One dog's brief account of finding a cat and a rat (I mean puppy) and taking them both to heart.Her past was a lie. Her present is suspect. Now, The Future is coming for her….Samantha Marquet knows she’s being watched. What she doesn’t understand is why. After living with the sensation for seventeen years, sometimes she wonders if it’s all in her mind. Until the night her Shadow Watcher steps across her path, turning her world upside down.Recognizing his presence immediately, Sam isn’t afraid; she wants answers. But, the handsome stranger doesn’t give her any in their cryptic exchange. When he vanishes again, Sam is left with more questions than ever before.Before his motive is revealed, those the Shadow Watcher is sworn to protect Sam from move to strike. He appears again, in time to save her from a dangerous man. Only, this time Sam witnesses the attack, triggering a memory of seeing him once, before the watching began. At her father's funeral. And, he hasn't aged a day in the seventeen years since. With enemies Sam never knew existed closing in, her guardian is forced to reveal his oath to protect the Marquet family, their heirs and the secret they’ve kept safe for centuries. The secret holding the key to his youth – Sam’s inheritance. Something so precious, the most powerful men to live on Earth are willing to risk anything to possess it. As those fighting to control her inheritance threaten those she loves most, Sam is thrown into a world her parents went to great lengths to shield her from. A world where what seems impossible today is already possible tomorrow. Welcome to the Society in the Shadow of Civilization.

A collection of original poetry, "a Jar of Buttons" was written while I was an Adult Learner at Penn State University. It contains selections from the sublime to the ridiculous.Her past was a lie. Her present is suspect. Now, The Future is coming for her….Samantha Marquet knows she’s being watched. What she doesn’t understand is why. After living with the sensation for seventeen years, sometimes she wonders if it’s all in her mind. Until the night her Shadow Watcher steps across her path, turning her world upside down.Recognizing his presence immediately, Sam isn’t afraid; she wants answers. But, the handsome stranger doesn’t give her any in their cryptic exchange. When he vanishes again, Sam is left with more questions than ever before.Before his motive is revealed, those the Shadow Watcher is sworn to protect Sam from move to strike. He appears again, in time to save her from a dangerous man. Only, this time Sam witnesses the attack, triggering a memory of seeing him once, before the watching began. At her father's funeral. And, he hasn't aged a day in the seventeen years since. With enemies Sam never knew existed closing in, her guardian is forced to reveal his oath to protect the Marquet family, their heirs and the secret they’ve kept safe for centuries. The secret holding the key to his youth – Sam’s inheritance. Something so precious, the most powerful men to live on Earth are willing to risk anything to possess it. As those fighting to control her inheritance threaten those she loves most, Sam is thrown into a world her parents went to great lengths to shield her from. A world where what seems impossible today is already possible tomorrow. Welcome to the Society in the Shadow of Civilization.

Her past was a lie. Her present is suspect. Now, The Future is coming for her….Samantha Marquet knows she’s being watched. What she doesn’t understand is why. After living with the sensation for seventeen years, sometimes she wonders if it’s all in her mind. Until the night her Shadow Watcher crosses her path, and Sam learns what seems impossible today is already possible tomorrow....Her past was a lie. Her present is suspect. Now, The Future is coming for her….Samantha Marquet knows she’s being watched. What she doesn’t understand is why. After living with the sensation for seventeen years, sometimes she wonders if it’s all in her mind. Until the night her Shadow Watcher steps across her path, turning her world upside down.Recognizing his presence immediately, Sam isn’t afraid; she wants answers. But, the handsome stranger doesn’t give her any in their cryptic exchange. When he vanishes again, Sam is left with more questions than ever before.Before his motive is revealed, those the Shadow Watcher is sworn to protect Sam from move to strike. He appears again, in time to save her from a dangerous man. Only, this time Sam witnesses the attack, triggering a memory of seeing him once, before the watching began. At her father's funeral. And, he hasn't aged a day in the seventeen years since. With enemies Sam never knew existed closing in, her guardian is forced to reveal his oath to protect the Marquet family, their heirs and the secret they’ve kept safe for centuries. The secret holding the key to his youth – Sam’s inheritance. Something so precious, the most powerful men to live on Earth are willing to risk anything to possess it. As those fighting to control her inheritance threaten those she loves most, Sam is thrown into a world her parents went to great lengths to shield her from. A world where what seems impossible today is already possible tomorrow. Welcome to the Society in the Shadow of Civilization.

