Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Book Tour ~ Choppiness on High Seas by Arvind Wadhera

 


Book Details:

Book TitleChoppiness on High Seas by Arvind Wadhera
Category:  Adult Fiction (18 +),  296 pages
Genre: Literary Fiction
Publisher:  Troubadour UK
Release date:  October 2024
Content RatingPG -13 + M rating for: There is contextual sex, violence and abuse.


Book Description:

Being born into poverty and hardship in 1930s London, Matthew’s life was one of relentless struggle. One inadvertent act in defence of his mother would haunt his conscience forever.

Matthew’s journey takes him from the poverty of a cold stone granary to the opulence of Mayfair and Kensington Palace Gardens, where he starts a family of his own. Despite working his way to the top of the business world, he remains an outsider to London’s elite. He then realises that that same elite has an ugly underbelly. High society was a hot bed of depravity.

Will he correct society’s wrongs? Will the man who never succumbed to expectations be able to challenge his own destiny or will he simply accept the futility of it all?

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Meet the Author:

Arvind is French and British with roots in India. He lives and works in Brussels. 

Arvind has three adult children, who all live away from Belgium. He reads literary fiction and was motivated to write after reading three key books: The Portrait of Dorian Gray, Thérèse Raquin, 1984 and East of Eden. He is fascinated by the co-existence of good and evil. In his first book, Emma's Equilibrium, he relates the story of an Olympic winner who suffers hurt along the way. Choppiness on High Seas charts the life of Matthew from his ignominious birth to his passing away in peace after having become one of the weathiest persons in the world.

Arvind loves languages and can speak French, Spanish, Dutch, German, Italian, Hindi, Punjabi and Gujarati. He is a stroke survivor and rides, jogs and does yoga.

He is a strong believer in the duality of fortune and misfortune. He is deeply spiritual.

Arvind finds writing challenging and frustrating and editing particularly painful. He, however, believes that writing can be therapeutic and gratifying. 

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Teaser ~ Tales of the Quiet Kitty by Camille Anthony

 



Sci-Fi Fantasy Romance, LGBTQ+

Date Published: May 15, 2026



These futuristic sci-fi tales are anything but quiet.

Board the Quiet Kitty Waveship and travel with Brant Sel, a Sh'Bahkyr Tygyr and his crew: Bevel-leveB, a Medusoid Jenari with a sentient cock, and Willa, a Sprite from the wounded planet Sparkle.

Brought together by fate, these three have common goals -- to rescue and gather their lost peoples so they can take down the corrupt, brutal Corporation, run by the most evil beings in the three Galaxies... Humans.

Publisher's Note: This box setcontains the previously released Quiet Kitty novellas Under the Cat's Paw, Dancing with the Devil, Holiday Dreams, Naked Secrets, and Cat Scratch Fever.

 

 


EXCERPT

 

Excerpt from Under the Cat's Paw

The door opened and the sensor controlled walkway winked out beneath her weighted feet. Almost sorry to reach her destination -- she so rarely had a chance to see daylight -- Willa plodded heavily into the interview room, her small ankles locked into a pair of slaver's cuffs. Head down, neck bowed, she flicked her eyes about in quick, furtive forays, taking in the room's sparse furnishings: a six foot long cushioned slab and a straight-backed, armless chair. Noting the absence of tweezers, whips, electronic probes and other sadistic devices with a thankful sigh and a renewed sense of hope, she dared to sneak a quick glance at the room's other occupant, determined to somehow influence him to take her with him. A harsh, swift breath lifted her full breasts and set her covering plumes to fluttering.

Before her stood a grey-skinned bi-pedal Being lounging at ease, his long slender hands resting on the upper horizontal bar of a tall-backed chair. He faced her, his nude body -- tall, slim and muscular -- displaying a total lack of self-consciousness. A thick mop of unruly platinum hair waved in the brush of an unseen -- and unfelt -- breeze, falling over his forehead to obscure his sightless silver eyes. His mouth hung open, allowing a nineteen-centimeter tongue, coated with cilia, to protrude slightly.

She identified the Being as a Jenari. A member of a race powerful enough to stand up to the Corporation, his kind usually did not travel in Corporate Space. Jenari rarely mingled with other races, remaining a mystery rarely seen among the Corporation's citizenry. Because of this much speculation abounded regarding their peculiar genetic makeup.

