mystery

In Real Life (Sunday Villains)

by Bryan Lindenberger

Short story from the collection, Local Systems Decline.

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magic realism

urban fantasy

First Laugh

by RAHIEM BROOKS

First Laugh is the 27,000-word novella and prequel to Laugh Now. It is the back story of Kareem Bezel to highlight why he became such a prolific thief by high school, and why Andre Bezel decided to sell drugs....

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thriller

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Tiny Voices (Excerpt)

by P.J. Lawton

While on a morning jog, a man suffering deep personal sorrow hears voices of dead children asking for help, to be set free. Are they real, or something else…feeling he must have answers, he begins a quest...

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children

Voices

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Time Ripples (Chapter One)

by P.J. Lawton

Dr. Will Stevens, prominent scientist of ancient languages, is hired by EROS Corporation to decipher the hieroglyphic tablets found in the newly discovered ruins. With the help of computer specialist Dr. Sam...

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time travel

SciFi

Lethal Knowledge (Excerpt)

by P.J. Lawton

Distracted by a murder charge lodged against his daughter Jacki, semi-retired P.I. Winston Simon never expected to again find himself face-to-face with the terrorist Atesh. Now his country’s new ambassador...

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P.I

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The Power of Love

by Alexandra

After his mother attempted to kill his dad, King Vixzeron, Prince Avalian grew to never trust a woman. Now he finds himself in an arranged marriage with a girl who isn't having success in getting pregnant with...

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romance

The Thief of Todays and Tomorrows (sample)

by Susan Wells Bennett

When Francis DeLucia returns home at the end of WWII, he encounters a job and housing market crowded with other returning veterans. Desperate to support his growing family, Francis accepts a job from a suspected...

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crime drama

historical fiction

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Summer Book Club

by sibelhodge

Summer Book Club The nine authors in this anthology are all indie writers who took their destiny into their own hands and self-published. All enjoy considerable success, selling many thousands of copies and...

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serial killer

book club

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No Truths, Only Smiles

by Annee Nymas

When Joe Matthews is killed in an explosion at ProLab, his so-called friends appear to mourn his death. But when, two years later, the reality of his death is challenged, suspicions and motives begin to bubble...

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drama

Wherefore Love's Shadow

by Kurt Ulmer

A dramatic thriller novel propelled forward by mystery, suspense and violence interspersed, necessarily so, with romance and erotica. He was looking for love in all the wrong places. He wasn’t asking for the...

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suspense

description; teenage; family life; society; misfit

Remembering the day

by Abi Richardson

A short story showing a young misguided girl trying to escaped the world of dissaprovel she has met since that fateful life-changing day just three years ago. At less than a thousand words it will only take...

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When Willis Walks

by RoseMary McDaniel a.k.a. Amy Hayle

When his westbound train had an unexpected layover in the small midwestern town that had been his boyhood home, a man haunted by memories of his older brother's mysterious disappearance, seeks to uncover the...

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horror tale

buried memories

Offerings

by Stewart Felkel

Retired, and recently widowed, FBI agent Tommy McCain moves to a small town in Louisiana in search of a missing friend. What he finds is a community of characters who are sometimes quirky and sometimes sinister....

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dark fantasy

novella

Rub Sage

by Tami Leffall

Rub Sage and take a riveting ride through life and beyond. Sage Harrison's meek and desolate existence is suddenly thrust into realms she never imagined. Left with little hope, this sixty-year panhandler stands...

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urban fantasy

Dragon Town

by Tom Lichtenberg

Argus Kirkham, age 39, finds himself dragged unwillingly into an inexplicable situation when an old friend, international correspondent Sapphire Karadjian, is assigned to cover a strange mystery, a volcanic...

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science fiction

adventure

Death by Honeymoon (Book #1 in the Caribbean Murder Series)

by Jaden Skye

On the rugged, wild, eastern shore of Barbados, Cindy and Clint are enjoying their dream honeymoon, when paradise quickly turns into hell. Cindy finds her newly beloved taken away from her, drowned in a freak...

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romantic suspense

mystery series

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Digger's Bones

by Paul Mansfield Keefe

Archaeologist Angie Cooper's colleague and friend, Tarek "Digger" Rashid, is murdered in front of her. But not before giving her cryptic photographic clues to a hidden tomb and the two thousand year old bones...

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archaeology