FINALIST FOR BEST INDIE MAINSTREAM BOOK OF 2013 How did one night change over a million lives forever? It's 1969 at Kent State University and the brothers of Phi Psi Kappa fraternity think they have their lives all planned out. It's their senior year and their biggest worries are how to pass their classes with the least amount of studying and the greatest amount of partying and girls. All that changes on December 1st, 1969 when the government holds the first draft lottery for the Vietnam War. With the blink of an eye, all their plans and dreams had to be changed or abandoned in consideration for what would keep them out of the army. Some men dropped out, some joined to avoid the draft and to pick their poison, some got job deferments and some fled to Canada or Australia. But everyone looked at life differently. The shooting by the National Guard on May 4, 1970 closed the campus and the brothers went their separate ways. It isn't until more than forty years later when they are reunited because of a death of a dear friend that they find out what became of them and their girlfriends. And who survived. LIFE'S WHAT HAPPENS is their story, as each is faced with questions much more complicated than any generation past. It is about the year they turned from boys to men, and where their choices took them.

*FIRST PLACE, LITERARY FICTION -- Independent Publishers of New England Book Awards (IPNE.org). Written by a doctor of Internal Medicine, “1918” is a rigorously researched and accurate historical novel about the pandemic that killed up to 100 million people. The story is told through the eyes of Dr. Edward Noble, an army major and infectious disease sub-specialist, whose unique position in Boston allows him to detect an emerging influenza strain that is an unprecedented global threat. The actual medical literature and terminology of the time, plus real personal accounts of the pandemic, are used to put the reader in the mind of this early 20th century physician. KIRKUS REVIEWS said, "... (Dr.) Noble is an appealing, knowledgeable focal point in this fictionalized rendering of the great pandemic. ...Affecting characters and dramatic storytelling..." BOOKIDEAS.com said, “5 Stars.” “I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it to anyone… A great story that weaves the reader between a macro view of one of the most deadly pandemics in history, yet within the chapters there are precious, personal moments that humanize the hero that Dr. Noble unwittingly, yet humbly portrays to the rest of the world. A great read on all levels!” *AWARD WINNER, HISTORICAL FICTION, READERS’ FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD – READERS FAVORITE.com said, “5 Stars.” “…1918 is a must read…” The meticulous narrative undeniably has the ability to transport readers back to the era…”

Readers' Favorite Gold Medal Winner - Fiction - Historical - Event/Era Category

Writer’s Digest’s Self-Published Book Awards Honorable Mention Genre Fiction

Amazon's #1 Literary Fiction Best Seller, #1 Women's Fiction Friendship Best Seller, #1 Single Women Categories Best Seller, #1 in Romance and Love & Romance categories and #2 Women's Historical Fiction Best Seller.Getting dumped on the sidewalk by her live-in boyfriend of seven years and realizing that he nearly emptied their savings account is the first of Sheila Davenport's problems. At thirty-six, Sheila had thought her life was on track.

But life no longer makes sense. Now she's saddled with a mortgage that's about to skyrocket, a psychotic boss, and a new employee who is unqualified and hell-bent on messing with the company's rules.

Her friends advise her to date immediately, preferably someone rich and successful, or risk being old and alone. But Sheila needs to figure out what went wrong and how she got to this place. Since Prince Charming has ruined Sheila's life, who can save her now?

Help comes unexpectedly from her elderly neighbor, Ruth Grey, who has had her own share of ups and downs. As their friendship grows, Ruth reveals her deeply moving story of survival in WWII Germany. Ruth's mesmerizing past is a powerful tale of love and revenge that provides the perspective Sheila desperately needs to put the pieces of her own life back together.

Will Sheila succeed at work or walk away? Can she save her home? And why do her friends think they have it any better?

A story of love found and lost, true friendship, and how the human spirit endures.

Amazon’s #1 Literary Fiction Best Seller, #2 Women's Historical Fiction Best Seller, #1 Women’s Fiction Friendship Best Seller, and #1 Single Women Categories Best Seller, an Indie Book of the Day Award Winner, reached #2 in the Contemporary Fiction Amazon Bestseller List and #3 in the Romance Bestseller List just two months after publication.

FINDING OUT has also appeared on the Women's Fiction Friendship, Single Women, and Love & Romance Bestseller lists.

Sheryn's next novel will be coming fall 2019. When not writing, Sheryn works full time and spends time with her family.

Historical fiction: Japan 1650, a time when treacherous Warlords engaged in brutal battles, suffered the meddling of Warrior Monks and capitulated to daring Ninja incursions. Young Nakamura has been tormented by horrific dreams ever since he survived the massacre of his village by Oda Nobunaga. Naki's only hope to save himself from his nightmares is to destroy the monster that destroyed his life. Edmund Kolbusz is a teacher, tutor, theatrical director and now an author. He works for the Forsyth County School Board in Georgia at Lambert High School teaching seniors British Literature and Composition. He lives in Sugar Hill, Georgia. Synopsis: Oda Nobunaga, the son of a minor Japanese warlord, came to head the Oda clan and Owari province at the age of fifteen (1551). Brash, bold and rude, he changed Japan. He was considered a tyrant: ruthless, cruel, and cunning. During his conquests he murdered, waged warfare tortured, slaughtered, wiped out entire villages, towns and monasteries. He hated warrior monks, especially those of Mt. Hiei, just north of his capitol in Kyoto. He hated ninja. Naki's village suffered a Nobunaga slaughter. Only Naki survived. Even as a young boy, he swore revenge against the monster. Growing up with the monks of Mt. Hiei, Naki' need for revenge never diminished. He trained for that inevitable day when he would exact retribution. However, that was before he met Sai, the beautiful daughter of the Chunin, head of a ninja family. Naki;s road to revenge took an unexpected turn, but his nightmares and his pressing need to kill Nobunaga did not. Little did Naki know the price for revenge.

'I chanced upon a novel I read as a child. Re-reading The Year of the Horsetails by R. F. Tapsell (1967), I realized where my interest in nomadic warfare began and, with Bardiya - Tapsell s siege-engineer, outsider hero - something of the origins of Ballista. Tapsell was a superb historical novelist, and some enterprising publisher should put his works back in print for a new generation. Set in an unusual time and place, The Year of the Horsetails creates an exotic, fully imagined world combined with universal themes. Intensely exciting. An inspiration.' --Harry Sidebottom, author of the Warrior of Rome series

Eastern Europe: Early Middle Ages. The nomad warrior Bardiya
must flee from the evil empire of the Mongol-like Tugars and
their ruthless Kagan. He receives hospitality from the sedentary
Slavic Drevich people; but fears that they also might succumb to
the might of the Tugar empire. Will he be able to convince them
of their danger and teach them the skills necessary to defeat their
new enemy?
Now revised and corrected, with a new glossary of names and terms.