She had heard enough about the genetically blind, Medusoid race to know the Jenari's tongues served as their true "eyes." With their tongues, they "tasted" the air, able to sense their environment more accurately than could most sighted persons.

Currently, the naked alien appeared nonchalant and relaxed. His posture broadcast his sense of control, his power over her in this private chamber, obviously unaware how easily that privacy -- his privacy -- had been breached. The so-called secure interrogation cubicle was anything but, her master having ordered it wired for video and sound, rendering it accessible and easily monitored by him.

The Jenari cocked his head toward her now, giving the impression of eyeing her askance, locating her so accurately, she almost doubted his sightlessness.

"Sso... you are Willa. Your masster tellss me he hass had you trained ass a SSexengineer... capable of keeping a Dinyar-classs Wavesship and a medium number of crew in tip-top orgassmic condition."

The male's sibilant words slid from his lips. He framed his sentences oddly, their cadence broken and rendered choppy by the repeated extrusion of his tongue. The cilia laden appendage darted out between every several words, sipping the air in her direction.

"You look much too fragile for ssuch sstrenuous work. A female of your delicassy sshould be cossseted and cared for... your cunt well conditioned with frequent usse... your ssweet cream churned with a long thick sspoon..."

Willa felt the Jenari's thick voice, his dulcet tones, flowing over her, calming her jangling nerves. Her pussy, long denied any easing, dewed in response to the pictures his words painted. A strong compulsion beat at her, making her want nothing so much as to loll at his feet in adoration.

Strange, how clear his words are, given that he speaks using that crowded appendage... Oh, Drasarka -- not so strange when he is attempting to mind-thrall me!

"Sparkle!"

With a negating shake of her head and an inward surge of disgust at the endless power-games of males, she threw up her mind blocks, easily winning free of the subliminal influence. Angered beyond thinking, she verbally blasted the alien, incensed he would try such a trick on her. "Your mind speak will not work on me, Jenari."

She tossed her head, meeting his renewed mental challenge with a sneer. "I am a Sprite. I cannot be compelled by your voice, nor can your honeyed words thrall me."

The alien's wide mouth spread in a practised movement that aped a smile. "You are a fressh ssassy baggage! I can ssee why your masster ssayss you invite beatingss, sslave!" His lips closed in a thin line, concealing his tongue.

She cringed, damning her mouth and her loss of self-control. By Sparkle! When would she learn to keep her comments to herself? What would she do if her unruly anger lost her this chance of escape?

It had taken too long to convince her master she truly wished to serve his plans by spying for him. She had spent the long, grueling years learning about ship propulsion units, drive flux capacitors and other diverse technical entities for just such a chance as this: escape. During that time, she'd swallowed her gorge and taken the physical abuse and so-called sexual cruelties Lord Avron had doled out, never letting on how his milder tortures ignited her carnal hungers. She'd only slipped up once, but that lapse had proven costly.

Avron had somehow learned she needed his release -- any partner's release -- inside her, needed the life-giving fluid of come washing the walls of her sex in order to flourish and grow a healthy set of pinions and fronds. Since that time, he'd kept her at the minimum edge of physical and psionic sexual starvation, taking pleasure in gauging what lengths she would go to, the degradations she would endure in order to receive a few drops of come.

Years of maneuvering, of posturing and subterfuge had paid off. Lately, unrest and political furor had escalated within the Corporation. Due to financial setbacks and personal miscalculations, Lord Avron had lost respect among his peers. The other Corporation Lords, like canker-phish -- more deadly than the great blalor-sharks of Trofu that devoured their own young -- hovered about, sniffing around his weakness, waiting for his failure. Her master had been forced to regroup, jettisoning some of his plans for advancement just to maintain his present lofty position among the powerful despots.

Unwilling to go outside his private power base to obtain help and whatever information he sought, it had been easy to convince him of her willingness to win the position as Sexengineer aboard the Quiet Kitty Waveship and garner information from its crew to transmit back to him. Why he had become obsessed with this vessel, she neither knew nor cared. All that concerned her lately was finding her scattered people. Sparkle called for her and its other children, its summons an imperative she could not ignore. Time was fast running out for her. If she messed this interview up, she knew Avron would kill her.

Belly roiling with resentment, she averted her face to hide her grimace and abased herself before the alien -- probably her last chance at freedom. "I offer apologies to you, Gentle-Being. I beg you to take no offence."

