Jason a Adams

When Holidays Turn Out Anything But Ordinary Not all holidays start out standard-issue. Some celebrate different days or traditions. Others take a hit of the unexpected. Sometimes the cast of characters defies all expectations, but turns out better than anyone imagined in the end. These holiday stories from Jason A. Adams and Kari Kilgore throw away the usual blueprint. From righting wrongs to finding recovery, from redefining family to discovering the place you belong. Take a break from typical holiday fare and enjoy a new perspective on winter celebrations. Includes Ballerinas and SuperCats, Pungent Justice, The Twelve Steps of Christmas, Finding Sanctuary, A True Family Holiday, Virginia's Last Old Christmas Eve, A Convenience Store Christmas, and The Inn, the Black Cat, and Two Halves of the Same Heart A Wintertime Journey with a Different Kind of Holiday Boxing Day at Wentworth Manor brings joy and celebration. But a cruel crime threatens to ruin the party A heartless theft nearly breaks the spirit of Jennifer's family. So she and her best friend set out to make things right. The Christmas season hits hard for some people. Yet it sometimes also brings hope for recovery and renewal. June and Ryan share a ritual of grief and letting go. Will their instant spark light the way to new possibilities? Carrie faces Christmas in a new city. Then she finds a true family to join for the celebration. Virginia lived a long, joyful life. Full of family and love. But her most cherished story remains untold. Stuart's Stop 'N Shop, always open, even for Christmas. Then the holiday spirit surprises Stuart, Bobby, and Pete. Henry and Steve get caught by a Christmas Eve blizzard. Will they grab their chance for happily ever after?

When Holidays Turn Out Anything But Ordinary Not all holidays start out standard-issue. Some celebrate different days or traditions. Others take a hit of the unexpected. Sometimes the cast of characters defies all expectations, but turns out better than anyone imagined in the end. These holiday stories from Jason A. Adams and Kari Kilgore throw away the usual blueprint. From righting wrongs to finding recovery, from redefining family to discovering the place you belong. Take a break from typical holiday fare and enjoy a new perspective on winter celebrations. Includes Ballerinas and SuperCats, Pungent Justice, The Twelve Steps of Christmas, Finding Sanctuary, A True Family Holiday, Virginia's Last Old Christmas Eve, A Convenience Store Christmas, and The Inn, the Black Cat, and Two Halves of the Same Heart A Wintertime Journey with a Different Kind of Holiday Boxing Day at Wentworth Manor brings joy and celebration. But a cruel crime threatens to ruin the party A heartless theft nearly breaks the spirit of Jennifer's family. So she and her best friend set out to make things right. The Christmas season hits hard for some people. Yet it sometimes also brings hope for recovery and renewal. June and Ryan share a ritual of grief and letting go. Will their instant spark light the way to new possibilities? Carrie faces Christmas in a new city. Then she finds a true family to join for the celebration. Virginia lived a long, joyful life. Full of family and love. But her most cherished story remains untold. Stuart's Stop 'N Shop, always open, even for Christmas. Then the holiday spirit surprises Stuart, Bobby, and Pete. Henry and Steve get caught by a Christmas Eve blizzard. Will they grab their chance for happily ever after?

When Holidays Turn Out Anything But OrdinaryNot all holidays start out standard-issue. Some celebrate different days or traditions. Others take a hit of the unexpected.Sometimes the cast of characters defies all expectations, but turns out better than anyone imagined in the end.These holiday stories from Jason A. Adams and Kari Kilgore throw away the usual blueprint. From righting wrongs to finding recovery, from redefining family to discovering the place you belong.Take a break from typical holiday fare and enjoy a new perspective on winter celebrations.Includes Ballerinas and SuperCats, Pungent Justice, The Twelve Steps of Christmas, Finding Sanctuary, A True Family Holiday, Virginia's Last Old Christmas Eve, A Convenience Store Christmas, and The Inn, the Black Cat, and Two Halves of the Same Heart A Wintertime Journey with a Different Kind of Holiday Boxing Day at Wentworth Manor brings joy and celebration.But a cruel crime threatens to ruin the partyA heartless theft nearly breaks the spirit of Jennifer's family.So she and her best friend set out to make things right.The Christmas season hits hard for some people.Yet it sometimes also brings hope for recovery and renewal.June and Ryan share a ritual of grief and letting go.Will their instant spark light the way to new possibilities?Carrie faces Christmas in a new city.Then she finds a true family to join for the celebration.Virginia lived a long, joyful life. Full of family and love.But her most cherished story remains untold.Stuart's Stop 'N Shop, always open, even for Christmas.Then the holiday spirit surprises Stuart, Bobby, and Pete. Henry and Steve get caught by a Christmas Eve blizzard.Will they grab their chance for happily ever after?

