The Night Ride

Saint James Street James is a tall, extremely muscular, 32-year-old man whose attributes and possessions include a mind stronger than Socrates on acid, a magnificent horse he loves more than anything in the world, a package so large that it requires a signature, a beautiful, passionate wife with a rack so perfect it belongs on a billiard table, a shit ton of children, and his own personal gold mine. His life, set in 1849 against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush, is one long parade of amazing sex, dynamite montages, and whiskey. But when the Schlager Brothers come to town, so too comes the end of the good times. St. James is forced to defend everything that matters to him. God help anyone who stands in his way.

In the wake of the breakout successes of Walter Moers’ 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear, Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures, and The City of Dreaming Books, Moers is back with this fourth book, the tumultuous tale of a little boy and his encounter with Death. Moers bases his utterly delightful story on twenty-one woodcuts by the inimitable Gustave Doré, the most successful illustrator of the nineteenth century.

German author Moers has constructed a surreal adventure story... Moers infuses his tale with humor and life lessons.
- Publishers Weekly
In a world between legend and dream, A Wild Ride through the Night describes the exhilarating and comic adventures of twelve-year-old Gustave, a boy who aspires to one day be a great artist. When a disaster at sea puts Gustave in the uncompromising hands of Death, he has the choice to give up the ghost or take on a series of six impossible tasks. Gustave embarks on a strange and perilous journey during which he must save a princess from an angry dragon, pull a tooth from the Most Monstrous of All Monsters, fly over the moon, and even, somehow, meet his own self.

Will Gustave’s creativity and imagination be able to save him from his fate?

©2001 Eichborn AG, Frankfurt am Main; Translation 2003 by John Brownjohn (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

At sixty-two Sheriff Clint Benbow is not a sound sleeper. He is brought awake one night by the tremors of an explosion, and learns it came from the local bank. It is now his duty to venture into the blizzard outside and apprehend the robbers, but at his age the job seems impossible.

Struggling to preserve her estate from ruthless warlords and roving brigands, Lady Audra Travers, the sole survivor of her powerful family, is drawn to a mysterious masked outlaw known as Lynx.

For the oddball in you, flights into the sinister and fantastic

The stories in this third collection from a master of speculative fiction are at once playful and dark, but each is wonderfully told.

Contents include The Music of the Yellow Brass A Classic Affair The New People Buck Fever The Magic Man Father, Dear Father Perchance to Dream Song for a Lady The Trigger The Guests of Chance (with Chad Oliver) The Love-Master A Death in the Country The Neighbors The Howling Man Night Ride

Traveling home late after a long day at work, a young temp finds herself in a train carriage with a slightly tipsy and gorgeous older woman. She tries to ignore the sight of smooth thighs and panties as the woman lets her skirt ride higher, but she is caught staring. 

The woman offers to show her more, and, turned on, the temp doesn't stop her, and she lets herself be seduced into a first girl-on-girl experience.  

This story contains sex scenes and is suitable for adults only. All characters are fictional and are over 18 years old.

Our hero, Saint James Street James is a tall, extremely muscular, 35-year-old man whose attributes and possessions include a mind stronger than Socrates on acid, a magnificent horse he loves more than anything in the world, a package so large that it requires a signature, a beautiful, passionate wife with a rack so perfect it belongs on a billiard table, a ton of children, and his own personal gold mine. His life, set in 1849 against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush, is one long parade of amazing sex, dynamite montages, whiskey, and explosive gunfights. The kinds of things men could do when men were actually men. He is the richest man in town—equal parts loved and feared by all. But when the Schläger Brothers come to town, so too comes the end of the good times. St. James is forced to defend everything that matters to him (including, but not limited to: prostitutes, his horse, money, and drugs. Oh, and his wife and children too, sort of). God help anyone who stands in his way.

Gabby gets her fair share of frights at a country carnival in this spooky Creepover tale.

