Bøker av Marpel S. H. Marpel

DO ELECTIONS REALLY HAVE CONSEQUENCES?This saying is repeated often, and seldom fully understood.So this collection of pure fiction came into being, which explores the choices that politicians make, as well as those who manage them and follow them. We can see the results of their choices in these fantastical worlds. Told through the lives of those affected, often as unintended effects on those lives.Because that is the best way to tell stories, to let them explore their own themes, is by telling those stories through the fictional characters who "lived" them.There seems too much harshness, too much insensitiveness to others in our current culture. Even the word "intolerance" has been twisted to mean "you don't agree with me or my ideas, so..."In these stories, good wins out. There are no true tragedies here, other than what lies beyond the main character's own stories.There are bad consequences to treating people badly. Because the Golden Rule is one natural phenomenon that is inexorable - as you treat others is how you wind up treated.But we'll leave it at that.Because this hefty anthology of stories was pulled from three years of short-fiction output. And stories are meant to be entertaining, not preachy.Each of these authors has grown in style and ability during that time. And the stories are not accumulated by their growing finesse, but by relevance to exploring consequences.Here you'll find satire, romance, adventure, and mystery - even redemption at times. All a quiet way to distract yourself from our currently too-serious world of elections, politicians, and governments run amuck.Each is short, but easy to get through in small snippets of time. This is no over-arcing set of tales set in any epic world. Instead, these worlds are not too different from our own - or what our world could wind up being. While it's true that you don't always get the candidate you voted for, it's also true that you get the government you put up with.Because elections do have consequences. Even in fiction.Please enjoy.Anthology containing: Doppel by S. H. Marpel, R. L. SaundersThe Panic of 2020 by S. H. Marpel, R. L. SaundersThe Chardonnay Conspiracy by R. L. SaundersThe Integrity Implosions by R. L. SaundersThe Lonely Witness by R. L. SaundersThe Mystery of Meri by S. H. MarpelMind Timing by R. L. Saunders, C. C. BrowerOur Second Civil War by R. L. Saunders, C. C. BrowerRiot Wall by S. H. Marpel, R. L. SaundersA Very Thin Line by S. H. MarpelThe Case of the Walkaway Blues by J. R. Kruze, S. H. MarpelFor the Love of 'Cagga by R. L. Saunders, C. C. BrowerSynco (TM) by R. L. Saunders, J. R. KruzeThe Tunnel People by R. L. SaundersWhen the Cities Died, I Danced by C. C. BrowerScroll Up and Get Your Copy Now.

Two Months of Published Short Stories in One Collected VolumeFeaturing original works by S. H. Marpel and J. R. KruzeThis anthology contains: By S. H. Marpel: - Ghost Hunters - When Fireballs Collide - Why Vampires Suck At Haunting - The Haunted Ghost - Ghost Exterminators Inc. - Two Ghost's Salvation 01-04By J. R. Kruze - The AutistsExcerpt from "When Fireballs Collide" AND THERE CAME ANOTHER ONE. BAM!Right against the car we were crouched behind. We were stuck behind a red subcompact, a recent American model. Here at the Los Angeles Observatory parking lot. The night was clear, a very rare occurrence, very unusual for this city of smoke and fog. The stars above mirroring the endless street and building lights that marched out to their California coast. But a clear sky didn't help our situation any.Getting pummeled by red-orange fireballs behind this car couldn't last forever. Especially since they smell of sulfur like a whole case of rotten eggs being broken at once.Big, really huge fireballs had been coming at us for something like 15 minutes. Heat and stench. Coming one right after the last one.The red car was shaking like it would never stop. It was going to need a paint job after this. If they could stand the smell to get it into the shop.Jude and Sal were there with me. Hunkered down like I was. At least I was in my blue jeans and work boots, gray sweatshirt. Sal was in her regular tailored beige suit with gold pinstripes, low-heeled dress shoes. An outfit more ideal for turning heads on Rodeo Drive instead of crouching on dirty asphalt and gravel in a remote parking lot. Jude was at least better off in her black jeans and a tailored black leather jacket, with her clunky black Timberland boots. (OK, she likes black. And looks good in it.)Admiring these two beauties wasn't helping to get us out of this."Hey, can't we just teleport out of here?" I asked, behind my sweatshirt sleeve covering my nose.."If we were able to concentrate. Not when they are coming a few seconds apart," said Sal."And it's all I can do just to keep this car in one piece," said Jude."Wait, that explains how there was suddenly this car appearing on an empty parking lot." I replied."Just keep it quiet, so I can keep on keeping it there, in between those fireballs and us," said Jude."With that noise, I'm surprised we can think at all," I added."Wait. That's it! It's how we are thinking..." Sal said.At that, Sal suddenly stood straight up and walked out away from the red car.She shouted out, "Hey - you. Fireball Guy. Yeah, that's you. Is that all you got? Really?"And the fireballs started coming right at her - all in a row and streaming right at her, twice as many than were coming at us before.But Sal just stood there.And the fireballs passed right through her. She flinched at the first ones, but after a few of them she just stood there. Straight, tall, defiant. And started laughing. Complete glee.I thought she'd lost it. But her actions gave Jude enough time to disappear the car and get us out of there.The scene shimmered, like usual. Fireballs, parking lot, all it just disappeared....Scroll Up and Get Your Copy Now.

