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Steve Bartholomew
Jack Harrow is hired to research a book for a Bavarian-born professor. Jack thinks he is investigating psychics and spirit mediums. He soon discovers a whole new world. He learns…
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Joaquin Murietta, the most notorious bandit in gold rush California. Rangers hunt him in hope of reward. Friends protect him as romantic hero. Ira Beard, bounty hunter from New York…
Sometimes a magic lute is more than a magic lute. Minions of an evil ogre have stolen Rymer the troubadour's lute. The lute's name is Ariella. Rymer needs her for…
Nathaniel had his reasons for making his journey to Rhyolite. Rhyolite was the greatest boom town in the west, with a population of ten thousand and growing fast. Nathaniel hoped…
Here it is, my newest tale, The Driver. It concerns a streetcar driver by name of Georg Vintner. Georg was born in Norway, came to the U.S. at a young…
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Sometimes finding the truth can reveal more than you want to know.Dana Reynolds came to Nevada after losing his job in San Francisco. Now he’s a newspaper reporter assigned to…
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San Francisco, 1880: Driver, after a year at sea, returns to the city, only to be shot down and nearly killed. The main suspect? A mysterious Russian known only as…
Ira Beard hunted Joaquin, the mountain bandit. In the Civil War he chased Confederate rebels. Now he's settled down with a family and business, hoping for some peace and quiet…
San Francisco, 1906. Broderick McRae, reporter for the Morning Call, has discovered he's two people. A different person inhabits his mind and body. The Other is a dead Italian soldier…
I must admit that of my published novels, Gold, a tale of the California gold rush, is in many ways my favorite story. This is in part because of personal…
This is a collection of trunk tales. A trunk tale is a story which I dug out of my trunk. I wrote it years ago, it didn't get published, so…
They say Bradshaw's crazy just because he talks to his cat and eats roadkill. They say that's why he was kicked out of MIT. He knows better, but he's not…
December, 1906. For the third time, McRae finds himself conversing with a disembodied spirit. The first time, before the San Francisco Quake, it was a dead Italian soldier. The second…
Ira Beard came west to escape war.
War has found him. He'd hunted for Joaquin
Murietta, the bandit. Now he's supposed to
track down Confederate rebels stealing
California gold. He's…
San Francisco, 1906. Broderick McRae is again being haunted.
As the city struggles to recover from earthquake and fires, an unseen spirit begs McRae for help. This is no revenant…
Hyram and Lisbeth have been living in San Francisco since it was called Yerba Buena. They have been here long enough to meet some strange and sometimes desperate folks. Hyram…
When Black Bart left prison he figured he'd had enough of crime and Wells Fargo. After all, he'd got time off for good behavior, and only had to do time…
The only path to safety is through the most dangerous place in this world. Men pursue Benjamin for his wild talent, which he doesn't understand. His path will lead him…
Sometimes the only path to sanity is through madness. San Francisco, 1859. Joshua Norton, desperate to survive, sees madness overtaking America. He has lost his fortune and believes the country…
San Francisco, 1880. Jeremy Fantom dislikes his job as reporter for The Bulletin. He dreams of joining a circus or going to sea. That all changes when he meets Worrell…
Waters of Doubt, third tale in the DiPaolo trilogy, a novella. Theodore Roosevelt has invited Martino DiPaolo to an exciting vacation in the Brazilian rain forest. The trip nearly proves…
Sometimes real sanity is found only in a mad house.
San Francisco, 1879. Georg Vintner, A.K.A the Driver, has returned after two years at sea only to discover that the…
Year 1901 Martino DiPaolo is hired as a Pinkerton bodyguard for Rounsevelle Wildman. Wildman, U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, wants to reach Washington D.C. in time for President McKinley's…
When Geraldine Halloran arrives at the Central Pacific end of track in the winter of 1866, she's resolved not to be terrified. After all, she has a right to be…
"You are the only one who saw a president assassinated. That makes you the expert."?
Having failed to protect McKinley, Martino DiPaolo, hesitates to accept the assignment to safeguard his…
In the winter of 1888, Dana Reynolds has no reason to believe in anything, until he runs afoul of Wovoka. Dana doesn't believe in Truth. Telling the truth was what…
Steve E Upchurch
Every person that has ever truly met Jesus Christ has been changed…Mary and Joseph were demanded by Caesar Augustus to register for the census in Jerusalem. On their way through…
Jane Bartholomew,Steve Rutherford
What is design? What are the main design disciplines, and how do they interrelate? How does design theory and context help you improve your studio work? What do you need…