Lena has managed to carve out an almost idyllic life for herself in the small seaside town of Monterey until the unexpected and illogically explained death of her best friend pulls her out of the life she has painstakingly built and thrusts her into a topsy-turvy world of characters and situations that teaches her more about human nature than she could imagine or expected.Award Winning Author I. A. Watson, one of the most prolific voices in New Pulp, takes readers into a world of history of fantasy, one marred with magic, monsters, and mystery in his exclusive original Pro Se Single Shot Signatures Series Byzantium.In a world where Christianity never arose to sweep away the old magics, where sorcerer-guilds and necromancer-kings rule amidst the Roman ruins, Kirkgrim the Wanderer joins a caravan train across war-torn wasteland to the world's most corrupt city. The reluctant hero finds himself trapped with travelers, refugee orphans, deserter soldiers, a beautiful hunted sorceress, and one mad viking, amidst civil war, religious zealots, brutal reavers, and a growing zombie army - guarding a secret that could bring the last vestiges of civilization crashing down in flames.In Byzantium Book One: Dead Men’s Road, a beautiful woman tasked with delivering a sealed package to the Invisible College in Byzantium is pursued by merciless bandits, relentless undead, and a charming scoundrel who has nothing to lose.

In Byzantium Book One: Dead Men’s Road, a beautiful woman tasked with delivering a sealed package to the Invisible College in Byzantium is pursued by merciless bandits, relentless undead, and a charming scoundrel who has nothing to lose.Award Winning Author I. A. Watson, one of the most prolific voices in New Pulp, takes readers into a world of history of fantasy, one marred with magic, monsters, and mystery in his exclusive original Pro Se Single Shot Signatures Series Byzantium.In a world where Christianity never arose to sweep away the old magics, where sorcerer-guilds and necromancer-kings rule amidst the Roman ruins, Kirkgrim the Wanderer joins a caravan train across war-torn wasteland to the world's most corrupt city. The reluctant hero finds himself trapped with travelers, refugee orphans, deserter soldiers, a beautiful hunted sorceress, and one mad viking, amidst civil war, religious zealots, brutal reavers, and a growing zombie army - guarding a secret that could bring the last vestiges of civilization crashing down in flames.In Byzantium Book One: Dead Men’s Road, a beautiful woman tasked with delivering a sealed package to the Invisible College in Byzantium is pursued by merciless bandits, relentless undead, and a charming scoundrel who has nothing to lose.

All Eva wants is to disappear into the busy day to day of the circus she ran away to--but a dangerous mask falls into her hands and drives her into death defying acts.In The Hanged Man's Ghost, Fynn met the ghost of a circus performer named Eva. The Girl with Two Faces tells the story of fourteen-year-old Eva's encounter with a cursed mask that drives her to seek fame with more and more dangerous feats of tightrope walking.Eva will have to find the strength to break free of the mask's influence and make peace with the father she's hated her whole life.Prequel to The Hanged Man's Ghost.

"With subtle humor and a charming regional voice, James Rhodes cleverly crafts a story of vengeance, mystery and witchcraft. Deftly weaving the ordinary and supernatural Rhodes leads readers along a path strewn with dreary workaday details offset by exciting glimpses of an otherworld that threatens to destroy the safety of the mundane."Kirsten Imani Kasai; Ice Song, Tatoo, Private PleasuresGary faces an austere and lonely Easter. He is unemployed, single, magically bound to the village of Hettford and estranged from the other witch hunters. Only the mystery of the eggs can save him.The Easter Special bridges the gap between Series One and Series Two. Series Two will be available in June 2013.

Read the first SEVEN CHAPTERS of the "Tale of a Patriot" novel. It's an introductory that may not last long. If these first seven chapters intrigue you the other twelve will captivate you. Follow Joe as he transforms from a simple farm-boy to a player in the American Revolution.This introductory offer may not last long. Read the first SEVEN of a NINETEEN CHAPTER Novel named, "Tale of a Patriot". In the late 1700's Their is civil unrest in the American Colonies. When war erupts, Joe, like most Colonists, has mixed feelings. "Am I British Or Am I An American", he kept repeating to himself. Deciding he wants to help his new country Joe attempts to join Washington's Army. Because of his age all he can be is an orderly or a drummer. Not wanting to shine shoes or beat a drum, Joe enlists in the newly formed Continental Navy. At first Joe has trouble accepting the strictness of military life. Slowly Joe transforms, from a simple farm-boy to a player in the American Revolution.

Just My Opinion series is one that I'll build upon as time progresses. Now that I am retired I have the time to start going through these old files. If I'd kept every old computer I ever had everything would be readily accessible, but I didn't. Some I will publish with present day comments. Hope you enjoy them!Just My Opinion series is one that I'll build upon as time progresses. My first computer was a TI-99. I have stories and files on cassette tape, 5 1/2 in floppy's, 3.25 floppy's, old hard drives, and on stacks of paper. Now that I am retired I have the time to start going through these old files. If I'd kept every old computer I ever had everything would be readily accessible. When I hit a roadblock on the stories I'm presently writing I go back and look through these old files. Some were so wild I just deleted them. Others I will publish with present day comments. Hope you enjoy them!

