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This is a collection of seven short stories - the first in a series, compiled over a period of three years. These stories are great for a weekend getaway, holidays or just to read in the evening when you want something short. Some stories have similar themes - some have weddings because I adore weddings....

October 31st. Its been called everything from Sowein, Samhain, and Mischief Eve to Devils Night and the Season of the Witch. Its most common moniker of course is Halloween. It is that mysterious night of the year when the veil between reality and that of the underworld grows so thin as to allow spirits...

John arrives in a small port town on the coast, intent on saving what is left of his considerable fortune. In an attempt to keep occupied and build a new life he joined the local bowls club which started a dreadful chain of events. Soon three murders descended on the sleepy seaside town bowls club...

“Love To Be” is a detective murder mystery novella set in Victorian seaside Brighton.It is Christmas 1841 and society archaeologist Countess Maria Bassano has discovered a unique legendary treasure as well as the love of Lord Richard Goodfellow.Surprisingly she informs Sylvanus Kent that she fears...

Brighton Trilogy the first 6 monthsThe Brighton Trilogy is the first 3 “Sylvanus Kent” Stories in one anthology covering his first 6 months in Victorian Brighton.They are:-To Be Beside is a detective murder mystery novella set in Victorian seaside Brighton.During a Bohemian weekend away...

The First Adaptation Advised by the Stoker Family since 1927s Broadway Premiere Starring Bela Lugosi! In the early nineteen twenties, Florence Balcombe, widow of DRACULAs author, gave authorization to theatrical producer Hamilton Deane to co-opt Bram Stokers novel for a stage play. For years since,...

在华工作的美国人艾沙姆·库克了找到曲奇——曾在北京住处附近偶遇的谜一般女子，试图从莎士比亚的《罗密欧和茱丽叶》，西蒙德·马蒂尼的画作“受胎告知”以及路易·阿尔都塞的《列宁与哲学》中发现灵感。同时，露娜，一个情欲力量喷薄、将共同进餐的客人引诱上床的女人，帮助艾沙姆追求第三个女主人公：美丽妖娆、具体民族不详的亚裔女性阿黛莱。然而哲学家让·鲍德里亚的思想逐渐蚕食、解构现实，直至艾沙姆无法区分露娜和阿黛莱，甚至不能辨认自己究竟是白人还是华裔。带你踏上一趟如梦似幻的旅行，途中一路伴随着惊世骇俗观点的轰炸，《情欲与哲理》既是可“强暴”读者思想的文学作品，又是包含致幻剂元素的童话故事，同时还是全息立体的罗夏测验。对于热衷赫尔曼•黑塞、菲利普•狄克、詹姆斯•格雷厄姆•巴拉德等另类小说家的读者来说，是一部不可错过的读本。“《情欲与哲理》是本实验性、非线性叙事风格的小说，无论是从地域、时间还是思想状态方面都跨度极大，让人不由联想起威廉•巴勒斯那本同样怪诞的小说《裸体午餐》，亨利·米勒的崇拜者们可能会觉得这个风流的库克并不总招人喜欢，但一定会从他身上找到共鸣。”——《Shanghai...

在華工作的美國人艾沙姆·庫克了找到曲奇——曾在北京住處附近偶遇的謎一般女子，試圖從莎士比亞的《羅密歐和茱麗葉》，西蒙德·馬蒂尼的畫作“受胎告知”以及路易·阿爾都塞的《列寧與哲學》中發現靈感。同時，露娜，一個情慾力量噴薄、將共同進餐的客人引誘上床的女人，幫助艾沙姆追求第三個女主人公：美麗妖嬈、具體民族不詳的亞裔女性阿黛萊。然而哲學家讓·鮑德裡亞的思想逐漸蠶食、解構現實，直至艾沙姆無法區分露娜和阿黛萊，甚至不能辨認自己究竟是白人還是華裔。 帶你踏上一趟如夢似幻的旅行，途中一路伴隨著驚世駭俗觀點的轟炸，《情慾與哲理》既是可“強暴”讀者思想的文學作品，又是包含致幻劑元素的童話故事，同時還是全息立體的羅夏測驗。對於熱衷赫爾曼•黑塞、菲利普•狄克、詹姆斯•格雷厄姆•巴拉德等另類小說家的讀者來說，是一部不可錯過的讀本。 “《情慾與哲理》是本實驗性、非線性敘事風格的小說，無論是從地域、時間還是思想狀態方面都跨度極大，讓人不由聯想起威廉•巴勒斯那本同樣怪誕的小說《裸體午餐》，亨利·米勒的崇拜者們可能會覺得這個風流的庫克並不總招人喜歡，但一定會從他身上找到共鳴。” ——《Shanghai...

As the son of Irish immigrants, young Sean had heard from his parents how the Irish were treated by the British, and how his family would never be slaves or own slaves. In Tennessee, his father taught him how to defend himself and shoot, and how to handle and care for horses. These teachings were...

The Patchwork Mystery is a very involved murder mystery that will keep you guessing right to the end. Set in the late 1980s it is so involved that it was said to be like sewing a patchwork quilt where all the pieces have to fit together before you get the big picture. Rick Donovan, a writer and Steve Arden, a police Liutenant work together to solve this fasinating mystery.

This Novelette is a fictional western romance and is full of adventure. It is a story in which a young man returns from World War I after being poison gassed in a trench in France. He falls in love with a nurse who cares for him in a hospital for veterans in New York. He eventually moves to Arizona...

Good Reads reviewer says...Bonkers! Fun! Delicious!   Knocking down walls, fencing like a pro, and guzzling champagne is all in a day’s work on Sam’s demolition-action TV show. Life for this tall, leggy, American in England is pretty darn great. That is until the ‘love-of-her-life’...