Porch Poems

Porch Poems

Tracy Farr

Fiction / Literary Fiction / Historical Fiction

Porch Poems, by Texas poet Tracy Farr, is a playful collection of new poems that is best read while sitting on a porch.Porch Poems, by Texas poet Tracy Farr, is a playful collection of new poems inspired by simple things and events. Farr explores everything from fatherhood, to marriage, to music and the cowboy lifestyle, in a unique voice that is both fun and melodic. You could read this collection just about anywhere, but it's best read while sitting on a porch with a class of iced tea near at hand.
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Playworld

Playworld

Adam Ross

Literary Fiction / Mysteries and Thrillers / Short Stories

A big and big-hearted novel—one enthralling, transformative year in the life of a child actor coming of age in a bygone Manhattan, from the critically acclaimed author of Mr. Peanut (“A brilliant, powerful, and memorable book” —The New York Times)“In the fall of 1980, when I was fourteen, a friend of my parents named Naomi Shah fell in love with me. She was thirty-six, a mother of two, and married to a wealthy man. Like so many things that happened to me that year, it didn’t seem strange at the time.” Griffin Hurt is in over his head. Between his role as Peter Proton on the hit TV show The Nuclear Family and the pressure of high school at New York's elite Boyd Prep—along with the increasingly compromising demands of his wrestling coach—he's teetering on the edge of collapse.  Then comes Naomi Shah, twenty-two...
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Fog, A Short Story

Fog, A Short Story

Chassis Albuquerque

Literary Fiction / General Fiction / Humour & Satire

Fog, A Short Story is based on actual events the author observed when an idiot veterinarian's called upon to make a house-call.Fog, A Short Story involves very few weather phenomena and is in fact a short story about a vet - not army, military vets, you know, people who have fought other people, this is about people who work with animals. Or rather people who shouldn't work with animals and should find a new career.Maybe as a butcher.Or something even less delicate.Some character names have been altered while some other names should have been altered but weren't."Purely personal, fuck 'em, especially that goddamn lousy vet," Albuquerque says.
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Our Ladies

Our Ladies

Alan Warner

Contemporary / Literary Fiction

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREThe choir from Our Lady of Perpetual Succour School for Girls is being bussed to the national finals in the big, big city. It's an important day for The Sopranos, with pub-crawling, shoplifting and body-piercing being the top priorities. And with a newly anchored nuclear sub in the bay, the Man Trap disco will be full of submariners on shore-leave tonight. There is no time for delays – or even for winning...But after the fifth bottle of alco-pop on the bus it's clear that all is not going to plan, for anyone. The Sopranos are never going to be the same.
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On the Savage Side

On the Savage Side

Tiffany McDaniel

Literary Fiction

Six women—mothers, daughters, sisters—gone missing. Inspired by the unsolved murders of the Chillicothe Six, this harrowing novel tells the story of two sisters, both of whom could be the next victims, from the internationally best-selling author of Betty."Capture[s] what goes horribly wrong when women don’t fit a customary victim profile...McDaniel artfully evokes each facet of their common humanity, the sinuous landscape, and defiant community in the face of evil." —Oprah DailyArcade and Daffodil are twins born one minute apart. With their fiery red hair and thirst for escape, they form an unbreakable bond nurtured by their grandmother’s stories. Together, they disappear into their imaginations and forge a world all their own. But what the two sisters can’t escape are the generational ghosts that haunt their family. Growing up in the shadow of their rural Ohio town, the sisters cling...
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Decocted

Decocted

Saikat Dey

Fiction / Contemporary / Literary Fiction

The professor is killed through acid when he fetched detective Rupam on finding out who has stolen his precious ammo invention. Detective Rupam must find out the killer or he might cause damage to the entire city... Welcome to the world of Decoction...***Newly Edited Version***On a sunny Sunday morning, The India Times paper arrived at Rupam's house with a thrilling news article printed on it. On reading further, he discovered his acquaintance Professor Rehman, and Indian Army Scientist's latest invention- The Bullet Streamer was tried to stolen. On not being successful, the bandit stole the formula paper for which Rupam was later called up at the Prof's residence. While the investigation persisted, the family discovered Prof's dead body and a decocted coffee mug. The detective suspects that the murder has been committed by someone from the house. Will Rupam get to what he finds? Will he be successful in catching the original killer? Will it begin the new age Sherlock Holmes' story? Catch the first short story from Rupam's series as he slowly tangles himself with more of cases. "Saikat already struck a cord with his stories published in his blog and now it is available worldwide"- DPitIt Blog
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