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The Fabric Over the Moon: 28 short stories from unlikely heroes by Ferran Plana

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Stories come alive at night.

They are whispered around dying campfires, by quiet bedsides, under deformed old trees.

They might get interrupted by the howling wind, inaudible gasps, or nervous comments, only to be continued fervently once the dust settles again.

Why did the girl visit the eerie village? What did the gypsy’s words mean? Can the discovery of a new flower change the world?

Stories are supposed to end but they never do.

They leave you wondering and longing for more. They live on in your mind, in corners with cobwebs and memories you’ve been suppressing, in recurring daydreams you have while waiting in long lines. They fester and thrive there. They spiral and soar. You wish they would die but they cannot anymore.

Once you blow breath into a story, it instantly becomes yours…

Targeted Age Group:: 16-99

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I started inventing short stories for my wife before sleeping, then she suggested me to write a book with some of them.

The Jackson MacKenzie Chronicles In the Eye of the Storm by Angel Giacomo

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War – It changes everyone and everything it touches. But especially the men who live in the trenches. Who fight the battles. Lt. Colonel Jackson Joseph MacKenzie is one of those men. He grew up in the shadow of a legendary Marine. Part of a family tradition to serve, he joined the United States Army. His first war – Korea -taught him death the hard way, both personal and professional. His second – Vietnam – never-ending pain. And betrayal by those above him. Those he trusted. His superiors. Given a top-secret mission to help end the war, he carried out his orders. Then upon his return, they disavowed any knowledge of it. He found himself in a six-by-eight cell with no way out and no hope. A man broken by the horrors of the Vietnam War and the POW camp that left everlasting scars. Memories – nightmares – that haunted him, even awake, and left him a prisoner in his own mind.

Targeted Age Group:: Adult

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
The beginning came in a dream and an article in Time magazine. Heroes today are few. And we need more of them.

All the Colors of My Soul by Leta McCurry

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All the Colors of My Soul by Leta McCurry

What could drive a loving wife and mother to commit cold-blooded murder?

Growing up in the 1930s Santa Clara Valley, California, Neva Holiday wanted nothing more than to reach eighteen, have a beau, get married and mother a houseful of kids. Simple, quiet, peaceful.

As she blossoms into a young woman during high school, she finds herself torn between a life-long bond with the boy next door and her growing love for a handsome newcomer escaping the destitution of Dust Bowl Oklahoma. Before she can discover the desire of her heart, WWII tears her world apart, plunging her into years of fear and dread of receiving the telegram beginning, “We regret to inform you.”

A son brings joy, purpose and focus to her life until an insidious influence creeps into the family unawares, creating an unspeakable tragedy, forever shattering Neva’s dreams of quiet happiness, and forcing her to confront whether she will turn the other cheek or deliver cold-hearted retribution.

In a dizzying exposé of the human spirit, Leta McCurry weaves a riveting tale of a young woman’s descent into darkness. Emotionally gripping and magnificently crafted, this rich and heart-wrenching novel will keep you on the edge of your seat as you race to its extraordinary conclusion. — Heidi Thomas, Award-winning author of the “Cowboy Dreams” series.

All the Colors of My Soul is a sweeping twentieth-century historical fiction. If you like captivating character studies, poignant moral quandaries, and vivid snapshots of the past, then you’ll love Leta McCurry’s mesmerizing story. — Sally Bates, Award-winning author of Western fiction and poetry.

Targeted Age Group:: 18+
Heat/Violence Level: Heat Level 4 – R Rated

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Two tragic family incidents. The situations were similar but the responses of the individuals involved were vastly different. All the Colors of My Soul is not the story of either of those incidents, but was inspired by the different reactions of the human spirit to an unspeakable tragedy.

