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…and the greatest of these, is Love.

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...and the greatest of these, is Love.

Hearts to God (The Hearts to God Series) [Kindle Edition]

20,000 word romance novella

Orphaned as an infant, Madeline Snow grew up in the Shaker community–the perfect place to learn reverence, hard work, and a love for God that surpasses the need for an earthly family. But the difference between what the Bible says and what the Shakers taught was too much for Madeline, so when she came of age, she left the safety of her home for a new life with her much older sister.

Madeline had been trained to grow herbs and make medicine by the best herbalists in her community, but in the wild Oregon Outback finding a husband is the only proper occupation for a single lady. Madeline left the Shaker community, but her devotion to God and the principle of celibacy, are unchanged. Finding a husband to direct her life is her last priority.

But her sister and guardian is just as stubborn as Madeline. Madeline will marry, whether she wants to or not.

Unfortunately for Madeline, finding a husband isn’t simply a matter of falling in love. Some men are off limits, no matter how they make your heart thunder.

What would you do to save a nation? Find out what Gordon McAllister did. It will blow your mind. !

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What would you do to save a nation? Find out what Gordon McAllister did. It will blow your mind. !

Absolute Authority [Kindle Edition]

Gordon McAllister never wanted to be a hero. At least not one who ever got any outward recognition. An executive recruiter by day, McAllister’s other job comes with a code name, ZEBRA, the leader of a team of elite assassins who report to only one man: the President of the United States. But he’s been inactive for years, perfectly content to spend his time finding CEOs and VPs for Fortune 500 companies. Now, as members of his team are murdered in seemingly unrelated incidents and multiple terror attacks savage civilian targets throughout the country, McAllister realizes it’s time once again to screw on the silencer and get back to work. He must reactivate himself and hunt down the man who is behind it all. The one who will do whatever it takes to steal the power he craves. And tear the nation to shreds to get it.

Simply Smashing! Great Read…Scary Stuff!

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Simply Smashing! Great Read...Scary Stuff!

Ghost Story – The Demolition of Berkley Hall [Kindle Edition]

Sam Freeman, owner of Phoenix Demolition and Renovation Services, wins a contract to demolish the run down stately home of Berkley Hall. He and his team arrive on Monday morning to start removing anything that could be sold or used in other renovations before the wrecking ball arrives. As work gets underway things start to go wrong and they become aware that demolishing this building is not going to be as straight forward as they first thought.

Horrific

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Today was a good day for writing. I finished a short story that I’ve struggled with. It was an Historical Horror piece dealing with a returning Vietnam Vet. The horror part is where the piece lacks, though.

To me, horror is frightening. Not full of gore, but frightening stuff, like ghost. Lincoln, the Vampire Slayer is a piece of Historical Horror, although there is some gory scenes. 

So, the idea is to take a piece of history and make it horror, sounds simple. It is really but I have a tendency to over complicate the easy-as-pie thing every time.

 Since this is a soldier in Nam I figured he cussed like most soldiers I know. So I added a lot of F***’s to it and some other choice words. It sounded to me like it was spot on and some of the people who read it said it was to. But I had my doubts that it met the criteria for this particular anthology. I was right, so I toned it down a bit, and added some color. It flows pretty good from start to finish but it isn’t horrific enough. There are not any vampires, werewolves, ghost or goblins. It is about people…and people to me can be far dangerous than a vampire. I will have to work on this, because right now it sounds more Rod Sterling than horror.

While we are on the topic of horror, what is so scary about a Zombie? Don’t get me wrong, I love the Walking Dead, but if it was not for the back story of struggle to survive I would have lost interest a long time ago.

Zombies are wussies…there I said it.

Look realistically at it. Everything on them is soft including their skeletons. Hell you can drive a butter knife through their skull. They walk like drunks at 2 am, and for Pete’s sake they can’t think…at all. They are after one thing and one thing only, flesh to eat. So you set a trap, wait for them to come then stab them with butter knives, flame thrower, machine gun….oh and make sure you hit them in the head.

My Idea of Horrific is, The Thing. The thing is at the top of my list. Why, cause it can assume its’ host identity. The Thing can walk around as you do, mimicking you and no one would ever know.

I have an idea…but I need to chew on it for a bit.