I woke this morning to find a walrus sitting at my kitchen table.Things go downhill from there.My name is Norman Oklahoma. I’m a private investigator who specializes in the supernatural, the unexplained, and the just plain weird.In other words, I kick the monsters out of your closet and drag them out from under your bed. I hunt the things that go bump in the night and crack them upside the head with the stock of an antique Winchester. These are my stories.Collecting the first three tales from the ongoing online serial, join Norman as he battles goblins, ogres, vampires, crazed cult members, and even a mutant walrus man. This isn't Urban Fantasy, this is Rural Fantasy. Views: 36
Archie Hodgkin-Smith is the quintessential British Toff. From the stately environs of Risely, he is determined to launch a career as a photographer while enjoying a hedonist lifestyle. But everything changes when he meets the liberal and progressive Polly Raynard. Will Polly truly change him? Or will Archie remain the unabashed snob that he always was? Meanwhile, Gary Brown, the archetypal Chav, is forced to confront the harsh realities of his own life on an inner London council estate. Will history prove to be his salvation? Or will the grim reality of his life ultimately prove to be his undoing? Rich and poor. Toff and Chav. Join Archie and Gary as their worlds collide in a telling account of social disparity in the United Kingdom. Views: 36
Out of Options . . .Shannon McCarty has made several mistakes in her life. But, none worse than the torture she inflicted on the man who destroyed her family. The thirst for revenge she felt as a lost, seventeen-year-old has muted as she looks back on it at thirty. Now, she wonders whether she made a broken man's life even worse.If there was a single moment Curtis Forsythe could take back, it would be the night of the crash. The moment before impact, before his life was forever changed. After thirteen years of isolation . . . of living with his guilt, of never allowing himself joy. Pleasure. Hope. Curt finally knows what he wants. Shannon McCarty has given him back his life. More than anything, he'd like to share it with her. Falling in love with her long-ago enemy was never in the plan. Now, Shannon lives in fear of discovery. What will Curtis think when he learns her true identity? When he discovers she was... Views: 36
John Jakes, #1 New York Times bestselling author of such acclaimed historical novels as North and South and The Kent Family Chronicles has long been both a fan and a distinguished author of novels and stories of the American West. Now, with the turning of the millennium, he has compiled in one volume a century's worth of his favorite Western fiction. To illustrate the evolution of the genre, Jakes has included such legendary authors as Owen Wister, Louis L'Amour, and Zane Grey along side their more contemporary peers such as Loren Estleman and Elmer Kelton. While the stories have changed over the years, certain timeless themes of Western fiction remain constant. At the heart of the stories are ideas that have become synonymous with the American dream—-the frontier spirit, individual freedoms, and man's relationship with the land. A Century of Great Western Stories is essentially a retrospective of western writing over the past century,... Views: 36
Tantalizing secrets buried beneath desert sands… a mysterious traveler with his own agenda… when a unit of Earth’s army is activated to strike hard at the alien enemy, they learn that nothing is what it seems on Hardit-occupied Earth. Views: 36
