Deal : Fiction

Date: 18 July, 2021

FIVE STAR PBR BOOK REVIEW... Snowden impresses with his exceptional collection of eight deeply poignant stories in his latest. A decades-old unsavory act sets the stage for a hard-edged businessman’s transformation into a sympathetic person weighed down with guilt and shame in “Yesterday’s Giant.” Snowden’s prose is assured as he takes readers into a long-dead artisan glassmaker’s quest to fulfilling his wish in “Snowfall in Venice.” In “Never in Time,” a time travel tale with a dash of paranormal, Snowden traces a computer repair shop owner’s journey of longing and mystery as he sets on to free a beautiful, young...

Date: 7 May, 2021

Did you know that your car can hear and understand everything you and your passengers say and do when you are driving Or even when you and others are some distance away from your car Probably you didn't, so this easy-to-read book will enlighten you Barney, Rufus's car, reveals all about the mishaps that he observes happen to his owner, and how Rufus will in one way or another find a way out of his trouble Such mishaps happen unexpectedly to Rufus because he has been rash enough to act or speak without thinking or taking advice beforehand about the...

Date: 23 February, 2021

Tony Butterworth is beginning his six-month, work assignment deep in a wilderness teeming with carnivorous predators. And what is he dragging in with him this year? A-tisket, a-tasket, an extra-full basket of torment and turbulence. As a veteran lookout observer, he lives alone in an isolated cabin and climbs a 100-foot fire tower daily to scan for and report wildfires. One of Tony’s more flirtatious tower neighbours, Muffy, who he secretly drools over, convinces him to keep a journal to help him maintain his sanity: who could have predicted that Pandora’s Box would explode with such dark but hysterical repercussions?...

Date: 12 November, 2020

From romantic comedy to razor-sharp satire to moments of quiet reflection, Duane Simolke’s award-winning tales transform a fictional West Texas town into a tapestry of human experiences. “A lush tangle of small-town life branches out in this engrossing collection of short stories.” –Kirkus Reviews “The ability to depict such a wide cross section of humanity, including details of each character’s breadth of knowledge and experience, takes a talented, insightful author, and Duane Simolke is such a writer.” –E. Conley, Betty’s Books Visit Acorn, Texas, for the German festival, a high school football game, homemade apple pie from the Turner Street...

Date: 26 October, 2020

What if your favorite fiction was a reality? Turns out the villains of a certain magical girl cartoon actually exist -- one fan and amateur tulpamancer in the mundane human realm is sure of it. In fact, these lost demons have been oppressed by humans for millennia. It's true. He'd do anything to help them, but no one really listens. Some YouTubers are finally starting to take notice -- except they just use their platform to make fun of the idea. Are the lost demons doomed to be clickbait mockery for social media addicts, or can their tulpamancer ally prove...

Date: 16 October, 2020

Ronas is a knight in waiting but with manhood approaching, he is plagued by a dream. This is no ordinary dream and the black knights pursuing him are not ordinary knights. Who are they and why are they searching for him? Princess Odora is fighting for her life as the massed armies of the Lords of Fear have taken her father’s kingdom. Will she succeed in escaping and where can she run to? Odora and Ronas must join forces in order to save the realm from the terrible evil engulfing it. Will they find each other? Can Ronas prove himself...

Date: 28 August, 2020

A virgin landmass is ‘extruded’ into the Bay of Biscay by a solar-tidal magmatic pulse. Waiting to claim the emerging island are 80 people in a flotilla of trussed up barges with supplies to last a year.Who are these accidental tourists?How did they know the island would be surfacing?And what do they plan to do with it if their claim to sovereignty is accepted by the world community?Racy and thought-provoking, The O.D. paints a picture of how humanity’s rush to self-destruction could be halted, given the global will to take a colossal leap… backwards. FREE eBook from August 28 -...

Date: 1 July, 2020

When Laura cons her way into the music biz, she is elated and is ready to work her way to the top as the manager for the heavy metal band Streetcrash. Soon, however, her life becomes a tornado that she can’t control and she finds herself out of her depth, deep in debt, and an emotional wreck. Despite all this, one thing’s for sure - Laura isn’t giving up until she gets them signed to the record label and proves her worth. Rock N Roll Mayhem 1970 is a laugh out loud work of fiction punctuated with a unique twist....