SWISH!

"A wonderful book, without the typical 'can't fail' hero. This one has flaws, and a troubled background (practically everyone in the story does), but things work out for everyone. I especially like the graceful transition to the next book, opening up entirely new storylines without curtailing any of the current ones."

Team Manager, Book 1

The tale of a runty nearsighted geek, the abused kid in his class, who becomes the manager of the girls' basketball team and finds acceptance, friendship, courage, and love. That's it in a nutshell but, of course, it's a long and arduous road to reach that goal. Winning the love of the girls on the team is simple compared to overcoming the odds against him staying alive long enough to know.

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SPRINT!

"Nice evolution of our main character, though I hope he gets to move off the sidelines somewhat in the next book."

Team Manager, Book 2

Basketball season was very good to Dennis. Despite his short stature and coke-bottle glasses, the girls' basketball team fell in love with him and have all claimed him as their boyfriend. But that was yesterday. Today starts track season.

Dennis has more challenges to meet, winning the confidence of the track team, picking up the pieces of other lives, stopping an unbalanced younger geek, and holding down a summer job. In the midst of that, he receives a remarkable gift and discovers he's grown.

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COACH!

"I love what the author has done with this series and how he has incorporated such distinct characters into the story. Did not follow the usual trope rules, and I appreciated the originality. Only problem is now I have to wait for the next one!"

Team Manager, Book 3

Dennis is a junior and is taking as many college credit classes as he can cram into his schedule. What's more, his responsibilities in the Athletic Department keep growing. How did a hundred kids show up on the track for his conditioning exercises? And who ever heard of coaches getting in shape? And why did he never notice what a fox Coach Graves was before?

And still, the crew is holding together and the team is headed for another fantastic season.

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CHAMP!

"An enjoyable read from start to finish. I have come to expect good things from Devon, and he did not disappoint. It did leave me still wanting more, I guess we will see. One of his best series filled with enjoyable characters that you want to know about, see succeed and hope for."

Team Manager, Book 4

The Angelines are on a winning streak with a perfect season going when they get news that will change the entire coaching structure of the team. Can Dennis handle being ‘the man in charge?’ Ardith finds a new opportunity and it could be the means for the entire crew to stay together—with her as a part of it. But until then, with the District Attorney investigating the morals of Bartley School System, everyone needs to keep a low profile. Not exactly easy when a corporate rivalry threatens to upend everything the Angelines and Dennis have worked for.

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Bob’s Memoir: 4,000 Years as a Free Demon

“I love Bob's idiosyncratic perspective on world history and religion. Thank you for writing this piece!”

Bob’s Memoir, Volumes 1-3

“Hi! I’m Bob and I’ll be your demon tonight.”

So begins the adventure of a free demon, loosed on the world by an inept adept some 4,000 years ago. But Bob is not your ordinary textbook demon. He was not imbued with any traits of evil when he was summoned and as a result is rather benign, learning about humanity and morality as he goes. He’s just your everyday, slightly horny, happy-go-lucky (mostly lucky) demon.

You’ll discover his world the way he does-or as he remembers it. In his enthusiasm to tell his story, things don’t always get told in chronological order. And they might be a little different than what you learned in history class. But this is the way Bob remembers it happening and he was there! Tell that to your history professor!

It’s a romp through the annals of human history from a unique perspective. A little bit spooky. A little bit sexy. A lot funny.

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Pussy Pirates

A story in Thinking Horndog's Swarm Cycle Universe

Some people simply refuse to leave Earth, either for life as a sex slave or as a fighting man in another solar system. Fortunately, among those left on Earth are a cadre of game development nerds and a couple hundred porn starlets. And they are ready to bring hell on any invading dickheads! Just knowing this, you should consider yourself safe!

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The Assassin

A story in Thinking Horndog's Swarm Cycle Universe

Some people simply refuse to leave Earth, either for life as a sex slave or as a fighting man in another solar system. Fortunately, among those left on Earth are a cadre of game development nerds and a couple hundred porn starlets. And they are ready to bring hell on any invading dickheads! Just knowing this, you should consider yourself safe!

