Bøger af Denny Magic

In 1860 Bartholomew Deets convinced his wife Anneke that the land of opportunity was the United States. She was not overjoyed at the prospects of just Picking up and moving to a foreign land.Despite her initial opposition she finally agreed and over the course of the next year the Deets family packed up everything of value and set sail for America. The voyage was arduous at best, but the Deets family had sacrificed everything in an effort to improve their lives. Despite the hardships of crossing the world's oceans to reach the 'promise land' 'Bart' was convinced that despite a Civil War, and a land that was supposedly inhabited by blood thirsty Indians, that he would somehow find a way to 'make a living'. He hoped for a boy and was thrilled to see his son born just two months after reaching New York City.This is the story about how his son became a conservationist who struggled to change his own wasteful attitude about the slaughter of the American Buffalo.

Hat Creek, California had become the home of SETI (the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) and early on they received what was deemed "the Wow" signal. Everyone was excited. The original "Wow Signal" was assumed to be possibly sent from an Alien civilization. As a result, the SETI staff waited for decades to receive a second message, but a repeated signal never arrived. Then, a new signal arrived, one that they called the "WOW2" signal. Unfortunately the new signal carried with it an ominous message, one that implied that whoever sent it were 'on the way'. It smacked of 'an invasion'. If a full scale invasion was eminent... scientists wondered why an aggressive Alien race would feel the need to announce their intentions? Despite us human beings trying to anticipate the Aliens next move, there was only one way to respond, and we had to do it BEFORE they arrived on Earth. Maybe mankind still had a chance if we acted quick enough?

LOVE.One of the most least understood emotions.

As a tribute to L. Frank Balm who penned "The Wizard 0f OZ"comes a touching story that revitalizes the stylish adventure, and brings it into modern times.

Here's a delightful look at the Old West through the eyes of a young Frank Flynn. It's a short story that will help to describe what life may have been like in the Old West. It typifies how hazards, and very different sets of circumstances, can have an effect on people's lives. I hope that you enjoy this short-story.

The story takes place in the 1700's and documents the journey of one Peter McDermott, from Melrose Scotland, who... as a young man, develops a case of wanderlust. At the urging of a childhood friend, he finds himself on a journey to Liverpool to see if he can join up with a ship headed to The New World. Along the way he meets up with two Irish brothers who are on their own journey. They're headed to London to see if they can secure gainful employment. When Peter reaches the docks in Liverpool, he's able to joins up with Captain Kidd, who has been appointed as a 'privateer' by King James. Captain Kidd is no longer a simple pirate, but now serves as an emissary, working to attack the enemies of King James. Peter's exploits are well documented and we 're exposed to his day to day adventures aboard ship, as he sails to The New World. Cameo appearances include the Knights Templar, and the infamous Benjamin Franklin. Although this was the golden age of Pirates and Swashbucklers, this story leans more towards a historical narrative. I hope you enjoy it?

Mort Tyler drifts in space. Sleeping peacefully in suspended animation, maintained by his on-board computers. A traveler from the late twenty first century, on a journey from Earth. Scientists have sent him to DS-14, a planet that has an environment which has the ability to support human life. But Tyler has a secret, one that Earth hopes will vanish with him. A secret that the people of Banith are about to discover! Evil has a way of worming its way into every possible place, without any regard for those that came before.

It's 1879 in bustling London. Prosperity is booming and London is growing byleaps and bounds. The upper crust have embraced the Edwardian Lifestylewith a fervor, flaunting their wealth while the Middle Class struggles tomake ends meet. The Lower-Class is hard pressed to share in, and of, this Prosperity. As a result, many young girls are thrown to the lions, and must resort to becoming prostitutes just to survive. Dr. Herbert H. Holmes has a medical practice. He specializes in Gynecology and Woman's Health Issues. As a single man surrounded by a never endingstring of beautiful young women, his hormones are raging as he's exposed tothe supple bodies of his clients which fuels his desires and fetishes. Due to an accident in medical school, which left his face with a small scar, he's constantly reminded every time that he gazes in a mirror... that he's flawed. After working hard to become a physician he finds himself very bitter thathe's unable to attract the true affections of a loving wife. So conversely, he becomes addicted to prostitutes to fulfill his sexual desires. This causes him to walk a tightrope, as he delves into the sadistic side of his soul. Murder. Although he graduated from one of the most prestigious medical colleges in the land, he still suffers from a lack of confidence. He feels like a failure. Yet he must keep his perverted sexual desires a secret. He must maintainA façade as he mingles with London's elite, who are none-the-wiser about his dirty little secret.

Adult Crime Drama: Gregory "Chico" Barnes has just made Detective with the San Francisco Police Department, and he was thrilled to get the promotion. After nine years in auto-theft; he could not wait to get into something a little bit more exciting. The high profile cases that the homicide department handled were cases that were all over the front page of the San Francisco Chronicle; and Chico's ego was hungry for some attention. Everyone was happy for Chico except for his wife. Chico was looking for something exciting, but Cheryl (his wife) was not! For months he yearned for a real case that had some meat on the bone, then he got his wish! That's when he remembered that old saying... "Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it"?

