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Author Marcus Cook has crafted a series of compelling, thoughtful, and downright funny stories. A fan of sci-fi and thrillers, Cooks was inspired by the likes of Dean Koontz, Kevin Smith and Elmore Leonard. His works include "Ava Edison and the Burning Man" (Burning Chair Press), "Not My Vessel" (Deep Space Anthology, Black Hare Press), and such tales as "A Fool's Moo...

On this episode of Milford House Mysteries co-hosts Joan West and Sherry Knowlton interview author Tara Lush. Lush a Florida-based author and journalist. She's an RWA Rita finalist, an Amtrak writing fellow and the winner of the George C. Polk award for environmental journalism. Since 2008, she's been a reporter with The Associated Press in Florida, covering crime, alligators, natural di...

On this episode of Milford House Mysteries, co-hosts Sherry Knowlton and J.M. West talk to Joe Walters, editor, marketer, publishing entrepreneur, and writer about the marketing aspect of book publishing. Walters will share his expertise on book marketing in general as well as some specific thoughts about the challenges of getting books noticed during the pandemic. Founder of Independent Book Revi...

On this episode of The Milford House Mysteries, co-hosts Sherry Knowlton and J.M. West share their “Tips on Editing Your Manuscript.” Although this  podcast is primarily targeted to authors, these tips could be useful to anyone who does a lot of writing, whether for publication or for their job. Most of these tips are geared to authors preparing to submit a manuscript to an agent, a publisher, or...

"Bountiful Calling" is the third book by Fred Burton, who paints a tale of environmental fiction, based in his hometown of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Joe is an assistant to a powerful senator, as the question of natural gas drilling and "fracking" are a hot topic. While assured of his call to public service is a noble one, he begins to have second thoughts, as he meets Nicole, w...

Joseph A. Rosen is a freelance photogapher, who has taken pictures all over the world. His work has appeared in the pages of The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, Sports Illustrated and many other pubications. Among his clients are the biggest names in the world of music, but many would not be known to mainstream fans. Rosen's love of music, particularly blues has led him to festivals and event...

Timothy Jay Smith makes a return visit to the Milford House Mysteries to talk with co-hosts Sherry Knowlton and J.M. West about his new book, Fire on the Island. The novel is a playful, romantic thriller set in contemporary Greece, featuring Nick Damigos, a gay Greek-American undercover FBI agent, who is on the island to investigate a series of mysterious fires. Set against the real refugee crisis...

San Cicaro is a coastal California town that's fallen on hard times. Those who dare to come here find themselves wrapped up in its past, with experiences of the paranormal, the macabre, and the downright terrifying. "Welcome to San Cicaro" is a creation of Thunderbird Studios, from numerous authors, each of whom add a dimension to a strange land. Thunderbird co-founder James Fadeley...

John B. Kachuba is the award-winning author of over a dozen books. Many are nonfiction about paranormal and metaphysical topics. With Sunbury Press, he has two novels: The Savage Apostle and Dark Entry, both set in New England. He also is a contributor to the new Hellbender Books short story compilation: Hellbent Volume 1. John is a regular speaker at universities, libraries, and conferences, and...

On this episode of Milford House Mysteries, Sherry and Joan interview fellow Milford House Press author about his debut novel Chestnut Street.  This suspense novel involves a dangerous plot spanning five decades which looms over Philadelphia. Powerful men are willing to do anything to keep the truth from coming out. But when they make the mistake of framing Sam Brighton for a crime he didn’t commi...

Keeping up appearances is paramount in Vintage Woods. In his fiction debut, Josh Penzone tells eleven tales of the dysfunctional, the strange, and the outragous in the characters of a suburban housing development. People struggling with their past, those seeking some kind of future, and others who realize the life they thought they wanted is not all they hoped for. A Pushcart Prize nominee, Josh P...

Dead Letters: Delivering Unopened Mail from a Pennsylvania Ghost TownOn assignment for a small-town newspaper in rural Pennsylvania, rookie reporter, Jessica Weible, meets Joan Swigart, a creative fireball and “pioneer in print.” As the two women forge a relationship based on their passion for storytelling, Joan reveals a mystery that she had discovered years ago, but had never solved—a pile of de...