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Double Take

The Transmogrification of Jacob Hopkins, Book 1

Life was good. It just wasn’t long enough. Eighty-year-old Jacob Hopkins is dying and wishes to return to his fourteen-year-old body. He has no burning desire to change the world. He just isn’t ready to die. And someone has decided that’s okay.

But Jacob is in for a major surprise.

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Double Time

The Transmogrification of Jacob Hopkins, Book 2

Summer has come and Jacob is learning more about his new world every day. Emily has left for National Service. Rachel is struggling along with him in Algebra II summer school. He’s learning to drive again in a world that has zero tolerance for traffic violations. And his new running mentor is encouraging him to run cross country. Who knows who he’ll meet on the track. Sophomore year is in full swing!

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Double Tears

The Transmogrification of Jacob Hopkins, Book 3

Joan left for National Service without saying goodbye and now the pod is struggling to right itself from the shock. But there is no time sit around as this crew moves into summer. Jacob agreed to help Desi and her parents at the cons and Ren Faires this summer. So why shouldn’t everyone tag along? It sounds fine until Cindy and her mother decide they need to go along, too. It’s all just a setup for strange things to happen during junior year!

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Double Twist

The Transmogrification of Jacob Hopkins, Book 4

Senior year and Marvel and Hopkins are becoming ever more popular. It seems that even the President of the United States has noticed them. Jacob faces a new challenge in racing half marathons instead of 10k. And both the National School of the Arts and the National Service are looking for ways to use Jacob and Cindy to promote the reform movement. The duet comes near to starting a rebellion if it weren’t for the timely action of the President. Now, with a new law in place, it is time for the pod to create a legal plural domestic partnership and acknowledge their relationship to each other publicly.

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Double Team

The Transmogrification of Jacob Hopkins, Book 5

It’s a whole new world now that Jacob and all his pod except Cindy have graduated from high school. The National Service can’t wait to have Marvel and Hopkins on the road as a deputation team, talking about life in the service. They are on the road as soon as school is out, even though they won’t be inducted for two more months. But not everyone is happy with their message of reform and some will stop at nothing to make sure it won’t be heard.
 

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My Sex Slave by J-Hop

When Donna told me she wanted to have a baby, I was all for it. But how to get her ready for the big event? She liked my writing and got turned on when I wrote sexy things. I dug in the back of my memory for a series on SOL called ‘The Swarm Cycle’ and decided to write about getting a sex slave concubine at a Confederacy pickup. But with no Confederacy, no aliens, and no pickups, what am I supposed to do? —J-Hop
 

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Drawing on the Dark Side of the Brain

There’s a dark side to Jett’s artistic talent. People who look at his drawings and paintings connect on a primal level. People—even his models—are somehow changed by the paint he wields, sometimes permanently, sometimes terminally. As this digital native struggles against what he sees as a hopeless world, against financial hardship, against harsh instructors, and against his own libido, he attracts a small group of women who adhere as much to each other as to Jett. But when it’s all said and done, are any of them better off than they’d been a year before?

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Guardian Angel (Living Next Door to Heaven 1)

Brian was the geekiest, shortest, and oldest kid in his class—the frequent target of the neighborhood bullies. But “Heaven” was watching over him and made sure he stayed safe and had friends that would protect him. Until the day that Brian became the protector.

This begins the coming of age adventure of Brian Frost, would-be chemist and aspiring cook. And loyal enough to his friends that they gather to him and become fiercely loyal. All because Jessica told them a fairy tale.

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The Agreement (Living Next Door to Heaven 2)

Do whatever is necessary to protect and defend the ones you love. Treat others with kindness and respect. Keep your promises.

