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Emmy has always been impulsive. She is no longer a minor and has aged out of foster care. When her best friend, Amber, is the target of a perverted uncle who lives in the basement of her group home, they plan her escape.

While searching for her family, an online news article reveals Tamara’s childhood home was destroyed in a fire, and her younger sister, Dakota, was the primary suspect in the arson. Following this lead, Tamara learns Dakota is living in the same drug-infested hellhole she barely escaped six years ago. Propelled by guilt and fear, Tamara is determined to save her.

How do you know when it's good-bye? When something's over. When it's the last perfect day of the summer. When it's the last time you'll see a face, hear a voice. The last time you'll close a shingled cottage's door. How do you know when you'll never be somewhere again, that you've had your last glimpse of a certain sea? For the tangled cast of beach friends in Stony Point, it's a question some of them face. Because as the golden late-summer sun shines, good-byes are due. But to whom?

Hacker-turned-private investigator C.T. Ferguson gets a client he never expected: his police detective cousin Rich. In rural Western Maryland, Rich's old army friend, Jim, died in an apparent suicide. Jim got help from a charity called Land of the Brave. He had a job and a purpose again, and he was happy. Jim's heartbroken widow doesn't believe he killed himself. As C.T. and Rich investigate, they come to doubt the suicide angle but can't prove anything. When C.T. makes a shocking discovery, he and Rich attract the wrong kind of attention.

Nikolas Stone is a monster. He's the epitome of toxic masculinity. When a cardiac event sends him to the hospital, he forgets who he was for a short time. Monty is your typical boy. He plays the tuba in band and volunteers after school at his local hospital. But when he learns he has to sit with his bully and nemesis, Nikolas, he's not happy about it at all. However, to his surprise, the Nikolas he knew is not the Nikolas he finds. Could a simple twist of fate change someone's heart?

Life isn't going so great for Irwin Higgins. After losing his parents to COVID-19, he's found himself in a bad situation. He's got plenty of money to sustain himself and a little boutique he inherited from his late aunt. However, he's in a rocky relationship with a gay-for-pay roughneck named Kyle. Kyle is more than just a monster. He's an egotistical control freak who results to drastic measures when he doesn't get his way. After beating Erwin one time too many, Erwin decides to slip away under the cloak of night. But it's not the last he'll see of his abusive boyfriend.

Hacker-turned-private investigator C.T. Ferguson is new to the job. He's learning the ropes. He wants an easy case. Instead he gets Ernie, a publicity-hungry blogger. He injected himself into a murder case and is now the prime suspect. Near a Baltimore church, a man is found murdered, stabbed a dozen times in the chest. C.T. uncovers the victim's history of abuse by priests—including the one stationed at the church where his body was discovered. He also learns of plans to build a new church...plans that could be threatened by a corpse turning up.

In the New England beach town of Stony Point, everyone is waiting for something. Or someone. They're waiting for an answer. Waiting for something to believe in. Waiting for the right time. Waiting for a friend. Some are waiting to come home. Others are waiting to make a move. Then, there's that shabby coastal table at twilight, awaiting a secret dinner guest. And The Seaside Saga continues.

Tamara Jensen is broken inside and out. On the run from an abusive father and a dangerous ex, the distressed transient is stranded in a small Washington town off of Highway 99. Though she finds a last-chance job at the local diner, a date with a customer leaves her abandoned bearing a hole in her memory…and a baby growing inside of her. Joe Phillips, the diner’s short-order cook, is rugged, handsome, sweet, and determined to push past Tamara’s walls. Tamara finds comfort in his friendship as she struggles with a past that haunts her, and a darkness she cannot shake.

Maybe it is me haunting this place now.

In the distant future, Colin Kinison, a brash, young, and arrogant pilot, is thrust into the middle of an impending galactic war after his ship is suddenly attacked while investigating an unusual anomaly at the edge of known space. Arriving back on the planet housing the Galactic Council, Colin attempts to explain the impending threat. But he is met with a much more diabolical plot.

