American Nightmare presents 14 stories of 50s and 60s era USA as seen through a dark filter.
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It’s funny how the smallest details can get you into a world of trouble. For Dinah Jacobs, it was a small cat. No problem, she didn’t fear stray cats, especially not as beautiful as the Siamese that was always waiting for her when she got home. She fed her, gave her a name, and even bought her a flea collar. That is where things went terribly wrong. The darn cat dashes into her mysterious neighbors home as she was trying to get the collar around his neck. Trying to get the Siamese out of the neighbor’s house, she discovers the cat mislead her. It wasn’t a stray. It belonged to the very dark, very brooding, very handsome next door neighbor. Galien was more than what he appeared at first glance, but did she want to stick around to find out what made him so unique? Galien wasn’t going to give her a choice. She broke into his home, she was about to find out what happens when vampires get unexpected guests. Views: 34
NASA discovered the alien ship lurking in the asteroid belt in the 1960s. They kept the Target under intense surveillance for decades, letting the public believe they were exploring the solar system, while they worked feverishly to refine the technology needed to reach it.
The ship itself remained silent, drifting.
Dr. Jane Holloway is content documenting nearly-extinct languages and had never contemplated becoming an astronaut. But when NASA recruits her to join a team of military scientists for an expedition to the Target, it’s an adventure she can’t refuse.
The ship isn’t vacant, as they presumed.
A disembodied voice rumbles inside Jane’s head, "You are home."
Jane fights the growing doubts of her colleagues as she attempts to decipher what the alien wants from her. As the derelict ship devolves into chaos and the crew gets cut off from their escape route, Jane must decide if she can trust the alien’s help to survive.
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"Just read FLUENCY by Jennifer Foehner Wells and loved it. Wonderful space opera. Looking forward to the next book." (Nalini Singh, NYT & USA Today bestselling author)
"Okay, I am loving, loving, loving "Fluency" by @Jenthulhu. This sci-fi novel is flat out AMAZING. READ IT." (Brianna Wu, independent video game developer and cofounder of Giant Spacekat)
"Jennifer Foehner Wells' highly recommended Fluency is a phenomenal story of first contact!" (Jason Weisberger, publisher of BoingBoing.net)
"Author Jennifer Wells' writing genius comes from her vast knowledge of the highly technical subject matter and her ability to put the reader in the middle of it without losing him/her in technical jargon while creating characters that seem completely natural and believable." (Jean Fisher for Independent Publisher News)
"FLUENCY is a great read for sci-fi fans and general readers alike. A smart concept, natural dialog and great character development make this a page-turner." (IndieReader)
"Reading Fluency is like discovering a new band in some tiny bar and knowing they are going to be huge. Fluency beautifully straddles that perilous line of giving the reader just enough technical information to be very believable, but not enough to bog anyone down." (Travis Mohrman, author of Down The Path)
"With her first novel, Jennifer Wells adds a fresh voice to the sci-fi genre and distinguishes herself as an author to watch." (Theresa Kay, author of Broken Skies)
"From out of the darkness like a shooting star comes 'Fluency,' a tremendous debut novel by Jennifer Foehner Wells. This is an author who is certain to blaze a bold trail." (Patrice Fitzgerald, bestselling author of Karma of the Silo)
About the Author
FLUENCY, Jennifer Foehner Wells' debut novel, rocketed up the charts, pushing her into bestselling author status in less than two months. It became a KDP Select All-Star in August of 2014, as the 3rd most frequently downloaded book in Kindle Unlimited that month. Fluency has been featured on boingboing.net and won the Gold in the Fantasy/Science Fiction category of the 2015 eLit awards.
Jen lives an alternately chaotic and fairly bucolic existence in Indiana with two boisterous little boys, a supportive husband, a mildly unhinged Labrador retriever, and three chubby rambunctious cats as housemates.
Having studied biology, Jen's possessed with a keen interest in science and technology. She's 100% geek and proud of it. You can find her on Twitter, extolling science and scifi fandoms, as @Jenthulhu. To find out more about Jen, visit: jenthulhu.com Views: 34
Rowan, Andrew, and Charlie were the best of friends for as long as they all could remember. Rowan adores Charlie because she's another girl with a boys' name. She's in love with Andrew, and sure that one day they'll live happily ever after. But when Andrew and Charlie break her heart, the painfully shy and socially awkward Rowan struggles to form new relationships. Befriending Kyle, the son of her boss, she quickly slots him into the best friend role vacated by Andrew, assuming that is what he wants. Kyle has other ideas about the direction of their relationship, but when Andrew's life takes an unexpected turn, he isn't ready to let go of the girl who grew up idolising him. And he's prepared to do anything to keep her. Views: 34
From New York Times bestselling author Opal Carew comes the third installment in a red hot erotic mini-series that will rock your world. Rafe Ranier was my boss and secret crush. A rock musician by night and head of a billion dollar empire by day, Rafe could have any woman he wanted. But I was just the shy secretary he never noticed. For years I obsessed over him, until I finally realized I had to walk away. I needed to break from the secure life I'd always known to discover who I really was. I never expected Rafe to follow me. Now I'm on the road with his band, Savage Kiss, and all my secret fantasies are coming true. But I fear I've made a huge mistake, because if I get any more attached to a man I can never truly have, my heart will be broken beyond all repair. Views: 34
Claudia doesn’t feel like herself anymore—she feels like prey. Her husband’s hired goons have stalked her all the way to Boston and will only stop their pursuit once she is dead. Divorce is not an option. Instead, she has stolen a bunch of her man’s money to disappear into another life. In order for Claudia to live, someone else must die. A lookalike college student becomes the target capable of freeing her from an awful marriage. The plan goes horribly awry. Instead of murdering Claudia’s double, the assassins shoot the woman’s lover who is the cousin of a powerful Irish mobster. Claudia becomes hunted by all involved. Can she survive? Should she? Views: 34
Desperate to recover their sense of excitement, they meet up with Ty’s friend Anuhea and her friend Charlotte, who Ben finds himself instantly attracted to. But their plans quickly unravel as a rampant infection hits the islands and they find themselves surrounded by flesh-eating monsters.Law and order degenerates into a daring fight for survival, and Ben is faced with a critical decision that places the fate of his friends in his hands. And what he must do to save them is unthinkable…Dead Islands will leave your skin crawling as you follow Ben and his friends’ terrifying encounter with the deadly Necrose-7A virus, and their desperate attempts to survive the doomed island paradise. Views: 34
