https://www.smloy.net/art daily 0.75 2020-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1562730129597-CGBP4T9N1UVHP5P21EQ4/Airplane.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1562730129597-CGBP4T9N1UVHP5P21EQ4/Airplane.jpg Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1562730706620-ONBVAQ1I1K2LRMWFEXNZ/IMG_0017_2.jpg Art Landscape in acrylic paint, Talbot and 16th St., Indianapolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1562730736226-8JPU5WIK0XB8KS6JUBP7/IMG_0012.jpg Art “Red Truck” A landscape in acrylic paint off of State Road 46 outside Bloomington, Indiana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1562730760810-FRUTW2G9FHC1IXRBIMMI/IMG_0010.jpg Art “The Cow Picture” Abstracted landscape in acrylic paint, ink, and pencil, water tower and tree on the grounds of Ft. Harrison, Indianapolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1562730824053-SYCTTIB2NUOVH5EVZDPK/IMG_0020_2.jpg Art “A Boy and His Dog” Abstracted figure study in oil paint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1562730870054-HBL1B2MCUVCL00QQFNB9/img013.jpg Art Pencil and charcoal, character portrait, Rosa Vasquez from my novels Last Days and Times and Redemption Song. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1562730683591-KM6FGIXBJL250AKOVNIU/IMG_0013.jpg Art Landscape in acrylic paint, Southeastway Park, Indianapolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1562730528199-40MCS9DCIS0S1CA4SF93/IMG_0015.jpg Art Landscape in acrylic paint, out by Southeastway Park in Indianapolis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1562730790373-DDU1M1C79RVXRLGIMJHQ/IMG_0009.jpg Art Landscape in acrylic paint, the grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1562730635234-R9QUO8AU12I1LKWM08CF/IMG_0014.jpg Art Landscape in acrylic paint, near Indiana Dunes State Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1562730899673-6IFTSVFJHK18TIJLYZIE/img053.jpg Art Pencil. Profile from model https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1562730929371-EJUO0R27ES1MVJW88E8O/img076.jpg Art Pencil. Figure drawing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1562730953048-9AR18SGXDXDD8Y2QU2BE/img073.jpg Art Ink. Stone lion outside the Indiana World War Memorial, Indianapolis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1562956214488-0Q21K9CPHJK2PHE9SEYS/IMG_0089.jpg Art Landscape in pastels, grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1562956230199-8WT6TO323HFX9W3EDF4G/IMG_0088.jpg Art Landscape in pastels, grounds of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1562956242638-YLHTN1TH1HFUF05ELFSA/IMG_0086_2.jpg Art Study in pastels, item in the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563191065898-GLBE1P0ZD4SLP3ITM8Z6/Buffalo+Fountain.jpg Art Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Monument Circle, Indianapolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563191145770-IDJJXNFX3B1ILTYQ95W0/Circle+Soldiers.jpg Art Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Monument Circle, Indianapolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563191194089-52AW1TL7277Q9XX12KLP/IMG_0804.jpg Art Indiana Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Monument Circle, Indianapolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563191235760-MBTRVXECL87Z09KRKWXH/IMG_0811.jpg Art Downtown Indianapolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563191282219-Y2ASUIGWTSQZ9VJZYD7U/IMG_0238.jpg Art Long’s Donuts, Indianapolis, home of the best doughnuts on the face of the Earth. Seriously. Without question. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563191393970-HQXWQJ22NTG4AMD2COWY/IMG_0273.jpg Art Reflection off the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library, main library, Indianapolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563191497449-QUDSAJ0IA677HMWOB7TU/Circle+City.jpg Art Downtown Indianapolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563191557932-PQ4193R07W2O01AMVWDV/IMG_0636.jpg Art Some old truck in the Irvington neighborhood of Indianapolis. I like old trucks, especially Fords of this vintage. