Meet Lenny Bird. He's in his mid-twenties, big and burly, with a ravenous appetite. He's a larger-than-life, eccentric, impetuous, exuberant photographer who has recently relocated from Oklahoma to Los Angeles. Travel with him through various jobs, relationships and experiences as he confronts life head-on. In his job as a photojournalist, Lenny is obsessed with getting perfect, unique photographs. He is an unconventional employee who dislikes bureaucrats...

Can you love a city? Yes, and Lisbon is a great example. This European capital city is a bustling metropolis that averages 300 days of sunshine a year. Tourists flock here in ever-increasing numbers for the history, culture, great food, and people that have inspired this short anthology of Lisbon stories. The authors in this book come from all corners of the world. Some live here, while others have visited and fallen in love. Each of their tales shines...

"I have never been faced with a moral crisis, let alone a matter of life or death." Peter Simons doesn't spend much time at home in his bachelor apartment. Thanks to his job at a multinational company, he is often flying around the world, enjoying a life of luxurious solitude in five star hotels. So when he returns after being away for nine months and notices a strange smell coming from his neighbour's apartment, he initially tries not to get involved,...

Discover a tale of human authenticity told through a sweet-souled alcoholic who means well and sees good in people. When the residents of Como Flats see Lonnie Klipsen in the same bar, drinking the same beer, telling the same stories, night after night, year after year, they ask themselves, "How can a man with so little lose so much?" With no close family and no significant other, Lonnie and his longtime roommate Stan, a widow and non-practicing...

2022 "Best Literary" Book Award Winner, Indies Today"Barnes illuminates places that too often remain hidden." -Vince Granata, Author, Everything is Fine: A MemoirSeven years after pleading not guilty by reason of insanity, Avery West agonizes over the reality that his time at the Hawaiʻi State Hospital is ending. He can't imagine a life beyond the confines of his psychiatric facility, even if his schizophrenic symptoms are finally in remission. But...

When terrorists sink their whaling vessel, the company Jonas works for goes out of business, and he finds himself unemployed in Tokyo during a recession. Struggling to find a job to keep his apartment and eat, he gets a job at a transvestite hostess club. These are his adventures.

The Italian Tycoon And The Nanny Rebecca Winters A new dad to his orphaned nephew, Massimo needs help. Bringing the baby's beautiful aunt Julie Marchant to Italy as a nanny seems the perfect solution. Plucked form her quiet, suburban existence, Julie is a fish out of water in Massimo's glamorous, wealthy world. But she is thrilled to be part of her nephew's life, even if it means being the hired help. More of a challenge is spending every day with...

Mickey Collins, son of a drug-dealer, relates his amazing tale from childhood to something approaching being an adult. The streets of Cork, Ireland, is where Mickey learns fine skills such as pre-teen drinking, shoplifting and breaking & entering. However, after Mickey disobeys his mother once too often, a lifetime of pain (or 'adventure' as Mickey would see it) descends upon him, as he bounces from one State service to another. A kaleidoscopic tour...

Fresh off another sold-out gallery show, New York City artist Tia Zen is on top of the world. Her work catches the eye of successful restaurateur Spencer Chadwick and his socialite girlfriend Ainsley Davenport. He wants her to paint a mural for his newest hot spot and she reluctantly accepts even though she feels they are polar opposites. Worlds collide immediately as the work progresses and tensions begin to mount. Tia and Spencer begin to feel that...

After the politics of his prestigious law firm send Ben out on the street, he finds himself playing piano at a waterfront brothel. In his new life, Ben explores the underbelly of peoples' desires, fears, compulsions, and dreams. As Ben moves throughout this new life, he realizes that the women around him are trying to survive and thrive in a world that hasn't handed them anything. A story of failure, redemption, and human understanding, and featuring...