After Life by Matthew Culberson (42 Reviews)    Price verified 4 minutes ago

Take a unique journey with Michael Black through the afterlife, as he learns to be a facilitator, answering the requests of his family one phone call at a time. Michael wakes up in a classroom, a classroom like no other, and from that moment is taken on a whirlwind tour through the afterlife, where anything is possible. He meets a cast of characters that will join him on his journey, and he will face the ultimate test as he progresses deep into the darkness, in an attempt to find his way back home. After Life is a story about love, life, and loss. And you will never think of death and the afterlife the same way again.

Genre: Literary Fiction

Somewhere East of Me: A Novel by Sean Vincent O'Keefe (9 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Somewhere East of Me Denver writer Jake Dustin is untethered from indolence when his estranged sister announces South Carolina is exhuming their mother. With no choice but to go, Jake embarks on a cross-country odyssey of uproarious absurdity and self-exploration during the strange days of September 2021. Jake feeds the internet's insatiable lust for content as the miles rumble by while pondering where he lost his inner child and why he lives in his ex-wife's basement. Along the way, a rousing cast of characters like St. Louis Hobo, Tough-luck Chuck, and PTSD-ridden Spooky Cody offer a visceral distillation of life's eclectic reality. More than a metaphor, Somewhere East of Me untangles America's course through the 21st Century in a poignant snapshot of where we are and how we got here. If you are ready for a rollicking adventure filled with unexpected twists, laugh-out-loud hilarity, and the infinite wisdom of mutants in the middle of nowhere - buckle up. Join Jake for an absorbing ...

Genre: Literary Fiction

CAKEWALK: A Novel (The Cake Series) by Douglas Bell (Bumbershoot Press) (26 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

"Your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. Yes, I gave this book a six-star rating out of a possible five. Where to even begin with how much I loved this book." Goodreads Reviewer, Transgender Bookworm Die-hard traditional Texas is the backdrop where success and nonconformity cannot coexist for Bryan Hicks, an African-American divorced father of two kids, Lindsey, the athletic golden child, and Lance, the unorthodox queer thespian. Bryan's mother loves bragging to her high-society girlfriends about Bryan's accomplishments and promotion to VP at a large multinational oil/gas company. Bryan vigorously steers clear of conversations with his mother about who he is dating because Bryan has been secretly dating Nadia, a transgender woman. Cakewalk is contemporary fiction based on Douglas Bell's past experiences. Bell speaks from an African-American heteronormative (privileged) cisgender voice to candidly expose the trauma of transphobia and homophobia. Bell wants to humanize the struggle ...

Genre: Literary Fiction

You'll Die Up There Alone by Jake Carter-Thomas (Glitch Tree Press) (2 Reviews)    Price verified one hour ago

Mads Michaels is a former technology news anchor hounded out of her job following the disastrous moment she attempted to interview the first human-level AI. You'll still find the picture of her holding a microphone up to a beige box trending from time to time, albeit appropriated to mock the blooper of the day. Mads is living in a trailer park when Project Red track her down and convince her to revive her career by becoming one of the first group of humans sent to Mars. But what Mads isn't aware of is that the planning behind this mission has attracted suspicion, with a jilted man she had a brief relationship with desperate to reveal the identity of a shadowy backer, who's never even heard of the project. When the life craft veers from its planned trajectory on day 40 and heads for the mineral rich asteroid belt, it's clear to mission control that something is going wrong. Can Mads work out that her presence on the mission is not such a coincidence in time to save all the viewers back ...

Genre: Literary Fiction

Finding Joy by Tara White (Best Seller Publishing, LLC) (6 Reviews)    Price verified 59 minutes ago

Have you spent your life giving so much of yourself to others that you no longer know who you are anymore? 40-year-old Joy Donnoly, recently widowed following her husband's decade-long progressive illness, finds herself all alone after her triplets leave for college and university. Without anyone to take care of for the first time in two decades, Joy realizes she has given so much of herself to take care of her family that she lost herself in the process. Unable to figure out what to do next, she falls into a depression, losing herself to television and social media to cope with her grief. When her daughters step in to do an "intervention" Joy begins a journey to rediscover herself and find a new way forward. Join Joy on her journey of self-discovery, as she fights her way through the darkness to reclaim her identity, and in doing so, not only finds herself but finds a way to step into her future with happiness and joy. Author Tara White wrote the majority of this book on location ...