Darius Hunter lives in a world where vampires live among us. Young vampires like Darius are kept on a government-mandated medication that prevents them from becoming fully undead until they’re 18. He’s smart, sensitive, and all too human - a struggling outsider just trying to fit in. Darius’ “cool uncle”, Jack, a vampire, introduces him to Blood Orange Soda, which can speed Darius’ maturation into full vampire state, but it can’t guarantee that he’ll win the love of Angel Martin or successfully face up to his bully. It also doesn’t make him immune to heartbreak.

Hold on. This wasn't how I envisioned this would be. I mean, in the movies the music is right, the girl is patiently anticipating the love, and the guy is mentally psyching himself up for what is supposed to be the most life-altering, man-producing moment of his life. But that did not happen. Not even close. The stupid cassette tape was skipping, so Baby Face's "I only think of you" came out as "I only tink on you". Really romantic song, eh? I only fart on you on two occasions...just great.

Kelly and Becky Griffin can’t seem to keep their hands off each other — which would be fine if they weren’t divorced. Every few months, looking for "closure", they fall into bed together. To keep his mind off of Becky and his foundering acting career, Kelly heads to Turtle Island, Georgia, to be a contestant in the Yummy Santa contest. But when Becky shows up, winning the title is suddenly the last the thing on his mind. Will these two finally get the closure they need, or will their reunion spark a second chance at first love?

Chevy Durham is the big man on campus, the star quarterback of the football team. He's the guy every boy wants to be like and every girl wants to be with. There's just one problem...he's gay. Nobody knows except James, a cute emo boy who Chevy meets on the first day of senior year. As things heat up between them, his secret is threatened to be exposed by a spurned cheerleader who sees the boys on a date at the county fair. She's been pining after him for years and isn't about to go down without a fight.

Twenty-two year old Jake Costley spends his nights stalking the cold dark alleyways around Central Park, chasing ghosts after the traumatic kidnapping of his older sister, Imani. However, his world is shattered by an ear-piercing scream from the dark heart of the park. Sent down a new path of power and notoriety, Jake soon finds himself trying to escape the concrete jungle, and an internal battle begins to rage, which threatens to tear him apart.

One hundred sixty-five epic poems and six flash fiction stories comprise this poetry audiobook celebrating masculinity through the birth, life, and death of a Modern Gentleman (mod-gent). Potential listeners - don't be alarmed! Only the very best of man's heroic successes and damned failures live on these sections! This experience is divided into six sections of a man's life: Infancy, boyhood, teenager, manhood, parenthood, and the elderly years. This audiobook is an objective, visceral journey of life through the eyes of a middle-class, down-to-Earth, regular Modern Gentleman.

Dretlon Valley has been conquered, but now the city of Maldra has caught wind of a new threat stirring in Southern Elabrium. Rumors tell of not just adepts being possessed by the dreaded wraiths, but essentia, the common people, are turning against one another. Behaviour that was once only characteristic of necrom is revealing itself in them, too. Has the world gone wrong? Have the laws of elemental magic broken, or is there something more?

Raise a glass, and sample what's been cooked up in this A Crock of Sundries, Volume One. A pinch of family traditions. A dash of the teenage years. Toss in a few alcohol-infused musings. Top it off with a bit of cheeky satire, and some pensive prose and poetry for a fun literary romp through genres. This single-author, multi-genre anthology by Timothy R. Baldwin is sure to have a bit of something for everyone. So kick back in your favorite reading spot, pour yourself a drink, and settle in for an evening of diverse entertainment.

Four tales of horror, four pathways to take. Which is the right pathway to follow? Beware of the pathways we take, for no one truly knows where the path will take you. Humanity is the artist of life and death. With just a twist of its hand beauty beyond beauty. The mighty grip of the other hand destroys all that you will ever love.