The Lake District is the focus of this short collection of poems and other pieces of writing. The e-book is split into three sections. The first looks at the raw, natural beauty of the place. The second focuses on its ability to evoke change in people. The third and final one is about the effects that tourism is having on the place.
Free on Kindle.
Free: A Region of Reverie
February 28, 2022 By
Free: Viral
February 28, 2022 By
COVID-19 continues to have long-lasting effects on the world. The pieces of writing in this collection cover three related themes: Lockdown, The Government and The Media. The first looks at life under strict rules, the second questions the decisions of those in charge and the third asks whether the media is helping matters or making things worse.
Free on Kindle.
Leaves Rippling The Water
February 23, 2022 By
Words are like leaves, some fall without much thought— and some may never fall for years
Leaves Rippling the Water is a three-part poetry collection about the leaves of love, self-discovery, and change that happen to fall into the waters of life and make everlasting ripples. $2.99 on Kindle.
Non Semper Fidelis
February 23, 2022 By
A racially charged novel about authority, loyalty, and the cost of morality. Read this award-nominated story by Sam Foster before the debut of The American Trilogy series, and the first book in the series, A Panther Crosses Over, coming March 8.
$5.99 on Kindle.
It Happened On Our Watch
February 19, 2022 By
This is a personal story. It follows along from childhood to parenthood, school girl to career woman, with many hellos and goodbyes along the way. In it the reader will be hit with the cold, cold water of the insidious racism faced by many. Asked to consider the examples of suspicious eyes while shopping, being passed over for promotion or being limited to living in only certain parts of town all with the backdrop of notable events that inspired the political movement and the many events of the nation and world over the past several decades. Still there is a thread of community, family and love tying together the fabric of life from 1950 – the present. It is a clear-eyed view of country, community, and family and though much has been lost, much remains. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: The Cool and Warmth of Hearts
February 18, 2022 By
The Cool and Warmth of Hearts takes the reader on a whirlwind journey of romance, from longing to heartache and everything in between. Through poignant poetic storytelling imbued with a fusion of Shakespearean and Byronic diction, J.A. Santana seamlessly breathes new life into the realm of love and the undeniable poetry it evokes. As the tides within ebb and flow with the turn of every page, each reader will be fully immersed in the throes of passion by book’s end. Free on Kindle.
Free: Broken Pieces of God
February 17, 2022 By
Unemployment, failed chemotherapy, and no insurance bring Eddy and Gayle to life’s precipice. Desperate, Eddy turns to a statue of Jesus, seeking a miracle, while Gayle dives deeper into a scheme she has been concocting for twenty-five years.
In the meantime, their adult offspring, Rich and Sandy, grapple with the aftershock of a tragic incident that has shadowed their lives since high school. What will happen when their secret is revealed? Free on Kindle.
Free: What A Dream: My Subconscious Poetry
February 16, 2022 By
Are you struggling with finding peace of mind?
Would you like to discover more peace than you can find?
well, this poetry book is for you…
Thee Age Of Enlightenment – is the first clue…
Stay encouraged.
Do you need encouragement?
This poetry book is for you…
I’m Going To Start Writing Again – is the second clue…
This book is about 10 different topics written in the form of poetry containing clues…
This new style of written poetry is exciting to see.
This new style of written poetry is exciting to read.
Just on these notes, let this book of poetry called: “What A Dream”
speak life, encouragement, and peace to you…
**Please share this poetry book with as many people as you can.
I will greatly appreciate it. Thank you kindly. And remember, on this note, is nothing but peace… Free on Kindle.
Just River
February 12, 2022 By
The Otis, an inconsequential river-not the Hudson-flows through Wattsville, a small city a few hours north but a universe away from the real City, capital C. You might think the everyday people who live here, in this land of scarce opportunity, are also inconsequential. Until you meet them.
Sam, a cross-dresser with a voice like Tina Turner’s and his best friend Carol, a cashier who stress eats, prove their mettle when Carol’s daughter Garnet is imprisoned for defending herself against a violent boyfriend. Sam and Carol’s plots to save Garnet have consequences, however. An innocent boy is blamed for their actions and kidnapped, a dog gets poisoned, and Garnet’s life is imperiled as parole becomes a distant dream. In the end, it’s the river that offers up justice for these heroes-at-heart. But they will need to be able to swim. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: In the Dust
February 12, 2022 By
In the Dust is the debut novella from Australian writer Takani Dillon.
