouldn't trust him after all.
Will he help her, or make things even worse than they were before?
When they tried closing my son's casket, I nearly fell on my face, not wanting them to shut the lid on my baby.
We
lost it after that, totally cemented in our grief. Cade got into drugs,
joined a rock and roll band, and even grew out his damn hair. At the
time, I was sick of “the oatmeal option” (the only food we had), so I
kicked Cade out of the house, and started modeling and working as a
diesel mechanic. That was how I met Earl, an old man and unlikely best
friend; the “big sag,” a middle aged woman who still flashed folks, and
"The Cowboy" a man who fell in love with me.
It was slow at
first, but Cade reverted to the man I’d busked with years before. It
wasn’t until I killed a rogue skunk, and my daughter nearly choked on a
fry, that I gave my husband another chance. But could our marriage
recover from the death of our son?
What lengths would you take just to lose one tooth and catch the Tooth Fairy?
From Mr. P (a wild little boy who loves animals) to Meaghan (a driving
teenager) and Kyle (a young man who wants to visit Italy), Melynda's
year starts with a bang.
Life after death proved much different than what the Stillwater family
expected. Two go into the light, another into darkness, while Blake
Stillwater fights for survival somewhere between, in the Realm of the
Middle Damned. He will receive gifts from the members of his family he
unwittingly killed, but even as those who love the light will be just,
the Forces of Evil groom the one now dwelling in darkness to ruin it
all. Caught in a crosswind between the dimensions of life and death, a
new thought distracts Blake when he can least afford it. Is what he
works toward real or is he lost in a coma-induced dream? In an attempt
to get back to those of his family who survived, Blake will be willing
to risk it all, and the rest be damned.
A hilarious anthology from a very witty writer.
From being Wonder Woman, hunting mice and fighting naked little boys,
Melynda does it all. Come read about her hilarious life from April -
June, 2011.
Join One Shoe Kangaroo as he tracks down the evil Captain Frown Clown
and his crew. They have stolen the magic from his town. Will One Shoe
Kangaroo be able to track Captain Frown Clown down?
Aliya Fisher knows nothing about her true heritage until a vindictive
sorceress kidnaps her brother and sister. The young adventurer must take
up her birthright, battle strange creatures, and find the Sword of
Senack if she hopes to best the witch. But even if Aliya finds the famed
weapon and survives the perilous oceanic journey, the enchantress is
far more than she appears. How does one defeat an immortal who lusts for
revenge?
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In a satirical combination of two
end-of-the-world scenarios, a zombie plague is quickly followed by an
alien invasion - in a time when humanity is already struggling with
vampires.
Landing dead center at a college campus swarming with
zombies, the aliens soon realize that their abduction mission is going
to be quite a bit more complicated than they'd imagined. The presence of
vampires only makes the situation worse.
Will the human race
prevail or be forced to relocate to an alien planet? Is there any way to
reverse the zombie plague? Is the plague contagious to aliens and can
an alien be turned into a vampire? What if a vampire alien became a
zombie, then was bitten by a radioactive spider and then possessed by
the ghost of a robot werewolf? That last part doesn't happen in the
story, but what if it did? Find out what becomes of humanity in this hodgepodge of dystopian absurdity.
Life for Amelia Parker has been hard to say the least. Tormented by
flashbacks, and the vow of her ex husband to finish the job he started
as soon as he's released from prison, sends Amelia into an emotional
frenzy as time for his release grows near.
Amelia packs up and moves from her home in Colby, Kansas to the
small town of Camden, Maine with the hope Ray will forget all about his
vendetta. Amelia finds new friends and a new love in her happy peaceful
life in Camden.
She is suddenly snapped back into paralyzing fear when she receives
word of Ray's release, knowing he will fulfill his promise to finish
what he began. Hearing gunshots and her screams, her new love Kyle must
make a rushed decision to keep her alive.
Due to a strange twist of events Kyle's past meets them head-on and
jeopardizes Amelia's safety yet again. Will Kyle be able to save the
life of the only woman he has ever loved?
Join Amelia in this roller coaster ride of emotions that will have you gripping the edge of your seat at every turn.
Evolution is about to be kicked in the teeth by some very large feet.
