Featured Book: At Their Own Game

At Their Own GameAt Their Own Game
by Frank Zafiro
Mystery, thriller, suspense, police procedural
Available from Amazon

Jake Stankovic is a criminal having a bad week. A drug deal goes bad, a vengeful detective hounds him, one of his crew may have turned against him, and a dangerous woman from his past has reappeared. Jake must find a way to beat them all at their own game.

Excerpt:

It took almost ten minutes before the door opened again. Manning entered, trailed by a woman in her forties. She wore a nicer suit than Manning did but wasn’t as physically fit. She also looked tougher.

“My detective tells me you are demanding a supervisor.”

“He is correct.”

“I’m Lieutenant Lauridsen.” She held out her hand. “Who are you?”

I took her hand and shook it. “Jake Stankovic.”

She didn’t react to my name but I saw a spark of recognition in Manning’s eyes.

“And what can we do for you today, Mr. Stankovic?” Lauridsen asked. “Can we get straight to that? Because we’re a busy detachment here.”

“Of course,” I said. “Do you know a drug dealer here in town named Ozzy?”

The two of them exchanged a glance.

“Obviously you do,” I said. “Well, how’d you like to get him on tape delivering a pound of meth?”

And believe it or not, they were interested.

What others are saying:

“A brief, tight, criminally intense story of destructive behavior masked by “good” intentions, AT THEIR OWN GAME puts its finger right on the pulse of the ever-sinful human heart”
Ned Hayes, author of SINFUL FOLK

#AmazonCart for Ebooks?

Amazon.comOur always-helpful friends at Amazon have dreamed up a new thing for Twitterers (or is it Tweeple?): a way to add stuff to your Amazon shopping cart without ever leaving Twitter.

It uses the #AmazonCart hashtag (for folks in the UK, the hashtag is #AmazonBasket).

Here’s how it works: Continue reading “#AmazonCart for Ebooks?”

Book Brief: Bone Girl

Bone GirlBone Girl
by Annette Drake
Genre: Fiction – coming of age
Word count: 42K

A lonely girl learns to play a discarded trombone. An abused stallion learns to trust. Together, they save their world.

Eleven-year-old Josey Miller knows two things: it’s her fault Mama left, and she will do anything to coax her back.

Mrs. Casey, the new music teacher, starts a band at Bennett Springs Middle School, and Josey sees it as her chance to finally belong to something and convince Mama to visit for her concerts. The only problem: there’s no money for a clarinet, what with Dad laid off and fighting to keep their farm.

Things start looking up when Grandpa Joe gives Josey an old trombone to play, and Mr. McInerny starts boarding his high-dollar Arabian stallion with Dad. Nobody can train horses like Josey’s father. And that’s good because Chief is dangerous.

But when her father and the stallion go missing during a 50-mile endurance ride in the Ozark Mountains, can Josey bring them safely home?

This book is available from Amazon, Smashwords, and Barnes & Noble. Continue reading “Book Brief: Bone Girl”

Special Mother’s Day Flash Fiction Vote!

tulipsIt’s Wednesday, and that means it’s time to choose from among the entries in our special Mother’s Day flash fiction challenge. We got some nice entries this week!

Remember, the winning entries will all be included in the next edition of the IU Flash Fiction Anthology.

Check out this week’s entries here. Make your decision, then use those share buttons at the bottom of the post to spread the word.

Voting polls close Thursday at 5 PM Pacific time.

Which story about mothers did you think was the best?

  • Laurie Boris (33%, 11 Votes)
  • John Kenny (21%, 7 Votes)
  • Carolyn Steele (15%, 5 Votes)
  • AL Kaplan (15%, 5 Votes)
  • Melissa Bowersock (9%, 3 Votes)
  • JT Sather (3%, 1 Votes)
  • Venkatesh Iyer (3%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 33

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NOTE: Entrants whose submissions exceed the 250 word limit are eliminated from the poll.