Bradley Langston, college dropout and drifter, is at a dead end. His last stop before living out of his car with a wet dog and a murderous ball of fluff is a caretaker’s job at Pottsville East Shady Terraces cemetery.The cemetery is a mess, and it’s going to take a lot of work to make right, which is more than Brad bargained for when he took the job. To complicate matters, the long-term residents of Shady Terraces turn out to be a little restless. And needy.For starters, a ...

A Honeymoon… Abel Yeager StyleAbel Yeager has settled into a life of domestic bliss with his lovely wife, Charlotte. He’s left the violence and bloodshed behind to concentrate on being a good father and husband. For their long-delayed honeymoon, Abel and Charlie take a Hawaiian cruise. They’re looking forward to hiking volcanoes and sightseeing, once they meet up with Victor "Por Que" Ruiz and his new love, Dr. Alexandra Lopez.Their idyllic vacation explodes in violence whe...

"Fans of Lee Child should definitely relish reading this book." Book Reviews by Hildegart"... a real page turner..." LibraryThing ReviewerAbel Yeager is dead broke, down on his luck, and suffering from a serious case of what-the-hell-does-it-matter. His transition from active Marine to stateside long-haul trucker hit a wicked speed bump when his rig was involved in a wreck that claimed the life of a pregnant woman and laid him up for several months.Back at work but ...

After a number of earthquakes hammer the Sierra Madre region of Mexico, Grupo Verdugo, a splinter group of cartel enforcers, takes control of the drug shipping routes through that territory. Caught in the middle, a small orphanage high in the mountains, desperate for supplies to care for the children and the battered earthquake victims, reaches out to Abel Yeager for help.Yeager and his friend Victor agree to deliver the needed food and medicine. But Grupo Verdugo seems to have a s...

Milton “Cujo” Quattlebaum died on the side of mountain in Mexico. Or so Abel Yeager believed. Then Victor Ruiz gets a call from the State Department. The pilot is alive and incarcerated in a Mexican prison.This would be good news except for the intervention of a mysterious captain in the Mexican special forces. The captain offers to get their friend released if they undertake a mission on his behalf. If they don’t accept, the Cujo will be without protection in a very dangerous envi...

American Book Fest 2017 Science Fiction FinalistJoe Warren, an unemployed electrical engineer, has a terminally ill girlfriend and a bank account bumping rock bottom. Jobs are scarce in 2050, since nanotechnology has created the ability to animate the recently deceased, who are put to work performing menial labor at low wages. These Revivants have glutted the job market, leaving their living counterparts out in the cold.Joe goes looking for a helping hand and mistakenly get...

The Colour Grey is a haunting exploration of what it means to live between light and shadow, between who we were and who we become.Through lyrical language and unflinching honesty, Scott Bell invites readers into a world where trauma, love, and resilience blur together like smoke against glass. Each poem is a fragment of memory and myth, where crows speak, time folds, and the human heart learns to breathe inside its own ruins.Divided into acts Origin, ...

Frontenac is a corrupt city of vice, sin, and murder. On a rainy day (but what day isn't rainy in that industrial wasteland?) an underage prostitute and a rookie cop are murdered.No one cares. No one lifts a finger.Killebrew cares. Recently returned from the big war overseas, Killebrew has learned a few skills, like how to break things and kill people. He is now determined to use his knowledge to remove anything and anyone standing between him and justice for his kid sister...

A powerful secret and a fresh approach to writing bestselling fiction!What's the best way to write a "next level" novel? Some writers start at the beginning and let the story unfold without a plan. They are called "pantsers," because they write by the "seat of the pants."Other writers plan and outline and know the ending before they start. These are the "plotters."The two sides never seem to agree with each other on the best approach.But wha...

Now, learn the master key for writing great short stories, and the strategies for using them to advance your writing career!As most writers will tell you, the hardest fiction form to master is the short story. To be successful, a short story needs to have "emotional wallop," and in under 7,000 words.Not easy to do.In this book, #1 bestselling writing teacher James Scott Bell explains the essential ingredient for a successful short story, no matter t...

There is one sure-fire way of improving your novel fast ...You may know the fundamentals of how to write fiction. You may be more than competent in plot, structure and characters. But if your dialogue is dull it will drag the whole story down.On the other hand, if your dialogue is crisp and full of tension it immediately grabs the reader. And if that reader is an agent or editor, sharp dialogue will give them instant assurance that you know ...

Story loves structure...and so do readers!Super Structure represents over two decades of research on what makes a novel or screenplay entertaining, commercial, original, and irresistible. Contrary to what some may think, structure is not a nasty inhibitor of creativity. Quite the opposite. Properly understood and utilized, structure is what translates story into a form readers are wired to receive it.And it is only when readers truly connect with your story...