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/5d255debf0b261000196e24f/5d2c703674551c000192ba1d/1563193398063/ Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563193400766-I0GH35YZLP9GR9CZNOMW/IMG_0019.jpg Art Fountain off the Canal walk, Indianapolis https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/5d255debf0b261000196e24f/5d2c706ada935a00018c6adc/1563363230358/ Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563193456567-DMJDS6CLE94TBGQ5Y1HK/IMG_0024.jpg Art Fountain off the Canal walk, Indianapolis https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/5d255debf0b261000196e24f/5d2c70aedeabdd00017761f0/1563363230073/ Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563193521935-C5LMY490L12ZUZPCSF1W/IMG_2856_2.jpg Art My back yard https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/5d255debf0b261000196e24f/5d2c70d353a06e00012a7cd4/1563363230037/ Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563193556561-LL320L8MB6Z5DI74RXS3/IMG_3747.jpg Art A visitor to my back yard https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/5d255debf0b261000196e24f/5d2c710e70ccb400019cb878/1563363230203/ Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563193615552-59IY5ZMGDZREOX1NYDEW/IMG_3754.jpg Art My back yard https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/5d255debf0b261000196e24f/5d2c7133e796fd0001664b83/1563363230337/ Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563193654127-3OBXOZUBRC175X5P31XB/IMG_6814.jpg Art Scottish Rite Cathedral, downtown Indianapolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563193703508-RGXQLDMX4IT8IHTKPCEK/IMG_6830.jpg Art Scottish Rite Cathedral from the steps of the World War Memorial, downtown Indianapolis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563363270264-JKRIJ2TIRXE2RS5HZQ3N/IMG_0571.jpg Art Mt. 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Probably the third most holy place in the world to me, right after Shiprock, New Mexico and St. Denis Abbey in Paris. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/5d255debf0b261000196e24f/5d2f08ab79b01e000146315f/1565531945884/ Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563363503142-PBMGB4AL1TDQNH62QNL0/IMG_0608.jpg Art Around Devil’s Tower https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563363544704-0XTFYSG4P4LKOUCRLJ06/IMG_0609.jpg Art Around Devil’s Tower https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/5d255debf0b261000196e24f/5d2f09020452b800013266d9/1565531946043/ Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563363589043-YINYDJOS6HVDXNCLF4HD/IMG_0623.jpg Art Around Devil’s Tower https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/5d255debf0b261000196e24f/5d2f092d8b5ceb000176f381/1565531946051/ Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563363629236-AAKFYEVZOZUQ2T7FHMGI/IMG_0667.jpg Art North Dakota https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/5d255debf0b261000196e24f/5d2f096f0452b800013270d9/1565531946046/ Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563363701904-QO2VPNTXQ805CA63I59E/img077.jpg Art The Painted Desert, Arizona https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/5d255debf0b261000196e24f/5d2f09b06861d1000101ae89/1565531946211/ Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563363763102-CZXKGDXURFMSLK7LJC3J/pantheon.jpg Art The Pantheon in Rome https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/5d255debf0b261000196e24f/5d2f09de9825f300013d4788/1565531946224/ Art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1563363807812-BJY6X6SD0ITVN1GN8VSU/IMG_5407_2.jpg Art Chicago https://www.smloy.net/video-resources daily 0.75 2023-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1635440078274-ZHZT8FHY7QDJ5BUZU33F/Video+resources.jpg Video Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1635546414986-MWS1XGHL4BRWDVUNYYJY/image-asset.jpeg Video Resources https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/6179fd8daa3e566174cca867/6179fdd346ff645819f7f53d/1635385189450/ Video Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1635438520766-BPGUJSZP4P95DHL7QUA4/image-asset.jpeg Video Resources - Preparing Files for Critique Basics of how to format a copy of your file for submission to the group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1635547489818-6JWGLHUTQ99VT7JT3WNI/image-asset.jpeg Video Resources https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1635439220504-RW3E5QDL6N8NHQQT0DJO/image-asset.jpeg Video Resources - Uploading Submissions to Google Docs How to upload files to the Writers’ group Google Docs folder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1635532543018-YUPMSXUPGG8I4OEFYJVC/image-asset.jpeg Video Resources - Self-Publishing Companies: What are the best and do you need one to publish successfully? 