Nonfiction Mystery Political

It’s December 1997, and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote village in Russia’s Far East. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s annihilating them, and a team of men and their dogs must hunt it on foot through the forest in the brutal cold. As the trackers sift through...

Absolute power corrupts absolutely or so the saying goes. The Death Party delves into the history of two of the most powerful political parties in history. The similarities between the ideological beliefs of the parties are striking, yet most believe the parties are polar opposites. History records one party as the devil incarnate and the other as the benefactor of mankind. Has history gotten it wrong or are there nefarious forces at work? The voyage may make some uncomfortable, but illuminating the truth is enlightening. This does not have to be a self-fulfilling prophecy. The revelation ...

Short Stories by Texas Authors – Volume 10 (2025) showcases the range and punch of contemporary Texas storytelling—gritty realism, luminous literary work, and bold imagination—curated by Texas Authors Press, a division of the Texas Authors Museum & Institute of History. Drawn from the annual short story contest and arranged by score, this limited 2025 edition moves from a motel-room survival in Cheryl King’s “A Wonderful Horrible Life” to myth-forged courage in Emeryl Williams’s “Guardian of the High Reaches: The Story of Jul and Ari,” then roots itself in place with B. ...

THE GENERAL WHO KNEW TOO MUCH. December 9, 1945. Three weeks before flying home. A staff car on a quiet German road is struck by an Army truck at fifteen miles per hour. Everyone walks away except the passenger in the back. He had survived North Africa. Sicily. Normandy. The Bulge. Three years of open warfare and not one of the German divisions sent to stop him had managed it. A slow turn in a parking lot broke his neck. Twelve days later, Patton is dead. No autopsy requested. No investigation opened. No one asks about the leather ledger. No one asks about the congressional hearing he had ...