Midwest Journal Press

Napoleon Hill's PMA: Science of Success Course - An Introduction by Robert C. Worstell

Series: PMA Science of Success. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 27,980. Language: English. Originally Published: June 27, 2020 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Confidence & self-esteem, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Personal success, Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Personal Growth / Success

Almost unknown since his passing, Napoleon Hill polished his philosophy of individual achievement into a final version that updated and explained his perennial bestseller "Think and Grow Rich". His final version is more workable and easier to apply than ever - in a course of 17 lessons. This course gives exact theory and practical examples of how you can personally realize: "Whatever the mind...

Ghost Hunters Anthology 08 by S. H. Marpel & J. R. Kruze

Series: Ghost Hunter Mystery Parable Anthology. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 52,340. Language: English. Originally Published: October 27, 2019 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Fairy tales, Fiction » Horror » Occult, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories

Life isn't easy when you're a library cat who was formerly a Cat Goddess out of Egypt. And then you're introduced to two young male time-travelling scientists by your friend who natively bends time herself, with the help of organic tesseracts that float around her. Of course their machine won't work - but then it does. And they are trapped in...

When the Cities Died, I Danced by C. C. Brower

Series: Speculative Fiction Modern Parables. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 5,970. Language: English. Originally Published: February 26, 2018 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Urban, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction

What did you do after the cities died? A couple of days after the cities left, I was there. Dancing. Whether it was appropriate or not, there was no one there to care. I had things to celebrate and this was my way. Because I and my family were still alive. And perhaps it was a wake for those who weren't. It wasn't a sad occasion, but joyous. - - - - I made the trip on my recharging electric...

Uncovering Truth by Robert C. Worstell

Series: Mindset Stacking Guides. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 22,100. Language: English. Originally Published: August 30, 2021 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Operations research, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Personal success, Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Personal Growth / Success

How to research any subject and come up with remarkable breakthrough discoveries. Some discoveries come easy, others might take a lifetime of sleuthing. Most people think life is hard. But I've almost always had everything I thought I could want or need. Except one thing – I was always trying to figure how things worked. I mean, the whole thing. How our world works. Fortunately, I've had a long...

Avoiding Online Dating Pitfalls by Robert C. Worstell

Series: Thrive Learning Life Improvement. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 7,470. Language: English. Originally Published: January 12, 2022 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Nonfiction » Relationships & Family » Dating, Nonfiction » Relationships & Family » Friendship

Online Dating is a bit better than the age-old message-in-a-bottle system - just slightly. Although they are very similar. And for most, they get about the same results. Everyone, even hermits, would love to have a significant other in their life – to share their mutual experiences and life stories. Romance, it's called. And anyone who's read or watched these types of stories will know that...

Two Ghost's Salvation - Section 03 by S. H. Marpel

Series: Ghost Hunters - Salvation, Book 3. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 3,170. Language: English. Originally Published: April 29, 2018 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth

In the days when people were owned by the land, two young girls found their power by becoming ghosts, then spirit guides. This is their origin-story... Their parents were serfs, and belonged to two different dukedoms. Falling in love endangered them both. Becoming pregnant with twins made this even worse. Their Dad had to raise them by himself...

Make Yourself Great Again Part 3 by Robert C. Worstell

Series: Mindset Stacking Guides, Book 3. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 13,230. Language: English. Originally Published: January 29, 2017 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Starting up, Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Personal Growth / Success

The One Reason For Success - and Failure - Lies Within You Have you ever had a complete melt-down, a real failure of your world-view, where the world has gone to hell and stayed there? Sad to tell you: it's your own damned fault. What makes it worse is to find out that everything you ever needed to succeed is already programmed into you – and...

A Goddess Returns by J. R. Kruze

Series: Short Fiction Young Adult Science Fiction Fantasy. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 2,970. Language: English. Originally Published: January 6, 2019 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire

It rare to find a naked woman in your cabin when you come in from outside chores. But it was only a visitor who had come to see me before. She was a goddess, and dressed in gossamer. Not that I minded how she was dressed, much. But the last time she had brought a serious message for me. One that had changed my life. So what did she want this...

