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Before I Die: Or Trapped in 1937 Hollywood is the story of Thomas Trueman, a writer of fiction novels who finds himself sucked into a dark hole/wormhole and tossed back in time to 1937 Hollywood. A covert team of government scientists secretly attempts to find a way to bring him back to his correct timeline. And a television paranormal investigator assisted by a local police detective partner together to solve his mysterious disappearance.

When a homicide Investigation in a small Texas town hits a brick wall, the sheriff and townies discover evidence of a government experiment that went awry and a conspiracy theory that has been carefully covered up for years. 

After three years of conducting a vengeance trail against the Sioux and Cheyenne when his parents were killed up on the Medicine Bow, Lin Allan Cooper finally came back to the place he now calls home, North Ridge, New Mexico, only to find the ranch that he and his best friend Frank Shimmer had built from the ground up had been bought by another party who paid past-due tax debts, as well as an overdue mortgage. Stage holdups, murder, and a personal vendetta against Coop, as he was called, were carried out. 

Eli Jefferson left his home in Sweetwater, Texas, intent on doing as a good son should, and helping to raise the money his father needed to pay the upcoming bank note. After finishing a cattle drive and earning the money needed, Eli set out for home, ecstatic. As he neared home, Eli was bushwhacked by an unknown gunman. The bullet creased his head and left him with amnesia. With no memory of who he was, he stumbled unknowingly on the burned remnants of his family’s ranch. His mother and father had both been brutally murdered, and the cattle stolen.

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A young girl escapes after her sexually abusive stepfather kills his wife. She is saved by an almost mythical hero by the river, but later turns on him when her stepfather and his brother falsely accuse him of the murder. Sentenced to prison, the hero is nearly hanged on the way by his accusers. Badly scarred, the man starts over under a new name in a nearby town. When his fortunes dim, he returns to the town that condemned him.

Billy knew this would be no ordinary training course, and he would need all his reflexes and skills to get past it. This training course was designed to test his skills to the limit, and he had to pass it. It was the only way he would be able to return home and exact justice. This one thought and the painful memories that preceded it would have to be enough for Billy to carry him through the grueling course. Billy gritted his teeth and focused on the task at hand. 

The stranger glanced at Ike, and he immediately knew that he and his boys were simply trouble, looking for more trouble. It was best not to add coal to the fire, and the stranger knew it. He simply looked away and continued drinking his whiskey. Perhaps if he ignored them, they would just leave it at that. Unfortunately, it was simply not to be. 

It's Christmas time in Madison, Wisconsin. It is the early stages of the Iraq War, which has conjured up memories for a bread man raised by a Vietnam Vet. If that weren’t enough to bring back these unwanted memories, his boss at the Bread Depot is an ex-Master Gunnery Marine Drill Sergeant who served in the Gulf War. On Christmas Eve, his father calls to tell him that he has cancer, and that he has Agent Orange. Depressed and suffering from insomnia, can he come to grips with his past, and heal the wounds that haunt him?

 Last Summer of the Drive-In Movies is a baby boomer coming-of-age/love story/fictionalized memoir about two teenage boys who worked at one of the last drive-in movie theaters in Corpus Christi, Texas, during the summer of 1973 and their first serious romances. Author Bob Gunner has captures the essence of that special summer between junior high and high school, when movies, music, and maturing provided them with life lessons and paved their way to coming adulthood. 

Wind River, is a tale of the Sioux uprising along the Big Wind River, and in the Wind River Valley, the Indians call, "Valley of the Warm Winds". The Wind River is in the territory of Wyoming, and this story is a fictional tale from the year of 1868. The main character, Jeb Winslow is thrust into the survival against the Sioux, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Pawnee, and Ute Indians. He is a mountain man who was attacked with two of his friends, both were killed, and he was only wounded but, played dead. The Sioux stole their furs, beaver pelts, horses, and a mule, leaving him for dead.

In the heart of modern-day New York City, Alex, a young professional, finds himself entangled in a web of ancestral spirits, forbidden rituals, and long-forgotten tales. When unusual occurrences begin to disrupt his daily life, he embarks on a journey that takes him far from the skyscrapers of the metropolis to an ancient excavation site. Here, amid the whispers of a lost tribe with the power to bridge our world with the spirit realm, Alex must work alongside a team of archaeologists to uncover a truth that has been buried for millennia.

It took Beacher longer than he figured to find the Colorado River. By the time he made camp, the sun was at the west back. “Just right,” he said to himself. He cut some bank poles, and found some toad frogs. “The smaller ones work better,” Beacher thought. “Now, all I need are some hooks and line, with no weights. Just run your hook under the frog’s backbone, near his hind legs, and he won’t bleed a bit. He’ll swim toward the bank all night.” Tolbert knew that the forked-tail catfish was a top-feeder, unlike the round-tail, yellow catfish, which fed off the bottom.

Embark on a thrilling journey into the unknown with Tall Grass, the debut collection of interconnected short stories by new author Anne Myers. Prepare to be captivated by a series of tales that weave together to create a tapestry of suspense, mystery, and the uncanny. In this captivating anthology, Anne Myers introduces listeners to a world where the ordinary collides with the extraordinary, where the boundaries between reality and the supernatural blur.

Jud Low had been through his share of hard times and troubles. He’d seen his friend killed, the ranch and cattle stolen. But Jud and his partner, Ted Lewis, had taken revenge for their friend and gotten his life’s work back. Now, all Jud wanted to do was have a dance with a pretty new waitress that had come to town. Getting together a dance at the last minute wasn’t easy, but Jud managed it. The dance with the new waitress, Nancy, lasted longer than he’d bargained for, with her returning to the ranch with him.

Jud Low was 18 years old, from the East, and as green as could be when his father decided to pull up stakes and set them on the Oregon Trail. Not far from Abilene, Kansas, the two were put out of the wagon train after Jud’s father got into an argument with the wagon master. They headed south. Not long after, Jud found himself alone, his father having frozen to death during a cold winter night. He made his way south and stumbled onto a small cattle ranch, finding himself a job and a great friendship. When his new friend is murdered and robbed, Jud finds himself forced to become a man.

Michael Gray grew up on a plantation in Virginia, and when he reached the age of 17, his father decided it was time to further his education and sent him to West Point. There, he excelled in his studies and was about to graduate when tensions began to escalate over the slavery issue. Knowing that war would emanate, Michael was approached and asked to join the Union Army, his orders were to buy horses and at the same time spy on the Confederacy. During the course of the war, he was captured and sent to prison where he escaped after six months.