Two respected police detectives are faced with a seemingly impossible murder case when two women confess to a murder and the evidence suggests they are both guilty.

Will they solve the mystery of who killed Percival Butters?

Does it take two to kill?

What if Romeo and Juliet took place in Texas in 1875? That's what Sheriff Will Spear soon discovers when a range war erupts between two former civil war colonels in Lunden Texas.

A tale of love interrupted by two families bent on destroying each other, and two lovers eager to test the forbidden fruit.

Two stories for one low price!

What's a girl to do when she's transported to another universe? Why take over, naturally.

When Blossom Queen finds herself transported to a barbarian universe she decides to take over. Can a girl from the 21st century wield a sword and conquer another world, or will she die trying?

A tale where surprises are around every bloodthirsty corner.

Meet Leland Bicks, recently released from Oregon State Prison after serving twenty years for a double murder. A man with no future. Today, Mr. Bicks finds himself in Pimm's, a curio shop filled with a eclectic mix of magic and the occult where he meets Skip Pimm who offers Bicks a new life free from his past.

A tale that asks the question, "Does every man deserve a second chance?"

Hanson Allen commands an interstellar vessel, a position of great responsibility and authority. In deep space discipline is the greatest foe to master.

A secret surfaces that makes him think he's lost control of his ship and his crew. He must get to the bottom of this mystery before he loses his command, and possibly his ship.

A story where loyalty is put to the ultimate test.

In an alternate universe a metawave has struck the Earth creating super heroes and super villains, but not all heroes and villains are created equal.

They are soon divided in classes. A being the top teir heroes with the broadest range of powers to the D class heroes and villains who have limited powers.

Sidekicks tells the story of the sidekick, Kick Boy and Captain Incredible, both D class heroes and their most recent contract (missions are contracted) to stop Dr. Crisis and his sidekick, Calamity Cain (D class villians) and their plot to poison water supplies to extract a hefty ransom for the antidote.

A tale of danger, action where super heroes confront the forces of evil bent on world domination (or at least to be paid for non-domination).

Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman once said, “War is hell.” yet he is viewed by many historians as an advocate for total war. Total war is war not only against an enemy army but also includes a civilian population as a military target. The idea is to crush morale and support for the war being fought so the enemy army will capitulate thus saving lives.

Of course such tactics have never met with much success, at least that I can see. Think about the London blitz or the German assault of Leningrad during the early days of World War Two, these actions didn’t encourage surrender in fact they stiffened resolve.

A less known quote from General Sherman reveals how he truly felt about total war. “I confess, without shame, that I am sick and tired of fighting — its glory is all moonshine; even success the most brilliant is over dead and mangled bodies…” General Sherman understood the impact of total war on people.

The five stories in this collection are about ordinary people who have suffered during war or who experience small victories magnified by the bloody conflicts they are asked to face head on.

I hope you enjoy these stories and that they make you think about war and the people who fought them.

The adventures of Trixie Aioli continues in Part 5.

In this installment her problems pile up like the next big burger special at your local fast food franchise.

What started a simple mission to seize power and stop the rounding up of the customers bill, to a quest for a power marriage to time travel, has now escalated to unimaginable danger and possible death for Trixie and Cherry Bomb.

Police detectives, hard core criminals, bloody serial killers, and horrified victims, failed writers, and a private detective with a conscience.

Meet the world of crime created by Russ Crossley, a world where life and death collide and crime does not pay...most of the time.

Four incredible tales of adventure and intrigue on the high seas and beyond.

A woman cursed by an evil witch to spend her days as a parrot, a paranormal investigator tasked with helping a pirate clear his family name, a time traveling secret agent, and a woman accused of murder fleeing to sea with a swashbuckling pirate.

Untold tales of the ladies of the Jolly Roger and the men they love

It's the 1960's and times are complicated but like any two twelve year old boys and best friends they love to explore the woods.

When they stumble into a mysterious cave they travel to the past and discover a past neither of them know. A past that will change both their futures.

A tale of family and secrets born in turbulent times.

In the year 4444 and a 1/4 the Lushites have returned. Piper Cleaner, First Assistant to the Assistant Surveillance Officer discovers a Lushite intergalactic vessel heading their way. Alarm bells ring throughout the galaxy! Have the Lushites returned to seek revenge?

The mob muscles the past, but which past?

When wise guy, Little Frank Valachi goes to the washroom at Sam's Tavern he finds himself transported to a strange reality filled with blood thirsty pirates.

He soon discovers all is not what it seems and decides the mob must take over the past.

In the late 19th century, during the age of steam, heroes rise and Dr. Xavier Devlin and his creation, Ambrose, aim to stop these from becoming out of control. Dr. Devlin latest creation, a steam powered time machine, will allow him to travel to the past and erase his enemies from existence. But an egotistical hero called Mr. Indestructible may arrive at any moment to stop him. Will Dr. Devlin succeed in his quest?

A steampunk tale of superheroes and super villians fighting to control our past and our future.

The end of the world is real. These five exciting tales explore the aspects and challenges humanity will face when the world explodes and survival seems doubtful. Tales of high stakes, deadly encounters, the Earth devastated by aliens, natural disasters far beyond our control, and self inflicted wounds humanity may never recover from. Two exceptional science fiction authors detail what the future might hold for us as a race of intelligent beings and how we might escape certain extermination. Will we live or will we die? Dive into these cautionary speculative stories and discover what might be.

When we left Trixie Aioli and Cherry Bomb in part 5 they just discovered the body of Graham Wafer. Fearing they'd be accused of the murder they flee. The way to travel back to their own time died with Wafer.

In this installment they arrive in a mysterious neighborhood of living machines and discover a secret that may end their mission to change the future forever.