A Poetic Puzzle, A Mystery in 32 Pieces, written by Joanne McLaughlin, was published February 1, 2025! This is the gorgeous cover! And the synopsis:
Internationally acclaimed poet Mary Irene Jones has vanished—calls and texts unacknowledged, bank accounts emptied, car abandoned. But before she disappeared, she mailed never-published manuscripts to a lesser-known namesake poet, M. Irene “Mimi” Jones. Are the manuscripts clues only Mimi can decipher? And what about the handsome Philadelphia cop assigned to the case? He seems as intrigued by Mimi as by the missing celebrity poet. Talk about a person of interest…
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A Poetic Puzzle can be purchased in most markets. The link to the paperback at Barnes and Noble is here, and the ebook at Barnes & Noble is here
This anthology follows the same theme as Ruth and Ann’s Guide to Time Travel Volume I. In this anthology, 30 authors provide their amazing visions on the theme of time travel, showing their storytelling skills while delighting readers. These stories take readers to the past, alternate present, and the future.
Containing these stories by these authors:
Abigail Gervase – One of These Days; Andrew Majors – cowfire.txt; Brandon Barrows – So You’re Stuck in a Time Loop; CJ Erick – Land of Aur; Darrell Schweitzer – Sweep Me to My Revenge!; David Partington – Science Fair; Elizabeth Davis – Apology Note from My Roommate: Garrett Rowlan – Sugar Kane and Henry Ford; Gary Every – Happy Birthday!; Gary Zenker – Saving Time; Heidi Voss – You’ve Won; James Harper – Your Fondest Wish; James Pyles – The Joker and the Thief; Janet A. Hopkins- Homecoming; John Haas – Saving Sarah; Kara Race-Moore – The Lost Rose of York; Ken Altabef – Fast Lane (Or Road Rage on the Hypertime Expressway); Ken Goldman – Dallas Through the Looking Glass; Kerry Gans – Past Present; LN Hunter – The Lives and Time of the Domestic Cat;
Lance Schonberg – There’s Always Time; Larry Hodges – Life and Death and Bongo Drums; Marisca Pichette – The Rules of the Game; Michael A. Ventrella – Impersonating Jesus; Rik Hoskin – The Harvest; Sandra Skalski – A Squirrel in Time; Steve Davidson – Motivation; Toni V. Sweeney – Paradise Redundant; Trisha Ridinger McKee – The Term Paper; William R.D. Wood – One One Thousand
-Can squirrels travel safely through time? Find out in Sandra Skalski’s “A Squirrel in Time.” (The author promises no squirrels were harmed in writing this story.)-Do you want to know the fascinating origin of the domestic cat? Read L.N. Hunter’s “The Lives and Times of the Domestic Cat.”-“Do you believe in reincarnation?” the killer asked as he levelled his gun at my forehead.” Read what happens next in Rik Hoskin’s “The Harvest.”-Can a daughter influence her mother’s life when the mother is a teen? Find out in Trisha Ridinger McKee’s “The Term Paper.”-Road rage is scary. What happens during a son and his mother’s outing in the future in Ken Altabef’s “Fast Lane (Or Road Rage on the Hypertime Expressway).”-We learn the risks of time travel affecting the future when an academic travels back to 1593 to see if someone else wrote Shakespeare’s plays in “Sweep Me to My Revenge!” by Darrell Schweitzer.
-Fans of the TV show Deadliest Warrior will appreciate Elizabeth Davis’ “Apology Note from My Roommate,” in which time travel brings historical figures together to fight.
-“Saving Time” by Gary Zenker shows us a man using a magical piece of clothing to make attempts to avoid family tragedy, even at the cost of each trip aging him six years.
-“Saving Sarah” by John Haas is a story in which time travel is used to save a loved one.
Here’s the B&N link: here
Also available at Amazon, Smashwords, and other markets. Also available in the library system. Ask yours to carry it!
Ruth and Ann’s Guide to Time Travel, Volume I. This anthology contains stories written by 21 authors. They were given the theme of time travel, and their imaginations took them all in various directions. The Foreword is written by Steve Davidson from Amazing Stories magazine. Jonathan Maberry wrote an exclusive Joe Ledger story for this anthology.
Jonathan Maberry – Against That Time, if Ever That Time Come, James Ryan – The Rooftop Session, Teel James Glenn – The Legend of Wyatt Ape!, David C. Strickler – Buried Beneath the Gallows, Phil Giunta – A Thorne in Time, Joanne McLaughlin – Way, Way Out of the Building, Gordon Linzner – Privileged Inca Nations, Judith Field – Somewhere, Somewhen, Carol Gyzander – Time for Adventure, Ken Altabef – Schrödinger’s Razor, Charles Barouch – It Started at the Never Mind, Grigory Lukin – How to Prepare for Time Travelers in the Workplace, Gary Every – Tadpole’s Time Travel, Ef Deal – Uchronia, Brenda W. Clough – The Red-Headed League, Neal Wiser – Have We Met?, Daniel Lumpkin – The Biography, John Bukowski – Literary Time Machine, Stephen W. Chappell – Zach & Deke’s Stumbling, Bumbling Adventure in Time, Karen Eisenbrey – Sarah’s Assistant, Jon McGoran – Time Changes Everything
What happens when an unscrupulous man tries to terraform a world? Read Jon McGoran’s Time Changes Everything.
Can a ghost travel through time? Find out in Charles Barouch’s It Started at the Never Mind
Joe Ledger saves the world in Jonathan Maberry’s Against That Time, if Ever That Time Come, an exclusive to this anthology
A hapless scientist breaks time, creating a nightmare scenario where people are forced to exist in multiple timelines simultaneously. in Ken Altabef’s Schrödinger’s Razor
Available in ebook from Smashwords here. Available in ebook and paperback from Amazon here. And from Barnes&Noble here. Also available in the library system. Ask yours to carry it!
Available November 1, 2023, Chasing Ashes, written by Joanne McLaughlin. In 1992, Laura s aw her best friend, Kate, for the last time, shortly before a tragic fire on their college campus. The fire’s 20th anniversary ignites Laura’s guilt and passion to learn what actually happened that day. Now a journalist, Laura teams up with her hot ex-husband to pursue cold leads, in hopes of igniting interest in the decades-old mystery. Available from Amazon in print here. Available from Smashwords in ebook format here. Available in both formats from Barnes and Noble here.
DracuLAND – by George W. Young – published October 2022
A New York City real estate developer decides to buy Dracula’s Castle in Romania. Her goal? To turn it into a theme park. What could go wrong?
Available from Amazon in ebook and in print here. Available from Smashwords in ebook form here.
TIME Blinked – by George W. Young – published October 2021
TIME Blinked describes the adventures of aw-shucks Bobby, a college-level, right-field baseball rising star in 2020, and his roller coaster ride when he suddenly finds himself at Yankee Stadium playing with the big boys, giants in their field (see what we did there?) in—1975! Action-packed with realistic player portrayals and detailed descriptions so real you can smell the locker room, TIME Blinked will take you through Bobby’s new world, and his quest to get back home. A real homerun.
Available from Amazon in ebook form here and in print here. Available from Smashwords in ebook form here.
