Jefferson: 449 books

The Orange County, California, that the Becker brothers knew as boys is no more—unrecognizably altered since the afternoon in 1954 when Nick, Clay, David, and Andy rumbled with the lowlife Vonns, while five-year-old Janelle Vonn watched from the sidelines. The new decade has ushered in the era of...

On Christmas Eve, heavy snowfall brings a train to a halt near the village of Hemmersby. Several passengers take shelter in a deserted country house, where the fire has been lit and the table laid for tea - but no one is at home. Trapped together for Christmas, the passengers are seeking to unravel the secrets of the empty house when a murderer strikes in their midst.

In the summer of 1990, Dr. Bill Brockton—a bright, ambitious young forensic scientist—is hired by the University of Tennessee to head, and to raise the profile of, the school's small Anthropology Department. Six months later, the ink on his contract barely dry, Brockton is called to a gruesome...

The Concept is simple. They give you a picture and a written prompt, and then it is up to you to write a 250-word story based on the prompts. So very simple and so incredibly hard all at the same time. There is heart ache, there is pain, there are stories that have more than 250 words in them. That...

Hate Candy bites back. If you didn’t know it already, this is the tagline of the series. Seems a little strange right? What does this mean exactly? In the first installment we were introduced to the familiar, monsters in many shapes and forms. Classics we come to know and love but at times...

Today isn't Wednesday (unless it is). That may sound crazy but Wednesdays are an important day. You see Saturdays are the day when Indies Unlimited shares a picture and a word prompt for a weekly flash fiction challenge. Wednesdays are day when the world has a chance to vote for their favorite story...

En la velada del día de Nochebuena, una gran nevada obliga al tren de las 11:37 procedente de la estación londinense de St. Pancras a detenerse en las proximidades de Hemmersby. Decididos a no pasar la noche en el vagón, un ecléctico grupo de seis pasajeros decide desafiar las inclemencias del...

Eric Droopchack collects art and other assorted items for discerning clientele. There are pitfalls and issues inherent in any job, it pays to be prepared. When an item he intentionally lost resurfaces, he finds he needs to ask an old business partner for a favor.  

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Karsten is a violent man at the end of a violent career, with no greater ambition than to retire to a well-earned life of ease. But a last drink with an old client goes off the rails and now Karsten is left with an impossible choice: enter service to the Dowager Empress or lose a year of his remaining...

A burned car sits on a Tennessee hilltop, a woman's lifeless, charred body seated inside. Forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton's job is to discover the truth hidden in the fire-desecrated corpse. Was the woman's death accidental . . . or was she incinerated to cover up her murder? But his...

Um casal com uma filha adolescente, cuja a mulher, compradora compulsiva, não satisfeita com a renda da família, cometeu vários crimes, com o objetivo de se satisfazer plenamente, chegando ao ponto de colocar sua própria filha em risco para sua realização pessoal. De maneira irresponsável,...

Após a II Guerra Mundial, uma família parte da Bahia em um pau-de-arara rumo ao Rio de Janeiro para tentar viver uma nova vida. Muitas coisas acontecem durante o passar do tempo até o retorno da família ao seu estado natal.

Um casal que por diversas vezes tentou engravidar, porém sem sucesso, optou por adoção e, após realizarem o sonho de ter um filho, descobrem que através de um tratamento havia a possibilidade de terem um filho legítimo. Terminado o tratamento e confirmada a gravidez, a filha adotiva passa a...