Lady Ishtar lost her husband, the Bull of Heaven. She needed revenge.Twelve men from the Underworld -- twelve men of the night -- taken from the land of Erishkigal, were given immortality, replaced when they found true love.These are their stories.

A magical version of modern Los Angeles, an ex-druid down on his luck. Some people spend New Years Eve alone, some with family, some in celebration with a bunch of raucous strangers. Peregrine Dunn (the protagonist of the upcoming novel, SILENCE IN THE CHAPEL, and the narrator of this story) spends this time quieter than most. In a version of Los Angeles where angels actually do come on the Solstice, this is probably a wise thing. Too bad that's not how this night will go.Includes ...

A startling short tale about a group of researchers and what happens when they prevent a disturbed man from completing a ritual off a lonely shoreline in England.Included with this short is an excerpt from the novel SHADOWPATH.

Dr. Elisabeth Frost, conventional psychologist, part-time author, finds herself drawn into an investigation with no apparent motive, save to pull her into it. To solve this brutal murder, she’s going to have to look past her preconceptions and into the world of the shadows, where a select few wield powers that stretch the imagination. There is a war going on out there, a war in the darkness. Dr. Frost has just been sent an invitation to it, engraved in pain and flesh and horror. Because so...

Three stories from the Water signs.Cancer: Two outcasts in 1930’s Kansas City meet and one becomes the man he’s meant to be.Pisces: A young doctor in Union-occupied New Orleans questions his affiliation with the Confederacy and his own passion for a dashing Union sergeant.Scorpio: Jay Miller goes to The Garden, a gay bar in St. Louis, and finds himself an angel who turns out to be a breaker of taboos.

Jay Miller goes to The Garden, a gay bar in St. Louis, and finds himself an angel who turns out to be a breaker of taboos.

Sometimes the man you’re supposed to hate becomes the one you love.Rory Taggert is used to being a one-man sniper team. When the President gets shot, he’s given a “babysitter” Nick Carlito, a young, inexperienced spotter. Not only does Rory have to teach Nick how to spot, but he also finds out that Nick has deep feelings for him. He would give up his life for Rory — but Rory won’t let him.

The eyes are the mirror of the soul.For the third time, Isaiah has been kicked in the ribs and realizes he needs help on his cattle farm. A traveling cowboy answers his ad. After an accident leaves Isaiah lame for a while, the cowboy becomes his healer, nursemaid, and lover.If only Isaiah would let him.

Poetry is natural ... as is love between men.When Henry David Thoreau visits the famous poet Walt Whitman, he has no idea what he's in for. But Whitman holds true love for all men - and he wishes to show Thoreau what poetry really is.

Love often trumps intelligence.When Robert Townsend, a clerk in English-occupied New York City, meets a young man from the opposite side of Long Island, Robert loses all inhibition and takes a chance - not realizing that Abraham Woodhull takes his own chances whenever he comes to the city.

True love lives on.A sheriff in a small town on the Indian Territories suddenly finds the man he’s looking for in a circuit judge - but then their lives separate drastically when the Packards come to town.

Magic happens, even in Idaho.Jack Leonard usually puts together the technological magic in the background for stage plays at the local theater. However, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz comes from New York City with their own brand of magic and Jack is out of a job.But even as Jack falls for the Cowardly Lion and the Scarecrow, too, how is he going to get his job back — and stay with the two men he loves?