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Following her aunt's suspicious death, Gina Mori, daughter of a Buddhist minister, searches for a missing handbag and discovers the dark underbelly of paradise. In the course of her investigation, Gina falls for Julius, a stream biologist who has recently moved to Hawaii. After discovering her lover's secret past, Gina must confront her own demons. A local girl stuck in a dead-end job, Gina stalks corrupt officials, exposes shady land deals, u...

Sometimes memories return like small caresses, or little feather touches from the past. We smile, remember, savor, and perhaps even wince a bit. Then the memories fade and are forgotten. But if the feather touches persist, there is a story that wants to take wing. The recollections accumulate and gather substance.

Wherever you are in your response to the crises of the changing climate, the warming world, and the extinction of species at the hands of humans, you are not alone. And you are not powerless. As more and more of us acknowledge the looming catastrophe, this realization moves us from private despair to public demands, from personal angst to political activism. For unlike the dinosaur victims of the last mass extinction, we humans have more optio...

Penelope, a student reporter, struggles to find her identity after a childhood of tragedy. Desperate to prove herself to her peers, she chases a story tip on a secret organization of teen urban explorers called "The Broken." The group demands she complete a test before they'll let her write the story. While following the clues of their twisted scavenger hunt, she encounters Lex, a paranormal investigator with a knack for hacking.As the pair wo...

Meet Mr. Business! When his grandmother comes to visit, he wants to teach her all about what he has learned in school but ends up with a brand new lesson about caring for others and keeping himself safe.

When the mythical Key to the Universe lands in 107-yr-old Abe's antique shop on the Martian moon of Phobos, he and his great-grandson Quinn know the Key is something very special As word starts to spread, Martian Mafia, the Solar Government, and rival antique dealers will go to any lengths to get their hands on an artifact that can potentially unlock the very meaning of existence. From the desert world of a long-dead intergalactic philosopher ...

NoLab is a novel with a comic bent, it's a crime story, a buddy "flick, " an art world commentary, a love story. NoLab might be what happens when Lethal Weapon is crossed with My Dinner with Andre.Artists Ray Lawson and Victor Florian search for NoLab, a collaborative of artist provocateurs that has gone missing. Their search becomes a romp through the art and ideas of a progressive, conceptually oriented subculture of the art world. They inve...

In your hands you hold the latest victim of two of the most wicked and sinister creative minds. As individuals, they've plagued readers and art fans with their unique take on the craft, often splaying out their victims for everyone to see. Despite their many peculiar creations, they've both garnered a morbidly curious following. While they both admired each other's work from afar, it is is only know that they've decided to create their next vi...

How did we get here? That's the question that drives each friend, each foe, and every strand of the stories woven together in Born in Syn. From an unusually intelligent infant, to individuals wrongly accused or imprisoned, to insiders who know things they wish they didn't and outsiders determined to bulldoze their way into the action, dozens of small decisions and huge risks pile on top of one another, contributing to the creation of a future ...

On the newly-discovered planet of Dorset, a small village of travelers try to establish a community. However, Dorset's ecology quickly proves more complex than settlers expected. Led by Celly, the sole surviving warrior of the circle, the people grapple with unforeseen threats. Yet the challenge goes deeper than anyone suspects. Celly, whose memory stands as prodigious as his physical skills, remembers things no one else knows. Can the village...

Mr. Business tells the story of BK's first day in a new school. Will the kids like him? Should he be Brian or Keith? And who can he turn to when things get tough? This book is filled with vibrant, colorful images that make the story come alive and give children a message to be true to who they are.

When New York City faces the threat of an ancient evil, a teenage boy must use a magical bracelet to transform into a monster-slaying dragon superhero.Koji Owens is the new kid…again. As the only son of an Air Force F-16 pilot, he's learned to adapt and survive every time they move. It's not easy starting over with new friends and schools every two years, but when the Owens family makes their final move to New York, Koji finally has hope for a...

The 27 Stories fiction anthology features the winning entries from the Winter 2018 Owl Canyon Press Short Story Hackathon challenge. The collection contains 27 stories chosen from over 950 entries, a mix of both seasoned and emerging writers whose astonishing and entertaining works span the wide ranging landcape of emotions from happiness to grief.

Sleep for three months and wake up perfect. "Total Recall" meets Scott Westerfeld's Uglies Ellie Savage is accustomed to promises. Her dermatologist dad and psychiatrist mom run the Narcosis Clinic, a medical facility famous for ultimate makeovers, where clients' disturbing issues are resolved while they are beautified. Patients like Dean Mathews, the Canadian pop star with a secret to hide, rely on narcosis to heal their deepest wounds. Ellie...

Black Tie Optional is a book for the front of the store, and an excellent recommendation for book clubs. Carrie Knowles' short stories are spare, tightly woven narratives with crisp, compelling dialogue. They cut to the bone. The themes in this collection are far-reaching, touching on family ties and friendship, infidelity, loss, Alzheimer's and impending death, fear of terrorism, border patrol, and life after death. The stories are guaranteed...

A dual-purpose story book and chess set for young children . 'Chess on earth' is all about teaching chess in a fun, approachable way. In order to impress on children the basics of the game, this book represents the pieces on a monumental scale. The pieces come to life as elements of the earth, such as waterfalls, rivers or mountains. Each character has its own personality which defines the way they move about the board. Day and night represent...

If you, Jakob Bronsky, meet such a girl, she will wonder: Who is Jakob Bronsky? ... What does Bronsky know about the 'American way of life'? Does Jakob Bronsky know that only success counts and nothing else? Is he a guy who ruthlessly gets his way but still believes in God Almighty? Does he know that our world is an idyllic one? ... Is he familiar with the ideals of our forefathers who arrived on the first boat, the Mayflower, and what does he...

The NO BARS AND A DEAD BATTERY fiction anthology features the winning entries from the 2018 Owl Canyon Press Short Story Hackathon challenge. The collection contains 26 stories chosen from over 900 entries, a mix of both seasoned and emerging writers whose astonishing and entertaining works span the wide ranging landcape of emotions from happiness to grief.

Cassidy is a long-haired, Choose Your Own Adventure author and part-time bartender. In an attempt to escape the haunting memory of an abortion, he and his wife Phoenix, a once free-spirited, pot-smoking poet trapped in a job as copywriter for a public relations firm, leave Los Angeles and move to the East Coast. Phoenix can barely function. Cassidy drinks too much and takes refuge in long-distance phone calls with his friend Cliff, still livin...

Army sharpshooter and deserter Cooper Chance is trapped. Recruited from Iraq to fight in an African country ravaged by a chronic civil war, Cooper wants nothing more than to go home. Unfortunately, the only thing awaiting him in America is jail, and Cooper is acutely claustrophobic. Whether he likes it or not, he now leads the life of a mercenary, in a gritty world filled with thugs, prostitutes, and corrupt cops. To survive his desperate circ...