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WHERE THE JOURNEY TAKES US

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Immerse yourself in a myriad of short fiction that will take you on a memorable journey with each story.

Enjoy poetry in many of its stylistic forms (haiku, traditional, confessional, etc.) and prose (flash fiction).

It’s fiction for the soul.

“…We found it a refreshing reflection showing that, while individual events can affect and disrupt our lives, our core values maintain the foundation upon which our lives are built.”

-from the editors of Fabula Argentea on “Thick and Thin”

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CARIBBEAN FOLKS TALES 2022

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Caribbean Folklore Month aka Spooky Month is about to climax.
With 31st October being JUMBIE NIGHT (aka Halloween), 1st November is all Saints Day and 2nd November is the Day of the Dead (aka All Souls Day)
Into this mix comes the tribute to Caribbean Folklore. This anthology of TINY TALES pays homage to the things that go bump in the night. Stand back Halloween – JUMBIE NIGHT is here!

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Cable Ties

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In a post 9/11 world, knowledge is power and secretly leveraged knowledge is the most powerful of all.
When two hunters in the woods of Clearwater, Georgia, stumble onto an underground bunker filled with sophisticated information-gathering equipment, the FBI sets up surveillance to discover who has been stealing sensitive national secrets.
As clues point to double-crossing operatives in cahoots with French and Russian agencies, FBI director Russell Norton has no choice but to assign disgraced agent, Jeff Kelley, and a team of green academy trainees to unravel the most destructive foreign intelligence operation in United States history.
Before long, the CIA, NSA and MI6 are involved, and Kelley and his team, along with officials at the highest levels, must scramble to disable foreign data centers and bring to justice an intricate web of conspirators at home and abroad.—Without sparking World War three and setting intelligence back fifty years.
For readers of Tom Clancy, Alex Bernstein and John le Carré, Cable Ties is a slow-burn political thriller that reflects the realities of modern intelligence, law enforcement, department cooperation, and international politics.
The sequel, Cable Pairs, followed by Cable Ways will be available soon.

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Fable of Love: A handful of Emotions

About Fable of Love: A handful of Emotions

Falling in love is a taste of paradise but it becomes a mystery you cannot seem to solve once it deteriorates.
You experience different stages (be it an engulfing storm of passion, longing, an agonizing pain, a taste of vulnerability
& a whirlpool of sadness into nothingness for days) in a relationship and each phase contains tasteful wafting thoughts.
Fable of love is a poetry collection on modern-day love where a happy ending is often impossible. It’s a journey of emotions all summed up through delicate threads of Poetry.

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Across the Miles: Poems of Fantasy, Faith, and Fun

About Across the Miles: Poems of Fantasy, Faith, and Fun

Watch a violinist spin stars and snowflakes into existence and wake dragons. Step into a bookstore full of dusty treasures, and wander through a graveyard for poems that died before their birth. Join a solitary star treading the measures of its stately dance above a rainbow like a stream of dripping jewels. Then mourn with the alien who crash-landed on Earth and can’t get home – but be careful to avoid the deadly shadow creatures slinking through the darkness.

Grab your copy of this volume of poetry now and embark on an unforgettable journey across the miles!

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Aurthera and the Lords of Misery (Book 3)

About Aurthera and the Lords of Misery (Book 3)

“This planet’s true ruler does not want anyone escaping, get this ship into orbit, and you’ll get blasted into chunks. Sorry kids, but we’re all trapped down here.”

The Island trials are finally over, but a greater challenge lies in store for Aurthera and her friends.
Cojan and his evil Red Lords control the lands beyond the proving grounds. Their rein is absolute, and they rule this planet with an iron grip. Their armies of black knights pillaged and enslaved the free peoples.
All live in fear of the knights, and the lost children soon find themselves coming face to face with the lords. Can Aurthera and her friends survive against the forces of tyranny? Or have they finally met their match once and for all?
Blood will be shed, children will fall, and a legend will rise.

