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Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Collected Short Stories by John Paulits


A man buried alive; the extinction of a gloried species; the mingling of interstellar races; a mysterious amulet; a fearful child; an animal-loving old hag; the assassination of the Almighty. Stories of horror, mystery, fantasy, and science fiction certain to raise the hairs on your neck.

About the Author:

John Paulits lives in New York City and spent many years there teaching. He has written fiction for over thirty years, novels for children as well as adults including the genres of mystery, horror, fantasy and science fiction. The Collected Short Stories is his twelfth book for Wings ePress. To learn more about John’s books. Discover more at:
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Saturday, August 17, 2013

Ant-nee's Golden Notebook

By John Paulits
Comic Mystery, 293 pages
Cover art by Richard Stroud
Blurb:
Mayhem and mix-ups follow Bruno Brunotaglia’s murder of a hit man sent after him by a rival mob. Panic stricken, Bruno leaves behind a briefcase of money and an import notebook. Two down-and-out friends find the briefcase and notebook, and Bruno needs them back before his father, head of the Philly mob, blows a gasket. Will Richard get to keep the briefcase of money he found with Strangler and the Indian hard on his trail? Can Clarence make hay from the information in the notebook? It’s a battle of half-wits in this deadly game of hide and seek.
Excerpt:
Bruno waited in the dark, his panic festering. Where the hell were they? He’d decided to waste the two kids and hope the old men ran off. At any rate, after he shot the two kids, he’d run off so fast those old men wouldn’t have a prayer of catching him even if they tried. But where the hell were they? He decided to investigate.

He crept along in the dark, growing less and less comfortable about walking over people’s graves. It was like begging for bad luck, and he’d already had enough bad luck tonight to last him until the 2015 San Gennaro Festival. Bruno saw the mausoleum and paused. The assassin’s body lay in full view, and he wondered what had become of his jacket. He knew it had covered most of the body.

Oh, shit! Oh, shit, shit, shit! The briefcase! The hundred thousand dollars! The whole purpose of the night. He rushed out into the open and scanned the area. No briefcase. Oh, shit. Please, God. He proceeded to the body and, with a grimace, turned it over. The Glock appeared, but no briefcase. Bruno picked up the Glock. Now he had enough bullets to waste all four of those motherfuckers. One of them must have taken the briefcase. He cocked his head to listen for footsteps. Nothing. They hadn’t gone past him, so they could only have gone the other way. Why would they do that? he wondered. They must have seen him waiting. They must have seen him! Oh, shit, oh shit. Tears welled in Bruno’s eyes. No money, a dead guy and four people knew about him! He started running in the only other direction the four interlopers could have taken.

When he reached the far end of the cemetery and dashed breathless out onto the sidewalk, he saw them. Oh, shit! he swore. The two kids were already on the porch and following the old guys into the house. Bruno dashed down the street, trying to think. They would call the cops. It had to be they’d call the cops. He had to get out of the neighborhood and pronto. When he rushed past the old guys’ house, he noted the address. His stomach in knots, his ear dreading the sound of a siren, he beeped open his Lexus, got in, and stepped on it.

Sunday, October 28, 2012

A Cat Tale



by John Paulits
Young Adult 182 pages
Cover art by Richard Stroud
ISBN 978-1-61309-097-8   $7.50
ISBN 978-1-61309-906-3   $10.95
Blurb:
Hayden and his fellow cats find their way to paradise: TALULA TUPPERMAN’S HOME FOR DISTRESSED FELINES. But Rodney and Stanley, cat kidnappers, are on their trail, and suddenly cats begin to vanish. Can Hayden and his troop put a stop to these mysterious disappearances before they mysteriously vanish, too?
Excerpt:
“This really is a wonderful spot. Hi, Pudding,” Timmi meowed, fully intending to enjoy her first moment away from her mother since their arrival.

“If it weren’t for T-Rex and his bunch, it would be perfect,” Pouncie said. “Did I tell you about the great lap I found?”

Timmi and Pouncie chatted, decided on a brief, joyful run, and then walked toward the house, hoping for some wet food. Suddenly, Pouncie stopped and dropped into a hunting pose.

“Timmi, stop. Come here. Sniff. Do you smell it?”

Timmi stopped and turned her head side to side inspecting the odors in the air.

“That’s impossible,” Timmi said softly.

“It’s coming from the house. Let’s go see.”

The two cats crept through the grass, ignoring the other cats clustered around the porch, who also hoped for some wet food.

“It’s getting stronger,” Timmi said softly.

“Let’s not get too close,” Pouncie warned. “This is far enough.”

Both cats lowered themselves to the grass and stared at the porch. Moments later they leaped to their feet, ready to run as Rodney and Stanley came out onto the porch accompanied by the two ladies.

