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1. The Visitor’s Choice: A Search to Make Things Right by Alexander Davidson

   About The Visitor’s Choice: A Search to Make Things Right by Alexander Davidson:

   Being dumped at a stranger’s house for the summer wasn’t the worst thing to happen to high school student and reluctant reader David Wilson. Waking up in a mysterious place isn’t a treat either.

   Inside Mr. Linden’s library, David discovers a book that allows him to travel back and forth to the medieval world of Ethelrod, a land that is not particularly welcome to visitors. On his first visit, David is forced to fight in a traditional contest and wins, in turn making a choice that will change Ethelrod’s future dramatically. When he visits Ethelrod for a second time with his new friend Hannah, ten years have passed, and David’s previous actions have brought the kingdom to the brink of a civil war. Yet, when David accidentally leaves Hannah behind in Ethelrod, the real pressure starts. It is now up to him to rescue Hannah and to bring peace to Ethelrod by putting everything back the way it was. What David doesn’t imagine is that Ethelrod holds the key to his past, as well as his future.

   David is a resourceful guy who knows how to take care of himself, but will he be able to find the strength to take responsibility for his decisions and make things right? Will he really be able to survive all alone? Alexander Davidson’s first novel is an action-packed young adult adventure that teaches readers about choices and consequences, taking responsibility to help others, and the power of reading.

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   Author Bio:
   Alexander Davidson is an author, secondary educator, and certified reading specialist with a BA from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) and an MAT in Literacy Education from Madonna University (Livonia, MI). He has been a member of the National Council of Teachers of English since 2011 and has presented at the National Conference for Peer Tutoring in Writing (2009) and the Michigan Reading Association Annual Conference (2014). While teaching reading and writing to middle school and high school students, Alexander Davidson strives to create written works that will interest his students and teach them valuable lessons at the same. The Visitor’s Choice: A Search to Make Things Right (Ferne Press) is his first novel.

   I am a 26-year-old high school English teacher, but that is not everything there is to know about me. I am a book nerd and movie buff. If I could go anywhere in the world (real or imaginary) it would be Hogwarts, or Portland. I am a rock climbing enthusiast enthusiast (I like people who rock climb). I am also an aspiring Academy Awards host, but no one has told the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just yet.

   Feel free to contact the author through Twitter (@_AlexanderJohn) and at his website AlexanderDavidsonBooks.com.

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2. The Homecoming Masquerade by Spencer Baum

   About The Homecoming Masquerade by Spencer Baum:

   In a posh suburb of the nation’s capital, at the most exclusive high school in the world, the vampires who secretly run the government have created a game for America’s daughters of privilege. Show up to Homecoming in a black dress and you’ve entered yourself in a contest where the winner becomes a vampire, and the loser becomes the winner’s first victim.

   Only the wealthiest, most connected students can hope to win, so when new girl Nicky Bloom wears a black dress to Homecoming, everyone assumes she has a death wish. They don’t know that Nicky has her own agenda. As the dance continues into the night, they will find out that Nicky Bloom is far more than she seems.

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   Author Bio:
   Spencer Baum’s first novel, One Fall, was selected as an official textbook for the fall 2011 semester at Harvard’s Institute for English Language Programs. His second novel, The Demon Queen and The Locksmith, was a semi-finalist for the 2010 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. The first three books of his paranormal suspense series, Girls Wearing Black, were all Top 10 fantasy bestsellers on Amazon and Amazon UK. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico with his wife and three children.

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3. Twilight Images by Ethel Lewis

   About Twilight Images by Ethel Lewis:

   The death of Thad Connors parents ten years ago was ruled Murder/Suicide. The case had been investigated, the crime scene searched in great detail. All findings compete. Case closed!

   But Thad had his doubts.

   They had to be wrong.

   There had to be something more.

   And after suffering gruesome and haunted nightmares for the past ten years, . . . he knew he could not let it go.

   It would mean going back, opening old wounds and reliving old memories. But the truth had to be found. If not, . . . the nightmares might win, . . . he might forever be lost in their endless dark abyss.

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   Author Bio:
   Bio: Currently live in Galveston, Texas.

   ‘Texan Born and Bred’.

   I share my home with my four friends and companions, all of which have four legs and very furry bodies. Two cats, two dogs.