Join Aurthera in this epic next step in the Journey of the lost children Saga!

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What Comes Before

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Lord Harry Paterson, Sheriff of the County of Yorkshire, is coerced back to work for the British Security Services after witnessing the macabre death of a beautiful, young woman at a grouse shoot hosted by his friend and ex-fellow army officer, Viscount Winston Bottomly.

Unbeknownst to Harry, the woman – the Viscount’s fiancée – had stolen a top-secret file from the French consulate in London, containing information about an innovative encryption method called post quantum signal cryptography. With the power to endanger every communication method in use between allied nations, the document – in the wrong hands – could completely change the balance of power between East and West.

To avoid a technological threat to world safety, Harry is instructed to find the file and eliminate all those who have seen its contents. But does he still have what it takes to get the job done?

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Wanted: An Honest Man by Cricket Rohman

Wanted: An Honest Man by Cricket Rohman

With a little mystery and a little romance, WANTED: AN HONEST MAN portrays Lindsey Lark’s search for a balance between her love life and her teaching career. Deceived by the man of her dreams, then haunted by strange, threatening phone calls, she worries about a stalker. She’s grateful to have Wendell, her 180-pound mastiff, close by.
Come along with Lindsey as life leads her to the Grand Canyon, North Dakota, and the Zuni Mountains, where she stumbles upon adventure, danger, and love.

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Visions of Johanna by Peter Sarno


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"A beautifully written literary novel . . . Sarno's use of metaphors and lush language draws readers into the story . . . [who] may shed a tear or two before the final page is turned."
—BlueInk, Starred Review

Johanna, an artist, and Matt, a music critic, couldn’t be more different, but by a simple twist of fate, she plucks him from a crowd at a Dylan concert. What follows is a heady and intense relationship buffeted by the usual suspects that gently rocked the ‘80s. Matt’s lessons in art—as well as life—at the hands of Johanna, drive the novel into pockets of feminism and quiet revolution. All of this is tempered by deeply held traumatic secrets that torque their intimacy.

Yet it's Revere—and not Boston—that remains one of the underlying attractions in "Visions of Johanna". This north shore backdrop brings Matt into full focus—a child in a city of recent immigrants, life by the ocean, the bilious flavor of the Mob are just some of the elements rendered in skillful detail. Johanna, a renegade from Wisconsin—freewheeling and hyper-energized—draws Matt out of his comfort zone and into her world.

A meditation on art and unrest, "Visions of Johanna" celebrates life, love, memory and the undying power of the deep connections that sustain us. The novel follows Johanna and Matt as they pursue their dreams to paint and to write. But burdening problems collide with these artistic desires and other forces conspire against them. Ultimately, the two are done in by their inability to share aspects of their past they believe they must hide from.

The novel travels through time and social unrest to the final moment hinted at in the prologue. Within this book's pages, tragedies haunt, acts of moral goodness manifest themselves, and benevolence reigns with a finality that absolves all.

"A beautifully intimate romance that doesn't shy away from challenging topics."
—Publishers Weekly's BookLife

“This would be a perfect book club book. With questions that address the concepts of faith and hope to the efforts put towards the women’s movement, there is a lot that can be talked about…Detailed, wonderfully written, and thought-provoking, 'Visions of Johanna' will have readers thinking long after they put the book down.”
— Kristi Elizabeth, Manhattan Book Review

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Shattered Dreams

About Shattered Dreams

I discovered the first-useful resource kit and bandaged my feet. I crawled into bed, pulled the blanket over me, and turned off the mild. Moonlight washed over the room, filling every inch.

One time, as a bit lady, i used to be gambling outdoor after I stepped on a piece of damaged glass. The bleeding could not prevent, and there has been no one around

To assist me. Terrified, I felt deserted with the aid of the whole international. I lay down inside the grass, wondering i might die after all of the blood had tired out of me. However after a while, i discovered the bleeding stanched. So I picked up my sandals and hopped returned home on one foot.

