Fiction & Literature

Austin Scola, a seasoned homicide detective who experiences periods of psychotic blackouts, is assigned the high-profiled case of the murder of the daughter of a powerful businessman. During the course of his investigation, Austin discovers that he is actually the killer. Austin must cover his own tracks for a murder he doesn't even remember committing.

Objective: Freedom launched the series Freedoms Objective. It won the international award for best new novel of 2013. It was closely followed by six sequels. The characters remain basically the same but change as the years go on. War, fun, love, travel, adventure, economic wrangling and a couple of characters right out of the old horse operas make for fun and relaxation in an otherwise tense situation. Now, we will learn where all of these different characters started. In this story heroes are made and careers are wrecked. Foreign travel and adventure lure you to exotic places. The military and diplomatic stories play a big part, but so do the human interest and attempts at intrigue.

13 Green Dragons is a really great old-school action-thriller but offers up newer literary touches to the genre with much greater character perspectives and depth of feeling. A young man heading to war to do his duty, injured almost to the point of death and awarded the nation’s highest military honor but veering away from publicity. There can be more than a touch of cliché with titles like this but Lobeck always maintains a high standard of writing and stays away from tried and tested methods of gaining a reader’s trust and plows new ground in a soon to be a modern classic.

The Des Moines Writers Connection is a group of writers encompassing experienced published authors (both self- and traditionally-published) through members who are just "thinking" of writing. The 2020-21 Anthology is an exercise to engage the creativity of our group in a collaborative project.

Short story anthology by 8th grade class.

This is a 6x9, 120 page blank lined Notebook/Journal. Enjoy this Notebook/Journal for your school projects or for your personal use at home.

Beginning with the first chapter, The Word, the author takes you on a chronological journey from the beginnings of time to the very ends, speaking of truths never told. In the second chapter, The Holy Ones, we witness the ascension of average humans into the realms of the sacred and observe how divine beings mingle on Earthly planes. Confessions and Absolutions, the third chapter, is where the writer performs a psychic, open-heart surgery, airing stagnant wounds, thus releasing all that no longer serves. In Prayers and Invocations, chapter four, we embark on a healing journey through the amalgamation of traditional and unconventional petitions. Lastly, in the final chapter, The Miracles, ...

A collection of stories, poems and songs written by Judy Darling about rural country life in the 1950's.