Once upon a Mulberry Field

by | May 5, 2014 | Nominee Publicity

As Roger Connors, a widower with no children, ponders whether to pursue aggressive treatment for his cancer, a cryptic note arrives from a long-lost USAF buddy announcing the visit of an acquaintance from Vietnam. The startling news resurrects ghosts of fallen...

The Two Towers

by | May 5, 2014 | Nominee Publicity

One hundred and fifty years after the earth was ravaged by war, the two self-sustaining towers built by OmniLab continue to offer a safe haven for those who paid the hefty price to assure their family’s survival. But on the surface, there are others who have...

Intergalactic Gazette

by | May 5, 2014 | Nominee Publicity

Being the only printed newspaper in a galaxy of citizens who no longer read is hard enough, but when its only subscribers vanish it seems it might be the end of the Gazette for good. Paper delivery boy Leon and journalist Dube Merrick set out to investigate just as...

East: A Woman on the Road to Kathmandu

by | May 1, 2014 | Nominee Publicity

Inspired by a slim guidebook purchased at Fred and Pat Cody’s legendary bookstore on Berkeley’s Telegraph Avenue, Shelley Buck took off alone in 1972 on a journey she hoped would take her overland to India and Nepal. East is the true story of the adventure...

Don’t Hit Me!

by | May 1, 2014 | Nominee Publicity

#1 Amazon Bestseller (women’s poetry) #1 Amazon Bestseller (dysfunctional relationships) One woman in Australia is killed every week by Domestic Violence.  It could have easily been me. Between 2001-2003, I was in an abusive relationship.  I was punched, hit,...