Synopsis A flustered waitress is given a magic wand she uses to teach a bully a lesson. A young girl is befriended by a kindly oak tree and together they dispose of her abusive father. An oceanographer’s life is changed when he meets and befriends a merman. An abusive folksinger messes with the wrong […]
Synopsis In late 2019, award-winning Portland author Alex Behr reunited with Chris Hartman, a lost love, after thirty years. Their brief, intense romance in San Francisco left behind no photos, and yet they’d never forgotten each other. Chris soon moved to Portland to start a new life with her. Tragically and suddenly, he was […]
Synopsis Of these stories, portraits “of many selves,” the author writes: “In Hokusai’s One Hundred Views of Mount Fuji, sometimes you see the mountain, sometimes you don’t, depending on where you are standing. Like mountains, these self portraits too may be visible or invisible—or sometimes positioned at the edge of the picture. And, like mountains, […]
Synopsis Two never-fail assassins! Target and client in the same couple. The devil has drawn his double knives. There will be death! But there will also be love. Who can survive when Eros has drawn his bow and pointed his love arrows? Amazon Review This short story did not take long to finish and […]
Synopsis The uneventful lives of everyday people? Look again. Captivating characters entertain and delight us as we read their stories that are deep, rich and interesting. The reader is introduced to everyday people whose lives are seemingly uneventful on the outside but are captivating and colourful nevertheless. You will certainly find the heart in […]
Synopsis The roads Donna has traveled throughout her life – some boring and some not so boring – have formed the person she is today. Each road had a side trail that led her to many adventures, resulting in life-changing experiences. Growing up a house mover’s daughter had its challenges. The hardest one to […]
Synopsis From coastal Massachusetts to rural Ireland, the characters in Trespassers struggle to reconcile past and present, place and displacement, loss and hope. A woman travels from her Massachusetts home to her native Irish village to care for her estranged and sick father. Back in her childhood home, she comes face-to-face with previously unspoken […]
Synopsis When he fails to help curb the worldwide pandemic in the 21st Century, time-traveling healer Torak loses confidence in himself. He is sent to the land of Anon where a plague is ravaging the countryside. He makes many friends and successfully curtails the plague, but when evil King Zorandon becomes ill and calls […]
Synopsis THEY AIN’T GONNA GET ANY DEADER is a collection of humorous personal essays drawn from the author’s high school, college, and young adult years. It offers vivid storytelling capturing the essence of coming of age in high school and college, as well as figuring out adulting. Whether it is getting hired and fired […]
Synopsis This collection of seven short stories takes the reader to the Kingdom of Imlay, a coastal realm still filled with magic and mythical creatures great and small. Characters such as the inquisitive Ya, the precocious Aurora, and an ambitious, future-seeking King face monumental decisions that will affect those they hold dear. Along […]