"Be at easse, Ssprite. I tesst all who sseek to sserve aboard my vesssel. No one sso eassily controlled iss welcomed aboard my Quiet Kitty. Let uss begin anew..."

One long arm extended palm up, in the manner of greeting peculiar to her slavers, the alien stepped from behind the chair, unerringly approaching Willa. "I am Bevel, masster of the Quiet Kitty Waveship."

She choked, eyes riveted in desperate immediate hunger to his newly revealed sex. Obviously, her information loop had seriously failed to include some pertinent data...

Standing before her, hands extended, awaiting her acknowledgement of his greeting, the alien was an impressive sight. Or rather, the impressive sight was his more than ten inch penis swaying lazily between his grey muscular thighs. A darker grey than the rest of his skin, the Medusoid cock undulated back and forth, its serpent-like moves hypnotic, compelling, drawing her fascinated gaze.

 


About the Author

A funny thing happened on the way to the grave... In 2006, Cammy was diagnosed with Pulmonary Sarcoidosis and given two weeks to live. She promptly discharged herself AMA -- Against Medical Advice -- since, as she stubbornly informed her doctors, she could die at home far more comfortably than at the hospital. But then... she got an idea for a new story. Then another, and another...

Fifteen years and dozens of fantastic tales later, Cammy passed quietly in her sleep, at home, as was her wish. We miss her. Her work lives on, and we hold her in our hearts. Cammy decided many years ago that upon her passing, she wished to donate her royalties to The Quiet Kitty fund, which helps authors with emergency medical expenses. We do, to keep her in our hearts and minds.

 

Find Camille’s other works at Changeling Press


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Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Book Tour ~ Living Soul-Full by L. B. Richardson

 



 

Renewing the Mind, Restoring the Soul: A Small Group Study for Christian Spiritual Formation


Nonfiction / Religion / Spirituality / Christian

Date Published: February 27, 2026



Living Soul-Full invites you to a 26-week sacred journey of deepened intimacy with the Holy Spirit, rooted in Romans 12:1-2 and the call to "be transformed by the renewing of your mind." Within a trusted small group, you will explore time-honored spiritual disciplines, discern the obstacles hindering your spiritual growth, and discover the rhythms that nourish your soul. Along the way, we will learn to identify and rewire harmful patterns of thought while opening our hearts and bodies to Christ's restorative love. We do his, in community, for the purpose of living as a healed and healing presence in a fractured world.

 

A couple of decades ago, my life hit a wall I never saw coming. Relentless anxiety appeared without warning, quickly escalating into repeated panic attacks, and the many roles I had carried pridefully, and often frantically, throughout my lifetime grew impossibly heavy.

Sleepless nights and a rising desperation pulled me into a spiritual and mental health crisis that began to fracture the carefully constructed self I presented to the world. I felt cut off from even the presence of the God I had loved since childhood.

From my earliest memories, I had lived for the approval of others, auditioning for acceptance in my family and community. I had finally, and later realized, mercifully, reached the limits of my human capacity for energy and emotional engagement. I was unprepared for the truth that my “strength” was far more fragile than I had believed. Afraid of being seen as incompetent, needy, or not enough, I hid my struggle from even my closest friends who could have been trusted to care for me.

I was forced to tend to my exhausted body, mind, and spirit to regain my life. Unsure where to begin, I first visited a doctor (a good start!) and registered to attend a Christian group spiritual direction retreat, with no clear idea of what I was signing up for. In a safe and holy space, compassionate and spiritually grounded strangers helped me see my breaking point, not as failure, but as a necessary part of the divine journey toward wholeness. (Who knew?)

I began to experience for the first time the resilient truth of 2 Corinthians 12:9, “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.”

I would eventually express deep gratitude for the desolation that propelled me into the healing presence of Christ. I entered a season of unlearning, rewiring, and remembering how to breathe again. A new path opened, leading to seminary, Clinical Pastoral Education, and a mid-life calling as a hospital chaplain, where I could bear witness to the pain and joy of others with the same healing I had received.

My companions on that first retreat introduced me to authors, living and long gone, who mentored me through their writings about the essential role of spiritual formation and sacred practices in the life of faith, and I read hungrily. I began to realize that much of my Christian upbringing focused on who God is, yet seldom invited me to explore who I was becoming in Christ. It emphasized serving God but rarely simply being with God.