Adventurous Gabby Carter is excited to visit her best friend Sydney in Sydney’s new town in Iowa. Gabby is wondering what they’re going to do, surrounded by cornfields, when they discover an amazing carnival full of kids their age…and two very cute boys. But then strange things start happening at the fair: the Tilt-a-Whirl spins a little too quickly, and the eyes of the painted face on the funhouse follow Gabby. Gabby can’t believe she’s the one begging cautious Sydney to leave the carnival—but Sydney won’t leave! Can Gabby convince Sydney they don’t want to find out how haunted this carnival truly is?

This roller coaster of a story is rated a Level 4 on the Creep-o-Meter.

Enter the gritty biker world of the Raising Hellfire MC series where these L.A. bikers drink hard, drive fast, and dig deep for love.

Good girl Beth Ravens is waiting for her big Hollywood break but is currently broke, so she’s stuck waitressing at the Wilde Hotel, home of the Raising Hellfire biker club, the biggest collection of dirty bike leather this side of the Hollywood hills.

Luckily for Beth, Wilde’s has a resident rising star, Grim McKinley, currently using the Hell’s Boys as research for a biker role. Grim’s hot, and he’s the only perfect gentleman among her regulars. If Beth can hitch herself to his growing fame, she might get a shot at silver screen glory herself. But when she sneaks into Grim’s hotel room and into his bed, Beth finds the wrong McKinley under the covers.

Bad boy biker Rusty McKinley is used to women in his bed and doesn’t blink when he finds one at Wilde’s. But Beth’s prim reaction to her mistake isn’t what Rusty expects. He’s on the lookout for a woman to front an upcoming TV show about his garage, and Beth seems like the perfect match for him and his show. All he has to do is convince Beth he’s a better bet than his brother.

Ride All Night is an exciting, sexy read that will take readers for a drive they won’t be able to forget from USA Today bestselling author Michele De Winton!

The Black Death has spared Clarendon Abbey, where Audra Travers is a novice. It is the only life she knows. Everything changes when men come from Bredonmere Manor, telling her that, in the wake of the plague’s decimation of her family, she is the sole living heir to her father’s lands. She is no longer Sister Audra, but the Countess of Bredonmere. On her way home, she is halted by a masked man who calls himself Lynx and warns her that nothing will be as she expects when she reaches the manor. Furious at his bold ways that elicit sensations she never has felt before, she vows to keep him from intruding. Even so, Lynx in all his roles at Bredonmere becomes her greatest ally . . . and her greatest temptation. But can learning the truth of the man behind the mask and his true reason to come to her home destroy all she has built—as well as her heart?

Legends tell us of the magical beings known as elves and of their rides on certain nights. The Irish Celts knew them as the Sidhe--the Shining Ones. Supernatural, capricious, and fearsome they are, but there are other things more terrible and less friendly out on the road at night, as old bard Padraic O'Connell finds out. He experiences a night of joy, wonder, and paralyzing fear after meeting strangers in the dark forest. Was it all a dream?

This ties in with the Secret Ones volumes and the book Lady of the Sidhe. A part of the Ages of Telamon series.

The Last Thing They Expected Was First Contact

It's long ago been settled that humanity is all alone in the universe. All the centuries of searches for extra-terrestrial intelligence have turned up exactly nothing at all. And when humanity's first and only colony in another star system was invaded some years back, it was by unwanted human interlopers from Earth -- interlopers calling themselves The Fruitful, who are sure that God himself is guiding them. The new arrivals cause the colony trouble enough that many of the original settlers have packed up and moved elsewhere on the planet -- only to discover some very alarming signs that the first settlers aren't quite so alone as they thought.

Phil Bertrand and Hazel Castagna had striven for years to reach and settle their new world, but they found themselves on different sides when the Fruitful arrived and forced hard choices on everyone. Now, without quite intending it, they have become allies again, as well as the half-unwilling co-leaders of a group that must find a way to protect humans from aliens -- and, perhaps, aliens from humans. But exactly who -- and what -- are the aliens? 

First serialized in Analog Magazine, this thrilling story overturns all the conventional ideas of First Contact. Night Ride and Sunrise forces a choice between the triumph of a philosophy and the survival of a species. There are, after all, times when an idea has the power to get everyone killed….

