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Harvey Stanbrough

Biography

Harvey Stanbrough is an award winning writer and poet who was born in New Mexico, seasoned in Texas, and baked in Arizona. Twenty-one years after graduating from high school in the metropolis of Tatum New Mexico, he matriculated again, this time from a Civilian-Life Appreciation Course (CLAC) in the US Marine Corps. He follows Heinlein’s Rules avidly and most often may be found Writing Off Into the Dark. He has written and published nine novels, hundreds of poems, over a hundred short stories, and over twenty collections of short fiction. More than almost anything else, he hopes you will enjoy his stories.

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Blackwell Ops by
Empirita Sanchez de Uvalde
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Seven Minutes in Belfast
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The Death of Federico Parizzi
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Blackwell Ops 1: Jack Tilden
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Blackwell Ops 2: Charles Claymore Task
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Blackwell Ops 3: Marie Arceneaux
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Stern Talbot PI by
Stern Talbot, PI: The Case of the Troubled Actress
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The Unfortunate Case of His Mother's Virginity
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Stern Talbot, P.I.—The Early Years: The Case of the Missing Body
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Stern Talbot, P.I.—The Case of the Disappearing Worm
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Stern Talbot, P.I.—The Early Years: The Case of the Sliced-Up Secretary
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Stern Talbot, P.I.: The Case of the Mourning Widow
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The Wes Crowley Series by
The Rise of a Warrior
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Comanche Fire
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Assignment: Brownsville
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The Comancheros
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The New Mexico Territory
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Return to the New Mexico Territory
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No Kind'a Time
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A Rough New World
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Nothing for Nothing: An Account of a War in Another Place
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Jobs Like That
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The Day the Earth Shuddered and Went Dark
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Confessions of a Professional Psychopath
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Future of Humanity (FOH) by
The Journey Home: Part 8
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The Ark: The Journey Home
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The Journey Home: Part 2
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The Journey Home: Part 3
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The Journey Home: Part 4
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The Journey Home: Part 6
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Science Fiction by
The 13-Month Turn
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Terminus Loop
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The Consensus
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The Advent of Simon Stark
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In the Siberian Fields
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The Claim
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Mystery by
Situation Solved
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The Clearing
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The Platinum Blond Perturbance
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Without A Clue
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The Pyramid Killer
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The Implications
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Nick Spalding by
Nightfall
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Transitions
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Coincidence
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Consequences
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Elegant Gestures
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PSYCH!(otic?)(osis?)
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Mobster Tales 2
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Granny Mose
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Mobster Tales
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S, F & H
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The Othgygnrk Invasion by
For the Good of the Galaxy | The First Nine Days
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For the Good of the Galaxy | The Battle Begins
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Blackwell Ops 23: Buck Jackson by
Series: Blackwell Ops, Book 23. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 36,170. Language: English. Published: May 3, 2024 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
Buck Jackson hales from the small town of Sayre, Oklahoma. And he's a really good guy. You know, aside from his job as a top operative for Blackwell Ops. You know, aside from his job as a top operative for Blackwell Ops. But hey, everybody's gotta make a living, am I right? And Buck leads a balanced life between traveling to do his job—but never by air—actually doing his job, and getting back...
Blackwell Ops 24: Buck Jackson Returns by
Series: Blackwell Ops, Book 24. Pre-release—available May 17, 2024. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 49,680. Language: English. Published by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
Buck Jackson originally haled from the small town of Sayre, Oklahoma. But ever since his fiancé was murdered, he's lived in Bakersfield, California. He doesn't mind. Buck is a top operative for Blackwell Ops and he has to travel for his job anyway. How much would he love to get the nod to travel back to Sayre to set things right for his murdered love? But will he get the assignment? Take a road...
One-Off Mystery Omnibus by
Price: $24.99 USD. Words: 256,530. Language: English. Published: April 27, 2024 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
In this omnibus collection, you get 6 novels and a novella, all one-off mysteries, comprising 257,000 words of great mystery reading. This set opens with The Platinum Blond Perturbance, a novella. The novels include Body Language Situation Solved The Clearing The Implications The Pyramid Killer Without a Clue Come along and help Detective Lou Galecki and others solve these mysteries!
