Playful, formal, satirical and tender, the poems in The Fabulanarchist Luxury Uprising are wildly wide-ranging. Jack Houston whisks the reader through meditations on family life, the teachings of Lucretius, the sexual potential of Captain Barnacles, and dreams of a socialist utopia, managing to be both deeply weird and touching.In his debut pamphlet, Houston draws out and scrutinises the mundanities of life, showing how they can form part of something much bigger. His poem...

The U.S. has recovered from the scandal that erupted when the world discovers the new First Lady stabbed her father to death when she was 16.Eve is especially wary of her mother, Maggie, nursing her bruised ego back home in Savannah. When Vice President Dex White connects with Maggie during a speaking engagement, they strike up a relationship.Pozo has succeeded in getting $15 million into offshore accounts for his "retirement fund." He is on track to get to $100 million, wh...

"One of the best political thriller series I've ever read—and I've read them all."--- Jerry A., El Paso"Really captures the tone and feel and ambience of Miami, from the glamor to the dirty side."---Tanner D., Miami Beach"You get the sense that politics as a game is really played this way – and that's scary."--- Max J., Los Angeles"One of the best political thriller series I've ever read—and I've read them all."--- Jerry A., El Paso

The Keystone File - Part 1Governor Sam Houston St. Clair is the Republican candidate for President when on Election Night it's discovered that there's been a tie in the Electoral College, resulting in a deadlock.The Constitution requires that in such a case the election is thrown into the House of Representatives, where each state has a single vote.Incumbent Republican President Jeffrey Norwalk is determined that St. Clair will succeed him because S...

THE KEYSTONE FILE - PART 7Sam Houston St. Clair knows the days are running out before the new Congress convenes.But before he returns to Washington, Sam has to deal with his late wife. A long-ago former lover never leaves his side, knowing she will likely be Sam's First Lady if he's named the new President.Eve Harrington wrangles an invitation from President Norwalk to return to Washington aboard Air Force One.Crooked lawyer Derek has to bal...

A young woman’s birthday party is disturbed by the vision of a homeless man sleeping under an arrangement of mocking fruit...A late-night text conversation goes awry when a forwarded link to a live feed of gathering walruses doesn’t have its intended effect...A woman hopes a pending announcement to her in-laws will finally give her husband the attention he craves...The stories shortlisted for the 2020 BBC National Short Story Award with Cambridge University demonstr...

Supernatural detective Jack Nightingale used to be a police negotiator in a previous life - back in the days before he confronted devils and demons for a living. So when a young woman embarks on a killing spree in a Houston mansion, Nightingale is the perfect choice to intervene. But there is nothing that Nightingale can do to stop the slaughter. And there is worse to come. More killings. More bloodshed. More young women with murderous intentions. The killings aren't random - a demon from ...

Cinema Houston celebrates a vibrant century of movie theatres and moviegoing in Texas's largest city. Illustrated with more than two hundred historical photographs, newspaper clippings, and advertisements, it traces the history of Houston movie theatres from their early twentieth-century beginnings in vaudeville and nickelodeon houses to the opulent downtown theatres built in the 1920s (the Majestic, Metropolitan, Kirby, and Loew's State). It also captures the excitement of th...

In an area of Houston known as the Heights, boys had been going missing for years, but it was the peace-and-love 1970s, so police just called them runaways, even if they’d left with little more than a swimsuit and some change. When the truth was uncovered, and police and the rest of Houston realized the boys had become victims of notorious American serial killer Dean Corll, Houston recoiled in horrified shock. Residents realized that they had not only become the site of the most grisly mas...

Through these true stories, I wanted to tell a reality that is not often told, or realized by the general public.Nursing is a very demanding job, no matter what field you work in. Most nurses are hard-working, conscientious, and display empathy when most people would not be able to. Sadly, some nurses are not up to the task, I must admit, which often results in negligence. Often people – our patients – suffer because of this.This book tells several true stories about nurses...

Africans and Globalization: Linguistic, Literary, and Technological Contents and Discontents considers the substance and dissatisfactions of globalization on Africa and its Diaspora. Although variously framed across disciplines, globalization has generally entailed non-milieu bound interactions, which alters the existence of its participants. The concerns about the impact of globalization have been raised in relation to Africa and have related to the helpful and deleterious effects. Increa...

From New York Times bestselling author Nicole Edwards comes the tantalizing follow-up to Temptation.Ever wonder what life is like after the happily ever after?For two very complex, very alpha men, life after love isn't necessarily an easy thing to embrace. Although Sierra Sellers is, and will always be, the lifeline between Luke McCoy and Cole Ackerley, everyday life proves to be the true test of the bond the three of them have forged. No one ever said lif...