Pearce: 510 books

Frank Prettyman, owner and CEO of Celtic Literary Enterprises, is drowned attempting to locate C.D. Moreclay, a pig-farmer and the author of “The Party at the End of Time”, an unsolicited manuscript that both he and Frank are convinced is a masterpiece. Celtic has traditionally, and profitably,...

Just what my doctor might have ordered – an adventure of my very own. How else could I have interpreted that gesture, the hand drawn across the throat, menacing and made in my direction. They were out to get me. Nothing for it but a headlong dash across Europe, hounds snapping at my heels. No sooner...

'So, now that I've shrunk you with the morning coffee, I can do anything I want with you. It's such a shame really, I kind of like you.' She smirked mockingly. 'I've seen the kind of stuff you've been looking up. I know you love being dominated and feeling powerless in front of a beautiful woman.

Larry and Katie are just a regular couple enjoying their last days of summer. They decide to hold the last summer party where Larry had secretly arranged with his buddy to swap their wives. However, what Larry doesn't know is that Katie has hidden plans of her own... This is a short, approx 5000 word story.

Sarah is only twenty one but she had already experienced enough tragedy for a lifetime. She's alone and miserable but tries hard to fit in and fight her self-destructive thoughts. Coming to grips with her reality, Sarah is seriously depressed, or that's until she finds a job at a company that might offer her much more than she was expecting... This is a short, approx 7000 word story.

Lilly is a thirty something drained by her divorce. Disappointed with relationships and not looking for another one just yet, she moves to live alone. Back to being single after ten years. Unexpectedly she meets a neighbor next door who'll be willing to not only fix her heart but fulfill her secret...

The grim, dismembered body looked so real, Liam moved his gaze, frightened that his imagination would shortly make it breathe as well.

“This is no ordinary box. Make no mistake. Touch the box with both of your hands and state your full name in order to personalize the object. Then make a wish and hit the switch. You will be granted an infinite amount of wishes in exchange for a blood price. The spell shall persist until your death. This is no ordinary box. Make no mistake.”

‘Aren’t you human?’ Jack asked rhetorically, lost in a haze. ‘No longer,’ She sneered. ‘You, my friend have created a predator even more vile and malicious than yourself. I, a super predator have pushed you humans out of the royalty of the food chain. I am at the top and humans, I’ve discovered are a pretty good damn snack!’

This book introduces Sam Richards, a nationalized former England cricketer, who embarks on a broadcasting career in radio with the BBC. On an eventful tour to the Caribbean covering the series against the West Indies, he finds himself involved in two murder investigations, the activities of...

Just what my doctor might have ordered - an adventure. How to interpret that gesture, more subtle than the flat of the hand across the throat but menacing and made in my direction? Nothing for it but a headlong dash across Europe, hounds snapping at my heels - (delete "headlong",...

Paul Schoenig, at age 43, six foot one and bald, is having a premature midlife crisis. Having spent the last twenty years out of college moving around the states to various hi-tech companies, he was bored, and his marriage had come apart from all the moving. So when his latest company sends...

Were they invited, or did they gate-crash the party to end all parties – The Party at the End of Time? Henry’s mother feared they might arrive and arrive they did, fresh from the sea and rarin’ to go, Thor the Viking and Nigel, the pirate and do they know how to party! Little old ladies clamour...

Frank Prettyman, owner and CEO of Celtic Literary Enterprises, is drowned attempting to locate C.D. Moreclay, a pig-farmer and the author of “The Party at the End of Time”, an unsolicited manuscript that both he and Frank are convinced is a masterpiece. Celtic has traditionally, and profitably,...