The Case of the Tenacious Typist by S. H. Marpel & J. R. Kruze

Series: Speculative Fiction Modern Parables. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,330. Language: English. Originally Published: November 8, 2020 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth

The ship was storm-tossed, no one at the helm, its sails tattered and ragged. Unless the couple got to the ship's wheel soon, they and the ship would be destroyed. It seemed years before the couple could struggle against the rocking waves and gusting wind to reach the quarterdeck - to at last get control over that ship's wheel. The two of them...

Time Bent by S. H. Marpel

Series: Ghost Hunters Mystery Parables. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 5,700. Language: English. Originally Published: March 10, 2019 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Horror » Occult

Time haunted her. It didn't do what it was "supposed to" when she was around. It ran forward, backwards, sideways. Sometimes time helped her solve her problems, sometimes it made them worse. For a lovely young woman, you'd think there would be young men lined up to talk to her at any gathering. But she stayed away from them - to protect them...

Grass Productivity: Rational Grazing by Andre Voisin & Robert C. Worstell

Series: Regenerative Agriculture. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 109,990. Language: English. Originally Published: November 27, 2021 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Farming, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Animal husbandry, Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, & technology » Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture

Voisin's classic is still in great demand, nearly three-quarters of a century after it was first written and published. The main point of it, that grass is more productive when shorn and given time to re-grow, is the core base of all the current popular works on rotational and "mob" grazing. A regular re-study of Voison's work brings new...

Becoming Michelle by R. L. Saunders & C. C. Brower

Series: Parody & Satire. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,140. Language: English. Originally Published: June 2, 2018 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire, Fiction » Romance » Sci-fi

The third time she was beaten up by a different roving city gang and this time left for dead. The guy who saved her life wanted to help solve how she ended up that way. What wasn't working was to be anything they wanted. White, Black, Male, Female, Gay, Straight - someone was always offended, no matter what. And now she had no choice. They had...

How I Survived My First Year of Fiction Writing by Robert C. Worstell

Series: Really Simple Writing & Publishing. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 61,110. Language: English. Originally Published: February 17, 2019 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Publishing & books, Essay » Author profile, Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Literacy » Composition & creative writing

Writing Fiction isn't very hard - if you throw out 95% of what you've been taught is true. Academics and those who earn their income marketing how-to books and courses, as well as freelance editors, proofreaders, and cover designers all have a vested interest in making it seem that writing and publishing is very difficult. It's just not true at...

The Lazurai Returns by C. C. Brower & J. R. Kruze

Series: Speculative Fiction Modern Parables. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 5,080. Language: English. Originally Published: October 21, 2018 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias, Fiction » Horror » Occult, Fiction » Romance » Sci-fi

She was different - and could be mankind's savior, or it's worst enemy. The third generation born after a freak accident, her kind were shunned by humanity. Because they meant walking death. Until one human showed her compassion. Then her gifts came to view. Her parents and their parents only knew death, could only give death. But they only...

A Mind's Eye Reader: Stort Stories From New Voices by J. R. Kruze, R. L. Saunders, & S. H. Marpel

Series: Short Story Fiction Anthology. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 39,200. Language: English. Originally Published: December 2, 2018 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories

Have you ever thought some very dangeous thoughts? Ones that could destroy all life as you knew it? In these six stories by three authors, they do just that. Of course, fiction is safer than real life, so it's much easier to test things here. ...Or so we've been told. In these stories are ideas that will captivate, and excite you to new thoughts...

Get Your Self Scam Free by Robert C. Worstell

Series: Change Your Life Toolset. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 7,810. Language: English. Originally Published: November 1, 2020 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Confidence & self-esteem, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Personal finance, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Consumerism

The Pinocchio Scam Model I wrote this book based on the research I did to dig myself out of the hole I had been scammed into. I decided not to get mad or get even – just get my money back somehow, write up what I had encountered, and then move on. And writing this book is part of moving on. After I've done what is probably thousands of hours of research, my view on this was distilled one night...

Lazurai Homecoming by J. R. Kruze & S. H. Marpel

Series: Ghost Hunters Mystery Parables. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,700. Language: English. Originally Published: March 22, 2020 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Science fiction » General

I'd left two families behind me on that road. One who raised me, but I'd left behind to see the world. They didn't know where I was now. Another which I'd felt could be my home, but told me I had to leave. So now I was walking down this abandoned desert highway, looking at an uncertain future. I could only blame myself. And blame my past...

