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Tales from Avalon is a loosely connected series of stories that might shed light on how Earth could have been colonized by different societies of space-faring peoples. These tales deal with the distant past all the way up to the year 2033 in our near future. Don't miss a beat as you explore how things might have been and might be in the future.

This book contains prose and poetry that covers about 25 years of my life - from 1990 through 2012. At least one of the poems was begun when I was 16 and completed after age 40 (With a Goat for a Horse). The prose includes essays written for college and to explain my views on several 'hot topic' subjects that pushed my buttons at the time. Warning - read with whatever grain of salt you are using to spice up your life. This book is not for everyone and may insult some. No apologies offered. Take it as it is and may your path always be clear to gain a clear understanding of yourself.

Writing 101: For Beginners is a basic how-to get started writing. I've tried to think of all the questions I had when I started writing and instead of wishing I had someone to assist me - I decided to be the one to assist others. Writing 101 includes comments on how to develop your muse and how to set up the action in your next novel.

Fear is universal—a shared human experience that provokes awe, curiosity and terror. It feeds our anxieties, elevating our heartbeats and driving the instinct to survive. But what are we afraid of—and why? Each story in this anthology seeks to answer that question, blurring the boundaries between horror and fantasy fiction.

The Blind Beggar follows a character who is shunned by polite society and is on the outside looking into the machinations of society's ills. He becomes involved with moving the Triple Thrones of Theuniss to fruition. Samuel Yurkow is used by both the good and very bad in this rousing tale of skullduggery and will be punished or rewarded as appropriate.

The Secret of the Aryan Moon Pool is the 27th book in The Rhumgold Sagas. The wizard Mhel'Sargonus and his Marconian sidekick, Mag'yar are challenged to stay one step ahead of a scourge of space-faring pirates who try to take over Earth and destroy everything in the Antares Star system. Stay tuned for more rousing adventures in this series. Read & Enjoy!

Margo Bryant is an investigative reporter from New York City who is sent to St. Croix in the Caribbean to find a society heiress who has been kidnapped. She finds who she is looking for and a lot more. Personal kidnapping, jail time and a new 'love of her life' dog her footsteps. Stay in tune with her as adventure abounds in sunny climes.

The D'lberville Bayou Murders is a crime mystery that involves Ronald Benoit and his investigative team of experts called the Gravediggers. Benoit is no longer an FBI agent. He takes cases according to the clients' specifications and dispenses justice.

Humanity sent a caravan of spaceships from Earth - destined for a neighboring world. They did not make it. On arriving in the Antares Star System the ships broke down and humanity had to sink or swim, so to say, on worlds that already had a civilization. One that was old and kept to themselves. The Trade Guild had paid for the starships and the trip outward. They maintained control of society and dictated what would become the norms for society. One of those norms was the number of children a couple could have - one. The parents of Mhel'Sargonus violated the norm. He was issued into the ...

Commander Jason Martin and his crew land on Mars and find themselves hijacked by an alien virus that turns some of them into vampires. They try to return to Earth but are prevented from going past the Moon Base where they are imprisoned. They later return to Mars where they are to deliver a device that will cleanse Mars of the virus forever. There is only one problem - one of the vampires escaped Moon Base Alpha and is on her way to Earth to set up her own kingdom.

The Tribulations of Kn'Rose is the third installment in the Dark Moons on Chimera fantasy series that is centered in the Antares Star System. Mankind has made a long journey from Earth but arrived in a system that already had a sentient civilization that chose to hide itself and work behind the scenes. The Combine (Guild) had paid the money for the spaceships and the journey. They feel entitled to rule over the masses and do - with an iron fist. That is - until the Marconians, that race of beings who were on Rhumgold and Chimera before them, work their diabolical scheme to interfere. Tune ...

Carmichael Falls Junior Rangers is a Children's book that involves a community of associated animals in a set of activities that brings out the best in all of them. They are influenced and led by a very perceptive Ranger who directs them in living a full and fruitful life.

Compilation 13 contains the following previously published books: Writing 101: For Beginners, How to Write Fiction and Short Stories, Essays & Comments. Read & Enjoy!

Thunder Breaks in on Silence is one of those books that you like to read by the fire on a cold winter's night - or on an airplane when you're trying to tune out everything that is going on around you. This book has a lot of the poetry and prose that I've written over twenty plus years and details a little about my life growing up in the hills of Southern Ohio.

Operation Arachnid: On High Alert is a gritty police drama dressed up with spider names for the good guys. The good guys are grouped together and support each other in solving crimes. Read and Enjoy!

A book of forty short stories by Tim Conley.

The Curse of the Harvest Moon revolves around a farming community in a world that has been subjugated by the Combine - the military arm of the Guild. The Chimeran worlds are part of the Antares star system and were settled by humans using a star travel device that failed to make more than one trip. Humanity traveled to Antares and was forced to stay there. The small farming world of Aires has been systematically plundered during harvest time each year - that is - until Avril and Misty join hands to oppose the Combine. This is book 6 in the Rhumgold Sagas. Read & Enjoy!

Albert Einstein postulated that time could be folded - thus allowing time travel. EMS Corporation took him at his word and began developing a system that could allow travel in time but they found out it was too dangerous to allow the United States government to partner the effort. They set up a facility in backwoods Indiana and began working on sending a probe down the future. But the government did become involved and a tangled mess of skullduggery and intrigue developed as the EMS team were flush with success that might be short-lived.

The Breakneck Project: Martian Operations is the opening salvo of this Sci-fi series. Man sends missions to Mars and sacrifices those astronauts to a voracious worm that is all that is left of the ancient civilization that once flourished on that planet but was almost exterminated by the Denebians. Mankind was just climbing down out of the trees when that happened but are very much on the forefront now in the solar system. However, politicians can't be convinced to do what is right and proper. As a consequence, another civilization is almost doomed to go into extinction due to man's greed. ...

The Triple Thrones of Theuniss is the fourth book in the Dark Moons on Chimera series of fantasy books. It wraps up part of the Rhumgold Saga that tells of triplets born under the sign of planets coming together. They are separated at birth but must come back together to occupy the Triple Thrones that were foretold by an ancient race of creatures who predated mankind on Chimera. Stay tuned for more tales as the adventures of Kn'Ross and tribulations of Kn'Rose are also nearing completion. Read and enjoy!