Modern master of multiple genres, Robert J. McCarter captivates readers with stories featuring stunning settings, relatable characters (even aliens), and fascinating plots.When Tef, a two-hearted alien anthropologist equipped with the latest "skinsuit" technology, falls for April, a human journalist, everything changes. True intimacy requires honesty, but what will April do if she sees the true Tef?This quirky romance of alien love will touch your hearts and put a smile on ...

Friend or Foe?When Toxicwasteman escapes from prison and takes hostages, he demands to see Neutrinoman. The supervillain knows of another alien attack, one that will destroy much of the United States, and he wants Neutrinoman's help stopping it.Neutrinoman and Lightningirl don't trust Toxicwasteman, but must team up with him to foil the alien's devastating plans. But what of Toxicwasteman’s plans?Can Neutrinoman and Lightningirl survive the aliens a...

A Ghost Trying to Solve His Own Murder…Walter Anchor hates being a ghost. He wants nothing more than to solve his own murder, finish his unfinished business as an earthbound spirit, and “move on.” But when he and his best ghost-friend Emily stumble across a corpse while tracking clues to his murder, everything changes.The dead girl used to work for Walter and he hopes solving her murder will lead to his own killer. But the case gets complicated and things g...

Private investigator and Arizona native Conner Bright tries to hide from his past with a b-movie quality Australian accent, alligator skin boots, and a bowie knife strapped to his side, but it always seems to catch up to him.This collection contains four essential Conner Bright Mysteries:The Case of the Purple UnicornChupacabraHaunted by the PastThe Devil You KnowWhile each story is stand-alone, together they comprise a lar...

Modern master of multiple genres, Robert J. McCarter captivates readers with stories featuring stunning settings, relatable characters, and fascinating plots.Jeffery Smith is a wholly unremarkable man, until his cancer diagnosis forces him to face his mortality and learn how to really live.This touching, near-future science fiction story of fears faced and dreams realized will stick with you long after the last page.

The winter holiday season is full of wonders, represented beautifully by this collection of short stories by Robert J. McCarter.It's all here: from romance to mystery to time travel to action and adventure; from a musical to a period journey in the hollow earth; from Thanksgiving all the way through Valentine's Day.Each story provides a unique look on the wonders of our winter holidays, including:· Meet Cute: The Musical: A daring prose musical complete wit...

Captain Angela Allen, commander of Ceres Station in the asteroid belt, thought that she had long ago reconciled her past by embracing her scientist grandfather and leaving behind the spirituality of her Navajo grandmother.But when a shapeshifting alien of unknown origin and astonishing capabilities threatens to destroy the station and kill all two-hundred souls on board, Captain Allen must confront the alien and reconcile the two disparate parts of her heritage before time runs out...

After the events of The Blood of Carterville, Henry Carter can't return to the town that bears his name, not unless he can convince his enemy to release him from the promise that uses his own power against him and keeps him away.But more than that, Henry must confront the Fortune Teller, who engineered Henry's exile from his home and possesses the greatest gifts of all those with Carterville powers. The Fortune Teller sees the many futures and paid a great price to remove ...

A life worth living?Paul Cruz is no longer human. He's a Singular, his consciousness technological, no longer biological. He was there at the beginning and helped ensure the survival of all the Singulars.Free from the limits of flesh and blood, he wanted to live forever, but now that he's lost what he cares about the most, forever is too long, much too long.After suspending himself for decades he is about to enter a virtual world called "Home" to tak...

The life and architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) have been much-studied, yet there is a consistent division between analyses of his architecture, which exclude any discussion of his daily life, and books that tell the often sensational tale of his life, with barely a passing reference to the buildings themselves. The result is that, despite the large number of volumes on Wright, the most essential part of his life – his life as an architect, working, as he said, ‘in the cause of...

What Do You Do When the Game Changes?Woody Beckman and June Medina defied the odds and found each other in post-zombie-apocalypse Arizona and made the friend of a lifetime in the free-spirited Dallas. No longer go-it-alone survivors, they now face the future together with something to lose. Each other.What happens when zombies get curious and what they are curious about is you? That seems to be happening when one of the new zombie pods follow the three surv...

He'll risk everything to save his friendAdventurous by nature and inspired by man's colonization of the Moon and Mars, Rajesh Wells became a belter, one of the pioneering men and woman living and dying in the asteroid belt.But when disaster strikes and his ship is disabled, Rajesh finds himself facing his biggest challenge yet. With rescue a long way off and his commander and friend spinning helplessly towards an asteroid and certain death, Rajesh ventures ...