Category: Contemporary Fiction

Free: 337

A story with a twist revealed on the last word. Samuel’s mother vanished when he was in his teens. His brother, Tom, found her wedding ring on the kitchen table along with the note. While their father pays the price of his mother’s disappearance, Sam learns that his long-estranged Gramma is living out her last days in a nursing home nearby. Keen to learn about what really happened that day and realising how little time there is, he visits her to finally get the truth. Soon it’ll be to... [Read More...]

The Beacon Hill Affair

Beacon Hill is one of Boston’s exclusive inner-city residential neighborhoods, with rows of crowded city townhouses, private city homes and city mansions lined along narrow city streets. For Edward, life on Beacon Hill was simple and routine, aside from needing a financial opportunity to save his ever-loving skin. With every passing day he came closer to financial doom, until a mysterious woman from out of town enters into his life with claims of having information to a buried treasure chest,... [Read More...]

The eMusketeers

The eMusketeers is a series of short stories and cautionary tales that are connected through quasi-human characters who represent four functions of technology. The eMusketeers are the record keeper, the algorithm, social media, and multimedia – Bill, Al, Sam, and Mike. They track everything, respond to requests, create not-so-private journals, and are always listening and watching. No bits and bytes. Has technology brought boundless opportunities, vast conveniences, and incredible prosperity,... [Read More...]

Greasy Joe’s & Other Stories

Those were her last words ‘wish me luck!’ What happened to Jessie the day she left Greasy Joe’s? Twelve dark or darkly funny contemporary short stories. Spend time with each, very individual character as they narrate their story. Discover their jealousies, loves, delusions, dreams, crimes and acts of kindness. Greasy Joe’s. Not Like Back Then. Curriculum Vitae Number Thirty-Four, The Ivy House What They Don’t Know Henry The Eighth I Didn’t See Anything Ouagad... [Read More...]

Free: Small Fortunes

Thunderstruck! Steve Stackhouse was overwhelmed by the woman on the other side of a crowded subway car on a steamy, miserable evening in New York City. Steve had to meet her, but he was so shy that he might inadvertently let her slip away through the crowd. As she exited the train, a sudden summer rainstorm provided the opportunity and encouragement he needed as he offered her his umbrella. That unexpected and spontaneous meeting would change their lives forever and form exciting romantic and b... [Read More...]

Free: The Sand Between Us: Hidden In The Heart – Book 1

Country music superstar Clayton Meyers and entrepreneur Kate Meyers, may seem like they have everything they ever wanted: fame, riches, and the lifestyle to match. From the outside, they do. Their life in Nashville looks like paradise. But in reality, their relationship has gone cold. Like ships passing in the night, they now live like strangers, questioning whether the other cares anymore. With both Clayton and Kate passionately pursuing busy careers, the years of striving individually have le... [Read More...]

Fallen Foe

Arsène Corbin does not intend to marry for love. His fiancée has always been a means to an end, a woman he wants to conquer. But when she dies suddenly in an accident, Arsène’s grand plan unravels. Still reeling from his fiancée’s death, he meets Winnifred Ashcroft, a struggling actress who lands a coveted role in a play at his theater…and knows things about his late fiancée no one else does. The only problem? They can’t stand each other. Backstage at Arsène’s theater, Winnie be... [Read More...]

My Day As Regan Forrester

A Midwestern mom wakes up on the dangerous end of a body-swap bargain she never agreed to . . . Stuck in a rut as wife, teacher, and mom, Beth Barony makes a birthday wish for more excitement in her life—and wakes up as film star Regan Forrester, known for her rebellious smolder and empty head. What could be more fun than playing Hollywood princess for a day? But Regan’s life is anything but glamorous. While Beth scrambles to protect Regan’s shaky career and crumbling relationships, Regan... [Read More...]

Free: Black Chalk: A Portia Black Thriller

When Portia Black, professional vigilante, returns to the east coast to investigate the disappearance of an undercover NYPD officer, it seems like the long-cold trail is a never-ending loop of u-turns and dead ends. What’s worse, depending on who you ask, Isabella Parker is long dead. Or very much alive. Her father, Elroy, is convinced that she was murdered by Klaus Von Hollen, eighties club czar and furry maven, who is soon to be released from prison with a brain tumor. But Klaus has a very ... [Read More...]

At Rope’s End

Sonny Dankovic loves his job as a superintendent of an apartment building. He likes the tenants, and they trust him to be there for them—no matter what. Then why does he want to commit suicide? Sonny has this secret which leads him to believe he’d be better off dead. So he makes detailed plans on how to accomplish his objective. But just as soon as he starts his latest attempt, one of the tenants has an emergency, and Sonny comes to their rescue. In the nick of time, the trigger isn’t pul... [Read More...]