'Aegean Dream' is a true story of love, resilience, and the power of friendship set on Greece's real 'Mamma Mia' island of Skópelos. A compelling window on the daily life of a small Greek island and the spirit of its people, 'Aegean Dream' chronicles the adventure of a European-American couple who dared what all of us want to do--risk everything by leaving the fast lane for a new life on an idyllic Greek island paradise. - What's it really like to live on a tiny Greek island? - Why is the Greek economy so messed up? - What is 'The Secret'? ...and what do mysterious skulls, Russian prostitutes, President Bush the elder, and Pierce Brosnan have to do with it all? Comic and tragic by turns, this honest, unvarnished memoir also provides striking insights into Greece's broken institutions that would soon shake the entire global economy. Dario Ciriello's 'Aegean Dream'. All story. All true.

Aegean Dream: The true story of a year on the 'Mamma Mia' island

Travel

Ciriello, Dario

Europe

Dario Ciriello DBA Panverse Publishing

Love. Loyalty. Dope smuggling.  All Christian White wants is a quiet life.   So when Billy Sutherland, Christian's old friend and sometime guardian angel from their 1960s hippie days, asks Christian to help him collect on a forty-year-old IOU from his shady past, Christian does everything he can to talk Billy out of it. Because the IOU is for a huge load of high-grade hashish. The hash is in war-torn Afghanistan. And Christian owes Billy enough that he's going to find it very hard to refuse.   Christian's life is complicated enough already. Between the challenges posed by his open marriage to Carol--his hot, younger, bi wife--and the imminent threat to his living from a new federal law, a madcap adventure is the last thing he needs. And yet, some dumb teenage remnant of his mind is thrilled at the idea.   As the two old friends head into deadly danger, super-sophisticated surveillance systems bring their movements to the attention of Detective Inspector Amir Khan, a police/customs enforcement liason who believes himself a modern Sherlock Holmes. And Khan desperately needs a big success to advance his stalled career. Before long, Christian finds himself in danger of losing everything--his business, his marriage, his freedom, and his very life. A sexy, high-tech caper/thriller filled with exotic locales, memorable characters, and a fast-paced plot, Sutherland's Rules is a wild adventure you won't soon forget! 

Sutherland's Rules: Love, loyalty, dope smuggling

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

It's Resurrection TimeSan Francisco antique dealer Paul Hatzis sells his business and rents an old house on the small Greek island of Vóunos. What he doesn’t know is that the house, which has a sinister reputation with the locals, was owned in the 1940s by black magician Dafyd Jones; and that Jones, along with his seer companion Magda O’Whelan, and Klaus Maule, a seriously disturbed colonel in the Waffen SS, made a deal with Hell, culminating in the trio's planned bodily deaths during the final ritual in 1944. In return for a lifetime of service on the frontier of Outer Hell, where all the demons of Hell fight a desperate, eternal battle against inconceivable powA Darkest Tale of Black Magic, Possession, and Occult SuspenseDisillusioned San Francisco antique dealer Paul Hatzis sells his business and rents an old house on the small Greek island of Vóunos. What he doesn’t know is that the house, which has a sinister reputation with the locals, was owned in the 1940s by ritual black magician Dafyd Jones; and that Jones, along with his seer companion Magda O’Whelan, and Klaus Maule, a seriously disturbed colonel in the Waffen SS, made a deal with Hell, culminating in the trio's planned bodily deaths during the final ritual in 1944. The Deal with HellIn return for a lifetime of service on the frontier of Outer Hell, where all the demons of Hell fight a desperate, eternal battle against inconceivable powers that would consume both the human and demonic spheres, Jones and his companions will be reborn on Earth as powerful immortals -- if they don’t go mad first. The Unholiest ResurrectionAs Easter approaches, Paul is preparing to celebrate with his new girlfriend and his adored 18-year old niece. But with the biblical threescore years and ten now up, the magician and his two colleagues are being called back from Hell by the ritual artifact they buried deep in the cellar of Paul’s house. All they need are three living bodies to inhabit. And the only person who understands the danger is an octogenerian hermit monk hundreds of miles away with no way of reaching them. "A perfectly paced tale of terror and love that you cannot put down.”— Ken Liu, Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy Award-winner and author of The Grace of KingsWhat readers are saying about Black Easter- The danger felt real, the pacing was extremely fast, which puts this in a category with the best thrillers- Provocative, unique concepts of Hell and demons gird the plot- The book is fast-paced, with a sophisticated tone and plot about the price of magic and personal responsibility- I've now read this book twice and enjoyed both readings immensely- A rapidly-read novel with one of the most loathsome villains I've ever tripped over running the proverbial show- The different settings were intertwined masterfully- Dario Ciriello is one of those folks who really knows how to tell a story- I am very glad I did not read it at nightBlack Easter. Because Hell is waiting.

Black Easter

Literature & Fiction

Genre Fiction

The Fiction Writing Handbook is a complete guide for the fiction writer who wants to develop an individual voice and understand the reasons underlying the so-called rules of writing. Although a few rules really are necessary, the vast majority are either dogma or passing fads. Worse, so much advice like "show don't tell" and "open with action" is generally poorly explained and entirely misunderstood.Drawing on fifteen years of writing, critiquing, editing and mentoring experience, Dario Ciriello explains and dissects the often misleading advice and diktats shouted at writers from books and blogs, agents and publishers, and puts you in control of your story. Whether your interest lies in novels or screenwriting, The Fiction Writing Handbook will help you tell your story in your voice and place it before your audience, bringing out your unique vision while adhering to the few rules that actually matter. Because writing isn't about prose wonks and industry insiders: it's about the reader, and most of all it's about telling a story. Your story.

The Fiction Writing Handbook: The Professional Author's Guide to Writing Beyond the Rules

Reference

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Six stories of Science Fiction Adventure that take the reader from the very edge of our own universe to the dizzying depths of parallel worlds and alternate realities. This dazzling collection of stories from noted Panverse anthology editor Dario Ciriello includes both hard and humorous SF. FREE VERSE: When whole bundles of worldlines—parallel realities—begin to collapse and die, an old linewalker is the only one who can help—if he can conquer his own demons. COLLATERAL DAMAGE: An artist working on a docked luxury star-yacht is taken captive when the ship is hijacked by pirates, and has only hours to save himself before losing everything to the inflexible laws of spacetime. TIGGER WALKS THE PLANCK: An AI trapped in a cloned feline body finds itself the unfortunate subject of an all-too-real Shrödinger's Cat experiment. DWELL ON HER GRACIOUSNESS: At the edge of the universe in a tiny, experimental ship, a priestess from the Far Sisters cult sent to observe an impossible phenomenon faces madness and terror. SKIFFY SUPRÈME: So just how DO you bake a planet? DANCING BY NUMBERS: Lyra discovers an ability that can change worlds—and then makes a terrifying choice that will change them further still.

Free Verse and Other Stories

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction