William "Buck" Storm is the tyrannical patriarch of his family and a brutal coal mine owner, whose war time experiences have deeply flawed him. He respects nothing and no one. Jesse Kamin is the passionate son of a coal miner killed in an Ohio mine explosion and raised by a mother full of hate. Violence and anarchy in the United Mine Workers drive him to the government. By chance, he is pitted against Storm. Black Damp Century is their story of strife, loyalty, and fury, as told with a backdrop of the historical events of the Twentieth Century, beginning with the bloody battle at Blair Mountain in West Virginia. These violent clashes deeply mar the coal operators, the miners, and the government for generations. The miners' world holds multiple forms of black damp, which threatens to suck the oxygen from the lives of all involved.

Black Damp Century

Literature & Fiction

George, Kerry

Genre Fiction

Four Cats Publishing

A Peacock Speaks is a delightful collection of memoirs and short stories from the curious pen of Don Peacock. In 22 short tales of unexpected events, he captivates you with some very unusual observations. He explores subjects as wide as bird behavior, human nature, boating, male-female relationships, cats, and the fine art of “grandfathering.” Ever the purveyor of the surprising ending, Peacock pulls you into speculative fiction from which you will need time to recover.

A Peacock Speaks: Short Stories

Peacock, Don

Short Stories & Anthologies

"Keys to the Cages" recounts the frightful story of a fire at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus on Easter Monday 1930. First fire responders wait in open-air trucks outside a locked gate. Cries of men bolted behind steel bars are heard widely amidst creeping flames and black smoke, while individual cell door keys hang on guard room hooks, undisturbed. It is the change of shift. Guards debate the wisdom of releasing any keys to unlock the cells. The fire attracts thousands of Columbus people, who stand around prison gates while tragedies unfold inside. This is also an account of inmate Theophilus Kabel of Dayton, institutionalized at an early age into a life devoid of personal decision-making. He is emancipated into a world full of uncharted freedom, yet his attempt to fit into society fails; he is soon arrested and forced hopelessly into this deadly prison setting. His story gives voice to men logged only as statistics in the annals of America's deadliest prison fire. Three hundred and twenty-two die that night. None on death row.

Keys to the Cages: 1930 Ohio Penitentiary Fire

Cain, Mollie C.

From Bethlehem to the Boiling Fork: Part 1: Descendants of Ludwig, Nicholas & Leonard Young

History

Powers, Mary Osweiler

Americas

BOOMERANG LIES is a disquieting story of how just a few lies can unravel a normal, respected family. These lies lead to financial ruin, upheaval, and a prison sentence, leaving a homeless family to cope with a dangerous new life of poverty and fear. Chris Cunningham, now a divorced mother of three, is forced from a wealthy suburb to a harrowing life in subsidized hopelessness. But as the truth plays out, fortunes change, and undiscovered mysteries, including lies told to the police, develop surprising outcomes of their own.

Boomerang Lies

Romance

Polak, Barbara Wood

Romantic Suspense

Many call Cincinnati Reds player Dylan Michael the greatest of all time. But at 25 years old he dies in a plane crash on his way to prison. Three years later an unknown player named Matt Wolf arrives in Cincinnati. He's slower than Dylan, his face is different, his body thicker and more muscular. But two competing baseball writers see a similarity between Dylan and Matt; they share the sweetest, most powerful swing they've ever seen. The writers smell a story. That swing is also seen by Dylan's grieving widow who lives in a fantasy world where Dylan somehow survives the crash. Her friends say he did not survive...no one could have.

Last At Bat

Donahue, Mark

Thesaurus of the Senses

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is the difference between a lightning bug and lightning, Mark Twain once wrote. Throughout history, the timely use of the apt word has held enormous sway, in literature, speeches, and texts. How is it that some words hold such power? One thing we know: great words often engage the senses.
Thesaurus of the Senses expands your possibilities to see, hear, touch, taste, and smell to describe the world around you. It collects some of the best English sensory words in one place to enliven your writing and help you build persuasive description. It's an indispensable tool for writers, poets, bloggers, editors, storytellers, students, teachers, communicators, and word lovers alike — anyone wanting to add more spark to his or her writing.

Reference

Hart, Linda

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

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