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What if you could travel to the land where the dead resided? Would you go there and try to bring back your loved ones who have passed on? From the title of the book, I thought it would be about a girl who died and then came back from the dead. But I was wrong.…
In their first adventure, Nick and Tesla rescued a girl from her kidnappers and managed to wiggle out of those same kidnappers’ clutches themselves. Now they need to help a friend find a stolen mint-condition comic book. Still spending the summer with their mad scientist uncle, Nick and Tesla are in the basement lab when…
In this collection of short stories by Thomas Ryan, you will find mystery, humor, abuse, murder, and romance of a different kind. Each story shows a different side of our human emotions, and their unexpected endings make these stories memorable. “Ruth” – Ruth is a woman who has been abused by her husband. She has…
Everyone has a hobby, an activity or interest they pursue for pleasure and/or relaxation. Michael’s mom has a hobby that is more than a bit unusual. Her hobby, the thing that gives her pleasure, is killing girls. Full of blood and gore, child abduction, abuse, cannibalism, and more, this book will keep you turning the…
Most everyone has stayed in a hotel at some time. Have you ever stopped to think about all the things that could have happened in the hotel you stayed in? A hotel room is not the same as your bedroom at home. People from many different walks of life have slept there. Did all of…
Do you remember being read fairy tales when you were a child? The monsters were always defeated, the beautiful lady was always rescued by Prince Charming, and everyone lived happily ever after. Or did they? What happened after the end of the stories that we read? Did everyone really live happily ever after? In Never Ever…
What would you do if you found out your uncle, the one you were to stay with for at least the next three months, turned out to be a mad scientist? Nick and Tesla, brother and sister, both eleven years old, get the pleasure of staying with their Uncle Newt while their parents are in…
Envisage is a story about learning to deal with your own insecurities and fears. For years, I battled nightmares, but I didn’t understand how to get rid of them. We didn’t have the Internet when I was a child, so I didn’t know that what I had been dealing with had a name, several in…
Have you ever had a time in life when nothing goes right? When the life you have worked so hard to attain is falling to pieces? Outside of the realm we know and exist in, Dark Time threatens the reality of Paul Trevena and the others who live in his world. Trevena works at a…
Does chicken noodle soup help get rid of coals or colds? Would you store your valuables in a coffer or in a cougher? Is a football game played in a coliseum or a Colosseum? coalition, collation A coalition is a union or temporary alliance between persons, groups, factions, etc. A coalition between the two teams was needed…
The day is dull, dark, and soundless. That is a perfect beginning for a book inspired by any tale of Edgar Allen Poe. In this tale of three little ravens, Edgar decides on this boring gray day to go and see his friend Roderick in his tree house. Of course, his little sister wants to…
Are you guilty of using as many of these redundant expressions as I am? Until I began looking at these expressions, I had no clue how many of them I had been speaking and writing. Once you look at the expression and explore what it really means, you will see that a redundant expression is…
Reading was a huge part of schooling my children, and we read many books by Mark Twain: Puddn’head Wilson, Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, The Prince and the Pauper, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, and Life on the Mississippi. His life was something we didn’t study though. I knew that he didn’t like people…
No matter where in the United States you live, chances are that will hear Spanish as well as English being spoken. So wouldn’t it be a great idea to start your little ones off learning the Spanish language along with English? Many items, like toilet paper and paper towels, have written on the packaging in…
Arsenic, cyanide, and strychnine are the classic poisons. The seemingly innocent little old ladies in Arsenic and Old Lace, one of my favorite movies, used these three poisons in their deadly elderberry wine. One gallon of this toxic wine contained one teaspoon of arsenic, half a teaspoon of strychnine, and just a pinch of cyanide. Unsuspecting…
Does a bear have clause or claws? Would a scene in a book be climacteric, climactic, or climatic? Would you climb or clime a mountain? Should you heat your home with coal or with cole? Are snowy winter nights coaled or cold? cited, sighted, sited Cited is the past tense of cite. The attorney cited the…
Where did the word “monkey” originate from? Adam is supposed to have named all the animals while he was in the Garden of Eden, but there is some speculation about how the monkey got its name. Moneke is the name of the son of Martin the Ape in a medieval animal story. That is one…
Monkshood, the queen of poisons, is known by many names: wolfsbane, aconite, leopard’s bane, women’s bane, devil’s helmet, blue rocket, and friar’s cap. Her beauty is astounding, but her flowers of white, cream, yellow, blue, or purple are deadly. The Plant and its Poison Each part of this gorgeous flower, especially the leaves and roots,…
When you read, the words should magically teleport you to another land, time, or universe filled with other people, animals, or creatures. You lose yourself in a fantasy world and live vicariously through someone, maybe even something, else. The enchanting art of teleportation needs to be used as you write. Put yourself in the place…
Would someone choose or chews a new car? Would one wear a coat when the weather is Chile, chili, chilli, or chilly? When you practice firing your gun, would you chute it or shoot it? charted, chartered If something has been charted, a course of action has been planned. The captain charted his route before he left…
Why did she want to write a book exploring the boundaries of sexual attraction that society has? How did she research this book? Which character and which scene were her favorites? What age was she when she first had the desire to write? What advice does she have for writers? What made you want to…
Monday, Sunday isn’t a book that every person will be able handle reading. This book explores the boundaries of sexual attraction between older females and teenage boys. To broach such a difficult, almost taboo, subject took skill. Fenton Grace did an amazing job writing this tale of love and betrayal. I knew before I got…
Have you ever been afraid of the dark? I’m sure if you think back to your childhood, you can remember a time when you were afraid of the monster you were sure was hiding underneath your bed, or maybe you were terrified of the nameless creature that inhabited your closet. Mia’s Quest for Courage is…
A corset is an undergarment worn by some women to enhance the shape of their body. It is made stiff by whalebone or some other stiff material, and it is tightened by having the laces pulled. Remember Scarlett O’Hara’s tiny waist? She achieved such a small middle by wearing a corset and having the laces…