Brian lived by those Life Rules. Having survived junior high, Brian finds himself in a troublesome position. His classmates, the crew he’s been hanging with for the past four years, are worried. Sex is looming on the horizon and hormones are wreaking havoc on their relationships. They ask Brian, who has proven he can be trusted and will protect them, to give them rules for dating that they can all follow. But it remains to be seen if twenty-two teens can date each other—mix or match—and maintain their friendships, boundaries, and virtue.

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Foolish Wisdom (Living Next Door to Heaven 3)

The game changes as Brian and his dating group enter their sophomore year in high school. Some of the boys and girls can’t wait for the sixteen-year-olds’ rule that expands the limits on touching. Just no penetration. But how fast and how far does each teen want to go?

They will scarcely have time to worry about it in the face of a wedding, a summer job, new school rules, a campaign against the school board, basketball, gymnastics, martial arts, shifting alliances, and broken dreams. And horses. It’s all in a typical teenager’s day. These kids are no exception.

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Deadly Chemistry (Living Next Door to Heaven 4)

Most of the crew are juniors and seventeen. The rule against penetration has been eliminated. Who will be first to go all the way? Surprisingly, none of them are rushing. Maybe because they are waiting for Brian and Whitney to take the lead. Prom night will be something special.

In the midst of their conjugal joy, disaster strikes again. “Do whatever is necessary to protect and defend those you love.” It was Brian’s mantra. It was all that kept him sane after a confrontation he could never mention to anyone. And Hannah understood.

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The Rock (Living Next Door to Heaven 5)

Hannah has been hospitalized by her unstable boyfriend. Brian has had enough and vows to bring her home. When he faces the hyped-up, steroid and meth-driven boyfriend, he must become the rock that Whitney has taught him to be.

Bringing Hannah home is only the first step. Injured, depressed, and near suicidal, Hannah believes she deserved what she got. Now Brian must become a different kind of rock—one that Hannah can cling to as she climbs from the stormy seas of her depression.

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El Rancho del Corazón (Living Next Door to Heaven 6)

Brian Frost, one-time runt geek of the neighborhood, has become the protector and leader, or Patrón, of the Clan of the Heart. Casa del Fuego comprises thirteen women and two men. Now, most of them are going to college, many to Indiana University in Bloomington. They have their love, their ambition, and a new home: El Rancho del Corazón. It should be smooth sailing from here on. Right?

Not quite, as the clan has to overcome disaster, disorientation, and starting college, all while trying to keep Brian’s cooking show on the air.

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Hearthstone Entertainment (Living Next Door to Heaven 7)

Hannah has become the driving force of the clan’s video production company, Hearthstone Entertainment. And Elaine is launching her television career with a new talk show, Chick Chat. And guess who the premiere guest will be! Jessica, Brian’s Heaven, his gurardian angel, has agreed to take time from her jet-setting model career to help the clan get started. It’s love all over again for Brian, but a rocky road to get Heaven back inside the clan and into their family. Nothing seems to work out right when it comes to getting the two into the position they’d both wanted as long as they could remember.

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Becoming the Storm (Living Next Door to Heaven 8)

Brian Frost, one-time runt geek of the neighborhood, has become the protector and leader, or Patrón, of the clan. Rose Davis has become Matrón. But it is Hannah Gordon’s driving of Hearthstone Entertainment that has fueled expansion of their television presence.

But tragedy strikes the campus and the clan. In the act of becoming a hero, Brian nearly dies and much of his past—the past he has kept hidden—is exposed. In the midst of PTSD and a perceived threat against his family, can Brian recover his confidence enough to become the storm and bring them safely to the other side? If it weren’t for the enigmatic Dani and her faithfulness, there would be no hope.

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Heaven’s Gate (Living Next Door to Heaven 9)

This is the exciting, concluding part of “Living Next Door to Heaven.” It covers seven years with less detail than previous parts. But isn’t that what adult life is like? Go to work. Come home. Take care of the children. Have dinner. Mate. Repeat.