How Did You Come up With Your Characters?
Characters are always influenced to some degree by people we have known, particularly in childhood for me. Additionally there are those people who appear for an instant and then are gone, the slouched old man sitting on a park bench, his face a road map of life, the thin woman with a smelly infant slung on her hip, the child with the haunted eyes. They speak to me on a primal level and I remember them. I don't pattern characters after any one person, but exposure to all these are the bits and pieces of the mosaic that becomes a new identity in my stories. Beyond that, the stories themselves are a big factor in character development – kind of like the character rises to the occasion.

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Inside my chest, my heart slowly expanded until it pushed against the constraints of my ribs and into my throat as if it would flow out and fill the room with something sparkling and golden, but warm and soft. I held my breath, wanting to extend the moment, to fill my hands with the manifestation of my love for him, to smear it on my face and arms, and his, where it would forever color our skin with a lasting testimony of my unspeakable love for him.

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A walking shadow by Luigi Arcari

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Defining the book as a bildungsroman would be excessive, absolutely irreverent towards Salinger, despite an infinitesimal, intentional, reference to Holden. However, it is true that it wants to be, in its small, very small intent, a novel of growth. A growth that sees a group of young people confront on the one hand with the approach of the final exams, on the other with a collective commitment and on yet another one with a situation greater than them, violent and brutal. The commitment that involves them is basically a small thing, a play, but it is enriched with an organizational and design context that motivates and excites them. It helps to unite them, to cement existing bonds and to create new ones. The violent story arises from a simple stunt, which however unleashes mechanisms of revenge, evil instincts and deplorable actions. Football cheering is the excuse for such feats.
And around these three lines of development are intertwined the stories of individual young people, stories of ingenuity, love, sympathy, friendship, affection and solidarity. Positive stories in fact, deliberately such, innocent perhaps. But these are precisely stories of growth, of maturation, which the acceleration of events eventually makes even dramatic.
The setting is that of the late eighties, to place a detachment from the present time, but feelings and passions are of all times. Like the steps of life.

Targeted Age Group:: All age

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
It's a novel of growth. After almost 30 years in the ITC business, now I am a math & physics teacher, so I decided to write about school, young people, friendship, affection and solidarity.

The Watchers Book 2: The Seal of Daemons by RR Pearl

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After holding off the New Watchers at the tomb of a fallen angel, Rafe and Alec are back with a new adventure. The Praesidium has gotten a tip that the New Watchers are on the hunt for the legendary ring of King Solomon. Traveling the globe on a continent-spanning adventure, Alec, Clemy, and Enoch the misanthropic computer have to unravel the mysteries of conflicting information. But as Alec and Rafe grapple with the gun-toting New Watcher armies, they find themselves tested in other ways. Rafe still hasn’t told Alec everything – and Alec is about to learn just how far secrets can go.

Targeted Age Group:: 18+

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I have been writing since grammar school. I felt it was time to put my ideas and twisted thoughts out there for the world to read.

When Goodbye Begins: life takes over by Geeta Lal Sahai

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When Goodbye Begins: life takes over by Geeta Lal Sahai

In When Goodbye Begins: life takes over, author-filmmaker – Geeta Lal Sahai actively involved in mental health advocacy rips apart the stereotypical existence. These five stories are about mental health, innumerable lanes and layers of memories, childhood abuse, infidelity, betrayal, hopelessness, and hidden emotions. There is pathos, feelings, inner conflict and stoic acceptance.
In the title story – When Goodbye Begins, a middle-aged woman, caught between her dreams and the present reality of being a caregiver to her husband, walks on a tightrope. Through her eyes, we experience the broken and painful world of people with Alzheimer’s and their families. In Walking on Ice Sheet in Pencil Heels, the story captures the protagonist Sheena’s struggle with her identity and the frightening and fascinating world of bipolar disorder. In Death of a Memory, Rashi facing betrayal and infidelity, fights with her memories to face the world. In another story – If Only I Could Tell, the author recounts the painful and traumatic world of the child sexual abuse survivor who keeps running away from love, people and self. Caught in the web of childhood abuse, the author, through her protagonist, poignantly shows the long-term ramifications of broken trust and bruised body.
In all five stories, Geeta exquisitely crafts the inner turmoil of her characters. The world of characters in these stories is gripping, and there’s a world within a world.