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Bridles Lane (West Country Trilogy #1) by Johanna Craven

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Cornwall, England. 1740.

They say only the brave ride Bridles Lane at night. Vicar Richard Dodge speaks of ghosts and demons, conducting elaborate exorcisms in his churchyard overlooking the lane. And with the villagers sheltering in fear, local smugglers carry their haul up the road to be hidden in the safety of the church.

Isaac and Scarlett Bailey have spent their lives hiding contraband in Talland church. Forced into free trade by their father’s mistakes, they want nothing more than to escape the smuggling syndicate and build a life above the law.

On the other side of Bridles Lane, Flora Kelly has grown up in the shadow of her mother, the village charmer. Sceptical of her mother’s craft, Flora reopens her family’s tavern, determined that her life will not be one of fortune telling and herbal lore.

When a seemingly abandoned ship is wrecked in Talland Bay, it sparks a wave of hysteria among the superstitious villagers. Faith in the vicar wavers and Flora feels herself drawn to the controversial old ways of her mother. Among growing unrest, the mystery of the wrecked ship deepens, unearthing long-forgotten secrets that will tear a village – and a family – apart.

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Moonshine (West Country Trilogy Prequel)

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Cornwall, England. 1726.

Isaac Bailey returns home after four years at sea, expecting a welcome from his family. Instead, he finds his parents’ graves and his sister, Scarlett, waiting to be rescued from the orphanage.

Against his will, Isaac is thrust into a world of smuggling, forced into the service of wealthy syndicate boss Charles Reuben.

“Prove yourself trustworthy,” says Flora, the witch’s daughter, “and the chance for escape will come.”

But as Isaac sets about gaining Reuben’s trust, he unwittingly draws Scarlett and Flora into his dangerous world of midnight landings. And the harder he tries to pull them from the smugglers’ net, the harder they are entangled.

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Siervo increíble Volumen 13 (Spanish Edition): Multimillonario y dominador

About Siervo increíble Volumen 13 (Spanish Edition): Multimillonario y dominador

Frank Lee narra su épico y sombrío ascenso, de aldeano pobre a empresario de éxito en Estados Unidos. La sociedad ha entrenado a Frank Lee para ser una cosa -un sirviente- por lo que se hace indispensable para su rica esposa. Pero tras una noche de traición, se da cuenta de los extremos corruptos a los que llegarán para atraparlo y salvarse. A punto de perderlo todo, Frank Lee se rebela contra un sistema amañado y desigual para alzarse y convertirse en un nuevo tipo de amo.

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Visions of Johanna

About Visions of Johanna

“A beautifully written literary novel . . . Sarno’s use of metaphors and lush language draws readers into the story . . . [who] may shed a tear or two before the final page is turned.”
—BlueInk, Starred Review

Johanna, an artist, and Matt, a music critic, couldn’t be more different, but by a simple twist of fate, she plucks him from a crowd at a Dylan concert. What follows is a heady and intense relationship buffeted by the usual suspects that gently rocked the ‘80s. Matt’s lessons in art—as well as life—at the hands of Johanna, drive the novel into pockets of feminism and quiet revolution. All of this is tempered by deeply held traumatic secrets that torque their intimacy.

Yet it’s Revere—and not Boston—that remains one of the underlying attractions in “Visions of Johanna”. This north shore backdrop brings Matt into full focus—a child in a city of recent immigrants, life by the ocean, the bilious flavor of the Mob are just some of the elements rendered in skillful detail. Johanna, a renegade from Wisconsin—freewheeling and hyper-energized—draws Matt out of his comfort zone and into her world.

A meditation on art and unrest, “Visions of Johanna” celebrates life, love, memory and the undying power of the deep connections that sustain us. The novel follows Johanna and Matt as they pursue their dreams to paint and to write. But burdening problems collide with these artistic desires and other forces conspire against them. Ultimately, the two are done in by their inability to share aspects of their past they believe they must hide from.

