This is a political satire about what happens when America elects a President with little knowledge of foreign affairs but is a very successful businessman who constructs infrastructure and has made billions over his career. He runs on a whim, and upsets the front runner in the election. Now he has to be the President, and deals with the economy, Congress, foreigners, and nukes.This is a political satire that is a short story and a work of fiction about what happens when America elects a President in 2032 with little knowledge of foreign affairs but is a very successful businessman who constructs infrastructure and has made billions over his career. He runs on a whim, and upsets the front runner in the election. Now he has to be the President, and deals with the economy, Congress, foreigners, and nukes.Thayer Andrew Powers is the unexpected winner of the 2032 presidential election. He relies on his close advisors to help him lead the country. William (Billy) Mitchell is his Vice President, a veteran Congressman, and leads the Cabinet. Steve Edward is the smartest man in the room, and Powers makes him the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, and Secretary of Homeland Security. Stephen Schmidt is Powers' closest confident, but he has a deep secret, long-term roots to the Alt-Right and white nationalists. Powers also brings his two children and their spouses into the Cabinet - he has trained each to think like businessmen and women.Powers approaches every situation like he was contracting to build a factory, road, or airport. Will his approach work with foreign countries like China, Russia, Israel, Pakistan, Iran, Korea, and how does he deal with ISIS successor terrorist organization, the SJMC which rules a large portion of the Middle East and portions of 30 countries. And what will Powers do if he has to open the nuclear football? Views: 344
Thousands of years into the future man has completely destroyed a technology-based society and lives a tribal existence, worshipping the 'brain'-cases of long-rusted robots. Here and there pockets of knowledge remain, and young Tom Cushing lives in one such university. His imagination fired by reading of the fabled 'Place of Going to the Stars' in an ancient manuscript, he sets out on a long odyssey to find out if the legend is true.
His journey encompasses excitement, danger and some strange and colourful companions who commune with plants, can sense life and include the very last robot. But nothing he meets along the way compares with what he and his motley group find at Thunderhead Butte, the Place of Going to the Stars, their journey's end. Here wonder abounds almost as at the edge of the universe. A new challenge, for man to rediscover his destiny, to fulfil his heritage and recover his lost knowledge. Views: 344
Kindle edition includes over 70 pages of extra material, illustrations, and web links personally selected by the author that are not available in the print version.
Take an insider’s tour of the strange world of UFO study. How much does the government know about UFOs? How much does it care? What kinds of people are attracted to the subject and what are they like? Deeper cuts include historical perspectives on the subject, as well as opinions on how most of the current search for answers about UFOs are misguided and antiquated, and some suggestions on how this might change. Along with essays about square craters on the Moon, black-eyed kids, and baseball at Area 51, at the end of this book, you too will be shouting “It Defies Language!”
Greg Bishop has written extensively on UFOs and the paranormal, and has three previously published titles on these subjects. His long-running interview show can be accessed at radiomisterioso.com. He lives in Los Angeles.
**About the Author
Interested in "facts that don't fit" from an early age, in 1991, Greg Bishop co-founded a magazine called The Excluded Middle, which was a journal of UFOs, conspiracy research, psychedelia and new science. His first book, "Wake Up Down There!," anthologized many of the articles and features. Greg's second book was "Project Beta: The Story of Paul Bennewitz, National Security, and the Creation of a Modern UFO Myth,"which documented a government campaign of disinformation perpetrated against an unsuspecting U.S. citizen. "Weird California," a portrait of strange and eerie history and places in the Golden State, was released in 2006. From December 2007 to November 2011, Greg blogged for the UFO and paranormal site Ufomystic. "It Defies Language!" released in 2016,is a collection of essays on UFOs, the U.S. government, and fringe issues and personalities.
His current podcast can be heard at radiomisterioso.com. Interviews with fringe-topic researchers and weird music are the usual fare. He has lectured at numerous paranormal conferences and meetings. He also flies paragliders and ultralight aircraft and is a licensed private pilot. Views: 344
This eleventh volume of the Stan Turner Mysteries features legal sleuths Stan Turner and Paula Waters, but including for the fist time, Jodie Marshall, their new associate who has worked her way up from secretary to trial attorney. While Paula works a triple homicide and Jodie defends a good samaritan who accidentally shoots a store owner, Stan backs them up while fighting his own battles.A triple homicide is caught on tape by a professional photographer yet the person or persons responsible and the motive for this grisly crime are a mystery. This is the kind of high-profile murder case that attorney Paula Waters loves but as she tries to unravel the twisted facts a critical witness is murdered and two others disappear. When the trial finally begins and she thinks she has everything figured out, Stan informs her that she has it all wrong! Paula isn’t happy with Stan’s revelations, particularly since he has been of little help to her during the trial. In the past, he has been right there with her from the beginning to the end, but this time, he has been busy helping their new associate Jodie Marshall with her civil defense of an ex-Army MP who thwarted a thief in a jewelry store heist but managed to shoot the store owner in the process. Stan has his own troublesome bankruptcy case too. A Pakistani immigrant has been defrauded of his life savings of $250,000 by a thug preying on fellow countrymen wanting to immigrate to the U.S. Stan puts his client into a chapter 11 reorganization but the thug has little respect for U.S. laws or its judicial system causing Stan’s plan to go awry. Stan’s unexplained absences from the office further exacerbate his shaky relations with Paula, particularly when she discovers he’s apparently having liaisons with a hooker! Views: 344
