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A stroke is defined as a sudden impairment or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion caused by rupture or obstruction (as by a clot) of a blood vessel supplying the brain. It is accompanied by permanent damage to brain tissue. If you are a stroke victim and survivor like me, then you know that having a stroke is a debilitating, life-changing event that not only robs you of your independence but destroys your identity, too. It alters your life in ways that you could have never imagined. One thing that all stroke survivors have in common is that they would give anything to go ...

What would you do if you turned on your TV and found out that doomsday had arrived? Who would you talk to about this terrifying news, and what would you say? That's what happens in the apocalyptic novel, The Day The World Ended. During an experiment to develop a new form of energy, two scientists accidentally create a black hole that consumes Earth and everything on it. Coinciding with creating a black hole is the discovery of a new Earth-like planet located five light-years from Earth. Several spaceships capable of traveling near the speed of light take thousands of colonists to the new ...

During the first manned mission to Mars, three astronauts encounter a rogue comet. After they pass through the comet's tail, they are unknowingly transported ten thousand years back in time. Forced to scrub the mission because of irreparable damage to the ship and life-threatening injuries to the pilot, they crash land on the continent of Atlantis just weeks before it sinks. Will they too become a casualty, or will they be able to Escape From Atlantis?

After being released from the Hutchinson Kansas Correctional Facility, two star-crossed lovers, Jessie Hand and Ashley Dorchak, are reunited. Nineteen year old Jessie, in prison for attempting to kill a man trying that hit on Ashley, his seventeen year old girlfriend, learns that she is eight months pregnant. Knowing he can't support a wife and kid, he teams up with his older brother and makes the decision to rob a jewelry store. After botching the holdup and leaving behind a wounded partner for dead, Jessie and his brother decide to head to Texas and cross the border into Mexico. On the ...

Sixty-five million years ago, long before humans walked the Earth, an event happened that changed the face of our planet forever. A gigantic asteroid smashed into our planet, transforming the world into a fiery furnace. In an instant, it became a wasteland. Nearly all life forms were extinguished in one massive blow, and the entire era of the Earth's history ended. But the world slowly recovered over time and began to bloom again. The age of humanity dawned, and man soon dominated the Earth. But over time, somewhere deep in the Cosmos, another asteroid prepares to strike the world and ...

Do you ever feel like you've lived before, in another body, in another time? Do you sometimes know what's going to happen before it occurs? Do you ever experience a thought, a feeling, or an emotion that leads you to believe that you have done something before when actually you haven't? These are the questions that Adam Moran asks himself in The Days of Futures Past. Adam thinks he's dreaming. He's not. He discovers that his dreams are actually memories from past lives reaching out to him. In an effort to discover the meaning of life, Adam travels back in time through soul travel, and ...

This twisted, thrilling read will plunge you into the unraveling mind of a psychotic female serial killer. Joanne Hawkins, sexually abused as a young girl by Joe, her drug-addicted stepfather, develops multiple personalities to deal with this horrific tragedy. Years later, as an adult, she uses her beauty and her sex to attract men like Joe. Once she seduces them, she binds their hands together while she makes love to them, and when they are defenseless, she strangles them with barbed wire. After several known pedophiles, are found murdered in the Austin, Texas area, there is an ...

Hell Bent is a novel about the life of John Wesley Hardin, the most dangerous gunslinger in Texas history. Based on both fictional and authenticated facts, (as accurate as possible for the 1800's anyway), his notorious life has become the stuff of legend. The fabled Texas gunfighter led the life of ten mortal men and was a walking contradiction. At times, he was the polite southern gentleman, whom the girls loved, to a two-gun, fast draw sharpshooter who feared no one and would kill at the drop of a hat. Even as a teenager, he became the lightning rod for pro-southern sentiment, which was ...

When a massive solar flare knocks out the entire nation's power grid, society begins to rapidly break down. After a few days, it was obvious that the electricity wasn't coming back on. The situation soon evolves into a scenario of survival of the fittest, kill or be killed. Patrick Walker, fearful that his family may not survive the apocalyptic world that has befallen him, decides to take his family to his grandfather's cabin in the secluded, wooded area of Northern Arkansas. However, the journey soon becomes one filled with life-threatening dangers as they encounter one obstacle after ...

After a botched jewelry store holdup in Hutchinson, Kansas, nineteen-year-old Jessie Hand and his older brother Billy jump on I-35 and head south to Mexico. On the way, Jessie stops by the Waffle House to pick up Ashley, his seventeen-year-old pregnant girlfriend. Hot on their trail are the police, a hit man hired by Ashley's mother and a wounded partner left behind for dead.

Four young adults go on a multi-state road trip to find the scariest haunted house. After touring several haunted houses, they receive an email with a video inviting them to the world's most terrifying haunted house. They played the video and listened. The video said, "You are invited to enter Nightmare Manor, the scariest place on earth. The most frightening haunted house in the country is only open on Halloween night. Reserved for the bravest souls only. Let it be known that no one has ever completed the tour. If you accept our invitation and arrive at your appointed time, you ...

During a bombing mission to Russia, an American B1 bomber collides with a UFO. The B1 bomber is destroyed, the UFO is severely damaged, and crashes in the Ural mountains. The race is on to find the downed spaceship. A team of Special Forces from the United States and a team of top Russian military soldiers are dispersed to locate the craft, collect as much information as possible, and destroy the ship. All hell breaks loose when the Americans and Russians arrive simultaneously and encounter monstrous, cannibalistic aliens.

A young man learns the facts of life and his family history from his grandfather, which alters his perception of what he believes to be true.

The Resurrection Of Dracula consists of three parts over a period of 18 years. Blood Lust - Part 1: Fear grips the Romanian countryside as Vlad Dracula, also known as Vlad the Impaler, a vicious, bloodthirsty prince, vows to return from the dead and drink the blood of the living by the light of the full moon. Five hundred years later, Brad Tepp develops an insatiable craving for blood, so much so, he thinks he may be becoming a modern-day vampire. All he can think about is drinking blood. Fearing he is losing his mind, he seeks professional help. After being diagnosed with porphyria, The ...

Susan Hopewell, an attractive twenty-two-year-old, tries desperately to become a Hollywood actress. Unable to pay her bills and constantly hounded by bill collectors, she takes a job waiting tables at an old diner. Just as she is ready to give up on her dreams, she receives a call from an attorney in Harmony, Texas, notifying her of her grandmother's passing. Being the only living relative, her grandmother named her the primary benefactor of her will, and Susan inherits an old farmhouse and a small amount of acreage. Holly, Susan's best friend and roommate, quits her job and makes the trip ...

If you enjoyed Killshot - part one - you would love part two - After the Fall. In part two, the chaos continues as Patrick Walker and his family try to survive the aftermath of a solar flare that has knocked out the entire United States power grid. After nearly getting killed in a gunfight with scavengers from a nearby town, Patrick and his wife Mary realize that they are too close to the city and decide to leave Doctor Bob's farm and return to his grandfather's cabin. However, when Patrick's family is put in peril, his life is about to change again. As each day passes, his plight becomes ...