"It was a dark and stormy night, and everyone was sitting around the glowing fireplace, safe and warm against the raging weather outside. Someone said, 'John, tell us a story.' So John began..."The story "Ghost Hunters" started a series with two spirit-guides recruiting the human John Earl Stark, a mystery writer and part-time cattle farmer.Since that humble beginning, an expanding team of spirit-guides and even goddesses have joined the Library in its mission to help ghosts and other beings in trouble - to solve their own mysteries.And then John writes up their stories all as fiction - because no one would believe these tales otherwise.But the stage was set from that first book - that all beings should be treated with respect, and the way to solve a mystery is to get the story told.This third canon completes the first three years of this series, with an additional 16 stories that enlighten, entertain, and inspire readers over and over. Because they are written simply, and not as throwaway fiction, but stories that you get something new from on each reading.Mysteries that seem to be re-writing themselves in between readings - because they change the reader with the ideas in them.And after his first three years of writing, it's pretty straight forward if you stick to reading them in sequence. So - that is what's recommended. (But you can dive into the many peripheral series of stories collected by subject. These add a wealth of details and adventures to the various characters...)With these canons, reading is simpler.The second canon picked up where the first left off. And this third canon picks up from the second. This now becomes your next assignment. It's on you if you read out of order. (But it's tempting...)Never before published into single volumes, these stories will leave you wondering why no one has treated ghosts like this before. But then, if you were in their shoes, wouldn't you appreciate such treatment?Yes, even if you're a goddess. Those, too.This anthology contains: - When Death Lives Twice - The Healer Chronicles: Birthdays] - The Healer Chronicles: Origins - Lazurai: Homecoming - The Case of the Time Bent Beau - The Case of the Walkaway Diner Redoux - Walkaway Redemption - Felicity - Walkaway Mary - Empress Oracle - The Healers Chronicles: Miracles - Doppel - The "Panic of 2020" - The Projector - The Case of the Tenacious Typist - The Eye in TeamGet Your Copy Now.

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 voices have something to say about how our current culture and what they consider serious. You may find yourself irritated, incensed, or having a laugh outloud moment as you read along into the imaginative worlds these authors create.You may find yourself expecting to see someone just waiting in the shadows for you to get the punchline - expect that author's spirit as you read their works.PS. You have their permission to roll on the floor with delight, in private, of course...A Short Story Anthology Containing:- Cats Typing Romance by R. L. Saunders- Voices by J. R. Kruze- Rise & Fall of President Frump by R. L. Saunders- Keyboard in the Sky by R. L. Saunders- The Autists by J. R. Kruze- Becoming Michelle by R. L. Saunders & C. C. Brower- plus bonus: four more short stories...Scroll Up and Get Your Copy Now.