Philip L Levin

How can a newspaper social columnist become an investigative reporter? The answer for 24-year-old Trica Tracy came with falling into the middle of a hodgepode of crimes, from bribery to smuggling to murder, with a good chance she'll be the next corpse. Can her gusto and the love of her detective boyfriend be strong enough to save her from the charms of the mysterious sailor? 83,000 words, this contemporary detective story has minimal sexuality and violence without profanity. In a previous version it placed on the local Barnes and Nobles bestseller list twice.

In this 80,000-word Young Adult mermaid fantasy, a young man teams up with a mermaid to save humanity.Fourteen years ago, when Michael was four years old, his father was lost at sea while searching for the world of the merfolk. Determined to discover his father's fate, Michael builds a one-man submarine. Following a map his father left behind, he discovers Atlantis, the air-filled cavern world of the merfolk. These anthropomorphic amphibians are a race descended from colonists from another planet who have created all life on Earth, a biosphere project. Michael discovers that the merfolk are on the verge of wiping out humanity due to our contributing to the destruction of the planet through climate change. He falls in love with Kaphia, a cute mermaid, as they strive to rescue Michael's father and find a method to reverse climate change.

To investigate the ghosts haunting their 19th century mansion, a twenty-first century couple travel back to 1890. There they're joined by a Roaring Twenties Hipster who has also traveled back in time, his goal to find his mother.

These 28 short stories, most of them award winning, come from my 40 years of emergency medicine experience. Each story is based on a different medical illness, such as appendicitis, PTSD, and trauma. In my forty years as an E.R. doctor, I've seen the comic, the heroic, and the tragic. In these stories I've drawn from dramatic real-life events, emphasizing the human nature of illness and how it dramatically changes our lives. The weaknesses and strengths of our medical community come alive in these tales from the emergency room.

The shock over the accidental murder of Rick Lewis's seventeen-year-old daughter destroys his career and his marriage. Relocating to South Mississippi, he responds to an urgent call to rescue his son. The boy, Andrew, has to learn to accept a new life in Mississippi, one so different from the one he knew in Chicago that even his father's love may not be enough to save him.