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Published: Thu, 02/23/17

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A Storm of Stories by K.B. Jensen  

About A Storm of Stories by K.B. Jensen:

Swerving to avoid a hitchhiker out in a whiteout storm, Julie’s car ends up wedged in a snow bank. With the inches piling higher on the dark road, she can’t escape a man who makes little sense. Stranded in the freezing cold, the two tell stories to pass the time and as a way to stay alive. From the Midwest to India, Denmark and Canada, they offer visions of lives and loves from young to old, far and wide. But as the hours blur together, and the snow and ice set in, it becomes less clear how their own story will end.

A tale of love, craziness and impossibility.

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Author Bio:
K.B. Jensen is an author and journalist. Her debut novel “Painting With Fire” has hit the bestseller lists for crime on Amazon and has been downloaded more than 70,000 times. Her new novel, “A Storm of Stories” veers into more literary territory with themes of love, craziness and impossibility. Jensen grew up in Minneapolis, and recently moved from Chicago to Littleton, Colorado, with her husband, daughter and rescued border collie/lab mix. In her spare time, she enjoys teaching downhill skiing and traveling the world.



Who We Are Instead  

About Who We Are Instead:

After her father’s heart attack, talented photographer Lena McKenna returns home to care for him, only to discover that her younger sister Lux has disappeared. In a house haunted by the shadows of her mother’s suicide, Lena struggles to understand the tensions, betrayals, and secrets that broke her family.

Meanwhile, Lux will do anything to escape the memories that won’t let her go. As their father’s condition worsens, Lux leaves a trail of devastation in her wake. Lena must choose: escape her past and leave her sister behind, or turn and face the demons that threaten to destroy them both.

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Author Bio:
Kyla Stone lives in Atlanta with her family and two spoiled cats. In her free time, she loves to read, play board games, hike, travel, and eat delicious food. Her favorite food in the whole world is dark chocolate.



Odd Adventures with your Other Father by Norman Prentiss  

About Odd Adventures with your Other Father by Norman Prentiss:

Because one of her fathers died when she was very young, much of Celia’s family knowledge comes from stories her surviving father narrates—road-trip adventures from the mid-80s that explore homophobia in a supernatural context. As she considers these adventures (a rescue mission aided by ghostly hallucinations; a secluded town of strangely shaped inhabitants; a movie star with a monstrous secret), Celia uncovers startling new truths about her family’s past.

“Beautifully un-categorizable but wholly delightful, Odd Adventures With Your Other Father is a heady mix of the surreal, the poignant, the scary, and the heartwarming. A gleeful mash-up of genres, highly recommended!” – Peter Atkins, author of Morningstar and Big Thunder, screenwriter of Hellraiser II and III, creator of Wishmaster

“Strange, darkly comic, wonderful book of two fathers and one daughter and just how weird and bright the world can be in the shadows of life.” – Douglas Clegg, New York Times bestselling author

“With his first full-length novel, Prentiss has once again distinguished himself from others in the horror/weird fiction field. He delivers a story full of strangeness and folklore, but also brimming with emotion…Jack and Shawn’s rambles across Weird America are by turns exciting, entertaining, funny and suspenseful…Highly recommended.” – Cemetery Dance Online

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Author Bio:
NORMAN PRENTISS is the author of ODD ADVENTURES WITH YOUR OTHER FATHER (A Kindle Scout Selection), and he won the 2010 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction for INVISIBLE FENCES, published by Cemetery Dance. He also won a 2009 Stoker for his short story, “In the Porches of My Ears,” published in POSTSCRIPTS 18. Other publications include THE BOOK OF BABY NAMES, THE FLESHLESS MAN, FOUR LEGS IN THE MORNING, THE HALLOWEEN CHILDREN (written with Brian James Freeman), and THE NARRATOR (written with Michael McBride), with story appearances in BLACK STATIC, DARK SCREAMS, BLOOD LITE 3, BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR, THE YEAR’S BEST DARK FANTASY AND HORROR, and in four editions of the SHIVERS anthology series. His poetry has appeared in WRITER ONLINE, SOUTHERN POETRY REVIEW, Baltimore’s CITY PAPER, and A SEA OF ALONE: POEMS FOR ALFRED HITCHCOCK.



