All Things Books and Publishing

All Things Books and Publishing

Off the Chain was on Blog Talk Radio for years we are now looking for a new home. This might be it. I have been a podcast host for 15 years. I am also now a publisher of books since my publisher died. I am also and artist and professional photograper. Here we will talk all things books, the industry how it has changed and what the future might bring. I would also like to promote authors, music aritsts and anyone who has a dream.

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July 20, 2026 10 secs

You weren’t looking for another “cozy” read. You wanted something that feels like midnight in a cemetery—beautiful, wrong, and impossible to put down.
Midnight Tea in A Graveyard: A Gothic Collection of Darkness by Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc is exactly that invitation. Each story, each piece, each line of prose has been pulled from twisted dreams, waking horrors, and regrets the author can’t shake. This...

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Still missing them every day? That’s love.
Still wondering if you’re “allowed” to have fun again? That’s human.
In Make The Hurt Go Away, Michael T Worden shares how new companionship can ease the hurt—not replace your spouse but help you carry their memory with a lighter heart.
Kids may push back at first. God’s design is still companionship. Your late spouse would want you happy.

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They told her to forgive. She told them to read the room — and the letter. She won’t take responsibility. she blames her grandmother. The dog is still dead. The board still has snacks.

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When the hill goes dark and the sky begins again, so does she.

Reclaiming the Dawn gathers poems that read like letters never sent—to the man at her back in the half-light, to the woman learning to stand in her own silhouette, and to the small hands that pull her toward tomorrow. Romantic, raw, and unapologetically maternal, this collection is for anyone who has loved hard, lost footing, and chosen sunrise anyway.

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Did you grow up sure you didn’t belong—not in your house, not in your time, not in the body everyone else seemed fine with?

If you’ve hunted for that one special spark, because deep down you knew you’d once been something magical—not a freak, not the family outlier, not the kid performing for attention while craving silence—I Used to Be a Mermaid is for you.

Mary Brotherton’s story speak...

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For centuries, the ravens have circled the void—and waited.

Blackwood Academy and Revemere were never meant to touch. Two realms divided by lore, loss, and a gap no magic could close. Generation after generation, the Academy’s scholars guarded secrets the other world only dreamed of. On the far shore, Revemere held its breath. And above them both, the ravens kept watch, as if they alone knew what—or&...

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Today Mary and I catch up on many things

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Faith was never meant to shrink to routines you can schedule and outcomes you can guarantee. Recovering Wonder is for anyone who’s been running hard, controlling, avoiding, optimizing and still feels the ground shifting beneath them. This isn’t a book about trying harder. It’s God’s invitation to a larger faith: one that makes room for mystery, holy disruption, and the kind of awe that changes...

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In a world where domestic violence is often brushed under the rug, we are here to bring awareness.

Today, we dive deep into the realities faced by many. It’s not just physical; it’s emotional and mental too. The subtle signs often go unnoticed until it’s too late.

The conversation is ongoing, and your voice matters. Let’s break the cycle together.

What’s your take on speaking out against this silence?

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hey told her to forgive. She told them to read the room — and the letter. She won’t take responsibility. She blames her grandmother. The dog is still dead. The board still has snacks.

: DEAR PAROLE BOARD — Coming soon to a hearing room with fluorescent lighting and zero closure.

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Some collections comfort you. This one sits beside you in the fog.

Midnight Tea in A Graveyard is a gothic gathering of darkness—stories and prose chosen from the author’s twisted dreams, waking horrors, and regrets that refuse to fade. Picture a graveyard at moonrise: lace, lanterns, a picnic spread, and company you didn’t invite.

Tread with care… I’ll be close by to share in the misery I cause yo...

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The Raven's Shadow by Christina Whisler explodes where The Raven's Cry left you shattered.

Rune Blackwood is running out of time. A Blood Moon deadline hangs like a blade over her throat. Thadeuss returns with a threat so vicious it could devour everything she loves. A venomous board plots her downfall at every turn. Desperate students claw for her healing powers while darkness closes in. Her anchor — the one thing keeping her...

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Ready to meet a Viking warrior who rewrote the rules? 🔥

Beyond the Village Gates: The Rise of the Young Warrior Astrid’s Story by Greenlee Robertsdottir (Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc)

In the shadow of her father’s throne, young Astrid refuses to weave, cook, and wait for others to protect her village.

She dreams of steel in her hands, the thrill of the hunt, the roar of battle, and the freedom to become the warrior she was born...

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For decades, families with challenged children had nowhere to turn. Too often, the answer was an asylum, a back room, or silence—children who were never talked about, never acknowledged, never given a real chance to live.

Dream Catcher is Yvonne Mason’s powerful account of one of those children: her brother Stan, born in 1952. The world expected him to fail. Institutions and attitudes expected him to disappear.

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Outside a world-famous drag bar, the victims keep appearing. Serial killer? Coincidence? Or something tied to the ghosts of the World Famous 82 Club and the NYC underworld?

Meet Lou—mild-mannered detective by day—and Lola—a fabulous drag queen by night. Same person. Two lives. One case that won’t let go.

Yvonne Mason serves up a fishnet-twisting “who done it?” that&rsq...

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Lincoln didn’t wake up.
Crowley didn’t disappear.
Angie hears what we can’t.
New Orleans—estate, fog, bloodline rising.
One last trick. One last battle.
Kill the man in the coma’s mirror—or cage the ghost that took your friend.
The Ferrymen. Justice has a price. You pay it on the water.

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To every spouse who has endured abuse at the hands of someone you thought loved you: You are not crazy. You are not imagining things. You are not over-reacting. You are being abused.

To everyone in any kind of relationship who has asked: am I being abused if there are no bruises and they apologize after? The answer is: if you feel anything less than loved, honored, and respected in your relationship, some level of abuse is g...

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Get ready to meet Nacho Killian, who is not at all what he first seems to be to Ann and Theresa, two long-time friends who are content to watch people and make up stories about the lives they imagine are more exotic than their own.

Nacho Killian is not what he seems to be when he approaches long-time friends, Ann and Theresa and forces them to confront their preconceived ideas that had bee...

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Journey of Hope The Return :From the rugged Northern California gold fields comes the powerful continuation of Andy Fredericks’ unforgettable journey. Once a boy fleeing North Carolina in search of a new life, Andy has forged himself into a man of strength, integrity, and unyielding leadership.
In this gripping second book, success brings new battles:

  • A self-made leader who struck gol...
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