Once Upon A Time Wait A Minute

Six great short stories with suspence, romance, time travel and adventure. Hilda brings curiosity for Mark and takes him on adventure of a life time. The sequel, A Tall Tale, continues Mark's travels and takes him back to the future. The Bear is a wonderful story of a young pioneer woman ahead of her time that raises a bear cub and finds returns for her efforts a hundred times over. In the sequel, The Bear Returns, their bond is a life saving one. In The Painting, Jennifer finds more than a birthday gift for her sister in Lavinia's antique store. In Lavinia's Gift, you discover who Lavinia really is and Jason finds himself caught between the past and the future.

HAVE TIME MACHINE, WILL TRAVEL… The man they call Diego is a gunslinger on the run. And, by accident, he finds the perfect place to hide—the future! But he's about to discover that New York City in the 1990s is no less dangerous than the Old West in the 1880s… Follow the Man they call Diego through time and space in this exciting time-travel series.

Imagine a village in a beautiful, densely forested valley with hills and meadows as well as rivers and streams. The village fronts on an ocean to the west. Here, no one ages, illnesses and injuries heal in seconds. Work is rewarded with free housing, free meals, and beautiful clothing one can pick off a shelf and take home. Useful articles and deliciously prepared restaurant meals are . No money exists. Creative solutions are encouraged and sought after and shared. Love and glory are the parts of life that cause competition. Here, people can be true to themselves without suffering condemnation. People work to serve others. Government is committed to serving the needs of the people. There are no cars, no heavy machinery. Glenners travel long distances on the backs of horses or Maximum Monarchs, twenty-five foot tall monarch butterflies rigged with seating for human beings. King SkyGolden, a half elf, can transform himself into the flying horse named Trumpet. His wife, Rubikan, can do likewise. Golden Glen, a little piece of paradise! Or is it? This is a land where elves once ruled, where their descendants still possess magic. Eagles grow ten foot wingspans. They have teeth reminiscent of fossilized birds. Living in the Pariah Forest are strange creatures created by Kelpie eugenics. Terror Trees and Octopoda Grasses, bees as large as basketballs, a Royal Lamia, the owl that can change to many things, one a half snake, half woman. In addition, the Kelpie queen keeps an obedient pet, a beautiful Lepainea, created by genes from a leopard mixed with those of a hyena. The Kelpie are astonishingly beautiful women and they use magic to destroy men. They behave in vicious and murderous ways, transforming into flying horses. By using their beauty, the magic, and indulging in shocking sexual practices, the women are able to control men and destroy them. Ultimately, it is the intention of the Kelpie to conquer Golden Glen and turn it into Glendura, a place where they can create a commercial paradise by selling the secret of eternal life to people in the Left Behind, the world where the three newcomers are from. In the eastern mountains are the Troll, an ugly, misshapen little people with heads one third the size of humans. Very muscular but stupid, they are led by a queen who has entranced the Cenotaur, a beast born of a rape of a tiny female centaur by the Minotaur of Crete. Once enslaved by the elves, the Troll queen is determined to take over the Glen. The Troll and Kelpie continue their conflict, amoral women of great beauty who are offended by the ugliness of the little people. Battles between them were once commonplace but now, the battles break out only now and then. Kelpie use lepainea to attack the Troll, the Troll have the Cenotaur to counter the cats. But important for both, Glenners are their enemy. If they Troll and Kelpie unite, they could overrun the Glen in a day. This is the world into which the three young people, Sarabeth, Nita, and Zack are thrust, a world with different rules, where no death exists, yet people die. War lurks over each hill, even a sunrise is suspect. But love, like the Glen, is fragile, a tender bud aching to bloom.

Byzantium: the word itself denotes a period of chicanery, treachery and willful duplicity. Thus this novel begins with a conundrum that foretells the intricacies the reader will encounter as the plot unfolds. “Richard Unger is dead,” the story begins. “gone for twenty-eight years. Murdered in 1974.” (An excerpt from Richard Unger’s diary, entered February 10, 2001.) Herein, these words tell you everything and yet nothing. And so the story unfolds in an aura of mystery. From the beginning Richard Unger makes it clear he is writing of these events under extreme pressure. He prays those who read this material, after examining the facts, might grant some sort of absolution. But that is for the reader to decide. Richard and Mary Nell have, the last twenty-eight years, been leading a privileged life in Dallas, Texas enjoying the fruits of lucrative careers. Their tranquility is shattered when they receive an anonymous note taunting them with information which proves the correspondent knows they are living under false pretences. The missive concludes he possesses knowledge they are responsible for the death of the writer’s soul-mate in 1974. Now it is their time to be destroyed. The author’s memoir is based on events from the distant past which now are destined to spin out of control. He sums it up when he writes: “Whenever I think of the past I try to rearrange the facts in some sort of logical manner. However events can only be changed at the point of origin. If then. If ever.” Thus, Richard and Mary Nell find themselves caught in a net of mystery and subterfuge where they are about to enter a bizarre world of their own making. As Richard recalls how his past was marked by involvement in a life of trickery and deception he also express hope that the contents of this journal might pave the way for a better understanding of the forces that precipitated the actions herein and in the end might give a capacity for some degree of exoneration. In any event the big question for readers becomes: How would I have handled this under similar circumstances? This scenario goes back to the early’70s introducing Richard, then known by the name of Michael Hanlon, a card counter making his living at the tables in Vegas, and Mary Nell a.k.a. Rebel Smith, who dealt blackjack at the Sands. They were drawn to each other through their dexterity at the game and soon formed a partnership as card sharps traveling up and down the west coast. Every game was not rigged. As Mary Nell once said, “The difference between smart play and duplicity is sometimes a hundred miles of gravel road.” They were always careful. They knew the odds on each draw. When to stay and when to fold. And above all, how to read the faces around the table. Although their goal had always been in the pursuit of money, their dream was to hit the big score, find something legit, and settle down. They had the intelligence and the grit to make it work. But, for the present, the money was easy, and there was the thrill. Always the thrill. However, fate was predestined to dictate their future and they found themselves about to be caught in an undertow of intrigue that would sweep them away into a chaotic sea. To the perfect pigeon. Toward the consummate scam. Into a tangled web of deceit. Their good times come to an abrupt end when a high stakes poker game at the Fairmont in San Francisco goes sour. Upon discovering he has been cheated, a disgruntled player who brought a gun to the hotel room forces them to drive to a secluded spot across the bay with murder on his mind. Once there the tragic basis for this story unfolds when, in a struggle for the gun, he is killed. The most poignant of the author’s forays into the truth is centered around the twenty-four hours after this event and give crede

This book sheds light on important issues of the time, delving into the brutality of humanity and the consequences of violence in society. Readers will find the issues raised in this book both alarming and thought-provoking. The author examines the dark side of the human race and how some individuals are forever bent on mayhem and destruction. However, the book also shows that even the most difficult adversity can be overcome with a little cooperation. The author highlights the power of collaboration and the need to root out bad influences before they become too strong to control. Through powerful storytelling, the book highlights the harsh reality of Shakespeare’s famous words, that the “evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.” The author provides insights into the merciless actions of those without sympathy for their fellow human beings. In conclusion, this book urges readers not to sit back and watch as the ears of wheat and tears of humanity grow together until the day of harvest. Instead, the author advocates for immediate action to root out the bad influences in society and promote positive change. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the darker side of human nature and how we can work together to overcome it.

From the perspective of psychoanalytic criticism and narrative theory, explores how Russian writers have used the frame narrative to write about love and loss. Examines stories by Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Turgenev, Chekhov, and others. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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