THE FREQUENCYBy Randall D. St. Claire Mystery / Speculative Thriller / Thriller / Suspense / HistoryPublisher: Atmosphere PressPublication Date: July 21, 2026 *** SYNOPSIS *** He didn’t expect his life to change in a single moment. He didn’t expect it to ask anything in return. Bronx Rousselle built his small life on purpose: a pawnshop […]
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Before getting to the heart of the blog, I have an announcement and an ask. First the announcement: A new, revised version of my humorous memoir, A Dead Tomato Plant and a Paycheck will be released the end of August. It has new content, a new cover, and was professionally formatted. It’s live at Amazon
INDIGO, THE DEEPBy Kellye Abernathy Teen and YA / Coming of Age / FantasyPublisher: Atmosphere PressPublication Date: July 7, 2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** SYNOPSIS *** “In the heart of the deepest sea caverns, there is a stillness. Learn to surrender to it.” Fifteen-year-old Condi Bloom knows the magic will happen again. The autumn equinox is looming.
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With the rapid pace of AI becoming a part of our daily lives, I thought about the time long before Alexa or Siri, when the company my husband worked for wanted to launch a home computer that would act much like the modern systems do. He was a software engineer and came home from work
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FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIMEBy Kimberly Packard Romance / Time-Slip / RomComPublisher: Abalos PublishingPublication Date: 16 June 2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** SYNOPSIS *** Blink and your life’s halfway over. What if that happens literally? College party girl Emily Murray bounces through majors and boys until an ill-advised art major leads her to a rebellious relationship with
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A NEW FATHERLAND: PEACE TREATIES & SHATTERED HOPES BOOK TWO By Natalie Bright & Manuela SchneiderHistorical Fiction/ Immigrant Fiction Publisher: EK-2 PublishingPublication Date: April 30, 2026 *** SYNOPSIS *** Texas, 1840s: Drawn by the promise of land and freedom, German settlers venture into the New World—only to find themselves ensnared in deception, power struggles, and
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UP FROM HELLEchoes of the Past: Crimes in Central Texas, Book 1 By Joan MoranCrime ThrillerPublisher: Next ChapterPublication Date: April 7, 2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** SYNOPSIS *** Growing up in Las Vegas, Neil Dixon’s future looked bleak. The son of a drug-addicted mother, he didn’t have a lot of options until a police officer, Sergeant Finch,
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ON THE BAYOU By Sean Bridges Suspense, Thriller, Mystery Publisher: The Wild Rose PressPublication Date: 25 May 2026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** SYNOPSIS*** A stake-out at a trafficker way-station ends with Special Agent Jennifer Nash placed on forced leave. Until a government insider offers her a chance at redemption. All she has to do is accompany an
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I thought it would be fun to share some interesting slang words I recently saw on the Word Smarts Website. There are just a few here on the blog, but you can find more on the Word Smarts site, as well as more detailed information about them. “Wicked” is a word common to the northeast,
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Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms and grandmoms and special women in a child’s life. First off, I want to pay tribute to my mother, and send her some virtual roses. The following is a blog post I wrote about her in 2015. Ours was not a storybook relationship for many years, and it’s
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