THE GOBLIN PITCHER
by Paul Lonardo

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HOMEGROWN: The Making of the 1972-73 Providence College Friars (click HERE to access HOMEGROWN book page)

Providence College has a long history of great basketball teams and beloved players, but there has never been anything like the talent and allure of Coach Dave Gavitt's 1972-73 Friars.

With the 50-year anniversary of the 1972-73 Providence College Friars basketball team a couple years away, this book is a celebration of Providence College's basketball program and a tribute to Coach Dave Gavitt, the players, and all the fans of 1973 Friars.

STRIKE IX - The Story of the Big East College Forced to Eliminate its Baseball Program and the Team that Refused to Lose (click HERE to access STRIKE IX book page)

It has been more than twenty years since the last game of baseball has been played at Providence College, a program that had produced numerous Major Leaguers, including Lou Merloni and John McDonald. This book was written as a tribute to the 1999 Friars baseball team. The players, knowing they would be the last to wear a Friar baseball uniform, went out and had the best season in the 80-year history of the school's baseball program. Playing with a lot of heart, talent and emotion, the Friars won the Big East Championship and entered the NCAA Division I Tournament with a lot more to prove.

FROM THE ASHES - Surviving the Station Nightclub Fire (click HERE to access FROM THE ASHES book page)

On the night of February 20, 2003, a crowd of nearly five hundred people were packed inside a small nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island to listen to the music of 80's rock band, Great White. During their opening song, a pyrotechnic display ignited a stage wall. A rampaging fire spread quickly, engulfing the interior and trapping many people inside before they could escape. Within minutes, the incident became the fourth deadliest fire in U.S. history, killing 100 people and injuring 200 others.

From the Ashes is Gina Russo's personal story of survival and the aftermath of the worst catastrophe's the state of Rhode Island ever suffered.

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THE DOG MAN OF DENNY-BLAINE

THE DOG MAN OF DENNY-BLAINE

Sandoval Diaz is a successful lawyer living in the Seattle suburbs with his wife, Doreen. The middle-aged couple have given up hope of having a family after many years of fruitless attempts to get pregnant. Trouble begins when Doreen lets a stray dog into the house. Sandi is uncomfortable from the start, as the animal acts aggressively toward him. Wanting to rid himself of the four-legged houseguest, while not dirtying his own hands, he seeks the help of an old schoolmate who he knows is involved in the criminal underworld. He contracts Brance, who is a Native American, and an associate to kill to the dog. While they agree to perform the deed, they intend to do more, robbing and killing the couple in process. At the same time, Brance and his partner, who work as illegal geoduck (clam) harvesters for a drug cartel, are being hunted by cartel assassins for selling some of the product on the side for their own profit.
The fuse is lit when it is revealed that the dog is actually a hybrid of canine and human, and he is the alpha in a pack of five dogs, all male, the last of their kind. To survive, they need to mate with a human female who is a direct descendant of the original bloodline that created them. They found what they were searching for in Doreen, and just as the Dog Man and his followers make their move, Brance and his partner arrive at the lawyers home. All hell breaks loose when a group of heavily armed assassins from the cartel track the two men to Sandi's house, where man and beast dig in for a winner-take-all battle.

Sandi Diaz has a problem with his wife taking in a stray dog. He feels threatened by the animal to such a degree that he seeks the help of a low-level underworld figure to see to it that the dog is permanently removed from the house. However, this only invites more trouble to the situation. And when he learns the truth about a disturbing myth involving a race of dog-men seeking to continue their bloodline with a human female, his family will never be the same again.

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2022 SHORT STORY COLLECTION RELEASE...

THE LEGEND OF LAKE INCUNABULA - And Other Fantastic Tales

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While each selection was chosen as a featured attraction in the amusement park that is this dark fantasy anthology, the stories are quite diverse, encompassing several subgenres, ranging from urban fantasy to children's stories, Lovecraftian to body horror, and even a ghostly romance. Like any amusement park, there is something for everyone. There is a narrative about baseball and superstition taken to a terrifying extreme, a mobster ghost story that takes place in a restaurant where the spirit of a mafioso who had been gunned down there haunts a troubled salesman, and a tale that delves into the dark realm of child abuse and how the cycle can be broken, among other chilling yarns.
There are eleven tales of the bizarre and unusual in all.
Enjoy the ride!

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