Joan L Upton

Ghostly Tales from America's Jails

Spirits are still doing time in these old jails - some since the 1600s! Curl up with 38 stories, complete with photos, of historical hoosegows from all over the U.S. Each jail or prison is now a location for good guys like you to visit, transformed to museums, offices, a theater, even a B&B where th...

Rx for Your Writing Ills

Dream Shifters

Dreams provide fun, profit ` or rehearsal for murder. In a bleak future world, Trevor Grant transmits creative dreams to wealthy clients. One night the vision turns into murder, and to Trevor’s horror, the morning news reports that exact crime. Did he create the dream, or did a rogue dream spinner i...

The Shadow of Excalibur: Excalibur Regained Book 2

After 13 years of relative peace, the Arturo el Rey must confront a past that has come back armed and dangerous. His former lover Gloria forces him to accept her son Edward as his own, and allies herself with a right-wing militia to try and put Edward on the throne. Nilsson is felled by a stroke, an...

Arturo el Rey (Excalibur Regained Series)

Art Reyes, a young Marine, suffers eerie visions of dying with a lance in his chest-as none other than King Arthur. Was it only a legend-Arthur's promise to return when the world needs him? Then bio-terrorists unleash a plague that ravages the population and crumbles civilization. With marauding gan...

Rx for Your Writing Ills: Self-editing for Creative Writers

Creative writers of both fiction and nonfiction will benefit from this self-editing guide. Verbal humor and cartoons combined with the author's teaching skills help users understand the basics of self-editing. While users learn their craft, experience will teach them the "stuff" that others will wan...

Just Visitin': Old Texas Jails

The classic board game, Monopoly, doesn't include a jail in its town for nothing. Jails hold a certain awe for most of us, and in the game or in reality, everyone would rather be "just visiting." Whether you call it "hoosegow," "calaboose," "slammer," or "correctional facility," each jail is a backd...

Grand Old Texas Theaters: That Won't Quit

The doors are open on these grand old theaters! The authors combed the state to locate the best of historical theaters that won't give up the ghost (sometimes literally). Their research and interviews showcase these theaters.