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August, 2017 The heat is on. Don't sweat it; lay on the beach with your Kindle. Just released an anthology of short stories called Midnight in the Graveyard.
If you like mysteries in fantasy vein, you should like Raven Lenore, a private investigator and a paranormal investigator. Recently published is another Charles Winterbottom book, The Ring of Power and My Name is Michael, the fiery story of a drug addict. Although this is fiction it is based on the true life of a drug addict. Also, you'll find plenty of fun in my Retslu series. If you like fairy folk and more, buy my package of five novels at here
If you prefer short stories, buy Kickass Women .
My other new
releases are Interesting Times Finalist in the EPIC 2015 eBook Awards and the seventh book in the Raven Lenore series, The
Case of the Gypsy Curse. For
more information, check the novel descriptions below. The first
three books of the Morgaine
Chronicles, a tale of
witchcraft and sorcery, are available as a boxed set at just $5.99. For a
dollar more than the price of one book, you get three. Here is the link: Morgaine Boxed Set. The latest book in the Morgaine series is Morgaine
and the Sorcerers' Guild. My humorous
fantasy series, The
Books of Retslu, are now available in print format. The first novel is called White
Queen, Black Knight. Joe Vadalma,
proud member of EPIC, the Electronic
Publishing Industry Coalition. My E-Books For an excerpt
and other information about each book, click on the word "Excerpt".
To go to a web site where the book may be purchased, click on
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Box on the Seashore. A college boy on spring break
finds a mysterious box on the sand whose contents lead him into trouble. A
Mind Odyssey
A man is subjected to a new method of psychiatric therapy. Cure or deeper into insanity? The
Adventures of Prince Woden and Knight Noise A prince and a knight set out
to kill dragons and meet a pair of beautiful witches. The Books of Retslu After you finish
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Michele was a complex person. For the most part people liked her. She was kind and friendly to everyone she met. On the other hand, she could be a terror to those she felt had offended or crossed her. She burned many bridges and could be careless about those she professed to love. She was intelligent and intuitive but wasted her many talents because of her addictions. But discover her for yourself through the words in this biography. Hers is a cautionary tale of how someone who could have been a great person was brought down by wrong choices. Excerpt Purchase. 
Interesting
Times is the true story of my family and myself from the time that my
grandparents came to these shores until very recent times and how the great
events of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries affected our lives. Now available in printed form. Excerpt Purchase. 
Morgaine and
Michael. Michael Ellul was born in
the tenth century A.D. At the turn of the second millennium, as a knight he is
stricken with fear and runs away from his first battle to become an outlaw. His
overwhelming desire to become immortal leads him to a sorcerer who for a
payment of ten years of service grants him a thousand years of life. Throughout
the centuries, he tries to discover the secret behind his longevity. In modern
times, he struggles with a demon while two beautiful women battle for his love.
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Morgaine and Melody. Melody Trent, an
attractive modern woman, dreams of dancing nude in the woods. In her quest to
discover the meaning of this strange vision, she falls under the spell of a
mysterious astrologer and psychic, Michael Ellul. Her involvement with this
enigmatic man leads her into a universe populated with eccentrics whose strange
paranormal beliefs and customs include pagan ceremonies and erotic acts. Melody
begins to suspect that is that Michael is not simply a rich and famous student
of the occult, but is a thousand-year old sorcerer who has sold his soul to the
devil. Michael's terrifying secrets are slowly revealed to her as she is
enticed into his eerie and magical world by his uncanny ability to dominate her
with his eyes. Soon she questions whether he truly loves her or with the aid of
the flamboyant, sexy Morgaine Fabiano, a self-proclaimed witch, has lured her
into his world to sacrifice her to an evil demon in an attempt to gain
immortality. A fate that would make her the slave of the demon until the end of
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Morgaine and Raven. When Michael Ellul
mysteriously disappears, Melody hires Raven Lenore, a tough young former cop, PI
and modern witch, to find him. But, what starts out as an ordinary missing
persons case soon turns out to be a dangerous game against mysterious demonic
forces. During the investigation, Raven and Keith Borgenson (Raven's boy friend
and partner) discover that two people committed suicide on the Ellul's estate,
Michael Ellul's friend Lance Flebert is in an insane asylum and another friend,
Jack Westcott is an alcoholic on the skids. The detectives run into more
trouble when Morgaine returns to earth as Claudia Van Best from the Westchester
Institute of the Occult, and the detectives are accosted by gunmen who question
them about Westcott and Claudia. During a seance a channeled spirit warns of
danger from an elemental. In Ellul's abandoned estate in the mountains, Raven
finds a decomposed corpse and a computer printout that claims that Doctor
Frankenstein was a real person. Claudia locks the detectives in Michael's
laboratory, erases the file on the hard disk and absconds with the information.