When
Harrison Kent suggests a camping trip to the dense woods of Colorado,
his friends are all for a little adventure. What awaits them, though, is
far more than they ever bargained for. They discover that Sasquatch is
real; however, these are not the shy creatures of legend. A madness has
claimed them, one which has erased their once-peaceful nature and left
in its place an unstoppable horde of ravenous monsters.
Now
Harrison, his friends, and the unsuspecting residents of a remote town
find themselves in a fight for their lives against the bloodthirsty
beasts...a fight that they're ill-equipped to win. But the woods hold
more than one secret. There are other forces at play. If they can
survive long enough, they might just be able to even the odds.
It's
primal fury versus a whole lot of bullets, in a battle to determine
once and for all: who is the hunter and who is the hunted?
************
Bigfoot
Hunters is 90,000 words of graphic Horror Adventure (mature audiences
only) by Rick Gualtieri, author of Bill The Vampire and Scary Dead
Things.
Includes the bonus short story, Zombie Pride, by Thea Isis Gregory.
There are reasons we fear the night. He isn't one of them.
Bill
Ryder was a dateless dweeb...then he died. Unfortunately for him that
was just the beginning of his troubles. He awoke to find himself a
vampire, one of the legendary predators of the night. Unfortunately for
him, he was still at the bottom of the food chain.
Now he finds
himself surrounded by creatures stronger, deadlier and a whole lot
cooler than he is. Worst yet, they all want him dead...permanently this
time.
Bill isn't exactly average, though. A vampire like him
hasn't been seen in centuries. He's got a few tricks up his sleeve,
unlikely allies, and an attitude problem that makes him too damn
obnoxious to quit.
Join him in this hilarious tale of monsters,
mayhem, and the unlikely hero who's not afraid to tell them all
off...even if it gets his teeth kicked in.
**********
Bill
the Vampire (the Tome of Bill, part 1) is 80,000 words of foul-mouthed
horror comedy by Rick Gualtieri, author of Scary Dead Things (The Tome
of Bill, part 2) and Bigfoot Hunters.
"Book Cover: Selected" shows that book covers can be art, too. Featured
here are some of Susanna Ivy's more popular cover designs. For lovers of
graphic design and fans of art, "Book Covers: Selected" seeks to remind
the viewer that first impressions mean everything.
In the spring of 1861, just prior to the onset of the Civil War, Martha
Somerville finds her life rapidly changing along with the world around
her. Determined to find a way to build a life with her love, Wilby,
Martha focuses her energies on acquiring enough money to buy a plot of
land to turn into a small farm. Her obsession takes her far from quiet
Bountiful Creek, Virginia, deep into Union territory in Ohio. When war
breaks out, she immediately sets her course for home before Wilby leaves
to join the Confederate Army; but a wealthy suitor, a gravely ill
companion, and a thief challenge her efforts to reach him in time. Yet
even if she can successfully overcome her obstacles, her life
dangerously parallels an ill-fated legend that threatens to keep her and
the man she loves apart forever.
Chasing The Cyclone by Peter Thomas Senese is written as a first-hand
account of the growing epidemic that is international parental child
abduction, and the extreme difficulties all parents whose child has been
abducted must face in order to protect the welfare of their victimized
child or children. This story makes clear what needs to be done both
here in The United States and throughout the world in order to protect
children from being abducted and taken across international borders.
International freelance news correspondent Grant Cogar is a clever man
of action with a knack for finding trouble. Sent to Seoul, South Korea
to cover dictator Kim Jong-il’s violent transfer of power, Cogar finds
that the story he was meant to uncover has nothing to do with politics
or war, but is instead hidden in the powdery residue beneath an old
friend’s nose. Quietly pursuing a network of violent drug smugglers into
downtown Shanghai, China, Cogar will need to use every ounce of his
cunning and cleverness to outwit these hardened criminals, keep his
friend and himself alive, and come away with the story of a lifetime.
The first of the Cogar series, this action-adventure novel seamlessly
joins hilarity with white-knuckled excitement.
A girl with a broken past and a dark
secret. A boy with a twisted future and no second chances. When they meet, it just might cost them their
souls.
Sixteen-year-old Summer doesn’t
expect the new boarding school to be any different than the rest: a temporary
stay where everyone will turn against her after a few weeks. Until she meets
the rest of the students at this special school and realizes she’s not the only
one with magic in her blood. Accustomed
to the concrete jungle of LA, she gets lost one night in the forests of the
Rocky Mountains and meets Decker, the boy who will become the Master of Night
and Fire on his eighteenth birthday. Their connection is instant and dangerous,
for both will be forced to choose between Light and Dark, life and death, love
– and their souls.
