Short Stories/Novellas

An L. J. Martin western short story: When the larder runs bare, young Juan decides he must strike out alone across the barren southern San Joaquin Valley to find work to save his family...but finds much more than he bargained for. His dream is to ride a tall horse, but not to perdition.

California Cocina is a reader's cookbook, a look at the historical aspects of cooking and the kitchen during the time of the Great Ranchos. There are lots of recipes, both to enjoy reading and many to enjoy trying in your own kitchen. Lot's of quotes from journals and books of the time pepper this work in wonderful, insightful, information from those who lived it.

So what? An ancient dusty document found in a hidden cave beneath Manhattan...which will open a fight for the very life of a people. Steve Drum must make right centuries old wrongs, and stay alive while doing it, for there are forces larger and more evil than the worst New York has seen. Here's an action-adventure-thriller, full of romance, like you've never seen before. L. J. Martin www.ljmartin.com