The novel travels through time and social unrest to the final moment hinted at in the prologue. Within this book’s pages, tragedies haunt, acts of moral goodness manifest themselves, and benevolence reigns with a finality that absolves all.

“A beautifully intimate romance that doesn’t shy away from challenging topics.”
—Publishers Weekly’s BookLife

“This would be a perfect book club book. With questions that address the concepts of faith and hope to the efforts put towards the women’s movement, there is a lot that can be talked about…Detailed, wonderfully written, and thought-provoking, ‘Visions of Johanna’ will have readers thinking long after they put the book down.”
— Kristi Elizabeth, Manhattan Book Review

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Spring Flowers in the Snow: An Unexpected Blessing by Nancy H. Pressley


About Featured Book: Spring Flowers in the Snow: An Unexpected Blessing by Nancy H. Pressley

One rarely expects to begin a new and exciting chapter when you have walked the earth more years than the average life span.
The following is the story of an exception to the usual. For two septuagenarians, the holiday season of 2016 brought an unexpected blessing.
An intelligent but introverted girl seeks to find her place in the world as she moves in and out of uncomfortable roles until finally discovering a fit, including a soul mate and purpose, in the fourth quarter of life.

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The Big Bad Wolf: Book 1: Blood (A Fantasy Reincarnation Isekai Light Novel) by 13 Pitch Black Cats


About Featured Book: The Big Bad Wolf: Book 1: Blood (A Fantasy Reincarnation Isekai Light Novel) by 13 Pitch Black Cats

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When a mysterious entity grants a man who died a chance to be a hero in another life in a fantasy world, he cannot believe his luck. The one condition: he must fight the demon king if he shows up during his new iteration.

He accepts and…

Wakes in the body of a young female wolf beastkin named Lucia haunted by the memory of orcs ravaging her town. Not the rebirth he was hoping for.

He soon learns that beastkin are not looked upon kindly in these parts and, because Lucia is an orphaned beastkin, she is drafted into the military. But this new body has its perks as well as its drawbacks. She possesses a hot temper, an incredibly youthful and strong body, and claws. However, the longer he is in this body, the willpower of his former life begins to yield to Lucia’s overwhelming primal instincts.

With the help and magic of an enigmatic female elf at an orphanage, Lucia may have a chance at controlling her violent nature as she contends with this harsh, new alien world. Among the threats: murderous orcish raiders, fearsome beasts, and summoned demons. And quite possibly, the demon king himself.

No small feat for a young beastkin, but it sure beats being dead.

This Royal Road alumnus is a unique reincarnation fantasy adventure featuring plenty of action, twists, and memorable characters that takes place during the hero’s rebirthed childhood rather than glossing over it like most books in the genre. This exciting isekai story with its female lead will transport you to a lush new world filled with fantastical races, unforeseen danger, and powerful magic you won’t soon forget.

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What Binds Us

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Mother and daughter. Once best friends, now distant. Catherine and her daughter Maya are both navigating various stages of adulthood. Catherine is coming to terms with her husband’s passing, and Maya is trying to figure out what direction to take her life. When an unexpected incident brings Maya back home, Catherine has to learn to navigate parenting her adult daughter while Maya has to learn how to really become an adult during a turbulant time. With grace and candor, the two navigate unanticipated challenges, coming to terms with their past, and finding hope for their future. What Binds Us is a heart-warming story about second chances, forgiveness, and forging new beginnings.

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No Safe Haven

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TRIGGER WARNINGs: Sex, drugs, rock and roll, guns, nudity, child murder, violence, touching of a minor by persons in authority, rude language.
This is an adult novel… intended for mature audiences.
Parental discretion is advised. Bug off kid… this ain’t Misty of Chincoteague.

