Bates: 592 books

Three unbelievable short stories Ballad of the Travelling Chalk Horse Artist—Riding a horse down a rabbit hole is never a good idea. Flour Power—Catering doesn’t pay well, but it provides a chance for a wizard to save the world from politicians. My Brother, The Pig—The unknown sister pig was the one who really kept the neighborhood from blowing away.  

Earth’s deep-space probe must find the Tititri. To save the earth. Or destroy it. Landon Walker must learn the Tititri’s intent, but finds it impossible to communicate with them. Only his young daughter speaks Tititri. And only when possessed by them. Can he manage first contact? Can he control his trigger-happy crew? Can he save earth?

Three Short Stories Losing the Light—Humans and space travel don't mix. The Time Mine—Keep your best friend or save Earth.  Choose one. Time Ripples—Follow a death planet and death follows you.  

Landon Walker must free his daughter from alien control and prove his ex-wife is not an eco-terrorist. He also must keep the earth from becoming an alien battlefield. Completing the to-do list requires visiting a secret shaman site in the mountains of Patagonia.  

While sitting on the front porch of her Detroit home, Unique Jefferson, takes an overview account of the details that had taken place in the last seventeen years of her life. She struggles with the murder of a Father that she loved dearly but never really got a chance to know. She wrestles...

Once there were two older women who led separate lives. When they met at a conference, they bonded on the spot. A Casual invitation to go tent camping advanced to purchasing a fifth-wheel recreational vehicle towed behind a 4X4 Super-Duty diesel truck. In the first book, the ladies found themselves...

A Victorian-era vampire living in the modern world, Emigh Bennett's favorite activity is watching people from the window of her little bookshop. When she spots a woman nearly killed on the street outside her shop, she rushes to her rescue, and she meets Anise. The proprietress of a little home...

A sexy cowboy to unwrap…what more could a girl want? For Holly Walker Christmas is about more than just flashing lights, it's about having some sexy time with her husband. This year, however, she's got a secret that could destroy everything…or save their future. Content Warning: explicit sex    

In spite of Jean-Jacques and his school, men are not everywhere, especially in countries where excessive liberty or excessive tiffin favors the growth of that class of adventurers most usually designated as drummers, or by a still more potent servility, the ruthless predatory instinct of certain bold...

Don, a straight ex-pat from South Africa, has a secret. He likes to have black men abuse and humiliate him by touching him and forcing him to do sexual things with them and have his partner involved, in setting up the humiliation and participating. Follow Don and Sandra's relationship and Don's dark descent.

Aisha Clemons needs a vacation and fast. One week before her wedding to the city’s most eligible bachelor, a woman shows up on her doorstep with a baby in tow. Not only did her fiancé cheat, he impregnated another woman. Seven days on the Mexican Riviera with no men is the perfect cure for her...

Join the Sleepover Club: Frankie, Kenny, Felicity, Rosie and Lyndsey, five girls who want to have fun – but who always end up in mischief. Da, da, da-da! Wedding bells are ringing for Fliss’s mum and Andy, and Fliss and the rest of the gang are bridesmaids! But then Amber, the daughter of one...

Three different views about human reactions when the end of the human race is near. Or at least the end of your own life.  Seventh Sleeve of Tombaugh—Even the aliens left Pluto alone.  Master Judd’s Match—Overachieving can get you killed. Nine More—Would you give your life to save humanity?

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents CONTENTS BEYOND THE HEAVISIDE LAYER by CAPT. S. P. MEEK EARTH, THE MARAUDER by ARTHUR J. BURKS FROM AN AMBER BLOCK by TOM CURRY THE TERROR OF AIR-LEVEL SIX by HARL VINCENT THE FORGOTTEN PLANET by SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT THE POWER AND THE GLORY by CHARLES W. DIFFIN MURDER MADNESS by MURRAY LEINSTER