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Today, more writers are turning to self-publishing. Due to its multiple benefits, people now prefer to self-publish. Many times, self-publishers do not wish to give up control of their book at all. Publishers are interested in a say in the final draft of the book, from a book’s cover to an editorial standpoint. When thought of as a business approach, publishers also wish to put forth control over the pricing, sales plan, marketing and distribution of the book to maximize their profit. The majority of writers select to control their work themselves, on both the business and artistic side ...

A cold Northerly breeze blew bitterly, chilling them to the core, as Meghan and her partner Jason, crept silently. Overhead, dark clouds drifted and blotted out the full moon, casting the cemetery into a murky blackness, yet further on, they could see a storm brewing. Lightning danced in the sky as they hurried along with the desire to read the tombstones that brought them out in the middle of the night. Some of the graves were hundreds of years old.

Colt Daniel killed One Eyed Sam in an angry gunfight and skedaddled out of town, leaving his young son, William, behind to confront the vengeful renegades. In the skirmish that followed, William was helped by a libertarian newspaper man, a black-headed saloon gambling girl, his father’s old side-kick, and Colt Daniel, who’d quietly rode back into town, along with Kid Curry and Butch Cassidy, and with Colt’s murderous six-shooter blazing and hissing a deadly tune of death!

“Dear God in heaven, thank you!” Adam’s relief however was short-lived, for when he glanced over at Janet, who was still searching through the ruins for Michelle’s body, he froze in terror. “Dear God, Janet, look behind you!” he yelled. She turned, and let out a piercing scream as she stared at a heap of rubbish that had started to shudder and crumble as something bubbled out from within. It was as if the earth itself had opened up and the huge mound seemed to explode, as bits of scum and liquid bubbled down the sides of it like brown feces oozing from an open sewer. From the ...

A tale of ambition, victory, love, and sports, 'This Game Thing' grabs your attention from the start. It's a high-quality erotic story with a solid plot. After putting in tons of effort, she reached a respected role. Ashley Davenport, a 33-year-old African American woman with light brown skin, has reached the pinnacle of her career. Back in her college days at Springfield University, she clinched her first national championship, and now she’s a legendary coach for the top NCAA women's college basketball team. No one embodies the concept of 'climbing the ladder' like Ashley. Thus, when the...

What is Horror? In literature, horror falls under numerous genres and sub-genres of fiction whose sole purpose is to bring on feelings of anxiety, fright, dread, repulsion, and terror in the reader or observer; in other words, it develops a situation of absolute terror. Although some of the collections of short horror stories in this book may not terrorize the reader, they are meant to be thought-provoking and unnerving. Is there something lurking in the darkness? Is there something hiding under the bed? Who did it? The murderer lurking within the subconscious. I wouldn’t go in there. ...

Margaret’s carefree teenage life comes crashing down on her when she’s diagnosed as having kidney failure. Her only option is to be put on dialysis three days a week. Margaret is so depressed and torn over living her life connected to a machine that she’s not certain she wants to go on living. Her only hope for a normal life is to receive a kidney transplant, but she’s an only child, and because of her parents medical conditions they are unsuitable donors. Michael is determined to donate one of his kidneys to her, but his parents are against the transplant because they are terrified...

Jordan Williams never believed in fate. Or destiny. Or serendipity. Or whatever coincidental, supernatural occurrences you could name. He was a simple man working in The Floating City of Venice, Italy, who had his life ahead of him planned out. But when his own actions betrayed him, he found himself catching a glimpse of a beautiful young woman through the eyes of his own trusted camera. Everything changed from there. What once was a ridiculous myth for him was now a gift that he was thanking the heavens for—because at that random and surprisingly serendipitous moment, he found the one ...

