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Hitler's Cuckoos

It was Winston Churchill who coined the phrase “Hitler’s Vengeful Cuckoos” returning to foul the nests of a once-friendly nation that had given them loving sanctuary. A compelling, at times harrowing story based on a situation which really happened early in World War Two, during the conquest and occupation of Norway and covers an aspect of it of which many of us were not aware. This moving story more than most, shows in sharp detail the inescapable horror of the betrayal and occupation of a once-friendly nation. This story will deepen our understanding of what it costs and how precious peace can be and why sometimes we have to fight for it.

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Multiverses

In her exploration of the multiverse theory, Alvarez deals with several griefs created by the loss of two pregnancies, a beloved granduncle, her infant son, and finally her father, in the span of just four years, by constructing multiple alternate realities in which one or more of these people survived. In this process, Alvarez deals frankly and sometimes even starkly with death and its consequences on individuals and families. The book directly addresses the questions that plague many people who grieve: What if I had done this instead of that? Would it have mattered? Is there such a thing as fate? The topic of family and loss is a natural one for Alvarez, whose family emigrated from Cuba after the communist revolution, leaving all that they had ever known and loved behind, counting on the gamble of a better life in the United States. Like many immigrants at the time, they spent four years in Spain, where Alvarez was born, before moving permanently to Miami, Florida, where Alvarez still lives. This part of Alvarez's past informs a string of poems set before the main event of the book, the death of her son. The main string of the book's narrative is memoir; Alvarez suffered a miscarriage in 2016 that she explores briefly in a few poems (all the poems are titled "versions" numbered according to the narrative string they belong to). In 2017, she lost her beloved granduncle, Arturo, a grandfather figure. In 2018 she gave birth at just 27 1/2 weeks to twins, a boy named after her uncle and a girl. Thought it seemed at first as if her "micro preemies" were doing well, Arturo died of sepsis just twenty-six days after being born. She would spend another 66 days in the NICU until her daughter, Sara, was safe enough to bring home. A year later, her father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's and then died unexpectedly of a heart attack. This real timeline is woven into alternate timelines where some of these people survived or never existed, begging the questions, What if? and Why? The poems are written in narrative style, bypassing the opportunity for pathos such a storyline might involve. Alvarez's language is sure-footed and unflinching, not unwilling to delve into the darkest parts of memory and desire. The narrative strains are woven in such a way as to have the poems speak to one another instead of following chronology, yet the reader could tease each narrative string out of the braid using the poems' titles, providing two ways to read the book. Whichever way the book is read, however, it reinforces the themes of the importance of family, the longing for reconciliation, and the questioning of faith. The book's darkness is tempered by its never-ending supply of hope, in the form of the alternative narratives each of which is a version of the poet's life untainted by fear and loss.

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Eyes Over Earth Book One

Like a bolt of lightning, Jim's body is transported in half a second. Arriving aboard what he considers the little house of horrors.

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Don't Cross the X

Winner of Inkitt's Horror story contest. Inspired by true events, Don’t Cross the X is a historical, heartbreaking story of a woman’s tragic life after crossing paths with the local witch. In 1919, twenty-two-year-old Pearl Hayes leads a blessed life with her husband and two sons in rural South Carolina. But when she crosses a large X etched into the dirt near a local blackberry field, she comes to find that she has entered into the realm of a force of evil she has no hope of stopping. Slowly, her life deteriorates, and through her misery she knows who is to blame: Hazel Sullivan—who is known, to the town of Walterboro, as a witch. Eighty-two years later, in 2001, Pearl Hayes can no longer remember her past—all that she knows is the grief and longing she feels deep in her wounded heart. Then, when her estranged great-granddaughter and great-great-granddaughter come to visit her at her nursing home, the memories of her prior life come rushing back to her. At the end of her harrowing life, Pearl is desperate to tell her story to what is left of her family, and to deliver a warning: that the evil that took her life from her will come to take theirs, too. Evocative, poignant, and heartbreaking, Don’t Cross the X illustrates the indomitable strength of the human spirit in the face of despair.

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The Red Bitch's Revenge

Dana, a seemingly innocent teen, descends into the dark underworld of drug lords and murders, relying on her martial art skills for revenge. Having witnessed the brutal murder of her mother, Dana begins her ruthless search for her mother’s killers. Dana is quickly given the nickname “Red Bitch” by the drug lords she chases. When her lover is mistaken for the “Red Bitch” and is murdered, Dana redoubles her efforts and assembles a small crew of confident, successful women and goes after the killers. Yet by day, her life revolves around her father's art gallery, her child and extended family. Can she live in both worlds, or will the depraved underworld get the better of her? The Red Bitch’s Revenge is the first in an exciting, action-packed thriller series.

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Immortal Treachery

On the march, around the campfire, and in the taverns, they tell incredible stories about Tarmun Vykers, the Reaper – how he’s never been cut in battle, how he once defeated hundreds of men by himself, how he exterminated an entire people over an insult. These stories make Vykers seem like a god, but he is a man, an arrogant, ruthless and bloodthirsty man. For all that, he may be the only thing standing between the human race and utter annihilation at the hands of the mad wizard who calls himself the End-of-All-Things. Against this backdrop, smaller, lesser folks struggle to fulfill their own destinies, folks like Aoife, burdened with a secret so dark she is driven to do the unimaginable and seek an alliance with fey powers no mortal has ever encountered.

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Deacon

Deacon Short Stories by David Milton McGowan First European to cross North America and reach the Pacific. He mentioned several times in his diary that “the natives where very friendly and accommodating.” Were they actually friendly or just trying to get the interlopers out of their country as fast as possible? Was the communication all done with translators, in the trade language of Chinook or all in one of two European languages? Find out within “Marker of Stone” part of the “Deacon” collection. Includes the rhymes, “Native Sons in WWI”, “Inclusion” and “Education”.

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Dark Rose

Private Investigator Davis Lewis has fallen on hard times. The ex-Army sergeant and former police detective has spent his last $1.50 on a cup of coffee at The Corner Diner when, by chance, he runs into Tessa, a grade school friend and a high school sweetheart. His fortunes change soon thereafter with a big case: Rescue a billionaire’s young trophy wife, Rose, from the hellhole called Underground City. Davis is successful and reaps the monetary benefits, plus a reference to another wealthy client, who hires him to find his missing sixteen-year-old daughter. Davis’ relationship with Tessa blossoms and wedding bells are in their future after one last case – helping Rose escape her sadistic husband. “Dark Rose” is an entertaining read with twists and turns as Davis, and Tessa, unravel the mystery surrounding a desperate woman named Rose.

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JourneyManDesigns

My technique of combining and blending illustration with digital art allow virtually no limits for what my imagination is inspired to create, enabling me to design with unlimited creativity and visual imagination. Using my technique, I offer greater flexibility, variety, and choices that assure maximum artistic achievement and impact in every design for every client.

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Sour Blood: A psychological suspense thriller with a shocking twist

London 2017 Nick Day harbours a secret and will stop at nothing to guard it. In the lucrative world of finance, Nick finds himself subject to blackmail and desperate to escape his dilemma. Solutions appear scarce, but on reaching his lowest point, he embarks upon a bumpy road of money laundering and murder, and what Nick believes his greatest form of revenge. The cash is stacking up, the body count mounting, but can Nick live with his biggest mistake?

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