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Jupiter is an anthology of reports and fables from X.F. Pine that operate like a mixed tape. The first part concerns abysses and shelters of a few kinds, an old Maine storyteller, a man locked in a room with secrets, a gambling martial artist, an adaptive actresses, inside a famous comedy show, and cards...

Frank Ross is headed down Mexico way, but first he must escape the high desert and the clutches of a sweet-talking, nimble little thing that has spun her web and led him down the road to good intentions gone bad. Following a trial by fire, Frank manages to get back on the road, but not before narrowly...

Allie manages to talk Jim into a vacation in the Keys, where trouble finds them once again when they cross paths with a woman and her little girl being harassed by the locals. It’s not long before Zelda’s tracking abilities are called upon to restore things as they should be. Jim Nash Adventure #3.

Jim Nash is headed for a long-awaited vacation in the Florida Keys with his faithful dog Zelda when he checks his messages and discovers that an old flame needs his help. After a brief consult with the new woman in his life, Jim heads west to Panama Cay where he becomes embroiled in the rough seas and rocky shores of drugs, guns and money. First in the Jim Nash adventure series.

The Green Book goes back, towards the beginning but it doesn’t quite get there. Stuck in the middle of the hour glass it sits, struck dead by beauty, lost in the space between, it sits in the "green" area. The area where life was simple and pleasant at times; mowed and racked to be used...

Frank and Billy discuss the media celebrating mediocrity before they hold up the diner they're at.

“Moreau’s research is impeccable and smoothly incorporated, and his descriptions of battle scenes are vivid . . .”—Publishers Weekly “Moreau displays an astute grasp of military history. . . . The author invests the cast of authentic historical characters with a wide range of strengths...

When Harry’s ex-wife, Sasha, and their daughter accompany her oil-company boyfriend on a working vacation to Africa, the trio goes missing. They get out a call for help that will lead Harry on an air and ground chase across the Horn of Africa to rescue his family before kidnappers can move them to their den on the Indian Ocean.

A poignant look at the consequences of war and capitalism in an economic recession

After hours of trying to find an ending I’ve realized that there is no end to be found. It is something that just happens. Each moment brings us closer to it. Each word is another moment passed. Should I write another word, or not and try to save a moment? In truth it is not a moment that is so...

An analysis of American pop culture through historical lens, various factors are looked it to see how the entertainment industry is able to produced celebrities such as the Kardashians and Miley Cyrus and how they have such large followings. And what it means for North American society.

The American military has ventured out on many missions within the last few decades. Their adventures had a great amount of support at the beginning but now it's weaning. It is a burden on American society. But the MIC was able and still is flourishing under the structures of American society, this is explored. The main focus being how domestic habits cause international ripples.

Cynthia just wants to go home and have dinner after a hard day’s work—accounting for her Earth employer and adjusting quasar links for her secret off-world employer. But others are eyeing the planet, and they have plans of their own. Cynthia may not get dinner after all.

Updated and re-issued, this collection of shorts hits all the high spots-or the low spots, depending on one’s point of view. There’s a visit to a strip club off the 15 in Montana; an encounter with a hitch-hiker on the 10 in New Mexico; romancing a truck-driving sweetheart in a sleeper at a California truck stop; a smile from a reformed addict in North Dakota.