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The first manned mission to Mars has not gone well. The grand discoveries have not materialized. The astronaut heroes have become public afterthoughts. And the planned relief is two years late. That would be bad enough. Living with the disappointment, the oppressive boredom, and the claustrophobic spaces would be one thing, but now the crew must deal with a very real danger creeping throughout their cramped quarters, a danger that may soon eat them all alive. And they brought it with them. Coming Soon to Smashwords https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1559345550579-OCTV3H8EXPY85X8ONKQV/Ridealong.jpg The Shorter Works - Ridealong Welcome to the sleepy town of Conroy, where nothing hardly ever goes wrong. Hardly. But something disturbing slithers beneath the surface of everyday rural life here, and Sheriff Frank Keith must uncover it for the safety of his town. Bloody attacks, the odd behavior of wild animals, and the stranger behavior of secretive humans make for a mystery the sheriff may not want to crack. Buy at Smashwords https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1559345687407-WCB33PDPHLQMXLSF59MZ/Blood+and+Water+cover+3.jpg The Shorter Works - Blood and Water This story takes up where Isis Wept left off. Qebera, the soldier/farmer servant of the dead god Osiris and his queen Isis, journeys deep into the Middle Eastern desert in search of the treasures that will return his master to life. But his quest is fraught with unexpected dangers, for he cannot succeed without the aide of an addled visionary and a homicidal warlord, both of whom struggle over the same limited resource. An unpredictable fantasy gem. 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Buy at Smashwords https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1559346055924-5XCPQH7W7PC74H9XNHML/Ill+Be+Home.jpg The Shorter Works - I’ll Be Home for christmas Ho, ho, home from halfway across the universe, Charlese Tilbrenner, intrepid reporter for Galactic Geographic, takes her beau Bernie to meet the clan in Kansas. All the family angst, resentment, and regret of every full-on holiday dinner, and, in the end, a sweet dessert of hope. Buy at Smashwords https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1559345978142-RBVM9KWKP1LO4LRP0ZG8/Cheatham+Christmas.jpg The Shorter Works - Walter Cheatham’s cannibal Christmas Walter Cheatham is a kind of detective. He finds lost things, like a little girl who’s been invited to Christmas dinner. As the main course. Bulling his way through a range of unsavory characters, reflecting on the inhumanity of man, Walter must rescue the girl, hopefully alive, before he loses his own fractured soul. 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A mysterious evangelist-gone-terrorist with supernatural origins hopes to usher in a biblical apocalypse using stolen atomic warheads. Three stand against him, a seer of good and evil, her academic beau, and a disaffected FBI agent. They and the villain may be emissaries of God, but who, in these times, does God truly favor? https://www.smloy.net/isis-wept daily 0.75 2025-12-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1595845853666-XPMG4ANU4Q7DGVM94B99/Isis+Wept+New+Cover+2020+4.jpg Isis Wept THE SHORT OF IT: Egypt, 8000 years ago. The gods walk among men as titans, powerful beings with passions that move mountains, fix stars in the heavens, and master the forces of life and death. Within this world, the evil god Set betrays and murders his brother Osiris, king of respected Abydos. Set takes all that Osiris once had, including the queen, Isis, the goddess of life and beauty. Isis escapes Set and bends her powers toward bringing her love back from death. In the course of this quest, kingdoms fall, armies clash, and the balance of power between gods and men is altered forever. https://www.smloy.net/redemption-song daily 0.75 2025-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1560180460001-RKQ7ABEWRXN8E7ZDZRW6/Redemption+Song+Kindle+Cover5.jpg Redemption Song THE SHORT OF IT: When Sally Reiser joined the infamous network, it was to protect her handicapped child, targeted by those who would get to her through him. But the network that kept them safe has been infiltrated by invisible agents. The organization has taken up a sinister new purpose, to murder Sally and her eight-year-old autistic son, then spark conflagration in the always tense Middle East. How far and fast will this mother run to escape a fate fueled by religious fanaticism and decreed a thousand years before she was born? To steer through her trials, she must forge new alliances, repudiate old convictions, and trust in powers beyond Man's comprehension. https://www.smloy.net/fiona-street daily 0.75 