Stern Talbot, PI: The Omnibus Collection by
Series: Stern Talbot PI, Book 8. Price: $24.99 USD. Words: 210,140. Language: English. Published: April 20, 2024 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
In this omnibus collection, you get all 5 novels and 2 novellas in the Stern Talbot, PI series, comprising 210,000 words of great mystery reading. This set opens with The Case of the Disappearing Worm, a novella. The novels include The Case of the Troubled Actress The Unfortunate Case of His Mother's Virginity The Case of the Mourning Widow The Case of the Sliced-Up Secretary Loose Ends Finally...
TJ Blackwell: The Origin Story by
Series: Blackwell Ops, Book 22. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 28,330. Language: English. Published: April 13, 2024 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure
Thomas Jefferson "TJ" Blackwell runs his namesake company, a worldwide network of paid professional assassins. He has operatives and "sensors"—his personal eyes and ears—on every continent and in almost every nation. You've read many stories related by his operatives. This is the story of the man himself. In The Origin Story, he candidly conveys how, where, and when he started and how Blackwell...
Blackwell Ops 21: John Mercer by
Series: Blackwell Ops, Book 21. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 39,510. Language: English. Published: April 1, 2024 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
John Mercer is an easy-going street guy from Brooklyn. But hey, sometimes accidents happen. And sometimes a guy knows a guy who knows a guy and what was only a tragic accident combines with fate. And sometimes that lead us to new experiences we couldn't have imagined before the accident happenened. That's what happened to John Mercer on a street corner in Brooklyn one day. And now he's the...
Blackwell Ops: Soleada Garcia: The Subseries by
Price: $34.99 USD. Words: 289,760. Language: English. Published: March 25, 2024 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
Solana "Soleada" Garcia de Mendoza is a vivacious but unassuming young woman of Mayan ancestry. Despite her diminutive size, her disarming nickname—which translates as "Sunny"—and her unusually calm demeanor, she is also among the best operatives in TJ Blackwell's network of assassins. Trust me. You've never met a woman quite like Soleada. This omnibus collection holds all seven of Soleada's...
Writing Better Fiction by
Price: $14.99 USD. Words: 52,910. Language: English. Published: March 15, 2024 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Grammar & punctuation, Essay » Author profile, Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Literacy » Composition & creative writing
This is the only book you need on the craft of writing fiction. It is an ambitious, comprehensive guide to writing any form from short stories to novellas to novels and novel series and in any genre. In twelve generous chapters, this professional, prolific fiction writer discusses every applicable general topic on the craft of writing fiction: Definition of Character-Driven Fiction The Writer's...
Blackwell Ops 19: Soleada Garcia: Hunting the Hunter by
Series: Blackwell Ops, Book 19. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 42,420. Language: English. Originally Published: March 12, 2024 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
Solana "Soleada" Garcia in a vivacious but unassuming young woman of Mayan ancestry. She lives in Mazatlán where she works out of her small apartment—as a professional assassin for TJ Blackwell and Blackwell Ops. Despite her diminutive size, her disarming nickname—which translates as "Sunny"—and her unusually calm demeanor, she is also among TJ's best. And now he has hand-picked her to go after...
Blackwell Ops 20: Tarea-Garcia by
Series: Blackwell Ops, Book 20. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 51,650. Language: English. Originally Published: March 12, 2024 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
Charles Claymore "Charlie" Task used to work for TJ Blackwell and Blackwell Ops. But after a sticky time-travel assignment to Mexico in the 1940s and 1950s, he skipped the country—and the 21st century. Now he's Charlie Tarea. Solana "Soleada" Garcia is a vivacious but unassuming young woman of Mayan ancestry. She also was a Blackwell Ops agent, and TJ sent her to Terminate With Prejudice one...
Blackwell Ops 15: Soleada Garcia: Settled by
Series: Blackwell Ops, Book 15. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 43,270. Language: English. Originally Published: March 12, 2024 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
Solana "Soleada" Garcia de Mendoza is a vivacious but unassuming young woman of Mayan ancestry. Despite her diminutive size, her disarming nickname—which translates as "Sunny"—and her unusually calm demeanor, she is also among the best operatives in TJ Blackwell's network of assassins. Assassins are not born, they are made. But they are also very human. Soleada has learned her job well, and she...
