Stephanie's spending way too much time with her new team mate, leaving Stell out in the cold. Fell and Chosen don't like her either and they like everybody. And then she invites herself to Stell's home and then one by one, Stell's family members begin to disappear. Can Stell break the spell over Stephanie and save her family from this stranger?

Dr. al-Zariki is on his way to the backside of nowhere to investigate claims that a living man has been found in an unknown tomb. It's impossible, but what's worse is that only Dr. al-Zariki can resolve the problem, and he is the last man alive who can.

When you buy a new house, you can expect some things to be left behind. The previous tenant will always leave something of themselves behind, that they missed when they were packing up. You can be sure it's going to be strange, at least in the first few months.Finding what's been forgotten doesn't mean just cleaning out drawers and closets, but looking into the past and seeing into shadows.

A collection of short stories from the first person that includes peeing on one's own tires, tracking down an annoying chirp, playing a child's game for the fate of the world, a fascinating encounter by the river, an extraordinary customer, a late night visit, a guilty conscience, a college trip, a human encounter of the nonhuman kind, and the end of summer.

Hannelore Quinnel has given Cameron Lieberman a mission: kill the matriarch. So Cameron has come to the heretic's bazaar with stiletto in hand to carry out this mission. He's not a killer. He's an ordinary man. He doesn't know this matriarch, much less need to kill her but Hannelore Quinnell put the stiletto in his hand and told him to kill the matriarch.The heretic's bazaar claims to hold the wisdom and guidance of every deity and philosophy even dreamed up by the mind of man. How...

Tourists have found Wayne Emery's private paradise. They are trampling all over everything he has worked for. How will he get rid of them before they destroy everything?

Dave Snider is on a mission. Since I met him, his mystery friend and the ravens have taken an interest in me. I'm not part of his mission, am I?And if I am, then what help can I give?It all comes down to one late night in the deep desert, when the coyotes howl.

Melina was born in the Marching Forward into the Glorious Future Reeducation Facility. It is the only world she knows. But even she knows there is more to the world than this and along with her three best friends, she decides to leave. Her adoptive aunt fills her in on a few facts of life and gives her what help she can.

Meghan's got to go to work, and with no car, a chancy public transit system, and a long detour being her only other options, her route takes her through the local park woods after dark. What dangers wait for her there? And what did she just step in?

Jim and his talking truck Arusa have arrived on time with the requested load, but there isn't anyone around to receive and sign off on it and unload. So Jim goes looking for someone, anyone, who is authorized to sign for the delivery. However matters are taken out of his hands...

That strange little foreign nun had started all this, started Adini Smith Bronze and Savini Housekeeper Bronze on this trip, telling Adini she was meant for greater things. Adini didn't give her too much mind, except to worry about the Churchmen finding out she had been consorting with an unbeliever, because she had her own greater things to worry about: her Journeyman exams, finding a job and somewhere to live.Then she took on the Examination Board on Savini's behalf when her own ...

For all things, there is a place and time. But trouble is coming on the wind, and it's all aimed at her one and only daughter. Gaya must identify the threat and deal with it before it destroys her beloved Park and everything around it.