Fiction

Pleasant Mount Press, Inc.

The Apothecary Chest:

Ariadne's Clew:

The Orgone Experiment:

The Sibylline Prophesies:

Survival Skills:

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catalog 12/02/2009

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by J.P. Befumo
A stunning collection of seventeen interrelated short stories that explore and challenge the reader's concepts of time and causality. (Coming 2010)

by J.P. Befumo
A mad cult leader and his followers await Armageddon at a mountain stronghold. Society reels from the discovery that dinosaurs might have succumbed to an AIDS-like infection. Government forces are jittery, and a rogue reporter may learn more than she wants to know when she seeks out the mysterious holy man known only as Corfusalus.

by J.P. Befumo
We are thrilled to have the opportunity to bring return J.P. Befumo's first novel, The Oranur Conspiracy, back to print. This rich and thought-provoking page-turner is based on the life of Wilhelm Reich, who claimed to have created life, cured cancer, controlled weather, shot down space ships, and powered motors--all by harnessing the power of sexual energy. Wilhelm Reich was censured by the United States government, prohibited from ever speaking of the energy source he claimed to have discovered, and was unjustly imprisoned. There, he died under suspicious circumstances, mere days before his parole hearing. A United States Federal Court ordered all of his books burned, despite protests from the American Civil Liberties Union.

by J.P. Befumo (Coming 3/10)
Having stolen a secret prophesy from the Vatican, a rogue priest, joined by a troubled nun, a young orphan, and a computer nerd, run from both government agents and a secret Vatican hit squad who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the stolen documents, which threaten to topple the church and undermine the very fabric of society.

by J.P. Befumo
Survival—real survival—isn’t about heading for Montana and arming yourself to the teeth in eager anticipation of Armageddon—it’s about survival of personal integrity, survival of composure—survival of the spirit!

Linwood Steene, a brilliant computer engineer, dabbles with artificial intelligence ‘demon’ programs, but finds himself beset by demons of quite another kind when he gets involved in a menage a quatre with his wife, his mistress, and…a bitter, manipulative ghost.

As multiple plots converge toward a thrilling climax, the reader’s assumptions about good and evil are explored and challenged.