Mary Faktor

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

Tale of life, love and the pursuit of happiness... in Cleveland. Nine vignettes about love: an old war hero defends the honor and memory of a long-lost love; a man's past comes to light in the midst of a perfect date; a recently separated paramedic gets more than he bargains for when he is thrust in the middle of a domestic dispute; a desperate man employs his friends in an elaborate scheme to meet the girl of his dreams, a recovering sex addict returns home to start a new life. There are thousands of stories of love, lust, loss and despair all over Cleveland-these are just a few of them.

75 Years after the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run's killing spree, bodies have begun to turn up again. A private investigator, Camila Ramsay, enlists Leo Zhukov, a true crime author and former cop, to solve the crimes before more people are killed and left scattered around Northeast Ohio.

A reclusive inventor must protect the young son of the lord of Praxton from assassins who seek to overthrow the government and propel the planet into a maelstrom of chaos and civil war.

While balancing a relationship with his girlfriend, a down and out corn hole player must win an underground, high stakes tournament to help his grammy pay off a bookie.