“Billy, you are telling me Billy is the son of ‘The Miner’.  My boyfriend is the son of the local boogie man and somehow over two years this you know never came up?” Ash did not seem to take the information lightly.        “I can’t tell you that Ashley.  But I can tell you that is what the paperwork says and can tell you based on my math, about a 99.9875 percent probability that it is correct.  Ask TJ.” Kincade responded as honestly as he could        “TJ?” Ash seemed to be begging for a certain answer, being sure she would not get it.        “He is who you think…

Thursday, February 12, 1998        Two young women, Tina and Ash, are driving down the road in Ash’s Nineteen Ninety-Eight Mitsubishi Diamante.  Both are talking a million miles a minute about everything and nothing trying to avoid the bringing up the fact “The Legacies” still included Nancy, but that they would not be contacting her, for reasons they know and you will come to learn.        “So you trying to tell me you think the killer is the Miner from way back in Nineteen Seventy-Three?  After not being seen in twenty five years he just crawls out the mine tonight, coincidentally on the anniversary of his disappearance?”  Ash inquired incredulously.  …

“Rule #1: Believe the autocrat. He means what he says. Whenever you find yourself thinking, or hear others claiming, that he is exaggerating, that is our innate tendency to reach for a rationalization. This will happen often: Humans seem to have evolved to practice denial when confronted publicly with the unacceptable.”—Masha Gessen (New York Times Review of Books, Nov 26, 2016) “It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.” -Mark Twain “You don’t fight Nazis because you expect to win, you fight Nazis because they’re Nazis.” -Chris Hedges “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.”—Sinclair…

It’s that time of month again, the first Wednesday of the month and we get to break down what we made as a very small press company. But first let me tell you about a few things that we have in the works here. First thing is that our newest anthology is set to come out March 14th. Legends of Camelot: Tales of the Round Table. We are also working on a charity anthology for women’s rights that is so very personal to me, not only being a woman but because of my past. You will get to read more about that in the book because I am writing a…

Embarking on the journey of creating our first anthology was an exciting and daunting adventure. As a creator, I’ve always found joy in storytelling, but curating an anthology taught me lessons I never anticipated. It wasn’t just about compiling stories-it was about telling a whole story with short stories. It was the hardest thing I ever done in my writing career so far. Here are some key takeaways from the experience: It’s Not as Easy as It Looks From the outside, creating an anthology might seem as simple as collecting a few stories, editing them, and publishing the final product. However, the reality is far more complex. Each step—from conceptualizing…