Zero Gravity
Kindle Direct Publishing, July 25, 2022
"Everything is bound to change, even the world and the safety of it."
The world is in a crisis, and has been for quite some time. Almost all power is lost, the U.S. government has collapsed by a terrorist organization known as The Ravagers and there are unexplained, brief episodes of gravity loss which leads to numerous accidents, casualties and little to no areas for shelter.
Marlowe Benson is one of the few living Americans left in the United States, but has been separated from her partner, Jayden. She's already lost a lot in the past, and will do whatever it takes to not lose him, too. In a world where gravity and be lost at any moment, and with blood-hungry terrorists in every corner, it seems nearly impossible to find her.
After being rescued by other remaining survivors, they struggle to not only fight back The Ravagers but to find safety from the horrific gravity loss episodes known as "zero gravity attacks". In the midst of Marlowe's journey with these strangers, she is still determined to find Jayden. Yet, questions begin to arise if he's really worth fighting for...
But she can't linger on it for too long. After all, "onward with the future", just as her uncle, David, would say...
Available at the following retailers:
Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Books-A-Million, Quail Ridge Books of Raleigh, and iMusic of Denmark. View on Goodreads, here.
The Life of David Earl Penning
Outlaws Publishing LLC, January 1, 2019
David “Gabby” Earl Penning is the youngest of his three siblings in the small, underdeveloped town of Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1880’s. His oldest sibling, Joyce, is the owner of the town’s saloon, and his youngest sibling, Sam, is the sheriff of the town. David has always contributed to the family’s farm his parents left behind, along with his sons, nephews and many other family members. Unfortunately, when the barn is burned down, and a close family member of his mysteriously vanishes, David’s life spirals out of control, which eventually leads him to become an outlaw in the town. But when the mentally unstable Harper family begins to haunt the city, David Earl must come out of his shell as the outlaw, and fight and fend for his town and family.
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NEVERAFTER
Outlaws Publishing LLC, January 2, 2019
Leo Stevenson has awakened from his ten year coma, only to be brought into a new world where he is introduced to more technology and new people as a half-human and half-robot being. However, his path of vengeance doesn’t stop when he discovers that the Technology Reinforcement, the company responsible for his illegal and unwanted transformation and quite possibly the death of his daughter, is still existing, but barely thriving. Unfortunately, there are many people who still try to keep the Devil’s company alive and well, but Leo isn’t having any of it; and neither are other.
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“The Gray”, A Nonfiction Short-Story
UNC Wilimgton’s Atlantis, A Creative Magazine. Fall 2022 Issue 91, November 17, 2022
In this short story, Elizabeth Pridgen highlights her life growing up as biracial - half white, half Filipina - in the rural town of Castalia, North Carolina, her hometown. She sees herself as “the gray” - the middle ground, and there’s reasons why.
You can read her short story here.