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It is the late 1700s and America has won its independence. Ships sail across the Atlantic delivering goods back and forth from America and the Caribbean to Europe. English, Spanish, and Dutch ships routinely make the passage from America and the Caribbean to their home ports back home. While these ships have become bigger, faster, and more reliable in the past three hundred years since Columbus landed, one thing still threatens them; pirates. Captain Nonn has a vendetta against the British for what they did to his family; those are the ships he tends to attack with his battle-tested ship, ...

Glenda the Witch of the North has a problem- the other members of her Cardinal Coven are very much alive and well. The problem is she really most sincerely does not want them that way. And she’s sure they feel that way about her. The Cardinal Coven was always contentious but since the arrival of the mysterious (and yet potentially non-magical) Wizard, alliances have formed. The witches of the East and West seem to pal around even more than they used to. Reports are they even fly about the lands together! On separate brooms- they are close but not that close. More troubling are the rumors ...

The Gnomes are on the road. This time they aren’t being chased! Well, maybe greed is riding shotgun but they’re the ones doing the chasing. Of untold fortune and glory. The Lost Picman’s Mine has long been the subject of bedtime stories and barroom chats. Or, in Grimbledung’s case, a casual mentioning by a certain Gargoyle. Either way, Grimbledung is absolutely positively sure he can find this long-lost mine. Without a map. Or good directions. Or any plan at all, really. To make matters more difficult, they keep running low on food. And directions. And maps. And a plan. Back in town...

Hugh leaves Anchorage for Deimos, searching for Abgiail's husband, Gideon who has been put on display in a rich Martian's home. The small moon has become a community for the ultra-rich; less than a hundred people live there. Hugh also wants to go to Mars itself to see how these Humans live and to try to understand why they now display Earthlings as 'living art'. And how to get them to stop. But Hugh decides at the last minute to rescue Gideon first. He knows it is just a matter of time before the woman who owned him is reported missing- Hugh dealt with her on Earth. When Hugh gets to her ...

A New Hope? Well, not really. Although things are going well for the gang now that the Halfling invasion has been repelled. Thanks to the now (probably) reformed Halfling Colossus being reunited with his long lost love, the Gnomess Cheri, Grimbledung's very extended, very diverse family seems to be settling down for some much-needed rest. And, thanks to Grimbledung's suggestion, Colossus is even working as a deputy for Constable Akita! To add to the mix, the wayward Magician's Guild Enforcers have made amends and are now living peacefully in town as well. Everything is nice and peaceful. To...

Completely re-edited in June 2022. Aution is in ruins. Charred, smoldering ruins. The Gnomes, Rat, and Nulu make their way out to Big Julie’s School of Magic. They’re looking for a place to hide out until things cool down. News hasn’t spread about Grimbledung being responsible for the town-wide fire and the Gnomes want to keep it that way! The gang decides that a new town is in order, and Julesville is founded. Everything seems to be moving along nicely. Until a certain recently-unemployed werewolf constable, and a newly-put-out-of-business Haberdashery owner show up. With Akita and ...

Julesville's destruction is averted! Things aren't going so well for Grimbledung. On the run from his Halfling captors, he escapes to the Foreboding Forest, ending up at TreeTop City. Is being in the hands of cannibalistic Elves better than killer Halflings? More importantly- are the Elves going to be as sorry as the Halflings were when they dealt with Grimbledung? The odds are they will. Meanwhile, Grimbledung's plan comes to fruition- the invading Halflings run headlong into Captain Frank's forces out on the Great Shambler Plains. With Golems and Gargoyles in the mix, things are bound to ...

Terrance Brushwood is a troubled teenage old boy. He has seen things his whole life but until recently he was unaware that other people didn't see the disturbing things he sees. For some reason Terrance is seeing the ghosts and ghouls more often lately. To make matters worse, the specters are becoming more violent as well. Unable to understand her son’s episodes and at her wit’s end on what to do about them, his mother takes him to a Psychologist who suggests the troubled youth keep a journal. Terrance obliges and begins to document the world he sees around him. It is an angry world, ...

Navy Lieutenant Jarred Daikon is expecting a talking to after his latest mission in Somalia turned into a full-blown firefight. But his commander has other plans for him- he's being transferred. Not because he's done anything wrong, but because he shows potential. And that's all the information his commander has about this super-secret unit. Jarred finds himself assigned to the top-secret Area 46; it is very much like Area 51 except they are actually able to keep their existence a secret so no one knows who they are or what they do! Soon Jarred finds himself piloting an alien space craft ...

Julesville comes down with a case of civic duty! Thanks to a promise by Big Julie to leave office when the Halfling Invasion was repelled, folks are grumbling. Mainly because, well, the halfling invasion was repelled so long ago, it’s no longer even capitalized. See? To make matters worse, the newly arrived Magnus Opus von Magnus is stoking the fires of discontent as he vies for the job of Mayor. Does he have nefarious intentions for the town? Is he backed by powerful forces working in the shadows? Of course he does- have you not read the other books in the series?? To try and stop Magnus...

