If our dogs could only talk to us That's what makes six year old Darlene Stempler's relationship with her nine year old black Labrador, Cookies, so special. Darlene believes with all her heart that she and Cookies communicate through ESP. Cookies is her best and most trusted friend. So when Cookies limps home one afternoon with a bad leg, she's worried about the outcome. Her father, Ron, has lost his job in the Great Recession, and though he's willing to do all he can to restore Cookie's to health, she's not sure time or the family's dwindling bank account is on her side. The not so great...

Betrayal burgeons into murder for hire when a fading athlete suspects his wife has taken a lover. About Final Therapy Fearing he's losing his wife, ex minor leaguer Matt Marinek seeks out an old boxing buddy from the "other" side of town. Gravel-voiced Vaughn McIntyre offers a "therapy" promising to alleviate Matt's anguish. Matt goes along, relying on athletic training methods and visualization techniques to "imagine" his wife out of his life. Now, Matt's in police custody, facing life in prison for ordering double murders he claims were "make believe." "Final Therapy" is a revised re-issue...

The God Particle? The Higgs Boson hunt was on. When Washington decided to build America's Super Conducting Super Collider in a small Texas town, the gold rush and land grab was on, too. News of the Super Conducting SuperCollider brings all sorts of brows - high and low - into the race to get rich quick and discover "the mysterious molecular nature of the universe." (historical fable) Peach trees have no real reason to grow in a hot climate like Parker County, Texas and you could almost say the same for some locals. But life presses on and biology teacher Ledonna Truehart can't understand what...

The not so great Great Recession. Christmas. An out of work father. And an injured, aging family pet requiring costly ACL surgery. Ron Stempler fully intended to have their nine year old Labrador medically fixed up until everyone suggested an unthinkable alternative. Everyone except his wife and his daughter Darlene who claimed to have an unbreakable ESP connection with her beloved black lab. While trying to decide what to do with the animal they consider a "family member," it is Ron himself - disenfranchised, self doubting, but loving father - whose hard choices allow him to rediscover his...