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I Drink Coffee and Make Shit Up
Price: $6.99 USD. Words: 65,600. Language: English. Originally Published: October 8, 2020 by Mordant Media. Categories: Nonfiction » Parenting » Twins, Triplets, & More, Nonfiction » Entertainment » Humor & satire, Nonfiction » Biography » Literary biography, Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir, Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Professional development
Unlike the hundreds of how-to books, Mr. Charlton leads us down a winding path leading to being a writer. Irreverent at times and solemn at others, he lays out his pratfalls of growing up but never mocks. His explanations are clear and concise. His short stories entertain but are there to draw from. This unique meandering through a writer's mind answers one of the essential questions writers...
Cinco d' Mojave
Series: A Nash Running Bear Mystery, Book 5. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 73,280. Language: English. Originally Published: December 29, 2023 by Mordant Media. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian, Fiction » Horror » Occult, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general
FBI Agent Nash Running Bear has more important things to focus on than the daily media frenzy. That is, until her work takes her to Fort Mojave, and an anonymous caller on talk radio, claims that what appears to be a suicide pact is actually something much worse—a mass murder. And Nash needs to reach out to new friends with better skills.
A Skeleton in Bone Creek
Series: A Nash Running Bear Mystery, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 74,260. Language: English. Originally Published: July 13, 2023 by Mordant Media. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general, Fiction » Mystery & detective » International crime
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FBI Agent, Nash Running Bear, goes home to investigate a skeleton found in the local creek. Dealing with the small-town prejudices toward the local Indians, as well as outsiders, doesn't make the investigation any easier. But when a high school fling shows up, it just gets worse.
Three Crows East of Empty
Series: A Nash Running Bear Mystery. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 71,610. Language: English. Originally Published: July 5, 2023 by Mordant Media. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general
When a hot shot crew, lands on two chest freezers, it's just an interesting surprise. Until one of the crew discovers the Air Force accidentally dropped them in the boom-boom section of an active bombing range. As the jump master calls in a high-wire dust-off, one of the crew opens the freezers. Seconds later, they are calling it in as an active crime scene. And to contact the FBI…
Shrinkage
Series: Junior Agent, Nash Running Bear, FBI. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 40,340. Language: English. Originally Published: July 5, 2023 by Mordant Media. Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Cozy
The junior agent, Nash Running Bear, needs to be taught a lesson of reprimand, and more time in the field. She is paired with the oldest worn-out agent and is sent to the backwaters of Columbus, Ohio. The bank is leaking large sums of money; seemingly by magic from the locked vault overnight. The whole is a conundrum, but maybe the feral cat can help.
Double-Time out of Taos
Series: A Nash Running Bear Mystery, Book 2. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 70,830. Language: English. Originally Published: February 19, 2023 by Mordant Media. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general
When someone threatens a congressman's family and career, he seeks the FBI's best. They give Special Agent Nash Running Bear no choice.She scoffs at the babysitting job in the high desert of New Mexico, but it becomes a deadly game of cat and mouse. And the cats are four international assassins. So to get the job done, Nash reaches out to her alphabet team. Hopefully, in time…
Death on a Dime
Series: The Southside Hooker, Book 1. Price: Free! Words: 102,020. Language: English. Originally Published: April 13, 2022 by Mordant Media. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Urban, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Gay, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Hooker is a survivor. He reigns from high in the cab of a custom-built giant tow truck that is as powerful as the heart that he keeps hidden under his "rebel without a cause" skin. Cruising the highways and streets in the heady days of the early Silicon Valley, Hooker lives out his life with one hand on the steering wheel and one hand on the gearshift. Four radios, two of which are illegal, are...
I Drink Coffee and Make Shit Up
Price: Free! Words: 65,600. Language: English. Originally Published: April 27, 2022 by Mordant Media. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Other biographies, Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir, Nonfiction » Biography » Artists, architects, & photographers, Nonfiction » Biography » Cultural heritage, Nonfiction » Biography » Editors, journalists, & publishers
Unlike the hundreds of how-to books, Mr. Charlton leads us down a winding path leading to being a writer. Irreverent at times and solemn at others, he lays out his pratfalls of growing up but never mocks. His explanations are clear and concise. His short stories entertain but are there to draw from.This unique meandering through a writer's mind answers one of the essential questions writers...