2025-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1695586396051-YMMKUW6J3598P1OSLKJ0/Fiona+Street+New+Cover5.jpg Fiona Street THE SHORT OF IT: The singularity, the merging of man and machine. Take one NSA black ops commando. Take one ordinary alley cat. Merge their minds through advanced digital electronics and cutting-edge neuroscience. What do you get? Fiona Street, the most feared and efficient intelligence agent on the face of the Earth. But what does she risk to command her game? Is she truly human anymore? The singularity is here, and it ain't pretty. https://www.smloy.net/conquerors-realm daily 0.75 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1560178997109-C8N661G1NUZICJWCVRZ3/Conquer%27s+Realm+Cover+New2.jpg Conqueror's Realm THE SHORT OF IT: In the mid-twenty-first century, a high-level conspiracy brews to suborn the American democracy to a modern apartheid. White people have long mastered the republic but have now shrunk to only the nation’s largest minority. Some, supported by racist extremist groups and the funds of conservative billionaires, decide that white people made America, white people have ruled America, and now white people will not have America wrested from their grasp. All that stands between them and the at-long-last promise of true equanimity is a renegade faction of the Fourth Estate, a team of journalists who believe that justice cannot be had unless justice is for all. https://www.smloy.net/galactic-geographic daily 0.75 2025-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1560181136129-SMSAGI9D4TTZLEUMYEIT/Galactic+Geographic2+%282017_12_15+13_56_55+UTC%29.jpg Galactic Geographic THE SHORT OF IT: Meet Charlese Tilbrenner, corn-fed romantic from the Kansas plains. She's a new-minted journalist with Galactic Geographic, the universe's premier news and feature magazine. From the slums and gated communities of Mars to the farthest reaches of known space, Charlese and her mentor Bernie Oldman will bring you the greatest stories of the galaxy. A humorous look at science fiction, fantasy, and romance, Galactic Geographic is the world’s first Military Sci-fi Romantic Comedy Satirical Travelogue. Explore the stars. Explore popular culture. Explore the painful, knotted relationships between men and women. That's the universe of Galactic Geographic, asking the question, "What's in YOUR world?" https://www.smloy.net/bad-lands daily 0.75 2025-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1560182153777-DXO2U129O3YNP9B5XFOH/Bad+Lands+Kindle+Cover4+%282017_12_15+13_56_55+UTC%29.jpg Bad Lands THE SHORT OF IT: Bad Lands. A western that ain't quite right. A federal marshal tracks a notorious bad man wanted for murder, mayhem, terrorism, and conspiracy to destroy the eighteen contiguous universes. The lawman's posse of inter-dimensional misfits must brave the weirdest of weird western enemies to save the multiverse from certain destruction. It's Blazing Saddles meets Wild Wild West. Take a gander, pard! https://www.smloy.net/uncivil-service daily 0.75 2025-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1560182915806-9F1RN5LTAC9XX15L6PMG/Uncivil+Service+Kindle+Cover.jpg Uncivil Service THE SHORT OF IT: Fiona Street returns as America’s most super of super-spies in this thriller that breaks all boundaries. No power-mad politicians this time. Fiona instead confronts a faceless entity from a nightmare universe who is bent on the total obliteration of mankind. What’s more, her own government disavows her and marks her for execution. In a gamble to save the world without her own people shooting her in the back, Fiona allies with outlaws and misfits sworn to risk all to save mankind. Can they succeed? Can they survive? They win, or we lose. https://www.smloy.net/shining-star daily 0.75 2026-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/8f6d0cd9-a8e0-4505-aa84-7d25c0dc3f07/Shining+Star+Feb+2023.jpg Shining Star THE SHORT OF IT: We killed Earth. Thousands of years later, the survivors, having fled their dead planet in great generation ships, eke out a tenuous existence among the local group of stars. This could have been the end for the last dregs of humanity, but for the rise of a dictatorial church that draws humankind under its wing and flogs it to prosperity. Now, Miranda St. Billiart, a soldier for the Community of God, seeks to escape the power that made her in the first place. With her sister Ilyanya, she uncovers the corruption that made the Church possible. The two of them fight to expose the great lie, to redress the evils heaped upon their people, and to discover within the wreckage of their