One book, Sacred Companions by David Benner, stirred my longing for relationships marked by trust, vulnerability, and the courage to be seen (shadow and all). He writes, “If you are making significant progress on the transformational journey of Christian spirituality, you have one or more friendships that support that journey. If you do not, you are not. It’s that simple.”

Courageous people are willing to be fully seen because they have already learned to offer compassion to the unlovely parts of themselves-no small feat. We cannot genuinely give to others what we withhold from ourselves.

When we can extend love and grace inward, we are then fit to become someone’s sacred companion. We will have eyes to see the whole individual, ears to hear their truth without judgment, and compassionate space to surround them in love.

This curriculum was born from an invitation from church leadership who identified the need for a safe haven to experience spiritual transformation within our community.

Our first small group included six Christian servants who needed rest and reconnection. We met weekly, sharing from our journals, practicing spiritual disciplines, reading together, and often simply sitting in silence.

We bonded through a shared willingness to be vulnerable, which is derived from the Latin “vulnerabilis,” meaning “susceptible to being wounded.” True vulnerability risks rejection for the sake of connection, and authentic connection heals.

The “Soul Care” ministry was born out of that first gathering and grew organically as the Holy Spirit stirred others who were also seeking soul respite and deeper intimacy with Christ. Many who completed the experience felt called to lead new groups, bringing their own renewed joy, freedom, and sense of belonging to others.

The need for structured lessons became clear as more groups formed. These chapters were created to share the practices and insights that have been most life-giving for us. This is not a traditional Bible study, though a deep love for Scripture will enrich the experience. It is for those who desire more of God’s Spirit, are willing to be truly seen, and can commit to fully participating.

By saying yes to this study, you are responding to an invitation from the Spirit of God to engage in formation for the sake of Christ’s kingdom. It is no small thing to enter a new experience of Christian community without knowing exactly where the journey will lead. Yet you are here!

Engaging with these teachings and practices alongside companions will help you discover, or rediscover, the divine center that has always been within you, where God’s Spirit dwells with your own. In this astonishing place, God’s purpose is fulfilled as you embody Love on earth.

One aim of this curriculum is to awaken your hunger and thirst for the richness that is already yours in Christ. The hope is that your longing for more of the Living Water and Bread of Life will move you to continue pursuing holy practices, both individually and within community. May Living Soul-Full simply be a springboard to dive more deeply into the ever-abiding Presence of our God.

Key teachings are repeated intentionally throughout the book. It is way too easy to lose perspective when life gets complicated, even after years of practice. Many who return to lead new groups say it feels like encountering the material for the first time, a reminder that the work of being formed into the image of Christ lasts for a lifetime.

So, as souls in communion with the saints who have gone before, may we listen for and discern the invitation to accompany Jesus and one another on the way to living from a healthy soul.

Gratefully,

Your Companion,

Laura Beth Richardson

 

About the Author

 

 L.B. is a hospital chaplain and ministry leader whose passion is to help guide others towards spiritual regeneration and wholeness.

It has been her honor, through writing the Living Soul-Full curriculum, to help build and nurture a holy space for renewal-where mind, body, and soul are restored through God’s grace- and to partner in community with others who desire to live emboldened, Spirit-led lives marked by vulnerability and compassion.
Over more than a decade, LB has edited this guide as it evolved into a trusted 26-week small group curriculum in spiritual formation, integrating biblical teaching, spiritual disciplines, practical reflection and even neuroscience.

She is deeply indebted to all those quoted within Living Soul-Full, whose timeless writings and teachings have, across the centuries, nurtured both our desires and efforts to cultivate a healthy soul within Christianity.

She also carries immense gratitude for every participant, facilitator, and all those whose vision for the “Soul Care” ministry at Mountain Christian Church surpassed her own, investing wholehearted from the very beginning. This curriculum is possible because of the support, feedback, and genuine partnership across her church community.


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Book Tour ~ Who Will Name the Bees? - A Memoir by Sarah Church Vosburgh

 




Memoir

Date Published: April 22nd

Publisher: Acorn Publishing


When memory fades, what remains?

 

Sarah Vosburgh has often felt misunderstood by her mother, a woman who lived a quintessential suburban life. But when her mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Sarah’s world unravels, and she must confront a disease that will only worsen. As roles reverse between mother and daughter, Sarah faces the guilt of making decisions she hopes are the right ones while also carrying the grief of losing her mom bit by bit everyday. She navigates a labyrinth of health services amid the heartbreaking, and at times darkly humorous, realities of caregiving.

