Life on the frontier is always hard and often dangerous. Micah and Scott Hite return home to find their ranch reduced to smoldering ruins, their brother murdered. Life become more dangerous, and weirder, when the culprits return and they realize that they're dealing with the restless dead--and that is no accident...

A lifetime of adventure as cowhand, gunman, soldier and indian fighter kept "Kid" Hackett busy for a lifetime. Now he's enjoying his retirement, running the hotel he owns with his young wife Katie. When a guest turns up dead, justice demands that the killer be found. Sheriff Jack Carter recruits his friend Kid to help solve the crime. Kid's lifetime of experience with violence and his eye for detail makes him a valuable deputy. But sometimes justice conflicts with other values, and Kid isn...

Bobby Butler can read minds. He discovers his new gift in the worst possible place—high school. It doesn't go well. The fantasy of reading minds, of knowing exactly what other people think—of what they think of you—is very pretty. The reality is quite different. It begins with a beating, a lesson in the limits to his ability. It will end when he decides whether his new power will be a gift or a curse, for himself, his family and everyone around him.

Life on the frontier is always hard and often dangerous. Micah and Scott Hite return home to find their ranch reduced to smoldering ruins, their brother murdered. Life become more dangerous, and weirder, when the culprits return and they realize that they're dealing with the restless dead--and that is no accident...

Bobby Butler can read minds. He discovers his new gift in the worst possible place—high school. It doesn’t go well. The fantasy of reading minds, of knowing exactly what other people think—of what they think of you—is very pretty. The reality is quite different. It begins with a beating, a lesson in the limits to his ability. It will end when he decides whether his new power will be a gift or a curse, for himself, his family and everyone around him.

Forty years ago, Orville and his three closest friends stumbled across true evil. That horrible night left one dead, and the others forever changed. Now, one who survived seeks answers from the one who didn't.

Short stories of and about vampires for those long winter nights...Past, present, future. Dark or light-themed. Bloodsuckers and psychic vampires. The only common trait is the night creatures - who sometimes can stand the sunlight - for a batch of stories around Earth and beyond.THE STORIES“Unnatural Immortal” by Russ Crossley“A Fief in Lincolnshire” by Barbara G.Tarn“The Whitest Smile” by Rebecca M. Senese“Reunion” by Will Tate“A Stu...

Grunwald Magnusson was always a lonely person, ever since childhood where he struggled to understand people. People were his antagonists. People were always interfering in his life. Why did his father give him this ridiculous name and leave him when he was only five years old? Only his father could tell him what to do with his life. He left him a coded message which took Grun months to decipher. The message was locked in a cabinet under the mirror which Grun was always frightened to look i...

Evangeline Miller's dreams have pulled into a fantasy world. Will she find the meaning? And who is the mysterious falcon-keeper? A short story of 2000 words.

(3800 words) A pair of fantasy stories wherein an orphan's curse brings about the death of a ship's captain, but the captain's dying curse is worse. (Yes, the title is from that poem by Coleridge) In the sequel, "Dead Man's Ashes", Dar, a young thief, is sent into the darkest part of the city by Peli, King of the Beggars, to recover the ashes of the man who cursed him, so he can exact his revenge.

After the end of the world, a young shapeshifter learns to open his wings...When Dalan discovers the last of a mutant species of beautiful, golden horses, he's forced to make a difficult decision.This short story takes about 15 minutes to read and is set before the events of The Last of the Ageless, a post-apocalyptic adventure novel. You can read them in any order, but the chronological order is: The Last Tail-Horse, When All Is Lost, The Beginning of the ...

Liaro is on a desperate hunt for his wife and child. Foolish Wekka has taken their baby and gone in search of the legendary treasure in the temple. Only death and worse wait there. Can Liaro find them in time before the terrible guardian reveals the secret of Wekka`s gold.This story is included in Dragontongue & Other Stories.