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Dark / Drama / Thriller

Date Published: July 28, 2023

Publisher: Troubadour Books

 

 

“Love before Covid – A raw, philosophical dive into love’s
messy reality—unflinching, dark, and unapologetically human. Unlike
typical romance novels, LOVE BEFORE COVID is a dialogue-driven exploration
of human flaws and ideologies, blending fiction with metaphysical inquiry.
It’s not about comfort; it’s about confrontation and
insight.”

 

Laced with dark humour, it is best described as traumatic (sur)realism.
Love Before Covid takes the reader on a journey through the mind of Joe
Pastorius – jazz fan, poet, and victim of horrendous sexual and emotional
abuse at the hands of his mother.

The real-time dialogues between the characters that emerge from Joe’s
unconscious come via arguably corrupted memories and dystopian dreams. They
tell us more about Joe than he could ever know, and perhaps more about our
world than you could ever imagine.

Dialogues entail an exploration of clashing perspectives and opinions, that
cause reflection. Today though, our world has been infiltrated by online
dialogues that tend to feel like wild unfiltered streams of human thought,
raw, chaotic and often polarising and devoid of much reflection. Arguably
that attitude, and lack of reflection is mirrored by the characters you will
encounter. The reflection comes from the reader as the situations unfold.
Your moral boundaries will without doubt be pushed to the limit.

You will meet an altruist who can’t stand up for himself, a charming
but violent public intellectual, a beautiful dancer who hates fat people, a
flirty and gregarious bartender who will do anything to get pregnant, a
traumatised art historian who never wants to be a mother, a successful
intellectual Mexican writer who is secretly disapproving of her childhood
friend’s career as a pornstar, the teenage genius son of that pornstar
who has sexual fantasises about his mother, a woman who is pressured into
cutting off her penis and a successful therapist who has a habit of ruining
people’s lives.

And yes, before you ask, some of the characters in this book eventually
catch Covid 19. However, there is always hope. For Joe Pastorious, that
comes in the form of the psychopath named Janet Waverley.

 

About the Author

Greg Scorzo

During the pandemic Dr Greg Scorzo completed his first novel ‘LOVE
BEFORE COVID’ as well as producing an innovative radio play based on 6
chapters from that book, also called – LOVE BEFORE COVID. available on
our YouTube Channel.  and via Audioboom with links to all major podcast
platforms.

Greg says, “I was interested in the challenge of writing a novel that
was formally experimental, while still being easy for a mass audience to
read and understand. I love the idea of a piece of philosophy that is
simultaneously a work of fiction, and a philosophical thought experiment
which can function like a great, twisty roller coaster of a story that asks
the reader many questions. Unlike traditional philosophy and many
fashionable works of literature, this book purposefully asks questions
without giving answers, encouraging readers to think (and emote) for
themselves.”

Since gaining his PhD in Philosophy in 2011, Greg Scorzo has aimed to find
creative and original ways to take philosophical thinking outside of
academia. By using modern accessible philosophical dialogue inpublic talks,
podcasts and his novel Love Before Covid, Greg explores clashing
perspectives and opinions that cause reflection. Based in Leicester, he was
a founding member of Culture on the Offensive and runs the podcast The
‘Art of Thinking’.

Dialogues entail an exploration of clashing perspectives and opinions that
cause reflection. Statements and declarations can close minds.

The ‘Art of Thinking’ with Greg Scorzo podcast is available on
YouTube where he does friendly philosophical interrogation of ideas
with many interesting thinkers. Also available via Audioboom linking to all
major podcast platforms.

His extended essays on Arts and Culture as well as Cultural Issues are
available on this platform www.gregscorzo.com

He has a passion and extensive knowledge of film and music.

From 2017 – 2020 Greg Scorzo was active in running over 60 engaging
voluntary community sessions, centred around ‘The Art of
Thinking’  The focussed on  universal philosophical themes,
arts and culture and cultural issues. The ethos behind these events was to
encourage the use of EMPATHY, CLARITY and COURAGE in ensuing dialogues with
the audience. These were organised by COTO.

