Modern and contemporary fiction Books

Change the Ending is an inspiring and intriguing collection of stories that matter - they are flash fiction tales about the future of public life. The fast and furious stories, just 350 words long, are about: assisted death, mobile libraries, heaven and...

New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber takes readers back to church, where preaching isn't always enough, nothing goes better with the Word than a song-and it's time for some hard-earned lessons in love, brotherhood, and betrayal.Bishop T.K. Wilson...

Are fairytale endings only in the movies?After Chase Ryan returns to his family and a job in his hometown, his best friend and fellow filmmaker Keith Ellison pairs up with former Hollywood heartthrob Dayne Matthews to finish following the dream---making...

A New York Times Paperback Row Editor's ChoiceCombining the infectious narration of Nick Hornby's Funny Girl, the philosophical lyricism of Roberto Bolaño's The Savage Detectives, and the mesmerizing power of Anna North's The Life and Death of Sophie...

Renato Tizzoni, a waterworks man in the beautiful Tuscan village of Sant'Angelo D'Asso, has an infectious zest for life. But recently his rich and vibrant world has lost its piquancy. His best friend has died; his lovestruck teenaged daughter has become...

Love and loss, revenge and regret - Peach Blossom, a best-seller in China, presents stories from the underbelly of modern urban China by acclaimed Chinese author Jin Renshun (金仁顺). A girl's vivacious mother seduces her boyfriends... A man is obsessed...

Silas Keri is a fourteen year old boy who was placed in a mental institution when he was twelve. Ever since then, Silas was diagnosed with schizophrenia and has been watched constantly.Someone new is introduced into his life and he finally starts...

 "Westerfield's Chain," was first published by St. Martin's in 2002, and was a Shamus Award Finalist.  KirkusReviews said: "When someone asks ex–homicide cop Nick Acropolis if he misses being on the job, he replies,...

Long gone are the days of headhunters. There is no difficulty that love will not conquer. Karen becomes Malik's right hand as his father decline's in health. Together, they vow to face life's obstacles head on. Malik finally knocks at the door for...

The time is here for Glynis Vaughn to legally become Mrs. Sean L Thorley. The last of three relics must be restored to its potency, and her family-led journey is coming to a temporary halt. But the restoration restarts again next year. The same obstacles...

Lust, Death, Astral Plane, Work, Travel, Humor. Taming life, family man. He enjoys influencing 100 grand (creating free time to write) though he knows disharmony may come to light. He returns to British Columbia from his Cambodian home to visit his ruins...

~ Collector's Edition ~ Laminated Hardback with Jacket ~In a series of vivid snapshots, the lives of ordinary Dubliners unfold against the backdrop of early 20th-century Ireland. The stories explore themes of identity, longing, and paralysis, as...

Квартал - первая интерактивная книга. В ней действия героя не описываются, а предписываются. Автор утверждает, что этот жанр хоть и не отменит традиционное повествование, но очень скоро серьезно его потеснит. И еще...

DoraSaturday night's dinner party turned into a massacre, Sunday morning I witnessed a murder, and by Monday I'm a hostage in an Outlaw Biker clubhouse. I'm a pampered, privileged, home-schooled, bride-to-be who has been taught since birth to never, ever...

With the help of MANNY and his best friend, DONNY, RONDO is finally starting to gain some real control over the city. He is on his way to establishing himself as a made man, a task that comes with bloodshed and an indomitable will to succeed. But there...

To protect her free thoughts and big vision, Girl From Space creates the White Spaceship. It is a capsule deep inside her head. Girl From Space has some friends with her on the White Spaceship, like all-knowing Mister Sure and a little observer and...

Growing up under the tutelage of her brothers, TASHA is introduced to the game and its deadly, deceitful dichotomy. As leader of the PYT clique, she teaches her female comrades how to get money and respect through the power of their guns.Twins, MOOZEERE...

12 Women.24 Hours.100 Bands.Mema's in the hospital & that money would pay her mounting medical billsCan Trequan sling enough d***, so his grandma ain't sick?Follow Tre on this comedic debaucherous adventure from the salacious mind of Otis Twinkles.

The streets of Albany, Georgia has gone wild with murder. Cop killing is on the rise under the commission of DINK and his GA Black Panther Movement. The Slaughter Boyz are at odds with Dink behind their moves, but they decide to stand down and let things...

Like the monsters around him, T.J. was BORN HEARTLESS. The game isn't ready for the likes of this young, street animal, whose mind and murder game is sharp and lethal. On a mission to uplift his family and himself out of poverty, T.J.fears nothing...

JAMICHAEL is intelligent, savvy, book smart and streetwise. The untimely murder of his beloved mother will force him to call upon each one of his qualities along with that HEARTLESS GOON mentality he inherited from his infamous father, TAURUS. The...

Lawrence is an awkward, bookish man. He’d been a grad student with a notion to write his thesis about a connection between Nathaniel Hawthorne and Nathanael West. That was before a nervous breakdown interrupted his studies and left him homeless. He...

The city of Harrisburg is in an uproar as a child serial killer unleashes terror, becoming a mother's worst fear. Detectives JR Anderson and Janelle Tores are tasked with the restless and relentless job of tracking down this sadistic son of a bitch, not...

Meet the most ratchet roommates!For almost a year, four women rent a luxury apartment in Washington D.C. with no cattiness or trouble. That all changes when Barby, a lifetime troublemaker, suspects that her roommate Tabitha is trying to steal her man...

