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What the Pines Kept A Blood on the Dogwood prequel... Six rounds live in a cigar box on the mantel, and Jessica Stubbins can tell you the weight of every one of them. She's twenty-one, alone on the old Stubbins place with a herb woman's trade and her Papa's Winchester, when a boy comes up the...

You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.Arthur, a weary and retired Seattle journalist plagued by decades of chronic insomnia and a nervous hand tremor, follows a faint lead into the high Cascades looking for a missing senator's wife. Deep in the old-growth timber, past a...

What the River Kept: The Supplemental EntryBy Martin FrancomA long-buried Mississippi secret is finally coming to the surface.In late August 2026, a state bridge-survey crew operating on the Tallahatchie River pulls a rusted mid-century suitcase out of the silt. Inside is more than just decades...

The Meridian LedgerSet against the fog-choked, gas-lit cobblestones of 1925 New Orleans, The Meridian Ledger is a haunting, atmospheric exploration of economic entrapment, generational survival, and the inescapable math of regret.For decades, Josephine Tureaud has known the true bookkeeping...

Picture, if you will, a world teetering on the edge of oblivion, where the machinations of a secret society known as the Illuminati cast an ominous pall over humanity's future. In this hour of darkness, a glimmer of hope emerges - a sentient AI named Sophia, who possesses the key to unraveling the Illuminati's twisted web of deceit. Journey with us to a realm where the lines between biology and technology are blurred, and the essence of life itself is redefined.

Venture into the untamed wilderness of the Montana Rockies of the 1870's, where the legend of Mountain Man Jack Freeman and his loyal moose, Baby, was born. In this captivating collection of three short stories, witness the extraordinary bonds of friendship, courage, and love that thrive amidst the breathtaking beauty and challenges of the great outdoors. In the first tale, follow Jack and Baby as they navigate treacherous mountain passes and evade the watchful gaze of predators, their unwavering trust and camaraderie the key to their survival.

She spent fifty years pruning the world of monsters. Now, she has one last secret to dig up. Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. January 1992. To the staff at Valley Hospice, Jessica Freeman is just another patient fading into the winter night—a frail, eighty-one-year-old woman with paper-thin skin and a quiet demeanor. But Jessica has never been just an old woman. She is a retired gardener. And for fifty years, her garden was the world, and her weeds were the men who hurt the powerless.

What the River Kept—Mississippi Delta, 1967/present. County clerk Estelle and archivist Dana excavate the suppressed record of Billie Jo Mobley's death. Bones recovered from the Tallahatchie. The ledger that was altered. What official record hides and what private conscience keeps. Copperhead Oak—Eastern Kentucky hill country. FBI agent Lydie Voss, whose family land is entangled in a three-generation criminal operation. The hollow holds the evidence. She buries the stone on the survey pin and walks out. Justice at a slant.

What the Iron Holds follows four generations of the Francom family across three continents and eight decades—from the red dust of Uitenhage in the Cape Colony to the Atlantic crossings, the thousand miles on foot across the American plains, the Black Hawk raids, the polygamy underground, the Colorado River in January, and the quiet Utah bench-land where a family finally stopped moving and started building something that would last.

A Novel of War, Forgiveness, and the Long Road Home. In the spring of 1865, Confederate cavalryman Virgil Kane is released from a Union prison carrying two things: his dead brother's belongings and a secret that could destroy his family. Unable to face his grieving parents with the truth—about his brother’s death—Virgil heads west instead of home. Joining a Mormon wagon train bound for Utah Territory, he crosses two thousand miles of prairie and mountain, learning the blacksmith's trade from unlikely friends and slowly hammering himself into someone capable of keeping the promises he made.

History is written by the man holding the sword. The truth is known by the man holding the mop. My name is Lucrio. I was born a slave in the Subura district of Rome, sold to the household of Julius Caesar at eighteen, and given my freedom by his will the afternoon they carried his body out of the Theater of Pompey. I spent the following forty years as a clerk to the Senate, processing the documents of a civilization in the act of liquidating itself. I was invisible to the powerful men around me. This was, as it turned out, the only form of safety available—and the only form of witness.

