Tales from the Silver State is an anthology of short fiction featuring some of the most talented authors from Southern Nevada. Beyond the glamour, glitz and glitter of the neon metropolis that is Las Vegas lies a thriving community that many established and emerging writers call home. Within that community lies a phenomenon known as the Las Vegas Writers Group. It was the vision of Jay MacLarty, author of a series of thrillers published by Simon & Shuster. Jay envisioned a place where writers could come together to learn from one another and support each other as they practiced their craft....

When hearing that someone fell victim to a scam the initial reaction is often to wonder how anyone could have fallen for such a thing. The next thought is that it would never happen to them. Unfortunately it happens to everyone without regard to education, income level or social status. Scammers, Schemers and Dreamers follows a fictional middle-class, well-educated family as they fall victim to common, and very real, versions of consumer fraud. The narrative clearly illustrates that no one is immune in today's society. Written by Elisabeth Daniels, former Chairperson of the Fight Fraud Nevada...

Tales from the Silver State is an anthology of short fiction featuring some of the most talented authors from Southern Nevada. Beyond the glamour, glitz and glitter of the neon metropolis that is Las Vegas lies a thriving community that many established and emerging writers call home. Within that community lies a phenomenon known as the Las Vegas Writers Group. It was the vision of the late Jay MacLarty, author of a series of thrillers published by Simon & Shuster. Jay envisioned a place where writers could come together to learn from one another and support each other as they practiced their...

Restaurateurs say "you sell the sizzle, not the steak." The sizzle is usually what those seeking a home business buy only to find the steak too tough to digest. So many people try their hand at network marketing and the overwhelming majority of them fail. Yet if you listen to the people promoting the opportunities or read the books touting the millions you can make you would think that it's easy money. It's not. People are often introduced to network marketing by friends or family. If they do any research at all it's generally by doing an internet search and often discovering the answers they...

Tales from the Silver State is an anthology of short fiction featuring some of the most talented authors from Southern Nevada. Beyond the glamour, glitz and glitter of the neon metropolis that is Las Vegas lies a thriving community that many established and emerging writers call home. Within that community lies a phenomenon known as the Las Vegas Writers Group. It was the vision of the late Jay MacLarty, author of a series of thrillers published by Simon & Shuster. Jay envisioned a place where writers could come together to learn from one another and support each other as they practiced their...

Incest appeared as a frequent motif of medieval literature. The tales ranged from inadvertent encounters, intentional acts, and incest narrowly averted through recognition. The stories served as cautionary tales warning the populous of one of the many sins of the flesh. An examination of literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the early Renaissance shows the popularity of the theme but also illustrates how the perceived consequences of incest changed from one period to the next. The genetic repercussion of incestuous reproduction is well understood today but would not have been in...