Then the real fun starts. This is a novel of mystery and suspense in the world
of the occult. Excerpt Purchase
Morgaine and Gretchen. Denise Fabiano,
a five-year-old girl, lives with her mother and her grandfather, Papa Joe, in
an ancient farmhouse in the 
Morgaine and Asmodeus. The entrance to
the 
Morgaine and Armageddon. One evening
Michael has a strange dream in which a man in a black suit hands him a pamphlet
concerning the End of Days. When he awakes, the pamphlet, which is from a cult
known as the Children of Aquarius, lays on the table next to his chair. He
begins to suspect that his wife, Melody, is possessed. To find out the truth,
he uses his magic crystal to learn that Morgaine has possessed Melody. He also
has a vision of the End of Days with Morgaine as the Antichrist. Michael hires
Raven to spy on the Children of Aquarius. She becomes a priestess and learns of
a mysterious book called the Book of Seven seals. As each seal is opened, she receives
a vision of a future apocalypse, of horrible monsters taking over the earth, of
cataclysmic events and of death and disease. Are these true visions? Is the
world really coming to the end? Can Melody be saved from the demon witch who
possesses her? How can Michael and Raven save the world? And what is the demon
witch, Morgaine's, real plan? This novel is loosely based on events described
in the Book of Revelations of the Christian Bible. Excerpt Purchase
Morgaine and Moonwood. Tom Bongiglio is
a hard working twenty-five year old building contractor, who has been living
with his fianc, Bridget Ryan, for two years in 
Morgaine and
Nicholas. Nicholas, a child with
strange powers is born to the Bongiglios. As an adult, Nicholas has a plan to
rule the world. At the same time Michael is a prisoner of Morgaine. Can
Michael's friends rescue him and stop another Armageddon from happening? A
female drifter by the name of Mandy Blake stumbles upon Moonwood, which has
been abandoned by Melody. She meets Victor Legion, Sylvan Macrome, Isaac the
robot, and various ghosts and demons that haunt the old place. She also falls
victim to the crystal. A ghost warns Mandy about her coming meeting with
Nicholas. At the Freedom Party national convention, Nicholas Bongiglio, son of
Tom and Bridget, is nominated as their candidate for president of the 
Morgaine and
the Necromancer. Morgaine has a
chance to finally become the beloved mate of Michael, the man she has loved
through centuries, only to be separated by demons, scheming witches, and his
love for another woman. First she must take the form of a cat, then help a
young occultist, Craig, acquire the Necronomicon, while protecting him from the
blood lust of the vampiress who has it. Then she must deal with an otherworldly
monster with a thirst for human souls, while resurrecting a woman long-dead.
And if she can jump through several more difficult magical hoops, Morgaine may
at long last get her wish to finally be united with Michael and gain his love.
From 
Morgaine and
the Sorcerers Guild. Asmodeus' war
with Lillith for the fate of the Earth heats up. Asmodeus is the favorite and
is already planning how he will destroy the world and all of humanity with it.
