Our extinction is inevitable.Bill Bartles washes data. He cleans the lies and crap from new information before saving it with the rest of the knowledge on the Infinity Drive.Bartles has it all: a captivating companion, an inner-city apartment mid-way up the tall-tower, and an imminent promotion. For him, life is great—except for his obsession with entropy and its promise that nothing lasts forever.When he digs too deep into the forbidden archives of...

With a short, snappy, and straightforward speechwriting system, this practical handbook is your all-in-one guide for nailing the perfect toast, arming you with a comprehensive overview of the full speechwriting process. Built on a simple 7-day brainstorming system, you’ll uncover how you can brainstorm clever speech ideas, structure your speech with humor and storytelling, and overcome your fear of public speaking with a tried-and-tested plan.Whether you n...

2024 Spur Award Winner!2024 Will Rogers Medallion Award Winner!Grand Prize Winner for the 2023 Chanticleer Laramie Award for Americana Fiction!"A novel as compelling as the incredible true story it's based on." James Wade, two-time Spur Award-winning author of Hollow Out the Dark.When Santa Claus enters a Texas bank just before Christmas in 1927, no one expects him to pull a gun.

Twenty-two years before the fall of Dakiti, a great conflict rages on the edge of populated space. Known throughout local systems as the Fringe War, the fight pits the superhuman natives of Haphez against the sly, semi-amphibious Sardons and their allies. The Sardons' goal? Gain control of a powerful Haphezian healing agent called caura...by force, if necessary.As Sardon tactics grow bolder and more desperate, cooperation between Haphezian military forces and domestic law enforceme...

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is the quintessential Gothic horror novel that introduced one of literature’s most iconic villains—Count Dracula. The story unfolds through diary entries, letters, and newspaper clippings as Jonathan Harker, a young solicitor, travels to Transylvania to assist Count Dracula with his estate purchase in England. However, he soon realizes that Dracula is no ordinary nobleman but a terrifying creature of the night. As Dracula’s dark influence spreads to London, a...

Heather was only fifteen when she died by suicide.Her father wants justice. The system wants silence.After his daughter's tragic death, Dennis is devastated, convinced that her psychiatrist is to blame. Desperate for accountability, he seeks an attorney to settle the score.Enter Paul Schofield, a struggling attorney who impulsively takes the case, hoping for a quick settlement. But the deeper he digs, the more he uncovers buried secrets, conflicting loyalties, and e...

On the outer edges of populated space, beyond the Galactic Federation's reach, crime syndicates rule the stars, none more influential than the Niiosian Mob. Controlling multiple planetary systems through economic leverage, calculated violence, and covert operations, the Mob shapes Fringe Space with its extensive network and virtually unchallenged authority.Ken Oda is the Mob's deadliest assassin, a precision instrument sent to silence threats across the Fringe. When he's dispatched...

- A lowly demon gains possession of a human.- The Garden of Eden is rediscovered on Earth.- An exploding star, bright enough to be seen in the daytime sky, heralds Christ's rebirth on our world.For ages, the Prince of Darkness has waited for three such events, to launch his catastrophic plan of final vengeance against God.

Who is Babe Vicarelli? The Inevitable Lie takes the reader on a mystery tour, examining clues to define this dimensional character—there are varied possibilities. Everyone has secrets; no one plays strictly by the rules, and he has to decide what kind of man he wants to be and determine which rules to follow and which to break. The psych community thinks he’s a sociopath; the USMC considers him a Marine’s Marine, brave, intelligent, attentive to detail, with the highest regard for command....

It was his responsibility to fight for those who could not fight, punish those who needed punishing, and righting the world of all the wrongs—to Captain Vicarelli, that was his mission even out of the Corps. Once separated from the Marines, he took his mission to his home, New Orleans, rife with murder, rape, and crime. The Corps had trained him and trained him well. He was a skillful killing machine of unusual propensity.There was nothing average about the man; he stood six-five a...

It was his responsibility to fight for those who could not fight, punish those who needed punishing, and righting the world of all the wrongs—to Captain Vicarelli, that was his mission even out of the Corps. Once separated from the Marines, he took his mission to his home, New Orleans, rife with murder, rape, and crime. The Corps had trained him and trained him well. He was a skillful killing machine of unusual propensity.There was nothing average about the man; he stood six-five a...

Lilly Frost is a young woman in Salem, accused of witchcraft. Sentenced to death by the townsfolk, a mystical creature offers her a second chance, but the gift comes with a curse.Centuries later, in Bridgewater, she befriends seven women, each marked by their own flaws of greed, lust, jealousy, and more. As Lilly gifts them with magic, they embrace their newfound abilities, unaware they are part of a greater test. As their desires consume them, the sinister truth unfolds. They are ...