In the wake of the tumultuous events in Becoming the Storm, the crew deserves a little less stress. Of course, as they reach their mid- to late 20s, those nasty biological clocks start ticking and there is likely to be a population boom. Along with births come the losses that incurred as adults in an adult world. People change. People move away. People die. People are born. People get married. In the long run, it is not about what you believe, but how you live.

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What Were They Thinking? (Living Next Door to Heaven 10)

This story is neither a sequel, though the prologue would come after the end of the ninth LNDtH book, nor is it a prequel, though chapter one begins long before the beginning of the LNDtH saga. I will call it an ‘equel’, running parallel to the nine books of Living Next Door to Heaven, and with mulitiple narrators, sometimes running parallel to itself.

“Now look,” my friend said, “you and I both have daughters not long out of their teens. We can read this story and think ‘Where was this when I was in school?’ But if your daughter or my daughter came up to us and said, “Yeah, Dad, I’m spending the night at my boyfriend’s house with our ten other girlfriends, we’d have said, ‘Oh, no you aren’t!’ and we’d have made it stick if we had to sit at the door with a shotgun. What the hell were those parents thinking?”

And “What Were They Thinking?” is the result with parents of the teens sharing the story from their perspective.

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Pygmalion Revisited

The myth of Pygmalion, the artist who fell in love with a statue he carved, has been a theme for countless authors, singers, and artists over the years. In this volume, author Devon Layne compiles six stories, each with a different take on the ancient myth.

Each story presents a different aspect, sometimes funny, sometimes sad, and always with a touch of romance and erotica.

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Things I Never Told My Wife: True confessions of a Shakespearean player

Actor, director, and admitted cad, Terry Reichert has led a life filled with colorful—and beautiful—women. From his deflowering while skinny dipping to holding the love of his life as she died, from actresses to students, from stage crew to strangers—Terry never met a woman he wasn’t interested in taking to another level.

And during all this, he is a respected professor, industry professional, husband, and father who could honestly say, “I never went looking.”

Welcome to the world of things Terry never told his wife.

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The Art & Science of Love

Artist Doc Peters leads his lovely young neighbor Rita through an exploration of the art of loving. The young research scientist, however, eventually wants everything tested and results confirmed as she leads him through an exploration of the science of loving.

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Not This Time

A Do-Over with a twist. You know the formula, right? Old dude gets sent back in time to his 14-year-old self where he becomes the world’s greatest lover of 14-year-old girls, becomes fabulously wealthy through his wikipedic knowledge of the future, and solves the world’s problems? Not This Time.

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Mural

Model Student, Book 1

Freshman Tony Ames thinks going to an art school will mean all he has to do is paint. It only takes a few days to discover how wrong he is and how incompetent he feels. The work is boring and tedious. Everyone else seems so together. But Tony is alone. And lonely. He should never have moved 1,500 miles from his Nebraska home. The high spot of his week is playing racquetball with champion and former fashion model Lissa. But the endorphins only lift his spirits for a couple hours a week, and Lissa is way out of his league.

He decides not to return for second semester but when Melody, his secret crush in Figure Drawing, suggests that he model for the class when the day's subject fails to show up, things slowly begin to change for Tony. When Lissa decides to help get Tony and Melody together, and the college decides he's perfect for a new program they are launching, Tony's life threatens to spiral out of control.

If only he could capture what he felt on canvas. Or on a forty-foot mural!

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Rhapsody Suite

Model Student, Book 2

Life has improved for Tony Ames as he nears the end of his freshman year at the prestigious Pacific College of the Arts and Design. Why would he be depressed? He has two beautiful girlfriends and new-found notoriety as an artist after painting just a section of a huge mural at the school. But the first day after finishing his stunning mural, he discovers he is even further behind in his school work, and his girlfriend/coach Lissa Grant is so upset about her nude figure in the mural that she wants to break up with Tony and their mutual girlfriend, Melody.