A Mysterious Land Full of Shadows and Secrets Private Investigator Helen Hartsock returns home. Searching for a missing person hardly anyone misses. A brutal murder disrupts Sheriff Crabtree's holiday. Now he must discover the different meanings of justice. Regina Burke never expects trouble on a fine morning. But trouble keeps its own schedule, and its own secrets. A young trainee. An old mentor. A puzzling death. What hangs above this happy home? Carol and Sid work at the most unusual house in town. But they never expect the surprise one snowy night brings. John Barton returns home for the reunion of his dreams. Dreams Pete Duncan begins to believe for himself. Narrow valleys shrouded in fog. Vast forests full of unseen creatures and hidden depths. Proud, independent people, fiercely loyal to each other, often suspicious of outsiders. A natural setting for a journey through crime and justice, death and revelation. Join Jason A. Adams and Kari Kilgore on a trip into the hidden heart of their mountains. Includes The Definition of Crime, Discovering the Obvious, A Race Against Tea Time, The Number One Killer, Adventures in Winter Driving, and Reunion and Redemption

A Mysterious Land Full of Shadows and Secrets Private Investigator Helen Hartsock returns home. Searching for a missing person hardly anyone misses. A brutal murder disrupts Sheriff Crabtree's holiday. Now he must discover the different meanings of justice. Regina Burke never expects trouble on a fine morning. But trouble keeps its own schedule, and its own secrets. A young trainee. An old mentor. A puzzling death. What hangs above this happy home? Carol and Sid work at the most unusual house in town. But they never expect the surprise one snowy night brings. John Barton returns home for the reunion of his dreams. Dreams Pete Duncan begins to believe for himself. Narrow valleys shrouded in fog. Vast forests full of unseen creatures and hidden depths. Proud, independent people, fiercely loyal to each other, often suspicious of outsiders. A natural setting for a journey through crime and justice, death and revelation. Join Jason A. Adams and Kari Kilgore on a trip into the hidden heart of their mountains. Includes The Definition of Crime, Discovering the Obvious, A Race Against Tea Time, The Number One Killer, Adventures in Winter Driving, and Reunion and Redemption

Travel the wilds of Jason A. Adams' imagination through the space between hither and yon.Includes five original stories: The Dangers of Cat Trees, Temporal Fallout, Career Choices, Special Delivery, and Resurrecting Ruby.

A Sweet Escape to the Beginning Keith and Josh, new in town and to each other. Dirk and Barbara, striving for new beginnings. April and Michele, digging through lost treasures. Trisha and Bill, adjusting to strange new realities. Craig and Sohpie, in a time of healing and change. Diana and Katie, stranded in snowstorm limbo. Thom and Julie, on the edge of finding their own way. Amy and Tony, enjoying the rewards of hard work. Eight couples finding their way to that first thrilling spark, the joy of discovering a kindred spirit. A heart that beats in time with their own. Join husband and wife team Jason A. Adams and Kari Kilgore on a journey to the promise and joy of discovery. And the beginning of happily ever after. Includes The Sweetest Trouble, Dirk Knight and The Case of the Rustled Ranch, The Real Treasure in Cairo, For the Love of Snarla Jane, The Heart Is the Strongest, Canine Cupid, Happily Ever in KrampusLand, and First Kiss Ah, romance We all love falling in love. We all enjoy watching those two friends who everyone knows belong together finally get it over with and start dating. Partners in Romance features tales of new friends-with-potential, people thrown together by circumstance, neighbors with spark, and much, much more. Just like in real life, dogs fan romantic sparks into a flame. Mature lovebirds want happiness for the younger generation. Humor plays a vital role, especially when it comes to love's secret recipe. With people starting out in life or making long-desired changes, hearts recognize each other. Of course, all romance features dream chasing, and a good Happily Ever After. Come along for the adventure as eight couples discover each other, and the promise of the beginning