Retirement on Luna seems so far from Mexico City, but for Juaquin the move will be well worth it if it means his wife Gracie won't have to spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair.Story of a man who is struggling to live on planet Gamorphia among the humans who aren’t humans. Prepared to be amazed at a planet which orbits around the sun in planet Earth’s orbit. The vampire aliens came out of nowhere and they are everywhere. Humans of planet Gamorphia are being hunted down for blood. Can they stand against these blood sucking creatures. With the invention of human meat suits the aliens could be anywhere and they could be anyone. This is the end of the human world you know. Views: 344
Assassins at war…A bloody guild war was the last thing Mya wanted.She nearly had it all: Lady T’s endorsement as Grandmaster of the Assassins Guild, the emperor’s gratitude, and finally someone who made her feel human...Now Lady T is dead, the emperor asks a favor that Mya dare not refuse, and Dee expects more from her than just friendship. It doesn’t help that a cabal of assassins prefers an Imperial Grandmaster over an upstart from Twailin.What she doesn’t know is that the rebel factions want more from her than just the Grandmaster’s ring.Everyone wants something from Mya, but how much can she give before it kills her? Views: 343
One night changes everything... Good girl Kat Crawford is in awe when popular bad girl Cameron Avery decides to take Kat under her wing for the summer, but when the new connection puts strain on Kat's relationship with her lifelong best friend, Margot, Kat has to decide what means more to her—being well-liked by her peers or having true friendship. Just when Kat thinks life can't get any more complicated, beloved athlete—and Cameron's boyfriend—Dylan Hartley dies at her house under mysterious circumstances. Kat suspects she knows the truth behind what happened to Dylan, but, together with Margot, she goes along with Cameron's idea to misrepresent certain details about the incident. Dylan's death also threatens a potential romance with his cousin Ross, an up-and-coming writing prodigy, who is the secret love of Kat's life. Kat goes to college in the fall, like her parents had planned, and her friends move on with their lives, too.... Views: 343
Deep in the dark depths of the dystopian city of Dubh, a young man begins his battle against a being with no soul. With all his family murdered by the sadistic Silus Flax, Jonathan Postlethwaite beings his campaign to avenge his family and destroy his evil nemesis and the city that has spawned him. Page turning plot propels the story to a scintillating and apocalyptic finale ...Deep in the dark depths of the archaic dystopian city of Dubh, a young man begins his battle against a being with no soul. With all his family murdered by the sadistic Silus Flax, Jonathan Postlethwaite begins his campaign to avenge his family and destroy his evil nemesis and the foul city that has spawned him. Flax soon senses Jonathon’s presence and the threat he poses to his plans to rule Dubh …and break out of a captive dimension to present day Earth and beyond.So begins a battle against time for Jonathon as Flax puts his plans into action to claim Dubh as his domain and its corrupted citizens as his slaves; and find a way to Earth. Day by day Flax seeks out the young Postlethwaite and his unlikely and contrasting group of allies, while Jonathon slowly formulates a plan that will create the Destruction of Dubh – unless Flax finds him first.Full of splendid, believable characters and dark humour, the Seed of Corruption is set against the gloom and misery of the City of Dubh and the deep struggle that takes place there. David Denny creates a novel which is an intense and entertaining story which explores human nature at its extremes. Page after page of tense drama unfolds in a hurtling narrative taking the tale to a scintillating and apocalyptic finale….but with a twist. Views: 343
Business school is not for Daniel. Not after making the cover of Teen Model. The only problem is that his parents don’t agree, and Daniel skips school to set his plans for fortune and fame in motion. Meeting the award-winning photographer Heimli will change his life, but not in the ways the nineteen-year-old young man expects.At the age of four hundred thirty-six, Seldon has fed on more beautiful men than he can remember. Living in seclusion from the human world, humans are brought to the Incubi and Succubi as slaves to feed on. Amongst these slaves are the rare Untouchables. When Seldon is entrusted with the safekeeping of one, he has his work cut out for him—especially since this Untouchable gets on his nerves. And under his skin. Views: 343
The dangerous quest to find her father and fix her shattered world brings Brianna more than she ever expected. Brianna is determined to elicit help from her elusive Abrasaxon father, Hakon, to conquer the evil Tyban, Zelig, who has invaded her world. But her journey to the Crystal Castle is full of perils that she and her newfound companions are ill equipped to overcome. Danger comes in many forms—tiny vengeful Nixets, a resurrected Yabix and ruthless Tyban who have crossed into the mortal world. As they surmount each challenge, Brianna wonders if she will ever get control of her newly blossoming—and daunting—magical abilities, and how to handle her growing attraction to her new companion, Amon. Her resentment toward her father for failing to prepare her for the inheritance of her 'gift' flares again when a young woman they save from death, Issah, claims to be her sister. But there is no time for ill feeling with the heart of the Abrasaxon... Views: 343
In this haunting modern Dickensian story that is a literary tour de force, Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Dan Barry chronicles a shameful case of exploitation and abuse in America's heartland, involving a group of developmentally disabled men and the advocates who helped them find justice and reclaim their lives.In the tiny Iowa farm town of Atalissa, a group of intellectually disabled men, all from Texas, lived in a tired old schoolhouse. Every morning, well before dawn, they were bussed to a processing plant to eviscerate turkeys in return for food, lodging, and $65 a month. From 1974 until 2009, the men lived in near servitude, enduring increasing neglect, exploitation, and physical and emotional abuse—until state social workers, local journalists, and one tenacious government lawyer helped these men achieve their freedom.New York Times columnist Dan Barry reveals how these men in an Iowa schoolhouse remained nearly forgotten for more... Views: 343