But Morgaine has discovered a prophecy: "If human beings can sove ten
ancient mysteries the Earth will be saved. If they fail, Asmodeus will
prevail." The only ones with the power to unravel these age-old puzzles
are herself, Michael, and the other members of The Alchemists and
Sorcerers' Guild. Asmodeus has a plan to prevent them from succeeding and assigns
his ten most powerful demonic servants to keeping each of the mysteries secret.
But Morgaine has conceived the most daring plot ever. She will steal Asmodeus
power. But if he regains it. She will be blasted out of existence in this
universe and all others. Excerpt
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.Raven Lenore, Psychic Investigator
The Case of
the Spirit in the Bottle. Raven
Lenore is both a psychic and a private investigator. An old friend and FBI
agent calls on her to help him solve a murder that involves the occult. When
the murderer is shot and killed, the case seems to be over. The murder was
committed in order to steal an antique bottle which Raven learns contains an
evil presence that exerts control over her. It causes her and her boy friend, a
stage illusionist, to travel to 
The Case of
the Missing Corpse. Raven has been
plagued by nightmares ever since Peter Magbertius died. She dreams that she
meets him in a dark forest where he implores her to bring him back from the
dead. After she wakes up, she asks her familiar, Mephistopheles, how she can
rid herself of his presence. The cat's only reply is that "The answer will
come soon." Mordecai Wilsey, a mortician, wants her to find a corpse that
has been stolen from his mortuary. He has buried an empty coffin and does not
want his duplicity or the theft to be known. Nonetheless, he wants the thief or
thieves caught. Raven interviews the dead man's relatives with no result.
However, when she calls upon the missing corpse's best friend, Peter Morgan, he
talks about a vampire named Celia and that he saw the dead man alive and
walking about. When Raven sets up a surveillance of the mortuary, she catches
Celia VanGrimm drinking blood drained from a corpse. Celia swears that she had
nothing to do with stealing the corpse, but that Peter Morgan is one of her
blood donors. She tells Raven that she can be contacted at 
The Case of
the House Who Ate People. The
president of the 
The Case of the Ghost Out of Time. Raven
is alone in her apartment reading. Mephistopheles, her cat, is lying across her
lap. Suddenly the cat jumps up and hisses. It stares into a dark corner of the
room. Raven trembles. She fears that it is Celia VanGrimm, the vampire who
takes blood from her on an irregular basis. But she does not feel the usual
calling that the vampire gives her. She tries to peer into the darkness and
realizes that it is her guardian demon, Morgaine. Morgaine tells her that her
master has a mission for Raven and takes her by the hand and leads her to
Morgaine's world. It is pitch black, and they are surrounded by the sounds of
people crying out in pain, screaming and moaning. And that's just the
beginning! Excerpt PurchaseThe Case of Morgaine the Demon Witch. Raven
Lenore must use all her wit and street smarts to defeat the powerful,
treacherous demon-witch Morgaine. Many of the characters from both series are
present, such as Henry Bagyar the beast, Annie B., Michael Ellul the
thousand-year-old sorcerer, Lara Borinski (Michael's second wife),
Mephistopheles the magic cat, Peter Magbertius (Raven's nemesis), Lenore Raven
(Raven's doppleganger), demons, ghosts, vampires and angels, and many others as
well as new characters, in heady brew of evil against good, and evil against
evil, as demonic cults vie for power. Only Raven can save the world from the
horrors from the abyss. Excerpt Purchase
The Case of the Missing Scientist. An
android that wants a mate, a missing android scientist, a woman mysteriously
appearing naked on a downtown street, a monastery closed, an elixir of youth.
