Sera isn't living. She's existing—barely. Bedbound by illness, she has no memory of life before the freezing barn she now calls home. A mournful song haunts her dreams and hints at a past not completely buried—one she's desperate to uncover. Yet Father's whirlwind visits to draw blood and administer medication don't provide answers. He only confirms the one thing she already knows; she's dying.A lonely death without ever knowing her past seems inevitable until a sudden, mystifying ...

From the multimillion copy bestseller Amanda Prowse, the queen of heartbreak fiction.***Once upon a time, Jacks Morgan had dreams.She would have a career and travel the world. She would own a house on the beach, and spend long nights with her boyfriend strolling under the stars.But life had other ideas. First Martha came alo...

New York Times and USA Today BestsellerWith the dead of a bitter Vermont winter closing in, evil is alive and well . . .Frank Rath thought he was done with murder when he turned in his detective's badge to become a private investigator and raise a daughter alone. Then the police in his remote rural community of Canaan find an '89 Monte Carlo abandoned by the side of the road, and the beautiful teenage girl who owned the car seems to have disappea...

WARNING: This short story contains graphic sexual material that may be offensive to some. For ages 18 and above.THIS IS A THRILLER SHORT STORY (8800 words)Chinatown, San Francisco. A serial killer prowls. The victims are always women, with their eyes gouged out and index fingers missing. Rachel – bartender, virgin – steps into this uncertain future, only to encounter a man who has been watching her from afar. But something shocking happens that neither of them could have fo...

“The moment I saw Ben I knew I would die. There are things about his kind I do not know. This frightens me. Whispers of what these creatures really are is one thing, but the reality of what I chose to become? That is something else entirely.”Would you become a monster to be with the man you loved? Cecilie sees Ben and knows he is different. Transfixed by his dark, quixotic character, she leaves behind the life she knew and enters a world of vampires. Though their love is p...

Richard Damon is a painter suffering for his art. Now it’s time to make someone else do the suffering.

Abused and abandoned at an early age Jester strives to find a home where he can finally feel secure...and most importantly loved.Told from Jester's viewpoint the first volume of The Year of the Dog chronicles the events and people he encounters on entering the strange and confusing world of humans.The everyday things we take for granted can seem very strange to canine eyes. Our world with its moving boxes traveling along stone floors, big noises and even our day-to-day beha...

Walter and Edith have lived a satisfying life together. But an anonymous fiftieth anniversary gift offers a chance to be twenty years old all over again. For one of them.A dark-edged fantasy by award-winning author David H. Hendrickson. For more information about his work, go to hendricksonwriter.com.

Little Boy Blue,Come light your flame,Children won't play,The parents to blame.Blues flames licked the air surrounding the motionless boy. His eyes opened. The blue flames burst forth with newfound vigor. He was alive. This is his story.

From the legacy of the writer who helped define the golden age of cinematic terror, Garrett Fort (screenwriter for the iconic 1931 Frankenstein film), comes this powerful and definitive stage version of Mary Shelley's masterwork.Frankenstein - The Man and the Monster is a potent theatrical adaptation that delves into the dual tragedy at the heart of the original novel. The script focuses intensely on the moral hubris of Victor Frankenstein (Th...

Injured, alone, Layri confronts her fears as she attempts to escape from a hostile planet's surface and the corrosive rain that falls every night. 

Short story:At sixteen Sherry was looking for fun andexcitement and she found it when she met local DJ Jamie Tower. She sneaked around meeting Jamie, unbeknownst to her mother. Sherry was in seventh heaven that long, hot summer, until fall rolled around and she discovered she was pregnant. When she suggested marriage, Jamie suggested abortion.Now, at thirty-three, Sherry is worried about her sixteen-year old daughter. Angela causes Sherry many sleepless nights. But be...