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About 6 months ago I had a caller, Katherine LaHart, on my blogtalk radio show The G-ZONE call in and suggest that I do a collaboration. Personally I was floored; really, this was the last thing that I thought anybody would ask me that day. I sure didn’t wake up with that thought on my mind. Since then we, various authors and Trestle Press, have produced 22 installments of the series covering just about every genre possible except romance. Let’s face it, with names like Harry Balls, Peter…

In this story, i'm sorry for all of the spelling and grammar mistakes. When I am in the moment and writing my best works, i dont care, i just write. Thank you for taking the time for reading! i really appreciate it. This is The Funeral:

"Sweetheart, are you okay?"



"Yeah I'm fine" I replied after being broken out of my daydream. In truth I was not fine. A million different emotions roiled in my body. I didn’t understand. My mind won’t let me understand. If it did…

I recently attended my very first book-signing event. It took place at Waterstones bookseller in Crewe, Cheshire in the North of England. I did not know what to expect so I was faintly nervous but approached it with an open mind. I would surely sell some books, even if no one came specifically to see me. I had been publicizing it widely in local newspapers and on the Internet so I was hopeful.

As it was, I sold 6 books. This may not sound like a lot, but for an unknown author…

Another great week of guests coming at you this week on The G-ZONE:

Monday 3pm EST- Suzanne Woods Fisher makes a return visit as we discuss her newest release “A Lancaster County Christmas ”.

Tuesday 8pm EST- John Raab, CEO and Chief Editor of “Suspense Magazine” stops by to chat.

Weds. 1pm EST- William Tooker, author of the horror series “Slouching Towards Bethlehem” drops in to tell us what is around the corner for him and to talk about all things…

“Pale Horse” is not a story that has anything to do with Native Americans, no, instead it is the beginning of a new detective series from J.E. Seymour. Tracey Greene is the reluctant private investigator and she knows horses and the stables. That is a good thing because almost the entire digital short story is set in and around a horse race track in New Hampshire. As I read the story I could smell the stables and hear the horses, well at least those that were alive.

Tracey Greene is…

Ran into these goats as I making my way around the city. They were being taken to a goat market, at Allsopps-wonder what they thought of me?

The IELTS General Training test is compulsory for anyone who wishes to immigrate, or work in Australia, Canada and New Zealand, two reasons students have to spend time practicing their English language skills for this international test.

“General IELTS Writing Questions," is designed…

I enjoy a good YA novel on occasion, I mean who doesn’t? It breaks things up a bit, gives a little more life to the reading week and who knows what quirky things may pop up in them. This though my friends,”Shelter”, is just a great read period; I do not care what label you wish to slap on this. I do not know how he does it, novel, after novel after novel, but Harlan Coben delivers another intense, fun read. The author says he had a blast writing this, well I had a ton of fun reading it, just…

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 I’ll admit until maybe 4 or 5 months ago I was not really into the horror genre. I think my basic hang-up was the gore, the blood and guts, the over simplification of the action; basically it left nothing to my imagination, I like my imagination, sorry. I feel that a good writer no matter what genre I am reading can and should leave a little something for me to think about, a little bit unsaid, a little bit for me to consider to draw me in a bit and be a captive in his or her universe. I…

Have you seen the cover? Do you have kids? Have you ever watched kids? Have you had a bad day and have kids? Have you just had a bad day? Okay now I think you can understand the “surreal” nature of the cover and what the story in part is about. The best part of the whole thing though is what lies inside. April Pohren is starting to stretch her legs as an author and takes a crack at a different genre this time, moving away from her amazing debut: “Dream Me to Death”. This is definitely her…

Horror anyone? William Tooker knows his horror; that is evident from the first few paragraphs of this story. “Black Betty” is the second installment of the “Slouching Towards Bethlehem” series and continues the storyline in the most gruesome way. I like to hear about when people are harvesting things, usually that is good right? You harvest crops, etc, but what are they harvesting in “Black Betty”? I don’t think it is hay and apples.

“Black Betty” delves deep into the minds and souls…

Only through the strength and motivation that God has truly given us to write this particular novel, we have gained the strength through prayers, inspiration, and our trails and tribulations; to endured the wrath of letting go of each other.  Struggling to hold back the tears and fears of life's failures in our relationship; these spoken word and poem pieces where wrote.  From the pain that we both have endured over the years, we finely gainned the strength to let go of each other; with…

The Outlook Project

A short sci-fi story by Chuck Keyes

          For the past ten minutes, Deena has been gazing up at the enormous injected liquid plasma screen that's mounted on the wall above the many Outlook Project control stations.

          "Deena, have you…

This Strange Alien World   

A short sci-fi story by Chuck Keyes

           "Captain, the hyper dimensional drive is still producing some strange fluctuations from within."

          "Lou, you’re the chief engineer aboard…

(Excerpted from The Logical Soul, publ. 2010 and available on Amazon)

My life has been the canvas on which a series of major turning points have been imprinted.  Here are a few more of the ones that led to my own hidden decisions:

Looney Tunes Strikes Again

I don’t know if it was because I had my “third eye” smacked open or what.  Until I was eleven years old, however, I believed that everyone – including myself…

Mass murder and serial killers just seem to go together so why not have two in the same story. In fact why not have one serial killer try to bring the other to justice?  And to top it off why not make the deal sweeter by…? Wait I can’t tell you that part; it would be a spoiler. I don’t do that, sorry. Here is the deal on this installment: Jeffrey Martin has come up with an insanely great character that is, well, insane, and to boot he is a serial killer with certain tastes. I would prefer…