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Monstrosity
Dear reader,
When we were children, we dreamed of being heroes. We wanted to slay dragons and defeat the monsters that scared us.
As we grew older, we were forced to try and find our monsters. We had been told they would be easy to spot. Monsters had too much teeth, too much fur, too much size.
These were lies. We stopped wanting to be heroes. We started to want to be more, to be too much. We wanted, needed, more than the world could give us. We wanted more than what we were told we should be. We wanted to become monsters.
Dear reader,
I want three things for you as you read these stories. I hope you find a story that brings you joy. I hope you find a story that gives you some discomfort.
Moribund Tales
Journey into the dark heart of human nature with Moribund Tales. Reminiscent of Victorian Gothic, these nine tales explore the sinister and the strange in the everyday.
Last Straw of Humanity is a chilling story of brotherly compassion and things best locked away; confused memories of blood and remorse mingle in Broken Glass; a mysterious voice guides a blind traveler in The Chaperone, and one girl reborn for a sinister purpose seeks her revenge in Infant’s Fingers.
Including the acclaimed stories Tears of Repentance and Internal Abduction, Moribund Tales is a raw and visceral collection from the master of horror, Erik Hofstatter.
Tryzub
After Russian researchers develop a miracle cure for HIV, Trident Corporation begins the drug’s beta testing in America.
Sabrina gets tangled in an international web of intrigue, as terrorists are using the project as subterfuge for an attack on American soil. Soon after, a terrorist attack rocks Wall Street. It is time for the Nightcrawler to come out again.
But this time, Sabrina's lover Hoyt is in the thick of the action. With the war between drug cartels raging around them, can Sabrina bring the criminals to justice - and protect her fiancée?
Ogre's Lament
Spain, 1648. Fifteen-year-old Luis is different than everyone else in the small, sweltering village of Riodelgado - because he can read.
Targeted by the local toughs, who make his life a misery, Luis works tirelessly to provide for his ailing mother and young sister. Then, one day, a wandering soldier arrives to the village and everything changes.
People are murdered. Children disappear. The mayor blames an ogre, and the soldier has evidence of the hideous creature. He demands it be hunted down.
It becomes clear to Luis that there is more to the story than the appearance of an ogre. Is the mythical beast just a smokescreen, designed to keep everyone from the truth?
Only The Lonely
Young film student Joanne is walking through the streets of London, making a hand-held documentary film, when she accidentally catches two men forcing a third into a car on film.
The third man - a prominent politician - has just been kidnapped, and the film footage on the student's camera is the evidence.
After the kidnappers learn of the footage, Joanne finds herself in the middle of a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Organo-Topia
Murderous nanobots are on the loose, and detective Maris Peterson is going to find out why.
After a young woman plunges to her death from a penthouse and the vicious bots eat another victim from the soles up, surly city detective Maris digs deep into the steamy world of reproduction, where mega-companies collect sperm and ovum from unwilling donors, fetuses are conceived in Petrie dishes, and children grow to viability in factories by the thousands.
After the Coalition takes over his investigation, Maris goes underground and delves ever deeper into the brutal, repressive serfdom endured by the factory-grown Organo-humes. But can he find out who is behind the murders?
Palm Trees in the Pyrenees
Unappreciated and passed over for promotion, thirty-year-old Danielle’s career in law enforcement is going nowhere.
But when a hated Englishman is found dead, her idyllic hometown turns upside down. Against a background of prejudice, jealousy, and greed, Danielle tries to piece together the clues.
But can she find enough evidence to solve the case – and get the recognition she deserves?
Praise:
★★★★★ - "Full of mystery and twists that you never see coming. I was mesmerized from start to finish."
★★★★★ - "An unusual police procedural full of interesting characters and surprises."
Dead End in the Pyrenees
Take a respected female cop
Add a bunch of greedy people
And place all in a small French town
Throw in a large helping of opportunity, lies and deceit
Add a pinch of prejudice
A twist of resentment
And dot with death and despair
Be prepared for some shocking revelations
Then sit down, relax and enjoy
With a dash or two of humor
And plenty of curiosity
Follow Danielle, a female cop in a small town on the French side of the Pyrenees, as she tries to solve a murder at a local spa. This story is about life in a small French town, local events, colourful characters, prejudice and, of course, death.
Dead End In The Pyrenees is a standalone novel and can be enjoyed even if you haven't read other books in the series.
Hanging Around In The Pyrenees
Why does everything always go wrong at the same time?
Danielle's and Patricia's idyllic walk in the countryside comes to an abrupt end, when they find a corpse hanging from a chestnut tree. Danielle’s investigation uncovers related suspicious deaths and disappearances.
There’s little respite at home, as their best friend Marjorie is distraught. The town’s immersed in gossip at her husband, the mayor’s overt relationship with a young assistant.
What can Danielle do to restore the balance?
Set in a small town in French Catalonia, ‘Hanging About in the Pyrenees’ is the latest book of Elly Grant’s cosy mystery series, ‘Death in the Pyrenees’. This is a standalone novel and can be enjoyed even if you haven't read other books in the series.
Penny Flame
Who was Penny Flame?
While researching the atrocities committed during the Apache Wars, university graduate Moneen Murphy learns of her great-great grandmother's key role in the conflict.
Tracing the relationship between her grandmother and the natives, Moneen begins a journey into the unknown. As she slowly discovers the truth, dark secrets and ghosts of the past are brought into the modern era with catastrophic force.
The story of this fateful chapter in America’s past reflects issues and events of the modern age, presented in an unforgettable, epic adventure.