universe who they are and why they matter. https://www.smloy.net/the-books-in-brief daily 0.75 2026-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1560185995812-8B6EIN0E113U4B0U3UAY/MidworldLogoFancy+Wide.jpg The Books in Brief https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1560186426941-DZD3T563PP0KE4YRR4FE/Last+Days+and+Times+Cover+Kindle+5.jpg The Books in Brief - Last Days and Times Book one of Last Days and Times Book one of Nightwatch Sally Reiser is the seer of God, blessed (or cursed) to witness the works of God, no matter how beautiful or terrible. In this first chapter of her epic story, she must defend the mortal world from a not-so-mortal madman who will destroy everything to destroy himself. Urban Fantasy - Adult themes - Language - Action/fantasy violence Buy: Ebook and Print! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1595846598770-I9P6CP1ED732TUCWNC2J/Isis+Wept+New+Cover+2020+4.jpg The Books in Brief - isis wept A dramatic re-telling of one of the greatest love stories in human history. Isis is the goddess of life in Ancient Egypt. Her husband Osiris is murdered by the evil god Set, who steals all that Osiris built in this world, including his beloved queen. Isis escapes from Set and embarks upon a quest to end his odious rule and return her dead husband to life. In the course of this endeavor, armies clash, cities fall, and the balance between mankind and the gods is changed forever. Fantasy - Scenes of sexual violence - Intense scenes of graphic suffering - Action/fantasy violence Buy: Ebook and Print! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/5f722382-d650-47f5-bbe2-25fa8b4d004b/Shining+Star+Feb+2023.jpg The Books in Brief - Shining Star Book one of Shining Star Book two of NIGHTWATCH Four thousand years in the future, man barely subsists under a cruel interstellar theocracy that controls its people through the manipulation (and sometimes fabrication) of core religious beliefs. But a pair of twins rise to combat this oppression and bring freedom to the stars. A startling twist on religion as government. A dark ode to Star Wars that makes the empire uncomfortably real. Space Fantasy - Mild Language - Action/fantasy violence Buy: Ebook and Print! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1560187311022-25ECQPROPAS2RLVVTQ71/Conquer%27s+Realm+Cover+New2.jpg The Books in Brief - Conqueror’s Realm In the near future, white people are only the largest minority in America. Will they surrender the power they’ve held for centuries or fight to steal the birthright of The Other? In this parable of the American dream gone nightmare, we see what results from unchecked racism, privilege, and xenophobia. Unending war. Dysfunctional government. The Press under attack. Conqueror’s Realm: there is no justice unless justice is for all. Speculative Science Fiction - Language - Violence Buy: Ebook and Print! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1695586396051-YMMKUW6J3598P1OSLKJ0/Fiona+Street+New+Cover5.jpg The Books in Brief - fiona Street Book one of Fiona Street Book three of NIGHTWATCH In a time of constitutional crisis, an amok special prosecutor bolsters his investigative team through the unethical use of man-machine-animal interface bionics. The result is Fiona Street, already one of America’s most effective black ops operatives, who now shares her consciousness with a common alley cat. The skills of the spy and the predatory instincts of the cat combine to make Street the most feared intelligence agent in the world. But who does she ally with? Does she serve the law of the land, or the man who has made himself law? The singularity is here, and it ain’t pretty. Science Fiction/Spy Fiction - Adult themes - Language - Action violence - Brief nudity Buy: Ebook and Print! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1560187654079-S6GZG6B6DF9GOSLEE0RW/Redemption+Song+Kindle+Cover5.jpg The Books in Brief - redemption Song Book two of Last Days and Times Book four of NIGHTWATCH Sally Reiser returns, this time on the international stage, to confront a shadowy enemy with a frightening reputation for murder and destruction. This time, though, her allies have turned against her. To survive her downturn of fortune, she flees across Europe and the Middle East, forging new alliances, repudiating old convictions, and trusting to powers beyond man’s comprehension in hopes they will keep her safe. But what is safe in a world of angels, monsters, and madmen? Where do you run when all your paths are traps? Urban Fantasy - Adult themes - Language - Action/fantasy violence Buy: Ebook and Print! