When his parents go missing, 17 year old Brian Prescott learns that his father is a member of The Priesthood, one of two occult sects locked in a centuries old conflict over an ancient relic. In order to save his parents, he must train in the occult arts and fight the rival Necromancers, an enemy who uses magick to reanimate the dead for use in battle.

Just Enough is a short thriller about a man who is fed up with barely getting by. When his wife dies, he becomes obsessed with other people who have more than they need while he and his kids go without and decides to do something about it. 9500 word short story.

A painful cavity turns out to be more than one man can bear. Short story.

The dynamics of trust and distrust are central to understanding modern society, social relations, and development processes. However, numerous studies suggest that societal trust and citizen’s trust in government and its institutions are on the decline, challenging the legitimacy of government and leading to an undemocratic and unsustainable form of development. Recognizing its importance, the authors for the first time situate trust within the context of tourism development and planning.

This riveting suspense thriller explores the special bond between a brother and sister when Richard Baimbridge rushes back to his coastal hometown of Wilmington, NC, to assist with his sister's recovery after she's brutally attacked and crippled investigating the rape of a 13-year-old. Coming face to face with his tormented past and a dark family secret, he fights to stay above the flood of childhood trauma and, serving as his sister's legs, is drawn into the dark underside of this quiet c...

Humans by themselves could only fail. Society is splintered after allowing an evolving artificial intelligence, calling itself Makr run the planet's resources, saving humankind the trouble. Not all people have accepted the illusion of a perfectly run society or PerSoc. The lazy and frustrated ones did. Some even worship Makr as a god. Makr has armies of mobile cyberts constantly seeking out human malcontents to delete. Had the human race rebelled or unified in some way there might ...

Alex's hands are slowly turning black and a deadly family secret is revealed.CW for animal deaths.

Is there more?The question is in the mind of a slave boy raised in a compound. He escapes his captors and explores a post apocalyptic world. Along the way, he finds that there is indeed more to life.

What wouldn't young Jonathan give to be able to play outside like normal kids?A couple of recently acquired house guests know the exact right remedy, so long as Jonathan doesn't mind trading his ill health for something worse.

Andrew Dean is feeling anxious. Following the terrifying call from the mysterious vampire who claimed to live in his neighborhood, Andrew strategizes with his werewolf neighbor Garrett for a plan on what to do. They decide on a Neghborhood Watch, using it as a cover to walk the neighborhood and study it's population. Hitting the pavement, Andrew leans on Garrett's talent for spotting monsters in disguise. What they find may be more than the unlikely duo planned on.Team up with Garr...

Andrew Dean tried to do the right thing, to save a friend. What he did, instead, was get himself involved in a world he never knew existed. Now, he has unknowingly made an enemy of every person in his neighborhood. Or, that is, every monster posing as a person in the neighborhood. With all his new enemies ready to erase him from their community, will Andrew, his best friend Garrett the werewolf, and his little dog Billiam be able to survive this fight?Find out into the third instal...

The Cult of the ScarabDarkwood attends the unwrapping of a mummified ancient Egyptian at the British Museum. The spectacle is soon followed by the brutal death of a museum attendant and a missing mummy. How do the events connect to Darkwood's nightmarish visions of metallic beetles swarming a foreign red land? The answer is found in death...The Darkwood MysteriesEmily Darkwood is already resisting the expectations Victorian society ...