He saw the shapes of the mercenaries moving around near the pub's airlock, and ran ran out into the sandstorm at a right angle to the vehicle so the mercenaries wouldn't see him. When he couldn't see them any more, he curved back towards the vehicle. It was a bus, a long range transport, the type usually used to connect smaller settlements to major hubs.General Rome waited until the mercenaries were in the airlock before jumping to his feet and grabbing his duster and respirator mask. "I'll be back," he said to the waitress as he ran to the door into the motel. He swung the duster over his shoulders as he stepped into the lobby airlock, then pushed the respirator mask to his face as he hit the button for the outer airlock door. As he stepped out into the swirling sand, he pulled the strap of the respirator mask over the back of his head, and the mask pressurized. Across the lot a vehicle had just landed. All Rome could see through the sand were the lights, but based on their spacing it had to be a truck or a bus.He saw the shapes of the mercenaries moving around near the pub's airlock, and ran ran out into the sandstorm at a right angle to the vehicle so the mercenaries wouldn't see him. When he couldn't see them any more, he curved back towards the vehicle. It was a bus, a long range transport, the type usually used to connect smaller settlements to major hubs. Someone was climbing out, several people. General Rome ducted under one of the short wings that supported the turbofans, and crept up behind the new arrivals, he couldn't see the mercenaries anywhere. Rome pulled out his pistol and dagger, but left the dagger's plasma-blade turned off as the light would immediately alert everyone to his presence.

When a Cessna 180 crashes into a miner's cottage in historic uptown Butte, Montana, Evel Knievel's home town, two men flee the plane leaving behind a third who isn’t talking. He’s dead. Did the victim, a high profile ex-con, deserve this fate? Just how did he die?Butte may be the most unplastic place in America." ~Molly Ivins"Butte was mercurial.... The wicked, wealthy, full blooded little city welcomed me with wild enthusiasm of the most disorderly kind."~Theodore Roosevelt In the town that produced Evel Knievel, a plane that attempts to land on a city street is not a surprise, unless the pilot disappears and leaves a dead man in his place. When a Cessna 180 crashes into a miner’s cottage in historic uptown Butte, two men flee the plane leaving behind a third who isn’t talking. He’s dead. Did the victim, a high profile ex-con, deserve this fate? Just how did he die? Chance Dawson and his sister, Mesa, who edits the weekly paper pursue a bittersweet story that takes them from Montana to Idaho and Utah where western individualism and retribution collide to reveal a killer.

Eve started to laugh. She was standing in her home of the past decade, an airship that might as well be dead. The only way she could get it functional again was to make it back to the colony, across sand-pits that could swallow her whole, and then get the neural processor back from Tadeusz before it starved to death.Eve started to laugh. She was standing in her home of the past decade, an airship that might as well be dead. The only way she could get it functional again was to make it back to the colony, across sand-pits that could swallow her whole, and then get the neural processor back from Tadeusz before it starved to death, and before the algae in the in the airship's oxygen recyclers and fuel-cells starved.From somewhere inside her there came a deep swell of emotion, and she screamed. Some of it was from the loss of her husband. Some of it was fear of these terrible people. Some of it was just anger. But most of it was a nameless emotion, something primal, the feeling that an animal might have, when after being chased into a corner, it turns to attack its predator. That emotion when not only does it need to fight, but a switch in its mind has been thrown and now it wants to fight.

Mary Ellen's mother won't let her grow up or go away. Her grip is strong as death.William Wright was just trying to hide from the local school bullies in the library. But when a mysterious book turns out to talk, William finds himself on a magical adventure.With the bullies after him, William casts the final spell in the book and is whisked away to the mysterious land of Camelot, a land filled with knights and dragons, wizards and goblins, death and betrayal. A dangerous place, where leaving the safety of the castle walls means certain death for any inexperienced traveller.With an evil sorcerer threatening life in Camelot, it's up to William, a young girl named Sarah and her brother to save the kingdom before it's too late.

When Mrs. Brittle died, she left her mansion to her cats. Sixteen-year-old Erin has been desperate to find work and a high paying position cat sitting the late Mrs. Brittle’s thirty-seven cats seems like a dream job—until spooky things start to happen. Read what happens Halloween night, when Erin invites her two best friends and the boy she likes over to the Cat House.William Wright was just trying to hide from the local school bullies in the library. But when a mysterious book turns out to talk, William finds himself on a magical adventure.With the bullies after him, William casts the final spell in the book and is whisked away to the mysterious land of Camelot, a land filled with knights and dragons, wizards and goblins, death and betrayal. A dangerous place, where leaving the safety of the castle walls means certain death for any inexperienced traveller.With an evil sorcerer threatening life in Camelot, it's up to William, a young girl named Sarah and her brother to save the kingdom before it's too late.

Follow William, his new found friend Sarah and her brother in a fantastic adventure through the land of Camelot. Can they save the kingdom from an evil sorcerer in time?William Wright was just trying to hide from the local school bullies in the library. But when a mysterious book turns out to talk, William finds himself on a magical adventure.With the bullies after him, William casts the final spell in the book and is whisked away to the mysterious land of Camelot, a land filled with knights and dragons, wizards and goblins, death and betrayal. A dangerous place, where leaving the safety of the castle walls means certain death for any inexperienced traveller.With an evil sorcerer threatening life in Camelot, it's up to William, a young girl named Sarah and her brother to save the kingdom before it's too late.