When a typical family decides to spend hard earned money on a cruise, it's a serious investment.It's a "Once in a Lifetime trip", and... they hope that it turns into a memory worth keeping. They depend on the advertised promises that they were exposed to, by the cruise ship company's advertising.Corporations as large as Princess(R), who fail to deliver as promised, can make cruising EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING.And...Trying to get any satisfaction from a large corporation like Princess(R), is NOT possible for most of us. So, the average customer usually just 'quits trying' and accepts poor treatment. Apparently Princess(R) has come to depend on this response, and they're happy to watch as customers simply 'give up'.Typically speaking, most 'travelers' have very little recourse, when things go sideways. If the cruise ship company doesn't treat them fair, most customers' just end up feeling cheated, and take it 'on-the-chin'. Just a few of these underhanded actions by a company like Princess(R) can spoil what could have been the best time that the customer has ever had.As a published author I'm the exception. Number one I kept all my paperwork, and phone recordings, so I'm more than confident that everything that you read in this expose' is 100% accurate.Do I think Princess(R) will try to drag me into court.My God, I hope so! In fact, I'm counting on it.

Benny & Chris grew up together and spent a lot of time, traveling over the hill [on highway 17] to The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. They'd chase girls, eat junk food, and basically just enjoy watching people as they hung out on the boardwalk together. This was an important part of their life together as childhood friends, growing up in a time when things were a lot less complicated! Take a journey into the past, the present, and the future with Benny as he struggles to understand what happened to his childhood buddy, Chris.This story comes to you in the tradition of "The Twilight Zone", I hope that you enjoy it!

In 1937 as WWII continues, a fishing vessel leaves the safety of the harbor, headed out to The Baltic for a month's worth of fishing. The ship's Captain is called up to the bridge to offer his opinion of a strange light in the night sky that his crew have been observing for several minutes. Completely perplexed the Captain can offer no explanation as to what he and his crew are witnessing. As they continue to watch the small light off in the distance approaching at a rapid rate of speed. Suddenly the light is close enough that everyone can see that it's a flying craft, like no other. Speculation circulates amongst the crew that it may be some sort of weapon developed by the Germans. Soon it begins to roll from side to side as if it's losing control until it ends up splashing into the Baltic Sea - disappearing under the surface to one side of the fishing vessel. The sea is disturbed enough that the fishing vessel rolls from side to side. Everyone on the crew is 'lost for words' and the whole experience leaves everyone scratching their heads.Captain Perez decides to make some detailed notations about the location, and what his crew has just witnessed, but he encourages his crew to ignore the entire incident, and focus on the task of fishing. Later that week, in accordance with the War Commission's suggestions, Captain Perez submits his findings to the local department of commerce and he wipes his hands clean of the entire incident, where it sits for decades before being revealed to members of the OceanX Team who suddenly take an interest in attempting to figure out what actually took place.

Whatever it was that drove young men to head west in the 1800's, and become mountain men, will remain a mystery. Many threw all caution to the wind, and partly because of them 'The West' was eventually settled. Despite all the dangers, Jericho Potts had accepted the pitfalls of such a journey, and became one of the men that settled the Wild West.. This is his story.

As I near the autumn of my life, I went back into my previous files and came across an autobiography that I started writing way back in 2015. I had made a number of new entries over the years, but was never comfortable about publishing an autobiography, primarily because I'm a nobody. I wasn't an established celebrity, and nothing close to a successful author. I actually wondered... "Who in the hell cares about Denny Magic?" I reasoned that because I had never achieved any real success in life, that no one would care what I tried to do. Then in 2020 my diabetes started to rear its ugly head, and the prognosis for a long and productive life, began to wither away. Knowing my fate, I ended up making all my own funeral arrangements, and my remaining relatives have promised to place my ashes in the meadow at Camp Curry in Yosemite National Park, at the same spot where I had placed my parent's ashes (yes in case you're wondering... spreading cremation ashes in Yosemite National Park is legal). After making all the final arrangements, I began to think about... 'just how close I came on many occasions, to experiencing some level of success in life.' This became a nagging thought, and one day it occurred to me, that the few people who might be interested in what I did with my life, might be interested in knowing how close I actually came to being successful on more than one occasion. I estimated that there are probably less than a half-dozen people who might read such a book. And what I arrived at was the thought that the few people who might actually attend my memorial service in Yosemite National Park... MIGHT appreciate reading my life's story. This might just be my ego talking, but my words are written with the highest level of sincerity. So what I did was go back through my book and try to edit everything, so that it was a decent read, and hopefully... anyone who has an iota of interest just might appreciate my life's story. Probably not. But maybe. Then I decided that I would put an exorbitant price tag on the book, which I surmised might dissuade the General Public from wanting to buy the book. I did that because Amazon allows us authors to purchase our own books at wholesale prices... I would be able to purchase copies that could be given away (for FREE) to anyone that drove all the way to Yosemite National Park to attend my memorial service. No one that I have ever met in life, has ever followed through, and actually wrote their life's story. As an active author I didn't want to fall into that category. I was therefore driven to make sure that I finished writing my autobiography. As I reach the pinnacle of my writing career, I suddenly felt a need to tell my story to anyone that wanted to know. IF you didn't know me on a personal level, and you still decided to buy this book... Thank you for the 'vote of confidence', "You're a braver man than I Gunga Din".