Richard J. Alley is the author of Five Night Stand, with stories and essays appearing in the anthology Memphis Noir, Oxford American and Memphis magazine, among others. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee, with his wife, the novelist Kristy Dallas Alley, and their children. Mike Wagner is a 30+ year broadcasting veteran interviewing the most interesting guests from celebrities, actors, singers, writers
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Through 30 compelling essays authored in the prisoners’ own words, Crimson Letters: Voices from Death Row offers stories of brutal beatings inside juvenile hall, botched suicide attempts, the terror of the first night on death row, the pain of goodbye as a friend is led to execution, and the small acts of humanity that keep hope alive
When a billionaire game manufacturer finds out he’s dying from an incurable disease, he summons three former close friends from college to pilot a new murder mystery game his company’s developing. Estranged since graduation, each has fallen on hard times and see the invitation as a way of soliciting financial assistance from their wealthy friend.
“….a well-crafted, enjoyable and intriguing mystery that, for better or worse, is a little heavy on the protagonist’s breast-level view of the world.” (IndieReader) It’s easy to be a nobody when you’ve got nothing to lose, but with his life and potential redemption on the line, can Monk be a somebody people will remember? A
Los Angeles is an apocalyptic wasteland. Without orientation, Colton stumbles through the vast, deserted city. He doesn’t remember who he is and where he came from. Scavengers save his life from mutants and bring him to the only remaining inhabited area and safe zone in former Hollywood. There, he learns that after a devastating catastrophe
Henry Davis kicks the bucket at a Los Angeles hospital. Unlike Elvis who has left the building, Henry’s still there and aware of everything around him, including his toxic ex-wife’s hookup attempt with his doctor. So begins Henry’s stint in the spirit world. Contrary to what Hollywood would have us believe, the dead don’t wear
When a body is found during a blizzard, Special Agent Aaron Barnum is called in to investigate. Immediately he discovers clues that makes the local sheriff’s theory of an accidental death seem absurd. There are too many questions left unanswered. What did the deputy who found the body see disappear into the storm? What made
Between the Earth and Heaven flows a sea without a shore. Faith Avalon, a junior at Zevon High, has no idea that her English assignment is about to make her a coffee-craving mariner on its otherworldly waves. The new kid, Tommy Connor, and her old friend Roy Belmont, the martial arts prodigy who studies with
With her sister still lost in the Forest, apprentice mage Enkarini is practicing harder than ever in the hopes of finding some way of getting her back safely. A combination of natural talent and stubborn determination help her to quickly become one of the most skilled mages on Drenius, despite her tender age. When the
Sword and sorcery collides with horror once again in this sequel to Brian Keene and Steven L. Shrewsbury’s award-winning “King of the Bastards.” Learning that his family is in danger, Rogan returns to his former kingdom, now under siege from foreign invaders and supernatural forces led by his bastard son. With time running out, the aging