Streetwise gangster Smooth normally has all of his bases covered. But a breach within his organization hints that he might be losing his touch. The traitors’ actions result in Smooth being arrested and tossed in the Federal Pen. Leaving his lover...

The powerful, Derrick Mason finds himself in jail after being released from the hospital leaving one of his sons to take over the family business in his absence. He is then forced to hear about all the drama and chaos that's unfolding while sitting in a...

Unresolved Issues, When Life Changes, is a riveting novel by Patrick L. Brooks that examines how life’s decisions and choices are not arbitrary but are the result of deep-seated emotional pain and trauma that often go unaddressed and untreated...

Though she's a painter, 53-year-old Lee MacPhearson has spent her life coloring inside the lines. But when her last child leaves for college and her brilliant best friend convinces her to try something new, Lee, her estranged husband, Brian, and their...

In foul kisses you will go on a fast paced journey through the concrete jungle with Lola and her B.G.B. (Bitches got bands) crew. To manuever in the zoo of the concrete jungle Lola and her B.G.B. will need cunningness, strategy, strength and most of all...

Meet Kevin Julie as he approaches the last year of the 20th century. It is January 1999, and Kevin is almost 30 years old. He is happy go lucky, but very lazy. Kevin plays at his job as a personnel manager for a global company, relying heavily on his...

If you were to record your verbal transactions, every casual and intimate conversational exchange, to be reviewed at the end of the day, what self-discoveries would you make? There is an art form in reflection. It provides a mirror for both objective and...

A Gangster & A Baller (A Tale Of 2 Big Homies) is the powerful conclusion to the Platinum Dreams trilogy. It includes the screenplay, the official soundtrack, & the 3rd episode from Tyrone Pierson's new Atlanta based sitcom "Son Of Superman". When Tyreal...

"I'm Catchin' Hell," chronicles the life of Joshua Townsend after he experiences a life altering event. Joshua reflects on pivotal moments within his life that explain how he ended up in a place that could ultimately lead to his demise. He remembers...

Being a sidepiece is not a role everyone is equipped to play. Some jump in the game thinking it's a position when in actually it's not a position it's a demotion. Don't get me wrong, if material or monetary gain along with some stick and move is all you...

Just because Loretta is Jethro Mann's number one fan doesn't mean she's a pushover. In fact, Loretta is stronger and more independent than she looks. Just because every lyric Jethro writes and every note he sings and every guitar riff he plays pierces...

The story's songbird, a shy Indian Jewess with a beautiful voice, must choose between Bollywood fame in a forced marriage to a wealthy music director, or risk eloping with her childhood sweetheart to danger, but liberty in Israel.A double plot moves...

Do you look at someone, or something happening and feel like that was you? Well, look no further! Wednesday Blues is this powerful collection of stories that entertains you and tugs at your heartstrings while bringing in a tear or two...

These are extra-ordinary stories about ordinary people - mostly women. Women with grit and determination distilled through challenges and hardships of life. Everything is happening here and now. In a way they hold a mirror to the contemporary life...

She'd gone from never in a million years to blowing up her afterlife for him. For this feeling. No rules and no shame. They couldn't last, but it didn't matter. They were beautiful, intoxicating, dangerous, and necessary.In a secret afterlife of magical...

Having a sidepiece is all fun and games until you get in your feelings and fall in love with them. TC learns the hard way after bossing up on his girlfriend and sponsor, Tesha, and leaving her for his former sidepiece, Carmen. TC has high hopes that they...

In Albany, Georgia, the city dubbed THE GOOD LIFE, the SLAUGHTER GANG reigns supreme. With criminal tentacles that reach as far as Boston, Massachusetts, LIL WILL, DINK, TEDDY AND BEE set out to place a stronghold on the game, but no lofty street dream...

MAD MAX is a cut above the average hustler because he plays the game by his own rules with no fear of retribution, however it may come. Treachery and unmitigated violence is his calling card, yet he stands on his own version of principles that can't...

SASHA thinks she has finally found her peace and happiness in the arms of BLUE, who loves her perfectly. But THE BRIDE OF A HUSTLA is about to find out that her husband QUAMAE won't rest until she's his again.With a solid plan in place to destroy...

Fresh out of prison and seeking a quick come-up, SNAKE is ready to do whatever it takes to get that bag, so every hustler in the city who has big paper becomes his prey. Determined not to leave behind any witness who could send him back to the...

With an official plug, a new engagement and a baby on the way, KILLA has the world in the palm of his hands. But behind his back there's trouble brewing in paradise. At his side is TIARA, a poisonous snake of a woman who is masquerading as the rider...

In the grimy inner-city streets of Atlanta, BRENTON JAMES earned the notorious nickname “Killa” as he made his ascent from block boy to drug kingpin with the help of the beautiful MILEENA, who is a well-respected drug figure, herself. Killa...

Slide inside the pages of this tantalizing and salaciously steamy erotica compilation and experience your most secret, sexual fantasies. Allow us to take you on an ecstasy-filled ride, as we tap into your hidden desires and take you on a heart-thumping,...

Turn down the lights and crawl into the pages of Cum For Me, a sizzling, hot, collection of urban erotica that will leave you wet and panting as we fulfill your sexual Obsession with one mouth-watering story after another. The forbidden desires of these...