rhetorical excursions

This story deals with the chances of time travel through dreams. What would you change, what would you leave the same, what would you do to better your life and those around you? Brock Matthews has a chance to do all of this, however he doesn’t quite know how or what to change each time he goes back. This story wrestles quite a bit with mortality, religion and family. Brock and his brother Ron are the owners of a very successful Coffee business. Although the dollars are raking in the millions, their relationship is fraying to the point of inaudible mumblings a handful of times a week as they awkwardly pass each other in the halls on their way to the respective office to shut out the world and focus on making more millions. This has always been their relationship. Ron is younger than Brock but somehow he always manages to be better at everything they do. Brock’s marriage is also falling apart as he focuses more and more of his time on his business instead of his family. His wife ...

David Spademan is good at one thing, being a garbageman, his father was a garbageman and he followed suit, but seeing how the once great city of New York is now basically a memory that has all been wiped out by a "dirty bomb" , he's been reduced to peruse other areas of trash related work. The people that still inhabit the fringe neighborhoods that once surrounded Time Square spend their time locked into a dreamlike virtual reality where anything goes, Spademan still manages to take out the trash, but in the form of a box-cutter to the jugular while creepy perverts who broke an unwritten rule are locked into la la land. Technically there are no rules in this altered reality known as the Limnosphere, so in short, Spademan takes out whomever his clients ask, so long as he's paid in cash. He likes his job, to a degree. But his latest target, Lesser, a fat sloppy bed-hopping pervert who likes to peek in on other people's fantasies sends Spademan down a weird and...

This book is yet again another testament of the brilliant artistry of Johnathan Maas. His ability to weave several story lines into 1 book amazes me. Spanners: Fountain of Youth, is a book about a group of individuals who have been granted specific abilities outside of the average human being; some live briefly, 30 days or less, but within that time can learn and achieve more than an entire nation combined. Some Spanners are built with the strengths of 10 men, some control fire and others can take your life with a single touch. Some Spanners have been granted immortality and with that burden a clear and concise memory of every wrong done and evil action to ever exist alongside them. This is the story of one such immortal and his plight to not only save the collective human race, but the Spanners race as well. An evil has been awoken by the name of Juan Ponce de Leon and his aim is to destroy all life with the exception of a handful of his fateful follows and reduce the earth’s po...

This was a very quick, entertaining read. But readers beware, the content should not be treated lightly, this is a very serious survival guide that should be kept on your person at all time. "When Clowns Attack" by Chuck Sambuchino is a how-to book that will help any and everyone aiming to steer clear of the Clown Cartel. This handy guide is broken down into 4 major chapters. 1.) ASSESS , in the opening chapter the reader will learn why clowns frighten people, also this chapter touches briefly on the mental instability of the clown. 2.) ANALYZE , here the reader will discover the many types of clown, their trademarks and how to avoid if needed. The reader will also learn about Clown anatomy and the communication and lingo. 3.) DEFEND , in the chapter the readers will learn how to Defend against a single Clown or a posse. Their methods of attack and their weapons of choice. This is by far the most important chapter in "When Clowns Attack." 4.) PROTECT , t...

Despite the negative reviews this book received I will openly and gladly admit that this story was a wonderful work of art. The story opens on Christmas Morning, 1893 in a little boom town called Abandon in Colorado. A town that was once filled with cheer has now been downgraded to simple survival mode through the winter months while the town's occupants decide if they'll stay on one more season? Maybe the mines will reopen and once again produce ore plenty enough to help the town regain it's footing. Maybe it'll close for good and Abandon will be reduced to yet another ghost town that seems to be rapidly spreading along the mountains in the West. This particular Christmas morning the towns preacher has a vision and hears a voice from God that tells him to gather all the towns people in the very mine that once gave Abandon so much life and joy, and seal the door forever trapping every man, woman and child in the dark, cold, wet subterranean environment that was t...

The first thing I noticed about this novel right from the start was that although it says, "A Sherlock Holmes Mystery" it didn't immediately feel that way. The novel's characters shared a lot of similarities and even posted at the famous 221B Baker Street address, but their attitudes, mannerisms and even dialogue was somewhat skewed. Not to discredit the author, the story in of itself was actually quite captivating and entertaining to boot. A mystery shrouding an Earl, art dealers murdering civilians and a very seductive damsel in distress. Action flooded nearly every page in this story and the climate in the scenes help mask the shady-dealings happening on every page. Snowy nights muffling suspicious footfalls, shadows cast when no one is near, the cold ripping at the clothing of the characters as they battle to survive. I will give the author, Bonnie MacBird much praise in her set up for this story which is revealed to the reader in the first few lines of this...