Buckle up buttercup. Predators, everywhere. In school halls. On county roads. In your house.
Dana Sixx does not run away from predators. She hunts them. She’s not your average cowgirl-next-door. Dana can handle herself. Is she a guy in a girl suit? Not even close.
But Dana has a secret. If word gets out, predators will come calling, she knows.
Trapped under the roof of her Machiavellian Step-father, Victor, Dana yearns for emancipation. His constant threat is juvie hall. It’s a hell of a threat, because Dana’s greatest terror is going to prison. She’ll commit suicide before that happens.
Once she turns 18, she’ll be free … if only she can avoid killing someone. Seems simple enough… except for reasons which hit too close to home, predators are trying to kill her.
Unfortunately for the predators, and for Dana, they f***** with the wrong cowgirl.

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Zoratama The Muisca Princess by Jaime Bedoya Martinez


About Featured Book: Zoratama The Muisca Princess by Jaime Bedoya Martinez

The history of pre-Hispanic South America is prolific in narratives of violence perpetuated, in battle and commerce, to an indigenous population. Mostly for the sake of feeding a perverse avarice and yearning for indulgence that was the fashion for Old World society at the time, this conquering force overcame great odds and difficulties to satisfy their greed for material treasure. They consequently took out their frustration and discomfort on these communities. Their occupation exhibited the brutality of a society desperate to pay their debts and build their riches with whatever could be extracted from other people, foreign lands.

Disregarded by history are the stories of the daily life of these indigenous people as they built true humane societies and developed myths to satisfy their curiosities of the workings of their natural world.

What has been lost to history is the spark of wonder when the European encountered the native for the first time, in submission rather than domination. Zoratama is that glimpse, told in the passion of a conquistador for a native beauty. The story is a tragedy of the forbidden, unprecedented and one that passion, eroticism, could not resolve. Love defeated by one of the many sins which motivated Europe to its genocidal tendencies. Ultimately it is not devotion to another being which drove the history, but rather devotion to the unknown.

Jaime Bedoya Martinez’s Zoratama constructs the structure for modern Hispanic society through the unrealistic passion of consorts of divergent worlds. His belief that the legacy of the Muisca has been abandoned is true, for beyond anthropological and archeological studies explaining in detail the life, religion, society of these people, little credit is given to their contributions to current culture.

And the assimilation, whether military or societal, of these cultures is anything but polite; the Spaniards greedy and brutal, the Muisca resolute and tribal.

Mr. Bedoya beautifully builds an alternate storyline which ultimately argues that commitment to passion and transcendence has no boundaries. Zoratama, the Muisca princess, and Lázaro Fonte, the Spanish conquistador, construct a love story for the ages, replete with spiritual integration and an offspring of a new race.

Ultimately, the writer in his true fashion destroys this love, immersed in the tragic myths of both races, in an absurd annihilation of people, family, emotion and sentiment because the ironic metaphor that evolves is the incarnation of a new race, culture and historical footprint.

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Secrets My Mothers Kept by Rebecca Tucker

Secrets My Mothers Kept by Rebecca Tucker

“Tucker exhibits mesmerizing story-telling skills in this heartfelt, honest story of love and betrayal…Fluid dialogue and a tightly formatted storyline set this novel aside in a refreshingly unique category all its own.” – Readers’ Favorite

“Tucker has delivered an evocative, poignant read that lovers of literary fiction won’t want to miss.” – The Prairies Book Review

Austin Nobel is preparing for a summer trip to France, which includes obtaining a passport. However, when she receives her birth certificate in the mail with the wrong name on it, Austin uncovers that she was adopted, something her parents had kept secret from everyone.

Austin pursues more information about her birth parents and their complicated history against the wishes of her family, while struggling with the impact this revelation has on her status within the Reform Jewish community. Is she really Jewish in the eyes of her community? In her own eyes? As Austin searches for answers about her own complicated origins, she struggles to reclaim her identity and forgive those who betrayed her.

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