In the quiet town of Nokomis, Kelsi's life takes an unexpected turn when she moves into Dennis Aiken's home, an eccentric but kind-hearted widower with a penchant for storytelling and a profound love for his late wife, Gloria. As Kelsi helps Dennis navigate his daily challenges, she finds solace and wisdom in his tales of love, loss, and resilience.Through their deepening friendship, Kelsi learns the true meaning of family and community. Dennis's stories and guidance inspire her to...

In a world saturated with success stories and overnight sensations, author Steven E. Wedel takes a refreshingly honest and humorous approach to navigating the tumultuous waters of the writing life. In "How to Fail as an Author," Wedel shares his personal journey from aspiring writer to seasoned author, highlighting the inevitable failures, setbacks, and unexpected detours along the way.With wit and wisdom, Wedel dispels the myths of overnight success and offers a candid look at the...

After being sent away by the girl he thought he was going to marry, young Jacob Wolf is ready to throw his life away in a blaze of glory at the first opportunity. However, his death wish gives him nerves of steel and he finds himself unscathed after his first deadly encounter. A local sheriff teams him up with an experienced bounty hunter and now Jacob is on the trail of outlaws, but hiding the fact he only wants a death that will make the papers and fill his old girlfriend with remorse.

Cody Treat has gotten used to living among the ruins of modern civilization. But when one of the thousands of ghosts following him finds a way to communicate their need for help, he learns that the end of the world was just the beginning of a fight for survival.Orphaned and alone after an apocalyptic meteor event followed by a plague, Cody roams the ruins of Oklahoma City looking for food and shelter from the gangs hoarding supplies and torturing other survivors. Crowds of ghostly figures ...

In this collection of short stories based on his acclaimed Werewolf Saga, author Steven E. Wedel reveals back stories about some of the major characters in the series while also introducing characters in unrelated stand-alone tales..Who made the Old Ones and why? How did Ulrik come to be the first werewolf born in the New World? Was Shara destined to become a werewolf? What happens when a werewolf has a toothache? Or when one places an ad looking for a mate? These questions and mor...

Shara Wellington has always been shy, but what happened on prom night drove her deeper into herself. Professor Josef Ulrik, however, sees something in the girl and believes he knows what she needs to unlock her inner power. But accepting Ulrik's Gift of lycanthropy only opens up a world of new problems for Shara. Alienated from her home and family, Shara must learn to life as a wolf in the wild and as a woman with the urges of a beast.When it's learned that she possesses an ability...

Young Bobby Bauman's mother and father have brought a group of strangers together for a reunion. They all have an intimate relationship with the deceased teenager.But as the people munch on cookies and drink their punch, the memorial service takes a dark turn. The Bauman's believe those gathered are needed for Bobby's glorious resurrection.They have something she wants, and she, her husband, and their church will stop at nothing to ensure Bobby's mistake is rectified.

Shim and Shay don't like staying home alone while Mom and Dad go to work in the castle. Then one day a gnome tells the children how the fairies gave him a bag of gold. The children set off to ask for a bag of gold of their own so Mom and Dad won't have to work. But there are dangers they never could have imagined waiting in the wide world outside their village, including a monster in the forest.

Once upon a time, Donnie Nelson was a bestselling author of fantasy novels. He had the fame, money, and career he had always dreamed about, but fame led to temptation, and Donnie surrendered to it, destroying his family. Then his mother died. Writer's block set in, and Donnie retreated to a new career as a used bookseller in the tiny Oklahoma town of Sagebrush.There he stayed, year after year, unable to write, his royalties drying up, living in the back room of his store, which los...

Daniel thought he had lost his high school sweetheart, Penny, over an abortion 35 years ago. But when a woman named Alicia arrives at his assisted living center claiming to be his long-lost daughter, Daniel must face the truth of his past. With Alicia's presence, old truths are exposed and new bonds are formed. But always, Daniel remembers the promise of his abusive father, "Life never gives you shit without taking something in payment."In this powerful story of family, redemption,...

Dead ain't gone, and gone ain't dead.Harley Shaw's life is falling apart around him. His best pasture is ruined. His cattle are gone. His wife is gone. His daughter is gone. His sanity is slipping away, and there may be dead people haunting him.

In the era of mullets, Reaganomics, and Hollywood heavy metal, Josh Cooper and his girlfriend Rana set out from Florida to Tennessee to reunite with an old friend to form a new rockabilly band. What was supposed to be a scenic turnoff from the main highway turns into months of captivity, terror, and unorthodox experimentation at the hands of a disgraced professor and his hillbilly followers.Arriving in Nashville months late, Josh finds that his friend has formed a band without him ...