The story is of Eddy Sky, a teenage misanthrope who firmly believes that the rules of society should not apply to him, nor to any truly free individual. Disillusioned by his upper-class family, his small-town Australia surroundings and the modern world in general, he leaves for the city, determined to make his own way & leave his own mark. Once there, he enters a strange world of corporate crime, where even drug dealers wear suits. Free on Kindle.
When Told Out Loud
February 12, 2022 By
Poetry debut by Jaroslaw Swiqcik, which focuses on whispers of love and what could have been—had they been felt or spoken out loud. This chapbook centers around emotion in effort to capture the intangible moments between people, and what was perhaps lost in translation along the way. $0.99 on Kindle.
Arnold Falls
February 8, 2022 By
“Incredibly funny” (Kirkus)
“Charming, delightful, and endless fun” (BlueInk)
Spend time in the funny, oddball village of Arnold Falls, where larger-than-life characters deal with the smallest of problems. Arnold Falls is a novel that tips its hat to Armistead Maupin and P. G. Wodehouse, creating a world in which food, music, friendship, and love are connected in surprising ways.
A visit to Arnold Falls is a smart, funny, effervescent literary escapade well-worth the taking. With Mayberry heart and P’town hipness, this is small-town life at its best.” (Chanticleer Book Review) $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: Behind the Fourth Wall
February 7, 2022 By
New York playwright Noah Miller had it all–a supportive wife, a precocious daughter, a promising career. Then, suddenly, all is lost.
Free on Kindle.
Free: Bonfire of the Beasts
February 6, 2022 By
READ THE CONTROVERSIAL NEW RELEASE.
Bonfire of the Beasts is the most searing satire of political correctness ever.
It’s the story of animals who rise up against their human oppressors and attempt to create a society finally free of bigotry and hate. What unfolds is a depiction of the all-too-human way in which sympathy and love can pave the way for unimaginable horrors. Free on Kindle.
From the Lighthouse
February 1, 2022 By
Knot doesn’t remember how they came to live with Bigman, nor whether their name is actually Knot. Bigman calls, and Knot answers. Not a boy. Not a girl. Not getting any bigger over the past twenty years.
John Bigman makes enough money selling good weather to those who believe his claims of magic to keep the bank from taking the unfinished lighthouse where he lives in an uneasy truce with Knot. Bigman still bleeds where Knot bit him years ago, and they still sometimes try to stab him during arguments.
Most of the time, the two get along. Knot watches tv in their room. Bigman plays video games in his library. They go fishing, with Knot catching most of the fish and Bigman dozing among the mangroves that have infested their beach.
But Bigman is getting old. His control over Knot has been slipping. His strength was barely enough to foil Knot’s last attempt at running away. That was before Knot found allies, who have their own reasons for wanting Knot to escape from the lighthouse.
$4.99 on Kindle.
Screwed Up: Penitentiary Poetry
February 1, 2022 By
Screwed Up: Penitentiary Poetry takes a raw, unfiltered approach to the complexities of being incarcerated in a federal prison system and those who were confined within it. Those who have had their voices taken away finally have the platform to voice their feelings.
This hand-picked collection of poems sheds light onto the thoughts and feelings of a group of inmates who found themselves on the wrong side of the law. Thoughtful and raw insights into romance, heartbreak, injustice, prejudice, and recovery give this book unseen viewpoints on federal inmates. These artistic expressions demonstrate the fragility, vulnerability, uncertainty, longing, desire, and remorse that often gets overlooked by mainstream perspectives… (read more at www.amazon.com/author/pentuppoems) $7.99 on Kindle.
Free: Bowl of Fruit (1907)
February 1, 2022 By
When Leon agrees to meet the mysterious ghostwriter Anna Tor, the devastating secrets of the past are revealed one by one to bind them ever closer together. “A magically original story about two strangers and enticing secrets.” –IndieReader (5 Star Review) Free on Kindle.
Free: Euphoric Drift
January 27, 2022 By
Euphoric Drift instantly takes the reader on an intimate journey through the ins and outs of UFO encounter, and the resulting mystifying aftermath. Meticulously crafted by a UFO abductee, these poetic snippets of multiple-perspective experiences reveal an exploration of ambiguity–and through that exploration, an examination of the innermost self arises. Obscurity merges with the rigidity of real-life in this collection of compelling poems. By book’s end, your psyche will inevitably drift to the far reaches of the cosmos and beyond.This collection of poetry focuses on UFO sightings from different personas who integrate their encounter with a life already crisscrossed with issues from relationships, personal ambitions, and exploration of the self. Free on Kindle.
