Smashwords
Addictions come in many forms, Jessie Moore learns—including relationships. Working at the fledgling Philly Times newspaper with reporter Matt Cleary proves draining after their breakup. When a longtime friend dies of AIDS, she reconnects with her first love, Billy Black, who becomes a bridge back to the safety of her old life, and also to the origins of her artistic inspiration. But Billy drowns his worries in beer, threatening to drag her down too. After she rekindles their affair, Matt’s jealousy confuses her. Before she can truly give herself to anyone, can Jessie learn to be true to herself?
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Orion Rising
Literary family saga
To the Byrne children, constellations were more than
stick figures in the night sky. At their father’s telling, their myths became
tales of adventure and romance for Percy, Allie, Mary and Aurie, whose names
seem to imbue celestial royalty upon them. When the Orion River floods in 1965,
the Byrne children are drawn to it like sailors to a siren’s call. After Aurie
disappears in the river, their names seem more like a curse. Though
self-imposed, the curse follows them through three decades before each learns
the key to breaking it – love, and forgiveness. But sometimes the hardest
person to forgive is yourself.
Interconnected short stories
Smashwords
On October 19, 2011, the owner of a private zoo in Zanesville, Ohio, opened the cages of the fifty-six exotic animals he kept, and then shot himself. A few animals escaped before authorities could reach the zoo, but most hovered near the fence, afraid and confused. Imminent nightfall forced the hard decision not to risk use of tranquilizer, but to shoot to kill. One person described this real-life tragedy as “Noah’s ark wrecked.”
But what if the opposite had occurred, and most of the animals had escaped to invade the town?
In Wild Life, the fictional residents of Tarryville, Ohio, find out. As each person comes face to face with an exotic animal, hidden truths are revealed, and each likewise comes face to face with the harsh reality of their own lives. Perspectives, and priorities, can alter in an instant during unexpected events.
Winning