Continue Online (Part 1, Memories)  

About Continue Online (Part 1, Memories):

The future is filled with self-driving cars, virtual realities, chore completing machines, and super fast internet connections. Yet all these technological innovations cannot prevent tragedy. Three years ago Grant Legate lost that which he loved most. His carefully built life fell apart in the wake of depression.

Now, Grant spends most days working endless hours as a companion to an AI. Their job is simple, to repair broken machines that humanity uses to visit virtual realities. Unintended hard work pays off after his boss forces Grant to take a vacation and try the latest game craze called Continue Online; a fantasy world with the freedom to play any role one might choose.

Inside this new game, he meets a series of AIs that are nothing like what he expected from a video game. Grant starts his journey from a very different perspective, and he is only one part of an AI agenda that will end up impacting all of humanity.

Free from 2/19/17-2/23/17

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Author Bio:
Stephan Morse was born the year 1983 in San Diego. The next fifteen years were spent slowly escaping California and surviving a public education system. Thus far he’s made it to the Seattle (WA) region with little desire to go further. When not trying to shove words together into sentences Stephan spends time reading, catching up on sleep, and otherwise living a mundane life.



The Exiles  

About The Exiles:

Just released from prison, Johnny desperately tries to make the most of his second chance at life, only to learn that a second chance doesn’t exist and that his past still keeps him far from being a free man. Quickly realizing he can’t escape his past, he sets out to destroy it instead. While traveling down the road towards destruction, Johnny discovers that others are also living in a life of imprisonment too. The difference, though, is that their prison bars are actually white picket fences and their prison sentences are their family secrets.

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Author Bio:
Why did you write The Exiles?

I wanted to showcase the absurd status that we designate for specific people at the expense of others.  I mean we all ‘sin,’ and the ‘haves’ verses the ‘have not’ are really based on the people caught sinning verses the ones that got away with their sin.

What did you do before writing?

I worked for a few newspapers. I bar tended.  I conducted research for research tanks across the U.S., and I was employed by a few government agencies, doing research as well.

Which job was your favorite?

Bar tending.  You dealt with people living in the moment, ready to fully act on impulse.  Crazy times because you never knew what you were going to get- a fight, a strip tease, any emotional outburst could happen.  I was surrounded by human volcanoes, loaded with emotion, ready to erupt.

Who’s your favorite writer?

Chuck Palahniuk.

With all the competitive avenues to tell a story- movies, television, social media, YouTube, on and on, as well as the fact that people’s attention spans are nothing now, his ability to engage readers with words alone is extraordinary.

When did you know you wanted to be writer?

When my volleyball & basketball career came to an end.  I wanted to play games for a living, but I failed at try outs.

How do you handle criticism?

I don’t. LOL

Who has inspired you in your life?

Bill Hicks… It’s just a ride.

What’s a favorite saying of yours?

“Always do what you Fear.”
Benjamin Franklin

Where have you lived?

Detroit, Atlanta, Long Beach, Mexico City, Banjul, Toronto.

Do you have a favorite place?

I love them all like they are my children.

What are your favorite Movies?

Fight Club, Stand By Me, Man on Fire, American Beauty, Spy Game, & The God Father



Gunsmoke and Gingham by Kirsten Osbourne, Amelia Adams, Peggy L. Henderson, Kristin Holt, Margery Scott  

About Gunsmoke and Gingham by Kirsten Osbourne, Amelia Adams, Peggy L. Henderson, Kristin Holt, Margery Scott:

**Five never-before-seen novellas from five of your favorite bestselling authors!**

MAIL-ORDER MEMORIES by KIRSTEN OSBOURNE: Mary Brown is forced to start over in Beckham, Massachusetts, when the love of her life is killed out West. She has no desire to be in the town where they grew up together and memories of him will flood through her at every turn. After five years as a cook, her employer suggests she become a mail order bride to a man who has no desire to find love…only a life partner. Unsure if she’s making a mistake, she sends a letter in reply to the ad, unsure if she’ll be able to handle marriage to a stranger after expecting a life of love.