Blackwell Ops 17: Soleada Garcia: Into the Future by
Series: Blackwell Ops, Book 17. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 36,390. Language: English. Originally Published: March 12, 2024 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
Solana "Soleada" Garcia de Mendoza is a vivacious but unassuming young woman of Mayan ancestry. She is dimunutive in stature, has a disarming nickname, and an unusually calm demeanor. Most of the time. She is also among the best operatives in TJ Blackwell's network of assassins. And in the story that precedes this one, she experienced some trying times. Things seldom work out the way you think...
Blackwell Ops 18: Charlie Task: Gone by
Series: Blackwell Ops, Book 18. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 36,310. Language: English. Originally Published: March 12, 2024 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
Charles Claymore "Charlie" Task is a self-described professional psychopath. He is also an accomplished operative for the worldwide network of specialized assassins: Blackwell Ops. This is Charlie's third account in the series, and one with a twist. Is time travel even possible? Charlie doesn't think so. And he would love nothing better than to prove his boss, TJ Blackwell, wrong. But is TJ...
Blackwell Ops 16: Soleada Garcia: Trying Times by
Series: Blackwell Ops, Book 16. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 40,960. Language: English. Originally Published: March 12, 2024 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
Solana "Soleada" Garcia de Mendoza is a vivacious but unassuming young woman of Mayan ancestry. She is dimunutive in stature, has a disarming nickname, and an unusually calm demeanor. Most of the time. She is also among the best operatives in TJ Blackwell's network of assassins. And in the story that precedes this one, she thought she was settled. But things don't always work out the way you...
Blackwell Ops 14: Soleada Garcia: Origin Story by
Series: Blackwell Ops, Book 14. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 41,130. Language: English. Originally Published: March 12, 2024 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
Solana "Soleada" Garcia de Mendoza is a vivacious but unassuming young woman of Mayan ancestry. Despite her diminutive size, her disarming nickname—which translates as "Sunny"—and her unusually calm demeanor, she is also among the best operatives in TJ Blackwell's network of assassins. In the beginning of this origin story, Soleada is a 19 year old college student. So how did she come to join...
Blackwell Ops 9: Cameron Stance by
Series: Blackwell Ops, Book 9. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 36,520. Language: English. Published: December 4, 2023 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
Is love all-encompassing? Or does business sometimes get in the way? Cameron Stance is one hell of an operative for TJ Blackwell. He has been for almost two decades. But when he takes a vacation at his beach home in Ecuador, he gets a great deal more than a vacation, and it's not all good. It seems that not everybody is what they seem. Even after strenuous research and planning.
Looking to the Future by
Series: The Wes Crowley Series, Book 12. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 34,870. Language: English. Published: December 4, 2023 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Romance » Western
Looking to the Future is Book 12 in the overall Wes Crowley Saga. * * * Wes Crowley has served a tour as a deputy US marshal at the pleasure of Governor Lew Wallace in Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory. The assignment was supposed to last for six months. But as things led to other things, it stretched to almost a year. He misses the high plains of Amarillo Texas and his friends. Not only his...
Blackwell Ops 13: Jenna Crowley by
Series: Blackwell Ops, Book 13. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 35,080. Language: English. Published: November 27, 2023 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
Jenna Crowley is beautiful, mild-mannered, and descended from a hero. She has inherited her looks and even temperament from her three-times great-grandmother, Coralín, and her sense of justice from her three-times great-grandfather, Wes Crowley, a Texas Ranger in the 1880s. And she is an operative for a worldwide network of assassins: Blackwell Ops. Like the other books in the Blackwell Ops...
Blackwell Ops 12: Nick Soldata by
Series: Blackwell Ops, Book 12. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 45,560. Language: English. Published: November 20, 2023 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
The man with whom he has the most in common and would most like to befriend is also an accomplished investigator and retired law enforcement officer. And Nick is an an operative for a worldwide network of assassins: Blackwell Ops. Fortunately, Nick is unattached from a sense of permanence. Due to both his personality and his occupation, he can relocate at a whim and never miss a beat. But why...