The Writer's Journey of John Earl Stark 01 by R. L. Saunders

Series: Parody & Satire. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 3,180. Language: English. Originally Published: February 5, 2019 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Essay » Author profile

John Earl Stark had a problem. If his book sales didn't pick up, he'd have to go get a real job. So he called an old friend, a fellow author just returned from a "digital rehab" and wanting to get back into the swing of writing. Their styles and approaches were completely different. And each had nothing to lose by comparing notes with the other...

The Hooman Probe, Part II: Salvation by C. C. Brower

Series: Short Fiction Young Adult Science Fiction Fantasy. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 5,560. Language: English. Originally Published: June 4, 2018 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias

How Can You Save Your Own World When You're Stuck In Someone Else's Dream? The sentient wolf-pack that had saved her when she crash-landed back on Earth was being torn apart by internal power-struggle, and a motley feral wolf pack invading its secret valley - to kill everyone in it as revenge. She was the only one powerful enough to save them...

When Death Died by S. H. Marpel

Series: Ghost Hunters Mystery Parables. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 8,560. Language: English. Originally Published: December 29, 2019 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Fairy tales, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Horror » Occult

Of course, Death had horrible timing. He showed up just after I'd buried my long-time friend Bertie - a golden Lab I'd loved like family. He wanted his story written. I told him to get lost. Because I had nothing to lose at that point. I wasn't afraid of him. He knew that I was his only option. if he killed me, then no one would ever, ever write...

The Healers Chronicles: Origins by S. H. Marpel

Series: Ghost Hunters Mystery Parables. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 7,190. Language: English. Originally Published: March 15, 2020 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy

The nightmares galloped roughshod through my dreamscapes. Every night, every nap. During my sleep-interrupted nights, they were waking my husband and even the children sometimes. Not that I could do a lot about them. That morning, I woke up alone in our bed. When I did sleep, it was always a hard one - nothing could wake me. His rising to work...

Farm Less, Profit More: Lessons in Regenerative Grazing by Robert C. Worstell

Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 31,570. Language: English. Originally Published: June 16, 2020 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Ecology & Environment, Nonfiction » Engineering, trades, & technology » Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Amateur naturalist » Ecology

It took a crop failure to learn my biggest lesson in farming: Row-cropping was an expensive gamble - but raising cattle on grass alone is almost guaranteed income. The next couple of decades proved my observation right. What people think is modern farming can lead them to bankruptcy, but grazing cattle according to Nature's principles makes farming income - and profits - predictable. In this...

The Strangest Secret Collection 2.0 by Robert C. Worstell

Series: Mindset Stacking Guides. Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 64,540. Language: English. Originally Published: February 14, 2019 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Religion & self-improvement, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Personal success, Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Personal Growth / Success

With complete certainty, I can tell you now – from my more than half-century of existence: Any and all my successes, as well as all my disappointments are directly traced back to the principles in this book. For any set-back or failure, I either didn't know these principles, didn't understand their power, or simply ignored them. For every success, I have tracked back to taking these exact steps...

The Healers Chronicles by S. H. Marpel, C. C. Brower, & J. R. Kruze

Series: Speculative Fiction Parable Anthology. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 45,320. Language: English. Originally Published: April 5, 2020 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Science fiction » General

Walking down the highway - barefoot, feverish, and in only a nightgown. At least the storm had quit. Now if I could get my chattering teeth to stop, it would help - maybe. Up ahead, I see some stopped cars. Some have their lights on. Maybe I can get help. Too bad I can't travel any faster the way I am. That's odd. Nobody in them. Lights on, but...

Why You Got All That Stuff by Robert C. Worstell

Series: Make Yourself Great Again Library, Book 18. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 23,800. Language: English. Originally Published: April 6, 2017 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Personal Growth / Success

Look around at the room you're sitting in. If a fire broke out and you only had time to save one thing – what would it be? Why? What would you miss most from the stuff you couldn't save? Questions like this are important because we all have way too much stuff in our lives. There are movements called de-cluttering, and minimalism which deal with...

