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Masked Man in Dollarado
by Bruce MillerWith a nod to Zane Grey and L. Frank Baum, the Masked Rider and his nephew enter the Dollarado Territories, where hate fuels the reign of Gov. Hump Powers. Part western adventure, part commentary on current politics and culture, this page turner will keep you enthralled and make you laugh while the plot grows darker and darker. Filled with action and familiar characters from the history of westerns, this novel will surprise the reader over and over again. -
The Complete Mirrored Sword: Parts One & Two
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Mirrored Sword Part Two: The Tour
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Mirrored Sword Part One: The Dance
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The Guitar Player and Other Songs of Exile
by Jo Ann KiserFrom the first story, about Clara Fenton's enchantment with the young man who would go past her childhood gate with his guitar and her later encounters with him, to the final tale, about Kate and Emory Corliss's return to Osier County to piece together the history of their family and visit their remaining close kin, these narratives will remind readers belonging to other landscapes what it means to rediscover their own special place. The stories will also speak to the reader about what it means ... more -
The Happy Valley
by Benjamin HarnettIn the early 1990s in Harmony Valley, a rural, Upstate New York village faded from its 18th and 19th century heyday, a group of teens engaged in an idiosyncratic role-playing game cross paths with June, a mysterious girl whose family has deep roots in the area, and Clyde Duane, a janitor who makes weekly visits to a strange room-the headquarters of a secret society-opening its door with a golden, serpent-headed key. Meanwhile an eccentric Utica lawyer pulls his young Vietnamese protég&... more
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The Girl in the Water
by Joseph HowseThe Girl in the Water is the story of a multiethnic group of young friends, coming of age in Estonia and Ukraine in the last days of the Soviet Union. Their lives are shaped by an Afghan war, the Chernobyl disaster, and the collapse and legacy of a suffocating society. -
An Enemy Like Me
by Teri M BrownHow does a man show his love – for country, for heritage, for family – during a war that sets the three at odds? What sets in motion the necessity to choose one over the other? How will this choice change everything and everyone he loves?
Jacob Miller, a first-generation American, grew up in New Berlin, a small German immigrant town in Ohio where he endured the Great Depression, met his wife, and started a family. Though his early years were not easy, Jacob believes he is he... more
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Turfmen and the Prodigal
by John M. Cunningham JrBitter, backslidden Christian Gideon Deshler spirals toward destruction, his demise hastened by evil Elvira Sturgis with whom he falls in love. She and her father, president of Alabama’s Spring Hill Jockey Club, brutalize their slaves. Two of Sturgis’s slaves, the jockey Ned and his girlfriend Becky, must escape to Canada so they can fulfill their dreams. But how? Alabama is far away from Canada, and it also doesn’t have an Underground Railroad. Meanwhile, a mystery surrounds the death of a c... more -
Meatpacking
by Michael HeslinBefore the High Line there was a train that ran through their lives...
Salome and her mother Max live in a Manhattan loft surrounded by Abstract-Expressionist murals and views of the West Side Highway. It is a neighborhood of meatpacking plants and nightclubs and the echoes of ocean liners.
MEATPACKING is a downtown world where few children grow, where the streetlights are broken and the pay phones don't work. Over the years Salome creates a garden of her own on the railroad viadu... more -
LITTLE TOY CAR
by Gabe OliverFollow Gene through this psychological coming of age novel on his journey to discover the meaning of it all, while maneuvering through the unexpected trials of life. From the hardship of a broken home, through the mental struggles of a religious sect. The unexpected twists and turns in this book will command the attention of its readers. The highs and lows of this inspiring story will make it hard to put down. Discover the significance of the LITTLE TOY CAR. -
Making a Living
by Paul MontagRick Armon, a former sales rep, answers a call from a potential employer only to brush him off in a panic over a lost piece of Billie Jo Spears memorabilia. The search for this pin spurs his reflection of how quickly his life has changed. His career more than paid the bills, but it was eroding who he was. Longer hours and weekend sales events had Rick sneaking his leisure into the workday. Until his largest account is on the line and Rick is on a plane to St. Louis to save his job. The trip is ... more -
Nightfall in the Garden of Deep Time
by Tracy HigleyWhat if you stumbled into a timeless party, in a secret garden only YOU could see? Kelsey Willoughby doesn’t have time to pursue her writing dreams. Imagination doesn’t pay the bills, and she’s busy saving Gran’s legacy—the Chestnut Street Book Emporium—from online competition, hotel developers, and the sneaking suspicion that nobody reads anymore. Not to mention all those voices telling her she doesn’t have talent. But then the vacant lot of weeds ne... more
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The American Outsider: a novel, 978-0-9779780-3-8
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Tales of Political Infidels Trump’s Lickspittles and Lackeys
by Rainer LinkLet pundits and historians argue over the facts of the Trump presidency. This novel confronts the absurd reality of that era with whimsy, street theater, poetry, and a band of merry characters eager to expose the rampant fraudulence. With the help of his friend the Whistler (undercover as a chef in the White House), the novel’s narrator concocts audacious accounts that mock Trump and his lackeys. Trump becomes a medieval quack when he touts useless cures for the coronavirus; he seeks to buy a... more -
The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch
by Lynn BykThere's a filigree setting for every family secret. Richard and Gail Finch designed their estate to carry consequences for misplaced loyalties over a lifetime, but there are consequences neither one bargained for. When the third generation aims for a cache of treasure, someone is expendable. What Elsie covets is the truth. Risking it all, she unfolds her parents' legacy to reveal the spoiling and calculated detachments. Then her father dies leaving her sister alone in a dilapidated house with ... more
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