In a world between legend and dream, A Wild Ride through the Night describes the exhilarating and comic adventures of his twelve-year-old protagonist Gustave, a boy who aspires one day to be a great artist. When a disaster at sea puts Gustave in the uncompromising hands of Death, he has the choice to give up the ghost or take on a series of six impossible tasks. Gustave embarks on a strange and perilous journey during which he must save a princess from an angry dragon, pull a tooth from the Most Monstrous of All Monsters, fly over the moon, and even, somehow, meet his own self. Will Gustave's creativity and imagination be able to save him from his fate?

Riding a bicycle is such a part of the American way of live that is not surprising to see bike lanes alongside the roads of our towns. From the old "Paperboy Special" type up to the serious racing bicycles you see them in the garages and on the roads in our cities and towns. As exercise, it is more costly than walking and running but is often the exercise of choice.

So it is in our story here. In Arizona summers leaving early...sometimes as early as four in the morning...a good ride can get you home for breakfast and in time for work. What you encounter along the ride can be colorful sunrises, light traffic and runners. On this day, our protagonist hero finds much more. A life changing event totally unexpected. This day he is late to work.

The first bike is usually a tot’s bike, then along the road for teen age years, maybe a “Paperboy Special” to earn I little money. When throwing papers went away, many graduated to a racing type road bicycle or a mountain bike, usually for exercise or competition.
In this story, the bike begins it, but the results are unexpected, rapid and life changing. There’s robbery, assault, and maybe love. This short story will bring back memories…at least the two-wheel variety.

An inspirational book of short stories. These easy to relate to stories have a unique power to draw you in to a much deeper level of understanding of your own life and the world around you. This book will make you smile, laugh, cry, and leave you pondering the true meaning of your everyday miracles. An easy and fun read that is truly health food for your mind and soul.

Morton Gregorys ability to capture the mystery in everyday life experiences responds to deep searching in all of us, to find meaning and purpose in the ordinariness of our lives

Rhea Bean, RSM, Adult Religious Educator

Morton Gregory expresses himself in such an honest and authentic way. This book will help people celebrate little victories and encourage them to savor this lifes journey

Bette Anthony, Morristown, NY

Byline: Barbara M. Houle COLUMN: TABLE HOPPIN'

The Last Thing They Expected Was First Contact

It's long ago been settled that humanity is all alone in the universe. All the centuries of searches for extra-terrestrial intelligence have turned up exactly nothing at all. And when humanity's first and only colony in another star system was invaded some years back, it was by unwanted human interlopers from Earth -- interlopers calling themselves The Fruitful, who are sure that God himself is guiding them. The new arrivals cause the colony trouble enough that many of the original settlers have packed up and moved elsewhere on the planet -- only to discover some very alarming signs that the first settlers aren't quite so alone as they thought.

Phil Bertrand and Hazel Castagna had striven for years to reach and settle their new world, but they found themselves on different sides when the Fruitful arrived and forced hard choices on everyone. Now, without quite intending it, they have become allies again, as well as the half-unwilling co-leaders of a group that must find a way to protect humans from aliens -- and, perhaps, aliens from humans. But exactly who -- and what -- are the aliens?

First serialized in Analog Magazine, this thrilling story overturns all the conventional ideas of First Contact. Night Ride and Sunrise forces a choice between the triumph of a philosophy and the survival of a species. There are, after all, times when an idea has the power to get everyone killed….

Up on their brooms the Witches stream,
Crooked and black in the crescent's gleam

It's Halloween and a family is preparing to go trick-or-treating. Little do they know that up above them a coven of witches flies unseen through the starry sky...

Carolina's stunning illustrations beautifully illuminate Walter de la Mare's thrilling, magical poem, published as a picture book for the first time.

