July, 2021. A crew of 7 astronauts who have been in space for an interplanetary project are en route back to Earth. They have lost contact with Mission control for months and have come home to realize that life as they knew it has changed.Panic in Year 2020 takes place nine months prior to Atlas II's homecoming.It all started with the storm.An unprecedented freak storm that kept most of the nation on alert.This is about an ensemble group from Livingston Coun...

TRANSIT is a short story approx. 6938 words in length.Flipside, Bizarre Tales of the Fantastic: Transit is the first in a line of stories I'll be writing that doesn't quite fit anywhere else in my library of work.Most of the stories I write tend to be cross-genre anyway. Usually a combination of horror, sci-fi, and fantasy. Sometimes sprinkled with a bit of bizarro and the absurd.This one in particular seem to fall under the "bizarre" category as many of my current ...

The thought of going outside gave Fred panic attacks. He's so terrified of leaving his building that he had practically quarantined himself in his own apartment.Dr. Barry, however, had other plans for him. Therapy sessions conducted to confront his deepest fears. If he could only get him to step out, walk around and get accustomed to the outside world again, then maybe, just maybe, everything will be back to normal.But there are things that go on outside that only Fred can ...

Five years ago the monsters arrived & decimated the village. Everyone perished except the children. The young band of survivors have had to fend for themselves ever since, keeping a close eye on the forest where the monsters have receded until the time is right. But children grow up & become adults. That's when the monsters come out of hiding. Around here birthdays are feared not celebrated.

DeKalb is from the Middle Quadrant, Third Tier.One of the "exclusive card-holding members of the last human/s on Earth. The illustrious group of Leftovers."What would you do if you woke up one morning and found that everyone around you, has died of an unknown cause?June 15, 2012 will go down in history as the day that humans became close to extinction.This is what happened next.

This dark collection includes these stories:Etiquette - underworld alien sex comes with its own instructionsStatic - Reality TV isn't always what it looks likeThe Dead don't sleep - paranormal investigations as seen through the eyes of the investigatedStrange Hold - A house that holds its owner captiveSick Day - Calling in sick on Z dayInvading the shell - Second skin. Jilted Lovers. Erotic cupcakes.Commute - a glimpse into a working-...

Meet Sid Valentine.After losing his job, a disillusioned ex-cupid finds out that joining the dark forces is a more lucrative venture.It's his world now, not yours.And in his world, myth, fairy tales and reality collide.Pulp. Sex. Violence. Horror.Your life is just fiction.

This collection of horror/dark fiction stories features 7 never before published tales. A man gifted/cursed with the language of music in "Native Tongue". A bizarre twist on a very old tale in "New Eden". A look into a man's obsession with taking notes, a strange love story of sorts in "Scribbles". Also includes: The secrets of mothers, A Coda, The Body Vacant, The Faster You Run.

This is story #2 in the Sid Valentine Universe where fairy tales, myths, legends collide with the real world.Sid Valentine is at it again. This time he seeks out a goddess who is afraid of using her powers. She's been holed up somewhere in NYC living a hermetic lifestyle. Sid is on a quest to find out the truth about the fearful goddess and to get her back in the game.

A worldwide event causes 99.9% of humanity to lose their sight. The remaining few try, in their lawful or unlawful ways, to survive. Technology like electric power continues for a time, but begins to fall apart as equipment fails and is not repaired.In the span of a few days, human society goes from the 21st century to a feudal or worse era. The little band that Grant McKenzie collects battles many adversities in their effort to get out of the city and find a safe haven.

5 tales of horrorDay TripA young couple on a hiking trip stumbles across death in the woods of Eastern Kentucky.AugustA private investigator with powers beyond the norm faces a ghost that just won't go away.Dark Side of IoThe crew of a spaceship finds a deadly stowaway on board.Terror in the Flare LightsA serial killer's eyes are opened to his true self.Devil and Devil DamnedA historical figure in Bohemia of the lat...

As the modern world becomes more advanced, it becomes more technologically dependent; thus more fragile.Technology, however, is its 'Achilles heel' so to speak. As this technology becomes increasingly complex and refined, it becomes more vulnerable to an EMP attack. When an individual country relies on such frail, delicate electronic systems to run the economy, industry, and the military, it inevitably leaves itself open to its enemies. For whatever political reason or religious doc...