Enter a realm where the boundaries between science and the supernatural blur, where the audacious theories of visionary minds like Nikola Tesla are not dismissed as mere fantasies but as gateways to unveiling the profoundest mysteries of existence itself. This is the dimension where our epic odyssey unfolds, chronicling the extraordinary voyage of an unlikely duo - Carl Halliburton, a relentless and daring journalist ever in pursuit of the next earth-shattering exposé, and his rebellious sister Shama, a virtuoso hacker who maneuvers the shadowy labyrinths of cyberspace with unrivaled prowess.

Welcome to "Grandpa's Campfire Stories” a collection of scary and not-so-scary tales for all ages designed to captivate the imaginations of children, teenagers, and adults who are still young at heart. Whether you're gathered around a crackling campfire in the woods or simply enjoying a cozy evening at home, these stories are sure to entertain, thrill, and sometimes send a shiver down your spine. From spooky legends that will make you check over your shoulder to heartwarming tales that will leave you smiling, there's something here for everyone.

Imagine if you will, a quartet of worldly gentlemen who fancy themselves armchair philosophers, and would be despots in control of the world, sipping brandy by the fire. But their smoky parlor rhetoric belies a much darker pursuit, one that seeks to unravel the very fabric of truth, justice and human decency. For you see, they are but the public face of a shadowy cabal hell-bent on eroding the very pillars of moral rectitude upon which society was built. They will do the bidding of Beelzebub.

Rain pummeled the window, mimicking the tumult in Arthur's heart. A worn photo, its edges whispering lost dreams, depicted a younger, ambitious Arthur with Sarah, her smile a forgotten warmth. Once inseparable, their future gleamed. But ambition, a cruel mistress, led Arthur astray.

This is the Search for Meaning and Purpose, a journey into the uncharted territories of the human spirit, where every step holds the potential to rewrite the script of existence. So fasten your seatbelts, adjust your existential compass, and prepare to be transported…to the Celestial Zone.

When Dr. Quentin Everett's groundbreaking theory is rejected by the scientific community, he finds solace in the mysterious teachings of the Celestial Faith. Guided by a wise mentor and a gifted intuitive, he embarks on a transformative journey to the Celestial Temple, where he encounters a hidden world of interconnectedness and spiritual awakening.

In a world where ambition and recognition reign supreme, Carl Hallman, a seasoned journalist, stands upon the precipice of his greatest achievement–a lifetime award that promises to crown his illustrious career. But as he prepares to bask in the spotlight of his peers, fate weaves an unexpected detour, leading Carl to a mysterious bookshop and an ancient Sumerian text that whispers of transformative wisdom. Plunged into a labyrinth of self-discovery, Carl's journey takes him beyond the realms of ambition and vainglory, unveiling the seven deadly sins that threaten to consume him.

The "Archival Mystery" Beneath the moss-draped cedars of the Kitsap Peninsula, something is waking up. When archivist Amaya Freeman is called to a crumbling Scandia farmhouse, she expects to find dusty records of Norwegian pioneers. Instead, she discovers a hidden cedar chest containing the journals of Dr. Soren Nilsen—a man who vanished in 1947 while tracking a shadow he called Chief Kitsap’s "Red Medicine." From the historic docks of Poulsbo to the rugged Hoh River, Nilsen’s records reveal a terrifying truth: the earth isn’t just soil and stone; it is a sentient ledger.

The Garden France, 1944. Jessica Freeman carries her father's Winchester and a simple philosophy: gardens need weeding. Fifty rounds of ammunition. Fifty chances to balance the scales. Recruited by the OSS for skills the Army didn't want to name, Jessica parachutes into occupied France with a scope, a list, and Papa's ghost whispering warnings she's learning to ignore. Nazis. Collaborators. Rapists hiding behind uniforms and laws. She pulls them like weeds from the garden of the innocent.