The Authors Show

The stories deal with a wide array of difficult situations: heroin addiction, being gay in a straight culture, being burned in a flash fire, having ADHD, arriving in the U.S. from a refugee camp, having strong suicidal impulses, being the recipient of domestic violence, experiencing the death of one’s infant son, and many more. They are grouped into four sections: death, family, hurdles, and trans...

At Halloween, in 1998, the Sicilian-American neighborhood of Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn is shaken when a neighbor’s corpse is found disguised as a holiday witch on her balcony. A neurodivergent handyman with traumatic brain injury from a childhood accident, his gay and closeted older brother housemate, and their young adult rookie detective nephew become involved in the ensuing investigation. All t...

In 1934 St. Louis, Missouri, Pamela, outwardly a young, white socialite (but inwardly an unsettled late adolescent), is about to give birth to her first child. To assist in the delivery, she searches for the ‘colored’ midwife, Miss Minnie, who attended her own birth in 1911. Her and her husband’s families vehemently protest. During the final months of her pregnancy, her husband, Frank, even brings...

We follow three different stories. Starting with Fred. A man whose morals are as flexible as his clients bank accounts. Working in restoration, he cleans up messes wealthy and unscrupulous men leave behind. But one client is far different than any other, as his contract soon embroils him in an otherworldly conflict. Sofia is a US Army Captain who has recently lost a comrade in arms. Her grief is p...

Sect. 1: Six chapters, one each by and about the six men about what, in their youth, led them to know they wanted to be men of integrity. Sect. 2: "Monsters." I conversation about cognitive dissonance, how difficult it is to handle some new information, and the "monsters" of 2020. Sec.t 3: How the election process works--broken down into understandable segments and detail. Sect. 4: What these sex...

WHO'S WHO Honoree, Baby Boomer, Catholic schoolgirl (can readily identify any plaid ever used in a parochial uniform), and ’70s Playboy Bunny (another uniform—not plaid—blue satin), Barbara Camp insists that “God writes the best fiction, known as non-fiction." Camp’s short stories translate bulletproof, Biblical wisdom (both the Old and New Testaments) into everyman, everyday, modern metaphors. Ce...

A secret still lies in Mystic Bay, California. Angels live as humans there. But more miracles happen when Angel Ken and others help Ron, a new angel as he swoops into town. Guardian Angel Ron flies down to live a human existence to make sure his charge, Evan, a boy in foster care, finds a forever home. Meanwhile, writer Noah Greenstreet is writing a film showcasing the townsfolk’s angel encounters...

Scary Good is a reflective and practical guide for anyone who feels that familiar Sunday dread and suspects it’s not really about Monday. Through personal storytelling, humor, and real-world insight, Angie Callen unpacks what the “Sunday Scaries” often reveal: burnout, misalignment, and the quiet pressure to live a life that looks successful but feels off inside. Blending memoir and self-developme...

When Lizbeth, a bright pink golf ball bursting with curiosity, wakes up in the pro shop, she's ready for her very first adventure. Chosen by junior golfer JoJo, Lizbeth rolls into an exciting new world filled with quirky characters like Putter Pete, Frida Flag, and Claude Cup, all eager to teach her about the game of golf. But when Lizbeth accidentally lands in a pond, her optimism fades—until she...

When Jay Abbas and his friends accidentally summoned a demon from a fairytale, the sun refused to rise. They were forced to spend their days running, hiding, and plotting to send it back, and to undo all of the death and chaos that it had caused. However, the longer they were chased, the more likely death seemed. With time running out and their minds wearing thin, they unravel the mysteries of the...

Joy Overcame Sorrow is a heartfelt coming-of-age story about ten-year-old Joy, a bright, adventurous girl whose world is turned upside down in an instant. After a perfect day at the park with her best friend Bella, Joy returns home to devastating news: her father has died in a tragic car accident. Shattered by grief, Joy struggles to make sense of life without the person who meant everything to he...

When America Burns, Only the Fierce Will Survive On Christmas Eve, the unthinkable happens. Russian forces invade the United States. In the frozen heart of Wyoming, Brigadier General Lance Bear Wolf, his wife Elle Parker, and a small cadre of special operations veterans form the core of the Wyoming Army of Resistance. Their mission: strike back hard, protect their people, and drive the invaders fr...

