Original Content Seven Short Stories for Movie Mavens


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Chanteuse “She was the kind of singer you’d like to walk in on, in a club, in a strange city, on a Thursday night.” Tom Butler, an irrigation-systems salesman from Iowa, begins the adventure of his life in Cincinnati, in the summer of 1985. The Fountain Room Cassidy, a burgeoning New Mexico artist, channels her great grandmother’s Apache courage as she confronts a crass opportunist with the help of a rodeo cowboy. Justice Delayed Crimes go unpunished on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Lives are ruined. A survivor’s plea for justice makes matters worse. When no one else seems to care, Anthony, an Episcopal priest, can’t let it go. Weightlessness Dalton, fresh out of grad school, returns to his hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Although grounded in familiar surroundings and a secure job, his yearning for a grand romance leads him down uncharted alleys of both disappointment and ecstasy. Sorina’s America Among the Yoopers of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Sorina discovers her new country is not what she expected back in Bucharest, Romania. For better or worse, her America must be what she makes it. While Waiting for a Deer Jack wants to be a wildlife photographer. Perched in a tree stand to photograph a handsome buck, events unfold beneath him, spilling craziness into his life. Amorous teenagers? A kidnapping? Will Norway pay the ransom? Eventually, Jack responds as any ex-Navy Seal would. The Fossa (A Novella) In this sequel to Volume I’s “Original Content” short story, newlywed author Evan Walker ventures to Costa Rica to research his next novel. Through a maze packed with exotic locations, colorful rogues, and a Danish vixen overachiever, Evan struggles to understand and capture the essence of his villain, the Fossa.




Original Content Seven Short Stories for Movie Mavens


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Chanteuse "She was the kind of singer you'd like to walk in on, in a club, in a strange city, on a Thursday night." Tom Butler, an irrigation-systems salesman from Iowa, begins the adventure of his life in Cincinnati, in the summer of 1985. The Fountain Room Cassidy, a burgeoning New Mexico artist, channels her great grandmother's Apache courage as she confronts a crass opportunist with the help of a rodeo cowboy. Justice Delayed Crimes go unpunished on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Lives are ruined. A survivor's plea for justice makes matters worse. When no one else seems to care, Anthony, an Episcopal priest, can't let it go. Weightlessness Dalton, fresh out of grad school, returns to his hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Although grounded in familiar surroundings and a secure job, his yearning for a grand romance leads him down uncharted alleys of both disappointment and ecstasy. Sorina's America Among the Yoopers of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Sorina discovers her new country is not what she expected back in Bucharest, Romania. For better or worse, her America must be what she makes it. While Waiting for a Deer Jack wants to be a wildlife photographer. Perched in a tree stand to photograph a handsome buck, events unfold beneath him, spilling craziness into his life. Amorous teenagers? A kidnapping? Will Norway pay the ransom? Eventually, Jack responds as any ex-Navy Seal would. The Fossa (A Novella) In this sequel to Volume I's "Original Content" short story, newlywed author Evan Walker ventures to Costa Rica to research his next novel. Through a maze packed with exotic locations, colorful rogues, and a Danish vixen overachiever, Evan struggles to understand and capture the essence of his villain, the Fossa.




Original Content


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The Color of Her Shoes – Tangie, a young algebra teacher, discovers another side of herself when she meets Braulio and ventures into the world of Latin dance competitions. When slander threatens her reputation, Tangie must choose between saving her job and believing in Braulio, a long road less traveled. Graveyard Ultimatums – Confirmed bachelor, Frank Goretti, has a big heart but a lonely life. He's looking forward to retiring from the Sioux Falls Police Department when a drug smuggling scheme unravels around him. His two confidants, the widow Mrs. Addario and Melanie, the music teacher, seem to have his best interests at heart until Sonja, the smugglers' femme fatale, makes Frank question everything. Better than a Threesome – Jackie, the tale's 1980s Cinderella, isn't even looking for a prince. She's too busy climbing the ladder at a Chicago brokerage firm. Thankfully, Jackie's new housemates take matters into their own hands, proving the old adage "Opposites do attract." The Dragons of Westbury – In Westbury, a seventh-century English town along the Irish Sea, Emery dreams of becoming an architect and marrying his childhood sweetheart, Veronica. The evil Earl of Westbury has other plans. Eisenhower and Me – On a sunny afternoon in Santa Barbara, Roscoe Emerson, an up-and-coming certified financial planner, recalls his younger days when his golden retriever, Eisenhower, introduced him to a nurse he's been unable to forget. My Cousin Who Drowned – When Laurie, a party girl known for skinny-dipping at twilight, goes missing, only her cousin Carly learns the real truth. With an FBI agent in hot pursuit, Carly wonders if this truth will set her free or end her journalism career. Original Content – An old love affair rekindles when Evan, an aspiring writer, and Morgan, his ex-fiancé, find themselves caught inside a triple-con.




Three Strikes, You're Dead


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Three Strikes, You're Dead is a tale ripped from today's headlines. The novel reveals a world where baseball, a pillar of American culture, is threatened by sinister forces. As a plethora of fentanyl overdose sweeps the nation, cases involving high school and college baseball players arouse the attention of Richard Moreland, a seasoned DEA agent now stationed in Seattle. Unsanctioned by his higher-ups, Moreland masterminds an ad hoc mission to investigate one apparent fountainhead of the drugs--Colombia's Winter League. Vic Jennings, an amateur umpire; Whitney Westin, a DEA agent who's already demonstrated a flair for undercover assignments, and Diego Leon, a Colombian crew chief umpire, uncover an international scheme that leads back to minor leagues in the U.S. Its ultimate ambition may threaten all of America's pastime.




