Beloved classics? Yes. Same stories? Absolutely not.
Featuring 12 Short Stories where each one takes a well-known Fairy Tale and propels them into uncharted territories creating surprising perspectives that challenge the very essence of the original tales.
Note from Author:
These are NOT Grandma’s Bedtime Stories. $0.99 on Kindle.
Enslaved as a gladiator and thrust into a princes game of espionage, Zephyrus has only two clues to help unlock his shattered past: a prophecy foretelling destruction, and a letter to the enemy king, promising peace. Now Zephyrus must survive the dangers of the gladiatorial arena, the cunning fury of the Princes enemies, and the Gods torment if he is to find the truth of his identity and fulfill his fate. But to have any hope of breaking the cycle, first he must secure his freedom and not just from his slavers.
Within this vengeful realm, a queen protecting her kingdom, a prince defending his father, and a gladiator slave haunted by a prophecy each contend for their own brand of freedom. But the Gods have an agenda of their own, and they’ll use any vessel patrician, plebeian, or slave to see it done.
The scales must be balanced. By peace. Or by blood. Free on Kindle.
In late 1980s rural Kansas, Mara finds herself taking on more than she can chew. Mara’s mother is a woman arguably ahead of her own time when it comes to the investigative day job she holds, and her own progressive take and unwanted oversharing of her thoughts on the day’s larger social justice issues.
Mara’s story allows the reader to start their journey following her mother’s divorce from Mara’s abusive stepfather, and make the move with Mara, her two youngest sisters, and her mother from city life to the rural awakenings that seem to only exacerbate her mother’s own baby boomer inclination towards double standards. Sprinkle in three know-it-all rural town biddies to ensure that The Greatest Generation has their say, and it’s no wonder Xer children are now all referred to as “survivors.” Mara is determined to show her mother, and an entire town of rural Kansans, that the only parties in need of a clue are they themselves. As long as Mara remains convinced that she will win in the battle of wills against her seasoned mother, absolutely nothing at all will go sidewise in this book for any of the characters.
An authentic throwdown between the baby boomer and Xer generations, delving into everything from childhood abuse, racism, abortion, religion, higher education, and ensuring those familial elitists who we all believe we know (and either love or hate) are well set for the next generation of epic failure and loss. Sure to infuriate all comers, keep everyone laughing and crying in equal measures. Mara and her mother prove that simply being human, and a product of one’s own generational time, cultural norms, and familial expectations is more than sufficient to ensure offensiveness for generations to come. The challenge lies in learning to love and find the best in each other during times when the last thing in the world any of us wants to do is love or find the best in each other.
This book comes with every trigger warning known to mankind. If you are a survivor of childhood sexual or physical abuse and trauma, post-abortion trauma, or racial-related childhood or adult traumas, the author of this book cautions the reader. This book is intended for mature audiences over the age of twenty-five. Parents are not advised to purchase this book for young teenage readers. $9.99 on Kindle.
In a small fishing village in ancient China, the singing girl of Dongying captures the attention of the Prince’s Court with her unparalleled beauty. Siao Wei makes her choice, a life-changing decision that forever alters her fate.
Catapulted to a palace and bestowed with the title of Princess, Siao Wei realizes she has made a dreadful mistake. The longing for her childhood companion, now lost, haunts her every step. As delicate threads of her life unravel like silk, she finds herself stripped of her son, her sanity, and everything she holds dear.
Meanwhile, conflicting loyalties of her citizens boil over, and the delicate balance of the Princedom teeters on the precipice of anarchy. Armed with her passionate song and unwavering hope, Siao Wei must summon the strength to quell the imminent civil war and bring harmony back to the land. $3.99 on Kindle.
Have you ever looked back and wondered what went wrong?
From consuming love to instant heartbreak, we often dissect every aspect of a relationship to figure out where such a life-altering shift occurred. With a life turned upside down after her husband’s brutal betrayal, Chelsey Marie picks up her pen to discover her own truth.
In No One Dies From Love, she crafts a beautifully raw collection of poems as she journeys through love, betrayal, heartbreak, and renewal. She spirals through memories, lies, and possessions to find herself again and claim her new identity. As each poem reveals, she learns about an inner strength, long dormant, that allows her to forge a new trajectory for her future self, her future life, and her future happiness.