Death Ride is a riveting account of the brutal murders of Mike and Frieda Kuntz and the attempted murder of their five-year-old son, Larry, who witnessed the tragic deaths of his parents. This is an amazing true story of survival and the ability to overcome unspeakable cruelty.
In 1937, the young Kuntz family had made Wheat Basin, Montana, their new home. A neighbor, Frank Robideau, had come on especially hard times and decided to take action to remedy his situation. Frank forced Mike Kuntz, the new grain elevator manager, to write checks, which he planned to forge for cash. By that evening, Frank panicked over what he had done and went to the Kuntz home.
Frank forced the little family into their car and took them out on a dark country road. Having thought he had killed them all, he returned the car to Wheat Basin and locked it in the grain elevator as he reflected on his sinister past.
Larry’s amazing courage and strength of spirit saved his life and helped bring justice for his parents.
For almost seventy years, Larry kept his story buried deep in his soul, never talking about the events of that fateful night. We are honored that he told his story to us and that we are able to share it with you. Death Ride: A Little Boy’s Night of Terror has been called one of the most heartbreaking true-crime stories to come out of the Northwest.

In a formerly peaceful western valley, a sheriff and his friends battle a corrupt land speculator

Pat, Sam, and Ezra came to Powder Valley together, to tame the West and find a place to settle down. Soon, Pat is the sheriff, and Sam is married, but big, powerful Ezra, with his craggy face and missing eye, remains a loner. This state of affairs usually doesn’t get Ezra down, but tonight the big man is too gloomy to eat peach pie. When Ezra can’t eat peach pie, something is wrong—and Pat is certain it has to do with Eustis Harlow.
 
After six months in Powder Valley, Harlow has established himself as the most powerful rancher in the area. Before he came, the locals were content with what they had. Now, half of them are in his debt, and the others have been consumed by greed. With the sheriff and his friends gearing up to quash Harlow’s dominance, the rancher sends for an army’s worth of gunmen. Powder Valley is about to explode.

Re-released in a second edition with two new chapters and additional new content.

Rachel Swift is a woman on the run.

A stalker sent Rachel's world reeling. Now she's running for her life, and Bliss, CO, seems like the perfect place to hide. Bliss is a strange little town, filled with artists, nudists, and the occasional conspiracy nut. It's a good place to start over.

Max and Rye are just the men to catch her.

Horse trainer Max and Sheriff Rye gave up on their dream of finding one perfect woman to share long ago. Rachel walks in, and they're both in love and fighting their true natures.

A town like no other….

When Rachel's past catches up with her, all of Bliss is in danger. Rachel knows she should run, but how can she leave behind the love she’s found with Max and Rye and the home she’s built in Bliss? With her whole town behind her, Rachel is ready to make her stand. It's time for her to get back in the saddle and ride.

When Bing Crosby’s "White Christmas" debuted in 1942, no one imagined that a holiday song would top the charts year after year. One of the best-selling singles ever released, it remains on rotation at tree lighting ceremonies across the country, in crowded shopping malls on Black Friday, and at warm diners on lonely Christmas Eve nights. Over the years, other favorites have been added to America’s annual playlist, including Elvis Presley’s "Blue Christmas," the King Cole Trio’s "The Christmas Song," Gene Autry’s "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," Willie Nelson’s "Pretty Paper," and, of course, Elmo & Patsy’s "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer."

Viewing American holiday values through the filter of familiar Christmas songs, Ronald Lankford examines popular culture, consumerism, and the dynamics of the traditional American family. He surveys more than seventy-five years of songs and reveals that the “modern American Christmas” has carried a complex and sometimes contradictory set of meanings. Interpreting tunes against the backdrop of the eras in which they were first released, he identifies the repeated themes of nostalgia, commerce, holiday blues, carnival, and travesty that underscore so much beloved music. This first full-length analysis of the lyrics, images, and commercial forces inextricably linked to Yuletide music hits the heart of what many Americans think Christmas is--or should be.

He'd been leaving a flower every day for the past month on Lily Ryan's desk in her office at Hellfire Ranch. Just one single lily. No name, no card. Any one of the cowboys working the ranch could have left it. Or could it be the man she'd lost her heart to? And now he'd left an invitation for a night of erotic adventure.

Could she accept an offer of forbidden pleasure from a total stranger when her heart belonged to another? Could she take a chance that this Night Ride might lead to everything she desires? Or would she be stepping into a danger greater than she's ever known?