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1560187788068-K3FYUI7HQXOVQ46IZZQ4/Galactic+Geographic2+%282017_12_15+13_56_55+UTC%29.jpg The Books in Brief - Galactic Geographic Book five of NIGHTWATCH Meet Charlese Tilbrenner, corn-fed romantic of the American Midwest. Charlese is a dreamer, always looking to the far horizons and beyond. Beyond is pretty darned far. As a correspondent for Galactic Geographic, the galaxy’s preeminent news and feature magazine, she covers Europan sea monsters, space piracy, and weird and wonderful menu items in Martian enclave restaurants. She’s also key to stopping a galactic heist that threatens war throughout known space. This is Galactic Geographic, the world’s first Military Scifi Romantic Comedy satirical Travelogue. Science Fiction - Adult themes - Rough language - Action/fantasy violence - Explicit sexual content Buy: Ebook and Print! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1560187935503-YBZVWVFBZUN4QQDXNI5A/Bad+Lands+Kindle+Cover4+%282017_12_15+13_56_55+UTC%29.jpg The Books in Brief - Bad Lands Book six of NIGHTWATCH Clayton Hostetter is marshal of Territory 87 Dogpatch by 4, where he rousts out range agitators, fence cutters, and them who mutilate the cattle and make the circles in the crops. Just now, under orders from President Theodore Roosevelt Himself, Hostetter tracks the most ornery bad man in the multiverse, wanted on charges of murder, mayhem, terrorism, and conspiracy to destroy the eighteen contiguous universes. As you might imagine, this is a western that ain’t quite right. It’s also a western that never goes wrong. Weird Western - Adult themes - Mild language - Action violence Buy: Ebook and Print! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1560188085204-B7H9BTED2J9SJRUG2AVN/Uncivil+Service+Kindle+Cover.jpg The Books in Brief - Uncivil Service Book two of Fiona Street Book seven of NIGHTWATCH Fiona Street returns as America’s most super of super-spies in this thriller that breaks all boundaries. No power-mad politicians this time. Fiona instead confronts a faceless entity from a nightmare universe who is bent on the total obliteration of mankind. What’s more, her own government disavows her and marks her for execution. In a gamble to save the world without her own people shooting her in the back, Fiona allies with outlaws and misfits sworn to risk all to save mankind. Can they succeed? Can they survive? They win, or we lose. Science Fiction/Spy Fiction/Fantasy - Language - Action/fantasy violence Buy: Ebook and Print! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1592685510873-W0GCE4X7BCC2D7FG3IFG/Voice+of+the+City.jpg The Books in Brief - Voice of the City Book three of Last Days and Times Book eight of NIGHTWATCH A mysterious vigilante stalks the urban streets, beating down gang members and crooked cops with his bare hands. He is the Voice of the City, a phantom no one can say for sure exists. Until Sally Reiser, seer of God, stumbles into the hero’s world in order to stop the mayhem to come. A fearmonger from a nightmareverse has arrived to terrorize the city and Sally and the Voice strive to stop this ancient enemy. To do this, they must rein in the baser instincts of the city to prove that talk trumps violence and love trumps hate. Can they do it, or is the city too far gone? Superhero Fantasy/Urban Fantasy - Adult themes - Rough Language - Action/fantasy violence Buy: Ebook and Print! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/5d32c0ac-ba26-4c0f-8034-834783769e47/Transporter7.jpg The Books in Brief - Transporter She's French, homeless, and trans gender living on the streets of Paris. Governments hunt her. Criminals threaten her. And something ancient, malevolent, and full of hate needs very much to murder her. Why? She's a teleporter. She can transport instantly between one place and another. She can break the confines of universes. This power could enrich or kill her. Where will it take her today? Spy vs. spy, police vs. criminal, monster vs. heroine, and the innocent squeezed in the middle, Transporter is an urban fantasy with a healthy dose of action, adventure, and suspense. Guest starring Fiona Street of Stephan Michael Loy's spyfi novels Fiona Street and Uncivil Service. Superhero Fantasy/Urban Fantasy - Adult themes - Rough Language - Action/fantasy violence Buy the Ebook! