Flood of 1965    by Nancy Reil Riojas
Price: Free! 3440 words. Published on April 4, 2011. .
During the wee hours of morning,a family experience a horrendous flood ...."Our neighbors' distant, bloodcurdling screams bounce off the water's surface. Unable to help them, we act as if unaware. What must my friends be going through? Suddenly a heavy weight plunges me further down, out of Andrew's arm hold. I am immediately under water with my hands touching a head ramming against my

Moonshiner The Wolf    by Nancy Reil Riojas
Price: $2.99 USD. 33380 words. Published on April 5, 2011. .
Moonshiner The Wolf shares the influences of early 1900s Anglo-Saxon culture and society on Angela. A struggling poor soul, she strives toward a dream on the land of her murdered father in arid West Texas. Relentless Moonshiner battles until bloody during harrowing encounters when the huge silver-haired alpha saves Angela, her home, and the granddaughter to whom Angela leaves her great legacy.

The Rabbi's Books    by Nancy Reil Riojas
Price: Free! 2950 words. Published on May 7, 2011. .
Feeling robbed that schools did not teach the Jewish Holocaust, 30 years later she lives to see it happen.

Monster At My Window    by Nancy Reil Riojas
Price: $2.99 USD. 21670 words. Published on June 7, 2011. .
****Beasts of a social order arise from the depths of mystery to terrorize the residents on Picasso Lane, where they suffer their greatest losses. Set against the backdrop of sweltering 1995 Brownsville, Texas, a rousing tale full of conflict, anticipation, and realism depicts exhausting battles,all for the love of their friends.

Hannibal A True Story    by Nancy Reil Riojas
Price: $0.99 USD. 4140 words. Published on July 13, 2011. .
A man wants revenge but indirectly uses his enormous canine that ultimately wants to kill her. Which one survives? EXCERPT: "Overheated, with foaming saliva dripping like a faucet, Hannibal stands on the cab roof. Only three feet away, he viciously growls with his impatience biting toward me. It comes too clear at this moment that mauling will not be enough...."

Steven    by Nancy Reil Riojas
Price: Free! 5680 words. Published on May 2, 2012. .
Some friends are more memorable than others, such as Steven and Linda. After the Priest gave him his last rites, Steven continued to live. And not until decades later, we understood why. Excerpt: “Mother snapped her fingers.

Lucky    by Nancy Reil Riojas
Price: Free! 3230 words. Published on May 8, 2012. .
Steven and Andrew find a tiny bird that falls out of its nest, and as it turns out, he is far, far from ordinary.

Visiting Mary    by Nancy Reil Riojas
Price: Free! 4500 words. Published on June 26, 2012. .
(Chosen by 4 newspaper editors in Texas) Days before Christmas in 1959, a 10 year old daughter and distraught mother walk to visit the mother's best friend, Mary. While the mother tells Mary she is packed and ready to leave her husband, the saddened daughter listens and suddenly finds a framed photo of her once happy parents in Mary's parlor. Mary convinces the mother to.....