M. E Purfield

The Indomitable has killed most of my people and sent the rest of us to a prison planet with poisoned air. With my sister Nora, I wait for death. But there is hope in the Creative who leads the revolution. She will set us free. All our hope dies when a new prisoner enters our cell. The Creative has been captured and wounded. Soon, she will die. No matter how hard I try to help her. But is it all lost? A new Creative must rise. Someone not chosen by...

Private investigator Mathew Richmond struggles to keep his business floating while toughing out the streets of 1920 New York. Some days making scumbags pay are bad and some are downright dirty. Until Clara Ashley steps into his office. A young, beautiful actress of the Silent Screen on the verge of becoming a big star. She needs Richmond to find a private film that she appears in that could end her career. Richmond learns that this two-reeler is...

On a distant planet, private investigator Kelly Kharma wallows in a pit of depression. The love of her life left her and society grows worse. She keeps moving forward, though. To keep her sanity and fixing what she can of society. When she's asked to recover a stolen artifact and protect a dancer from a stalker, she discovers that moving forward might not be the best option. Old enemies and love still won't let her go. Bodies drop and questions...

For teen psychic and nonverbal autistic Prudy Radicci school can be a struggle. Kids and teachers suck, the environment offends her senses, and nothing ever seems logical. At least, she has her best friend Rod there to soften the daily blows. When the teachers go on strike a week before Christmas, life kicks her feet from under her. Instead of staying home, she goes to school with the rest of the kids doomed to the cafeteria for the day where everything...

Miki and Prudence Radicci. Sisters. One, an adult artist. One, a nonverbal autistic teen. Both with a psychic ability. Both that trouble keeps following.The Radicci sisters are now living in Jersey City, in Miki's childhood house. It's a little run down with a few surprises but nothing compared to what they find in the basement. A dead, young naked woman. Not just any young woman. The police identify the body as Miki Radicci's.That soon seems to be...

Albee is a slave on a Saibhir residency ship, desperate for freedom and autonomy despite the light-years standing between them and their dreams. Captured again and tortured for answers, the Saibhir believe that Albee had help trying to escape. Is there a resistance on the ship? Or is it a dream created by torture? Ealu, the thrilling science fiction short story from the Saoirse War Series, will take readers on a journey of survival, bravery, and resilience....

A group of white terrorists attacks Jewish Centers all over New York. Alyssa, a teen runaway in and out of Miki Radicci's life and formally part of the skinhead culture, leads her to the latest violent act. Miki almost dies but it doesn't scare her off the terrorists' trail. The elusive Alyssa led Miki to the attack for a reason. To stop American Strong from taking lives for their Neo-Nazi cause and continuing the plans set by Ethan Weisz? Or she...

Blessed with a rare psychic gift. Cursed with a fractured mind. Never to be contained. Psychic Miki Radicci receives a new assignment from the Tenebrous but also a new member of her team. He's there to protect her. A psychic weapon. But can he protect her from the teen-aged girl they must find? A dangerous girl deep in the streets of Jersey City. A girl who is so dangerous that even psychic abilities will fail to protect them. Read this thrilling...

From the writer of the Miki Radicci Series and Cities That Eat Islands comes a gritty short story about obsessive love and accusation.Aside from a bit of girl trouble, Nathan's life is going okay. Great grades, a loyal best friend, and a poud mom. Then the cops come knocking to ask him about a murder because of something he long forgot.This story is taken from the crime collection A Sandwich Can't Stop a Bullet.

"Have you ever had an author that no matter what they write you just can't wait to devour it? I have had only a handful of authors that do it for me. M.E. is one of those authors." - Fallen Over Books. All teens are stifled with a device around their mouths until they are adults. But one boy sees a way to be free from them. And he is willing to sacrifice anything. A police officer screws up again. This time he may be made an example. Or, he can join...