   I recently retired, and am excited to finally find the time to do what I enjoy doing most – Writing the stories and novels that have been living in my imagination for many years.

   hiroller401@yahoo.com

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4. THE INFLUENCE OF ZEN BUDDHISM ON THE ART OF GEORGIA O’KEEFFE

   About THE INFLUENCE OF ZEN BUDDHISM ON THE ART OF GEORGIA O’KEEFFE:

   Long before Georgia O’Keeffe started painting flowers or the great landscapes of the Southwest, she explored total abstraction and monochrome palate beginning in 1912. She delved deep into the world of Zen Buddhist inspired art making to get to the very essence of thing, not an imitation, but the TRUTH…the Zen way of seeing the world…

   There is a plethora of influences that have determined the character of American art, and often, they are propelled by various external cultural influences. The question for this study has been twofold. First, whether within the large fabric of American art’s interrelated influences there has been a transmission of Zen Buddhist philosophy from the Japanese culture? Second and more specifically, did the introduction of Zen Buddhist art making, introduced by Alon Bemont, Ernest Fenollosa, and Arthur Westley Dow, influence the works of Georgia O’Keeffe?

   Quote from Zen and Oriental Art:

   “In Zen, the meanings often lie beyond language but can be revealed in visual form…To approach this reality with a Western background or common sense is not possible-in order to understand Zen one must experience it first-hand.”

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   Author Bio:
   Sharon M. Fitzgerald is a Los Angeles native and currently resides in the Hollywood Hills. Sharon works in public relations and taught Art History at California State University, Los Angeles where she also earned her master’s degree. Sharon maintains her own company, The Art History Channel, in which she conducts monthly art history lectures at private and public venues throughout Los Angeles.

   Growing up in the L.A. punk scene, Sharon loves the history and culture of Los Angeles. She likes going out to art openings in downtown, movies in Los Feliz, and live music where it’s happening. When she’s not in L.A. she can be found in Joshua Tree hanging out at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown or partaking in spiritual Sound Bath at the nearby Integratron. A true L.A. native, Sharon also enjoys daily hikes in Runyon Canyon, Griffith Park and can be found strolling on the Venice Beach boardwalk on the weekends.

   Connect with Sharon on all social media at www.thearthistorychannel.com or Sharonfitzgerald@yahoo.com

   Up Coming Book Releases:

   *Lost In Prague – Coming of Age – Revolution – Awakening (Sept 2014)

   *Lost in Prague – The Velvet Revolution – Havel & The Plastic People of the Universe (June 2014)

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5. Say Not “What If” by Andrew Friedman

   

   About Say Not “What If” by Andrew Friedman

   A dying man craves the time he has lost. Written as a long rhyming poem, Say Not “What If” recounts his journey and the consequences of the choices he makes in a desperate desire to stay alive. Exceptionally easy to read and understand, many readers have praised the power and thought provoking nature of this unique story. What would you do for more time?

   “This was a lyrical masterpiece! Very deep with an important life lesson woven in. Excellent from start to finish, and highly recommended by me.”

   “This literary work is something incredibly special. I highly recommend this book, and hope that its life lessons will stay with us for the rest of our journey.”

   “The paradox of a man’s dying despair with the lyrical rhyming was intoxicating. Easy to read, and emotionally provocative, Mr. Friedman has written a truly unique short story.”

   “This poetic short story is so gripping and compelling that you won’t stop reading. And more than reading, I was almost singing along with the story, it was so beautifully written.”

   “Say Not “What If” is a beautifully written piece of literature with a dark heart at its core. The stark contrast between the lovely poetry and all the things that made this ugly was severe but it was also what made the story . . . beautiful in an uncanny way.”

   “I found myself truly submerged in the story. I read it in one afternoon and it left me with lots to think about, which, really, is what books are all about.”

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6. I Really, Really Want It by Richard Hennerley

   

   About I Really, Really Want It by Richard Hennerley:

   Welcome to the frenetic world of Andrew Manning, celebrity agent extraordinaire…

   Andrew Manning is one of celebrity’s back room boys. He’s spent twenty years repackaging and reviving celebrities whose careers have been overshadowed by scandal and is now the very special agent to a stellar list of stars.

   Andy is a wealthy and powerful man. He knows where the bodies are buried.

   Shelley Bright, chart-topping singer, fashion icon and foul-mouthed homophobe wants a divorce from her closeted gay Premier League footballer husband. She calls on Andrew to organise it. Reality TV star Joey Camp’s career goes into free-fall after he launches an expletive-laden attack on The Queen on live television: he needs Andrew to save him. And Janey Jax, international Pop Goddess…well, what she wants is so twisted and bizarre that it shocks even Andrew.

   And as Andrew’s partner and lover, Johnny, begins a descent into celebrity-induced psychosis and a blackmailing paparazzi appears on the scene, things look set to become even more complicated.