What is the connection among them? This is the mystery that Raven must
unravelwhile investigating the scientist's disappearance. It is a case that
must be solved to avoid an apocalyptic war that could destroy mankind. Many
pitfalls and dangers are Raven's fate as she navigates a labyrinthine catacomb,
travels to the future and endangers her personal happiness with a new love. Excerpt Purchase
The Case of the Gypsy Curse. Raven is hired to help lift
a curse, she begins a quest for a lost grimoire that will take her through
deadly peril in the Carpathians, in Science Fiction
The Bagod. Reawakened in the Far Future. When Joe Hermann, a
twenty-first century man, has his body frozen in hopes that in the near future
a cure for his cancer will be found, what he thinks will be a short sleep turns
into a 3000 year snooze. The new world he wakes into is very different from the
one he knew. Mostly wilderness and underpopulated, it is also a world of women
only. Men are only a legend and considered devils. At first he thinks he is in
a dream come true--the only man in a world of women. But, soon Joe realizes he
is a freak, most women are repulsed by the thought of sex with him and consider
it a perverted form of beastality. They call him a "bagod," their
word for devil. When Joe learns human males are still alive, but not on Earth,
he determines to escape and join them. Before him stretches an epic odyssey,
one that will take him into slavery, to a satellite of pleasure orbiting
Saturn, to the dangerous zone known as the Kuiper Belt, to adventure, peril,
strange cultures, and finally to self-discovery. When he realizes he has fallen
in love with his mistresses, he discovers that a way he can to return to Earth
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Pawns of
Tomorrow. Humans Against Feline Aliens in a Galactic War to the
Death! Humanity has met its match in the Stygians, carnivores that evolved from
feline ancestors, whose society reflects their cat-like ways. Chief among the
Stygian warlords is Growlrr, who declares war on the human race as the first
step in his plan to rule the entire galaxy. The key to humanity's future is a
ragtag group of people, sublimely unaware of their importance, each a pawn of
tomorrow, whose actions will determine the outcome of the conflict: the
frustrated Prince Ron Bo Kan on a diplomatic mission doomed to failure; Brad
Billiard, an intelligent agent whose vices subvert his mission; Lady Slink,
Growlrr's mistress, who has psychic powers allow her to send her aura anywhere
in the galaxy; Princess Shady Lai, who plots Emperor Mikado, Bulga Khan, High
King of the Perseus Cluster, a pompous power mad dictator; Lucia Malachi,
seductive android super spy; Mr. White, android master of disguise; and the
mysterious android Aristotle. A galactic war fought overtly with vast fleets of
star ships, killer nanobots, and world destroying weapons and covertly with
espionage, counterespionage and traitorous plots. Pawns of Tomorrow is more than a story, it's also a genuine chess
game in the form of a science fiction story. Readers can follow the moves of
the game through a summary at the start of each chapter and appendices at the
end of the book. EXCERPT
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Knights of
Tomorrow. Ten years after the
Galactic Chess War. an uneasy peace exists between the Stygians and Olympians.
There is trade, but also rivalry. The Stygian warlords are uneasy about the
peace, since their honor has been besmirched by their defeat. Emperor Makido is
extremely paranoid and trusts no one except his personal security agent, George.
His paranoia is justified. There are many plots against him. The manipulative,
scheming Empress Lydia whose powers border on sorcery, manipulates Makido into
another war with the Stygians and is having a secret love affair with his son,
Prince Ron Bo Kan, a hamlet-like character who schemes with the AIs to replace
Makido with an AI. Even more sinister forces are at work; the super AI,
Aristotle, has decided that it is only logical for the AIs take control of the
galaxy, especially when he discovers the existence of the starbuster, which has
the potential to destroy the galaxy. He cooks up a plan to replace the flesh
rulers with AI. All this leads to galactic war, revolt, convoluted
assassination plots, and espionage. Who will save the galactic civilization
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For Love of
Kumiko. Here's what William Samples
had to say about For Love of Kumiko: "Interesting book about a machine
who's artificial intelligence leads it into emotional reactions. The 'Godwin
model' was a bit of a disappointment, and its reactions seemed to center on its
'sex-system' programming. I missed the passing of the human Godwin that
actually loved Kumiko ... I think there was some osmosis between the human and
the android Kumiko.The 'trial' was part of the 'things to come' ... machines
are slowly but surely catching up with the human learning curve, but it will
take much judgment to keep up with humans or even other primates.Nevertheless a
