Showing posts with label telekinesis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label telekinesis. Show all posts

Sunday, May 14, 2023

"Ghosts of the Arizona" is now on sale!



Ghosts of the Arizona, the fifth in my Psionic Corps mystery series, is now available at Purple Sword Publishing! 

Hawai'ian Psionic Officer Kenneth Nu'uani finds a body in scuba gear, floating near the USS Arizona in Oahu, Hawai'i.  It soon becomes known that the man didn't drown, so why was he desecrating a shrine dedicated to the people who died in the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.  

Evidence indicates the man might have been murdered.  Kenny must use his paranormal powers to discover secrets that have been buried in the ruined battleship for decades and what was the diver after.

 

Saturday, April 1, 2023

"Muscle Bound" is now available at Purple Sword Publishing!


Muscle Bound, the fourth novel in my Psionic Corps series is now available at Purple Sword Publishing!
 

Blurb:

Pryce Nolton, a good friend of Josh Chambers, Utah's Psionic Officer, is found holding a bloody knife next to three bodies, all of them stabbed to death. Pryce has no memory of the crime, and even Josh's powers cannot determine if he did or did not commit triple-homicide.

Salt Lake City police are convinced they have the right man and do not buy into the memory-loss excuse. They think Pryce experienced a roid rage incident and stabbed his friends to death.

Josh is not convinced that Pryce could murder his friends in cold blood, but all the evidence points to Pryce's guilt.

While Josh is dealing with the investigation, his efforts are impeded by a series of drug thefts from hospital pharmacies.

Josh must find out what happened that deadly evening or else his friend might be sentenced to death.



Monday, December 12, 2022

"Scorpion Nest" gets 5-star review/rating on Amazon!


Scorpion Nest, the third in my Psionic Corps series, has TWO 5-star ratings on Amazon and a 5-star review! 

From funlovingal60:

Loved this book! I am a white heteralsexual woman. This book is great if you like to read this material! Great job!


Thank you, fun!

Purchase your copy here: https://purpleswordpublications.blogspot.com/

"A Faire Day for Murder" gets a 4-star review on Goodreads!


A Faire Day for Murder got a 4-star rating and a review from reviewer Nicci! 

I absolutely loved Ian and the other characters. The setting being a renaissance faire is just perfect. I want to know more about the psionic officers. Keep em coming Alan Scott!!

A Faire Day for Murder got a 5-star rating from Philomena!

Thank you so much, ladies!

Purchase your copy from Purple Sword Publishing: https://purpleswordpublications.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Star Trek episode "Plato's Stepchildren" debuts 1968



Plato's Stepchildren, the tenth episode of the third season of Star Trek (original series) aired on November 22, 1968.  In this episode, the crew of the Enterprise encounter a planet where the inhabitants possess powerful telekinesis, except for one, who is a little person.  Michael Dunn, from Oklahoma, starred as the little person and whipping boy of the others.

It is also purported to be the first interracial kiss on television between Capt. Kirk (William Shatner) and Lt. Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), but apparently Nancy Sinatra kissed Sammy Davis Jr. the year before.  However, some television stations in the south US would not air it.  


Friday, September 30, 2022

"Scorpion Nest" by Alan Scott released today!


My latest publication is now available at Purple Sword Publishing! 

Blurb:

Everyone in Opelousas, Louisiana hated Agnes Seyfert.  The sheriff, local businessmen, the gay priest she outed, even her own family.  When her body is discovered in her booby-trap laden house, nobody seems sad she’s dead.  Paranormal sleuth, Randy Arsenault, of the Psionic Corps is brought into the investigation and discovers she was suffocated, murdered in her own bed.  It is soon discovered she suffered from an advanced form of cancer and had high levels of arsenic in her system.

Randy realizes he has more suspects than he can count:  The dead woman’s three daughters, her grandchildren, a gay priest she outed, a local stylist, a mechanic and his own fiancĂ©.

With a hurricane bearing down on Louisiana, Randy races against time to find out what actually happened to the old lady before Hurricane Abigail destroys everything.


Monday, August 22, 2022

"A Faire Day for Murder" by Alan Scott is available from Purple Sword Publishing!


It's a re-release from earlier, but still, I'm excited to announce Purple Sword Publishing has released A Faire Day for Murder by Alan Scott.  