Everything Special, Living Joy
January 24, 2022 By
This book is about how we look at life: the glass half-empty or half-full. The name was inspired by Charlotte Joko Beck’s book, Nothing Special, Living Zen. It was written at an eight-day silent meditation retreat. It was the gift of silence, the time to just be, and a “room of one’s own” that allowed the writing to happen. It was written in between meditation sittings and walking. The prose and poems help inspire one to view life through a glass half-full. It speaks to passionate living, impermanence, imagination and the dark, evil, reincarnation, trust, peaceful rapture, dying/reconciling, and opening to the unknown. It is a reminder that “if we were meant to be perfect, we would not need this life experience.” As one poem states, “This book is not a how to. It is a reminder, A Remembering as we struggle along the way.” $0.99 on Kindle.
50 States
January 23, 2022 By
50 States is a debut collection of short stories that captures the human condition across the American landscape — the kind and cruel, the heroic and criminal — in unpredictable and suspenseful ways. $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: American Delusions
January 23, 2022 By
In American Delusions Oliver and Amanda seek to become the next great American writers. In their way they face a murder mystery, Hollywood celebrity, a possible school shooting, and more. They unravel most, however, due to problems of their own making…
Free on Kindle.
Free: Buzz Books 2022: Spring/Summer
January 18, 2022 By
Buzz Books 2022: Spring/Summer is the 20th (!) volume in our popular sampler series. As always, Buzz Books presents passionate readers with an insider’s look at the buzziest books due out this season. Such major bestselling authors as Geraldine Brooks, Sloane Crosley, Chris Pavone, Emma Straub, and Adriana Trigiani are featured, along with literary greats Abdulrazak Gurnah (our first Nobel Prize in Literature winner), NoViolet Bulawayo, Mohsin Hamid, and Marianne Wiggins. Free on Kindle.
Free: The Sins of Others
January 15, 2022 By
Florian Schneider
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Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 11:27 AM
The international story of a young aspiring conflict zone reporter turned Hollywood celebrity photographer and his estranged mother, a brilliant social activist turned militant fanatic who’s been on the run from Interpol for thirty years, as well as the array of people they encounter on their (mostly) separate journeys to deliverance. Free on Kindle.
The Great Mongolian Bowling League of the United States of America
January 15, 2022 By
HAROLD KUSHNER and his roommate of thirty years, Murray Schwartz, are average senior citizens facing down their mortality in a trailer park in Land O’ Lakes, Florida. Two self-professed “best Jewish bowlers ever” wind up contestants in the first-ever Great Mongolian Bowling League Tournament in the U.S.A. The rivalry becomes a high stakes roll-off as Harold approaches “perfection” (defined in the bowling world as three 300- score games in a row) despite a fix set by the alley’s mobster-owners. As the reporters and camera crews swarm to cover his amazing feat, Harold finds himself in a life review spanning back to his Bar Mitzvah and a past incarnation as a Mongolian warrior in the era of Genghis Khan, as he ponders profound questions we all ask as we near the end of our lives: Did my life have meaning? Did I fulfill my potential? Was I a good person?
Can Harold roll perfection to help his new Mongolian friends and live to tell the tale? The uncanny action unfolds in this beautiful comedy illuminating that although we come from worlds far apart, we share a common humanity. The outcome will impact millions… and strike you right in the heart. $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: Escape to ‘Indrieg’
January 15, 2022 By
In this short story Daryl welcomes you into his ‘safe place’, “Indrieg”,
“an island of dreams and boundless possibilities, blended seamlessly with impossibilities … coral sand beaches, waterfalls, lakes and palm trees.”
As he escapes the pressures of everyday life, landing unceremoniously on the stool in his shed, he soon gets to work on his latest project. Time is of the essence – at any moment he may be forced to make an unscheduled departure, landing back in reality with a thud!
Maybe you can relate to Daryl’s frequent visits to his own world! Maybe, you know what it’s like to experience the cost of an unintentional grunt of agreement, whilst engrossed in adding the most intricate finishing touches to your latest project! If so, you’re bound to enjoy reading, as Daryl humorously recalls the embarrassing situations he finds himself in, when returning to reality.
Free on Kindle.