good read ... I enjoyed it!" EXCERPT PURCHASE
The Isaac Project. Perhaps you've read science-fiction or seen movies such as The
Terminator featuring human-like robots. Is the creation of such a creature
possible with today's technology? What if a high tech corporation decided to
build one? Could it? What would the impact be on our society? What would be the
philosophical and political issues associated with the creation of a mechanical
intelligence in the form of a human being? The Isaac Project tries to
answer these questions. It is the story of the creation of a humanoid robot
using artificial intelligence technology available today. It handles the
research and development aspect of such a project in a realistic manner with
believable characters. The major characters are: GERI CHRANOWSKI, a
strong-willed robotics expert and ambitious woman whose drive to climb the
corporate ladder makes enemies of her underlings and ruins her love life. JACK
WESTCOTT, a scientist, whose passionate pacifism and his fight to keep his
young mistress endanger the project. FREDERICK WOLFGANG, a petty tyrant and
bigot whose software expertise is essential to the project completion, causes a
major disaster because of his egoism and prejudices. EXCERPT PURCHASE
Out of Time. Hard-boiled private eye, Tony Vink considers himself
the toughest of the tough. But his experiences with the underworld and the
seamy side of life have hardly prepared him for what happens when he takes on a
seemingly routine missing person's case. What he doesn't count on is falling in
love in with his employer, the curvaceous Paula, and - Time Travel. Soon the
two are involved in a trans-temporal odyssey that leads through passionate
lovemaking and dangerous encounters to a denouement neither could ever have
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Takeover. The Spakerusms have taken over Earth and rule it
through their android slaves. They believe that their rule is benevolent and
only wish is to prepare mankind to join a galactic union of sapient races. The
rest of the story relates how three men fair under this "benevolent"
rule. The first is Professor Courley, history professor, who is somewhat
eccentric and a bit of a recluse. One day he is ordered to report to the
Anomalies Department of the Bureau of Social Engineering and is told that he
must become more social. George Majoraski joins a group of insurgents to fight
against the Spakerusm's rule. During the day he appears to be an ordinary
citizen. At night he and his terrorist group sabotage and destroy, sometimes
having to murder human beings as well as the android lackeys of the aliens.
Jacob Martarono is an agitator who convinces androids that by doing its job at
the factory it is causing human beings to be harmed. After Martarono is thrown
into a cell, he is rescued by the android. The android has convinced its fellow
androids that the Spakerusms are doing harm not good. But what can one android
and three misfits hope do to tilt the balance against all-powerful aliens? EXCERPT PURCHASE
The Artifact.
Romance, Alien Space Staions, White
Holes, Interstellar Smugglers - and More - Highlight this Enthralling Short
Novel. Sally and Rog are sometime lovers, but to the universe at large they are
just "space bums," who ply the galaxy starways dealing in stolen
antiquities, looting derelicts, and smuggling illegal goods. Though they remain
friends and partners, the truth is that Rog is still in love with Sally, but
Sally only loves her starship, Sally's Fantasy. But things begin to change when
they hear of a mysterious white hole that ends near a mysterious alien object.
At the other end, Sally and Rog find themselves thousands of light years
outside the galaxy. The only object in view is a space station of unknown
design, millions of years old, that may hold untold treasures - or sudden
death. What happens there will change their lives and rekindle the passionate
love for each other they had long thought could never be ignited again. If they
somehow manage to escape with their lives. EXCERPT PURCHASE
Death On Moon Four. One a humanoid
robot servant is arrested for the murder of its mistress, Gabrielle Marilonzo.
Duke Wilberstone, ace insurance investigator, is assigned the case since
Gabrielle's husband, Rick, is bringing a lawsuit against the robot manufacturer
insured by Duke's employer. The manufacturing people insist that it is
impossible for a humanoid robot to harm a human being. Duke must solve this
mystery before his employer loses millions and the entire humanoid industry is
placed in jeopardy. EXCERPT
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The Sands of Time A sorcerer's
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Immortal Homecoming An immortal
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Psychic Pop-Up A new advertising
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Count Poperazi In a battle, the
count lops off a sorcerer's head. Taking it as a souvenir was the biggest
mistake of his life.