A Sweet Escape to the BeginningKeith and Josh, new in town and to each other. Dirk and Barbara, striving for new beginnings. April and Michele, digging through lost treasures. Trisha and Bill, adjusting to strange new realities. Craig and Sohpie, in a time of healing and change. Diana and Katie, stranded in snowstorm limbo. Thom and Julie, on the edge of finding their own way. Amy and Tony, enjoying the rewards of hard work.Eight couples finding their way to that first thrilling spark, the joy of discovering a kindred spirit. A heart that beats in time with their own.Join husband and wife team Jason A. Adams and Kari Kilgore on a journey to the promise and joy of discovery. And the beginning of happily ever after.Includes The Sweetest Trouble, Dirk Knight and The Case of the Rustled Ranch, The Real Treasure in Cairo, For the Love of Snarla Jane, The Heart Is the Strongest, Canine Cupid, Happily Ever in KrampusLand, and First KissAh, romance We all love falling in love. We all enjoy watching those two friends who everyone knows belong together finally get it over with and start dating.Partners in Romance features tales of new friends-with-potential, people thrown together by circumstance, neighbors with spark, and much, much more.Just like in real life, dogs fan romantic sparks into a flame. Mature lovebirds want happiness for the younger generation. Humor plays a vital role, especially when it comes to love's secret recipe.With people starting out in life or making long-desired changes, hearts recognize each other.Of course, all romance features dream chasing, and a good Happily Ever After.Come along for the adventure as eight couples discover each other, and the promise of the beginning

Welcome to the Squirrel Tree When Jason A. Adams puts fingers to keyboard, the reader never knows what's coming.Come climb the squirrel tree of Jason's imagination.Among its branches, find adventure in the future, the past, and the present.Join galactic billionaires, Appalachian lawmen, mythical monsters in modern cities, and ancient warriors in the first collection of short fiction from Jason A. AdamsIncludes Angel of Mercy, The Green Knight, Oppositional, Cupids, To Catch a Thief, Malaya, Swift's, and Birth of the Makmorn.Angel of Mercy In a time of jazz and bootleg liquor, death stalks New Orleans. Captain Ted Mooney must root out the cause of these mysterious deaths.The Green Knight What if old myths and legends carry a grain of truth? When he discovers this, Gavin Baddock must keep his head.Oppositional A loving wife, a mysterious patron, and a myriad of dark secrets. Will Phillip DeGranz fall prey to his own desire for knowledge?Cupids Sometimes you get more than you bargained for. An old collector. A private moon. A cherub run amok.To Catch a Thief Sheriff Larry Crabtree's quiet community hides a dark secret. Larry must unlearn his common sense and rational ways.Malaya How well do we ever know our spouses? Sometimes secrets shared mean secrets kept.Swift's Take a short look through a short story into a world of short ribs. And don't question the source.Birth of the Makmorn Two elderly companions face the return of a menace from before the time of stories. Can strength and loyalty prevail against primordial hate?

Welcome to the Squirrel Tree When Jason A. Adams puts fingers to keyboard, the reader never knows what's coming.Come climb the squirrel tree of Jason's imagination.Among its branches, find adventure in the future, the past, and the present.Join galactic billionaires, Appalachian lawmen, mythical monsters in modern cities, and ancient warriors in the first collection of short fiction from Jason A. AdamsIncludes Angel of Mercy, The Green Knight, Oppositional, Cupids, To Catch a Thief, Malaya, Swift's, and Birth of the Makmorn.Angel of Mercy In a time of jazz and bootleg liquor, death stalks New Orleans. Captain Ted Mooney must root out the cause of these mysterious deaths.The Green Knight What if old myths and legends carry a grain of truth? When he discovers this, Gavin Baddock must keep his head.Oppositional A loving wife, a mysterious patron, and a myriad of dark secrets. Will Phillip DeGranz fall prey to his own desire for knowledge?Cupids Sometimes you get more than you bargained for. An old collector. A private moon. A cherub run amok.To Catch a Thief Sheriff Larry Crabtree's quiet community hides a dark secret. Larry must unlearn his common sense and rational ways.Malaya How well do we ever know our spouses? Sometimes secrets shared mean secrets kept.Swift's Take a short look through a short story into a world of short ribs. And don't question the source.Birth of the Makmorn Two elderly companions face the return of a menace from before the time of stories. Can strength and loyalty prevail against primordial hate?