Add the stress of his first college racquetball tournament, injury, more girls who make it perfectly clear they want to ‘model’ for him, Lissa’s two little boys, and Melody’s mother’s ‘off the wall’ reaction to his painting, and Tony is back to fighting for his sanity and the women he loves. Into this mix walks shy and innocent Kate Holsinger, a girl they might all three come to love. And also, someone who might just be a better artist than Tony is.

Freshman year isn’t over yet!

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Diva

Model Student, Book 3

Freshman year is over and Tony survived. Art critic, Bob Bowers, is reviewing his new masterwork at the PCAD gala and everything seems right with the world. Until four little words throw everything into chaos. “Mommy, I feel sick.” When Damon and Drew are hit with the bug, it changes Tony’s plans for the national racquetball tournament and the entire summer. All the parents are supposed to meet each other at the tournament and get to know the trio.

The change puts Tony in the same hotel room as Allison Perkins, the racquetball-playing diva from Kansas State. And Tony has his girlfriends’ permission to enjoy her many charms …after he finishes the tournament. It’s okay, but is it right?

Tony and his lovers can only find the true answer when he puts paint on the canvas.

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Triptych

Model Student, Book 4

Summertime and the living is… getting more complicated all the time.

Tony discovers that having two wives and two children means far more responsibility than he ever anticipated. Having a successful art showing means commissions and more shows. Having a new business means balancing family, art, work, and school. Having an athletic scholarship means promoting the sport and getting others involved. Having Kate means…

Oh, Kate!

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Odalisque

Model Student, Book 5

It finally looks like Tony, Melody, and Lissa are going to have a “normal” year. With Kate added into the mix. That’s normal. Of course, there is pressure. Tony is in a new school—and his old one. New friends, new paintings, a new style, another racquetball competition. And the pressure of getting ready for their first show. He always seems to be half a step behind, but is determined to be more involved in life.

That involvement places Tony at the heart of a tragedy lessened by his presence. In the limelight, Tony and his friends are pressed into service to paint a memorial mural on the side of a building. Tony finds himself unable to decline the commission, especially when Wendy looks to him as her hero.

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The Prodigal

Model Student, Book 6

The long nightmare began with a misunderstanding and then a suspicion. Finally, jealousy overwhelmed their love and Kate walked out of their lives. But months later, she was back. Now everything would be fine and return to normal, wouldn’t it? Now the darkness could lift. But, of course, nothing is that easy. The layers of pain and forgiveness had to be peeled back to reveal the depth of love that lay beneath. It would take a while.

Tony didn’t have time for some things, though. His committee had informed him that he could graduate in the spring… If he could propose and complete a final project for his dual degree program. Luckily for Tony, his muse is back.

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US Highways

Wonders of My World, Book 1

Based on the true story of Aroslav’s erotic journey around America as told to Devon Layne

It started with an epiphany. I’m a writer. I could do this from anywhere. So why am I doing it from a basement in Seattle? Six months later, I was on the road with a pickup truck and travel trailer, letting the highways and byways of America take me wherever and to whomever they would.

There was no destination, only the journey. And eventually, Alice convinced me that I should tell the “real” story of my life on the road.

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American Backroads

Wonders of My World, Book 2

Based on the true story of Aroslav’s erotic journey around America as told to Devon Layne

It was December 2014 and I was about to enter the second full year of my life on the road. As I wrote the story of my journey, memories from my life flooded in on me. There have been so many wonderful times and wonderful women. I hadn’t realized how much they had influenced the characters I wrote about in my stories. Alice encouraged me to write them down, so here they are. Twenty-three states and two Canadian provinces. And a lifetime of experience.

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Border Crossings

Wonders of My World, Book 3

Based on the true story of Aroslav’s erotic journey around the world as told to Devon Layne

I was in Hawaii for the winter when I realized I was halfway to Japan. That inspired me to just keep going west, traveling through sixteen foreign countries as I worked my way around the world. And as I worked his way through half a dozen beautiful women. Now fully illustrated with photos from my journey (and a few filled in by others), I touch down in Japan, Thailand, Greece, Romania, Czech Republic, Germany, and Iceland—each with its own adventurous woman to expand my horizons.