Mordrake's Apprentice A sorcerer
takes on an apprentice who turns out to be thief.
Shadow in the Sky When a young lady
is stalked by a dragon, she hires a dragonslayer.
Paddy's New Girl Friend Paddy meets
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Kumiko A man meets an interesting woman at a high-tech conference, but she is
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In Hearts
Among the Stars. love figures prominently. Here are fifteen fantasy and
science fiction stories in which love and romance are major factors in the
outcome. They are stories of love encounters with demons, robots, monsters and
witches, as well as romantic adventures in time, haunted houses and fantasy
lands. Hope you enjoy them. PurchaseKumiko - The love of his life came with an instruction
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Paddy's
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Rose
Petal and the Hunter - The
bittersweet tale of a fairy who falls in love with a human.
Abandoned
Mansion - There was
something strange and evil about the house that the drifter decided to spend
the night in.
Alvida - A princess runs away from the man she is
bethrod to and starts a new career.
Magic
Shadow
in the Sky - What do
you when you're being stalked by a dragon? Hire a dragon killer, of course.
Strange
Artifact - Perhaps
it was foolhardy to fool with the controls of an ancient alien space station.
Visit
to the Twenty-First Century - A man
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Box on
the Seashore - Spring
break. A time for a man to sow wild oats, especially when he has the help of
magic implements.
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The
Sands of Time - The
sorcerer's apprentice drops a magical hourglass with strange results.
Absolute
Creation - An
astronomer of the far future discovers the great crunch.
Androids
in Pax - Android
revolt agains the tyranny of humans.
Anomaly - The professor was eccentric, which was not
allowed in his society.
The
Archeologist and the Physicist - An
archeologist goes back in time. Has he created a paradox by his precense there.
The
Search for
City
Behind the Door - The door led to a futuristic city ... and other
places.
Conspiracy
in Time - A revolutionary travels back in time in order to overthrow a repressive
regime.
Empty
Planet - The planet seemed unoccupied, but was it really?
Mind
Odyssey - The therpist's new technique led to a place like no other.
Psychic
Pop-Up - Advertising brought to the ultimate, broadcast directly to your brain.
Immortal
Homecoming - He had lived a thousand years and now his
homeworld was in big trouble.
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Speculations.Dark Fantasy
The Laws of
Magic. Doctor Albert Keptopolis,
physicist and student of the occult, sets out to devise a theory of paranormal
phenomena. One day, he comes home bearing an arcane book and mysteriously
disappears. Lillith, his young mistress, calls the police. Martin Kopinski, a
hard-boiled detective, is assigned the case and must cope with the occult,
demons and ancient gods. In addition, he falls in love with Lillith, a friend
commits suicide by tearing his own heart out, he meets a witch who can turn
herself into a telepathic cat and encounters a horrible dragon-like creature.
The trail leads him and Lillith into strange other worlds of the elder gods,
where danger lurks everywhere. Excerpt Purchase
Castle Darkest Night is a dark
fantasy in the Gothic tradition. It concerns a Medieval castle, a woman on the
edge of madness, the paranormal, obsessed scientists, mysterious events,
murder, a torrid love affair and an unholy experiment. Amy is led from horror
after horror which sinks her into a quagmire of death, madness and sin. And
what of the young Ray Smart? Will he save Amy from the horrors that haunts her?
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The Traveling
Vampire and the Farmer's Daughter. Sally
was a farmer's daughter, dissatisfied with her life until she meets the
mysterious Karl, an extremely attractive man, kind and loving, with an air of
mystery about him. Why did she only see him after dark? What were his visits to
the local undertaker about? Why did he live in an abandoned mansion? And what
was his connection to the wolf that had been hanging around the farm? Although
she had fallen in love with him, the answers struck terror into her heart.
