Noir mystery meets urban fantasy in this “masterpiece of a first novel” that’s full of retro throwbacks and action-packed adventure (W. Michael Gear, New York Times bestselling author).Welcome to the gritty streets of Titanshade—an oil boomtown on the brink of disaster, where danger lurks around every corner . . .Carter is a homicide cop in Titanshade, an oil boomtown where 8-tracks are state of the art, disco rules the radio, and ...

The third book in the acclaimed Carter Archives noir fantasy series returns to the gritty town of Titanshade, where danger lurks around every corner.Forbidden magic, murder... and disco. Carter's day keeps getting worse.With the return of spring, new life floods into Titanshade. The sun climbs higher and stays longer, the economy is ascendant, and ever more newcomers arrive to be part of the city's rebirth. Even pop culture has taken notice, with a high-pro...

The second book in the acclaimed Carter Archives noir fantasy series returns to the gritty town of Titanshade, where danger lurks around every corner.The city of Titanshade pulses with nervous energy. The discovery of new riches beneath its snowfields has given residents hope for prosperity, but it also means the arrival of federal troops, along with assurances that they are only there to "stabilize the situation".Newcomers flood the streets, dreaming of fi...

Sweet and Sour Bites of Life is an unusual collection of situational poetry and prose involving a few differentaspects and areas of life, some sweet and some not so much. Some of these poems arevery personal and after much thought and debate they were included, with my wish andhope is that one of these poems will help one person take one action to positively affectone life.One section is about natures wonders including Old Faithful, a volcano, rain and st...

Bill Sullivan's MLB pitching career is shattered when he is injured in an accident caused by a drunk driver. Natalie, Bill's daughter, is in anguish because they had a fight a few hours before the accident. With a fractured hip, leg and back, doctors tell him to forget baseball. Bill vows to comeback, with the help and encouragement of his best friend, Jake, his daughter, his former opponent, and a blossoming new love, Megan.Bill taps into his old anger at being orphaned while young...

New authors and collections. Daring tales of kidnap and rescue, assassination and revenge, the politics of death and espionage, these are the themes of this latest volatile concoction of classic and new writing. The days of empire and traditional war have been replaced by cyber warfare but the subtle, lethal methods of agents and spies remain the same, and so has the power of great writing, with stories here to chill and intrigue every reader.New, contemporary and notable writers f...

New Authors and collections. Following the great success of 2015's Gothic Fantasy, deluxe edition short story compilations, Ghosts, Horror and Science Fiction, this latest in the series is packed with detectives, mystery and murder. Whodunnits and mysteries from classic authors are cast with previously unpublished stories by exciting budding contemporary crime writers. Classic authors include Ernest Bramah, G.K. Chesterton, Wilkie Collins, Richard Harding Davis, ...

Met het vervoer van 1,25 miljoen reizigers per dag en een plaats in de top vijf van beste treinbedrijven ter wereld timmert de Nederlandse Spoorwegen stevig aan de weg. Toch bleef de reizigerstevredenheid jarenlang achter. En wat het management ook probeerde, verbetering bleef uit. NS had een prestatieplafond bereikt.Prestaties duurzaam op een hoger niveau brengen, lijkt voor veel organisaties een onmogelijke opgave. De harde realiteit is dat de meeste verbeterprogramma's falen. Ve...

Recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts grants and with works exhibited at the prestigious Biennale de Paris, New York’s Whitney Museum, the de Menil Collection in Houston, and other venues, Bob “Daddy-O” Wade started “keeping it weird” in 1961 when he arrived in Austin with his ’51 custom Ford hot rod and his slicked-back hair. Primed to study art at the University of Texas, Wade’s coif and dragster earned him his trademark moniker, and the abstract, welded sculptures he fashio...