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  Forgotten Authors The - Men -...

  William E Burton, Ivan Cankar,...

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  Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. 
  In literature the ambition is much narrower.  In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published.  And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.  Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be published in any great number. 
  In the 15th Century Gutenberg’s printing press began the revolution to address the second and by the 19th century had gathered pace with startling speed and mass distribution.  Education for the many was brought in to help people understand more of their world and, with new skills, how to have a better place within it.  Now, if the powers that owned the presses and means of distribution agreed an audience would now be able to avail themselves of your ideas, your printed words.  
  Sadly, in the thirst for the new, the recent and the past fell from sight, relegated to dark corners and dusty shelves.   
  But the printed word is rarely without someone, somewhere busying themselves through piles of papers and books rediscovering what a good story is, whatever its age. 
  In this volume we offer up a small selection of those talents whose time has now come again.

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  The Wagon Train to Oregon

  John J. Law

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  The mountains know. You would be surprised how much they know. At first glance, they seem like nothing but giant rocks jutting out of the ground, but I have learned through painful experience that they are so much more.  
  The mountains know so much, and if they could only speak, oh the stories that they could tell. And if one is observant enough and knows where to look or to listen, one would be able to see and hear the mountains reveal their secrets. If one dug up the ground and the snow from the mountains, one would find the remains of many pioneers who took to the trail to hopefully find a better life, only to find death instead. If one listened hard enough, one would hear the howls of the wolves at the moon, the same wolves that had devoured many unfortunate travelers along these mountains.  
  These mountains know so much and hold so many secrets about many travelers including myself.

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  The Family Way - A Marriage in...

  Michelle L. Levigne

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  Everything is going right for Lisa. Her comic strip about a pastor's family has gone national, and she has a contract for a series of books. Even better, she is pregnant. Finally, her critical father-in-law will stop mocking her for wasting time with her "scribbles" and "pretensions of being an artist," and admit she is a good wife. 
    
  Then her husband, Todd, comes home from another business trip in a foul mood and destroys her happy announcement with: "Is it mine?" 
    
  He tries to make things right, but he has never learned to simply apologize. Even more important, he has never learned that if he is truly sorry, he needs to change. As communication disintegrates and suspicions and pain increase, their marriage disintegrates, until his own sisters urge Lisa to leave him, to protect her heart, her mind, her baby, and even her life. 
    
  Family secrets, and patterns of suspicion and accusations and abuse slowly come to light. Can Lisa and Todd regain their first love and forgive each other, and break free of a family tradition that could destroy them both?

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  More Than Words - Sweet Single...

  Liz Isaacson

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  He’s a quiet single dad who’s often overlooked in his bustling family. She’s a Glover who's had a crush on him for ages. When Glory Rose and Conrad finally make time to go out together, the stars align. But will his need to come first drive a wedge between them...and her family? 
  Conrad Walker just found out he was a dad last summer. He now has full custody of his three-year-old daughter, which leaves him little time for dating as he also takes care of his farm and his aging grandmother. He's been dancing around Glory Rose Glover for months, and when they finally find time to stargaze and go to dinner, her fun personality and pure beauty ignites emotions he's long kept buried. 
  Glory Rose Glover has always cherished her close-knit family and the ranching life they share at Shiloh Ridge. But when Conrad listens to her dreams, invites her into his life—and that of his daughter—Glory finds herself falling faster than ever. 
  Their connection is instant and electric. If only the Glovers weren't so overbearing. If only Conrad felt ready to take on a serious relationship while he's still trying to right the wrongs in his life. If only Glory Rose could intertwine her life with his in a way that didn't require so much sacrifice. 
  As family obligations and unexpected emergencies pull them apart, Glory and Conrad must confront their deepest fears and desires. Can they navigate the complexities of love within the tangled web of family loyalties and personal dreams? Or will the weight of their responsibilities overshadow the spark that brought them together? 
  Journey to Three Rivers in this small-town saga romance where the legacy of the past meets the promise of the future. Connect with beloved characters, revisit your favorite ranches, and fall in love with a cowboy in the Three Rivers Romance series!

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  Short Mystery Story Collection 003

  Various

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  Librivox’s Short Mystery Story Collection 003: a collection of 10 short works of mysterious fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

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  Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

  Mary Shelley

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  Frankenstein is a novel written by English author Mary Shelley about eccentric scientist Victor Frankenstein, who creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Shelley started writing the story when she was eighteen, and the novel was published when she was twenty. The first edition was published anonymously in London in 1818. Shelley's name appears on the second edition, published in France in 1823. 
  Shelley had traveled to Europe, visiting Germany and Switzerland. In 1814, prior to writing the famous novel, Shelley took a journey on the river Rhine in Germany with a stop in Gernsheim which is just 17km (10mi) away from Frankenstein Castle, where two centuries before her visit an alchemist was engaged in experiments. Later, she traveled in the region of Geneva (Switzerland)—where much of the story takes place—and the topics of galvanism and other similar occult ideas were themes of conversation among her companions, particularly her lover and future husband, Percy Shelley. Mary, Percy, Lord Byron, and John Polidori decided to have a competition to see who could write the best horror story. After thinking for days about what her possible storyline could be, Shelley dreamt about a scientist who created life and was horrified by what he had made; her dream later evolved into the story within the novel. 
  Frankenstein is infused with elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement and is also considered to be one of the earliest examples of science fiction. Brian Aldiss has argued that it should be considered the first true science fiction story, because unlike in previous stories with fantastical elements resembling those of later science fiction, the central character "makes a deliberate decision" and "turns to modern experiments in the laboratory" to achieve fantastic results. It has had a considerable influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories, films, and plays.

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