Some secrets stay hidden because we're afraid to look. Others stay hidden because they're waiting.In this collection from The Red Herrings Society, you'll find stories that reach into the dark corners we usually walk past. A teenage girl accepts a ride from a killer. A old woman can no longer hold back the ghosts that haunt her home. A property manager disappears, and the only one qualified to search for her is a vampire who doesn't want to get involved.The...

A high-stakes narrative of love, betrayal, and survival, this novel follows Michele, a woman navigating life after divorce from a powerful celebrity while facing deadly threats from his enemies. As relationships blur and danger escalates, Michele becomes entangled in a web of desire, manipulation, and impending violence

LOOSE SCREWS is a novel about life -- predominately two sisters and the funny, sad, puzzling and inspiring lives they led in the 1970’s. Each sister takes her turn to describe events in her own words. They alternately tell the tale of what constitutes a real family.

Loving your sibling is hard.Simon is nine. He moves through the world as an outgoing creature of the moment, heart on his sleeve, sometimes too loud, sometimes too much. Anna is thirteen — guarded, watchful, sharper than she lets people see, and quietly drowning in the social blood-sport of grade eight. Time is not on their side. The love they do not share can only be made in the young, and they are growing up-and-out of their smallness.Unseen at the edges of the frame, som...

The Thursday Murder Club meets Killers of a Certain Age in this humorous cosy crime thriller that packs-a-punch with clever characters, second chances and witty family-man-turned-assassin you will not forget!When you've lost everything ... you've got nothing to lose.Tony Langford is an average man, living an average life, with a loving family and a mundane job. Nobody notices him, he is plain to the point of invisibility, ...

This haunting tale follows Sharla, a woman battling grief, estrangement, and terminal illness, as she journeys to a remote coastal property in search of a sacred artifact. Joined by Korie, she soon discovers the land is steeped in dark history and haunted by a vengeful spirit. Blending psychological tension with supernatural horror, this novel explores faith, mortality, and unresolved trauma.

A gripping and emotionally intense story, War Dog follows Kayla, a young soldier navigating the brutal realities of combat alongside Socorro, the only other female in her unit. After a traumatic event at a Forward Operating Base, Kayla returns home deeply changed--only to face new horrors stateside. As she seeks refuge in the mountains, the line between external enemies and internal trauma blurs, delivering a powerful exploration of war, survival, and psychological descent.

A provocative and intense coming-of-age story, Maiden Blood centers on Amy, a young woman torn between spiritual devotion and emerging desire. As she becomes entangled in a political campaign and increasingly unstable beliefs about destiny and divine purpose, her journey spirals toward violence and destruction, culminating in a powerful and tragic climax.

In the spring of 1940, with the world holding its breath across the Channel, four children are sent from Birmingham to their grandparents' cottage — Thomas, who is sixteen and carries more than a boy should; Katie, who notices what others miss; Samuel, who wants to know the reason for everything; and Audrey, the youngest, who has begun to hear something the others cannot.It is Audrey who hears it first. A sound, faint and far off, coming from the tall grandfather clock in the libra...

Not long from now, in our own milky way…The name's Sam Kletchka. Perhaps you've heard of me: captain of the Star Runner, military contractor for Earthfleet, and interstellar privateer. But before all that, I was a hired gun, freelancing across the galaxy one gunslinging job at a time.This, my friends, is how I went from being stranded in the armpit of the galaxy to becoming the luckiest human being in the universe. Not that it was easy, of course. I've look...

Since Duck Prints Press was founded in January 2021, we have published over 200 stand-alone short stories by dozens of authors. Most of these short stories are available for purchase individually from our webstore or are only available to people who back our Patreon... until now! With Ducks in a Row: A Curated Collection of Short Stories, we dip into our vault, anthologizing general imprint stories we published from 2021 to 2023 into an all-new collection of 22 stories as diverse and uniqu...

Since Duck Prints Press was founded in January 2021, we have published over 200 stand-alone short stories by dozens of authors. Most of these short stories are available for purchase individually from our webstore or are only available to people who back our Patreon... until now! With Ducks in a Row: A Curated Collection of Short Stories, we dip into our vault, anthologizing general imprint stories we published from 2021 to 2023 into an all-new collection of 22 stories as diverse and uniqu...