There are the white lies and midnight phone calls, the misbuttoned blouses, and the second slice of chocolate pie that tastes just as good as it did the first time. And then there’s the quiet awe at the persistence of connection even when language falters and names are forgotten.


Told in finely wrought prose and lyrical fragments of memory, Who Will Name the Bees? is a daughter's unflinching love letter to the flawed, fierce, and unforgettable woman who raised her.

 

“I want to be in the delivery room when the baby is born,” my mother said at Sunday brunch in the seventh month of my first pregnancy. Not “Would you like me to be?” or “Can I be helpful?” Nope, just a demand. She had a baby once in the fifties in a state of medically induced unconsciousness, so of course, she knew best. She’d been full of “helpful little tips” all along, but this was a new level of invasion. Mostly I said, “Oh, thank you” and moved on, careful not to roll my eyes in her line of sight.

“Your grandmother was there to greet you when you were born. She was the first to hold you. I want to be the first to hold my grandbaby. It’s a family tradition.”

Fucking presumptuous. “We will make sure you are there too,” I acquiesced reluctantly. How could I leave my poor widowed mother out of this? We were all she had left.

“We?” she asked. “Too? He’s not going to be there, is he? Why? He’ll never think of you the same again if he sees all that.” She gulps her coffee as though she’s had nothing to drink in weeks. “Besides, you won’t hold her right away; you’ll be knocked out for several hours. I will take care of the baby while you come to and make yourself presentable. That’s what your grandmother did for me.”

My grandam was a delivery room nurse in a time when women were put under, anesthetized during labor. While I was sure mid-1990s delivery room staff were used to take-charge grandparents, they’d not met my mother. I did not want them distracted with the occupation of Ms. I-Know-How-This-Should-Be-Done or worse, having to ask her demanding self to leave.

“Mom, Brodie’s going to be there because he’s the dad, and my husband and birth coach. They are not going to put me out.”

“Birth coach?” she scoffed. “Honestly. How ridiculous. The doctor takes care of all that.”

I should have told her she was the ridiculous one.

“You need to take advantage of modern medicine,” she continued, barely coming up for air. “There is no reason to be so barbaric and endure all that pain.”

Oh boy. She was just clueless. She had been rolled into the delivery room straight from church, coiffed, in her Sunday best with stilettos and gloves, and given medication to induce full-on, put-you-out anesthesia. She woke up shaved, stitched, clean, and fresh with a baby in the nursery. When she was released from the hospital, she dropped me off at Gramma’s for a few hours, likewise accessorized, having set her hair the night before, in a shirtwaist dress with the belt on its tightest notch (because she “kept her figure” with a net weight loss) so she could go check the sales at Lord & Taylor.

“Mom, it’s how most babies are born these days,” I explain. “It’s considered healthy for baby and mom.”

“Who is this doctor you have? You should ask him about having you put out. Then you don’t have to be embarrassed when they shave you, and you won’t feel it when they sew you back up.”

I didn’t even know what to say. I didn’t want to argue about shaved nether regions, anesthesiology, and episiotomies with my mother, now or in labor. Or ever.

“Mom, I’m going on the advice of my doctor, Amy. I would love to have you there, but you’ll need to be supportive.” By now my chest was hard and tight, my breathing shallow. I felt my head swim from lack of oxygen.

“Of course, you have a woman doctor. That’s what this is all about.”

Are you fucking kidding me? I wanted to say, but she was my mom. I tried to be gentle.

“Mom, after making her and carrying her and birthing her, it is her father and I who will hold her first. We will happily hand her over to you after I nurse her.”

“Why are you shutting me out? This is my grandchild . . . Wait! Nurse her? You’re doing that too? This woman doctor is making you one of those militants. They can give you pills to dry up your milk. You don’t have to go through all of that. You don’t want to get saggy breasts! It’s so primitive.”

I focused on the tinkling and hum of the café, using it as a kind of ostinato to calm my breathing.

“Mom, if you would like to be in the delivery room, I’m happy to make it happen. Would you like us to call you when we leave for the hospital or when delivery is closer?”

“What do you mean, closer?”

“It’s my first baby and it may take a while for things to move along. We can play Monopoly.” This was her favorite game; she was absolutely cutthroat.