Genre: Literary Fiction

Kitan Club Vol21: An officer with a wealth of poetry talent dies but doesn't leave his death poem, which confuses his friend. In the meantime, the ... by Alan Edoh (Halolub Co.,Ltd.) (1 Review)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Episode 47.The Death Poem After the revolution, N-Country undergoes rapid social changes. The privileged class of samurai disappears, and N-Country shifts to a centralized state. I was born into a samurai family and struggle to become a Navy officer. I have a close friend named Tagiri. My hobby is writing poetry, and I highly value Tagiri's talent. The two of us often talk about the death poem, the last poem a samurai wrote before he dies. During training, Tagiri is seriously injured and becomes bedridden, but his wife, Miyo, devotedly nurses him. At the time, N-Country is in a state of war with R-Country, and the final great naval battle is about to begin. At that time, I am surprised to hear from Miyo that Tagir has conducted hara-kiri, and when I go to his house, I find him having cut his stomach according to samurai etiquette; however, to my surprise, he does not seem to have left his death poem. Soon, a great naval battle takes place, and N-Country wins. After a while, the ...

Genre: Literary Fiction

The Second Sun: Volumes I & II by Kristof Morrow (30 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

The plot of The Second Sun is an allegory for the financial inequality between the older and younger generations. There's an island paradise where there's elders living a second life after retiring from their human forms, and live amongst their chosen few, who also live for thousands of years in relative peace. However, only those welcome can actually approach the island and survive. Everyone else on earth is made to endure a game of thrones type world, except I omitted much of the overt cruelty you find in that series. I also forgo the notions of racism and sexism. l wanted to adopt the spirit of Tolkien, but expand that virtue of "anyone, no matter how small, can achieve great things," to every kind of human so it feels to be an adventure for everyone! I was diagnosed with Tourette's when I was 27, and so it's developed my understanding of the theft of agency and being marginalized for something I cannot control. It's also structured similarly to game of thrones, in that the first ...

Genre: Literary Fiction

Palomar Knots by Anndee Fonnesbeck (36 Reviews)    Price verified 2 hours ago

Thea rarely felt welcome in her own home. After being placed for adoption as an infant, then losing her new mother a few months later, she was left to be raised by a silent, reluctant father. Moving to college seems like the perfect escape, her first chance at independence. When she is forced to return home after just one semester, Thea must finally face everything she had hoped to leave behind. Palomar Knots is a dramatic coming-of-age story about love and learning that family is who we choose.

Genre: Literary Fiction

Getaway: A Melanie Michaels Novel (The Away Series Book 2) by Elle Anderson (1 Review)    Price verified 4 hours ago

Book 2 in the thrilling Melanie Michaels Series. Melanie and Gabriel are ready to live happily ever after. However, there is a hiccup in their fantasy as Melanie attempts to fit her larger than life man in her tiny bungalow. Accustomed to living alone, she feels smothered by the former assassin who has inserted himself into every aspect of her life. As if the stress of a new relationship isn't enough to handle, Simonov has been released from prison and has a vendetta to settle. He will stop at nothing to seek vengeance against Melanie and Gabriel and no one is off limits. Gabriel's sexy ex, two kidnappings, and Ivan's pasty white skin on the beach... a Hawaiian getaway turns into a vacation nightmare! Sex, guns, and sharks... Melanie Michaels is at it again. ***Contains adult content!!!***

Genre: Literary Fiction

Welcome Home Billionaire: A Small Town Second Chance Romance by Bertie Stein (18 Reviews)    Price verified 4 hours ago

He's a NYC Billionaire. My best friend's brother. And the father of my daughter. Nick Pope, Sienna's older blue eyed, totally ripped, completely off limits brother. It's been years since he left town. I thought I'd never see him again. Losing Sienna drew us together for just one night. And then he was gone, for what I thought would be forever. But now he's back... more handsome and sexier than I remember. And he has a proposition... for me. There is definitely still an attraction between us, but telling him about his daughter now could ruin everything. Ava is my whole world and I don't want to risk losing her, or my second chance with Nick.

Genre: Literary Fiction