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Wings Press Eooks for May and June 2011



Contemporary Romance – 476 pages
Cover art by Trisha FitzGerad
Triggering an intervention of fate, 42 year old Rose Gerbaldi, discovers her heart and soul has been forever united with beautiful, 30 year old, British movie star, Michael Terrance.  A discovery that compels her reality to firmly reclaim her – consequently devastating the very lives fate had so lovingly entwined.

Forsaken by a woman he’s never met, unable to control the debilitating agony, Michael seeks solace on the darker side of Hollywood.  Meanwhile in Western Canada, having been doubly devastated, Rose relinquishes to a life of loneliness.  Both are certain they’ll never again find that for which they long for – each other.
Foolish people – fate is infallible.

Encore L'Amour Mystery – 461 pages
Cover art by Pat Evans

Wealthy matron Ada Javitt puts her current romance on hold when disaster strikes. She and her menopausal friends must tackle the mystery--a murdered trainer, crippled horse and injured girl--coming close to disaster themselves when their detecting takes them to a haunted house in England, where not all the ghosts are Casper-friendly. And the horse-whisperer may be the killer they seek.

Alone, in danger, Ada wonders if she’ll ever return to Devlin’s arms. And whether the Women on Fire will win, place or show on their wild rides across the moors.

Silver Fox by Joel Goulet
Historical – 304 pages
Cover art by Richard Stroud
Haunting memories of a Civil War event draws Marshal Damian Boedel and Colonel Brown together for the first time in several years. In an all-but-dead town they find themselves pitted against a mystical foe they thought had been done away with in the swamps of Florida during the war. The marshal also has to deal with outlaws that have his demise well planned. Forced by the outlaws into tunnels beneath the sleeping town, the marshal and colonel and a group of people unfortunate enough to be with them, find themselves fighting for their lives against the mystical foe ahead of them and the outlaws behind them.
 
The Director by John Paulits
Young Adult -- 188 pages
Cover art by: Richard Stroud
The Director invites nine-year-old Tommy Whitaker to be a character in a book set in 1957. The trouble begins in the Regal movie theatre, where after the Saturday matinee. Elwood Wambo, the strange caretaker of the movie theatre, hires Tommy and his 1957 best friend, Mouse, to stay behind on future Saturdays to clean the theatre when the movie is over.

The boys later learn that Wambo and his partner Jeremy are part of a gang of thieves. When their friend Smitty’s bike is stolen and when Smitty himself mysteriously disappears, Tommy and his two friends Mouse and Royal vow to solve the mysteries of their missing friend, his missing bike…and a murder.


Mystery  300 pages
Cover art by Kathy Williams
The envelope contained half a dozen photographs.  Lydia stifled a gasp as she stared at more than she’d ever hoped to see of Viv Maguire.  A shawl had been draped over one shoulder, discretely hiding her bulging middle and considerable thighs, while displaying one drooping breast.  The smile, no doubt meant to be enticing, had a gruesome intensity that sent shivers down Lydia’s back.

Lydia shoved the photos back into the envelope and returned it to its hiding place amid the napery in the drawer.  Whatever doubts she’d had about the extent of Marshall’s involvement with Viv had been laid to rest.  The question was, had their affair begun before Claire was murdered or after?  If is was before... Lydia shuddered, hating to speculate further.  But the thought pushed itself forward for consideration.  If they’d been lovers before Claire was murdered, it stood to reason that they might have conspired to kill her.
For love?  Money?

Soulfarm by David Toft
Paranormal 277 pages
Cover art by Richard Stroud

A vicious assault in a rural Irish pub is the first in a series of increasingly bizarre events that catapult Detective Chief Inspector Seamus Brogan into a world dominated by an all-powerful and despotic church; a church which harvests the despair, pain, and soulpower of heretics for its own power and glorification.

Outside a mediaeval Dublin, a massive crusader army prepares to launch an attack on Brogan’s Ireland. Swords and crossbows will be no match for the weaponry of a modern army, but the power of the human soul when harvested and targeted as a weapon of war is truly mind-blowing.

Futuristic/Sci-if Romance -- 398 pages
Cover art by Pat Evans

Princess Elkava of the family Ominar is third in line for the enormous Euphratorian Empire, but she wished for adventure beyond the empire’s scope. When a new star system is discovered she wants to go ‘solo’ and explore but her emperor father refuses to let her travel without a detail of warships as escorts. Little does she know that the adventure could be more than learning about a new planet.

Kandon of the family Vaker is concerned for his dwindling family, refugees from a distant solar system. As leader of his people, even at his young age he must find the truth. The lovely intruder could only be a Vaker or Ominar, even though she gives another family name, but has she come to back the government who seeks genocide against his family?