Some ruins should stay buried.Leslie Kicklighter used to chase adventure for a living. Now she just wants to put her life back together, and a guided jungle tour seems harmless enough.But a millionaire CEO has decided to make this trip ambitious, including a visit to ancient ruins no one was ever meant to see. He will pay any price to reach the end of his journey.What they wake in the Amazon jungle is far older than greed.An Inca god, obsess...

All Lisa wants to do is get home to Albuquerque but finds herself searching for her new dog, Brutus. She'll find quirky characters, foil hats, and wayward parrots as she searches the Walmart in Roswell, NM.This story started out as a flash fiction challenge. Super short with quirky characters.Lisa, Brutus, and Steve resurface in Of Parrots and Men, as well as their new mystery story Murder and Ice Cream.

I'll make it as a pirate if it's the last thing I do.Chen gets her wish for an adventurous life when she becomes a cook on a pirate ship. What she finds is treachery at every turn, the challenge of learning about life on a pirate ship, and learning to cook and defend herself, fast. But if she can get her hands on Captain Flint's treasure, her worries would be over.The series continues with Daughter of the Black Flag coming in February 2026....

Grace loves roller derby for the camaraderie, the action, and the athleticism. She expected the game to be difficult because they were competing against a tough opponent. What she didn't expect was to find murder and her life in danger.Written during the Plot Duckies Short Storyathon and by an experienced roller derby player.

Want to write a novel, but don't know how to start? Then it's time to get The 5-Minute Author: How to Write a Novel.The truth is that writing and creativity are within everyone's reach and this book is your plan to get there. This book is full of tips including how to develop characters, how to create conversation, and especially how to get started.All you need is a chapter a day for your daily inspiration, then write for 10-25 minutes. It's time to write t...

Benedict Cecil Spafford is a British explorer that disappeared in the Amazon jungle in 1911. For the first time you can read his journal that was sent home right before he disappeared.The journal provides clues but his final fate remains unknown, see if you can unravel the mystery.This is a short story prequel to the Idol Maker Series.Book one: Toy of the Gods

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They said a girl like me belonged in someone's kitchen. So I took a ship instead.I was supposed to spend my life scrubbing other people's floors. Then a ship's captain looked at a poor Chinese girl with nothing to her name and saw a pirate. He offered me a way out, and I took it with both hands.Now I captain a ship of my own. I've broken every rule there is for a woman on the water, and I'd do it again. But the greatest treasure of my career is aboard a riv...

She was given the power of a god. Now her people need her to use it.AJ Bluehorse hasn't set foot on the Navajo reservation since her mother moved them to New York. Now she's coming home to a family she left behind, a culture she's only half remembers, and a murder no one else can solve.Something is killing her people. Something ancient. Something that wears a human face.Armed with the Inca god's dangerous gift, powers no human was ever meant to cont...

Lisa just wants to have a perfectly normal book club meeting. However, her giant dog, Brutus, Steve the parrot, and the universe might have other plans.Winner of the Plot Duckies 2018 Short Storyathon awards

Their friend is missing deep in the jungle. The son of an Inca god wants his inheritance. They'll have to work together to survive.Leslie and AJ never planned on going back into the Amazon jungle, finding themselves used as bait by a demi-god, and fighting ghosts, but this time, the things that ancient gods have discarded are fighting back.Along the way, AJ must deal with her growing powers and ego given to her by an Inca god, and Leslie has to maneuver thr...

Lisa, her stowaway parrot, Steve, and giant dog, Brutus are starting a new adventure on a cruise ship. Until she snoops around and finds a dead body that will lead to murder, art theft, and ice cream. But, will she and her new partner survive the discoveries?