One choice. One soul. One price.
Author’s
biography
The author was born in Athens, Greece in 1955 and is a dual U.S. / Greek
citizen. After obtaining his Engineering Sc. B. degree in
mechanical engineering from Brown University in 1977 he went on to
Harvard Business School where he earned his MBA in 1979. He is married
and has two children and lives in Athens but often visits America
(Boston where his daughter studies and his son works). He is currently
employed by the largest Greek manufacturing Co.
(10% of Greek exports) as the Senior Financial Analyst. His interests
include poetry, romance fiction and actively following economic
developments in the U.S. and Europe.
Coming Soon!
Every
kid has problems. Every kid has even more problems when they move to a
new home. But when a kid with problems moves to a new home that has a
Demon living inside it—look out!
Etta’s world is about to spin out of control when she encounters her
new roommate—and Rahovart, that ancient trickster, is in for a few
surprises too. So don’t mind all the crashing and rumbling; that’s just
the normal noise Angels and Demons make when they’re fighting an epic war in the attic.
One thing’s for sure: Etta and Rahovart will have to go through Hell
to Heaven and back again before that old Victorian home in Quantico
Town finally quiets down…
"Excelsior by George H. Sirois is the kind of book that NEEDS to be read
by more people. He doesn't have the marketing push that far too many
lesser
literary projects get from the big publishing houses. He doesn't get the
all-expenses paid book tour. But what he does have is far more
important. A novel that is rich on story and character."
-- Steve Gustafson, 411Mania.com
When the one thing you live for is denied to you, do you let it go or do you fall?
Jade, like any other student at Brushwood High, awaits the start of
the school year with a certain measure of dread. Worse, she is being
threatened by a voice that only she can hear—a voice that lurks at the
edges of her awareness, haunting her and warning her of something
unknown. She has always been able to count on her two best friends,
Claire and Nate, but can she confide in them now? About this? Would they
even believe her?
Life takes a turn for the better when she
meets Avan, a darkly handsome new student who, somehow, seems to drown
out the voice and make her feel at ease.
But Jade soon comes to realize that good things don’t last forever.
When everything spirals out of control, she is shattered by something
she never saw coming. Dazed and despairing, she must now overcome
tragedy and embrace her true existence and a new but dangerous love.
Will she be able to save herself and those she loves, before it’s too
late? Or will she let the surrounding darkness consume her?
When darkness consumes you; will it be hard to find the light?
After
Jade's world was torn apart, she is unsure of where she belongs, if
anywhere at all. Deceived by those she trusted the most, she must now
accept her fate and the life that lays before her.
The voices are
back but this time, they are trying to lure her into the darkness. But
could they be telling her the truth? That the only person she has been
able to trust since the death of her boyfriend, Avan, is lying to her
too? If the voices are right... Could she really trust him?
In
Fallenmore, the second book in the Feathermore Trilogy, Jade will embark
in a quest through the pits of Hell. The question now is: once she is
in, will they ever let her out?
Abduction. Betrayal. Conspiracies. Murder.
Welcome to the future of Sports Entertainment!
Susanna Ivy captures one of the most ecologically diverse locations on
the planet with a fresh eye and stunning sense of perspective and color.
Here, readers will be transported to the islands famed for their vast
number of animal species—an island studied by Charles Darwin during the
voyage of the Beagle.
Galapagos Dreams presents full-color photographs of a whirlwind tour of
these diverse islands. Isolated from the mainland of Ecuador, here
animal and plant species evolved at their own pace...and the results are
breathtaking. All of which are captured in full color by nature
photographer, Susanna Ivy. Sponsored by Sony and winner of the
prestigious Galapagos Calendar Contest, Susanna will bring to you the
Galapagos Islands as you’ve never seen them before. And for those new to
this wondrous island chain, be prepared to fall in love with it.
Use this book as an addition to your travel guide and as inspiration for your own great shots.
This
novel is based on a true story. Warning the flashback scenes contain
vivid mental, physical and sexual content against a child. The victim
allowed me to write this novella only after I agreed to write the scenes
as they occurred.