Blackwell Ops 11: Jeremy Stiles: Choices by
Series: Blackwell Ops, Book 11. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 40,020. Language: English. Originally Published: November 6, 2023 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure
Jeremy Stiles balances his life with an avocation. When he isn't taping the popular television game show The Way Things Go, he's an operative for TJ Blackwell and Blackwell Ops. And with taping not set to resume for months, he's at it again. This accounting of Jeremy's life begins with a bang. Well, several bangs over a period of several weeks. Including one he might never walk away from. If...
Blackwell Ops 10: Jeremy Stiles: The Way Things Go by
Series: Blackwell Ops, Book 10. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 41,280. Language: English. Originally Published: November 6, 2023 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
Jeremy Stiles, the readily recognizable Hollywood star and host of the popular television game show The Way Things Go also has an avocation. But his avocation is considerably more than a hobby. And it also pays a great deal more in both money and peace of mind than his more traditional Hollywood gig. He's perfectly happy with what he sees as a balanced life. Taping the show a few months each...
A Little Time by
Series: Action Adventure. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 19,730. Language: English. Originally Published: January 15, 2015 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General, Fiction » Romance » Romantic Comedy
In this novella, what would happen if a mafia boss sent one of his best, most loyal men to escort his future wife from Phoenix to Atlanta via Cadillac? A man she specifically requested?
Change of Plans by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 17,520. Language: English. Originally Published: June 24, 2019 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Western, Fiction » Romance » Western, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure
Sam Loredo is a former Texas Ranger who's weary of stupid people. He's tired of chasing the bad stupid people who seem to stay up all night dreaming up bad things to do. And he's bone-weary of protecting the good stupid people who seem always willing to go out of their way to antagonize the bad ones. Now he just wants to drop out, live and let live. But he has a plan. He plans to take a regular...
The Journey Home: Part 6 by
Series: Future of Humanity (FOH), Book 6. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 53,920. Language: English. Originally Published: May 15, 2021 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
This is the sixth book in the Future of Humanity (FOH) series. How do you handle security on a ship with eight populated decks and well over 200,000 citizens? And how do you ensure the practical skills the passengers practiced on Earth won't be lost over the generations? The crewpeople of The Ark are figuring it out as they go, and always doing so in the face of the next threat.
In the Siberian Fields by
Series: Science Fiction, Book 1. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 76,560. Language: English. Originally Published: April 5, 2016 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
Could you mine the bones of your own ancestors? And if so, at what cost? In the early 22nd century, the Earth is governed by the World Equality Organization (WEO). Like all corrupt governments, they not-so subliminally plant imagined problems for the citizenry, then parlay the citizens' fear into power. But what if the WEO views the Jewish people, who for centuries have been considered "God's...
Loose Ends by
Series: Mystery, Book 0. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 44,410. Language: English. Originally Published: October 12, 2017 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General
What deep personal fantasy can sustain an unrequited love for forty years? How can a jilted lover watch and learn and plot and plan, yet miss the most valuable lesson of all? Come along on this tension-filled journey of intrigue, suspense and atonement with city police detective Del Samuels and PI Stern Richards. Help unravel the truth and discover the one glaring, major lesson buried deep within.
Consequences by
Series: Nick Spalding, Book 4. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 45,710. Language: English. Originally Published: January 15, 2019 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure
In this fourth installment of the Nick Spalding series, Nick and Marie are a solid team. The Others have been defeated, or so they believe. But treachery and treason among their colleagues soon prove that isn't true. The leader of the Others, someone nobody had suspected, plans a final master stroke to bring the nation to its knees. Nick and Marie, directed and supported by their colleagues...
PSYCH!(otic?)(osis?) by
Series: Short Story Collections. Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 35,210. Language: English. Originally Published: September 21, 2016 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological
This 10-story collection is all psychological suspense. Some of these storie are humorous, some perhaps a bit frightening, and at least one is somewhat lascivious. All ten delve deeply and maybe disturbingly, into the human psyche.
Confessions of a Professional Psychopath by
Series: Action Adventure. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 60,190. Language: English. Originally Published: October 21, 2015 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological
From the opening: Of the three wingback chairs in my library, only one is upholstered in human skin. There's a reason for that. Charles Claymore Task has been labeled a psychopath by hypocrites who see themselves as "normal." And a group of wealthy investors want to know what makes him tick. They ask him to to detail for a film crew what makes people like him tick. At least that's the initial...