Through her eloquent and descriptive prose, Chelsey Marie shows us that we can be strong and flawed, vulnerable and deserving. Her poetry dissects the evolution of a failed relationship and all that was gained through its loss. Free on Kindle.
35 crisp, literary short stories, packed with human drama, quirky sex, nutty religion, and lots of not-gonna-take-it-anymore women, both human and otherwise. See the author’s website, ARGregory.com, for some sample reading, and see “The Seduction of Emy and Other Stories” trailer on YouTube. $2.99 on Kindle.
After being laid off from his job at a prestigious consulting firm, Dean decides to embark on a journey across East Africa with his younger brother. Unknowingly, they travel into bandit territory where a medical emergency forces them to choose between their safety and their health.
Inspired by true events, The Watermelon King follows the journey of two brothers as they backpack across one of East Africa’s most inhospitable regions. As they endure endless days of difficult travel, a series of short stories written by their father begins to uncover their inherent desire for adventure and their connection to the past. Along the way they begin to understand the beauty and frustration of life in Africa. Free on Kindle.
It’s July of 1970. The decaying beach town of Asbury Park, New Jersey erupts with racial unrest that propels three unlikely teenage friends into turmoil. Adam, Mollie, and Howard struggle with family conflicts and their racial, cultural and class identities in the midst of the chaos. Town and teens will never be the same. $0.99 on Kindle.
THE DUZY HOUSE OF MOURNING is the compelling story of a young woman who survived an unthinkable accident the night she was born, an accident that claimed the life of her father, and forever altered her mother who sustained a traumatic brain injury.
The book opens 22 years later. January Duzinski has been raised by her Polish paternal grandparents and works as an embalmer in their mortuary. She’s a bit of an introvert, completely comfortable with the dead, completely brilliant (like her mother was) at the piano. And she has a very conflicted relationship with her non-verbal, disabled mother, Claire.
But January’s life is about to veer off its course with the arrival of one Oscar Thibodeau—attorney for her maternal grandmother, Rose Winston, a woman January has never met, a woman who is suddenly deceased. It seems there is a Steinway concert grand piano up for grabs…and anything else that might interest January.
Thus begins January’s reluctant journey into the incredible life of her mother. Through Claire’s diaries January is introduced to a strong, savvy, confident, enormously talented girl who disinherited herself from the wealth and trappings of a life she did not want. January is also made privy to a firsthand account of her parents’ love story, and the price Claire paid to be with her Polish undertaker. For the first time, January meets the father she has only known through her Duzinski grandparents. $0.99 on Kindle.
From the writer of the celebrated paranormal thriller Hallowed Ground comes a collection of poetry that takes you on an inimitable journey through sin, salvation, pain, bliss, love, and heartbreak. Moody Black Chick celebrates the range of emotions that make us wonderfully complicated beings and bares witness to the evolution of the human soul. $2.99 on Kindle.
All my life, I was taught to follow the leader, as they coerced my thoughts, scrubbed my mind, confined my thinking, grabbed my attention and molded my every idea, like locking a bird into a cage.
Poetry came to the rescue as it released those birds from the cage; every bird flew into the sky, chose its own paths, encountered its own winds, witnessed its own colors…
As a child at night lying in bed, I saw the stars twinkling back at me, scintillating, sparking something in my young mind. They explained this magic as just physics: stars burst, light traveled, years, decades, even centuries later it reaches you and me.
It seems like I had never felt any magic until one day, when I recalled a line from a dead poet. I sensed his words lit up the night sky for me. It came and left, nothing to do with how far they had to travel. As imagination soars with those birds into the clouds, from that moment on, I started to compile the flashing glimmers, one by one, one cluster at a time.
Through so many years I counted, there were 105 poets of the past I have compiled in “A Few Words About Stars,” in the last two chapters of this book.
I know, there are many more birds and stars.
But, I chose to stop counting and am sorry to have missed those I did not include in this tally. I pray and believe there will always be more eyes to view the stars above with wonder, and more poets to light up the night sky in the foreseeable and unforeseeable future.
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This book brings you stories by women who broke new ground over 100 years ago through their literary brilliance, activism or ideas that were ahead of their time. The stories cover a variety of themes including relationships, loss, justice and freedom. There’s an insightful look at a relationship between two artists in ‘Coming Aphrodite’; a murder mystery with a unique twist in ‘A Jury of Her Peers’; and a tale of music, passion and loss in ‘M’sieu Fortier’s Violin’. Also included is the frequently anthologized ‘A White Heron’ and Katherine Mansfield’s masterpiece, ‘A Garden Party’. This collection is a celebration of 7 fabulous female writers and their courage, creativity and talent!