Making Mandi
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 44,970. Language: English. Originally Published: October 27, 2015 by Mordant Media. Categories: Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian
Amanda just wanted to find a stinking dress for a wedding she didn't want to attend. She wanted to get back on her motorcycle, go home, and get back to welding on the sculpture that had been tormenting her mind for months. A dress was scary territory for a baby dyke who didn't scare easily. Her life was constant. Her computer geek side was taken care of by working for the big 'I'. Her...
Dry Bridge of Vengeance
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 81,040. Language: English. Originally Published: July 6, 2019 by Mordant Media. Categories: Fiction » Women's fiction » Chick lit, Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Romance » Western
Just released from prison, Jolie "Rocket" Richards struggles to get her life back after being incarcerated for seven years. As a former rodeo superstar, best horse trainer on the California central coast, the town drunk, and occasional slut, Rocket just wants her life back… and to find the person who framed her for the murder of her mother. Romance, a new friend, or a new dog were never on her...
What About Marsha?
Price: $7.99 USD. Words: 29,790. Language: English. Originally Published: November 1, 2016 by Mordant Media. Categories: Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian
As the salt begins to win the battle over pepper, Marsha finds herself, once again, sitting in a hospital with her father. This time is the last. The walls are the same white, but now they begin to reflect on her life. Always the dutiful daughter, and then the supportive wife, she was there. Mother, wife, daughter—but now she is facing a crisis of identity. As the daughterhood is closing, the...
Death in the Valley
Series: A Thorny Wallace Novel, Book 1. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 85,420. Language: English. Originally Published: December 18, 2017 by Mordant Media. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Women Sleuths, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Thorny Wallace returns to her hometown for the peace and quiet. WWII is distant thunder in the small rural town, but Los Angeles is always a clear and present threat. As she begins to look into an old death, she finds that there is always more going on in the small quiet town. When she thinks she has the players figured out¿the FBI shows up.
The Desk Job
Series: FantaPop. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 3,970. Language: English. Originally Published: September 20, 2015 by Mordant Media. Categories: Fiction » Erotica » General
Sometimes it takes radical changes to make a new start. Sometimes moving to a new city is enough; sometimes it takes a new job. When Lorna left Small River and the only boyfriend she had ever had—sex was the last thing on her mind. But, soon, it would become the only thing...
One Day Under the Grass
Series: The Southside Hooker, Book 5. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 78,360. Language: English. Originally Published: December 22, 2016 by Mordant Media. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological
It wasn't Hooker's first recovery wreck from water. At least this was in the sunny summer instead of winter in freezing water and rain. Everything was routine until the officer pulled a skull out of the water. Someone is killing the street walkers of downtown San Jose. As Hooker investigates, it becomes personal, and dangerous.
Boomtown
Series: The Southside Hooker, Book 4. Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 70,030. Language: English. Originally Published: July 4, 2016 by Mordant Media. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Urban, Fiction » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
"Milpitas was a thug town. Felix hadn't always been a thug, and he hadn't grown up in Milpitas. He had found Milpitas because of its reputation, and he had worked hard to fit into the reputation." Trouble continues to find Hooker and the Squirt. Through the slow drizzle of spring, business is just enough to prevent much needed maintenance on Mae West. Hooker and the Squirt both know in their...
Southside Hooker Series 1-5 Boxed Set
Series: The Southside Hooker. Price: $39.99 USD. Words: 388,260. Language: English. Originally Published: November 6, 2019 by Mordant Media. Categories: Fiction » Anthologies » Mystery, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural, Fiction » Mystery & detective » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Amateur sleuth
Just as not all mysteries are killings, and not all killings are mysteries, not all mystery stories are told the same way. These are the stories of an ordinary group of people involved in extraordinary circumstances. Hooker, Hieronymus Octavius O'Keefer, is a tow truck driver with a collected family of retired detectives, cops, radio dispatchers, blind disc jockey, nurses, and a twenty-pound...
Pirate's Patch
Price: $9.99 USD. Words: 74,990. Language: English. Originally Published: May 1, 2017 by Mordant Media. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Military, Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure, Fiction » Adventure » Sea adventures, Fiction » Romance » LGBTQ+ » Lesbian
Set in current time, about one thousand immortals known as Ever Kind live among us mortals. They identify and locate the others through senses, except for a singular anomaly, whom they call the Black Hole or the Black Sheep. Their immortality derives from their ability to flow into another living host when the original host dies. This ability allows them to have a renewed body or escape...