Earth is dying. Its resources are contaminated. Plagues have decimated the population to a mere two million - a population number not seen on Earth for 50,000 years. With time running out, Earth sends probes to find suitable planets to move its population to before their impending extinction. Project Arcturus is born. An advance party is sent to the distant world of Arcturus to eliminate the current population. The force does not expect the Post Iron-Age civilization to be any threat at all.

As the crew of Space Ten leaves the Solar System for their new home in the Murphrid System, the last of the One-Gen terrorists commandeer their own LINAC and head for Proxima Centauri. While Nick and the crew grow in their faith, they become worried that the One-Gen terrorists will not allow them to colonize a new planet in peace. And worse yet, that the terrorists may turn their sights on Arcturus.

While confronting the Arcturians, Nick witnesses the Sun disappear from the dark Arcturian sky exactly when Tolen says it will. Numb from the prophesy he alone has just received, Nick leads the rest of the landing party back to Space Ten. Even though he was told Earth was gone, Nick tells his staff he wants to return to find survivors to add to the meager remnants of the Human race; the crew of Space Ten. He doesn’t believe in God, much less that He wiped out everyone back home; there must be another explanation.

Join in an expedition to capture Bigfoot in the Mississippi Valley in 1900! Pierre Dudas and Anna Garnier have returned King Gor to the Jungles of Africa and the powerful board members of the Paris Zoo are NOT pleased that they have lost their premiere animal for the 1900 Paris Expo. To try and appease them, fellow adventurer Colton Maguire suggests they mount an expedition to America and capture a creature from Indian legend- Sasq'ets. Along with Sasq'ets, Colton suggests they also capture the twenty five foot long crocodiles that prowl in the Louisianna swamps as well as four-foot ...

A year ago, just after graduating with a Master’s Degree in journalism, Summer Schauers left Tampa, Florida. She packed everything she owned in her trusty Jeep Wrangler ‘Miss Bumble’ and headed west to the wide open spaces of Arizona. She has been working for the Tucson Herald Opinion ever since- becoming the lead reporter for the entertainment section. Things are going well but she is looking to expand her resume from just restaurant openings and street festivals. Summer had been harassing her editor for a front page, hard hitting -not food related- story when she is sent to cover ...

As a writer, Robert P. Wills is often asked by his friends to include them as character in one of his stories. Sometimes that is not possible. As was the case with his friend, Jack. This book solves that problem- Jack is the one and only character. Now that Jack is happy, Robert wants to share that joy with you. So-- Buy the ebook and send it to someone named Jack. Or, put it on your eReader and when you have company over, open it up and then put it on your coffee table or end table. When your guests open it out of curiosity, they will be confused. Confused guests are a good thing. Or, if ...

Pierre Dudas believes he has collected wondrous African animals for his 'Creatures Never Before Seen' exhibit for the Paris ‘Exposition Universelle’ of 1900. He hopes his animals will cause the same excitement as the Eiffel Tower did for the 1889 World’s fair. Then he meets American cowboy Colton Maguire in a Paris restaurant. Colton has just returned from a failed safari in south central Africa- his entire party of experienced hunters were wiped out by a mysterious giant ape. Pierre decides he must have this ape as the centerpiece of his exhibit. He will be the talk of Paris, the ...

Completely re-edited in June 2022. They were the Best of Gnomes They were the Worst of Gnomes – Book 1 Well, one each, really. These two Gnomes -Grimbledung and Drimblerod- are just trying to get along in life when their worlds collide. Drimblerod has a problem with the Merchant Guild. They aren’t happy with the level of his sales at his used wand shop, Second Hand Sorcery. The issue is that his low sales affect the amount of their cut off the top. To make matters worse, the local Merchant Guild Dues Collector (an Ogre no less) is unhappy with Drimblerod’s income because that directly...

Even though Hugh has been a vampire for over 400 years, the memories of his gruesome transformation in the early years of the Jamestown Colony are still fresh in his mind. He has had his ups and downs - Fortunes won, fortunes lost. One thing he has never had is the chance to ever meet the Vampire that changed him, or any other Vampire for that matter. His is a solitary, bloody existence. Even so, things are looking up– with a new-found fortune in gold Krugerrand to tide him over, Hugh is looking forward to an enjoying evening with some ladies of the night and a meal. With the ladies being...

The Most Feared Prison in the Solar System. Ephraim Simpsons has been on the run for the better part of two weeks- since his underground church had been raided. Not wanting to put his family or friends in danger, he plans to keep to the streets as he tries to make it across North America to a space port on the east coast and potentially freedom on Mars or the Asteroid Belt. Detective Joe Lancaster has a different plan in mind: he wants to send Ephraim to the asteroid prison of Vesta, where lifespans average five months. Along with his two officers, Amy Jennigan and Cayman Morgan, he is ...