Hitler's Legacy - The Dialogues

This work of historical fiction is written as a series of dialogues from the stand point of both supporters and survivors of the Nazi party after the events of WWII. In it, Joe Appel works to bring a human picture of the motivations and consequences of that often de-humanized era. Rather than looking at historical documents in the cold light of reason, this book portrays the circumstances as they would have been experienced in the eyes of the people involved. 

The debates between the interviewer and the historical figures are often heated and penetrating. It is Joe's hope that these dialogues will bring life to these characters, characters so often framed in black and white. Only through the living experience of those involved can the motives behind the Nazi party be explored, exposed, and resolved.

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Scarlette (A Paranormal Fairy Tale)

What if Little Red Riding Hood had really lived?

Ninety years before the Brothers Grimm penned their version of "Little Red Riding Hood," an historic, gruesome series of events shocked all of Europe. Starting in 1764, an unidentified wolf-like animal ferociously mauled dozens of peasants in the Gévaudan region of France.

Whispered rumors of unnatural creatures blended with age-old superstition to cause mass hysteria. A werewolf was blamed for the carnage. Alarmed, King Louis XV sent his best huntsmen to rid the province of the beastly scourge, but this legendary massacre had only just begun.

Scarlette, a 19-year-old seamstress who is laboring to make ends meet, lives under this dark threat. Although fearful of the nightmarish monster lurking in the surrounding forest, she remains skeptical of the supernatural gossip.

Until her grandmother is attacked.

Scarlette learns that her grandmother has been infected by the animal’s bite. Desperate to save her, Scarlette begins to uncover the dark secrets of her village and finds there are those who wish to keep their pasts hidden. As time grows short, Scarlette is befriended by a local nobleman and a woodcutter who both share an eerie history with the wolf.

Scarlette must unravel the men’s connection and solve a long-forgotten crime. But as she pieces together the clues, Scarlette finds herself torn between the two men. Both of them desire more than friendship and together hold the key to the cure.

Based on both the traditional Grimm fairy-tale and older known French versions of "Little Red Riding Hood," this dark Young Adult novel is set against the 18th century Beast of Gévaudan attacks and blends fairy-tale with Gothic romance in a modern, accessible prose style. Unique to the genre, the novel revives the fable of the girl-in-the-red-cloak with a new historical angle that blurs the line between folklore and reality.

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