From A. J. Payler, master of modern fiction behind Bank Error in Your Favor, The Killing Song, and Terror Next Door comes Should the World Fail to Fall Apart—six stories of people pushed beyond forgiveness in a world without pity, personal struggle against overwhelming odds, & the resilience that resides at the center of the human heart.Featuring: "An Abyss Below Every Floor":Years of research… d...

"I always knew a redhead would be the death of me one day"Mick MacFinn makes bad choices and blames bad luck when his life goes wrong. A failure as a mob enforcer and petty criminal, Finn's ended up on the run, burdened with cold-manipulation powers that might give him an edge—or it would, if he really knew how to use them.Virginia Ann Davenport is a captain of industry, an icon of success, and the highly-trained wielder of heat-manipulati...

What would you do if enough money to solve all your problems fell in your lap?Shane and Jewel have been hanging onto the edges of life by their fingernails for so long, they can't remember any other way of living. When enough money to solve all their problems drops out of the sky, it seems like a windfall from heaven—but it might be the worst thing that could ever have happened.Can love survive when money comes between lovers? Caught between the criminal un...

Some weaknesses even a hero can never overcomeMidland City's resident superhero Quickness can fight off his nemesis Doctor Oto all day and night... but his ultimate vulnerability might finally prove to be his all too human human heart.From A. J. Payler, author of World of Heroes, Bank Error in Your Favor, and Terror Next Door comes Dry Eye Syndrome—a story of heroes, villains, and the cho...

Two complete novels by the author of Bank Error in Your Favor and The Killing SongOut Of Their Element—and Trapped Beyond Time!Carson Adkins had no doubt he was born unlucky, especially after his college folded one semester before graduation—but he never expected to find himself caught deep in the heart of an uncharted land sheltered against the passage of time for decades!When the alluring Delilah Munson joins his...

Everyone—everyone said that getting the Artery Boys back together was impossible… and once, high-powered music manager Alec Rodenbaugh might even have agreed.But nothing in this world is truly impossible for someone who wants it badly enough. And even if what seemed like the perfect cover might instead turn out to be the perfect crime… well, sometimes, people just have things they have to do.From A. J. Payler, author of The Killing Song,

Out Of Their Element—and Trapped Beyond Time!Carson Adkins had no doubt he was born unlucky, especially after his college folded one semester before graduation—but he never expected to find himself caught deep in the heart of an uncharted land sheltered against the passage of time for decades!Compelled to struggle for survival against terrifying odds and unfamiliar threats, Carson finds himself in a world he never expected, where every encounter forces him ...

SUPERHEROES FOR THE SOCIAL MEDIA ERAMany long years have passed since superspeedster Jack Quick mothballed his costume, but when he receives a desperate call from a troubled former teammate, Jack has no choice but to don his running suit, dash to his old friend's side, and put the call out to reform their old team, the Fighters.However, little is as it appears in this strange world of heroes and villains—and when the new breed fails to live up to the old gu...

When terror walks… no one is safeKenji Sanada has always been more comfortable with classic fictional monsters than with other people, even his family—Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, the mummy, all safely immortalized on his wall of fame.But what will he do when the all-too-real horrors of modern reality threaten to break right through those selfsame walls?From A. J. Payler, modern master behind acclaimed books such as Terror Next Door,

It seemed like the perfect crime… that should have been his first warning.Labor Day Weekend, an empty office building down in sleepy Point Loma: basically a sitting-duck target for any second-story man worth a nickel. Especially one with a lifetime of skills to draw upon—not to mention all the magic passcodes tucked comfortably away in his back pocket.Nothing could go wrong, or that was how it seemed… but in the end, he couldn't honestly blame anyo...

What's buried beneath the frozen ground… will change his world foreverThe only thing that made those seemingly unending days in prison bearable was knowing what was waiting for him on the outside, buried deep in the frozen ground where she'd sworn to leave his share of the loot.And after years of isolation, all he has to do is dig it up, rejoin her, and get back to the life that's rightfully his.But even the best laid plans oft go awry. And sure, the...

SUPERHEROES FOR THE SOCIAL MEDIA ERAMany long years have passed since superspeedster Jack Quick mothballed his costume, but when he receives a desperate call from a troubled former teammate, Jack has no choice but to don his running suit, dash to his old friend's side, and put the call out to reform their old team, the Fighters.However, little is as it appears in this strange world of heroes and villains—and when the new breed fails to live up to the old gu...