William Jones has always known he’d marry his love, but when her father insists he goes West to make his fortune before they can marry, he reluctantly agrees. After all, he wants his love to get everything she ever wants in life. When he finds out Mary has died after a tragic illness, he gets his farm ready, but he can’t go through his entire life without love. He sends for a mail order bride, getting the biggest shock of his life. Will he ever be able to trust his bride? Or will he spend the rest of his life regretting his decision to marry?

THE ECHO OF MUSIC by AMELIA C. ADAMS: When acclaimed opera singer Orinda Lou Britt loses her voice, she leaves the stage and her home in Chicago to live in Topeka, where no one knows her and she can start over again. Along with her, she brings her cherished heirloom piano, a gift from her grandmother.

Nathan Perry travels the country tuning pianos in every town, and there is no one Orinda Lou trusts more. But when it comes time for her piano to be repaired, Nathan seems nowhere to be found, and when he does finally arrive, the reason for his absence may drive them apart forever.

TETON SEASON OF PROMISE by PEGGY L. HENDERSON: Olivia Barkley knows how to take care of herself. Growing up in an orphanage, she’s learned that good things don’t come easily and certainly don’t last forever. While escaping the unwanted advances of her employer, her path crosses with a man who made a promise he didn’t keep.

Caleb Walker has lived a life of freedom among the spectacular Tetons, surrounded by the love of his family and friends. Unexplained restlessness prompts him to leave his beloved mountains in search of answers. When he joins an expedition into the wilderness, he is shocked to come face to face with a woman from his long-forgotten past.

Caleb and Livy must find a way to come to terms with their unexpected meeting. If they can move beyond the guilt and misunderstandings of the past, they might discover that they were meant to be together all along.

THE GUNSMITH’S BRIDE by KRISTIN HOLT: Morgan Hudson can’t begrudge his widowed father a second chance at happiness. So when Dad’s mail-order bride arrives in Mountain Home with a beautiful daughter, Morgan’s life flips upside down. The lovesick fifty-year-olds need a chaperone, and Morgan can’t remember to treat Lizzy like a sister. Will their emergent love survive their parents’ romance, threats from the past, and a law forbidding kissing on the streets of Mountain Home?

HANNAH’S HERO by MARGERY SCOTT: US Marshal Kirby Matheson is on his way to testify at the trial of an outlaw when he comes across Hannah on the trail, unconscious and hurt. He feels a connection to her unlike any he’s never felt with another woman. He’s sure she feels the same, so why is she so frosty toward him? And why is he suddenly thinking about giving up the one thing he’s always valued – his freedom?

When Hannah Wilde is rescued by a handsome stranger after being thrown from her horse during a storm, she finds herself growing to like him, much to her dismay. He’s exactly the kind of man she’s sworn never to get involved with – a lawman!

However, when danger follows Kirby, Hannah realizes she could lose him forever. Or is it already too late?

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Author Bio:
Kirsten Osbourne (USA Today bestseller), Amelia C. Adams, Peggy L. Henderson, Kristin Holt (USA Today bestseller), and Margery Scott are all well-loved Western romance writers who invite you to sample their stories in this brand-new collection. They all enjoy reading, chocolate, reading while eating chocolate, and tacos – well, Margery isn’t too keen on tacos, but she’s Scottish. We need to convert her.



Roadmap to the End of Days  

About Roadmap to the End of Days:

Is history a purposeful process with a beginning and an end, or is it a random series of events with neither purpose nor direction? If history is a guided process, are we near the end of the world?

Have we almost completed preparations for the End of Days? What will happen next? When? Are we backseat passengers in this journey, or are we in the driver’s seat?

Daniel Friedmann takes you on a journey to discover what is really going on with Biblical eschatology and the end of the world, and to then glimpse the future and ponder the role you will play in it.
History is a discipline that uses a narrative to examine and analyze a sequence of past events and to objectively postulate the patterns of cause and effect that determined them. Friedmann looks at history from the supernatural perspective. Every plan becomes suddenly evident when enough of it has played out. Have we reached the point in history where the Divine Plan of history is apparent?

