Books published by Aventine Press

"Houdini the Magician Stumped," proclaimed the Boston Herald in 1924. Who was this medium who baffled Houdini? None other than Margery Crandon, the wife of a prominent Boston surgeon. "Margery the Medium" made headlines throughout the 1920s. She captivated not only Harvard professors, but the editors of Scientific American with her amazing physical mediumship. Margery was very much a woman of her time- the Roaring Twenties. By the time the Twenties were in full swing, Margery and her second husband Dr. Le Roi Crandon became interested in psychic phenomena. In May of 1923, Dr. Crandon invited two couples to join them in a table-tilting séance. During the evening, he discovered that his wife had a genuine gift for communicating with the spirits. Within months, Margery produced psychic music, direct voice, trumpet séance, and even apports. She not only fascinated her husband, but the scientific community in the United States and England. While Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle championed Margery's mediumship, Harry Houdini denounced her as a fraud. Was Margery Crandon too good to be true or was she the last of the great physical mediums?

It's the 1980's. The Chapel brothers, proud inheritors of a successful bar located in the very small, very dry, and very hot town of Bowling, Arizona, proceed with their everyday lives completely unaware of the impending misfortune silently waiting in the dark viscous unknown. Things happen People disappear Even more things happen (as a result of the things preceding them) Join Tim, Eddie and friends in their possibly epic, likely unexpected, struggle through time and space to find one another, find themselves and discover the life awaiting those who, reluctantly, leave the safety of their homes. This is only book one, so the discoveries may be marginal, incomplete, and at times, allusive. But it will all make sense in the end. Probably. Get started!

All Patty Harkin has left in the world is her father's new truck. Without any hope of getting work as a mechanic in northern Minnesota, she accepts the job of driving Josh, a mysterious blindman, and his trailer to Arizona. Along the way she learns Josh is trying to prevent a drug cartel from taking control of several Indian reservations's casinos. An old nemesis of Josh's follows them, and the result is murder. When Patty learns the truth about Josh, there's only one way out.

Vivid dreams, astral travel, and clairvoyant visions are all routine occurrences for Elaine Kuzmeskus. Her fascination with dreams began in childhood and eventually led to her career as a medium. Dreams have also been an inspiration in her writing career.

This is a collection of stories about the Morris family, our loved ones, friends and neighbors. It covers six decades of our efforts to survive, from growing up dirt poor to going out into the world seeking fame and fortune, then returning to our roots. We didn''t find what we sought but we had adventures, misadventures and excitement galore.Lessons learned in childhood taught us to face each challenge with determination, perseverance, daring, a sense of humor and a will not only to survive but to succeed relying on ingenuity, skill, a strong work ethic, faith and luck.

Greed, environmental conflict, and ulterior motives result in murder in the wild-river setting of Canada's Northwest Territory during a canoe expedition. When a wolf trapper attempts to destroy evidence, long-kept secrets are divulged. Some seek a diamond lode, others try to locate radioactive debris from a downed Russian spy satellite, while some look for love. Trust is lost, and friendships are severed, as everyone fights for survival in the harsh wilderness. When nature dictates the outcome, there are few winners in this suspenseful tale based on the 1978 Operation Morning Light, a search and recovery mission.