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DARK FORTY Desperate to be free of the small town trappings of his life, seventeen year old, Landon Ray Clark hits upon a scheme to get away from his fifth foster home and finally create his own destiny. As he sets his plan into motion, he finds himself embroiled in a trap that nearly costs him his life. Through sheer will and a lot of luck, Lanny meets a stranger who propels him far from his past into a new career, with opportunities about which he earlier could have only dreamed. As Lanny begins his new job he meets and falls in love with Maria, whose brother Juan tells him of an ominous mystery, that together, they feel compelled to solve. Soon, Lanny's company duties take him on a multi-state journey. However, his insistence on discovering the dark secret causes him to make a terrible mistake. His error brings him in handcuffs and leg irons back to his original small town. This time, however, he is literally a prisoner and facing possible prosecution as an adult felon. As he takes stock of his compounding problems, Lanny wonders if he will ever be able to pull himself out of the deepening quagmire that he has brought upon himself. The writer is currently president of a non-profit agency, called Christian Senior Ministries and is an administrator for the Southwest Missouri Office on Aging, supervising six area senior centers. Larry lives with his wife, Carmen, at Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri. The highlights of their lives are the many children and grandchildren who come to the lake to visit.

Gen. Larry O. Spencer, USAF (Ret.), was born and raised on the Horseshoe--a tough inner-city street in southeast Washington D.C. Both parents lived in the rural south under Jim Crow and "separate but equal" laws. Spencer's father was a career Army soldier who lost his left hand during the Korean War, suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, and worked two jobs. His mother completed tenth grade, had no driver's license, and was left alone during the week to raise their six children. The Horseshoe was a hard neighborhood where fights were common, and the school systems were second-rate. The expectations of living in an all-Black neighborhood were to be good at sports while shunning academic prowess. Spencer met those expectations: he struggled in school, but teachers who did not want to see him repeat their class would pass him to the next grade. That environment resulted in poor self-esteem and a bleak outlook for the future. Quite by chance, Spencer enlisted in the U.S. Air Force where he continued to struggle with the racial turmoil of the 1970s. A senior non-commissioned officer saw promise in Spencer and guided him to obtain a college degree and apply for Officer Training School where he excelled. As a very young first lieutenant, he was assigned to a tough job in the Pentagon, but Spencer earned an early reputation as a fast burner. In 1990 he took command of a squadron that won accolades and awards for their performance during Operation Desert Shield/Storm. Spencer went on to serve at the White House, and then successfully commanded a Group and a Wing before being assigned as the chief financial officer (comptroller) for Air Combat Command, the largest command in the Air Force. During that assignment, Spencer was promoted to brigadier general and was tasked to set up a new Directorate at Air Force Materiel Command. Spencer later returned to the Pentagon where he led Air Force Budget. He ultimately became the Air Force's thirty-seventh vice chief of staff, making him one of only nine African Americans promoted to four stars. Spencer concludes his historic climb with life lessons learned on his journey from the inner city to the Pentagon.

Peter, a teacher at Minnesota's Wanekia High School, discovers a dark side to his nature when he finds himself morbidly fascinated with the reactions of his community to the murders of three teenage girls.

From the comic genius behind Curb Your Enthusiasm—a play with “a perfect second-act twist, and a solid last-minute kicker” (Vulture). Fish in the Dark marked Seinfeld co-creator Larry David’s playwriting debut, his Broadway debut—and his first time acting on stage since eighth grade. David starred as Norman Drexel, a man in his fifties who is average in most respects, except for his hyperactive libido. As Norman, his more successful brother Arthur, their elderly mother, and a host of other characters try to navigate the death of a loved one, old acquaintances and unsettled arguments resurface—with hilarious consequences.

Walter Sinkage's quiet suburban life is shattered when he witnesses several UFOs flash past in the sky. His search for the truth about the UFOS and the suspicious disappearance of his brother Matt, leads him to an alien abduction support group and confrontation with the Church of Cosmic Enlightenment. When Walter also vanishes, police detective Eddy Dime finds himself stymied while trying to uncover the truth behind what happened to the two brothers and other victims of what he believes may be an alien conspiracy that reaches into the highest and murkiest echelons of government power.

Dark Science Fiction Short Stories is a collection of imaginative cautionary tales, with danger and hardship on center stage. Topics range from hard sci-fi to wartime fantasy, chosen to expand readers' experience far beyond the ordinary. But be warned: there are hard lessons learned, and brutal retribution.

More than two billion dollars. That’s how much money was spent in the 2012 presidential campaign—the most expensive campaign in history. Each party raised and spent more than one billion dollars as the traditional boundaries of campaign financing were ignored. Both parties could do so because they were playing in a game with new rules—rules that largely developed after the 2010 Supreme Court ruling known as Citizens United. That case removed many restrictions on donation limits, particularly for corporations and unions. The result was the development of a new set of political players called “Super PACs” that were allowed to enter the political arena and spend an unlimited amount of money on behalf of clients. This book looks at how Super PACs raised and spent money and influenced the 2012 election. It provides an insightful look at how both right- and left-leaning groups approached the election and impacted the political process.

Book 2 in the interlinked Zac Power Extreme Mission Super Series! The second piece of IRIS is hidden in the crumbly ruins of a castle, surrounded by a dense, misty forest. Zac knew it would be treacherous, but he wasn’t counting on the army of androids waiting for him... or having his nerdy brother Leon along on the mission!

No Man's Land part 29. The Dark Knight enters the devastated Chinatown section of Gotham to determine how the area suddenly has electricity in the otherwise almost-powerless city. Continued in BATMAN: SHADOW OF THE BAT #90.