The Integrity Implosions by R. L. Saunders

Series: Short Fiction Young Adult Science Fiction Fantasy. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 5,980. Language: English. Originally Published: January 6, 2019 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political

It all started when politicians and out-spoken celebrities and sports figures started being exposed for the stinkers they are. It all started with a science grant that created a hypcrisy scanner. Tested on terrorists, it made them disappear. Tested on only the "sometimes" hypocritical, it made them evacuate their bowels. (To say it nicely.) As the effect on military higher-ups was also...

Breakthrough Copywriter 2.0: An Advertising Field Guide to Eugene M. Schwartz' Classic by Robert C. Worstell

Series: Masters of Copywriting. Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 46,620. Language: English. Originally Published: December 16, 2018 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Sales, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Marketing / direct, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » E-commerce / internet marketing

There was one copywriter who made millionaires from people who read his book, but never wrote an ad. You may or may not have heard of Eugene M. Schwartz - one of the most successful copywriters in advertising history. He worked three hours a day and you couldn't pay him any amount to write your copy. Seriously. At one point he wrote up just how he did it. And never wrote about that subject ever...

Max Says No by J. R. Kruze

Series: Short Fiction Young Adult Science Fiction Fantasy. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 3,930. Language: English. Originally Published: January 6, 2019 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire

On a hot and sweaty farm day I didn't expect my best friend in the world to desert me. But my dog Max had other ideas about what he wanted to do that day. So he said, clearly, "No." Then walked away, tail high. Calling after him, I finished loading the truck with the tools and supplies we needed. I found Max was waiting for me, on the porch...

Witch Mystery: Dixie by S. H. Marpel

Series: Mystery-Detective Fantasy. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 5,990. Language: English. Originally Published: February 24, 2019 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Fairy tales, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Horror » Occult

Her club. Her rules. Except where magic came in. Then it was her way or the highway. And all of her regulars knew not to cross that line. Vamps, psychics, shifters, they were all welcome. But any serious spell-casting inside her club and they'd be worse than banned. They'd be extinquished. Her bouncers were the toughest anywhere. Even the ones...

The Spirit Mountain Mystery by S. H. Marpel & C. C. Brower

Series: Ghost Hunters Mystery-Detective. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 5,560. Language: English. Originally Published: August 22, 2018 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Fairy tales, Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth

The Legend of the haunted Spirit Mountain isn't that old. Just a few decades. And something to do with secret government experiments in hidden bases deep in the desert. They must have thought no one would ever find out... When strange weather patterns started affecting local crops in near-mystical ways, the Ghost Hunters got their assignment...

Doppel by S. H. Marpel & R. L. Saunders

Series: Ghost Hunters Mystery Parables. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 13,790. Language: English. Originally Published: June 28, 2020 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth

Two twin boys were born one stormy night, while flying through the Bermuda Triangle. One didn't belong to this universe, the other did. An easier entrance was made in Washington, D. C. Just a test appearance. Because this man wanted to find his own doppelganger. Somewhere in Congress. Around his finger was a thin dark ring with two stones on it...

A Writer's Reader: Short Stories From New Voices by J. R. Kruze, C. C. Brower, & R. L. Saunders

Series: Short Story Fiction Anthology. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 32,880. Language: English. Originally Published: November 11, 2018 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories, Fiction » Romance » Collections & Anthologies

Writers don't often write about their own worlds - but when they do, expect them to be every bit as imaginative as their other fiction. We've found a common theme to these new authors, where they not only explore their own thoughts, ideas, and angst through their own fiction, but also take apart their own ideas about how writers write. Here you...

Author Freedom Guidebook by Robert C. Worstell

Series: Really Simple Writing & Publishing, Book 16. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 15,800. Language: English. Originally Published: November 2, 2017 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Art - how to, Essay » Author profile

Your writing and publishing should give you freedom. And for most people, it doesn't. Because only four out of ten thousand authors actually make a living by publishing through Amazon. Shocking statistics. As a writer, the solution is simple: learn how the system works. Then do that. After five years of concentrated research, I've narrowed down to exactly what the core basics are that most...

New Voices Vol. 009 by S. H. Marpel, J. R. Kruze, & C. C. Brower

Series: Speculative Fiction Parable Anthology. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 81,440. Language: English. Originally Published: April 26, 2020 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories

"Something's not right here," I stated the obvious. "Looks like a trap," Sal returned. Bernie heard it first and ran toward John. That courageous dog knocked John down just as the incoming explosion hit. Sal got her shield up and I returned fire, giving them what they gave. Then it got quiet, too quiet. I turned around. Sal had tears coming down...

