Coyote yearns to be human but when his wish is granted he discovers that the shaman left out one tiny detail—as soon as he falls asleep he will always return to animal form.

Meeting the human female, Sara, further complicates Coyote’s life as he is drawn to her in a way he can’t explain. Ignoring Raven’s warnings that he should stick with his own kind, Coyote-man finds himself heading to Sara’s house at odd times, her essence impossible to ignore.

When a cruel trick of fate separates them, Coyote seeks council from a Navajo man who promises to help. Will this man trick him like the other shaman or can he be trusted? Walking the spirit trail brings answers but not to the questions he asked.

What will happen if Sara learns the truth? Will she turn away from this strange-looking man with the yellow eyes who seems like he comes from a different planet?

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An excerpt from On Hearing of My Mother’s Death Six Years After It Happened

“I could take you away,” she’d told me, smugly, after the first time I’d tried to run away. “Take you to the airport and fly you anywhere I want to; somewhere no one will ever find you. And I am your mother and there is nothing that anyone could do to stop me.” She’d smiled complacently, humming cheerfully under her breath. Pleased with her cleverness, the infallibility of her plan, her power…

I was sixteen when my mother became mentally ill. I experienced first-hand the terror of watching someone I loved transform into a monster, the terror of discovering that I was to be her primary victim. For years I’ve lived with the sadness of knowing that she, too, was a helpless victim – a victim of a terrible disease that consumed and destroyed the woman I had called Mom.

She died in 2007. No one will ever know her side of the story now. But perhaps, at last, it’s time for me to tell mine.

PLEASE NOTE: Detention is a FREE excerpt from my memoir On Hearing of My Mother’s Death Six Years After It Happened: A Daughter’s Memoir of Mental Illness. It is not the full book.

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Seth Hunnigan, just a regular, hatchback-driving, hardworking kind of guy, gets roped into spending a week at summer camp, leading a motley crew of Boy Scouts from Troop 69. Join Cody, Willy, Rat Face and Weepsy on their week of camp activities – singing around the campfire, boating, imaginary sword fighting and romance, teenaged and hopeless as it is.

All seems normal until Hunnigan stumbles deep into camp’s forest and meets Tipples, the ghost of a murderous clown, and his giant dog Brewster.

Night after night, Seth returns to Tipples, who gives some particularly gruesome advice meant to help Seth with his courtship of Tara, the camp’s elusive archery instructor.

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Bug in the Rug

Cassie and The Wild Cat are back and on the bug hunting attack. It seems their home has been invaded by a pest who thinks he is better than the rest.

Can Cassie and The Wild Cat form a team? Or is such a thing nothing but a dream? Join The Wild Cat and Cass as another fun adventure comes to pass. Simply add another book from Pat Hatt to your rug to find out if they can beat the bug.

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Fiction and Essays from My Past

The story of my life told in short fiction and essays. Features author commentary on the real-life events that inspired the stories.

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Discover More Than 50 Habits That Will Help You to Get The Most Out of Life

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” — Aristotle

Contrary to popular belief, success is not innate in a sense that there are only a few people destined to succeed. Successful entrepreneurs, engineers, doctors, painters, and others are also just humans—they also feel exhaustion, laziness, anxiety, etc…

But what separates a successful person from an unsuccessful one?

A lot of people think that success can only be achieved through huge action and big decisions. Right? Nope. Think about it this way: Your life consists mostly of small actions, thoughts, and decisions. And guess what? There’s often a strong correlation between unsuccessful people and their perception on small actions, thoughts, and decisions?

The answer? Habits!

Habits dictate what you can do. Habits basically engrave thoughts into your subconscious mind. Just as repetition improves memory, habits improve lifestyles.

The problem: creating new habits—especially good ones—can be particularly difficult. The brain resists changes, and since most good habits often require you to step ouf of your comfort zone, your brain will come up with all sorts of excuses and in the end you’ll stick with your routine.

The good news? Once you get through the initial roadblocks, it eventually becomes easier.

Long story short: The importance of habits can’t be stated enough, and in this book you will discover more than 50 habits that will help you to get the most out of life.

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Finely Focused Photography Books Book 9

In Tricks & Tips! The author shares his experience with devices and techniques that have greatly enhanced his own photographic efforts.

Photography doesn’t have to be intimidating. The underlying principles are surprisingly simple but rarely presented in layman’s terms. Like any other area of specialization, photography has its own language. Fortunately, you only need to understand a few terms and concepts to get started.

This Photographic Guide provides some valuable ideas that make photography easier while improving results.

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