Newly minted homicide detective Kit Hanover is paired with a crusty veteran who makes no bones about his feelings for Native Americans. Their prickly partnership becomes more antagonistic when her first murder case proves devastating and she is reassigned. Determined to work the case in her own time despite the emotional consequences she finds herself and her family the target of an unknown madman...

Written for young people starting out on life's financial journey, Grow Your Money Protect Your Wealth offers a sound, steady-eddy approach to investing discretionary income. It provides a blueprint that enables you to build a long-term investment portfolio to help meet your financial needs in retirement with a level of risk that is right for you. The book also details the necessary tools includin...

At seventy, Rebekah Lang resolved to confront the guilt she has carried for decades. This journey draws her back to the turbulent summers of the mid-1960s, when she was a bright but self-absorbed teenager, caught between the innocence of youth and the harsh realities of a world unraveling. Amid the backdrop of war, racial unrest, and long-buried family secrets, she encountered a series of emotiona...

Many military husbands and dads are struggling to keep their marriages and families together. Spouses and family members notice the changes as well. Lesson’s Learned by a Patriot Husband and Dad will help with some common mistakes that may help keep the family and career together.

In 1920s New Orleans, Eugene Ste. Cherie, a naïve Pullman Porter, stumbles into a world of booze, sex, and jazz when he helps a white passenger. He is later hired to work at a lakefront casino. Despite prohibition, alcohol flows freely, and Eugene tends bar at lavish social events. His wife Eartha remains oblivious to the secrets and lies surrounding him. As Eugene’s good looks and skills make him...

What does courage look like when no one is watching? It’s the teacher running barefoot through a Texas storm, the bus driver guiding children off a burning school bus, the doctor walking city streets at midnight, the volunteer who simply listens. In Quiet Valor: Everyday Americans — Acts of Character That Change a Life, a Street, a community, author Larry Nouvel continues his acclaimed series by t...

The story began as a fantasy based on a childhood memory about a Banshee in Ireland. As repressed memories surfaced, the story evolved into an memoir unlike any other. The story blends imagination with the true story about six-year-old Paddy in the 1960sand his life in New York City, to rural Kilkenny County in Ireland, and back to New York, and how he learned that Banshees are real while also man...

Wild Pitch is a true story that tears the human condition of a man's life down to the bare bone. Its pages paint a portrait of a childhood shattered to pieces by an alcoholic father that leaves Jeff Grose with an anger that grows into a beast born from his dad's belt. Jeff channels the beast inside him into extraordinary success as a baseball pitcher on high school fields and then inside professio...

What can you learn about someone when life throws constant challenges at them? For Randy Rauh, the answer was simple: everything. In A Letter Unwritten, Randy opens the pages of his heart to share the remarkable lives of two women who shaped his world his mother and his wife. Through a blend of heartfelt storytelling and powerful personal letters, this unforgettable and unique memoir honors the qu...

In the spring of 1862, widowed Rachel Barnum leaves three children with her farm’s hired man to search for her dying son, Dwight, a soldier in Michigan’s 2nd cavalry. Rachel’s decision to travel alone to Missouri, into the heart of darkness, is either a hero’s journey or a fool’s errand. Mounting obstacles lead to a large Rebel force entrenched on a Mississippi River island. Rachel fears her chanc...

Korea DMZ—1983. Rip Razorton, a newly minted Second Lieutenant in the United States Army, enters a military environment filled with danger. He learns the DMZ mission from a friendly NCO while being harassed by superior officers. What keeps him going is his love for his exotic Native American girlfriend, Angeni James. Razorton, collecting battlefield intelligence on the North Korean threat at Guard...

Arthur was determined to find a solution that would be able to save his child in the event of an emergency and end unnecessary choking tragedies. He used his inquisitive mind and his sharp business and building skills to bring LifeVac to market. Arthur has since forged LifeVac into an international medical device company that has received widespread media attention and saved thousands of people wo...

Back from Suicide reveals the suicidal mind through the misery of depression and the difficulty of coming out. It’s the enigma of self-destruction after a lifetime of success. It is a mother’s pursuit of the biggest question of humankind. Why do people kill themselves? Patrick Wood is a valedictorian with perfect SAT scores. A year after he graduates from Stanford with honors, his mother struggles...