He also took up invitations to partner and run sessions at other events,
including the Battle of Ideas Festival at the Barbican London, the
Philosophy Now conference, Leicester Comedy Festival and  DeMontfort
University’s Cultural Exchanges festival. He is always interested to
partner up with other like minded people.

 

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YA Christian Fantasy

Date Published: April 1, 2025

 

 

The End Times have arrived…

Grace Fortune leads the rebellion against the United Earth, devastated by
the belief that her husband, Jared Lorn, has joined the dark side as the son
of the ruthless Supreme Lord Grigori Zazel.

But Jared, now known as the gladiator and demigod Baldyr, is locked in a
desperate battle with his fallen angel father. His father’s plan? To
annihilate not just Israel but the entire world.

As the apocalypse looms, will Grace and Jared find a way to reunite before
the world is destroyed? Can they survive the coming devastation? And what
happens when a new, even more terrifying enemy emerges—one who will
exploit their love and humanity to bring about their downfall?

All these questions and more will be answered in the thrilling conclusion
of The Forlorn series.

About the Author

Gina Detwiler

Gina Detwiler is the author of the award-winning YA Supernatural series
Forlorn and is co-author with Priscilla Shirer of the bestselling
middle-grade fantasy series, The Prince Warriors. Her non-fiction books
include The Ultimate Bible Character Guide and The Ultimate Bible Character
Devotional.

 

She currently lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, her dog, several
imaginary friends, and all of the characters from her books, even the dead
ones. She is also the author of three beautiful daughters, for whom she
shares credit with her husband, Steve.

 

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A Galveston Historical Mystery

 

Cozy Mystery

 

Sarah Anne Law, affectionately known to family and friends as Sam, was
playing the stalking game with her cat when she inadvertently discovered a
secret compartment in her haunted Victorian home. Not only did Sam find a
hidden treasure, but she also realized that their playful game aroused a
long-dormant spirit. Perhaps the newly awakened spirit and one of the more
disturbing hauntings in her beautiful home were connected. Did a murder
occur? As Sam followed clues to unravel the 125-year-old mysteries, she
unveiled the true horrors of Galveston’s deadly and gruesome
past.

 

About the Author

Elefair King

Elefair King, a native Texan, grew up in Houston. Retired, she now lives in
The Woodlands, Texas. Married for 40 years, she has one son who lives
nearby. Driven by her compassion to serve others, she founded several
non-profit organizations as well as served on committees and boards of many
local and regional charities. Elefair loves history, especially about her
beloved Texas. She frequently stops along its country roads to read
historical markers when seeking new adventures.

 

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Pre-Apocalyptic Science Fiction

Date Published: January 15, 2025

Publisher: Manhattan Book Group

 

 

The year is 2360. A select group of a half million humans, the only
survivors of global warming and the “Race Wars”, are living a
Spartan lifestyle and exhibiting loss of memory and emotions resulting from
mind-altering drugs created by world leaders known as the Orchestrators. The
drugs markedly slowed metabolism and aging, making them ideal for prolonging
the lives of humans requiring long periods of travel in space. Henry Shannon
is being groomed as the next Orchestrator who will lead a mission to
Jupiter, hoping to find an inhabitable moon that can accommodate the humans
remaining on Earth. After discovering that the moons of Jupiter are
uninhabitable, Henry reluctantly agrees to return to Earth, ultimately
bolstered by news that global warming somehow has given way to global
cooling. During the return trip home, his wife is killed when an asteroid
collides with their spaceship. Depressed and increasingly concerned about
survival of the human race, Henry presses on and successfully lands his
group back on Earth, which bears little resemblance to the planet they
remembered. The returning passengers encounter strange new animal species
and are stunned to find that Earth has been repopulated by a group of humans
previously known as Tunnel People because of their subterranean lifestyle.
Their Supreme Leader, Lillian Goodman, a long-time opponent of the
Orchestrators, somehow alters the Tunnel People who now have advanced
technologies, an above-ground life of opulence, and apparent immortality. As
Henry unravels the nefarious means employed by the Supreme Leader to create
this Utopian state, he discovers why these new humans remain desperately
dependent on his passengers for maintaining their immortal status, and must
decide whether to cooperate or resist and face his own mortality.