“Well, I don’t want to be waiting around all day being frivolous; I’m busy. They can give you medicine so it’s quick. Why are you insisting on being so crass, so philistine?!”

I tried for slower, deeper breaths. Not easy, especially with a baby in there. “We’ll call you when it’s imminent, Ma.”

Her next words, all quickly pressed and run together as if they were one, carried panic behind her annoyance. “Never mind, this is ridiculous. You haven’t listened to anything I’ve told you. You’ll never get your body back. No one knew I was pregnant until eight months because I wore a girdle.”

A bite of over-easy egg mid-swallow threatened to stick as the rush of anxiety brought on by my mother’s judgement layered over my relentless morning sickness and shallow breathing. Her eyes were bulging and pointedly staring. Silence. Swallow.

I sipped tea and attempted another nibble of dry toast to push the egg down. But my mother wasn’t finished. “You’re already so big, you’ll never have a flat stomach again, you won’t look good in clothes, and your vagina will be loose. Do it the way I did, and you won’t feel a thing. When they sew you up, it’ll be tighter than a virgin.” Wound up, and almost yelling now, she said, “Why won’t you take advantage of modern medicine? We live in the twentieth century. You should not be having a baby like a Neanderthal woman!”

About the Author

It was never in Sarah Vosburgh’s plan to be an author or to write a memoir. As a busy mom, wife, and psychologist, she always saw her life as full (sometimes overfull). But in the dark of night, memories knocked on her brain, compelling her to commit them first to paper, then to bits and bytes.
Sarah is a member of the International Memoir Writers Association and San Diego Writers, Ink. Her work has been published in A Year in Ink and numerous volumes of Shaking the Tree: brazen. short. memoir. A native New Englander, she now lives in San Diego with her husband, her daughter, her granddog, and a most extraordinary feline.

 

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Book Tour ~ Goodbye Demons by JJ Harrigan

 




Historical Fiction

Date Published: 04-24-2026

Publisher: Salty Books Publishing



When injuries put an end to the figure skating career of Angela Fernandez Parnell, she joins the Peace Corps.

She is assigned to Tunis where she falls in love with U.S. diplomat James Whitcomb. At the conclusion of their tours of duty, they marry. Within weeks of the wedding, he is taken captive in the Iranian Hostage Crisis of 1979-81.

James, held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Teheran, endures the same demons that afflicted the real life hostages during the actual crisis 45 years ago.

Angie, biting her nails at home, endures her own demons. How can she support him? Should she join efforts to force the president into negotiating a release? Or even a rescue?

When the ordeal finally ends fourteen months later, the couple faces a new set of demons. Rebuilding their life together as they each recuperate from their own PTSDs.




About the Author


Historical thriller author JJ Harrigan is a former US Service Officer and political science professor. He scribbles his tales of intrigue on the banks of the St. Croix River in Minnesota, where he lives with his wife, Sandy.


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Book Tour ~ The Road Home and Other Stories by Gene Altman

 


Short fiction collection

Date Published: March 4, 2026 

Publisher: Manhattan Book Group 



The Road Home is a powerful and emotionally rich literary fiction short story collection that explores the universal search for identity, belonging, and meaning in life.


From a chance encounter that propels a young mother into the glamorous world of high fashion… to an elderly widower rediscovering hope through an unexpected bond… to a troubled young man battling inner demons—these stories highlight the resilience of the human spirit.


Set across diverse locations and cultures, these compelling stories examine:

●     Self-discovery, emotional healing and personal transformation

● Connection, friendship and Love.

● Written by retired psychiatrist Gene Altman, this collection offers readers authentic, insightful, and psychologically rich storytelling.


At the heart of the collection is the title story, The Road Home, a moving exploration of what “home” truly means—not a physical place with walls and a roof, but a deeply personal destination where one is fully accepted and finds belonging, comfort and safety.


Perfect for fans of literary fiction, psychological fiction, and character-driven stories, The Road Home invites readers to reflect on their own lives and discover the strength to overcome obstacles by discovering unexpected inner resources within themselves.


The highway stretching through this part of Arizona’s desert country is a naked, two-lane strip of asphalt unadorned with road signs, billboards or vegetation. Bone thin, stripped of all but it’s essential self, it is in this respect very much like the land itself. This is empty country.

