Painted LoveLove is in the air in the quiet Los Angeles County city of Vista Beach, home of computer programmer and decorative-painting enthusiast, Aurora (Rory) Anderson.As Valentine’s Day approaches, residents are training for the annual Love Run and expressing their undying affection for each other by attaching love locks to the pier railings. But a string of bank robberies is ruining the romantic vibe.While Rory helps friends prepare for a Valen...

Heaven is listening - don't let life silence your sound.In Never Lose Your Sound, author Sybil Johnson delivers a powerful message of faith, identity, and spiritual awakening. Through heartfelt testimony and scriptural insight, she reminds readers that their voice, their sound, is more than just words; it's their weapon, their worship, and their lifeline to God.From the wilderness seasons that test your praise to t...

A dead body in her garden and a homicide detective on her doorstep . . .Computer programmer and tole painting enthusiast Aurora (Rory) Anderson doesn't envision finding either when she steps outside to investigate the frenzied yipping coming from her own backyard. After all, she lives in Vista Beach, a quiet California beach community where violent crime is rare and murder even rarer.Suspicion falls on Rory when the body buried in her flowerbed turns out to be someone she k...

It's June in the quiet Los Angeles County city of Vista Beach, the place computer programmer and tole-painting enthusiast Aurora (Rory) Anderson calls home. Decorative painters are flocking to the newly built Akaw hotel to attend the Ocean Painting Society's inaugural convention.During the week-long event, Rory plans on shopping the trade show floor, working in her mother's booth, taking classes, and connecting with other decorative painting fans. She doesn't expect to witness her ...

A killer heat wave settles over Seagull Lane . . .Summer's sizzling in Vista Beach, the home of computer programmer and tole-painting enthusiast Aurora (Rory) Anderson. The abnormally high temperatures are hard on everyone in the quiet Los Angeles county beach community, especially the city's homeless population. Residents are doing everything they can to stay cool, including leaving windows open to catch the faintest breeze. Not the best idea when a string of burglaries is plaguin...

This issue, we have another impressive lineup, featuring novels by Herman Landon (writing as Harry Coverdale) and sci-fi master Mack Reynolds. We also have original short stories by Christine Eskilson, Sybil Johnson, BJ Thoray, Marc Bilgrey, A.L. Sirois, and Justin Gustainis. Plus we have a classic short from the legendary pulp magazine Weird Tales by Paul Ernst. And don’t forget a brand-new solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles! Lots to enjoy.Here’s the complete lineup—

Only teachers know what really happens at a magic school...Chintor Academy is celebrated as the place where the best music mages are forged. But beneath the surface, bullies rule with cruelty, teachers scheme against each other, and the student destined to save their nation is far from ready.Kalina didn't know what she was getting into when she agreed to teach at Chintor. Now, as a first-year teacher, she's tasked with finishing the training of this prophesied viol...

Past and Present Collide on the RailwayWhen life seems weighed down by challenges, there are always pillars of enduring hope and love to be discovered.Lily Mae Dodge flees Wyoming by night to find her mother, who sent her west on an orphan train ten years ago. After she's arrested in Chicago, help comes from a man with a rare vision impairment whom she only just met on a train. Francis Basnett is a roustabout for the famous Hagenbeck-Wallace circus...

Lumberjacks and Ladies Work Together to Build AmericaStruggling to remain independent in the 1800s, four women reluctantly open up to help from lumberjacks—and love.All That Glitters by Candice Sue Patterson1851—MaineWinifred finds herself running the family lobstering business when her father and brothers join the California gold rush. Will she stubbornly reject help from a local lumberjack?Winter Roses by Pegg Thomas1865—MichiganElizabet...

The mysteries enjoyed in books come to life, threatening four businesses. Amber's new bookshop and tearoom draws rare book collectors, but when one ends up dead in the mystery section, the shop's future is questionable. Lilly's pirate themed bookshop fits right into Harbor Inn, Maine, but she never expected to find a young pirate dead on her shop's floor. Abby opens Secret Passages Bookshop in a Wyoming mountain town, not realizing her historic building held a real secret passage and a mis...

Golf is for rich, pretentious jerks who need something to do while they gossip.That’s always been my opinion. So when my best friend lands me an interview with Miles Day—the youngest golfer to ever win the Masters—I almost say no.But the six-figure salary attached to the position is too good to pass up.Miles gives me the job as his assistant with one caveat—don’t fall in love with him. Easy. So easy that I laugh in his face when he so much ...

She escaped the monster realm.Fate dragged her back—twenty years earlier.Waking up in the past wasn’t on Moriah Shaker’s bingo card, but after surviving a brutal world of cannibals, rabdogs and lethal poppy fields, it happens anyway. Now, she has one chance to save her mother, undoing the death that started it all.First, she must return to Hakeldama, where survival is never guaranteed and destiny always demands sacrifice. At her side is Jasher, the ruthless, axe-wie...