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Crazy world, so here’s a crazy book. Eccentric alienation, chaotic love and sex. Dedicated to passion for creative writing and essential freedom of expression, two irrepressible young characters seek to truly satisfy legitimate emotional and physical needs. Exorbitant beer drinking, rock music, travel, humor, hardship, all culminate in a collision course through exciting Las Vegas, a proven haven for outcasts, misfits, loners, and misunderstood nonconformists like them. $2.99 on Kindle.
Darkly romantic and wickedly twisted; a young woman who learns to become strong in the face of impossible circumstances, and a man who finds light in the midst of overwhelming darkness. Prepare yourself for the first book in a haunting new series…Loveletting.
GOLD WINNER FOR GENERAL FICTION IN THE 2023 NEXT GENERATION INDIES AWARDS
GOLD WINNER FOR ROMANCE IN THE 2023 FEATHERED QUILL BOOK AWARDS
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Fleeing from her home after escaping the murder of her mother, inexperienced and petrified by reality with her horse as her only companion – Charlotte is met by the most notorious serial killer of the nation. His dark past and her dark future collide, in a world filled with dangers far greater than him.
Set in the rugged Victorian west at the end of the 19th century with a myriad of complex characters, all intertwined in a brutal environment that examines the conflicting nature and morality of humanity. Charlotte may be innocent at heart, but the world she lives in is not. Filled with dangers from gangs to cults and a mysterious horror element that persists throughout – the overarching gothic love story fills this thrilling, dark adventure up until the haunting end…leaving the reader with an existential dread so deep that it must be read to be understood, yet craving for more.
This novel is definitely for an adult audience, as the content is very heavy and challenging. It will appeal to those interested in a gothic romance with undertones of psychological horror. Most importantly, this book is a form of literary fiction; as character development is the most crucial factor in telling this story and it does not follow the typical tropes of a genre book. Subtle hints to the dark machinations behind the scenes, and interweaving characters who gradually change and grow over time, all work together to create a living world – filled with the unexpected – in which to lose yourself within.
If you want something to read on autopilot, and wish for the plot to follow a certain expected pattern, this is not the book for you. This experience will challenge you; a gripping story that will invade you, heart and mind, long after reading. Free on Kindle.
Poétish believes “you’d have written these poems” because we go through same emotions as we live. This is the first publication of this upcoming Australian Poet slash song writer. Much love to all Poetry lovers. $2.99 on Kindle.
Kenna is the daughter of a celebrity America loves (if only they knew…) Rachel was her surrogate mother and she’s now a grieving widow. Kenna needs help and needs it now, Rachel needs a reason to keep going. Together they’ll embrace an epic road trip toward new places and new lives. $2.99 on Kindle.
Stephen C. Pollock’s poetry collection Exits nods to the literary traditions of years past while simultaneously speaking to the present moment. Multilayered and musical, the poems in Exits have drawn comparisons to the work of Eavan Boland and Seamus Heaney. With bold imagery, attention to form, and a consistent through line rooted in the theme of mortality, Pollock’s collection responds to contemporary anxieties surrounding death and the universal search for meaning in life’s transience. $1.99 on Kindle.
Four remarkably unsuccessful stories by one remarkably unsuccessful author. Yet each has its moments.
All I Longed for Long Ago Was You – A story of love that echoes through time.
The romance in this book is gorgeous and the emotions expressed by the characters are very strong, especially the love and longing for each other.-Shaz-Goodreads
AMANDA – A story of forgiveness and second chances.
The plot tugs at the heart without guile, grown from a simple, touching seed-crystal: the author’s stumbling on a memorial plaque to a lost child. Moore’s prose, as direct and open-hearted, engages and drives a classic story-Lost in Romance Books.
The Christmas Story – How a Christmas Stocking helps keep precious memories alive.
I loved reading this book. It is short but powerful. Sad when we lose someone we love. Even sadder when we try not to remember them just so we don’t get emotional. This book made me cry. Happy tears of course! Robyn Micheals-Goodreads
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The Mist – How three friends conquer their fears and save an ancient civilization from extinction.