Science fiction comes in many flavors.Technological advances not too far-fetched or far off. For better or worse.Humanity's next great leap, from Earth to the solar system and beyond.And of course, what sorts of creatures and cultures await us among the stars.Jason A. Adams and Kari Kilgore explore these areas and more, each with their own unique voice and twists of imagination.Come along for the adventure, near and far, tomorrow and into the future Includes The Sound of Murder, GS-304, Renovations, The Garbage Belt, and Sunlit Dispositions.The Sound of MurderSelf-improvement can be deadly.Insurance agency programmer Dana Sanderson only wants peace and quiet at work. A desire her micromanaging boss somehow never respects.Then the investigation of a rash of suspicious natural death claims lands on Dana's laptop.Failure means huge payouts for the company. Success means a huge bonus for her.Find out if Dana's risks outweigh her rewards in this clever digital mystery.GS-304Mighty explorers of the galaxy Portarr and Flandarr inspect a non-descript watery planet in G-Sector.What they discover changes their lives.GS-304, the specimen that refuses to be a subject.Join the intrepid adventurers as they discover a strange beast that conquers their hearts.RenovationsBob Henderson despises the modern world.Talking elevators. Automated cars. Smart phones that track every move, mood, and thought.The day his office building grows security cameras in the halls, Bob realizes the modern world might despise him right back.What happens when the network decides to search for itself?The Garbage BeltLooking for humans? Just look for the garbage.From bones to plastic to dead electronics, people rarely manage to clean up after themselves.Humanity takes a long time to learn how to manage limited resources, too. The rare and precious get lost with the useless and plentiful.Meet Gayle Simmons, pilot of the Treasure Hunt.Rare and precious, in her sights.Sunlit DispositionsSometimes, only Alex will do.A space station just exploded, and the Sunlit Spirit Empire calls in Alex, Free Troubleshooter extraordinaire. No last name needed.Alex wades into the strange world of Sunlit Spirit intrigue, gamma blaster in hand.Join Alex as he learns the deceptions behind the Truth.

Science fiction comes in many flavors.Technological advances not too far-fetched or far off. For better or worse.Humanity's next great leap, from Earth to the solar system and beyond.And of course, what sorts of creatures and cultures await us among the stars.Jason A. Adams and Kari Kilgore explore these areas and more, each with their own unique voice and twists of imagination.Come along for the adventure, near and far, tomorrow and into the future Includes The Sound of Murder, GS-304, Renovations, The Garbage Belt, and Sunlit Dispositions.The Sound of MurderSelf-improvement can be deadly.Insurance agency programmer Dana Sanderson only wants peace and quiet at work. A desire her micromanaging boss somehow never respects.Then the investigation of a rash of suspicious natural death claims lands on Dana's laptop.Failure means huge payouts for the company. Success means a huge bonus for her.Find out if Dana's risks outweigh her rewards in this clever digital mystery.GS-304Mighty explorers of the galaxy Portarr and Flandarr inspect a non-descript watery planet in G-Sector.What they discover changes their lives.GS-304, the specimen that refuses to be a subject.Join the intrepid adventurers as they discover a strange beast that conquers their hearts.RenovationsBob Henderson despises the modern world.Talking elevators. Automated cars. Smart phones that track every move, mood, and thought.The day his office building grows security cameras in the halls, Bob realizes the modern world might despise him right back.What happens when the network decides to search for itself?The Garbage BeltLooking for humans? Just look for the garbage.From bones to plastic to dead electronics, people rarely manage to clean up after themselves.Humanity takes a long time to learn how to manage limited resources, too. The rare and precious get lost with the useless and plentiful.Meet Gayle Simmons, pilot of the Treasure Hunt.Rare and precious, in her sights.Sunlit DispositionsSometimes, only Alex will do.A space station just exploded, and the Sunlit Spirit Empire calls in Alex, Free Troubleshooter extraordinaire. No last name needed.Alex wades into the strange world of Sunlit Spirit intrigue, gamma blaster in hand.Join Alex as he learns the deceptions behind the Truth.

Loanshark Frank Powers lives by two simple philosophies: Stay loyal to your friends. You sign, you're mine.Go back on your word, and Frank pays you a visit. If he likes you, and if he believes you, the brass syringe stays in his pocket.Now Frank must become a savior instead of a shylock. Many lives now depend on his strength and old skills shaken free of mothballs.Gangsters, guns, girls, and greed. Agonist rides a rollercoaster through the dips and dives of romance, rage, and redemption.An excerpt from Agonist: Frank felt it happen.The old coldness crept in, like it used to back when he hurt people for a living. Numbed detachment flowed from his head down to his feet. He felt his face go flat, his eyelids dropping halfway. He straightened, back stiff and hands relaxed at his sides.Showtime.