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Cousins' Club
When the matriarch of the least successful Jewish family in America gets tired of their misfortune, she consults mystical texts for help.
Determined that their next grandchild will be a genius who changes their fortunes, and convinced that no one in her clan is smart enough to raise a genius by themselves, she decides that the child will be passed from household to household to gain their collective wisdom.
A picaresque romp set in 1950's Brooklyn, Cousins' Club is a delightful escape filled with unusual events, radical rogues, cockeyed intellectuals and pie-eyed strivers.
SEMI-FINALIST - 2017 Booklife Prize (Fiction)
Praise:
★★★★★ - "Written with a sharp, satiric blade, Cousins' Club reminded me strongly of Tristram Shandy."
Dead Fish Jumping On The Road
Joe Simpson is a cynical reporter haunted by childhood memories.
It's the 1960s, and Joe has fled the big city only to end up in the small resort town of Applewood. Writing for the Gazette, Joe's life is uneventful until strange events begin to unfold.
A young girl drowns off a motorboat, and a local farmer plants a hoe in his wife's back. The assistant manageress of the bank vanishes without a trace.
Why is the whole town going crazy?
Things heat up even more when the town's first hippie opens up a record shop and invites his menacing friends to take up residence. Meanwhile, big money is moving in to develop the town's shoreline into a glitzy resort.
Applewood is about to erupt, and it is Joe's job to get to the bottom of it.
Doorport
Engineer Janet Thompson steps through a Doorport to San Diego, but lands in San Francisco instead.
Trying to fix the portal system, she realizes that years of use have begun to have an effect on our world. As the space-time permutations become increasingly numerous and pervasive, Janet must save our dimension from complete collapse.
The worldwide Doorport network had operated without a glitch for decades. What could possibly be going wrong?
Don't Bank On It Sweetheart
To aspiring writer Arthur Conway, the job offer from a small bank proves a welcome haven - especially with his mounting bills.
But Alastair - his cousin who works at the same bank - sees Arthur's arrival as an opportunity to unlock the fortunes of the bank while the manager is away. When his scheme fails, a new manager takes over with a bold plan to transform the bank.
After Arthur falls in love with Jenny, the young consultant brought in - he faces stiff competition from her pet dog, Ben. Spurned by his love in a jealous misunderstanding, can Arthur foil an attempt to rob the bank - and win her love?
Invisible Ink
In spaces where ideas simultaneously crystallize, connect, and unravel in random ways, Invisible Ink by Jen Schneider explores everyday moments through multiple perspectives and experimental forms.
As unanswered messages proliferate and solutions dissipate like invisible ink, the collection entertains and embraces the intersection of randomness and regularity in spontaneous snippets of time.
Whatever Became of Sin?
On a flight to Washington D.C., the past twelve years of Michael Warren’s life begin to unravel. An environmental lobbyist, Michael is on his way to testify before a Senate Committee, and destroy the plans for a housing development built on land tainted with the same toxic waste that killed his six-year-old daughter, Dominique.
A cassette handed to Michael by a stranger on the plane changes everything. Michael is sidetracked to New Orleans, where he learns a disturbing truth and faces the most difficult decision of his life: shall he expose those responsible, or compromise to save another child's life?
From The Streets of Chambers Lane (Chambers Lane Series Book 1)
After the Mendoza family unexpectedly loses their youngest son, Michael, they each face a different adversity. From spiritual struggles and disillusionment to family rivalries and quirky social interactions, each family member deals with the aftermath of Michael's death differently.
Jose Luis is the black sheep of the family, while Lucia is their religious, fanatical matriarch. Finally, there's the detached and nascent Daniel, and a host of extended family members and friends.
Will they be able to overcome the loss and move forward in their lives?
Short Circuit
“We all have our memories; the guitar still sang...”
This collection of twenty-nine science fiction vignettes are at turns touching, humorous, and thought-provoking. Each begin cradled in the comfort of the familiar, but take readers along a winding path to the unexpected.
Serving as poignant reminders of the ephemeral nature of life and death, these stories encapsulate what it means to be human; to be captivated by music, love, and life itself.
Written as a loving tribute to her son, Kenna McKinnon’s Short Circuit: And Other Geek Stories is a reminder of the legacy left by a remarkable man.
Spirits' Gold
Kwame, the son of a tribal chief, wants more from life than can be found in his small West African village.
Working as a houseboy at the management residence of a foreign-owned gold mine, he listens to the conversations of the residents and fantasizes about one day traveling the world himself.
But after mysterious deaths and disappearances are blamed on the revenge of jungle spirits, Kwame overhears something that he wishes he hadn’t. Unable to ignore what has happened, he becomes entangled in a web of theft, murder and a political power struggle that will forever change his life, and the lives of everyone around him.
Stone and Steel
"Historical fiction at its best." - S.J.A. Turney, author of Caligula and Marius' Mules
Judea, AD 66. A Roman legion suffers a catastrophic defeat at the hands of a band of Hebrews. Knowing Emperor Nero's revenge will be swift, they must decide how to defend their land against the Roman invasion.
Caught in the turmoil is Judah: a mason who now finds himself rubbing shoulders with priests, revolutionaries, generals and nobles, drafted to help defend the land of Galilee. Denied the chance to marry, he turns all his energy into defending the besieged city of Jotapata.
But with a delusional general, friends falling each day, and the Roman army at the walls, Judah must brave a nightmare to save those he loves and preserve his honor.