Three friends are connected to the past and have to deal with monsters, myths and mayhem to find a way to make things right. This book is a different tale than I was expecting, but is a good, short read that holds the reader’s imagination and attention. P.S. Winn-Goodreads
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The Vietnam War ended decades ago, but its heroes are still here. They are as diverse as America itself, but all of them have key things in common: love for their country, love for their families, and love for that greatest of vintages, Chianti.
A young boy learns the truth of his father’s service in Vietnam. An imposed tour in Vietnam separates two young lovers. A survivor of la Drang Valley contemplates ending his life right before Christmas. A charismatic, but troubled Vietnam vet longs for a woman he can never have. An Air Force Major, part of Operation Babylift, returns home to New York to bury her beloved brother. A “tunnel rat” saves a woman from her abusive boyfriend. A Silver Star recipient performs one last act of selfless courage and discovers what waits for him on the other side of life. A beloved community veteran suffers a senseless act of violence. A Special Forces operative pulls off the heist of a lifetime. Three old friends reminisce over the loss of a veteran and local legend.
Settle in with your beverage of choice and prepare for a collection of short stories that will touch your heart and remind you of the real people behind the history. Free on Kindle.
Magnolia Song is the explosive saga of two Memphis families whose intertwined fates spiral out of control over four generations of heartbreak and renewal. It’s a rollicking gallop of a novel, a stampede over rough terrain, where the absurd leavens a yeasty mix of sin, sacrifice, and redemption, imbuing the least of the characters with an irrepressible dignity.
“It’s not often that a tale this breathtaking manages to sweep up in its headlong trajectory such a gallery of complex, authentic, and utterly mad characters. Nor is it often that such a swift, page-turning narrative can touch such depths and achieve such wisdom along the way. In J. Robert Towery’s Magnolia Song, the South is a carnival of comedy, danger, and heartbreak. The book is a flat-out wonder.” — Steve Stern
“The first comparison that came to mind when I read Magnolia Song was Balzac. We almost never see novels of whole societies anymore, but this is one on a grand scale. The full complexity of the new South isn’t well understood, even by the people who live there—it’s too new, too big. Yet here it is, widescreen. More than breadth, Magnolia Song has depth. Its interweaving stories are all rooted in a philosophic consciousness of history, particularly in its treatment of race relations. On that delicate subject this novel embodies both a cool distance and a compassionate intimacy. When hatred appears, as it must, it hits with a jolt. As for plain old story, this is one of those novels that grabs you and doesn’t let go.” — Thomas McNamee Free on Kindle.
A lyrical and insightful meditation on mortality and spiritual life, Giver of Gifts tells the story of a schoolteacher who has lost his daughter and becomes estranged from his family and his life. Now, facing untreatable cancer, he needs to rediscover how to give of himself. Free on Kindle.
Bridgerton meets Virginia Woolf in a modern comedy of manners! Love and scandal…all in beautiful prose. Horatio Crawford ignites the summer social season. But youth rebels with romance. And enemies scheme. Can he discover truth before secrets ruin his family? Free on Kindle.
We follow the young and dead-honest Tazz Iverson from one shithole to the next as she searches for fulfillment and revolution, starting off in a holiday resort in Scotland. $2.99 on Kindle.
Lavonne Mack has left corporate America behind, but she is taking her experience as a marketing manager to another job she never thought she would have . . . at a hair salon. It will be one experience she will never forget. $0.99 on Kindle.
An “Editor’s Pick” in the June 20, 2022 issue of Publishers Weekly, this masterful, inspiring, and critically-acclaimed debut poetry collection features over 100 memorable poems on humility, hope, love, justice, peace, and more.
Fans of Robert’s poetry will be elated to find Obsidian with Sheens of Gold, Interior Kingdom, The Song of Walt Is Our Song, Amid the Jersey Turnpike Whales, Love’s Special Relativity, the Phoenix poems, and many other favorites are included here along with new writings.
Newcomers to Robert’s poetry soon discover his accessible poems span an ever-expanding array of interesting topics and unique styles, ensuring there is “something for everyone” to be found in his carefully crafted works.
As part of Robert’s ongoing efforts to promote accessibility in poetry, he has included a glossary of poetry terms, reading suggestions, three brief essays, an author biography, and more in his book.
You can follow Robert on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, AllPoetry, or his website (www.RobertJTiess.net) as he posts new poems, participates in poetry challenges, engages with fans and other authors, and promotes the awareness and appreciation of poetry. $2.99 on Kindle.
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