The slippery climb of Trixie Aioli up the corporate ladder continues. 

When we last left Trixie she and Cherry Bomb were developing a scheme to stop the wedding of Herman Pug to her greatest rival.

She and Cherry time travel into the past only to be confronted with an even greater obstacle to her ambition. She may even be fired! 


About the Author

Russ Crossley writes romance under the name R.G. Hart, mystery under the name R.G. Crossley, and science fiction and fantasy under his own. This year there will be re-issues the romantic comedies, Bachelorette: Zombie Edition and Antique Virgin originally published by Sapphire Blue Publishing, an additional paranormal romantic comedy, Zomopolis, and a new original western romance entitled, The Fire In Their Hearts co-authored with R.S. Meger. 

He has sold several short stories that have appeared in anthologies from Pocket Books, St. Matins Press, at Smashwords, and other e-retail sites. 

With his wife, romance author R.S. Meger, he owns and operates a small press publishing company, 53rd Street Publishing. The company began in April 2011 and now has over sixty e-book titles and two print titles, with more planned in 2012.

He is a member of SF Canada and the Greater Vancouver Chapter of Romance Writers of America. He is also an alumni of the Oregon Coast Professional Fiction Writers Master Class taught by award winning author/editors, Kristine Katherine Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith. 

Feel free to contact him on Facebook or Twitter. He loves to hear from readers

A race against the flames…

Emmie Kirkwood is delighted when the Gateway Roadhouse insists she have a day off. Finding herself in ancient Egypt, she can think of only one thing: spending her precious day off at the most fabled library in the ancient world: The Alexandria Library.

She didn't expect to also arrive the day of an equally fabled fire…

A 10200 word Egyptian science fiction novelette by J.A. Marlow.

Formats available for this title:

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Madagascar: Land of the Man-Eating Tree presents the facts, myths, and legends of Madagascar as viewed by a former governor of Michigan. Learn about cultures and creatures, pirates and castaways, and the interesting scientific and political beliefs of a highly educated and well traveled author of the 1920s. Originally published in 1924, this unabridged edition retains every word of the first printing in reset text, along with all the original maps and photos.

One wrong turn sends Karen down a road that doesn't exist, to the site of an old accident and an even older mystery. With Russ' help, Karen finds the key to the mystery, but Russ has secrets of his own, some of which are deadly.

When old friends from Russ' past come to call, Karen realizes that Russ' secrets might just mean his doom. Russ' nemesis is dead; he only wants to live the rest of his life quietly in Beth-Hill. But three years ago, before Karen met him, something terrible happened that might not allow him that new lease on life...

The orcs of Grimwood summon an ancient evil. . .

A mountaineering expedition to retrieve a griffin's egg goes horribly wrong, at least for most of the climbers. . .

A soldier begins to believe his commander is not what he seems. . .

A dungeon door poses a problem for an experienced party of adventurers. . .

A unique trap appears to be inescapable, but for one desperate plan. . .

Here are five tales set in the good old days of fantasy gaming, when friends sat around the kitchen table late into the night rolling dice and sharing adventures. Relive the spirit of the past (or even the present!) with stories of epic combat and base trickery, stories that any adventurer would be proud to tell over a mug of ale at the local tavern. Includes the short story The Trap, co-written by special guest author Tony Rudzki.

Forgotten, lost or left behind, they are the lonely backwoods, the overgrown structures and the no-go areas; the depths, the haunted lands and the futures past. They may lie disused, derelict or ruined, perhaps concealed by time or design, but do they lie still and quiet? Or restless? Festering out of sight, changing, growing beyond knowledge? Will they be reborn?

Remember, rediscover, return...

Triffles: Abandoned Space is an 8-page pdf tool designed to support the development of narratives set in and around this location type. It is compatible with a variety of genres and game systems, and suitable for use by writers, roleplayers and tabletop gamers, whether during character creation, for scenario, adventure or campaign design or in the generation of events and interactions as required in the course of games, to name just the obvious applications.

The tool includes:

• 32 proposals for the overarching nature of the abandoned space

• a context table capable of providing over 19,000 seed sentences
  

• a complete Fabric for narrative creation formed of 121 Strands

• instructions for the use of the Fabric, with diagrams and options

• 144 adjectives for further detail, grouped across 12 categories

• a pair of example narratives, each for a distinct fictional setting

• a compact diceless number generator for the 4 ranges used

• a table of minimum, average and maximum results for 8 ranges

• a full index for the 121 Strands present in the complete Fabric

• a blank Fabric, for remaking the complete Fabric or creating new

• suggestions covering other approaches, layering and expansion

Penguin movies are hot and Samurai Shark will make them hotter than ever. 

Now he'll pitch his ideas, and the best movies in the history of cinema will be unleashed on the world.

Samurai Shark is back, and this time he's back to stay! 

Samurai Shark has a license plate stuck in his teeth and it's pissing him off. 

The pain makes him go on an epic rant that will make even the toughest dizen of the deep cower in fear. 

Watch out world, Samurai Shark is comin' to bite you in the butt!