Praise from readers:
★★★★★ - "Compelling and well-written... a must-read."
★★★★★ - "Penny Flame is the best adventure novel I have read in a long, long time."
The Last Straw
When a teenage girl witnesses a carjacking gone bad, she is marked for death by a crime boss.
A lawyer and an enforcer forge an uneasy alliance to protect the girl from a hit man with an agenda of his own. Soon after, Paul Elliott - lawyer and close friend of the witness's family - begins counseling them and becomes entangled in the murder plot.
As the long-simmering feud between Rico - the white enforcer - and the hitman John D'Angelo reaches boiling point, bodies start to pile up in rapid succession... and old scores will be settled.
Catching Butterflies
April and Beth have escaped, and their captor is dead. Freedom is in their grasp - if only they knew where they were.
With some memories returning, April and Beth struggle to find answers to their questions. What they know is that they’ve been vaccinated against a strange virus. But what happened to their family, and to the rest of the world?
As they head out, they stumble onto the compound where their nightmare began, but the empty building only brings more mystery into their lives. Soon, they encounter others wandering on the numerous trails throughout the woods. For April, finding her family is priority one; for Beth, it's sticking to the trails.
How can April ever convince her to leave the forest... and why are they being hunted?
Penny The Railway Pup
Penny's story is the fourth in Brian L. Porter's award-winning rescue dog series and features a tiny terrier, abandoned in a particularly cruel manner, and her subsequent adoption and life with the author and his family.
From being attacked and needing emergency surgery, to days out at the coast, chasing seagulls, and stately homes, Penny's life in Brian's pack of rescue dogs has never been anything but interesting and eventful.
Read her charming story, a welcome addition to the Family of Rescue Dogs series.
Source
After several incidents rock the Royal National Bank to its core, its share price tumbles and world stock markets begin to ripple. The world is on the brink of economic collapse.
Tom is an unhappily married journalist from London, seeking to advance his career. Sally is single, ambitious and independent, visiting from Australia. They're both chasing the same story.
Eager to research the wrongdoings at RNB exposed by whistleblowers, Tom and Sally follow a trail of leads from London to Glasgow, Manchester, Barcelona and Collioure. The path they tread is dangerous, and surrounded by cryptic warnings.
Starting Over
After losing her husband, Janet Porter’s life in the wooded heights of Oregon's Willamette Valley has begun to settle down.
Everything changes when her son Nate calls from Iraq with unsettling news. Returning home on a medical discharge, Nate doesn't want the accolades or service medals he's offered; he wants to be left alone.
Desperate for help, Janet confides in Andy McNamara: a war veteran who volunteers at the local V.A. clinic.
It soon becomes clear that Nate's wounds go far deeper than his torn-up leg. As a freak tornado touches down in the Willamette Valley, they're all thrown into a new world – a world of starting over.
Sand Storm
After discovering a portal through space and time, Fritz helped the United States resolve a foreign crisis. Now, the president wants him to avert a nuclear threat in the Middle East.
For Fritz, travel to the past is entertaining and enlightening. Saving the world is something else altogether.
Racing against time, Fritz tries discover the portal’s secrets while helping the president. But does using the portal have long-reaching consequences he doesn't yet understand?
Praise:
★★★★★ - "A great read filled with action and intrigue."
★★★★★ - "For those who enjoy young adult fantasy, time travel tales and good old tongue-in-cheek adventure, Sand Storm is a fun ride."
Shadow Storm
When he opened a portal into the Oval Office, Fritz Russell agreed to help make the world a safer place. He saved hostages, prevented a nuclear war, and began a life of excitement and danger he never saw coming.
Now, a terrorist group has captured the President, and Fritz must turn to the portal as a weapon to save him. Soon, unrest escalates and Fritz becomes a target himself.
The portal may be the only way he can save the president and end the growing danger. But against a power that will stop at nothing to bring chaos to the world, can Fritz prevail?
Praise:
★★★★★ - "This series just keeps getting better."
★★★★★ - "A thought-provoking, fun read."
Straight Flush To Murder
With a lengthy list of suspects and a host of duplicitous motives, the shocking double homicide of two lovers brings seasoned state detective Al Bruce to the town of Hunter’s Creek.
Determined to find the perpetrators, Al sifts through shaky alibis, secret agendas, and the dubious intentions of a sheriff compromised by greed.
With pressure mounting to catch the culprit, will players in the murderous game expose their hidden hands – and can Al piece together the truth?
It's A Strange Place, England
This small book looks at some of the strange things that make England unique, starting with the English language itself and looking at concepts such as sports, ghosts and the English love for eccentricity - like the sportsman who rode his horse naked.
As well as strange people, the book looks at strange places. For example, there is the canal across Southern England that was dug to keep back Bonaparte’s hordes in the invasion that never took place. There is also the impressively masculine Cerne Abbas Giant, to which women once flocked when they wished to become pregnant. The mysterious Stonehenge also deserves its part in this book.
The Strangeness That Is Wales
Discover the strange legends, tales and history of Wales.
Did the Welsh sail across the Atlantic in the 12th century?
Was King Arthur Welsh?
Included are stories on ghosts - both real and fake - and the legend of King Arthur. Welsh animal lore, customs, monsters and music are also examined. One of the strangest villages in the world gets a chapter to itself, as do witches, miners and druids.
The book is written in a personal, light-hearted style, with geographical references to help identify the places. Although the stories are intended to entertain as much as educate, the historical facts are accurate.
Hopefully, you will come away with a different view on Wales - and a smile on your face.