The dialogue leading to the victim’s flashbacks are products of my
imagination, however the flashback memories are the victim’s. The
victim, who remains anonymous, has read and approved this novella.
Take a walk into the world of an abused child through the victim’s eyes.
Feel the victim’s pain as the graphic flashbacks unfold. Tears will be
shed as you read about the violence one little life endures during her
struggle for a “normal” life.
More Details Coming Soon!
Lessons From Ruth
Discovering Your Destiny
will convince you that one decision can change your life, and that your problem is not a set-back, but a set up.
Your Kinsman-Redeemer is waiting to show you that everything you have gone through was God's plan all along.
Being an instructor for a private driver's ed company sounded like the
launch of a career that would last a lifetime. Not! During his short
stint in the instructor's seat, Sullivan learned more than he wanted
about poorly maintained cars, calm kids with angry parents, inefficient
efficiency campaigns, too-rapid business expansion, and suburban angst.
Oh, yes, and a bit about mustaches.An irreverent account of one man's
descent from hope to a struggle to escape the chaos of subprime
suburbia, Life in the Slow Lane celebrates the humor, resolve, and
intelligence teenagers use to survive the dysfunctional world their
elders have created.
Caleb Talbot escaped from prison during a riot. After fleeing the
facility, Caleb lives peacefully hidden away on a farm in Nebraska.
Until law enforcement discovers the escapee that had been presumed dead,
was very much alive.
Warden Hahn of the Kansas State
Penitentiary enlists the aid of Officer Michael Quincy and his canine
partner to find the escapee and return him to prison where he belongs.
Caleb
Talbot discovered law enforcement was on his tail, and quickly devises a
plan to retain his freedom. The kidnapping of a woman is the beginning
of Caleb’s heartless murder spree.
Michael soon realizes the man
he had been hired to capture, has a disturbing past lined with brutality
and bloodshed. He also knows Talbot has little regard for human life.
Can
Michael and his canine partner Sasha bring the madman to justice? Or
will they be just another name on Caleb’s ever growing list of heinous
murder victims?
The crash of Pharaoh's colossal statue into a throng of worshippers
brings the festival of the good god Ptah of Memphis to a sudden, bloody
end. Prince Khay, the High Priest, barely escaped being killed, himself.
He finds clues in the wreckage that show that the disaster was
deliberately set. Now he is confronted with questions that grow more
alarming with every answer he finds as the great temple of Ptah is
rocked by a chilling series of murders.
Increasingly entangled
in clues that lead to even more mysteries, convinced that the gods
themselves are taking a hand in the disaster, he appeals to Pharaoh for
help and is sent a powerful ally in his eldest brother Hori, Egypt's
Crown Prince, whose courage and resourcefulness are surpassed only by
his bluntness.
The brothers fight against time as they try to
unravel the mystery, knowing that there is more at stake than treasure,
and the forfeit is greater than a man's life. Something great and
terrible is stirring, something they must find, hidden deep within the
temple, something they must bring into the light before those who walk
in darkness take it and turn it to evil.
************
PHARAOH'S SON is
a historical novel set during the golden years of Ramesses the Great.
It is a tale of murder, intrigue and hidden treasure that reaches back
into Egypt's heresy-shrouded past.
Surprises await thirteen year old Vicki Gray, as her summer vacation
begins with an unexpected twist. Having to spend two weeks with her
great-aunt Mary on an island off the coast of Georgia, she experiences a
lifestyle very different from her own in tech-savvy Manhattan. As she
discovers first adventure and then love, Vicki realizes that change
isn’t always bad, and that renewing family bonds can create lasting
memories which transcend generations.
From internationally known author, Juliette Hill, you won’t want to miss this one!
My whole life I have dreamed of being a wife and mother. I have always
felt so sorry for women who suffered with miscarriages or have lost a
child. I never dreamed it would become my own reality . . . When my
fourth child was stillborn, I became entangled in a web of darkness and
sorrow so deep I was not sure I would ever be the same. I have been a
Christian since I was seven, but it was not until my Bethany Hope died
that God brought me to my knees and tested my faith like never before.
This book entails some of the dark valleys and struggles I went through
during the first year after Bethany died and how Christ never left my
side and never will. I am truly learning that life is not about waiting
for the storms to pass, but about learning to dance in the rain. When
our life takes a wrong turn in our eyes, it might just be a right turn
in the direction of Gods.
