It's 1996 and Hollywood is thriving in the era of excess. Sherman Lee is a volatile action movie producer who can't keep an assistant. Wesley Barron is a wild actor who stars in his best friend's hit movies. But their partying is taking a toll. Enter novice temp employee Emily Karelin who is sent to work for Sherman. How long will she last? Can she handle the hours, the creative people, and the drugs?

It's 2009. Lisa Hansen is impacted by the great recession and can't focus on her writing career. She has to make the tough decision to stay in Los Angeles or return to her former Midwestern home. Not having seen her mother in over a decade, she moves back in with her in a suburban semi-retirement community. Confronted with long forgotten memories, Lisa finds it difficult to adjust to life in Nadir. She works a couple of dead end jobs, and meets Gordon, a sexy British bakery owner. An opportunity to freelance for him and work as a writer/photographer at The Factory ensures a better income. But how long will she be confined in a lifestyle that she has long outgrown? "Notes from Nadir" is an alternatively poignant and amusing story of life's unforeseen journeys, sorrows, and rewards. Where is Nadir? Merriam-Webster defines nadir as "the lowest point." And that is where Nadir is located. It's not a place that is found on any map. No GPS will guide anyone there. Nadir is a state of mind.

"Love Me, Need Me: A Narcissist's Tale" is about a bumbling sexual predator, narcissist, and author of three insipid zombie books. Middle-aged Arlen J. Stevenson hails from Alabama. His relentless and often hilarious pursuit of women online leads him to our other protagonist, Los Angeles-based writer of term papers, Helena Hoffman. She isn't aware of what Arlen is as she only sees his amusing and entertaining side in their daily email correspondence. Told in alternating points of view, we see Arlen's self-absorbed lifestyle as he endeavors to screw his numerous catches all over the South. Helena and Arlen get friendlier via their online communication, and he invites her to be his personal manager because of her communications skills, gullibility factor, and location. Unlike his other victims, she never sends him pictures of herself, but she launches a MySpace site for his new company. Soon he realizes there are thousands of available women in his region alone Unlike the jailbait that many online stalkers pursue, Arlen chases after their mothers and grandmothers. Helena is aware of his perpetual cheating and decides to investigate it in person. What happens after that is alternately scary and darkly humorous. This controversial book contains graphic sexual content and language.

This trio of horror novelettes takes place in Los Angeles and Hollywood. SATAN'S CASTING CALL: Duncan Smith-Holmes is a struggling young actor who is in desperate need of a paying gig or he has to leave Hollywood. But a bizarre casting call and an opportunity to land a major role in a high budget movie is something he can't pass up -- no matter what the consequences. AN AUTHOR'S NIGHTMARE: Life is perfect for hot young chick lit author Penelope Anne Pennington. Her serialized "Carlotta's Cakery" books are all bestsellers. She is about to launch a cakery. A series of films based on her books are in pre-production, along with a reality TV show. She has romance in her life with her attorney boyfriend/soon-to-be-fiance But something strange is happening to all her outgoing correspondence - what she sends isn't what her correspondents receive. Bizarre printed and electronic correspondence is being sent to her. Is it a rival author? Or is it something more dark and malevolent, something not of this world? HOLLYWOOD STARZ STORAGE: Retail employee/aspiring screenwriter Andy Tuttle is evicted from his apartment by the landlady's only son, the obnoxious King Dixon. Searching for an affordable place proves so difficult, Andy ends up staying in a storage locker along with the rest of his belongings. The chilling events that occur inside Hollywood Starz Storage unit, #319-H won't be forgotten by Andy-or the reader.

Arlen J. Stevenson is a narcissist who uses his scant literary accomplishments to entice his online victims. Meeting, seducing and destroying vulnerable women is what drives this Alabama-born man. He flirts heavily with them via email or instant messages and often meets them in his lake house or at the woman's place. These emails are presented in the raw to reveal how Arlen charms and lures these women. Being the owner of a vast MySpace site, he has access to thousands of victims. "I Want You: Seduction Emails from a Narcissist" is comprised of various emails that show Arlen's arc of seduction with 18 different women. You'll meet poetic Southern Pecan, desperate Betsy, flirty Debra, and new divorcee Ginger. Arlen admits to that he's married so the gals appreciate his honesty. The love and long term relationships he proposes to the women lasts as long as it satisfies his ego and sexual cravings. This is a unique volume as it can be read as either a sequel or a prequel to "Love Me, Need Me: A Narcissist's Tale." Contains graphic language and sexual content.

Long Island Medium is the hit reality show starring Theresa Caputo as a brassy Hicksville, New York housewife, mother and medium. Each week the audience watches her deliver messages from the dearly departed who tell their loved ones they are safe and at peace. But are they really? In this groundbreaking new book, Is the Long Island Medium the Real Deal?, author and demonologist Kirby Robinson examines her claims of mediumship and what's on The Other Side. The author succeeds in raising many doubts as he asks: - Who is Spirit? - What are cold readings? - Are mediums dangerous? - What is the Christian view on mediums and communicating with the dead? - Who taught Theresa to do readings and what are the teacher's qualifications? - What is really on The Other Side? Theresa joins the growing list of questionable mediums and psychics like John Edwards, Sylvia Browne, and James Van Praagh. These individuals charge hundreds of dollars for readings that are inaccurate and misleading. And none of them can withstand spiritual or scientific scrutiny. By the time the reader finishes this book, they will never view the subject of mediumship and communication with dead in the same way.

This innovative book includes 25+ recipes for shampoo bars, hair rinses, and hair masques. It contains many black and white photos, step-by-step instructions, and a chapter on natural additives. You get fragrance and essential oils information, and the creative labeling and packaging ideas chapter includes several photos. There is lots of information for both melt and pour and rebatch/hand-milled soap bases and how to craft fine bases into wonderful shampoo bars for all hair types. "How to Make Handmade Shampoo Bars: The Budget Edition" is written and photographed by the author of "The Joy of Melt and Pour Soap Crafting."

Paranormal State's "I Am Six" episode is a perfect American horror tale -- for all the wrong reasons. It stars the ambitious founder of the Paranormal Research Society, an attention-seeking client, a bumbling group of paranormal investigators, a psychic-medium in search of ratings, and a rogue exorcist. Their most controversial case featured Lara, a 26-year-old woman from Quincy, Illinois who is allegedly possessed by a demon called Six. The show airs a 60-minute episode just before Halloween 2008, and the nation watches as Reverend Calder, the show's first go-to exorcist, performs an unnecessary exorcism that fails. The author and his team of investigators dig into both "I Am Six" and "The Possession: Return of Six" cases and discover the deceptions, misrepresentations, shoddy investigative work, and an outright impersonation by someone in a key role. By the end of this fast-paced but thorough book, Kirby Robinson proves that the paranormal doesn't mix with the theological. You'll travel along with the team to Quincy where they interview neighbors and tour Lara's now-former home. They verify facts and dispel falsehoods. Both episodes are broken down scene-by-scene to prove it was staged. PRS overlooked medical and psychological conditions in order to capture a dramatic exorcism on film.