Read Roadmap to the End of Days and discover what is really going on, then glimpse the future and ponder the role you will play.

In this book:
->> Friedmann places world history within the context of the Divine Plan, allowing readers to understand the recent past and what is in store for the future.
->> Learn how the Divine Plan structure is used to examine biblical history from a different perspective, with amazing accuracy and why other experts who interpret the End of Days by deciphering prophecy alone may have it wrong.
->> Put the End of Days into context by examining parallel periods of history that have already occurred.
->> Examine the revelations in scripture coherently and in sequence using the Divine Plan.
->> Learn how the cosmic placement of events, both historical and present, reveals the pattern for future events.
->> A bird’s-eye view of where we have been and where we might go in order to bring us to a new level of understanding and a further questioning of our human origins, purpose, destiny, and our ability to alter the path to the future.

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Author Bio:
Daniel Friedmann, P.Eng., M.A.Sc., is a #1 best selling author and renowned expert on the origin of the universe and life on earth. A Readers’ Favorite International Book Award Winner, Dan is an expert on the creation evolution debate and the author of Roadmap To The End of Days and The Genesis One Code.

Born in Chile and raised in Canada, for the past 20 years he was the CEO of Canada’s leading aerospace company which built the Canadarms, and is involved in space exploration and the Hubble telescope. He is a professional engineer with a master’s degree in engineering physics along with 30 years of experience in the space industry.

Dan is a longtime student of religion, having attended the Vancouver Kollel center for learning for the past 14 years. His work on reconciling the biblical account with scientific observation using his biblical clock formula has been reported in conferences, newspapers, and magazines, as well as television and radio programs. He is passionate about helping young adults put science and the Bible in correct context.



The Rest of Forever by Carrie Pulkinen  

About The Rest of Forever by Carrie Pulkinen:

A guardian angel who’d rather die than fall for a human must come to terms with his tragic past when he learns his Charge is more than she seems.

April Carter is a high school history teacher who dreams of finding the perfect man to whisk her away from her small-town life. She wants it all—the husband, the house, the kids, the car. But her dreams of living the perfect life are shattered during a school shooting. ​Now she must learn to accept her fate if she’s ever going to find the life she loves. ​

Damian ​Perkins ​is ​April’s Guardian Angel, though no one would guess that based on his attitude. A tragic event in his past has left him bitter and resentful, and he won’t let anyone get close enough to care about him​. He’s tried to make April hate him, but she sees through his abrasive exterior and awakens a part of his soul he thought had burned out long ago. Damian​ must​ let go of his past​ and​ accept his responsibilities​ ​or​ ​​he’ll​ spend the rest of his existence alone and miserable​.

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Author Bio:
Carrie Pulkinen has always been fascinated with the paranormal. Of course, when you grow up next door to a cemetery, the dead (and the undead) are hard to ignore. Pair that with her passion for writing, and you’ve got the perfect recipe for an exciting storyteller.

Carrie spent the first part of her professional life as a high school journalism and yearbook teacher. She loves red wine and chocolate, and in her free time, she likes to read, take pictures, and spend time with her family.



Walking Away From Depression  

About Walking Away From Depression:

Depression and Mental Health issues are no longer hiding in the shadows. Studies reveal that 1 in 5 people suffer from depression at some point in their lives.

Science has shown that exercise is an effective treatment against depression. This book aims to help people fight their depression with gentle exercise – specifically with walking.

Learn about the power of walking, and get inspired to start moving.
Learn how to lessen the effects of depression by taking regular walks.
Learn EFFECTIVE techniques to add to your walking routine.

HELP others by sharing your progress.

This book is a comprehensive guide on how to start changing your life. One walk at a time.

Join others and start #walkingaway from depression.

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Author Bio:
Michael McDonald is an avid lover of the outdoors and greatly believes in the healing power of walking. He has an intense love and devotion to his family. He is a certified Hike leader, and routinely guides hikes along the Bruce Trail. In his day to day work, Michael assists entrepreneurs navigate the administrative side of running their businesses. Michael devotes much of his time to volunteering, and is deeply committed to giving back to his community. Michael works hard to be an engaged citizen, a loving human being, and a good steward for the planet.


 
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