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/d6380e2d-7c2b-48ea-b2e9-033029a9fe69/Yellow+Road+cover+ebook+Nov+16+2024.jpg The Books in Brief - The Yellow Road Not Taken The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a time-honored, cherished piece of children’s literature. This, however, is not that book. But if you're ready for a happily acerbic, satirical sendup in which the Cowardly Lion suffers from crippling anxiety, the Tin Woodsman is a psychopath, and the Scarecrow is gloriously, undeniably brainless, then you're in the right place. If you want a story about how four hopeless misfits (five with the pig) pool their limited resources to find triumph in the end, then you're in for a treat you won't soon forget. Follow along on the Yellow Brick Road. It's gonna be a trip! Fantasy, Satire, Adult Themes, Fantasy Action-Violence Buy: Ebook and Print! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/d15660e7-965f-414e-8275-60c750aa76a9/guardians+3.jpg The Books in Brief - Guardians at the gate In a country in which teachers are demonized as incompetent, where everyone wants quality schools but no one wants to pay for them, what becomes of those who stand for principle, who know what to do to teach young minds, but are prevented from doing so by their own supposed leaders? Guardians at the Gate is a satirical examination of the plight of public education. It is a no-holds-barred gut shot to the myths and underhanded purposes that threaten this uniquely American institution. It inspires, it accuses, it will make you laugh and make you afraid. More importantly, it should make you act. There are enemies at the gate; there are guardians at the gate. Which side of the gate are you on? Satire, Adult Themes, Language, Sexual Situations, Brief Violence Buy: Ebook and Print! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/550c2431-0d6b-44d4-b44e-ea2e968a2f61/Black+Door+ebook+Cover+Jan+2+2026.jpg The Books in Brief - Black Door The Black Door opens… Mankind responds to extraordinary crises when the wall between universes crumbles and falls. Giant spiders. Dragons. Demons. Monsters from the depths of our subconscious. This isn't fantasy, it's science. It's also a Black Door scenario, deep blue end-of-the-world stuff. And while scientists of the National Security Agency's Nightwatch division rush to understand and mitigate the dangers rolling over us, elite response teams close with and contain threats to drive men mad. Wayne Garrett leads one such team. They've never been blooded; how could they be? But they run toward the screams the rest of us try to escape. They can't afford an off day, they can't make mistakes. They win, or we lose. Let's pray they win. Buy: Ebook and Print https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/c2076a0f-5506-44e9-834e-1b9e4eb6887e/A+ight+in+the+Black+Jan+2+2026a.jpg The Books in Brief - A Light in the Black A star-spanning dictatorial theocracy hounds two sisters to the limits of space in this story of consequences, religious terror, and persistence against repression. Within this grim reality, endurance becomes the measure of humanity. But is there any point to the struggle? For out in the black, a mysterious hell stalks victor and vanquished alike. This thing, this destroyer, devours crushed dreams and spits them back at humanity with spite. Only a stout and loving heart can withstand its evil influence. A Light in the Black is the sequel to Stephan Michael Loy's allegory against theocracy, Shining Star. Together, they dramatize the adage that only faith, hope, and love matter in the world, and the strongest of those is love. Buy: Ebook and Print https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1560188505773-RKD5JR60C13OXDTOJNKU/Gethsemane+cover6+%282017_12_15+13_56_55+UTC%29.jpg The Books in Brief - Falling Through Gethsemane After Earth is used up, 230,000 people propel through space aboard a hollowed-out asteroid, their destination a hopefully new and verdant world. Life is not good on the asteroid. Not enough food, not enough water, not nearly enough hygiene for that many people. Is it Dog-Eat-Dog or Serve the Pack? Does mankind make it through survival of the fittest or through seeing fit that all survive? Either way, it's gonna be a heck of a trip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/1747781106291-0A5EKC2BK279KXVEB7JX/Stormbreak+Cover4.jpg The Books in Brief - Stormbreak Firestorms. Earthquakes. Hurricanes. Tsunamis. These aren't just disasters, they're excellent third-party opportunities. Doug MacIntyre, down-on-his-luck wildfire pilot, finds himself recruited by Stormbreak, Inc., the world's first commercial disaster relief organization. Your government pays, and they save the day, or that's the plan. But the company's still in the cradle, trying to find its footing. Team members like Doug can help the business soar or crash. All they need is a couple of first class unsurvivable calamities during which to launch a product demonstration. Sound cynical? That's what Doug thinks until he sees his company in action. 