James Dargan

Farzin, a simple man of simple faith, finds the end of the world has come - nuclear war has spread across the Middle East, and now he must escape with his family and find refuge. Mushroom is a 3000-word alternate history short story set in Iran twenty years in the future.

Shanghai, China, 1937, and the Republic is at war.Harry, a young Chinese man working for a rich British business man in the International Settlement, is worried about his family in Suzhou, his hometown, whose population is threatened with extinction at the hands of the Japanese Imperial Army. Pan Yi, his childhood friend, and a woman in love with him, leaves her simple existence in the country for the bright lights of Shanghai: her reason, to be with...

Against the all-conquering Grand Duchy of Muscovy, can the city-state of Novgorod save itself from total annihilation and bring the land of the Rus towards the West? Medieval Russia, 1470: With Muscovy gaining hegemony in the Russian lands, Novgorod is fearful. Having miraculously defeated it in battle, Marta Boretskaya, mayor of Novgorod, needs allies from abroad to help her against Grand Prince Ivan III's wrath and vengeance. She seeks help from...

ALMOST THE BEST PUN AND JOKE BOOK EVER is a collection of over 500 puns and jokes that go right across the board, from politics and politicians, to historical figures, general observations and commentary on today's world. One thing's for sure though: you'll be laughing out loud if you don't cringe with embarrassment at their sheer lameness first!

Flann O'Brien took his bicycle to all the Dublin pubs but it couldn't handlebars! If you like that joke, then you'll love the rest from my collection IRISH PUNS AND JOKES.A selection of puns and jokes - all Irish style! Some are political, some make fun out of Irish cultural icons and celebrities, and others are just funny for being funny. If you like a pun or joke with great wordplay, you should definitely enjoy this collection.

LAS MÁSCARAS ROJAS DE MONTEVIDEO "Camina despacio sobre las rocas" - Proverbio uruguayo Las mascaras rojas de Montevideo es una novela que abarca la historia de una pequeña porción de la república Sudamericana llamada Ururguay. Desde los primeros años en que se asentaron los españoles en el siglo 16 hasta los días moedernos de Montevideo de la década de 1970, cuando el país atravesaba una violenta crisis política. Es un cuento de fervor...

PANDA, CHINESE PULP FICTIONMess with the Triads and you will pay. Miles Li, Chinese immigrant and restaurant owner, is in heavy debt with the Triads. The extortion escalating, he contacts an associate, Ragnar Polizzi, who arranges for a former Kosovan KLA member, an assassin for hire, to kill the Triad leader, Guo Cheng. Meanwhile, Guo Cheng has a big drug deal going down that will make him the richest and most powerful Triad in the UK. Panda, Chinese...

De Lacy has just got out of prison. His crime is a dark secret he wishes to keep that way. Alone, he must find himself again in the world - a world where he used to be someone respected. Now he is little more than a human stain, existing because that's what one does when one's alive. A black comedy/mystery story which mockingly describes the little man's fight against the rest of the world.Out of the Cage is a 12,000-word short story.

They're Batman and Robin without the masks, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza minus the windmills, Holmes and Watson with not a clue in sight. Meet Napoleon 'Nappy' Clancy, ex Birmingham bobbie and Cleveland cop, now a private detective trying to make ends meet, along with his 'sidekick', Dubliner Barry Fanning, himself an ex-Guard back in Ireland. They're back from America, and already there's trouble on the horizon: Barry's nephew, Colin, has been murdered...

Fantasma Negro Levantarse temprano, trabajar duro, sacar petróleo. Fantasma Negro es una historia ambientada durante los tumultuosos principios de la década de 1930 en Paraguay y Bolivia, cuando el oro negro estaba en juego y una guerra se libraba en nombre de siniestros intereses petroleros internacionales que deseaban más que nada robar a las dos naciones de sus recursos naturales para fines propios. Mientras se disparan los primeros tiros en...