              The hard-baked sand here is tinged with red, making it appear like a gigantic wound. Mimbreno Apache legend has it that someday the countryside will shatter the silence by letting out a cry of immortal pain such as the human ear has never heard. For the present though, the only sound is the whine of an occasional vehicle as it speeds on through, a semi-conscious bullet in the hot, still air.

              ... A man about 40, and a woman a decade or so younger, are standing in the middle of the highway. Hands on hips, they are panting hard after chasing their own ‘98 Chevy pickup down the road, to no avail.

              “Any goddam fool’d know better than to let on to strangers he was carrying whole his life savings,” the man bawls. He is wiry and punctuates his words with wild gestures. “But not you. Oh, Jesus, not you!”

              Kayla stares down the highway, where she sees the Black Spirit, adorned with raven feathers, dancing – toe, toe, left heel, toe, toe right heel, and chanting to the beat of his drum. Tom can’t see him, she knows. She takes a step back and the vision disappears.

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Gene Altman is an award-worthy literary fiction author, retired psychiatrist, and former professional photographer whose work explores the depth of human emotion, identity, and personal transformation. A graduate of Harvard College and Stanford Medical School, Altman brings a rare blend of psychological rigor and creative insight to his writing.

Before dedicating four decades to clinical psychiatry in Hawaii, Altman worked as a professional photographer in New York City. His candid photography and prose collection, Cityscapes: Intimate Strangers, earned praise for its evocative storytelling and emotional impact.

After retiring from psychiatry, Altman turned his focus to writing literary short fiction inspired by his lifelong passion for helping individuals better understand themselves. His stories explore themes of self-discovery, friendship and love—making his work resonate with readers seeking thoughtful, character-driven narratives.

With a unique perspective shaped by both psychology and art, Gene Altman crafts compelling stories that illuminate the complexities of the human experience.

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Book Tour ~ A Cowboy's Dilemma by E. Joe Brown

 




Western Historical Fiction

Date Published: 08-19-2025

Publisher: Artemesia Publishing, LLC



As the Kelly Can Saga continues, Charlie and his wife, Susan, must deal with continued conflict as they attempt to grow their fledgling Kelly Oil Company. Like many other oilmen, Charlie and his partner, Hank Thomas, want to acquire oil and mineral rights to the Osage Nation’s land in northern Oklahoma. This leads them to confrontations with an adversary from their recent past. Susan’s life is imperiled by those evil characters. How will her cowboy come to her rescue and deal with dangerous direct threats on their lives? Charlie rapidly steps up to the challenge as any past Top Hand at the world-famous Miller’s 101 Ranch would.

 


Chapter One

The Day After the Day After

October 1919

 

CHARLIE KELLY STOOD AT the foot of the bed, his six-foot five-inch frame towered over the person that lay there. He loved the black-haired beauty who lay asleep, her naked body entwined in the sheets. She was his wife Susan, who, thirty-six hours before, had been held captive by two hoodlums wanting revenge for their business losses to the powerful Kramer Group owned by the Kellys.

Charlie walked around to the bedside, bent down, and kissed her. “Sweetheart, we need to git on the road. Our home at The Double Bar K ranch ain't gittin' any closer.”

She rolled over and moaned. “Do we have to?”

“I’m afraid so.”

She climbed out of bed, yawned, and saw that Charlie hadn’t dressed. “Well, aren’t you the handsome devil I call husband?”

“I better be. I waited for you to wake up to shower and git ready. Want ta join me?”

“You bet.”

After their shower, and as they packed for their trip home, Susan said, “Last night, as we sat at our table and shared the bottle of cabernet, you said something about trouble with the Chicago Outfit. I think it was something like that. What did you mean?”

“Night before last, as the group was plannin’ how we were goin’ to rescue you from Willard and his goon, I got a phone call from Hank Thomas, our Landman. He was up at Burbank and had been out at our oil well site. Someone had shot our oilfield storage tanks full of holes. It couldn’t have been Willard because he was here in Cushing holdin’ ya captive. I think it's the Chicago mob tryin' to scare us or settle a score. Do you remember Zane, our cement quarry manager, sayin' he learned the other bidder on the quarry auction in Sapulpa was someone from the Chicago mob? I think we may be lookin' at a new enemy whether we want it or not.”

“Charlie, I’m scared. What if they come after us the way Willard did with me two nights ago?”

