Corrupt Austin police detective Danny Phelps--mid-forties, overly confident, and a charming smartass--chooses a path of power, money, and authority and embodies symbols of fear--badge, weapons, sirens. The experience of a horrific childhood incident inspires Phelps to pursue law enforcement and with honorable intentions initially, until egotistical passions and lust for power seduce him to abuse his detective's position of authority.Through manipulations, he steals money and drugs ...

Time Travel the Mother Road.When the spring of 1946 comes, severe depression causes Katherine Callahan to leave her loving husband and newborn baby to embark upon a journey across the famous Route 66 from Chicago to her sister's home in Burbank. She never arrives.Fast forward to the present, Kevin Callahan, Katherine's grandson, along with his best friend, Cheryl Bachman, traces Grandma Kate's steps along the now decommissioned road to uncover the mystery surrounding her di...

The Old Scrapbook is real. The characters within its pages were real as well. This story is an attempt to fill in the blanks of their actual relationship. Bet and Ray met, fell in love, and got engaged until a war separated them, World War II.Seventy years later, the old scrapbook was found, and the mysteries involved rediscovered.I became obsessed with the scrapbook and what could have become of the young woman, Bet, who created it. I felt that woman was somehow guiding me...

Eleven short stories for the eleventh release of Author Dennis Higgins. Wonderfully crafted stories, which include: Time Travel, Paranormal Romance, Ghost/Horror Stories, Historical and True Stories.Experiences include a time-traveling room, Chicago Gangsters, a famous rock star that never was, an actual angel encounter, email romance across time, spine-tingling horror, a ghost story from the phantasm's point of view…and more.

Frank Capra's, It's a Wonderful Life was the ultimate parallel universe story. George Bailey was shown by an angel a world in which he had never been born. A world where the cute little town of Bedford Falls no longer existed and in its place was the seedy town of Pottersville.But imagine if Pottersville still existed in the current age, along another path of existence. Welcome to Pottersville, a town owned and operated by Peter F. Potter. A sleazy, corrupt town where Christmas was ...

The Writer's Apprentice is a concept book. It is made up of a unique time-travel, novella sized story, wrapped around a collection of multi-genre short stories. It maintains a cohesive blending throughout. Even though it may be marked otherwise, all content within has been written by Author Dennis Higgins"Suddenly she felt something like a beckoning to the inner pantry door within the den. It was as if it called to her."Indie author Maren Brown is overjoyed when she receive...

Revisit the infamous Action Park, known for the amount of injuries and deaths that occurred there, with a behind the scenes look from someone who experienced it

National Book Award FinalistWith a new introduction by Dennis LehaneElmore Leonard called The Friends of Eddie Coyle “the best crime novel ever written—makes The Maltese Falcon read like Nancy Drew." Time magazine lau**ded its author as** "America's best crime novelist."Picador celebrates the 40th anniversary of this semina...

This book examines the technology and strategy that defined the outcome of the battles between the King Tiger and the IS-2.The Soviets had been quick to develop tanks that could fight the Tiger on an equal footing, but these were developed as part of a completely different strategy than that employed by the Germans. The King Tiger was a modern marvel, and remained unmatched in one-on-one combat. Technologically superior, with greater firepower and better armour tha...

In April 1918 history's first tank-vs-tank battle pitted the British Mark IV against the German A7V on the Western Front. Featuring full-colour artwork, this is the story of this momentous encounter, which foreshadowed the massed armoured warfare of World War II and beyond.The German A7V and the British Mark IV were similar in weight, size, and speed, but differed significantly in armour, armament and maneuverability. The A7V had thicker armour, and had nearly doub...

In April 1918 history's first tank-vs-tank battle pitted the British Mark IV against the German A7V on the Western Front. Featuring full-colour artwork, this is the story of this momentous encounter, which foreshadowed the massed armoured warfare of World War II and beyond.The German A7V and the British Mark IV were similar in weight, size, and speed, but differed significantly in armour, armament and maneuverability. The A7V had thicker armour, and had nearly doub...

The super-heavy tanks of World War II are heirs to the siege machine tradition – a means of breaking the deadlock of ground combat.It is not surprising that the breakthrough tank projects of the period prior to World War II took place in the armies that suffered the most casualties of the Great War (Russia, France, Germany). Much as the casualties of World War I prompted the original breakthrough tank developments, as Germany found itself on the defensive, with dim...