The Last Alchemistby Erik Hamre

If there was a secret to riches, would you share it?

David Dypsvik, a broke and depressed MBA student, is given a secret assignment by his university professor. Forty years earlier, in the 1970s, one of the world’s richest men vanished from the face of the Earth. The billionaire had just completed a lecture series called The Principles of Wealth at Oxford University. The question is: Did he share something he shouldn’t have shared in that last lecture? And what really happened the day he disappeared?

The last Alchemist will take you on a journey through the history of wealth-creation and ancient mysteries. We follow a reluctant hero, a wanna-get-rich-quick MBA student, in his relentless pursuit of the missing billionaire and the secret to riches.

But nothing could have prepared David Dypsvik for what he is about to face.

Nobody is who they claim to be, and the stakes can be high when the prize is an abundance of riches.

Or perhaps something else entirely…

THE LAST ALCHEMIST is a page turner of a mystery thriller in the blockbuster tradition of The Atlantis Gene and The Da Vinci Code. It melds together historical and scientific details with conspiracy theories that will stay with you long after you finish.

Mortuary Confidential:: Undertakers Spill the Dirtby Todd Harra

From scary to heartwarming and hilarious, an assortment of behind-the-scenes, true stories about life as an undertaker.

From shoot-outs at funerals to dead men screaming and runaway corpses, undertakers have plenty of unusual stories to tell–and a special way of telling them.

In this macabre and moving compilation, funeral directors across the country share their most embarrassing, jaw-dropping, irreverent, and deeply poignant stories about life at death’s door. Discover what scares them and what moves them to tears. Learn about rookie mistakes and why death sometimes calls for duct tape.

Enjoy tales of the dearly departed spending eternity naked from the waist down and getting bottled and corked–in a wine bottle. And then meet their families–the weepers, the punchers, the stolidly dignified, and the ones who deliver their dead mother in a pickup truck.

If there’s one thing undertakers know, it’s that death drives people crazy. These are the best “bodies of work” from America’s darkest profession.

Praise for Mortuary Confidential

“As unpredictable and lively as a bunch of drunks at a New Orleans funeral.” –Joe R. Lansdale, author of Moon Lake

“Sick, funny, and brilliant! I love this book.” –Jonathan Maberry, author of Ink

“McKenzie and Harra keep us reading because these true mortuary tales are poignant–and suddenly, gaspingly, in-your-face funny.” —Booklist

Seven Days From Sunday (An MP-5 CIA Series Thriller Book 1)by M.H. Sargent

A Thriller Set In The Midst Of Jihad

In this fast paced page turner, Iraq’s top terrorist makes two promises “” a kidnapped American contractor will be executed on a given date, his body dumped in Baghdad’s Green Zone and a major attack will occur in seven days.

˃˃˃ The Elite Mp-5 Team Is Called Into Action

Working desperately to find the American and thwart the impending attack is a four-person CIA team which includes an attractive female doctor. But they can only watch helplessly as the terrorist and his masked henchmen behead the American during a live video feed carried on the Internet.

What they don’t know is that one of the masked men is not a terrorist, but completely innocent. He is an Iraqi pharmacist who has infiltrated the group. His only objective “” to find his missing fiancée, whom the terrorist has also kidnapped.

˃˃˃ Action and Intrigue In Wartime Iraq

After the beheading, he is free to go. But little does he know that his fiancée will bring the deceased American’s head to the Green Zone, and inside the dead man’s mouth is evidence linking him to the terrorist.

Surreal Absurdityby Jim Lively

What is it about Charles Pierce that makes people want to kill him?

He’s retired from his law practice, does pro bono work for non-profits, and has turned all his attention to focus on his art. He even rented a studio, as part of a gallery where exhibitions are well attended and the wine flows freely.

So why does a mysterious and hostile young man threaten him, while the woman who tried to poison him last year shows up at an exhibition to purchase one of his abstract paintings?

Charles can’t seem to avoid associating with criminals. Even Detective Gonzales believes he is somehow involved in a series of local murders because his business cards are found at the scene.

No one, least of all Charles, can explain it, but the more he seeks clues and answers, the more he finds the whole situation to be a Surreal Absurdity.

Hood Legendby Cedrick E. Wilson

Everyone’s a criminal, but not every crime is illegal…

A legendary bank robber who knocked off ten banks with his crew before the FBI caught him, Robert Hood has done his time–fifteen long years of it. Finally out of jail, he’s finished with a life of crime. Now all he wants is to find a decent job, a good woman, and his happily ever after. With the help of his younger brother, who’s offered him a place to stay, Robert has faith he’ll make it.

Instead, his brother wants him gone as soon as possible, and he quickly realizes a recession and a criminal history don’t mix. Every other storefront displays a Going Out of Business sign, the houses of his friends and neighbors are being foreclosed on, and jobs are nearly impossible to come by.
How can a man whose greatest talent is theft make a better life for himself? Maybe he can’t, but he can do something even better…

Keyport Cthulhuby Armand Rosamilia

Keyport Cthulhu
Revised and Expanded Edition for 2017!

“The painting forced him to move back with such suddenness, he nearly fell over the side of the old wooden railing. It depicted a grisly scene, as if your worst nightmare had been splattered on canvas. Despite his mind screaming to look away, he could not avert his eyes” – Ancient

Set in the New Jersey fishing village of Keyport, where the Esoteric Order of Dagon has been planning for the awakening of the Deep One all these years…

Who can survive when Cthulhu rises?

Includes several bonus stories:

the steampunk tale “Rats In The Cellars”
“Cthulhunicorn” co-written with Katelynn Rosamilia
“Lockbox” previously unreleased
And two Lovecraftian tales from author Chuck Buda: “The Terrible Old Man of Keyport” and “Dark Waters of Sin”