Most people live with an experience of the world that is rooted in fear, worry, and anxiety. This most commonly manifests is in a persistent feeling of discontentment. Something just doesn't feel quite right. Since 2006, our global scientific research project has been on the trail of the tiny fraction of the population that has escaped this fate.
The new owner of a home that holds a terrible surprise. An insomniac whose quest for sleep leads you to a horrifying discovery. The parent of a little girl who holds the keys of damnation and salvation in her tiny hands. You are all these people, and more. In this brave collection, author Jeffery X Martin makes the reader the main character in fifteen nerve-grinding new stories, filled with horror, humor and jagged pieces of human nature.
The idea for the title "Equilibrium" (misspelled on purpose) came to me as I reflected on what words have come to mean in my life. There is no doubt in my mind had I not found words (or did they find me?) the world would have devoured me long ago. Through reading and writing, I not only found my voice, but also my footing on this tricky terrain called life. For me the playing field was leveled as soon as I took the lessons of others (books), mixed it with my own experiences and discovered my voice, my "Equalibrium." Enjoy, Jeffery Martin
The familiar characters of the standard Tarot deck have their own stories to tell! This twisted take on the Tarot brings you deeper into the cards in ways you never imagined. Irreverent and irreplaceable, "Tarotsphere" brings the Tarot to life with humor and a dash of much needed profanity. Only the bent dark soul of Jeffery X Martin could reinterpret the cards and build a world from them.
The complete series of Another Time by Jeffery Martin Botzenhart. The Collection includes The Artist, The Quiet Hours, Paradise, and Merlynn. THE ARTIST: Meeting Edward, a handsome young artist on the boardwalk, Helen is convinced his portraits of her have captured her true essence. His shy endearing presence stirs feelings of love inside her. In truth, what he also has captured . . . is her heart. (M/F Historical Romance) THE QUIET HOURS: There is no hiding in war, leaving hearts exposed to unfathomable dangers. Two English soldiers suffer such vulnerability as they attempt to survive this cataclysm. Having carried out a secret love affair before the Great War began, when reunited on the Western Front in 1916 France, both promise to protect each other so their hidden love affair may continue at war's end. Yet as they set out to escape the carnage of battle, they find more reasons to survive. (M/M Historical Romance) PARADISE: When introduced to Major Gideon Temple, it is obvious her mother intends for him to become Clarissa's future husband. Yet an instant infatuation Clarissa experiences with Casper, a young British soldier assigned to protect her and her parents, turns to a beautiful love affair. Gideon's jealousy of them leads to threats and banishing Casper away from her. In the days to follow, revelations of murder, hostile intentions, and the rage of an angry spirit taint this breathtaking paradise. (M/F Historical Romance) MERLYNN: Amidst the Autumn of 1933, during the Great Depression, a young coal miner from Pennsylvania and a beautiful farm girl from Nebraska find their lives impossibly entwined. When submerged in water, both can travel great distances to each other's homes in a matter of minutes. Bound by passion and love, neither can explain how this is possible. An unimaginable force has brought them together, yet a very real threat could tear them apart. (M/F Paranormal Romance) PUBLISHER NOTE: Collection of stories. 81,000 words in total.
What happens to the boys of summer when there are no more seasons? Where will they go? The end of the 1941 season has arrived for two baseball players. Eighteen-year-old Eddie Tanner and thirty-two-year-old Sam Trask are two of the finest to play the game. Yet neither received the call to move up to the major league. For Eddie, there is no going home. Saying goodbye, not only to baseball, but to the girl he has fallen in love with, he leaves for a future somewhere unknown. For Sam, there will be no more seasons but just maybe the salvation of falling in love. The relief of receiving a letter from Pearl Harbor lets Sam know where Eddie has found himself. This revelation also restores feelings of love that were thought long lost. Within days, however, the world is then plunged further into the darkness of war. What remains within broken hearts are distant, warm summer memories … from the end of the season.
The depths of some seas are not filled with water, but rather the broken dreams of lost souls. Would the one voted “Most Beautiful and Desirable” by her classmates, still be both after five years had passed? Would the one voted “Most Athletic” cling to former glory days? What about “Most Happy” or “Most Invisible?” Invitations received for a five-year high school class reunion are the catalyst for a gathering of former classmates. Not all have lived up to the potential of the titles bestowed to them upon graduation. Yet the day of reckoning and revelations has arrived. The flames of past passion will be reignited. An angry rage of past jealousy will be unleashed. Some will reveal how time has changed them, and some will break free from fears that have held them back. Will the bestowed titles hold true when the decorations fall and the mirror ball is darkened? Or will some find that the task to either live up to their titles or break free is in fact…most impossible?
Welcome home lost fragile souls. Find solace in casting worldly troubles away to my blue tides…so sayeth the Ocean. Attending the wedding of two close friends, as well as seeking to cleanse her troubled thoughts, Lauren is drawn back to her beloved beach house just north of Cape Hatteras by the lure of the ocean’s blue tides. Spellbound by the echoes of crashing waves and the unexpected sight of a soaring kite, she makes her way down to the beach. There she encounters a message in a bottle in the form of a carefree younger man. Drawn in by Brody’s free-spirited presence Lauren forgoes her intended solitude by inviting him in. As their weekend time together passes, to each other they reveal how carelessly they were cast away by those they loved. Their mutual attraction fuels cravings to be desired once more. Yet the depths of a secret she initially withholds from him clouds their future together. Will she accept salvation from his message in a bottle…or cast him back to the blue tides?
In the mountains of East Tennessee lies the town of Elders Keep. Things aren't exactly right in the Keep, and as the town heads towards the holiday season, the evil force that lives within the woods comes pulsing to the forefront. It's all downhill to New Years, and no one in the Keep is safe. This collection of eight short stories is your invitation to join the citizens of Elders Keep as they make their way through a harrowing holiday season.Only the dark and twisted mind of Jeffery X Martin could create a town where humor and terror live side by side in such harmonious agony. Welcome to Elders Keep. If you lived here, you'd be dead by now.
Beware of the seductive beauty of a mysterious woman who at times mirrors the lethal allure of a dangerous shark. Mistaking the identity of a young American architect for an American DEA agent, a beautiful English spy’s seduction of an innocent man leads to his abduction. Amidst the tropical paradise of Tobago, she regretfully thrusts him into a world of drug cartels and international intrigue. Forced into aiding with the recovery of a treasure at rest within the ocean depths, the young man must endure the dangers of shark-infested waters and the desperation of a drug lord. He also is torn by his feelings for her. Was her attraction to him genuine or was he simply a pawn in a treacherous game? This unanticipated attraction between them threatens to expose not only her cover but also her true self, hidden away so very long ago. Will she forsake duty and risk all to save him or will she allow her soul to remain buried beneath the depths of her heart?
A group of top scientists, lead by a legendary Nobel Prize winning physicist, has made a discovery so startling and with such deep religious implications that it sends shockwaves through the corridors of power around the world. As the federal government moves to suppress the research, all of those involved vanish without a trace. A mysterious call from the editor of The Washington Post starts Penelope Drayton Spence off in search of the missing scientists. After she crosses paths with enigmatic industrialist Michael Walker, Penelope becomes a fugitive in a wild, hold on tight to the edge of your seat race to expose the truth about the Hermes Project before the government can cover it up."--Publisher's description
Joe: Will you promise me somethin' son? Richard: What's that? Joe: If things ever get too dark dat you'll guide me to da sun Richard: (silent for a moment) Yes father, I promise." excerpt from "In and Out Joe" A son coming to grips with his father's mental decline and the journey they both take is both humorous and gut wrenching
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