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A satirical thriller in the tradition of Evelyn Waugh. Two English Catholics, one a Holy See diplomat, the other a former Army officer, revisit the Republic of Sardoniki, where Vasilissa, the malfeasant President, contends with autonomists, journalists, the judiciary, the local Orthodox hierarchy and her own military chief of staff during an incendiary week in politics. (50,000 words)
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Allegorical fiction in the Orwellian tradition!
Welcome to the extraordinary City Zoo, where the animals have driven the people out and created a veritable nation of animals-a republic, if they can keep it. Their great experiment has been a resounding success-but when Gus the gilded elephant challenges Balthazar the revered donkey for the high office of Animal Zookeeper, the monkeys in the media go ape. Now the fairy tale news threatens everything...
5) Seeing Red
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A young stock broker is kidnapped by a small throng of punks in exchange for his freedom. When asked to embezzeled his firm, he is tempted to steal more than asked. The female leader of the group knows about his skimming and wants badly the rest of the loot to the limit of killing his wife and kids. He has to clean up the mess himself before his wife gets killed.
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Russian meddling in U.S. elections looks amateurish compared to what the Chinese are planning for 2032. Such is the backdrop of a new satirical work, called "The Mandate of Heaven," in which the Chinese government strikes at America's Achilles' heel. The result is a rollicking story, both serious and silly, that reads like a blending of Fahrenheit 451, Mary Poppins, and 30 Rock . . . in other words, a portrayal of America's New Normal.Join Bert Alfred,...
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According to ancient Jewish folklore, Lillith is the first woman. Being uncontrollable, she was replaced by Eve, but she lived on in order to wreak confusion and mayhem with her secret association of C.U.N.T. agents. When she gets Barry Bonds, a womanizer, in her sights, it seems nothing can save him, until he runs into Lillith's daughter. Together they learn what it means to survive, and to live.
8) Assassins
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Could the English and the Scots ever be at war with each other again? Based in London and in Edinburgh, this apocalyptic version of 21st Century UK politics has more dirty tricks than you could shake a stick at. Brexit and political in-fighting in Westminster and in Holyrood collide into a series of events that make a war between these two proud nations inevitable. Post Brexit, and the Scots voice their frustration, complaining that most Scots had...
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"The Sound of Sirens" is a humorous tale told by the primary character Mike Chandler a recently retired business executive, who after a long stressful career found peace and solace playing on his computer and/or watching television. His wife Helen feels isolated in their large suburban home where her social life has all but disappeared as a result of their life long friends relocating to various retirement communities around the country. Mike is dead...
10) Letitia Unbound
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Can a queen ever retire? Letitia, Queen of Melloria, is stuck in the aspic of a job-for-life, but that doesn't stop her dreaming of a restful retirement in the Caribbean. She schemes to undermine Princess Dawna of Bulimia, her son Crown Prince Catheter's bride, whose natural beauty and unstoppable crowd appeal set her teeth on edge and drive her to distraction. Meanwhile, the stuffy, tradition-bound regime of her husband, King Godfrey, is about to...
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A short story about a little girl from St. Paul, MN who wanted to make America great again upon seeing the definitive photographic evidence taken on November 8, 2016 at 536PM CST that proved Donald Trump was destined to be the next President of the United States. A little girl, who ended up changing her mind thanks to a General and a dog.American. Defined. B'Kausi Sdso
12) Balls
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When Paul Kavanagh decided to castrate himself with a pair of sheepshears, he had no idea that he was unwittingly setting the balls in motion, and that the consequences would be devastating.Through humour, irony and merciless observation, Balls follows the knock on effects of Paul Kavanagh's drastic decision on family, friends, colleagues, and the nation as a whole.Is there such a thing as an isolated act? Are we responsible for the sins of our fathers?...
13) Detour Dimension
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The Detour Dimension's Ron Sterling meets Hot Dog Man Frank Weener before boarding a bus to hometown Binghamton.
Weener's at the wheel and his "Fried Chicken" serves as Ron's reading material for the ride.
Interspersed with "real" events on the journey (stopping at Stuckey's, leaving it to Beaver, removing Haystacks Calhoun from a phone booth, getting dimensionally discombobulated with Mr. Spark of "Free Enterprise," etc.) are the "fictional"...
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Social worker Taylor Diaz has a problem. At a Catholic convent on the Gulf Coast a young resident named Mary is pregnant and may be able to have an abortion under Florida law as the victim of a sex crime. Mother Superior is insisting it's a miracle – and that the girl is still a virgin.
Publicity from Taylor's court case creates a media hurricane. Using it to jockey for the GOP Presidential candidacy, the Governor has friends in high places,...
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In the vein of Such a Fun Age, a whip-smart, compulsively readable novel about two upper-class stay-at-home mothers-one white, one Black-living in a "perfect" suburb that explores motherhood, friendship, and the true meaning of sisterhood amidst the backdrop of America's all-too-familiar racial reckoning.
De'Andrea Whitman, her husband Malik, and their five-year-old daughter, Nina, are new to the upper-crust white suburb of Rolling Hills, Virginia-a...
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It's not so far off as you suppose.In our looming future, marketing has finally turned the tables. Once upon a time their appeals were shaped to a target audience. In 2084 Americans strive for the mentality that ads hand down. Commercials are the favored part of any show, fieldtrips to the mall teach kids how to shop, and the RealiTV complex keeps everyone suitably distracted.It's an election year and the Presidential Sweepstakes offers voters a chance...
17) Copier Samurai
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The new blade, one of a sharp twin pair, slices skin and lets blood out. There's hardly even a sting at first, before the foamy shaving cream turns pink, then red, and here's the sting, for real now, as if let loose by blood. Foam redder still. It's a pretty deep cut."Damn."His right hand passes the razor to his left then dives into a blue box of paper napkins by the basin and brings one-two actually, they tend to cling together-out. He presses them...
18) Bliss
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Bliss was modeled after the north Texas town of Lewisville. The hilarious characters readers meet throughout the book can be found in "Everytown, USA." The rural hamlet that is Bliss sits in mesquite-infested fields about 30-miles north of Dallas.Disenchanted residents of the big city flock to Bliss in the early eighties to escape the congestion and frustration of living in a burgeoning metroplex. The traffic nightmare of commuters clogging I-95 on...
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Wokeness.In the age of identity politics, has the death of humor resulted in the passing of satire as well? #ScaryWhiteFemales answers that question with a resounding NO! John Smith, a disillusioned bureaucrat, and reformed leftist is lured by his "woke" wife, Gert, to "North America's Progressive Vacation Destination" for a little reeducation. The result is a descent into pure hilarity that catches even Gert unawares. What follows is an old-fashioned...