Incident on 95 by Daniel Endicott

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Oliver witnesses a serious accident as he returns home, after concluding his route as a traveling salesman. The incident seems to send a ripple through his life that he instinctively fights against, but eventually comes to accept.

Targeted Age Group:: 16 – 80

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
Several thoughts were swirling together: Plans for camping, memories of prior trips, things we've seen, fatigue from long-haul trips, and a bridge. That recalled a moment from last summer when the words that start the story went through my head. I began thinking them in a bit of a mocking manner, a bit as admonishment for past behavior, and as I did, I began to imagine a character thinking that same thing, and started writing.

Diary of a Man Who Set Out to Prove the Earth is Flat (And Other Stories) by Mark Comstock Damon

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It is a book of short stories where each story deals with a specific example of corruption, hypocrisy, delusion or insanity, often all of the above. The opening story, “Diary of a Man Who Set Out to Prove the Earth is Flat” is a satire of flat earthers and is about an explorer who embarks on a voyage to confirm to the world what he knows to be true. The expedition goes other than well. The other stories are, “The Church Of The Resurrection Inc.”, “The Persarius Experiment”, “Three 10 Minute Plays About Donald J.erkass Drumpf” which are three plays that serve as a not so fond farewell to Donald Trump’s disgraceful, embarrassing fiasco of a presidency, and the final story is, “Exploring the Mysteries of Space: You Might Not Like What You Find”. All stories are presented humorously, and at times the humor can be quite dark. Though all stories don’t focus directly on current events, the book seeks to capture the essence of the calamity and absurdity and abject, inconceivable irrationality and disturbing stupidity of the present day. It is $0.99 and is free with KindleUnlimited.

Targeted Age Group:: 15+

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
It wasn’t so much a question of what inspired me to write the book as some of the stories were already written, it was when Donald Trump was actually defeated that I decided I wanted to create a full book and publish it to commemorate the occasion.

A Poor Man’s Supper by Jim Gulledge

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A Poor Man’s Supper by Jim Gulledge

In the North Carolina mountains two people, destined to love each other, are doomed to be apart.

Vancie Keller is trying to survive on her mother’s failing farm when her life is forever altered by the arrival of two men, Josiah Buckland and Jagger Hill.

One, she will love, the other she will marry. She has a secret neither of them know.

Orphaned as a teen, Josiah Buckland came down from the rugged mountains of North Carolina to try to find work and possibly a home. He didn’t expect to find the love of his life.

Jagger Hill has secrets of his own. When he comes to town and starts to rebuild, nobody knows him for who he really is, but people will soon learn. Some things cannot be kept hidden forever…

A powerful, heart-breaking tale of the tremendous consequences of our choices and actions, sprinkled with revelry in the natural world, faith, song and myth.

A Poor Man’s Supper by Jim Gulledge

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In the North Carolina mountains two people, destined to love each other, are doomed to be apart.

Vancie Keller is trying to survive on her mother’s failing farm when her life is forever altered by the arrival of two men, Josiah Buckland and Jagger Hill.

One, she will love, the other she will marry. She has a secret neither of them know.

Orphaned as a teen, Josiah Buckland came down from the rugged mountains of North Carolina to try to find work and possibly a home. He didn’t expect to find the love of his life.

Jagger Hill has secrets of his own. When he comes to town and starts to rebuild, nobody knows him for who he really is, but people will soon learn. Some things cannot be kept hidden forever…

A powerful, heart-breaking tale of the tremendous consequences of our choices and actions, sprinkled with revelry in the natural world, faith, song and myth.

Targeted Age Group:: 18+

What Inspired You to Write Your Book?
I was attending the funeral of my aunt in South Carolina on a hot July day. While wiping sweat from my brow, a voice in my head said, "This is where the story begins." The book did not start on that particular day, but the compulsion to start did. Words began to appear on the page a few months later while I was on a trip to the North Carolina mountains.

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