He patted her shoulder. “That’s why we’re creatin’ a new security company with Bailey Muldoon as our lead.”

“It can’t happen fast enough to suit me, big guy.”

“I agree. Let’s git outta here.”

***

As they stood under a massive chandelier at the Cushing Hotel’s impressive mahogany registration desk to settle their bill, Susan yawned. She laid her head against Charlie’s shoulder as she squeezed his arm. “I'm hungry. Can we eat here at the hotel before we head out?”

Charlie looked down at her sleepy eyes. “Sure, why don’t you go into the restaurant and git us a table. I’ll finish here and load our suitcases in the car. I’ll be there in a few minutes.”

“Okay, Sweetheart.” She stopped at the restaurant entrance and looked back across the lobby at her cowboy as he talked to the clerk. Her pulse raced as she marveled at his rugged, hand-some looks and confident demeanor. Then she reluctantly headed into the restaurant.

“Hey, Charlie.”

Charlie turned and saw Bailey Muldoon, the new Kramer Group Head of Security, and Richard Murphy from the Oklahoma Bureau of Investigation coming out of the elevator.

He walked toward them. “Mornin’ fellas. Hope you were able to get some rest.” He looked at Bailey. “Are ya headin' out? I guess you’re goin’ back to Ponca City?”

Although tall himself, Bailey looked up and nodded. “Yes, I need to go back and finish up some things. And Hank called me. I need to see the damage he was talking about at the well site. Then, as your new President of Kramer Security, I'll start putting together some ideas regarding what the Kramer Group, and of course you and Susan, need to consider as we develop the new company. Give Susan my best.”

Charlie nodded. “I will and let me know what ya find up in Burbank,” He turned and put his hand on Richard’s shoulder. “Thanks again for all your help the other night.”

 Richard ran his hand through his graying hair, smiled, and shrugged. “Just happy I could be of service to you and Susan. How is she this morning? Is she still upstairs?”

Charlie chuckled, “No. She's in the restaurant. She said she was starvin’. I guess her appetite is still healthy. She'll be fine, but it’ll take some time. Thanks for askin'.”

Richard patted his chest. “I’m glad to hear it. And know this; you can always call me if you need anything.”

Charlie said, “You bet, Richard. You two travel safe.”

 

About the Author



E. Joe Brown is an award-winning author of novels, short stories, and memoirs. His current projects include a series of historical fiction novels set in his native Oklahoma. Publication of the first book in the series is scheduled for August 2022. His memoir ‘Mickey and Me’ about meeting his hero, Mickey Mantle, is now featured in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Joe currently serves as President of New Mexico Westerners, an Advisor to the SWW Board of Directors, and is a member of Western Writers of America and Military Writers Society of America. 


He supports his love of music and performance through active membership in the International Western Music Association. He served on the organization’s board of directors for three years. In 2013, Governor Susanna Martinez appointed him a New Mexico Music Commissioner.


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Joe concluded his lifetime military and civil service careers upon retirement on June 30, 2010. An exciting multi-faceted career of firsts included leading the USAF Range Instrumentation Team to aid the original NASA Space Shuttle program. His team helped create the Shuttle Worldwide Network and supported the first six missions of Space Shuttle Columbia. As the Air Force Flight Test Center Project Manager, he guided the design, construction, and implementation of the Benefield Anechoic Facility on Edwards AFB. The facility tests state-of-the-art electronic warfare systems in a secure environment. His final assignment was in direct support of the two-star Major General at Edwards AFB where he advised on strategic planning to assure future readiness to test USAF and Department of Defense weapons systems. 


An alumnus of the Oklahoma State University College of Engineering, Joe continued his engineering education during both his military and civil service careers. He completed coursework at the University of Colorado, Georgia Institute of Technology, George Washington University, University of Tennessee, Chapman University, and the University of California at Los Angeles. He later completed a BS in Business Management at Phoenix University and the Executive MBA program with a Strategic Planning emphasis from Webster University.


Joe has been married to his wife Linda for over fifty years, and their sons have given them five beautiful grandchildren.

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Burning For You
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Lainey Wells hasn’t returned home to Tennessee in ten years. When her Grandpa passes away, she’s the only one left to help take care of her Grandma and keep her safe. Returning to a town where everyone hates her and calls her a murderer is her worst nightmare, and she doesn’t plan to stay. Not unless someone from her past can convince her.

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