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Darryl Halbrooks 11th collection of short stories ranging from an artist/ soldier caught up in the Battle of Stalingrad to a couple and golf buddy facing (along with everyone else on earth) an an “anomaly” making its way through our solar system, currently somewhere in the vicinity of Jupiter.

Tennie Ridge feels like a nobody, living in a low-rent motel her parents run in a small Arizona town The only interesting thing about her is that she is named after her Cherokee great-grandmother. Bullied in high school, coping with a dying father, and struggling with her distant, alcoholic mother, Tennie longs to disappear like the vodka in her mother's martini glass. Suddenly, she begins having vivid dreams that transport her to Indian Territory, Oklahoma in 1873, where she learns Cherokee medicine and ancient tribal wisdom. Tennie grows stronger from these dreams as she survives betrayal, finds love, and faces wrenching sacrifices that threaten to tear her world apart.

In Shyne Nelson's first collection of poems, essays and short stories, Nelson make's visible, the pain and magic of growing up a black man in America. Telling the coming-of-age stories of his peers and chanting that black men are present, lovable and anything but invisible. His "aggressively honest" approach to storytelling is one that will make you laugh, cry, think, but most importantly relate. Tackling subjects as taboo as prostitution in the short story "The Client List" to presenting a different prospective of the age old infidelity issue in the poem "He exist, because of you." Nelson's debut is sure to start plenty of conversations. "Things Unsaid" addresses just that: The things ...

You thought life as complicated for Charlee in the past, just wait to see what book two of the Home series brings. Charlee has found a place to call home, at least she hopes. Now she has to find a way to deal with a fresh new year, in a new town, with a new family, and new friends. Will she be able to get her two worlds to collide easily finally? Or will her life continue on its strenuous path? This new life is supposed to be easy. Will it be? I guess you'll have to read to find out what in the world Miss Charlee Baker gets herself into.

Quackity thought he knew Karl. That is until one day when visiting his grave he meets a boy who claims to know a lot more. Quackity trusts him, and he opens a world of new things that Quackity never thought possible. Follow the story of a young boy as he deals with grief, unchecked anger, resentment and sadness. What happens when he finds out things aren't the way it seemed?

Mega and Trayvon had an inseperable bond, but when Mega ends up in jail their bond is severed. Gone for ten years, Mega is released with hopes of reconciling with his younger brother Trayvon, but is met with resistance. Regardless of the resistance from his brother, Mega is proud that in his absence Trayvon didn't choose the path he chose and instead becomes a star athlete playing College baseball. In the midst of reconciling with Trayvon, Mega is faced with the death of Bee-Lo, someone he once considered a brother. To my Brother, From his Keeper is a novel about the sacred bond between brothers whether related through DNA, or Loyalty.

Two young Soldiers who, while in the Army, are enticed by the glamour of selling drugs. This is a gritty snapshot of the glamour and the horrors of what could happen when the decision is made to indulge in illegal activity. This story is unique and new. The two young Soldiers find that when they start selling drugs it is not all about the nice cars, fast women, and money. They quickly find that they have to be something that they are not, as well as do things they would rather not do. It takes place in Augusta Georgia and details how hard it can be for today's Soldiers trying to live the life of drugs and fast money.

This book is about the continuing saga of an imaginary private investigator, Nick Randall, and his assistant, Evelyn Richards. Together they encounter many obstacles throughout their many adventures.

This is the second story in a series of stories about an imaginary private investigator, Nick Randall. His secretary, Evelyn, comes to his rescue without his knowledge and the story unravels as other situations arise.