Blurb:

The brutal murder of an old man in his isolated farmhouse and very few clues leaves local law enforcement with no alternative but to ask the Psionic Corps for help.  Ian Houston with his paranormal abilities is called in but his presence isn’t welcomed by all.  The sheriff is convinced the owners of the nearby renaissance faire are behind the murder, especially since the victim was about to evict the faire from his land just as their season was getting underway. 

 

Ian is not convinced the case is so straightforward, especially since there are other people with just as motive for doing away with the old man; the neighbor whom he has had a long-going property dispute, the son who will inherit his lands although the farm isn’t very profitable; one of the many participants and patrons of the faire whom the old man harassed over the years.  To keep innocent people from being charged with murder, Ian must join the renaissance faire as a cast member to see if there is a murderer lurking among the ren folke.

 

Compounding his investigation is the beautiful actress Diana Morgan who instantly steals his heart.  But as a cast member, she is also under suspicion and Ian discovers she may have a dark past, too. 

 

A second murder confounds the investigation and the mystery becomes even more confused.  Meanwhile the sheriff is moving closer to charging the renaissance faire owners with murder.

 

Can Ian use his powers to find the real culprit and prove his new-found friends innocent?



Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Babylon 5 episode "Mind War" airs 1994



The sixth episode of the first season of Babylon 5 Mind War first aired March 2, 1994.  I loved this episode because of its portrayal of the Psi Corps.  Jason Ironheart (William Allen Young), Talia Winters' (Andrea Thompson) instructor and former lover, arrives on Babylon 5.  Right behind him are Psi Cops hot on his tail.  Walter Koenig appears for the first time in his recurring role as Alfred Bester.

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

The Bionic Woman episode "Ghost Hunter" airs 1976


The final episode of season 1 of The Bionic Woman, The Ghosthunter, aired May 26, 1976.  Jaime Summers (Lindsay Wagner) goes undercover as a governess to Amanda Curry (Kristy McNichol), who seems to be haunted by her mother's ghost. 

As it turns out, Cory has telekinesis and it manifests itself in her subconscious, which becomes deadly when she is dreaming.  Now, you can understand why it's my favorite Bionic Woman episode.


Friday, May 8, 2020

"Muscle Bound: A Psionic Corps mystery" is now available on Amazon!


My latest entry in my Psionic Corps mystery series, Muscle Bound, is now available on Amazon.com!

Blurb:

A triple homicide in a suburb of Salt Lake City seems to be an open-and-shut case, but the suspect is a close friend of Utah Psionic Officer Joshua Chambers. Although it appears obvious that personal trainer Pryce Nolton murdered three people in a fit of 'roid rage, Josh realizes not all is as it seems. Using his paranormal abilities, Josh finds discrepancies in the case against Pryce, but are they enough to exonerate his friend and keep him from the death penalty?

Thursday, February 6, 2020

"Push" released 2009


Push, a movie about people with special powers but not superheroes, was released February 6, 2009.  It starred Chris Evans (Johnny Storm, Captain America) as a man with telekinesis and Dakota Fanning as a girl who can see the future.

The movie takes place in Hong Kong as Evans and Fanning are trying to keep from being captured by a government group that wants to turn them into weapons.

Chris Evans is just as sexy with his clothes on.  I think he is also a very talented actor.  Dakota Fanning is more mature in this movie than others even though she was only 15 when the movie was released.


Saturday, April 6, 2019

Scorpion Nest by Alan Scott is now available on Amazon.com!


My third Psionic Corps mystery is now available on Amazon.com!  Check it out!

Purchase it here on Amazon.com!


Everyone in Opelousas, Louisiana hated Agnes Seyfert.  The sheriff, local businessmen, the gay priest she outed, even her own family.  When her body is discovered in her booby-trap laden house, nobody seems sad she’s dead.  Paranormal sleuth, Randy Arsenault, of the Psionic Corps is brought into the investigation and discovers she was suffocated, murdered in her own bed.  It is soon discovered she suffered from an advanced form of cancer and had high levels of arsenic in her system.

Randy realizes he has more suspects than he can count:  The dead woman’s three daughters, her grandchildren, a gay priest she outed, a local stylist, a mechanic and his own fiancĂ©.

With a hurricane bearing down on Louisiana, Randy races against time to find out what actually happened to the old lady before Hurricane Abigail destroys everything.

New cover for A Faire Day for Murder!



I updated the cover for A Faire Day for Murder!  Check it out!

Purchase it here at Amazon.com!

