No memory. Time standing still. A mystery woman. Sounds like a good time to me…Must read.

June 25, 2014 by Cleve Sylcox

Edge of End [Kindle Edition]
Suren Fant (Author)

Jonathan wakes up in a desert, his past wiped from his head. He’s alone having no clue who and what he is, where he has come from and where he should go. There is only one way – forward when he spots a little town in the distance.

Empty streets, old houses, the town seems abandoned. There’s no one to ask for help, there’s nowhere to go. Jonathan wanders the town in search of any sign of life trying to bring his lost memories back, but odd visions haunt him from time to time. Soon Jonathan comes to the realization that he’s moments from death as absolutely evil dwells in the town seeking fresh souls to suck up. The seemingly dead town is only outwardly empty.

Grey skies, no sun, no days and no nights. The town is stuck in time. With only one entrance and one exit, but the way leading to the exit is filled with creations that Jonathan has never envisioned, even in his worst nightmares.

Who is he? Who brought him here? With a female resident – Elizabeth, Jonathan has to work his way through the horrendous town, figure out his past and find the exit.

Willow, by Cleve Sylcox

June 23, 2014 by Cleve Sylcox

In the distant light I saw,

The season change and it was fall,

Leaves glided on a stiff north wind,

And I never thought I’d see you again,

Time enhances love and thought,

I forgot all the years we fought,

I only remember your smiling face,

You held me and gave me grace,

Hold me in the nighttime,

Gaze into my eyes,

Ignore the tears of crying,

I know it’s hard but try,

I want to be with you dearly,

I’ve traveled far and I’m weary,

Place your head on your pillow,

And dream of me tonight.

Featured Book of the Week – Girl Fights Back

June 22, 2014 by Cleve Sylcox

Girl Fights Back (An Emily Kane Adventure) [Kindle Edition]
Jacques Antoine (Author)

Emily Kane studied martial arts for as long as she can remember. But she never really thought she was going to have to use them.

When covert operatives attack her home, her family goes into hiding, but she refuses. She stays behind, determined to finish high school and face whatever may come, on her own if necessary.

Featured Author of the Week – Jacques Antoine

June 22, 2014 by Cleve Sylcox

By day, Jacques Antoine is a professor at a small college in the southwest, by night he writes action-adventure stories. At first, he wrote “kung fu” tales just for his daughter, when she was a little ninja studying karate. As she grew up, the tales evolved into full-length novels focusing on the dilemmas of young adults, but always set against the background of martial arts adventures. When he’s not writing or teaching, he enjoys walking his dogs in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains outside Santa Fe.

The Emily Kane Stories are based on the central insight of Japanese martial arts, captured in the little word “sen.” It means, roughly, initiative. It can take many forms, and is visible in all walks of life. In Karate, “go no sen” means “counter-attack.” But in other contexts it might also refer to resilience, or responsiveness, or a deliberate choice. The common element lies in the insight that responsiveness or deliberation is not the same as passivity, and neither is aggression necessarily a sign of initiative. True initiative lies deeper than the difference between activity and passivity.