Worse things were to come. A terrible family secret is revealed to Sally, and
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The Traveling
Vampire and Twilight in the Catacombs Karl
and Sally must travel from 
The Countess at Day's Break.In this third novel of the Traveling Vampire series, the vampires old love returns as a rival vampire and causes much trouble and turmoil.
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Dinner With
Dracula. The adventures of Charles Winterbottom, archeologist
of the Indiana Jones sort, buffoon and a unrepentant womanizer. As Captain
Sally, the spaceship commander of the Mars expedition, says, Another fine mess
youve gotten us into, Charlie. After a lot of hanky-panky aboard the
spaceship, they explore the Cydonia area of Mars, are trapped in an underground
catacomb, arrested by seven foot, green skinned Martian priests, sentenced to
be sacrificed to the demon god Azathoth and have misadventures with Cthulhu,
the Yeti Queen, the Dark Gods of Lemuria, And Other Terrifying Creatures of the
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The Eye on
the Pyramid. Charlie Winterbottom is
in a bad way. He is broke, has lost the last of his money and his lucky floppy
hat in a poker game, and his girl friend, Honey Bunn, has left him for his
archeologist rival, Heinrich Schmidt. In addition, his friend, the physicist,
Aaron Gamostein has vanished. In an attempt to recoup, he goes on a hunt for
the Eye on the Pyramid with Gamostein's lovely assistant, Isabella Juliet, the
brainy Boris Ambitchov, and the evil Doctor Sivana. The hunt leads them to a
museum, a graveyard, and encounters with the evil secret society, The
Darkinati, and the wicked witch, Haleem. The hunt continues to 
The Sleeper. When Linneus took the key from
his pocket and examined it, it seemed to be a plain, ordinary, old-fashioned
iron key, somewhat ornate, but still only a key. Yet, something about it
intrigued him to no end. What door or chest did it unlock? Does it have
something to do with the ancient ruin of a castle he'd struggled so hard to
reach? What drew him to the castle against the advice of his uncle? There was
the inscription on the antique box and the psychic's prediction. Mysteries upon
mysteries. Fate has led him to this formidable and daunting castle, with its
fearsome towers and cold stone blocks. Soon he would find out its secret. Excerpt
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Kamma's
Vision . During the reign of the
Roman emperor Diocletian, a priestess of Diana falls in love with a barbarian
warrior. When he falls in battle, she bargains with a witch to bring him back
to life and cast a spell on him to fall in love with her. After bring him back
to live, the priestess aids him in getting a post in the Roman army. He
distinguishes himself so well that he is promoted to the Praetorian Guards.
There he meet the Christian daughter of a Bishop and falls in love with her.
Their love is bound for tragedy. He is married to jealous witch who will do anything
to keep him for herself. The Christian woman is sworn to celibacy. And
Diocletion declares an edict of persecution. The barbarian is sent to arrest
his love and her family. He advises her to cast incense upon the altar, but she
is true believer and refuses. Excerpt Purchase 
The
Swordmaker. Gunther the Weapon Maker's Son was born in the fishing and trading
village of Njordusk in Fjords of Norway to Jorn the Weapon Maker and his wife,
Hilgred in the year 967 A. D. The 
White Queen, Black Knight is a humorous fantasy, in the vein
of Pier Anthony's Xanth series or Terry Pratchett's Discworld,
about Dorian, a waiter at a village inn in the magical land of Retslu, who sets
off to win the hand of the king's lovely daughter by becoming the victor in a
tournament in which there are thousands of men with the same goal. To make the
challenge more daunting, his chief rival, Mordrake, a powerful sorcerer, places
a spell on Dorian which causes him to always go in a direction away from his
desired destination. Only Dorian's pluck and a mysterious dragon pendant give
him any chance at achieving his seemingly impossible goal. Excerpt Purchase
The Search for Prince Black Knight
is a rollicking fantasy about the search for the missing Prince Black Knight,
husband of the beautiful but shrewish Princess Jennifer of Retslu. It includes
ghosts, demons, dragons, witches, sorcerers, a fabulous and wild birthday ball,
war, revolution, high adventure, magic and time travel. The story begins where
most fairy tales end, after the handsome prince marries the beautiful princess.
