Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and greet each other. ” ― Rainer Maria Rilke In Holed Up Mark Beecher inadvertently hears a terrorist plotting an attack on the US through the outdated ventilation system in his apartment building. After waffling back and forth for sometime, Mark goes to the FBI with... Continue Reading →
“[He was disgusted] at the beasts who in callous cruelty had dragged down and maimed and destroyed the human dignity of this selfless man. Yet it was nothing new. It had been like this at some point in every civilization and on every continent. There were human jackals for every human disaster.” ― Pat Frank... Continue Reading →
“[He was disgusted] at the beasts who in callous cruelty had dragged down and maimed and destroyed the human dignity of this selfless man. Yet it was nothing new. It had been like this at some point in every civilization and on every continent. There were human jackals for every human disaster.” ― Pat Frank... Continue Reading →
“Is it possible not to ever know your type—not to even know you have a type—until quite suddenly you do?” ― Jennifer E. Smith “The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight” Greyson Hayes and Mica Cruz are the hot and hunky firefighters who star in Draven St. James’ Grey’s Hidden Fire, a sweet and... Continue Reading →
“Is it possible not to ever know your type—not to even know you have a type—until quite suddenly you do?” ― Jennifer E. Smith “The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight” Greyson Hayes and Mica Cruz are the hot and hunky firefighters who star in Draven St. James’ Grey’s Hidden Fire, a sweet and... Continue Reading →
Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. – Delmore Schwartz So, I found this lovely little short story called The Argentine Seduction that I glommed onto when Loose ID was offering it for free as promo for their Spring Fling collection, which is also when I snatched up Anna Zabo’s Slow Waltz.... Continue Reading →
Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. – Delmore Schwartz So, I found this lovely little short story called The Argentine Seduction that I glommed onto when Loose ID was offering it for free as promo for their Spring Fling collection, which is also when I snatched up Anna Zabo’s Slow Waltz.... Continue Reading →
Fear not for the future, weep not for the past - Percy Bysshe Shelley I have a savior complex. No, not the kind where I think I’m the Messiah or something. I’m talking about the kind of savior complex where I think, “Oh look, a book about a couple of damaged men who have to... Continue Reading →
Fear not for the future, weep not for the past - Percy Bysshe Shelley I have a savior complex. No, not the kind where I think I’m the Messiah or something. I’m talking about the kind of savior complex where I think, “Oh look, a book about a couple of damaged men who have to... Continue Reading →
No man is rich enough to buy back his past. – Oscar Wilde Darcy Butler moved from Oregon to New Orleans, following the woman he’s been in an on-again-off-again relationship with for the past decade. It’s a new beginning for the online magazine he’s made a success of, even while the economy has made it... Continue Reading →
No man is rich enough to buy back his past. – Oscar Wilde Darcy Butler moved from Oregon to New Orleans, following the woman he’s been in an on-again-off-again relationship with for the past decade. It’s a new beginning for the online magazine he’s made a success of, even while the economy has made it... Continue Reading →
I'm not sure how long these two short stories are going to be FREE!, but grab them while they're hot! Who doesn't love freebies? :-D Brin and his Dom, Ferg, have enjoyed a fun, sexy domestic discipline relationship for years. Brin knows his role--flamboyant, fabulous brat--and Ferg knows it's his job to play the big... Continue Reading →
Though lovers be lost, love shall not; And death shall have no dominion. – Dylan Thomas Some people are blessed to pass from this mortal coil with the knowledge that their lives have been lived with purpose and can be celebrated without regrets when the end comes. But sometimes the journey from this world to... Continue Reading →
Though lovers be lost, love shall not; And death shall have no dominion. – Dylan Thomas Some people are blessed to pass from this mortal coil with the knowledge that their lives have been lived with purpose and can be celebrated without regrets when the end comes. But sometimes the journey from this world to... Continue Reading →
Never archer there as he so good And people called him Robin Hood Such outlaws as him and his men Will England never see again – Thomas Gale, Dean of York Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men rob from the rich and give to the poor; or so the legend goes, of the... Continue Reading →
Never archer there as he so good And people called him Robin Hood Such outlaws as him and his men Will England never see again – Thomas Gale, Dean of York Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men rob from the rich and give to the poor; or so the legend goes, of the... Continue Reading →
Sex without pain is like food without taste. ― Marquis de Sade The boys from SOCA, the Serious Organized Crime Agency, are back in Lori Toland’s Dangerous Submission (Dangerous Affairs, Book 2), but this time the story focuses not on Nathaniel Bradley and Tony Terranova, the lovers from The Long Con, but on Agent Drake... Continue Reading →
Sex without pain is like food without taste. ― Marquis de Sade The boys from SOCA, the Serious Organized Crime Agency, are back in Lori Toland’s Dangerous Submission (Dangerous Affairs, Book 2), but this time the story focuses not on Nathaniel Bradley and Tony Terranova, the lovers from The Long Con, but on Agent Drake... Continue Reading →
So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die. – John Dryden My experience with zombies pretty much begins and ends with the movies Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland, which not only gives you a good idea... Continue Reading →
So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die. – John Dryden My experience with zombies pretty much begins and ends with the movies Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland, which not only gives you a good idea... Continue Reading →
Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair. - Friedrich Schiller Someone has robbed Max Lancaster of his Muse, in a most brutal and permanent way. Young Elena Genovese, ballerina and the inspiration for some of Max’s most brilliant and celebrated... Continue Reading →
A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes. – Mark Twain Rory Delaplaines fell in love with an ideal. He fell in love with an artist’s work, and by association, convinced himself it was his Destiny to swoop in like a valiant knight on noble steed—rust-bucket car works... Continue Reading →
The road to true love is awash in the tears of the brokenhearted. – Unknown Aw. Just…aw. If you’ve been following the Lucky Moon series, at all, then you’re pretty familiar with the formula: a healthy dose of lust plus a dash of conflict equals the recipe for true love. It’s a formula that’s worked... Continue Reading →
The road to true love is awash in the tears of the brokenhearted. – Unknown Aw. Just…aw. If you’ve been following the Lucky Moon series, at all, then you’re pretty familiar with the formula: a healthy dose of lust plus a dash of conflict equals the recipe for true love. It’s a formula that’s worked... Continue Reading →
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