Steven Taylor is an assistant bank manager in a quiet little Mid-West town; his roommate Mark Jenkins is a high school history teacher. Steven's bored with his job; the thought of going through all the accounts that haven't had a single transaction in the past 25 years sounds even more boring - until he discovers one old prospector left $17,000 in October 1870; it's now worth 6.3 million dollars. There's a safe deposit box too, 17C, that's never been opened in all those years.And i...

Samuel 'Sailor' Doyle has transferred from Vice to Homicide in the Virginia State Police. He has a mistress, an alcohol problem, a prescription drug dependency, and a burgeoning self-loathing that alienates his wife and family.On Friday 3 July, the rookie investigator is assigned to a double homicide on a rural farm some 15 miles outside Richmond. One of the victims has been interred in a makeshift tomb, while the other is stuck half-in, half-out of a hope chest overflowing with ca...

This speculative fiction novella explores economic challenges and daily life in rural Segno, a small town in East Texas, through the story of Sarah Parker. Living in the pine woods with her husband Jack, Sarah identifies an opportunity to generate income by preparing and selling meals using expiring food from local stores. As Sarah's business expands, she navigates the complexities of rural economics, balancing profitability, scalability, and sustainability. The story delves into the intri...

The Larion spell table has been dormant for nearly a thousand Twinmoons. It waits in a forgotten chamber in Sandcliff Palace, the abandoned Larion Senate stronghold on Eldarn's North Sea. The spell table holds the power to see the people of the five lands safely through the oppression and brutality that have haunted them for generations, but without Lessek's key it is a worthless slab of granite - and Lessek's key itself is just a nondescript stone Steven Taylor and Mark Jenkins overlooked...

Nerak is defeated. Steven Taylor has cast the malevolent dictator's soul into the Fold's inky void - but the evil that controlled Nerak and brutalised the people of Eldarn has escaped, and taken Mark Jenkins with it. Steven must put his own feelings to one side, for Eldarn's fate still hangs in the balance, and he remains the land's only real hope.As he and his companions make their way across country, rallying what remains of their allies, Mark, no longer the affable teacher from ...

America passed the 2018 Farm Bill removing hemp from prohibition and allowed for the registered and controlled cultivation of it. The Bill, defining that States inspect and measure hemp production, was designed for large-scale farming, it was never intended for what George Danback created with his “$50,000 in your backyard” billboards spawning micro-farming among backyard hemp gardeners everywhere.

Capitalism is broken. Executives are parasites. This is a story on power, deception, and survival in modern America. Exposing a world where masks replace authenticity and the boldest liars rise to the top. It’s a darkly compelling look at how truth collapses under the weight of performance. This razor-edged exploration of deception is the true engine of modern life—corporate, political, and personal. Blending social critique with vivid storytelling, the book argues that lies aren’t an aber...

Bioreactor: How to Make Your Own Gold presents a groundbreaking exploration into the intersection of microbiology, environmental remediation, and precious metal recovery. The book challenges conventional scientific skepticism by proposing a practical method for cultivating Cupriavidus metallidurans—a bacterium capable of transforming toxic heavy metal compounds into pure gold nanoparticles—and scaling the process into a viable industrial operation. Structured as both a scientific manual an...

In Broken Food, Rob Scott delivers a provocative 2026 investigation into the collapse of the American nutritional landscape, tracing the systemic pivot from nutrient-dense, farm-based meals to a trillion-dollar industry of engineered "cheap calories." By weaving the narrative of a Texas-based "cottage food" entrepreneur with a rigorous historical and economic analysis, Scott exposes how government-subsidized overproduction and industrial processing have prioritized shelf-stable volume over...

In a chillingly plausible near future, the world’s most powerful nation is brought to its knees in a single morning. In the aftermath of a sudden and devastating national catastrophe, America is thrust into an unrecognizable new reality—one defined by grief, power vacuums, and radical social reordering. As wealth and responsibility shift overnight, a desperate search begins to rebuild society, but the solutions are anything but conventional. A network of radicalized women, disillusioned by...

Farmstay is speculative fiction story about John and Karen Johnson who, approaching retirement age are put out to pasture from the corporate world, so they try their hand at a farmstay resort in Segno, Texas within Deep East Texas. Chicken eggs, rabbit, goat chops and cheese are distributed and sold through local convenience stores. Guests book stays to participate in life on a working farm. To please Karen, John commissions the construction of a town square. He leverages his success and v...

Are you ready to break free from urban consumerism and build a life of independence and sustainability? Homestead Economics by Rob Scott is your ultimate guide to making homesteading financially viable, covering everything from land acquisition and infrastructure to food production, income streams, and risk management. Learn how to generate wealth through high-yield crops, livestock strategies, and barter-based economies while cutting costs and securing your future. This book dives deep in...