New Voices 004 July-August 2018 by C. C. Brower, J. R. Kruze, R. L. Saunders, & S. H. Marpel

Series: Short Story Fiction Anthology. Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 102,420. Language: English. Originally Published: November 25, 2018 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Science fiction » Short stories, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories, Fiction » Romance » Collections & Anthologies

Welcome to another unique bi-monthly compilation of the inspired visions and universes from four Midwest Journal Press authors: C. C. Brower J. R. Kruze S. H. Marpel R. L. Saunders From their prolific output, we've assembled 16 short stories, grouping them by author and publication date. While every major genre is represented, you'll also see...

The Case of the Sunken Spirit by S. H. Marpel

Series: Ghost Hunters Mystery-Detective. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 4,080. Language: English. Originally Published: January 13, 2019 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth

To rescue a 12,000 year old ghost, you have to learn to breathe water. Our next mystery to solve was the toughest yet. We thought ourselves prepared to deal with being submerged several hundred feet below the surface. My question was how to communicate with something who was older than all civilization as we knew it. What did it have in common...

Snow Cave by C. C. Brower

Series: Short Fiction Young Adult Science Fiction Fantasy. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 4,060. Language: English. Originally Published: January 6, 2019 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Women's fiction » Chick lit, Fiction » Adventure

Caught by a fast-moving storm, the young woman was on her own against the elements. No search party would find her in time to save her life if she stayed out in this weather. She needed shelter. Now. Trusting her photographic memory, she recalled the symbol for a mine nearby on an old map. Her feet found the trail to it in the fierce, rising wind that turned the snow into sleet, the sleet into...

A Goddess Visits by J. R. Kruze

Series: Short Fiction Young Adult Science Fiction Fantasy, Book 9. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 6,860. Language: English. Originally Published: March 3, 2018 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal

A goddess visted me. And told me to get to work. Writers were supposed to be writing, not just complaining about their writer's block. She told me that what you don't use, you lose. So my imagination was something to exercise. Of course, the way she was dressed left little to the imagination. And as she got closer, it was more evident... Excerpt...

The Harpy Saga: Sister Mine by S. H. Marpel

Series: Ghost Hunters Mystery-Detective. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 6,640. Language: English. Originally Published: January 13, 2019 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Fairy tales, Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal

Harpy and I were born from the union between a goddess of nature and a god of humans. While she was the black sheep of the family, I was the shining star who could do no wrong. Opposite twins, our whole long lives. Through history, you may have heard of us. Mostly written as hags, foul-smelling man-killers. Of course, you can never believe the...

The Chardonnay Conspiracy by R. L. Saunders

Series: Parody & Satire. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 6,180. Language: English. Originally Published: January 6, 2019 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » General, Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Political

What happens when politicians get old and can no longer be trusted? Out of power, living on a trust fund, her philandering husband living his own life without her. Only her dreams of one-time fame (and an often re-filled case of wine) to keep her company, and her old campaign adviser to visit now and then to help her with her biography. Trapped...

The Training: Mysti by S. H. Marpel

Series: Ghost Hunters Mystery-Detective. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 6,760. Language: English. Originally Published: January 20, 2019 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Fairy tales, Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth

They call me Mysti. Because of my mystic origins. The beings who raised me almost killed me before they found out my real value. They became my mentors, and then - as my powers expanded - my servants. What they never knew is that "mystic" means both master and novice. So I left them to find someone who could actually teach me balance between the...

Backwards Book Publishing: Save Time, Earn More, Work Less by Robert C. Worstell

Series: Really Simple Writing & Publishing, Book 12. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 13,280. Language: English. Originally Published: March 6, 2017 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Teaching, Essay » Author profile, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Training

How to Save Time, Earn More, Work Less by Publishing Backwards?!? (Note: See the bonuses in the back of this book, along with audio to each chapter.) The situation that most starting authors have (and I've seen the same thing you've run into) is: How the hell do you get from here to there? You hear and (are constantly told) about these...