Mobster Tales 2 by
Series: Short Story Collections. Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 38,240. Language: English. Originally Published: October 26, 2018 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological
In this rollicking, gat-filled collection of eleven short stories, you get to see both sides: The mobsters and the cops. The perps and the victims. The guilty, the innocent and the merely complicit. These guys create and dispose of bodies, brag and complain and finagle a way out where no way out existed before. Come along for a wild ride! In most of these stories, we hear from the mobsters...
The Advent of Simon Stark by
Series: Science Fiction. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 57,170. Language: English. Originally Published: October 16, 2015 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Romance » General, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political
In this "they come here" SF novel, the Solgren, intra-galactic colonists from another planet, have their eye, and their man, on Earth. The Solgrens are ethereal beings who have long since forgotten the burden and the pleasures of being confined in a physical body. They are entralled with humans' ability to focus the physical, the mental and the emotional on one project at one time. Earth might...
Coincidence by
Series: Nick Spalding, Book 3. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 44,100. Language: English. Originally Published: December 15, 2018 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological
In this third installment of the Nick Spalding story, Nick and Marie are facing a challenge of immense proportions. The Side has found the enemy has a secret: a vast underground munitions bunker. If that weren't enough, the Others have also brought in a massive weapon that will enable them to win the war and force capitulation of the country in a matter of hours. The only way into the compound...
The Consensus by
Series: Science Fiction. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 38,410. Language: English. Originally Published: November 10, 2016 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure
On future Earth, there are only six nations. They are governed, loosely, by a compendium of delegates, one from each nation, to the World Dominion. But among any six humans, there is always one who wants to be dominant. When that one, by happenstance, is contacted by extra-terrestrials who believes him to be the ruler of Earth, he is not inclined to correct them. Instead, as a response to their...
Terminus Loop by
Series: Science Fiction. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 34,130. Language: English. Originally Published: September 17, 2016 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Romance » Suspense, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological, Fiction » Romance » Sci-fi
The basis of life as we know it is carbon. Suppose the nucleus of every carbon atom is a sun. Suppose one electron "planet" swirling around that nucleus supports life. And suppose a group of scientists theorize that, like space, time is a maleable factor in the universe. And that even the term "universe" depends strictly on the vantage point. In the future on Earth, with Heisenberg's...
Stern Talbot, P.I.—The Early Years: The Case of the Sliced-Up Secretary by
Series: Stern Talbot PI, Book 5. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 34,640. Language: English. Originally Published: March 30, 2018 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
This is Book 2 of the Stern Talbot PI Series, but you can read them in any order. Long before he went into private practice as a P.I., Stern Talbot was a detective for the LAPD. Some cases are better than others, not so rattling. Not so sleep-depriving. Not so insane. But when a vibrant young woman is hacked to death, who knew there could be secrets far more gut wrenching? The twists and turns...
Granny Mose by
Series: Short Story Collections. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 12,910. Language: English. Originally Published: October 27, 2014 by FrostProof808. Categories: Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological, Fiction » Fantasy » Dark
In "Jumper," a professional writer at a conference meets a wannabebutneverwill, and this one apparently is one over his limit. Maybe. In "Theorem," on a porch out in the deep woods a couple watch a storm roll in and debate what happens at the momen of death. Janie is a collector, but a collector of what? In "Shattered," a hard-luck woman gets mixed up with the mob but pays an unusual price. In...
Body Language by
Series: Mystery. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 54,400. Language: English. Originally Published: January 3, 2016 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime
Someone is wining and dining women, then feeding them to alligators. In Harvey Stanbrough's premier crime / psychological suspense novel, a very special group of people have banded together to stop a serial killer and others like him. Fairly soon we begin to get a clear picture of who the killer is, and even why the killer is on this rampage. What we don't know is how the murderer will...
Keeper of the Promise by
Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 60,930. Language: English. Originally Published: February 27, 2018 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Fairy tales
His prophets promised a king who would restore justice on Earth. But it's a tall order, and prophecy can be interpreted in many ways. When the 13th daughter of a 13th daughter meets the 13th son of a 13th son, she is ecstatic. Their union will break the curse that has plagued both their families for generations. But over time the line blurs. Is the child a cursed remnant of a prophecy gone awry...