Sunday, March 3, 2019

A Faire Day for Murder by Alan Scott is now available on Amazon!


A Faire Day for Murder, the follow up to Inside Passage to Murder has been published and is available on Amazon.com! 

Blurb:

The brutal murder of an old man in his isolated farmhouse and very few clues leaves local law enforcement with no alternative but to ask the Psionic Corps for help.  Ian Houston with his paranormal abilities is called in but his presence isn’t welcomed by all.  The sheriff is convinced the owners of the nearby renaissance faire are behind the murder, especially since the victim was about to evict the faire from his land just as their season was getting underway. 

Ian is not convinced the case is so straightforward, especially since there are other people with just as motive for doing away with the old man; the neighbor whom he has had a long-going property dispute, the son who will inherit his lands although the farm isn’t very profitable; one of the many participants and patrons of the faire whom the old man harassed over the years.  To keep innocent people from being charged with murder, Ian must join the renaissance faire as a cast member to see if there is a murderer lurking among the ren folke.

Compounding his investigation is the beautiful actress Diana Morgan who instantly steals his heart.  But as a cast member, she is also under suspicion and Ian discovers she may have a dark past, too.

A second murder confounds the investigation and the mystery becomes even more confused.  Meanwhile the sheriff is moving closer to charging the renaissance faire owners with murder.

Can Ian use his powers to find the real culprit and prove his new-found friends innocent?


Chapter 1:

          Tom Eskew shifted in his favorite easy chair, situated in front of the television. The cushion sagged so much he felt his ample butt was only inches from the floor and the springs were poking him through the threadbare fabric.  He did not care.
          No one else, not even his son John, was allowed to sit there.
          He pointed the remote control at the television and began punching buttons to turn up the volume.  The channel changed instead.
          “Shit,” he mumbled.  “I’m gonna miss Wheel of Fortune.  I’ll never understand how to work this damn thing.”
          After a minute of trial and error, Tom managed to find the correct channel and appropriate level of house-shaking volume so he could hear.
          “Finally,” he said, just as the first puzzle appeared on the screen. The phone sitting on a table next to his chair shrilled.
          “Damn it,” he growled.  “Right in the middle of my show.”
     The old man picked it up and squinted at the numbers on the caller ID.
Another waste of money, he growled to himself.  What’s the use of having this feature on his phone if I can’t even see it?
“Hello!”  Tom barked into the receiver, his fleshy bulldog-like jowls quivering as he spoke.  It wasn’t a greeting as much as it was a challenge.  “What?”  He shouted as he tried to hear the caller over the TV.
“I said I ran off the road a few miles from the house, Dad!”
“What the hell did you do that for?”
 “Don’t worry about me, Dad.  I’ve already called Sheriff Weaver and he’s on his way!”  John went on without responding to the insult. 
Tom berated his son, shouting questions and issuing threats if the truck John had been driving was damaged in any way. 
“I think it’s totaled,” John replied.
“Well, you’re gonna pay for it.  I’m not buying another damn vehicle.”
Shouting a final threat in the phone, Tom slammed the receiver back into its cradle.  He sat back in his chair and glared back at the TV. 
          Commercials? What was that last puzzle?  I was about to solve it. He threw his hands up in disgust.
A sound behind him tore his attention away from his beloved program. 
“What now?”  He craned his neck to find the source of the sound.  All the windows had been opened to let in the cool air from the outside, with screens to keep the bugs out.  Everything seemed to be in order.  He was just about to turn back to the television when a movement behind him caught his eye.
He had no time to turn before a shot fired from a gun took the top of his head off, splattering the television screen with blood.  The rest of his body slumped back into the chair.





Friday, November 30, 2018

"Legacy of Hephaestus" by Alex Morgan re-released on Amazon!


My fourth Corey Shaw novel Legacy of Hephaestus is now live on Amazon!

Click here to go to Amazon!

Blurb:
Corey Shaw is trying to salvage what's left of his Baltic cruise vacation by sleeping his way across the Netherlands and Norway.  About the time he arrives in Amsterdam, the largest yellow diamond ever discovered, the Lava Diamond, is stolen from a diamond factory.

Corey is glad to leave the case in the hands of Dutch authorities, but when he gets to Oslo, a paramour is murdered.  For once in his lifetime, he is glad to see the end of a vacation. But things get worse when he returns to Boston.  The diamond shows up in an unlikely place and a volcanology professor on sabbatical in Norway has disappeared.


