Historical/Literary Fiction
Some Small Short Stories
Jaime David
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Trigger Warnings
some of the short stories deal with heavy topics
Explore Some Small Short Stories, a collection of engaging short fiction blending favorite blog tales with exclusive new pieces. From whimsical to thought-provoking, each story delivers a quick yet meaningful escape. Perfect for fiction lovers seeking variety and impact. Get your copy today: Ebook & Paperback available.
My Powerful Poems
Jaime David
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Trigger Warnings
some of the poems have swearing and deal with heavy topics
Discover the emotion in My Powerful Poems. This collection blends personal reflections and universal experiences, featuring favorite blog poems and exclusive new works. From love and loss to self-discovery, each piece connects deeply with readers. Dive into heartfelt, thought-provoking poetry today: Ebook & Paperback available.
Before the Ashes Fall
David R. Serafine
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Trigger Warnings
no trigger warnings
Before the Ashes Fall explores the emotional toll of dementia through the lives of Richard, a young teacher grappling with early-onset dementia; Cafferty, a former lawyer turned caregiver; and Danny, Richard’s estranged, terminally ill father. Their intersecting paths confront themes of memory, identity, and reconciliation, while dementia itself looms as a haunting, almost sentient force shaping their realities.
An American Hero
John Lawrence
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Trigger Warnings
no trigger warnings
When he boarded the helicopter, Reem didn’t know if they were alive. Would he find them? Summer 1990 was promising—USC, an architecture degree, and a five-year plan. As the second son of a Kuwaiti millionaire, he hid his wealth to be a regular college kid. Then, on August 2, Iraq invaded Kuwait. Fear, anger, and desperation consumed him. How could he save them?A coming-of-age historical novel from a unique perspective.
Heids Up
Neil Renton and Mark Fleming
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Trigger Warnings
Violence, language, references to sex, drugs, child abuse, sectarianism. Descriptions of psychiatric institutions.
Neil Renton and Mark Fleming met at a mental health support group. Neil was candid about the depression which prompted suicidal thoughts, while Mark opened up about spells in psych wards. Finding out they both used creative writing to document harrowing experiences and maintain wellbeing, they collaborated on an anthology. Flash fiction, longer short stories, memoirs and essays intertwine to conjure snapshots of life; dark and disturbing, sometimes hilarious, always life-affirming.
Bound by the Crown
Bernice Najamba
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Trigger Warnings
Mentions of sexual assault, abuse, and trauma.
In Regency England, Emmeline Laurent navigates duty and desire as a woman of African descent in a prejudiced society. Torn between her childhood love, Will Hargrave, and a calculated match with Lord Edmund Montfort, Emmeline must choose: obey societal expectations or risk everything for a love that could shatter her world.
Rebecca’s story
K A Fleming
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Trigger Warnings
Sexual content
When the new Duke of Sandison returns to his new title after the death of his father he meets Rebecca, a high spirited, unconventional lady of the ton. Although he finds her exasperating, he cannot help but be drawn to her. When her brother, a debauched, evil bully promises her to one of his odious acquaintances dare the duke throw caution to the wind and seek illicit encounters with someone promised to another and can he thwart her brothers plans while pursuing his own secret desires?
The Tree House
Timothy Kyle
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Trigger Warnings
Extreme acts of racism, Racial Slurs, Child abandoment/Neglect, Graphic violence, Graphic sex
There’s many forbidden things in 1960s Birmingham, Alabama. Nothing more so than loving outside your race. Benny McClain only loved one thing more than his family: football. But growing up in the south gets more complicated when a neighbor becomes more than family.
Penny Jones only found solace in two things: Benny McClain and his treehouse. But when loving someone is forbidden by skin color, how can two people reconcile? And how can the unthinkable mistakes of one fateful night ever be undone?
The Ginhouse Hollow
Koren Freel
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Trigger Warnings
Gunshot, Mental Illness
After fifteen-year-old Rynn learns her grandfather was murdered in 1954, and her mother, Sloane, was the only witness, she vows to protect her mother from past trauma and never speak of it. Thirty years later, when an aging Sloane has a brush with death, Rynn knows she must break her vow, or the truth behind that tragic night will stay buried forever. But will the secrets of the past hold the answers Rynn seeks, or will they tarnish the memory of the family she barely knew?
The Haunting of Chateau de Mornay
Blake Edward Andrew
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Trigger Warnings
brief SA (one sentence), child death, infidelity, slavery, suicide attempt, graphic sex and violence
An abandoned French Chateau, a site of mass murder during the French Revolution, is purchased by a grief stricken couple hoping to convert it into a hotel to aid in their recovery. However, a powerful spirit resides within that catapults their lives down a path to madness.