Seven Stories to Read Before They Become Movies


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From the author of The August Strangers, The Hitler Error, Pimp My Walker, and Klandestined comes another fascinating book that will engross readers from beginning to end. This time, author Mike Slosberg treats you to Seven Stories to Read Before They Become Movies. What makes a great movie? Inspired by the short stories that paved the way to the creation of many good movies (Rear Window, Field of Dreams, and Apocalypse Now just to name a few from literally hundreds of examples), Slosberg tosses his seven stories into the mosh pit of potential cinematic fodder and lets the quality of the stories, not their length, be the determining factor. Seven Stories to Read Before They Become Movies, as well as Slosberg's novels, are available from online booksellers like: Barnesandnoble.com and Amazon.com and can be downloaded onto all major eReaders.




The Preserving Machine


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Blood of Elves


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Andrzej Sapkowski’s New York Times bestselling Witcher series has inspired the hit Netflix show and multiple blockbuster video games, and has transported millions of fans around the globe to an epic, unforgettable world of magic and adventure. For over a century, humans, dwarves, gnomes, and elves have lived together in relative peace. But that peace has now come to an end. Geralt of Rivia, the hunter known as the Witcher, has been waiting for the birth of a prophesied child. The one who has the power to change the world for good—or for evil. As the threat of war hangs over the land and the child is pursued for her extraordinary powers, it will become Geralt’s responsibility to protect them all. And the Witcher never accepts defeat. Join Geralt of Rivia; his beloved ward and the child of prophecy, Ciri; and his ally and love, the powerful sorceress Yennefer as they battle monsters, demons, and prejudices alike in Blood of Elves, the first novel of The Witcher Saga. Witcher story collections The Last Wish Sword of Destiny Witcher novels Blood of Elves The Time of Contempt Baptism of Fire The Tower of Swallows Lady of the Lake Season of Storms (stand alone) Hussite Trilogy The Tower of Fools Warriors of God Light Perpetual Translated from original Polish by Danusia Stok




My Last Continent


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"It is only at the end of the world--among the glacial mountains, cleaving icebergs, and frigid waters of Antarctica--where Deb Gardner and Keller Sullivan feel at home. For the few blissful weeks they spend each year studying the habits of emperor and Adaelie penguins, Deb and Keller can escape the frustrations and sorrows of their separate lives and find solace in their work and in each other. But Antarctica, like their fleeting romance, is tenuous, imperiled by the world to the north"--Dust jacket flap.




Wintering


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A true epic: a love story that spans sixty years, generations’ worth of feuds, and secrets withheld and revealed. One day, elderly, demented Harry Eide steps out of his sickbed and disappears into the brutal, unforgiving Minnesota wilderness that surrounds his hometown of Gunflint. It's not the first time Harry has vanished. Thirty-odd years earlier, in 1963, he'd fled his marriage with his eighteen-year-old-son Gustav in tow. He'd promised Gustav a rambunctious adventure, two men taking on the woods in winter. With Harry gone for the second (and last) time, unable to survive the woods he'd once braved, his son Gus, now grown, sets out to relate the story of their first disappearance--bears and ice floes and all--to Berit Lovig, an old woman who shares a special, if turbulent, bond with Harry. Wintering is a thrilling adventure story wrapped in the deep, dark history of a rural town.




Dreyer's English


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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A sharp, funny grammar guide they’ll actually want to read, from Random House’s longtime copy chief and one of Twitter’s leading language gurus NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY O: The Oprah Magazine • Paste • Shelf Awareness “Essential (and delightful!)”—People We all write, all the time: books, blogs, emails. Lots and lots of emails. And we all want to write better. Benjamin Dreyer is here to help. As Random House’s copy chief, Dreyer has upheld the standards of the legendary publisher for more than two decades. He is beloved by authors and editors alike—not to mention his followers on social media—for deconstructing the English language with playful erudition. Now he distills everything he has learned from the myriad books he has copyedited and overseen into a useful guide not just for writers but for everyone who wants to put their best prose foot forward. As authoritative as it is amusing, Dreyer’s English offers lessons on punctuation, from the underloved semicolon to the enigmatic en dash; the rules and nonrules of grammar, including why it’s OK to begin a sentence with “And” or “But” and to confidently split an infinitive; and why it’s best to avoid the doldrums of the Wan Intensifiers and Throat Clearers, including “very,” “rather,” “of course,” and the dreaded “actually.” Dreyer will let you know whether “alright” is all right (sometimes) and even help you brush up on your spelling—though, as he notes, “The problem with mnemonic devices is that I can never remember them.” And yes: “Only godless savages eschew the series comma.” Chockful of advice, insider wisdom, and fun facts, this book will prove to be invaluable to everyone who wants to shore up their writing skills, mandatory for people who spend their time editing and shaping other people’s prose, and—perhaps best of all—an utter treat for anyone who simply revels in language. Praise for Dreyer’s English “Playful, smart, self-conscious, and personal . . . One encounters wisdom and good sense on nearly every page of Dreyer’s English.”—The Wall Street Journal “Destined to become a classic.”—The Millions “Dreyer can help you . . . with tips on punctuation and spelling. . . . Even better: He’ll entertain you while he’s at it.”—Newsday