The real world is filled with people who live quiet, productive, uneventful lives. These are not the characters you’ll meet in author John D. Ottini’s world of imaginative, exciting, and twisted fiction. Enjoy this wonderful collection from a magnificent writer!
A Very Furry Christmas: Holiday Cat Tales
by John D. Ottini
Genre: Holidays
Finalist in the 2016 Royal Palm Literary Award Competition. (Florida Writers Association)
Dear Reader: Please be aware that this is not a children’s book.
This book contains four heartwarming Christmas stories about our feline friends and the humans who love them.
Slipper’s Last Breath
For most people Christmas is a time for reflection, a time to share and celebrate with family and friends, but for some it is a time of sadness and quiet desperation. What if your soul mate, best friend and lover is no longer around to share in the season of joy and you are about to lose the last remaining link to a life you once knew and loved. Would you find the strength to survive?
Slipper’s Last Breath is a story about love, companionship and triumph over tragedy.
Some might call it a Christmas miracle, but I call it the power of unconditional love.
The Unwrapped Gift
Sometimes the best gifts are the unexpected ones. After enduring the heartbreak of a bad marriage, Beth is in no mood to celebrate the Christmas season. It’s sad enough spending the holidays alone, but watching Spice, her five-year-old Labrador retriever, mope around the house was more than she could bear. A visit to Miller’s tree farm to cheer up her canine companion leads to an unexpected find and the possibility of a new found relationship.
When she least expects it, Beth rediscovers love and the magic of Christmas.
A Charcoal Christmas
She was born under the loading dock behind Johnson’s Market and lost her mother when she was only five weeks old. One of a litter of six, she and her siblings had to learn to fend for themselves at a young age. The life expectancy of a feral cat is short, but thanks to the generosity of a compassionate store owner, the kittens were well fed and enjoying their lives. Then one day a stranger appears and takes her away from the safety of her kin. Confused and frightened, she is forced to endure an uncaring human and ultimately the forces of nature, in hopes of returning to the ones she loves.
A Charcoal Christmas is a bittersweet tale of survival, hope and loving companionship.
Christmas Mourning
A troubled priest struggling with doubts about his faith and vocation has an unexpected encounter with a stray, weather-beaten black cat. When Father Pedro decides to provide warmth and shelter for the lost creature, he has no idea how this simple act of kindness will impact his life forever.
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Elevated Madness and Other Stories
by John D. Ottini
Genre: Mystery | Suspense
Elevated Madness & Other Stories consists of 11 short stories that will amuse, shock, and enlighten you. The twists and turns in each story will keep you guessing until the conclusion, where you’ll be left shaking your head and wondering, “Why didn’t I see that coming?”
Stories Include:
Find out why a casual meeting in the elevator of a downtown office building turns into “Elevated Madness.”
In “A Brotherly Game of Chess,” two brothers use a game of chess to settle a deadly score.
The simple and seemly idyllic farm life of Abe and Dell masks a dark secret in “Life among the Fireflies.”
In “Late Night Killer,” a mysterious object and a late night visitor with deadly intentions turns one man’s life into a living hell.
A mystery author discovers in “Smoke & Mirror” that she’s not the only one who can craft a heart stopping surprise of an ending.
In “Professor Homeless,” a teenager discovers that a chance meeting is not what it appears to be.
And much more!
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A Fool For Love & Money
by John D. Ottini
Genre: Thrillers | Suspense
Love and Money are two important ingredients in a man’s recipe for happiness. Unfortunately, those same two ingredients under the wrong circumstances can be a man’s recipe for disaster.
Unlucky at love, unemployed and drowning in debt, Thomas Murphy is a man in need of salvation.
When an unexpected gift arrives from an unknown source, Tom is confused, yet elated about his new-found fortune. His luck continues when he runs into an old flame he hasn’t seen in years and sparks begin to fly. Strange how a man’s fate can change when he least expects it – one moment he’s miserable and struggling to make ends meet, and the next he’s back on his feet and looking forward to a bright future… or so Tom thinks.
Then Tom’s rediscovered love reveals the shocking skeletons in her closet and he must decide to forgive and forget or turn his back and walk away. An innocent search on the internet turns up a problem that could stand between Tom’s good fortune and ultimately, him and the love of his life. If he chooses to stay, he must find a way to live with what he has to do to keep her in his life.
They say that love is blind and money is the root of evil, but sometimes you don’t realize the truth of those adages until it’s too late.
A Fool for Love & Money is a novel about love, desire, greed, murder and forgiveness.
INCLUDES BONUS STORIES: Things You Can’t Control and No Return Address
NOTE TO THE READER: The original story of ‘A Fool for Love & Money’ was published as a novella in 2014 under the title ‘A Fool and His Money’. Like many authors, every time I read the story over (and I read it many times), I recognized places where rewriting would make it better. After several years I decided to rewrite the story to its full potential. What you hold in your hand is the final result. I hope you enjoy the revised, expanded and enhanced storyline.
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People Behaving Badly: A Collection of Short Mystery Stories
by John D. Ottini
Genre: Short Stories | Suspense
People Behaving Badly is a collection of thirteen short mystery stories exploring the folly of criminal behavior. Welcome to a world filled with strange and quirky characters where murder, vigilantism, jealousy, infidelity, sex, violence and people behaving badly are the norm.
These short mysteries were written as individual bite-size stories that can be devoured in one sitting. Perfect reading for your bus, train or subway commute to work, while you’re waiting at the doctor’s or dentist’s office, having your car serviced, enjoying a latte at your favorite coffee shop, or whenever you have a few minutes of free time.
Stories Include:
Easy Pickings: A cocky thief meets his unexpected match.
Dumpster Rose: The face of murder may not appear evil.
True Confession: A code of ethics which condones murder.
A Shoulder to Die On: A jealous wife discovers more than she bargained for.
Killer Karma: What goes around will more than likely come around.
The Auditor Cometh: What you say, can and will be used against you.
And much more!
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The Black & Blue Butterfly Tattoo
by John D. Ottini
Genre: Thrillers | Suspense
Psychiatrist Braydon Ferrell may be will equipped in treating patients with mental disorders and addictions, but that doesn’t grant him immunity from the follies of human weakness.
When an ill-advised sexual liaison with an unstable associate leads to lies and harassment, threatening to unravel his marriage, family and practice, Dr. Ferrell makes a cowardly decision to hide the affair from his ailing wife.
Unfortunately, affairs are messy and rarely remain hidden. When his former lover is found murdered, Dr. Ferrell becomes the target of a police investigation, has his life threatened by a stranger, and starts to believe that his wife may already know more than she is saying.
As the list of suspects dwindle, and the finger of guilt begins to point in Dr. Ferrell’s direction, he is faced with the ethical dilemma of breaking his doctor-patient confidentially in order to expose one of his patients, who may be involved in the murder.
When every attempt to maintain his innocence proves disastrous, Dr. Ferrell knows he must reveal the truth to his family. Will it ultimately prove him innocent? More importantly, will his marriage, family and practice survive the consequences of his careless actions?
NOTE TO THE READER: The original story of ‘The Black and Blue Butterfly Tattoo’ was published as a novella in 2014 under the title ‘The Object of Your Desire’. Like many authors, every time I read the story over (and I read it many times), I recognized places where rewriting would make it better. After several years I decided to rewrite the story to its full potential. What you hold in your hand is the final result. I hope you enjoy the revised, expanded and enhanced storyline.
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