Cover-Up by Ruth Langan released on Mar 25, 2004 is available now for purchase.

This is a compilation of three small inspiring stories based on truth and fiction. To respect the privacy names and places with situations are changed for the first two stories. However, the third story is a fictional story but it is relevant for the modern society.After a rough break up with the man he thought he'd spend his happily-ever-after with, Brad returns home to Wyoming to attend his high school reunion. He's still in touch with his best friend since childhood - only problem is that Jimmy doesn't know he's gay. Brad hates the idea of upsetting Jimmy, who has no family left and thinks of Brad as his brother. Plus, he's been lying to him all these years. How will Jimmy take the news, and will their friendship survive? Finding the man of his dreams in Sheridan is not on his radar, but a few surprises are in store for Brad. This light, comedic MM romance explores what it's like to come out in 2014.

Let Dr. Rex Chartreaux, a mysterious professor and raconteur, take you on a journey through 9 stories of wonder, adventure, mystery, and terror, with cats playing a major role in each story. A must for fans of Lillian Jackson Braun, Rita Mae Brown, Agatha Christie and Frances Hodgson Burnett.Let Dr. Rex Chartreaux, a mysterious professor and raconteur, take you on a journey through 9 stories of wonder, adventure, mystery, and terror, in which cats play a major role. From the tale of a young girl who embarks on a journey to find her missing cat and ends up discovering much more, to the tale of a merciless criminal who discovers he is being hunted down by a mysterious and seemingly invincible vigilante known as THE CAT, to the story of a falsely accused man who is saved from a life in jail thanks to the help of a feline, 9 LIVES is a collection of stories for the whole family that will surely thrill, inspire and move you. A must for fans of Lillian Jackson Braun, Rita Mae Brown, Agatha Christie and Frances Hodgson Burnett.

The Japanese believe that until the age of three children, whether Japanese or not, are gods, each one an okosama, or "lord child." On their third birthday they fall from grace and join the rest of the human race. In Amélie Nothomb's new novel The Character of Rain, we learn that divinity is a difficult thing from which to recover.

I have been abandoned in a stark landscape. I have no idea who I am or why I've been cast out. My only protection is a Ruger double-action revolver. I discover if I can make it through the no-man's-land alive, I might have a chance at amnesty. All I have to do is trek the two-hundred-and-fifty miles north through desolate wasteland to the Gate. Alone.I could say this is the worst day of my life,I have been abandoned in a stark landscape. I have no idea who I am or why I've been cast out. My only protection is a Ruger double-action revolver. I discover if I can make it through the no-man's-land alive, I might have a chance at amnesty. All I have to do is trek the two-hundred-and-fifty miles north through desolate wasteland to the Gate. Alone.I could say this is the worst day of my life, but I honestly have no idea.Into the Wasteland follows one young woman's journey through treacherous landscapes, backstabbing strangers, and lethal challenges. If she survives, her path will lead her to a final destination beyond anything she could have imagined.All author's proceeds from sales of this dystopian novella series benefits battered women’s shelters.Lisa's novellas are written without explicit intimacy or violence. As such they are suitable for teens and up.

When Rick and Annie Waldron, a bitter elderly couple, turn onto New Hampshire's legendary Kancamagus Highway in a dangerous snowstorm, they are unaware that their fate may lie with an ancient forest alive with a vengeful spirit. (Short Story)This special edition of "The Kanc" includes free bonus chapter's from Steven R. Porter's novels "Confessions of the Meek & the Valiant and "Manisses."The past meets the present!In this first ever published collection of poetry by the author and written with warmth and feeling straight from the heart, this book intends to take readers,on a journey of emotions.A landmark in poetry, using olde English and contemporary crossover dialects.

Zack is one of the immortal Observers watching the world on behalf of the Creator. He attracts the attention of other Observers when his suicide attempt fails.They believe he is the reincarnation of a rebellious Observer from a previous world and decide to punish him for his sins. Another Observer wants back the man she has loved through hundreds of worlds. But Zack isn't who they think.Zack Vernon is an immortal Observer sent to watch the world on behalf of the Creator. When his suicide attempt fails spectacularly and earns him a spot on the national news, the other Observers are drawn to him.They believe Zack to be the reincarnation of a rebellious Observer from a previous world. Several of them plan to punish him for the sins they believe he committed. One of them wants back the man she has loved through hundreds of worlds. But Zack remembers nothing before the present. All he wants is a chance to end his life.