Witch Mystery: Raven by S. H. Marpel

Series: Mystery-Detective Fantasy. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 5,270. Language: English. Originally Published: February 24, 2019 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Fairy tales, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Horror » Occult

One too many. And I couldn't remember last night, either. Both unlikely for a witch. But my powers were still here. Well, sort of. And that's all I remembered. Not my name, not how I got dressed (or un-dressed) like this. Or where I was. Helluva hangover, especially for a witch. The problem was that I didn't remember anything before I woke up...

Two Ghost's Salvation - Section 04 by S. H. Marpel

Series: Ghost Hunters - Salvation, Book 4. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 3,100. Language: English. Originally Published: April 29, 2018 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth

In the days when people were owned by the land, two young girls found their power by becoming ghosts, then spirit guides. This is their origin-story... Their Dad had to raise them by himself, as Mother died shortly after birthing them. But as a spirit, she remained on Earth to watch over them. Sal and Jude could see her, and knew their Dad could...

Make Yourself Great Again Part 1 by Robert C. Worstell

Series: Mindset Stacking Guides, Book 1. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 13,260. Language: English. Originally Published: January 11, 2017 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Starting up, Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Personal Growth / Success

The One Reason For Success - and Failure - Lies Within You Have you ever had a complete melt-down, a real failure of your world-view, where the world has gone to hell and stayed there? Sad to tell you: it's your own damned fault. What makes it worse is to find out that everything you ever needed to succeed is already programmed into you – and has been since you were born. Then how did you get...

A Humor Reader: Short Stories From New Voices by R. L. Saunders, J. R. Kruze, & S. H. Marpel

Series: Short Story Fiction Anthology. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 47,110. Language: English. Originally Published: December 2, 2018 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - multi-author, Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire, Fiction » Fantasy » Short stories

If laughter is the best medicine, then reading humorous short stories should be the best practice to maintain your health. These three authors with their six stories have written stories that both poke fun at the sacrosanct and also skewer them for dissection as both pompous and ripe. From the ranks of Voltaire, Twain, and Vonnegut, these new...

How to Write Less and Profit More - Version 2.0 by Robert C. Worstell

Series: Really Simple Writing & Publishing. Price: $5.99 USD. Words: 14,290. Language: English. Originally Published: February 3, 2021 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Essay » Author profile, Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Business writing, Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Literacy » Composition & creative writing

(New Revision with even more high-profit tips...) Hidden in the book you're writing right now is a way to get more royalties. Deep in the heart of the ever-growing self-publishing jungle, there's a profitable underserved market which is not easily discovered. It sits in a clearing by itself, much like a massive stone temple rising above the forest. ...A temple with some gold-filled rooms. We...

The Lori Saga: Escape by J. R. Kruze & S. H. Marpel

Series: Short Fiction Young Adult Science Fiction Fantasy. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,880. Language: English. Originally Published: September 23, 2018 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Fairy tales, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Fantasy » Paranormal

Hunted by evil, her only escape was to find the light, but her broken wings couldn't carry her to safety. Why this tiny, suffering pixie was hunted by a monster troll seemed to be a simple urge - he needed to feed off her energy to keep living. Only a few hours to daylight, when the troll had to sleep to avoid the burning rays of sunlight, or...

The Maestro by R. L. Saunders

Series: Short Fiction Young Adult Science Fiction Fantasy. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 5,980. Language: English. Originally Published: January 6, 2019 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological

This man had ruined his life. So he wanted payback. Found him in a chain restaurant. Back booth. Playing solitaire. "Maestro the Magnificent." Humbug. The guy that had launched a self-help cult based on Get Rich Quick advice was now a disheveled mess. After faking his death and disappearing, it didn't help him. Something about being cursed with eternal life. And having to "sleep in the bed he'd...

A Nervous Butt by J. R. Kruze

Series: Short Fiction Young Adult Science Fiction Fantasy. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 4,190. Language: English. Originally Published: January 6, 2019 by Midwest Journal Press. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author, Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire, Fiction » Humor & comedy » General

Gerald was walking through the pasture, checking cows and in the next moment was on the ground, face down. Landing as if he'd been caught by a land mine and thrown there. Except there had been no explosion, no fire or gaping hole at the spot he had been standing moments before - in a quiet, green, tall-grass field. The wind was only blowing pollen and last fall's leaves around. No smoke or dirt...

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