   “I am incredibly wealthy, I am a fixer, I am a press agent, I am a re-packager and reviver of damaged celebrity. I know where all the bodies are buried. I know who did what to whom. I am a powerful and feared man…”

   With lashings of suicide, murder, drugs, blackmail and general bad behaviour, “I Really, Really Want It” is a dark, irreverent and no-holds barred take on celebrity-obsessed culture.

   “I Really Really Want It is a riotous romp through the world of celebrity, it is both hilarious and at times desperately sad. ‘I Really Really Want’ to read a sequel.” (Reader quote).

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   Author Bio:
   This is the author’s first novel. Over the years he has worked extensively in the field of public relations. The author refuses to disclose exactly what area of PR he worked in, or who his clients were and also refuses to be drawn on the question of whether or not his past work experience is reflected in the situations and characters featured in “I Really, Really Want It.”

   We cannot guarantee that the author’s given name is real, we do not know where he lives, or his age. The author himself freely admits that he has “issues” distinguishing between fact and fiction.

   08/07/2014

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7. The Golden Apple of Discord

   About The Golden Apple of Discord:

   Taralie Severin and her three sisters are a powerful coven of modern-day witches who banish mythical creatures in between classes and shifts at the police station. But when Taralie is kidnapped by vampires and converted into the undead, her sisters are ordered to execute her for crimes against the Milunfran order. Refusing, the sisters become fugitives from both their kind and vampires alike.

   Ignorant and hunted, Taralie becomes entangled with unlikely allies, a band of vampires in hiding from the ruling vamperic government. With this new addition to their coven Taralie must balance duty with desire while learning not everything is as it seems, their enemies are worse than she knows, and she could be on the verge of ending a thousand-year-old civil war.

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   Author Bio:
   Lauren Hodge is the oldest of seven children and an identical twin. She has three children and lives in Richland, Washington. Not only does she dislike author biographies immensely, she plays piano decently, cello poorly, likes to cook fattening foods, and shoot anything if gun powder is involved. She has an associates degree in general science and knows how to use it.

   Her idea of a good time is be a fly on the wall during a book club discussion where they pick apart her books.

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8. The Zombie, the Cat, and Barack Obama by Christopher Antony Meade

   About The Zombie, the Cat, and Barack Obama by Christopher Antony Meade:

   When the writer Christopher Anton visited his local cemetery, he little suspected what was to follow him home. The zombie Julian Faversham became his musically gifted, but psychopathic, housemate.

   “The Zombie, the Cat, and Barack Obama” begins with the hilarious account of how this odd coupling developed and then further morphs into a very funny political satire/horror comedy, in which the true origins and ancestry of Barack Obama, the founding of the Illuminati, what happened to Hitler’s body and a host of other modern conspiracy theories are satirised mercilessly.

   This is a book for those who enjoy a good laugh at the expense of those who claim to be our rulers.

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   Author Bio:
   I was born in Ireland but since I was exiled in 1986, for partying too heavily, I have lived in the United Kingdom. I have quieted down quite a bit since then and have worked at a variety of occupations, principally in the railway industry. My writing career started about five years ago and I have published many articles and “off the wall” stories. “The Zombie, the Cat, and Barack Obama” is my first complete book. I would like it to be the first of many.

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9. Three-Ways: A Detectives Seagate and Miner Mystery by Mike Markel

   About Three-Ways: A Detectives Seagate and Miner Mystery by Mike Markel:

   When grad student Austin Sulenka is found strangled, nude on his bed, the first question for Detectives Seagate and Miner is whether it was an auto-asphyxiation episode gone wrong. Evidence strewn around his small apartment suggests that he spent his last night with a number of different women. One was Tiffany, a former student who still resented the injustice of getting a C in the course when he promised her a B if she slept with him. Another was Austin’s beautiful girlfriend, May, who had never before encountered a man she could not totally beguile. Then there was his thesis adviser, Suzannah Montgomery, who might have inadvertently revealed to Austin some information about her past that could ruin her own career. These three women and their other partners had plenty of reasons to kill the philandering graduate student. As Detective Karen Seagate and her partner try to unravel the complicated couplings, she finds herself in a three-way relationship that threatens to destroy her own fragile sobriety.

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   Author Bio:
   Mike Markel teaches writing at Boise State University and is the author of many articles and eight books about writing and literature. He also writes the Detectives Seagate and Miner Mystery series, which is set in the fictional small city of Rawlings, Montana, home of Central Montana State University. That university is somewhat like Boise State University, but in Rawlings the weather is colder, the football team less successful, and the murder rate much, much higher.

   Mike lives with his wife in Boise.

   Follow Mike Markel on Facebook: facebook.com/pages/Mike-Markel-mystery-writer/111910452241789

   Read Mike’s tweets: twitter.com/mikemarkel

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