"Thorns of the Rose" is a contemporary story of an unwed mother who has an eleven-year-old daughter born with spina bifida. Carolyn Parker, thirty-two, blames herself for her child's affliction. She believes her careless sixties lifestyle put Nancy in a wheelchair. Since birth, the girl has been hidden from all but her doctor, a few associates and close friends. Carolyn has scratched, clawed and worked her way to an executive position at a major San Diego ad agency in order to afford Nancy's treatments and therapy. She has built a wall around herself and her child. Except for necessary...

My target audience is the 9 to 12 year old female age group. The ideal reader would be a ten year old girl full of fantasy who has a sensitive heart. The book opens with ten year old Kayla and her puppy, Scooter, wandering into a meadow where they encounter Mr. Tree. He's an ancient oak who has lost his luster and is saddened by loneliness. Mr. Tree's friends have left the meadow and he longs for their return. Kayla is the perfect visitor for Mr. Tree. She feels his grief and asks if she can help. The old oak taps into the child's innocence and her profound sense of love. The "Magic Meadow"...

1998: A 747 commercial jet enters severe turbulence on a routine flight from New York to Los Angeles. The airliner, 230 passengers and crew, emerge 500 years into the future. Five key people must be returned to the twentieth century. They are: A United States Congressman; he will change the course of global defense. His wife is among the group. An African American physics professor; he will tutor a special student. That pupil will discover the building blocks for an unlimited source of efficient energy. His developments will impact space exploration. A young couple from upstate New York; they...

A Short Story Collection of 15 Titles The stories vary from dark to thriller to light. There is a bonus story "Smooth" Soft Legs" which is the first chapter in my novel "The Legs Collector" The book will be available in 2012. Ted Tillotson

The book is a dark psychological police procedural/thriller involving a serial killer. The story is set in and around San Diego, California. Michael Moran is a med school dropout. He disappointed his father who was a successful surgeon. His mother has taunted him since childhood. She calls him Mickey, which he hates, and tells him constantly what a bad person she believes he is. After her death, she haunts him as his insanity escalates. Michael stalks young women who have beautiful legs and injects them with his own cocktail of Rohypnol and alcohol. He abducts the women and takes them to the...