Tokens Of My Confection
Life hasn’t been easy for Cady Caldwell, struggling first with her drug-addicted parents, then mistreated by the husband she though would be her savior.
But there was always one thing that kept her going: protecting her younger sisters and ensuring their lives are happy. Escaping her abusive marriage, Cady is shunted off to the small town of Garrison, Montana, to live with a paternal grandmother she doesn’t know, and doesn’t want to.
It seems that her two younger sisters, and an equally determined grandmother, are hell bent on looking after her. But can they get her to live again?
Praise:
★★★★★ - "A well-written storyline that will delight."
★★★★★ - "I was pulled into this book from the first chapter. The depth of each character can be felt, and makes you feel what they are feeling.
Re-Navigation
A gloomy seascape is of little consequence to Julia, as a ferry transports her to an isolated Welsh island, to undertake a Spiritual Development course.
Soon, Julia finds herself surrounded by new friends and questions. As their relationships deepen, so does Julia's feeling that something crucial is missing from her life.
As passion ignites and deep-buried secrets surface, Julia faces choices that will forever change the direction of her life. But at what cost?
Legacy of the Tropics
A trilogy of stories that shatter the myths of stereotypical islands of paradise.
In Promises, during the late 1960s, the ketch, Mercy, sinks during a sea storm off Culebra near the Virgin Islands. Ciara Malloy assumes custody of her drowned fiancé’s son and learns a devastating secret about the boy that changes her life forever.
In Adrift, in the late 1990s, underwater photographer Lillian Avery gets caught in a rip current and swept out to sea off Kauai in Hawaii. In facing death, she finds a way to leave a message behind.
Years later, in Reunion, the two former neighbors from Puerto Rico reunite on Kauai. A hurricane wreaks island-wide havoc. Ciara is missing, presumed dead.
Promised Soul
Just as Krista’s summer plans are almost ready, she is suddenly plagued by strange dreams and intense feelings of déjà vu.
Feeling like she’s losing her mind, Krista visits a psychic, only to feel more confused. When she arrives in England, her dreams persist, and she finds herself at the doorstep of another psychic. She needs clarity.
Finally, the words Krista was afraid to say out loud are spoken. Now, she has to figure out what it all means.
Promised Soul is a story of the past, present and future of two souls, bound together by eternal and transcending love.
Like The Thistle Seed
Scotland has always given generously of her people to the world. This book tells the story of some of the many hundreds of thousands of Scots who have contributed to the fabric of modern world.
In here are explorers and entrepreneurs, settlers and soldiers, politicians and missionaries, traders and police officers.
They are a diverse lot with only two things in common: they made their home in a foreign land, and they hailed from Scotland. The world is all the richer for the part they played.
The Expats
In a leafy suburb of Shanghai lives Li Yang: a local employed by various foreign families to take care of their needs.
It's the turn of the millennium, and China is evolving. At the centre of the dynamic change is the vibrant hub of Shanghai, a melting pot of cultures and businesses; a place of luck, fortune and chance. In awe of the homes in which these strange people live, the housekeeper Li Yang gets to know the families who she's working with.
What the westerners don't know is that in addition to her unusual working life, Li Yang has a turbulent home life, with her own son hiding things from her. Something is going on, but Li Yang just can't seem to work out what it is.
Chaos Storm
The crystal skulls have been united in Sterling Temple to complete the great spell.
The flow of the seasons has returned, bringing back a life of peace and plenty. This doesn't sit well with Matheus Hawk, who is busy plotting the Realm's destruction, fanning the burning coals of his hatred for the crew of The Griffin.
An approaching storm threatens the Realm. In the north, the warrior Queen Morgasta prepares her barbarians for invasion, and across The Great Expanse marches an even greater threat: the Soul Eaters.
And with them, the Chaos Storm.
Endgame
Go to Mount Calabur. Stand on the Nexus. Win the game.
Eons ago, a game to determine galactic dominance began. Now, on the distant world of Elystra, that game is reaching its conclusion.
Two mighty armies clash: on one side, Elzaria the Lightning-Wielder, backed by her brother’s army, is poised to claim the third Stone and final victory. On the other, Earth pilot Maeve and her allies are all that stands in her way.
With the fate of the entire galaxy at stake, who will make the ultimate sacrifice?
Praise from readers:
★★★★★ - "I will miss the characters in these books. A great story."
The Soul Cage
The inventor of the world's first teleportation device has been savagely murdered, and Global Inspector Burt Campbell is tasked to uncover who killed the infamous scientist.
As he delves deeper into the case, strange things begin to happen. Spirits seem to be controlling deadly objects to viciously attack him, and according to the teleporter computer, the spirits are taking orders straight from the inventor's ghost.
The only person with answers is the inventor's beautiful assistant, Penelope Preston... but she has secrets of her own.
Orchids and Neurons
We live on a planet that is a thin place - a place where time and light continually intersect. And yet we are taught to experience life as thick. When we move intentionally through the thickness that surrounds us and perceive Light, we can begin to punch peep-holes into and through Time.
I, as poet, live a solitary 4-P journey with the partners of Prose, Poetry, Photography and Prayer. In my journey of Time and Light, I’ve learned that I can free myself from the ballast of ordinary Time and soar in the Light. This is Time Travel for me. The most redemptive partner of my four is poetry. The process seizes me, and I become consumed by the emerging poem until it is complete. Poetry and prayer are closely related, at times with a loss of boundaries.