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Behind the Ivory Veil

The Props Master Prequel

Myth, Magic, and Mayhem reign for an Indiana couple. When musicologist Wesley Allen is recruited to interpret the strange symbols of The Music of the Gods in the Metéora of Greece, his new wife, Rebecca, pursues her anthropological studies and is initiated into the great Coven Carles in England. The two worlds collide as Wesley and Rebecca find the reality of myth and magic. But will releasing the goddess captive behind the Ivory Veil also tear their lives apart?

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Ritual Reality

The Props Master 1

When Wayne Hamel falls asleep in his anthropology class he is just a normal, exhausted, theatre student at Indianapolis City College. When he wakes up, he’s the unwitting center of a power struggle in one of the world’s oldest occult societies. It’s a little much for a technical director and props master in training to take in. All he wants to do is make some really cool stuff for the stage and make love to Judith. But when his girlfriend discovers the power he puts into his ‘cool stuff’, she realizes he is not just a theatre technician. Wayne Hamel is a toolmaker.

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A Touch of Magic

The Props Master 2

Serepte Allen, daughter of Wesley and Rebecca, has matured and is ready to come into her full power. Five members of the Great Circle of Cobhan Carles are her guides and protectors as an evil spirit attempts to conquer her on one side and love attempts to conquer her on the other. Somehow she must decide whether her ability to heal is a gift or a curse. All it takes is A Touch of Magic.

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Sleight of Hand

Part 1 of the Hero Lincoln Trilogy in the Damsels in Distress universe.

Crippled while saving his niece and sister-in-law from a drunk driver, Lincoln has struggled five years to ‘never give up’ at their encouragement. When his friend and magic tutor Seth is suddenly killed on Chaos, though, Lincoln is forced to consider that the stories his friend told him were more than a LARP. But what kind of hero could a guy in a wheelchair become? (Just 7 chapters.)

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Romancing the Clown

Part 2 of the Hero Lincoln Trilogy in the Damsels in Distress universe.

Hero Lincoln escapes to Crossroads with his Caretaker Lisa when violence erupts in his home on earth. But his companion, Cadence is left behind. He must get back to her and protect her from her lunatic father, but first, he and Lisa must take their adventure on Chaos performing magic and illusions as they join a traveling circus. This story has eight chapters.

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Going for the Juggler

Part 3 of the Hero Lincoln Trilogy in the Damsels in Distress universe.

Hero Lincoln is trapped on Earth with no portal and a hysterical fiancée. Lisa is trapped on Chaos. Wilson is trying to kill Cadence. And there is a crazy lady next door with a gun and a Corvair. In this exciting conclusion to the Hero Lincoln Trilogy, Lincoln and Cadence face a 41-story leap of faith, mythical creatures, twins, and stranded companions. Everything is up in the air until it hits the ground.

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Adams’ Apples

World War III was fought in outer space. It was over in an hour and no one won. Except Jack Adams, who was the only male of the species not caught in the viral fallout of the war that sterilized all the men on earth. Jack was the orbiting satellite repairman who inadvertently triggered the war. Now every woman in the world wants one of Jack Adams’ Apples.

This new and original story is based on the 1946 book, Mr. Adam, by Pat Frank. While the theme is the same and some characters have similar names, the story is updated from 1946 to a mythical time fifteen or twenty years from now. It is far more a lampoon of our own times than a repeat of 1946.
 

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In a Few Words

The Collected Short Stories of Devon Layne

Over the years, I have occasionally written a short story here and there. I've pulled them together in a single collection that includes a couple of the stories written under my other pen name, Nathan Everett. Enjoy! This collection is only published here, though most of the stories have been individually published elsewhere.