Available through:
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The Book Depository
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Fancy Holleday has more nerve than the average cardsharp. No man can
resist her smoky voice and violet eyes—and that includes the federal
tinstar, Cord Rawlins.
Cord may have tracked her all the way to
Texas to recover the U.S. minting plates that she stole, but the Nevada
penitentiary is a long ride north, giving her plenty of time to charm,
seduce, or just plain outsmart the handsome Texas lawman.
Deputy
U.S. Marshal Cord Rawlins is sworn to bring renegades to
justice—including the brazen lady train robber who turned the tables on
him near Carson City.
Tracking Fancy down is Cord's job, but
resisting her persistent persuasions is a matter of personal honor. With
Fancy's life in his hands, Cord begins to wonder if his clever prisoner
is really as shameless as she pretends. Could her wicked smile be
hiding a desperate secret—one that can steal his heart?
He avoids her because of the strange physical pain he feels when they
touch. She avoids him because the way everyone seems to do what he says
scares her. But when Claire needs to escape a bad situation Uriah is the
first person she thinks of, and he is eager to rescue her. Faced with
each other for the first time, both Uriah and Claire find it impossible
to listen to their fears and stay away from one another. They soon find
out, though, that there is more than they ever thought possible trying
to keep them apart.
Following tradition the pair approaches
the Elders of their Tewa tribe to ask permission to marry. Everyone is
shocked when the shaman refuses them, claiming they are not Twin Souls.
Confused and angry Uriah refuses to listen, and promises them that he
will never abandon Claire. When Claire is poisoned by her vindictive
father his resolve is tested. Ancient Native American myths and legends
spring into reality, doing everything they can to keep Uriah from saving
Claire’s life, while beginning to reveal the truth behind the lies he
has been told all his life.
After losing Claire to the Twin Soul bond Uriah intends to seek out the
Matwau and let the monster have exactly what he wants, Uriah’s death.
Only the words of the shaman who has already betrayed him more than once
stops him. Her promise that there is still a chance of saving Claire
from the bond and keeping her love for Uriah whole sends him on a new
hunt to find the splinter group of Tewa Indians and the Shaxoa rumored
to have more power and knowledge than anyone has seen in centuries.
No
matter the price, Uriah promises to find the Shaxoa and rescue Claire
from the fate she does not want, while Claire makes her own promise to
hold off the cruel desires of the Twin Soul bond. Keeping their promises
won’t be easy. It may require more of them than they ever could have
imagined. As Uriah searches for a way to break the bond and Claire
becomes desperate for anything that will help her resist it, both learn
truths about themselves that will change everything.
Claire never thought she would be the one saving anybody’s life. She
never thought she would find out she had a secret destiny, either.
Finding Uriah is Claire’s top priority because without her he will never
be able to defeat the Matwau, but she needs help from the one person
she trusts least. Quaile. The shaman reluctantly hands over the book
Claire needs. Claire takes the book desperately hoping it will hold the
answers she needs to save Uriah’s life.
The book does hold answers, but not to everything.
The
answers Claire and Uriah need most cannot be gained from any book. They
must come from lost memories, acceptance of destiny, and looking
outside of reality. When the answers are finally found they will
threaten to break them both. The prices asked of them may finally be too
high. If they are, their deaths will only be the beginning.
"The aim of World Oceans Day is to challenge participants to view ocean
protection as a way of life, with a special emphasis around individual
potential for wellness. It is such a large ecosystem and the problems
seem so over whelming. But it is especially important that we motivate
the youth of the world to start a conscious awareness of the value of
the oceans. The oceans are a complex ecosystem, they are all connected,
connected to the atmosphere and if the ocean dies; so shall we. How can
we instill the value of this lifes blood within our children? They
should learn how each species has its entitlement for existence and its
role in the bigger part."
This book tells in a short story in
various languages how the author fall in love with the ocean and why it
is important to take action and make a difference.
Susanna Ivy wants to inspire especially the youth to get out there and help protecting the beautiful underwater world.
Elisa spends most of her time taking care of four rambunctious kids who
are better than green eggs and ham. They're pretty darn fun, but despite
that, after she had kids, her boobs shrunk, she lost hair, but gained a
greater sense of humor!
When she's not scavenging through the vents, which her son--the
Zombie Elf--thinks are the best place to hide things, she's sewing,
playing her violin, or writing.