<p><strong>First Night Ride</strong> is the second short story collection from erotica author <strong>Kellie Granier</strong>. Featuring ten tales of gay, menage, BDSM, historical western erotica, readers are treated to one M/F pairing, four with multiple partners, and five gay stories. Follow a pair of best friends as they have a wild night in Las Vegas; find out how inviting a bath can be for a pair of best friends; and enjoy a new BDSM adventure with Honey and her Lover.</p><p><strong>Honey&rsquo;s First</strong><br>Honey's Lover has a special surprise for her once she satisfies him on her review. He invites five former submissives to take her, each one of them trained like machines. But she makes short work of them, her innate power and sexuality too much for them to overcome.<br><br><strong>Silver Tequila And Vegas Lights</strong><br>Nick and Alex are best friends that share everything with each other. In Las Vegas, they meet a woman by the name of Annie. The three of them head up to their hotel room after a night of drinking. They are going to show Annie a good time and prove to her that two heads are better than one-in every sense of the word.<br><br><strong>No Guts No Glory</strong><br>Leo has a had a thing for fellow bull rider Art for as long as they'd been friends. But he's never made a move because he thought Art would never be interested. So it falls to Art to make the first move, and when he does, it's everything Leo hoped it could be and more.<br><br><strong>Guts And Glory: No Guts No Glory 2</strong><br>Leo and Art are very into each other, although Art never imagined he would be with his best friend. Even the bull riding scenes are full of sexual tension, and when the two guys finally &ldquo;find&rdquo; each other, they find it was everything they had hoped for.<br><br><strong>A Rare Bath</strong><br>Cas and his partner Danny spend long weeks on the trail and don't always have the money for a decent room or a bath when they do ride into town. Cas in looking forward to a long awaited bath. Cas has noticed Danny&rsquo;s sexy body many times and he wants it all for himself. Bath time is the perfect time to make his long delayed move and have it all.<br><br><strong>A Rare Bed: A Rare Bath 2</strong><br>The night after Cas takes his best friend and partner in the bathtub, he wonders exactly what it will mean for them. As he debates how it changes things and considers the new boundaries, he falls asleep, only to wake up with the biggest hard-on of his life and Danny smirking down at him.<br><br><strong>On Three</strong><br>It may have been five years since Clint saw his best friend, but he could still read Steve like an open book. Something was seriously troubling him. Nobody should look that sad in the middle of a tittie bar. He barely seemed aware of the fact that he was surrounded by mostly naked women. Had his friend really changed that much in five years?<br><br><strong>Double Birthday Pleasure</strong><br>Penn, a gay porn model and escort, has a well sought-after specialty. He is summoned to a casino in California for a very special birthday party. The birthday boy has always been fascinated by the idea of double penetration. Penn's perfect for the job, and he does everything he can to make the birthday dreams come true.<br><br><strong>Butterfly Wing Rhythm</strong><br>The mysterious man known as Eris can control a room just by walking through it. He has his own set of rules that everyone obeys. He is lusted after by men and women alike. Everybody wants him, but he only plays with a select, chosen few.<br><br><strong>The Late Night Ride</strong><br>The only woman in a gang of men, Sarah is nothing more than a possession to serve them. She travels with them dressed as a man, and they treat her as their servant. But when that gang shows up on Tom's ranch, he can instantly see she's worth so much more. He will do anything he can to keep her with him, even if it means fighting for her.<br><br></p>

Emma is in the home stretch of a solitary trip around Europe, taking the train to her final destination. She's enjoying relaxing with a drink alone in the bar car, when a handsome stranger asks to sit at her table. He is bold and unashamed in asking Emma questions, and Emma finds herself embarrassed, but also intrigued. When the stranger offers to buy her drinks in exchange for unrestricted conversation, the night takes a turn that Emma never saw coming.

Warning: this ~3500 word story contains graphic language, titillating self pleasure, exhilarating oral sex, and descriptions of mind-blowing sexual activity between a beautiful, free-spirited girl and a handsome British stranger. Intended for mature audiences: 18+ only!