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I WAS REGAINING consciousness. Cartoon figures danced on the

backs of my eyelids. As I strained to open my eyes, streaks of dazzling

yellow light passed up and down and side to side. Shiny globes, varying

in size and looking like Christmas tree bulbs, whirled around me. It

seemed psychedelic. Maybe I never lost consciousness and was just

given a hallucinogenic drug. I was aware of my body but had no sense

of space or time. It felt as though something other than my brain was

controlling my mind and my sensations.

Psychedelic drugs were not involved in this revival of consciousness.

The yellow lights were nothing more than sunbeams stimulating

my retinal nerves. The whirling globes, sometimes just a few, but often

several dozen, turned out to be little machines with cameras and sensors

that could monitor vital signs and other bodily functions while delivering

streams of data to…someone. The sensors moved rapidly like

silent drones, always in some formation that suggested a network of

communication between the bulbs. Sometimes the bulbs would hover

almost within reach. At other times I could see them whirling twenty

feet away but still monitoring, still watching.

This experience, this reawakening, may have lasted minutes, hours,

or days. I couldn’t tell. However, it was an experience that occurred

repeatedly, usually ending with me waking up to my familiar surroundings

in the New World.

 

About the Author

Donald Hricik

Donald Hricik is a physician who was born in Ohio, currently living in the
Cleveland area. He is Emeritus Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve
University and the former Chief of the Division of Nephrology and
Hypertension at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center. He has
authored or edited over two hundred medical manuscripts or medical text
books. He has published six novels: Racing to Pittsburgh (2010), Nothing to
Confess (2013), and Escape from Cleveland (2016), Our Great Escape; Part 1:
Dumbers and Part 2: Return to the Tunnel People (2017, 2018), Toxic Affairs
on Hidden Lane (2021), a memoir about his wife – Lynne’s Last Christmas: A
Battle with Dementia (2021). All of his books have medical themes. Aside
from writing, Dr. Hricik is a painter (mostly acrylics and oil) and enjoys
cycling, gardening, and occasional attempts at deep sea fishing

 

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Book 1, The Dan Alsop Series

Murder Mystery

Date Published: March 28, 2025

 

 

A cowboy lies dead on the trail, shot through the heart with no one around.
Detective Dan Alsop must find his killer through a maze of squabbling
relatives, disgruntled friends and Hollywood mobsters. Was it a single event
or will the killer strike again?

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Book 2, The Dan Alsop Series

Murder Mystery

Date Published: March 28, 2025

 

 

His mentor lies dead at his feet. Detective Dan Alsop is stretched thin
with only the notion of an ancient casino robbery to guide him. His search
for the elusive killer takes him to cemeteries and silver mines until he
strikes again.

About the Author

SJ SLAGLE

 SJ SLAGLE started her career as a language arts teacher. When she began
writing, her initial interest was children’s stories, but then she
moved on to Western Romance, Mysteries and Historical Fiction. She has
published over 30 novels and her website is www.sjslagle.com.

SJ has written several Western Romance series including the THESE NEVADA
BOYS, RANCHER, and THE WESTERNERS, as well as Mystery series: FLOYD SISTERS
MYSTERIES and SHERLOCK AND ME. All her books are distributed in digital,
paper and audiobook formats.

Her first historical fiction novel, LONDON SPIES, was awarded a B.R.A.G.
Medallion in 2018. She was given the Silver Award with the International
Independent Film Awards for her screenplay called REDEMPTION. She conducts
writing/publishing symposiums in her local area.

S.J. Slagle lives and works in Reno, Nevada.

 

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