Dogs of War: Robots are no longer science fiction. Autonomous, programmed to react like animals: fast, relentless, deadly. From microscopic nanobots to massive self-guided aircraft. This technology is here, it’s assessable, and it’s dangerous. What’s even scarier is that almost anyone can get their hands on it. A freelance terrorist uses the latest generation of robot dogs to deliver WMDs into cities across America. Ultra-realistic robots in the sex industry are used to spread designer plagues. Sophisticated military weapons systems turn on their human masters. A technological apocalypse is coming and we may be too late to stop it. Joe Ledger and a newly rebuilt Department of Military Sciences square off against this new and terrible threat. Dogs of War pits Joe against a merciless new enemy and an army of techno-terrorists in a race to prevent a global destruction. Let loose the Dogs of War.

Vampires have always lived in Eastern Europe. But with the fall of the Soviet Union, they began to spread across the continent, then the world, turning whole populations into vampires--or human cattle. Having overrun India, the far East, and the great cities of North and South America, the forces of Night are now spreading into the countryside to consolidate their conquest. In a town on the New Jersey shore, the vampires have just arrived, along with their human henchmen, the cowboys, who round up human cattle for the overlords in return for the promise of eternal life---later. For the vampires wish only a few of their own kind to rule, and feed. The rest of humanity are to be helpless herds, the source of the blood of life. Falsely accused of abuse, Father Joe is drunk in a basement waiting for the end. His superior has betrayed the local Catholic congregation and become a vampire. Sister Carole has become a formidable killer of cowboys and vampires. Dan's niece, escaped from the conquest of New York, has made her way south to find him. Brought together by Rabbi Zev Wolpin, who is shaken by the vampires' fear of the cross and holy water, they plan their resistance. Against all odds, they discover that there just might be a way for humanity to really fight back.

Flooded by memories, poisoned by Agent Orange, Dan Lambert kills a man in a moment of fear and fury -- and changes his life forever. Pursued by police and bounty hunters, Dan flees south toward the Louisiana bayous. In the swamplands he meets Arden Halliday, a young woman who bears the vivid burdens of her own past, and who is searching for a legendary faith healer called the Bright Girl. Looking for simple kindness in a world that rarely shows it, bound by a loyalty stronger than love, Dan and Arden set off on a journey of relentless suspense and impassioned discovery. . . over dark, twisting waterways into the mysterious depths of the human heart.

The house on Lantern Lane sat high above the hill, undisturbed by a community that knew better than to enter its courtyard. Until today.Bernard Schaffer's short story about a house that most people who live in the area are smart enough to avoid. On this dark October morning, two people will approach the home's dark front door with bone-chilling consequences.Praise for the work of Bernard Schaffer The Superbia Series"Bernard Schaffer is one the finest writers of our time. His writing is bold and courageous and shows us the truth about the world and ourselves." The Guns of Seneca 6 Saga"Guns of Seneca 6 is a rocking mashup of science fiction and space opera that actually manages to transcend the genre." The Girl From Tenerife"Schaffer writes with a deep passion. He gives life to the words on the pages while breathing soul into every character. I found myself unable to put this book down and following the love affair as it unfolded." Way of the Warrior"It relit that fire inside me that was starting to flicker. If you don't know what I am referring to, that is because you haven't been on the job long enough to understand that statement." Whitechapel: The Final Stand of Sherlock Holmes"Simply a masterpiece." The Grendel Unit Series"This author bleeds his lifeblood and passion onto each page."

Karen and her friends Jimmy, Doug and David were avid ghost hunters in their town. They were always excited to find a new location that no other ghost hunters had explored. As Karen and her friends were driving around after midnight on a windy night bored of not being able to find a new location, they were about to give up and David said, "Stop! Doug replied, "You scared the crap out of me.Karen and her friends Jimmy, Doug and David were avid ghost hunters in their town. They were always excited to find a new location that no other ghost hunters had explored. As Karen and her friends were driving around after midnight on a windy night bored of not being able to find a new location, they were about to give up and David said, "Stop! Doug replied, "You scared the crap out of me. I almost ran the car off the road.""Sorry, but I just remembered when I was just a little boy, I used to walk down this old dirt road with my best friend Tommy, and we used to read the writings on the tombstones. Tommy told me that a family of Witches were buried in this unmarked cemetery. Of course, I had nightmares quite frequently that the family of Witches would come out of their graves and kill me someday. But when I got a little older, my friend Tommy told me he made the story up just to scare me since I was so much younger than he was. He knew I was a scaredy cat and would probably have nightmares. Boy was he right, I had so many nightmares about that cemetery that I wouldn't step foot on that dirt road if you gave me a million dollars. Now that I'm so much older now and not afraid of any ghosts, I think it would be pretty cool to check out the cemetery I was so afraid of so long ago," explained David.

Haven: Jennyville, The newest installment of the Haven: novels about the inhabitants of a community living in a post Zombie apocalypse world. Ralph Mason and Rob Mathews must adapt to their situation or shape it to fit themselves. After a year of risking their lives for the good of the community they balk when they are ordered to start to taking orders from the community members.Haven: Jennyville, The newest installment of the Haven: novels about the inhabitants of a community living in a post Zombie apocalypse world. Ralph Mason and Rob Mathews must adapt to their situation or shape it to fit themselves. After a year of risking their lives for the good of the community they find that they must adapt to taking orders from the community members. They are forced to make the decision to stay and adjust to the new situation or leave and abandon Haven and its residents. Or they can stay and fight the elected representatives of Haven. The Security subcommittee has decide for the safety of Haven they need more control of the foragers. They feel the rogue free lance foragers need to be reigned in. Suddenly the two men find themselves fighting the Zombies, hostile survivor groups and the councilmen of Haven as well.

