Bøger udgivet af Written Backwards

Once a brothel, and later turned into a rehabilitation center, a place called The Lazy K survives a century-spanning curse following the wrongful hanging of an innocent man on the branches of an old California oak. This haunting novella by legend Gene O'Neill is part western, part ghost story, part drug-rehabilitation, and is a literary, multi-genre exploration into the rich cultural history of northern California.

An anthology of dark science fiction and fantasy co-edited by Darren Speegle and Michael Bailey. Prisms are instruments, mirrors, metaphors, gateways humankind must pass through in order to achieve, to overcome, to realize, to become. Contained herein are nineteen transformative tales from some of speculative fiction's most brilliant minds. So open your eyes and let the light pass through . . .

Bram Stoker Award© / Benjamin Franklin Award winning writer and editor Michael Bailey [a Shirley Jackson Award nominee and founder of Written Backwards] offers an exploration into the madness of writing, editing, and publishing. Writing is a disease without a cure. Once infected, the virus is in the host for good, until death. Something first sparked a need to create, so what was it? What does it take to survive publishing and continuously improve one's craft?THE BEGINNING: A straight-to-the-point narrative pushes past impostor syndrome, examining the writer life in detail while defining / dissecting fundamentals required to finish a first draft manuscript: character, dialogue, voice, plot, conflict, theme, and setting. THE MIDDLE: The journey continues with a look into manuscript revisions, with advice on breaking bad habits and developing healthy skills to improving intrigue, prose, pace, tense, point of view, show vs. tell, imagery, framework, and structure. THE END: After mastering the art of self-editing, writers will be ready for manuscript presentation, with an understanding of book layout, as well as knowledge of the publishing industry in general, such as with solicitation, rejection, acceptance, promotion, and performance as a professional writer.A book for those who need to write.

This book is about friends, family, and the love of having special moments to remember. Togetherness is what keeps the family flowing and growing.

Sometimes a broken man ends up stronger than he ever was-and far more dangerous...Travis Smith is a grifter who's wanted by both the Russian Mob and the FBI. He's got the means and motive to stay hidden-until he's picked up by Lochlan "Loch" Black, a CIA operative who threatens to unravel all Travis's secrets.Loch has enough secrets of his own, and they all lead back to the man he and the CIA have been hunting for years. And when Loch realizes Travis might be the key to that op, he and longtime friend and fellow agent, Tarquin "Tar" Simons, have no choice but to keep Travis under their protection.But no one's able to protect them all from the man who's been hunting them back for years. Jabez Snow is a former CIA operative who didn't stop his experiments when he disappeared.And when Travis, Loch and Tar get involved, it triggers a chain of events none of them could foresee, and it threatens all their futures, unless they can hunt down Snow...before he finds them.***This is a brand new, never-before released title from SE Jakes. It's also a standalone with an HEA and complete wrap-up at the end of the book.

If you were to take a teenager from the early 20th century and magically bring them to the 21st century, the symbols and icons we see around us every day to communicate would most likely mean very little to them. Discover how over the span of time shorter than a life-time, our methods of communicating actions has evolved in more ways than in the thousand years before.This small book is the perfect conversation starter to have on your coffee table!