Ivan Quickblade wonders if he's really cut out for magical graduate school when his dragon-slaying research project goes off the rails. In order to get it back on track, he has to deal with a research mentor that exists as a probability cloud and a human research subject who is not quite as expendable as he thought.Abstract An extract made from the juice of the Hesperidensian pomegranate, injected intramuscularly, will weaken the common dragon, Draco areuginosa, sufficiently to allow a killing blow to the head or hearts (Richardson, et al.).In order to isolate and characterize this effect, four adult male dragons of the species Draco areuginosa were attracted to our laboratory using Jaffronium's method and slain using either traditional methods or Richardson's technology. Richardson's method improved slay times by 34%.

A Prelude to Apocalypse is an introduction to my work and more specifically to my anthology of dark poetry, Apocalyptic Visions. By its very nature poetry is a subjective medium and as such one person's taste is no guarantee of another's.Therefore this short collection is presented as a representative sample to allow the reader to form their own opinion rather than rely on the views of others.Zombies. The outbreak began in New York. Soon it had spread to the rest of the world. People were attacked, infected and they died. Then they came back. Nowhere is safe from the undead.As anarchy and civil war took grip across the globe, Britain was quarantined. The press was nationalised. Martial law, curfews and rationing were implemented. It wasn’t enough. An evacuation was planned. The inland towns and cities of the UK would be evacuated to defensive enclaves being built around the coast, in the Scottish Highlands and in the Irish Republic. Bill Wright broke his leg on the day of the outbreak. Unable to join the evacuation, he watched from his window as the streets filled with refugees, he watched as the streets emptied once more. He watched as they filled up again, this time with the undead. Then the power went out.He is trapped. He is alone. He is running out of food and water. He knows that to reach the safety of the enclaves he will have to venture out into the wasteland that once was England. On that journey he will ultimately discover the horrific truth about the outbreak, a decades old conspiracy and his unwitting part in it.This is the first volume of his journal. (74,000 words)

This is the story of how a man and a lady adopted a baby.They have lots of adventures and it is very exciting.I have had to change the title of this, for unforeseen circumstances.There may even be a second book!The Dalton family was excited to be moving from the big city in the United States to a small country with a small town. They wanted to escape the noisy city life. The small town of Breckonridge, where the Dalton family was about to call home, had been shattered just hours before their plane landed. The Breckonridge Nuclear Power Plant had developed a small crack in one of the reactors. The public warning system was down, so the town of Breckonridge was completely unaware. Radiation spread throughout the town infecting half the population and causing wide spread panic. The whole town was in shambles. Looters were everywhere money had no value. It was every man for himself in a town that was once thriving.

The future: work is a luxury, mating a duty and sex a drug. What will you take to survive?In the future Great Brighton, the administration has turned work into a luxury, which it doles out grudgingly. You take what you can of it, and outside of work, you take what you like. Madeleine takes Oratory. It sounds harmless, but in a society where mating is a duty but sex is a drug, can anything really be what it seems? Where will Madeleine’s addiction lead her once her only attempt at rebellion fails? Dark future, good reading from Bryan Murphy.

A comedy musical about a cleaning lady having to save the kingdom's prince from a vengeful witch.In a Kingdom of old, a young Prince Cosmo wants nothing more than to follow his heart's desire of becoming a dancer, but his masculine father absolutely forbids it. Cosmo's only source of comfort is the cleaning lady Yalena, who he has very strong feelings for. Suddenly, an evil witch flies in and steals away Cosmo for revenge for when the King made her swamp the kingdom's septic tank dump. The King and Queen are at a loss as for what to do, but the blind prophet Euno declares he will only be saved by the lady Yalena. It is up to her to save her lover and the kindgom. Will she do it or will she succumb to the terrors of a mystical world filled with mushroom eating goblins, invincible knights, and lonely trolls? Only time will tell!

Part 3 of the epic space operaAngie Tanaka, a professional thief, has an uneasy friendship with Daiyu, a dragon who has been around since China was a collection of mud huts. This is the first of a series of interviews with an ancient dragon who struggles to live down her past. And she has such a lot of it to live down. Excerpt:Daiyu wore a black leather jacket, tight black pants and her short hair was all spiky and dangerous looking. She has a black dragon tattoo that winds around her neck and up the right side of her face. The dragon's head rests above her right eye.She sat across the little table from me and lifted the ancient tea cup. “Good Morning, Angela.”I hate being called anything but Angie. Of course, she knows that.“Good morning, Daiyu. Thank you for doing this.”She tilted her head a sixteenth of an inch and sipped her tea.What do you talk about with someone who has witnessed a big hunk of history, someone who can flawlessly speak every human language, someone who can shape-shift and look like anybody or anything they want? It's hard to narrow down the questions because there are too many. So I decided to start with something obvious.“How old are you?”