The city is already taken by the living dead, but a mysterious group appears to challenge the horrors and search for a new kind of living dead.There's something in the virus, something changing and evolving, and these changes are about to get in the hands of the most dangerous being in the world: humans.Such discovery will bring hope, despair or something far more complex?The city is already taken by the living dead, but a mysterious group appears to challenge the horrors and search for a new kind of living dead.There's something in the virus, something changing and evolving, and these changes are about to get in the hands of the most dangerous being in the world: humans.Such discovery will bring hope, despair or something far more complex from the depths of human mind?

A weekly game of cards draws an unusual tale as a stranger joins Elliott's game and wins with Aces and Eights, a Dead Man's Hand. Elliott's rage grabs hold of him dragging him through town on a hunt for revenge. How will Elliott respond to the hand which fate has dealt?Once again those of us who don't conform to society take to the high seas. They're still robbing from the rich, with monkey sidekicks, swords and swashbuckling adventures.A humorous social commentary with a bit action.

Chris has to spend his weekend watching his grandfather who is recovering from hip surgery. He doesn't mind doing this, but as an unexpected Texas snowstorm kicks in, they soon realize there's something outside in the snow. Trapped with his grandfather, they must now work together to fight off their snow-born attackers.Broken into 4 sections (Me, You, Us, Forever), "Screaming White Noise" starts with writer's experiences (Me) then moves to his demented vision of love (You). It concludes with a bleak outlook of the present state of the world (Us) and how he hopes to leave it (Forever).

A war is raging amid the unknown. Both sides, light and dark, are gathering their warriors to do battle.The Warrior’s Beckoning is a two-part horror thriller with an allegorical storyline.Connected by a dream, a team of ghost hunters is gathered and sent into a mysterious forest. Once a town, it is now inhabited by only darkness and sorrow.After finding himself at the mercy of the shadow creatures, the team leader is rescued by men he does not know, men who were called by the same dream. But as the ghost hunter plays his camera footage, a priest reads the diary that unleashes the Spirits of Decay. These cloaked figures surround them, their scythes sapping the team of their spiritual energy.Told through a series of diary entries, The Warrior’s Beckoning is an evocative story about the epic cosmic battle between light and dark. The first part of this chilling tale chronicles the awakening of the mysterious forces, while the second part tells of the arrival of the Warrior.A thrilling page-turner filled with unexpected twists and turns, author Patrick Howard’s haunting paranormal narrative will keep you enthralled from the first sentence to the last.

“A wonderful treat for the Poe connoisseur, or a perfect introduction to his works.” —Charlotte Observer In the Shadow of the Master is an exceptional collection of classic stories from the lord of literary darkness himself—the inimitable Edgar Allan Poe—accompanied by enthralling essays from twenty of his bestselling acolytes and admirers. With appreciations by Michael Connelly, Stephen King, Lisa Scottoline, Tess Gerritsen, Laura Lippman, Nelson DeMille, Lawrence Block, and thirteen others, In the Shadow of the Master is a must-have for thriller and mystery fans of all ages.

When Adrian and Paula move to a cottage in the countryside, they don't know what to expect. At first, Adrian finds their new life idyllic, and insists on lots of long walks and fresh air, while Paula finds rural life lonely and dull. Then some small and oddly silent children start showing up -- in the woods, the garden, and eventually inside the house itself. Their presence proves disturbing to Adrian, who is having second thoughts about the move they've made. It's Paula now who seems more at home with country life, and Paula who starts to take a peculiar comfort from the mysterious new arrivals. Hunger is a haunting account of a marriage unsettled by a move -- from a master of psychological suspense.

Jake Stratton’s grief over the loss of his son traps a Colorado frontier town in a dusty kind of hell, until the day a long-awaited stagecoach thunders down Main Street and seals the fate of Mistwillow’s forgotten souls."My name is Cucumber Gutierrez. English is my second language, but the way I write everyone thinks that is my fourteenth."When Alberto Zapata and his baker father, Tito, are ejected from Panama over a havoc-causing cake, the whole family is thrown out with them, including Alberto’s cousin Cucumber.The family settles in Melbourne, Australia, and from humble beginnings in their new country, the Zapatas rise to unexpected prominence. A series of coincidences (or conspiracies) see Alberto raised practically overnight to become Victoria’s assistant chief commissioner of police.Zapata’s first case on the job is to solve the mystery around the disappearance of jewels belonging to the British Royal Family while on exhibition in Melbourne. Things get stranger and stranger as the case unfolds, in a madcap tale of crime, bungling, and Spanglish, reminiscent of "Get Smart" and "The Pink Panther"."Broom, Broom" is the first of the Alberto Zapata stories. Keep a lookout for new episodes "Jurassic Prick" and "China, Please Give Me More."

Bay just wants the abuse to stop. The Bleeding Tree can help him, but at what cost?Please note, this work is under 4000 words.A Tales Of Correndrum Short Story (12,000 words) - Rickard considers himself to be the most daring thief in Correndrum, and he lives up to his own opinion by executing his heists with confidence and panache. So far he's managed to survive even his wildest schemes through a mix of careful preparation and blind luck. But more than once he's found himself in situations where his best hope was to follow his personal motto, "The only way out is forward."When he executes the boldest robbery of his career at the mansion of the wealthiest merchant in the city, Rickard learns a secret that threatens some of the most powerful men in the kingdom. He'll need more than his own wits and luck to save his hide this time!.

Set in a village in which the women get caught up in occult rituals and wholesale slaughter perpetuated in the name of the Amazon women, the goddess of the cult being incarnated in the form of the town's female mayor. The evil only happens at night - and only happens to men.