Thinking the stolen diamond case closed, Corey heads back across the Atlantic to help Norwegian police to search for the professor.  Soon he uncovers more than a missing persons’ case.  It is a plot to turn the diamond world on its head. 

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

"Invisible Curtain" by Alex Morgan re-released on Amazon!


My third Corey Shaw novel, Invisible Curtain, has been re-released and is available on Amazon!

Here is the link to Amazon.

Blurb:
Paranormal sleuth Corey Shaw is enjoying vacation with his family in the Baltic Sea when terrorists bomb restaurants hosting World Cup parties in London and Copenhagen. On each occasion the explosion coincides with the cruise ship leaving port. Although the United States isn’t attacked directly, Corey and his colleagues are unavoidably drawn into the investigation with or without the blessing of international intelligence agencies. When a third bomb goes off in St. Petersburg, Russia, Corey is convinced the answer lies aboard his ship. 

He must use all his psionic abilities to protect his family, and his friends, and keep the world safe from this worrying upsurge in international terrorism

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

"Murder At The Green Lantern" by Alex Morgan re-released on Amazon!


My second Corey Shaw novel Murder at the Green Lantern is now available on Amazon!

Here is the link:

Blurb:

After a fetish party at a gay bar in Washington, DC, a young man is murdered and left nailed to a St. Andrew’s Cross.  Paranormal gay sleuth Corey Shaw thinks someone has passed a divine judgment on him, and may be a signal to other gays in the city.  The mystery leads him on a trail from Boston to the halls of the U.S. Capitol Building in DC.   

"Breathless" by Alex Morgan re-released on Amazon!


I decided to go the self-publishing route now, so I'm re-releasing my Corey Shaw novels onto Amazon!  You can find it at this link.

Blurb:

Paranormal detective Corey Shaw, with abilities such as telepathy and clairvoyance, is summoned to Provincetown during the annual leather Mates weekend, when the naked body of a young man is found. He had been tied up and beaten before being strangled. The police say murder but Corey suspects a BDSM scene got out of control. Searching the dungeons, he becomes immersed in the local scene and discovers a never-before-seen side of himself. In a sea of muscular leather masters and slaves, he realizes hidden urges in an environment where every fantasy can be fulfilled. He must set aside his sadomasochism desires and use his powers to locate the murderer before he kills again. Can Corey find him before becoming a victim to the ultimate BDSM fantasy of execution?


Friday, November 16, 2018

"Carrie" released 1976


Stephen King's first novel Carrie was made into a movie and released November 16, 1976. (It had a limited release on November 3.)  Sissy Spacek played Carrie White, a shy, unpopular high school student who is constantly bullied by her classmates.  When she has her first period, she panics but then realizes she has developed telekinesis. 

In an act of cruelty, two of her classmates conspire to humiliate her at the prom, but things don't go quite as well as they planned.

Spacek received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress and Piper Laurie, who played her mother, was nominated for Best Supporting Actress.  Carrie is one of very few horror films to be nominated for more than one Academy Award nomination.  It was named one of the best movies of the year and grossed over $33.8M.  It is ranked as No. 46 of the American Film Institute's list of 100 Greatest Cinema Thrills.  The climax at the prom is ranked as 8th on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments.


Friday, May 11, 2018

"Inside Passage to Murder" on Amazon and Smashwords!


I've decided to go the self-publishing route to continue my writing, and thanks to Tony at Glendale ePub Services my first novel Inside Passage to Murder is available as pre-order from Amazon.com and Smashwords.com.  The eBook and the Print-On-Demand formats will be available May 14, 2018! 

The links are below:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/824986

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1981041249

Blurb: 
Paranormal sleuth Mark Shotridge has a dream that indicates a cruise ship operating in Alaskan waters is in trouble.  He books passage on the ship to investigate his vision.  After leaving Seward the first night at sea, Mark has another vision that suggests someone has been thrown overboard into the icy waters of the north Pacific.  However, nobody is reported missing and Mark begins to question his special abilities. 

Soon crew member is found murdered in his cabin and Mark is certain that there is more going on than he originally suspected. The body count rises and he realizes that a serial killer might be on board but what is the reason behind the murders? 

Mark must use all of his powers to stop a ruthless killer before the ship docks in Vancouver, British Columbia.  Otherwise the tourism industry and the economy of Alaska may be destroyed.