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He is the Voice of the City, a phantom no one can say for sure exists. Is he a ghost? An urban legend? A figment of fearful imagination? To some, he is a dream; to others, a very real nightmare against which they seek revenge. Now Sally Reiser, seer of God, stumbles into the hero’s world carrying visions of strange creatures and impending mayhem. A fearmonger from a nightmareverse has arrived to terrorize the city and Sally and the Voice strive to stop this ancient enemy. To do so, they must rein in the baser instincts of the city to prove that talk vanquishes violence and civility trumps hate. 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Dragons. Demons. Monsters from the depths of our subconscious. This isn't fantasy, it's a frightening reality. It's also a Black Door scenario, deep blue end-of-the-world stuff. And while scientists rush to understand the dangers rolling over us, elite response teams close with and contain those threats. Wayne Garrett leads one such team. They've never been blooded; how could they be? Nothing like this has ever happened. Well, there was that time with the dragons, and that time with the carnivorous spiders with human heads, but those were kid's stuff compared to the harrowing, ravaging nightmares of today. Nevertheless, Garrett and his people run toward the screams the rest of us try to escape. They can't afford an off day, they can't make mistakes. They win, or we lose. Let's pray they win. 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Buy: Ebook and Print! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/d15660e7-965f-414e-8275-60c750aa76a9/guardians+3.jpg Home - Guardians at the Gate In a country in which teachers are demonized as incompetent, where everyone wants quality schools but no one wants to pay for them, what becomes of those who stand for principle, who know what to do to teach young minds, but are prevented from doing so by their own supposed leaders? Guardians at the Gate is a satirical examination of the plight of public education. It is a no-holds-barred gut shot to the myths and underhanded purposes that threaten this uniquely American institution. It inspires, it accuses, it will make you laugh and make you afraid. More importantly, it should make you act. There are enemies at the gate; there are guardians at the gate. Which side of the gate are you on? 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It's gonna be a trip! https://www.smloy.net/guardians-at-the-gate daily 0.75 2025-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/89b03df2-9b71-47b6-8305-f786552118b6/guardians+3.jpg Guardians at the Gate - Guardians at the gate THE SHORT OF IT… In a country in which teachers are demonized as incompetent, where everyone wants quality schools but no one wants to pay for them, what becomes of those who stand for principle, who know what to do to teach young minds, but are prevented from doing so by their own supposed leaders? Guardians at the Gate is a satirical examination of the plight of public education. It is a no-holds-barred gut shot to the myths and underhanded purposes that threaten this uniquely American institution. It inspires, it accuses, it will make you laugh and make you afraid. More importantly, it should make you act. There are enemies at the gate; there are guardians at the gate. 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Within this reality, endurance becomes the measure of humanity. But is there any point to the struggle? For out in the black, a hell of crushed dreams stalks victor and victim alike. Only a stout and loving heart can withstand its evil influence. https://www.smloy.net/black-door daily 0.75 2026-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ceb2e4d2412f20001d6268c/2220102f-0840-4d53-ad17-b6d07f08532c/Black+Door+ebook+Cover+Jan+2+2026.jpg Black Door THE SHORT OF IT: Wayne Garrett leads an NSA response team into the heart of disaster. The wall between universes crumbles, releasing terrifying nightmares into our world. It's a Black Door situation, deep blue end-of-the-world stuff. Garrett and his people run toward the screams the rest of us try to escape. They can't afford an off day, they can't make mistakes. They win, or we lose. Let's pray they win.