The Dawning of Dexter by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,360. Language: English. Originally Published: December 8, 2016 by FrostProof808. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Fairy tales, Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General
Dexter Murfee Nettleson is an odd chap, always happy, always sunny and bright. He's the sort to shop for smiles, grins, giggles and belly laughs, all so he can give them away.
That Ain't Right by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,590. Language: English. Originally Published: July 22, 2016 by FrostProof808. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological
This is a political spoof. A career politician gives an inspiring campaign speech, sort of, and has the audience eating out of her hand, until something wholly unexpected but richly deserved happens.
Ink by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 5,610. Language: English. Originally Published: October 14, 2015 by FrostProof808. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense
Angela is very very good at her job. Still, there are some places in which a woman just shouldn't play. Aren't there? Some of the men in the story think so. Will she change their minds? Will they be alive to know it? Come along.
The End Game by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 4,040. Language: English. Originally Published: June 28, 2016 by FrostProof808. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime
When a hit man is recalled from Chicago to meet with a high-ranking politician, his new client, he suspects nothing. But should he? Maybe he should have considered her record.
The Wes Crowley Saga: Part One by
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 235,050. Language: English. Originally Published: September 14, 2017 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Western, Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Romance » Western
The Wes Crowley Saga: Part One contains the first five novels from the Wes Crowley series in order, as well as the original book covers. This is effectively an electronic "boxed set" of five novels. The Wes Crowley Saga: Part Two contains the last five novels from the Wes Crowley series in order, as well as the original book covers. This is effectively an electronic "boxed set" of five novels...
A Turning Point for Charlie Pilsen by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 12,920. Language: English. Originally Published: September 19, 2016 by FrostProof808. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Western, Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological
Charlie Pilsen is on the top of his game and the top of the world as an outlaw in the 1880s Texas panhandle. He'll visit with his only living sibling, then hit the score that will make him wealthy for the rest of his life. Then it all begins to come unraveled.
The Journey Home: Part 8 by
Series: Future of Humanity (FOH). Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 32,660. Language: English. Originally Published: June 15, 2021 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
This is the eighth book in the Future of Humanity (FOH) series. What does it take to shake these people up? How are they not all glued to the view screens? For over a decade the view was populated with nameless stars and galaxies, and now its filled with a brand new solar system. And a brand new planet. Why do they not recognize what's right there before them? Come along and join in the wonder.
Mobster Tales by
Series: Short Story Collections. Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 30,430. Language: English. Originally Published: September 20, 2016 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological
This 10-story collection runs the gamut from the hokey to the humorous, the wannabes to the would'a-beens, the chilling to the childish to the deadly serious. There are 8 stories from Harvey and 2 from his borderline psychotic persona, Eric Stringer. Come along for some fun! Of this collection, reader and author Steve Ross wrote "Why are we attracted to violence--real-world or fictional? Are we...
There Will Come Hard Rains by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,450. Language: English. Originally Published: July 17, 2016 by FrostProof808. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
What happens to the earth when we're attacked by aliens from outer space? Independence Day? But what if they don't come in space ships, ray guns blazing? What if they are much smaller than the millions of mibrobial creatures we breath in every day? And what if they're deadly on contact?
The Day the Earth Shuddered and Went Dark by
Series: Action Adventure. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 95,610. Language: English. Originally Published: October 1, 2016 by StoneThread Publishing. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
Aliens and alien invasions take many forms. What if a cloud of alien microbes—alien even to the earth itself—came swooping in from deep space? What if—traveling a vast distance over an incalculable number of years—that massive cloud of microbes entered the solar system? No radar would detect it.The collective would speed inexorably toward Earth. And what if, in the early morning hours of a...
Exotic by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 3,510. Language: English. Originally Published: September 12, 2015 by FrostProof808. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological
A meek, mild accountant from Cleveland finally, finally gets a break when he lands a big client for his firm. But he gets an even bigger one when he gets to Louisiana.
We Feed Them by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 3,500. Language: English. Originally Published: April 6, 2016 by FrostProof808. Categories: Fiction » Horror, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller, Fiction » Fantasy » Dark
A hard-working detective with a great sense of humor follows a would-be kidnapper into a dead end. But is it a dead end for the perpetrator or for the detective? Come along and find out.
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