The following excerpts are all free for your enjoyment. Linked downloads are PDFs designed for a better reading experience on larger screens. For a reflowable ePUB that can be easily read on SmartPhones as well, check out our Amapola Sampler.
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Stars Shine in Darkness
Click here for a free story based on true events, about an encounter with a legend (in her own mind). Less a superhero story than a middle-of-the-road villain refucosing story... Nobody gets badly hurt, and it'll let you escape into somebody else's mess for ten minutes.
A Quiet Stroll
Click here for a free story about a lazy stroll through Brooklyn Heights on a gray Spring morning. Dedicated to the loving memory of a friend and supporter whose keen eye and soul always found innate beauty even in the darkest moments.
Because She Was A Woman
Free download of How Nadine and Libby Escaped Destiny, the story of a precocious child playing dance lesson in the back of an old trailer as her mother watches from within. In the midst of the bittersweet scene, their lives are about to change forever. The image of an innocent child softly singing will haunt you...
Chronicles of Ash, Vol. 0
Click here for a free excerpt to the introduction of a fantasy steampunk-inspired series. Sassy Brooklynite Ashleigh Peters is transported to a bizarre yet very familiar world.
He Done Her Wrong
Click here for an excerpt from one of the books in the Bloody Trail of Disenchantment series, centering on stories of infidelities and betrayals, both real and perceived, and their effect on a variety of souls.
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Justified
Click here for a free excerpt to the amazing journey of a man who led an ordinary life, found himself in the midst of a terrorizing experience at gunpoint, then a murder investigation, a press tour, and an old-fashioned conclusion that is both noble and twisted.
The Scent of Honeysuckle
Click here for an excerpt of the spooky story of Mike and Jess Morgan, who purchase a lighthouse in an idyllic northeastern and soon the quaint and beautiful setting is marred by a series of increasingly unsettling and mystifying experiences--including the intoxicating sweet scent of honeysuckle.
Haunted Kitty
Click here for a free micro-story about a cat's meow in the middle of the night and how it haunted our Halloween. One Night with B.B.
Click here for an excerpt from the mini-memoir about the night B.B. King performed live at The Blue Note. Literally a story in four acts with all the magic moments of the evening clearly illustrated (you'll think you're right there!)
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