On a dark and stormy night within Castle Klinton, a quarrel brews between the
royal couple. Prince Knight Black regrets his marriage to the shrewish Princess
Jennifer, who in her final months of pregnancy has become impossible to live
with. After Knight Black stalks from her room and disappears, Prince Black Pawn
is born, a ghost predicts disaster for the kingdom and a witch places a curse
on the baby. When King Woden hires a sorcerer to help with these problems,
Hokum, a prestidigitator and juggler gets the job. A magical amulet is lost,
and a denizen of hell predicts calamities for the kingdom. To solve these
problems, King Woden sends his best men on quests: General Eric to find and
assassinate the missing Prince Knight Black; Minister Dorian, Tiger Lily and
the boisterous braggart, Lord Noise, to retrieve the lost talisman; Duke Wisdom
and Bishop Faith to defeat the demoness who caused all the mischief; Hokum, the
humbug sorcerer, to consult a prophetic book; and Screege, the miserly treasury
secretary, to search for the king's missing foster children. Excerpt Purchase
Once
in a Blue Moon. On
Friday the thirteenth in the dead of winter, somewhere in Vamipirevania Pim, a
beautiful woman, chains up her werewolf lover in anticipation of the full moon.
When the orb rises blue and later turns to blood, her lover disappears. In
addition, the castle of her vampire friend, Count Gorblud, is burned to the ground.
She consults a gypsy fortune teller and is told to locate her long-lost sibling
whom she will know by a dragon-shaped birthmark. She journeys to the 
The Curse of Chaos. Chaos is the most
enigmatic, mysterious and powerful of all the gods and goddesses. Only she can
turn what is to what is not, make nothing of something and with the help of her
servant Time, destroy all that is or ever will be. Thus, the heart trembles and
the knees quake when this powerful and capricious goddess interferes directly
in the affairs of humankind. Pity, therefore, the citizens of Retslu, a tiny
kingdom ruled by an honest, just and liberal monarch, King Knight Black, whose
only faults were muddle-headness, not an unusual trait in rulers of this land,
and a tendency toward extravagance. During his reign, the once proud and prosperous
Retslu had become destitute. Several years of drought, wars with neighboring
Neerg, poaching by the dreaded beast-things in the south and the reign of
several incompetent and extravagant kings had left the kingdom impoverished.
Near King Black's castle squatted an ancient venerable and hoary church.
Presiding over this church is Bishop Faith, whose ambition is to replace the
church with a tremendous cathedral. When two marriages are to be performed, the
king throws a lavish masquerade ball, and the goddess Chaos appears, awarding
Bishop Faith the prize for the best costume. When others ridicule her choice,
Chaos curses the kingdom. The very next day, the royal treasurer, Screege,
discovers that not enough gold is left in the treasure room to pay the king's
bills. Thus begins a hilarious serious of misadventures in the tradition of
Diskworld and Xanth. In it you will meet Captain Blite, a pirate with an
unusual buried treasure, the hapless knight, Lord Noise, who must hock the
Royal Crown if he can survive the monsters that litter his path, the king of
Atlantis and his troll, Turkle, Ping Pong, a monstrous gorilla, the witch,
Wortisha, plus Lord Noise's slutty daughter, Hunkerina, Pancho Beastman, and
many other crazy and irresistible characters.
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Mordrake's
Apprentice. You
are about to journey into a magical world known as Cigam, or if you like to
spell things backwards as they do in the Looking-Glass World, Magic. It is flat
as a pancake, some say; others think it is as round as a crystal ball. Perhaps
if you traveled to its Nowhere Mountain, where you can see the edge of the world,
you might be able to tell. There are many strange lands in Cigam. Contents Purchase
