A collection of short stories and fantasies for men and women to enjoy seperately or together.

Rookie Congressman Roberto Huerta has always wished he could change things in Washington, but he finds himself up against the usual brick walls: partisan bickering, all-consuming fundraising, and rampant corruption. What he doesn’t know is that the President was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer, the vice president is about to die in the arms of a hooker, and his own chance at sudden heroism is lurking just around the corner. If he’s not careful, he might just get his wish.

For the first time ever, we are able to glimpse behind the cloak of clergy privilege, to finally hear from the priests themselves on the pedophilia scandals that have rocked the hierarchy of the Catholic Church. Renowned family therapist and counselor Lisa R. Reynolds, PhD, poses the questions we’ve all wanted to ask but were scared to - topics ranging from isolation and loneliness to masturbation and sexuality. With an introduction by best-selling author and priest Andrew Greeley, this book discusses the reality of daily life in the priesthood and presents an even-handed collection of the personal thoughts and reflections of practicing priests.

Mary Nichols, a beautiful young FBI agent, begins to have flashbacks to an event from her childhood. The flashbacks intensify after visiting her uncle's newly purchased home, the site of a murder 25 years ago. Privately, she begins to investigate.

Alcoholism and the tumultuousness of romantic life are the primary themes in this collection of engrossing short stories from author Timothy Gager.

An engrossing tale of one man’s search for redemption in the only place it has ever been found… within the soul. Come along with the author as he strives to deal with a life half-lived and dreams perpetually deferred.

A hilarious romp through scientific history, as hosted by the indubitable Dr. Emil Baulbester. Join the good doctor as he uses current theories in cosmology and physics to definitively prove that 'science will someday be able to resurrect every many, woman and child who has ever lived or will ever live.' Yeah, right. But anyway, it's a gas hearing this schmuck's theories. And he'll make you laugh so hard you pee yourself.

A painful break-up/break-down chases high-tech marketing wiz Sandy Lowiltry from her Silicon Valley home. She comes to rest on the Oregon Coast, where she seeks solace in the opera-themed sanctuary of the Hotel Bel Canto and the arms of a handsome eccentric who spends his days combing the beach for sea glass.

Sandy soon learns what the tourist ladies already know – it's easy to fall for Frosted Glass Man. Besides great sex and alarmingly intricate campsite cuisine, Frosty offers do-it-yourself mythologies that would melt even the coldest heart. But will it be enough to quiet the whisper of ambition, the voice inside Sandy’s head that chides her for settling? Will she really leave behind Silicon Valley for love in such a strange package?

Fifty-year-old Bill Harness is on a strange but seemingly benign journey, rambling across the country in an old Pontiac and anonymously leaving large checks with promising young opera singers. His fuel, however, is sorrow, and it isn't until he arrives in Seattle and befriends Gabriella Compton, a phenomenally talented soprano, that he is able to address the three great tragedies of his vocally-gifted family.

Jewish Soulfood is a breathtaking collection of poetry spanning more than 100 years of Jewish tradition. The poems intertwine to form a brilliant tapestry that will warm your heart and reaffirm your belief in the arts.

Tommy Folgett's life is littered with disappointments: a broken marriage, alcoholism, and squandered artistic talent. But he did create one hell of a softball team. Under Tommy's tutelage, this hodge-podge of characters has lived out ten years of victories and defeats, joys and squabbles, on Friday nights at the Double River softball complex. They have, in fact, become a family.

Suzanne Rosewell is the youngest female partner in the history of her prestigious Wall Street law firm. She’s a strong, driven woman with the will to succeed. Then she meets Elias Garner, an enigmatic black Jazz musician who carries an ancient golden trumpet and represents the even more furtive “Chairman” (whom we learn heads the most powerful corporation on earth).

Elias explains that God has always placed among us thirty-six righteous people – each of whom “knows the divine will” and all of whom must be accounted for if humanity is to redeem itself. Five are missing from the Chairman’s list and Suzanne is asked to set aside her career to search for them. If she is unsuccessful, it appears that the world cannot exist beyond the sunrise.

These are terrible times for Lieutenant Chris Spell, once acclaimed as San Francisco’s premiere homicide investigator. Women are being systematically murdered, their bodies mutilated and dumped on neighborhood doorsteps. Spell is unable to stop the carnage.

Out of options and out of time, Spell formulates a plan to bring the killer down. But his prey has a shocking plan of his own - one his pursuer hadn’t considered. In a final confrontation, Spell’s world collapses when he learns the killer’s motivation and realizes the answers were always within his grasp.

The militia movement is alive and well – with a renewed motivation, cash influx, and charismatic leader.

Shawn Turk flees his bible-thumping hometown girlfriend only to fall for a Christian girl named after his new city. But this girl is different - she writes her own rules, and her beliefs don't preclude adventurous sex and agnostic boyfriends. So why is Shawn walking across the Tacoma Narrows Bridge at midnight, holding a copy of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? And who was that possessed creature at his door that evening, trying to pull a foxhole conversion?

To divert attention from its priesthood pedophilia scandals, the Vatican allows Doctor Marcus Leon to extract DNA from blood trapped in the Shroud of Turin. Dr. Leon then ignites a firestorm of controversy by announcing his plan to clone the image upon the Shroud – that of the man known by history as Jesus of Nazareth.

Led by Michael the Archangel, Dr. Leon must now build an army to defeat his greatest achievement and biggest mistake. Eternal damnation awaits him and the rest of humanity if his army fails.

In the late sixties, a serial killer calling himself the Zodiac terrorized the San Francisco Bay Area, committing brutal, random attacks, and bragging about them in letters to the San Francisco Chronicle.

TEMPTATION is a collection of short stories about sex, sex and more sex. The body is such a wild and exciting place, and sex is our opportunity to explore it. These stories will take you to a place you've always fantasized of going... or, if you are really lucky, remind you of a place you've already been.

This collection of short stories features a gaggle of dysfunctional characters with a penchant for booze, sex and drugs (not necessarily in that order). It is an unrelenting look at the seamy side of city life, a place where excess is the standard and self-control an illusion.