“Jennifer, what’s the matter? Open the door, Jennifer.” I was shouting. She tried to crawl out of bed but before she could get herself together the entire bed had begun to rise with her on it. Then with a thunderous crash it shattered on the floor. Her hand fell against something coarse and wet. It felt like hair! No, a face! She grasped the object and brought it up to her eyes, and she froze in terror! Her body trembled, and tears rolled down her cheeks as she held Henry Kagan’s decapitated head by its blood-soaked hair, his gruesome face with the nose bone collapsed and the ...

Many black artists nowadays, whether in rap, hip pop, pop, or another genre, have caused American teens and many others to be influenced by their slang, fashion, and their way of entertainment.

Deshawn’s crew had been having it good for a long time. They controlled the drug scene in their locality, had all the coke and alcohol they could ever need, hookers and strippers at their beck and call, and money for anything else they wanted. But a new gang, run by the ruthless Don Li, are now encroaching on their turf and things are getting serious. As Deshawn’s crew resist Don Li’s ambitions to take over the drug distribution, the once relatively peaceful neighborhood erupts into all out war. Now, betrayed by a man he once thought of as a friend and facing an uncertain future with ...

Richard Jackson is a handsome, young inherently rich African American man, and the son of a wealthy Wall-Street investor from New York. Although wealth affords him with many of life’s pleasures, his search for the right woman to fall in love with and marry is going nowhere until he meets Debra Williams at a night club, a beautiful, young African American woman, living in the projects, and, with baby and baby mama drama involving her ex-husband, and the woman he cheated on her with and left her for. Pretending to be a man of modest mean, he sheds all his wealth processions, drives an older...

Paranormal investigator hobbyist Robert Smith should have known better than to scoff at the notion of a deadly curse living in the keys of a beautiful antique piano. He should not have so quickly dismissed stories of a teenager’s mysterious death being tied to it. And he certainly should not have let Nurse Lucy Williams, also his girlfriend, come into contact with the piano after Robert contracted an eerie skin condition upon exposure to it. But now it’s too late. They both have the skin condition, plus the nightmarish visions which seem to accompany it. If that isn’t confirmation ...

African American Urban Fiction Erotica Romance: African American Romance Fiction: A tale of two souls, bound by work as colleagues, and united by fate as each other’s savior. Brandon, a man who finds himself struggling with life and the possibility of landing the girl of his dreams in his colleague, Ella, soon comes to realize through an odd and rather bizarre circumstance that she was the same angel responsible for saving his life during a dark phase. Unknown to either, they had both, through unexpected and inexplicable circumstances drummed up by fate, saved each other from the deep end...

Things begin to spiral out of control real quick with the emergence of a new anonymous enemy, who knows about Deshawn's secret life. A text that sends Deshawn into panic and flutters his otherwise perfect composure. The heat is turned on, can Deshawn keep his family from those that seek to harm them? B'onca his partner, and their daughter Britney are caught up in the war between Deshawn and his numerous enemies. Will they emerge from it all in one piece? Still grapplmg with all the issues facing him, Deshawn is faced with a new problem. An ememy who was supposedly taken care of, returns ...

The footsteps grew louder with each step, and it wasn’t until it was close and clear, did he hear the accompanying sound. Whatever it was, it was dragging something metallic with it. The boy began shaking in his hiding spot, afraid to even look behind him. He shook in his spot when he finally heard no sound.

Shrimp Creole, clam chowder, chicken and sausage jambalaya, Southern fried chicken, Boston cream pie...just one taste of them and you'll realize how enjoyable real American-style cooking can be. There's much more to the American cooking tradition than those savory, lip-smacking burgers and hotdogs dressed with relish and ketchup, and juicy steaks sizzling aromatically on the grill with the traditional baked potato served with salad, French bread, and wines.

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“I want you to leave Brandon and my kids alone.” “Really that’s what you want?” Aniyah looked over at the motel that Akeiyla just came out of. “Or do you want money?” Akeiyla narrowed her eyes. “How much?”

A children's story about being born and the challenge of staying alive and facing ridicule and pain and sadness and finally triumph. It is seen and felt through the eyes of a turtle.