During the yearly ritual for the Cireara, protectors of the standing stones, Sila’s big sister will make an extraordinary sacrifice. When during the ritual the yellow haired men attack, the future of Sila’s people and of the standing stones is seriously jeopardized. The story is inspired by the Avebury stone circle and the West Kennet Long Barrow burial mound.For the first time Sila will attend the yearly ritual in honour of the Cireara, protectors of the standing stones. During this ritual her big sister Ava is about to make an extraordinary sacrifice. When the yellow haired men attack, the ritual and the future of Sila’s people is seriously jeopardized. Will they manage to protect the standing stones and the Cireara?This story is inspired by the Avebury stone circle and the West Kennet Long Barrow burial mound.

A diary is usually a personal record, where you write your secrets, as well as your innermost thoughts and feelings. It's something you keep for yourself, something you don't share with others. But not this diary. “Tainted Youth” is different from any other diary,as It could be the diary of every person who feels imprisoned in a hostile society.DIARY OF A HUMAN TARGET (BOOK ONE)TAINTED YOUTHSince early childhood, Yvonne has had many reasons to suspect that she is different from the other people: She often experiences telepathic and psychic phenomena. She is eminent for her high intelligence and good character. She never wishes to harm anybody; she wouldn't know how, either.As a result, the others underestimate her and show it to her at the first opportunity.During adolescence, new problems appear:Gangs of hostile persons seem to be lurking for her everywhere,always ready to deride and terrorize her without any apparent reason.Moreover, she is constantly dogged by negative omens, bad luck and odd coincidences.Every time things seem to be getting better, finally everything goes wryand she ends up worse than before.She comes to believe she is a target of visible and invisible evil forces.Reaching adulthood, her life takes an unhoped turn for the better.Her wildest dreams seem to be on their way to materialization.But is it so?

Historic Heroines is pleased to release the fourth installment in its first original fiction series: Daughter of Sparta by Kristen LePine. In Chapter Four, Gorgo, the daughter of King Cleomenes I, and her family attend a dinner party and meet two foreigners who have traveled across the Aegean Sea to ask for Sparta's help.Historic Heroines is pleased to release the fourth installment in its first original fiction series: Daughter of Sparta by Kristen LePine. In Chapter Four, Gorgo, the daughter of King Cleomenes I, and her family attend a dinner party and meet two foreigners who have traveled across the Aegean Sea to ask for Sparta's help. Historic Heroines is an independent publisher of historical fiction and nonfiction that champions the female perspective.

Two short stories:In far-flung mysterious China, two foreigners discover the secrets of The Temple Heavenly Falsities despite the language barrier. In South Africa, Trishnen returns home to find so much, yet so little has changed.The Temple of Heavenly Falsities: We went as far as the car would take us. It had been a hot, drowsy drive. I stretched, then stared up at the vertical cliff-face which housed the temple. To our left, a thin stream of spray gave away the waterfall pummeling at the sandstone crack.“Can you see the stairs?” asked Alan as the taxi hastily pulled away. “Too late to ask the driver,” I sighed. Wasn't this always the case? Ill thought-out not-quite-spontaneous trip to go find some fabled temple. It had taken long enough to find a taxi-driver who understood our poor Chinese and who could read PinYin.Strive: The plane banks over the Bluff then, with its landing gear out, bypasses the city and Umhlanga. Mount Moreland sugar-cane fields, a pale reminder of their past, flash by. A small bump, and they are cruising towards the new terminal--King Shaka Airport. He's last off the plane, uncertain of what to expect. He's been away for so long; had alienated himself from his friends and family--glad to have escaped the only town in the world whose main street ends in a river...

Who was Triton? Triton was a triton, an artificial, surreal mass of intelligences, a satellite of time, a protector, a place keeper in our main body of time. No blood and guts today, and not just because he doesn't have any, he's just in town for some and R and R. Or should that be just in time?Thrilling Adventure is an anthology where new characters debut, team ups between existing EBH heroes, and tales that cannot be told in the EBH solo series. This first episode features the team up of Scarlet Tie the openly gay African American hero of Cleveland and Jewish hero the Key-Master. The central theme is extinction and what future efforts might be used to restore extinct species to the planet.