A special Milford House Mysteries for authors. During this COVID-19 crisis, many of us have been quarantined at home. For some authors, it's been a great opportunity to buckle down and finish that short story or novel they've been working on. Others might be working their day jobs from home, helping their kids with schoolwork, or dealing with the illness for themselves or family. As a re...

Performance comes easily for Megan O'Russell--an author, playwright, actress and singer, Megan is most prolific with the former. Her string of Young Adult series delve into adventure, vampires, magic and dystopia, including "The Tethering," "When Worlds Began," and "Girl of Glass." She has also written "How I Magically Messed Up My Life in Four Freakin'...

The storied career of Janiva Magness is ongoing. The award-winning singer has a string of blues and like-influenced recordings behind her. Now, Magness tells her life story in "Weeds Like Us."Not for the faint of heart, Magness pulls no punches about growing up in an abusive, dysfunctional family, marked by physical and sexual abuse, suicide and drug use. Magness spares no words of criti...

Twenty-five Sunbury Press authors contributed twenty-seven chapters about the possible impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on society. Based on their experiences in a variety of fields, they provide their projections about the changes facing us, many of which have already been underway for some time. On this show:Cheryl Brooks -- How Museums and Galleries Will Adapt to the CoronavirusMarianne Bickett...

Twenty-five Sunbury Press authors contributed twenty-seven chapters about the possible impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on society. Based on their experiences in a variety of fields, they provide their projections about the changes facing us, many of which have already been underway for some time.  On this episode:Tory Gates -- Change and Embracing ItPenny Fletcher -- Materialism vs. SpiritualityC...

In this episode of Milford House Mysteries, co-hosts Sherry Knowlton and J.M. West interview Lawrence Knorr, Publisher of Sunbury Press, Inc. and editor of the new release, After the Pandemic: Visions of Life after COVID-19. The book, a collection of forward-looking essays by 25 Sunbury Press authors, just hit number one in it's category on Amazon. We ask Knorr to tell us about the evolution...

Twenty-five Sunbury Press authors contributed twenty-seven chapters about the possible impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on society. Based on their experiences in a variety of fields, they provide their projections about the changes facing us, many of which have already been underway for some time. On this show:Scott Zuckerman MD - Public Health, Civil Liberties, and Life After the Pandemic       ...

Twenty-five Sunbury Press authors contributed twenty-seven chapters about the possible impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on society. Based on their experiences in a variety of fields, they provide their projections about the changes facing us, many of which have already been underway for some time. On this show:Maia Williamson -- Tourism in the Post-Pandemic WorldJack Adler -- The Brave New World o...

Twenty-five Sunbury Press authors contributed twenty-seven chapters about the possible impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on society. Based on their experiences in a variety of fields, they provide their projections about the changes facing us, many of which have already been underway for some time. On this episode:Brook Lenker -- Conservation in the MidstSimon Landry -- On the Economic FrontLawrenc...

Twenty-five Sunbury Press authors contributed twenty-seven chapters about the possible impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on society. Based on their experiences in a variety of fields, they provide their projections about the changes facing us, many of which have already been underway for some time. On this show:Mark Carlson - The Role of Plagues in Human EnlightenmentWylie McLallen - The Pandemic o...

Twenty-five Sunbury Press authors contributed twenty-seven chapters about the possible impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on society. Based on their experiences in a variety of fields, they provide their projections about the changes facing us, many of which have already been underway for some time. On today's show:Barbara Matthews - COVID-19: Through the Eyes of a GrandmotherBridget Smith, Bri...

She is known by many names, but Little Alice is as an author, artist, model and performer. "Geisha Hands" is one of Alice's recent works, which follows a young woman's rise in that segment of Japanese society. Alice is also the author of the teen romance novel, "Freja's Baby." The Co-Editor and Chief Writer of Cloud Orchid Publishing, Alice is a blogger for High...

Two authors from different genres appear on the Brown Posey Press Show to talk about their varied, and unique works. Faryl is author of "Mothmaw," a fantasy novel set in a world where humans and insects forge an uneasy alliance, around the bethrohal of Eron, a childlike young prince, and the creature that will become his wife. Her husband, S.T. Hoover is the writer of "Siron: A Kaij...