A woman is discovered brutally killed in her bedroom, and her brother-in-law has an idea of who did it, thanks to a blood-soaked feather found outside her window.Princess Capability was shocked when Prince Messycloak proposed marriage. After all, all of her other suitors had run away screaming, when she tried to organise them. However, there was still the problem of slaying a dragon, to deal with first. Before they could live, 'Happily Ever After'

Things are looking great for Greg Donner, a Chicago freelance writer. He's got a terrific project, and he's met the woman of his dreams -- literally, his dreams (though they're rather odd ones). But then, one night, he falls asleep and awakes . . . to the beginning of a nightmare he just can't seem to wake up from. . . .

6 short stories that are cannibalistic in nature. In Don't Play With Your Food, a young couple on a camping trip find themselves fighting for their lives.6 short stories that are cannibalistic in nature. In Don't Play With Your Food, a young couple on a camping trip find themselves fighting for their lives. This is followed by Dinner, in which a woman discovers her husband is cheating on her, with their neighbor. Fire involves a young boy that tortures animals and Ghost's From the Past reunites a father and daughter for a family Feast. In Family Ties a cousing brings a meal to her cousin only to find he has a feast of his own already prepared. The collection concludes with The Beast Inside, a story about a young werewolf who grows tired of being bullied and decides to bite back. If you have never read my writing and are looking for something to sample before buying, this would be a great addition to your library.

The supposition that darkness is merely the absence of light is both popular and false, as those who practise the occult can affirm.In the dark cellar of number thirteen Jolimont Street, a house we had assumed benign, I unwittingly brought forth an ancient evil that threatened not only our reputations, but our souls.This is the fourth book in the Paranormology Series.From the events this past autumn, I am compelled to relate my perilous trial. The supposition that darkness is merely the absence of light is both popular and false, as those who practise the occult can affirm.In the dark cellar of number thirteen Jolimont Street, a house the Professor had assumed benign, I unwittingly brought forth an ancient evil that first threatened our reputations, then our souls.This is the fourth book in the Paranormology Series.

Jackson is always psyched to visit his aunt Sarah when she's working on an anthropological dig. This time she's in England, at Stonehenge, and Jackson can't wait to see the massive and mysterious stone formations in person. But then he witnesses a vicious attack on a young man, and another on his beloved aunt Sarah. A savage beast no one has ever seen before is on the prowl. Now it's up to Jackson and his new friend, Alma, a gravedigger's daughter, to stop the beast. All the clues lead back to Stonehenge, where he and Alma must risk their lives to solve the mystery of the monster stalking the countryside-before it's too late. "Even reluctant readers won't be able to put this one down."-Booklist

Following a magical encounter, a group of girls are empowered with amazing abilities to fight evil. Sound familiar? Unfortunately, these girls are being stalked by a relentless killer who won't stop until all of them are dead.A young man lands himself in jail in an unfamiliar town only to find himself incarcerated with a mysterious woman and a whole lot of destiny.

If you love quirky and dark short stories but have become discouraged over the lack of originality these days then "Weirder Than Weird" will renew your faith! "Weirder Than Weird" is chock full of dark and creepy tales that will leave you wanting more and also wondering about the authors sanity."Weirder Than Weird" is chock full of the most unusual tales that you will ever read. Imagine if you will... a woman who holds the deepest and darkest of secrets. She seeks relief from her ignominious shame but her psychologist knows her secret all too well and she ends up paying for her indiscretions with her very soul. Or consider Keith Tuttle, a young man who unwittingly becomes entrenched in a horrifying tale that leads him into bondage but in the end someone close to him unexpectedly benefits from his damnation. Another story called "Arrival Time" will allow you to peer into the life of a solitary man traveling through space and what he has come to rely upon in order to keep his sanity. Will he lose it? Stand by....These are just a few of the weird tales that await you. Can you hear the whistle blowing? The train is about to leave the station. Next stop: Scares-ville, Terror-town and Humor-heights. The only question now is...will you be on board?

The old camera I bought one Sunday from the flea market was much more than I had hoped for. It came with a treasure, a record of disturbing events of the past that not even its former owner was aware of...On September 20, the zombie virus was released into the dense population of transients on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. It spread like unstoppable wildfire in all directions, decimating everything in its path for six full weeks before outside measures were taken to cleanse the scourge. This story takes place in that final time. Told through the eyes of a native Angelino, it offers a unique perspective to the events as they unfolded and to the aftermath of the virus. When it comes to safely navigating 747's Edgar Reynolds is a consummate professional. It's his personal life that's in shambles after a string of affairs he couldn't be bothered to hide. None of that matters to him the morning he wakes up to discover he's smack dead in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Now what's important is that he survives long enough to hijack a plane from LAX and flee the end of the world.

Just a few hundred genes separate humans from chimpanzees. Imagine someone altering the chimp genome, splicing in human genes to increase the size of the cranium, reduce the amount of body hair, enable speech. What sort of creature would result? Sims takes place in the very near future, when the science of genetics is fulfilling its vaunted potential. It's a world where genetically transmitted diseases are being eliminated. A world where dangerous or boring manual labor is gradually being transferred to "sims," genetically altered chimps who occupy a gray zone between simian and human. The chief innovator in this world is SimGen, which owns the patent on the sim genome and has begun leasing the creatures worldwide. But SimGen is not quite what it seems. It has secrets . . . secrets beyond patents and proprietary processes . . . secrets it will go to any lengths to protect. Sims explores this brave new world as it is turned upside down and torn apart when lawyer Patrick Sullivan decides to try to unionize the sims. Right now, as you read these words, some company somewhere in the world is toying with the chimp genome. That is not fiction, it is fact. Sims is a science thriller that will come true. One way or another.

Khandecia Cavalier, Chairwoman of DamonCorp, rules over a post-apocalyptic world where the Messengers and the Damned dominate, caring for the humans they feed on as the ancient Old World nobility did. A thousand years after the rise of the Antichrist, Khandecia finds a new obstacle that threatens her family...robotic parasites from another universe.Prince William has just shocked the world by announcing that he wishes to resign. What happens now? In an unprecedented event, the future king has announced that he wishes to resign. The ramifications are huge. Will this be the beginning of the end of the British monarchy?

Moira Bourbon had been killed and sent to a hell dimension, as a mortal she had been the most powerful Satanist ever, now she was dead she was even more powerful, now she fought back from beyond death. In this fight between two champions of good and evil, Rob Hinds represented good while Moira represented evil, and she held all the cards, for good to win this time Rob would have to be very good.Moira Bourbon, the most powerful Satanist ever, had been killed, but instead of suffering the torments of hell, she was taken to the Dreamscape, a hell dimension ruled over by the demon Lord Asbaritch who had decided to make her his consort. From his fortress her powers grew and although she was dead, she wanted two things, to rescue her father from Tartarus, a hell dimension where the inmates were tortured for eternity, and to kill Rob Hinds, but only after he had assisted her attain her first desire.

Blending the dark eroticism of the vampire with high adventure in history's most compelling locales, the story of Saint-Germain is the enduring drama of a lonely hero who walks the earth throughout time, battling for honor...and love. To escape the horrors of the Spanish Civil War, Saint-Germain travels to San Francisco, where he reunites with Rowena Saxon, a past lover whose beauty and wisdom have matured with time. There he offers Rowena a choice: a natural death-or immortality as a vampire. But unknown to the noble exile, an assassin has followed him from Spain, torturing his friends and his associates at every step. The next target will be Rowena, unless the vampire recognizes the peril that both he and his lover face. Will his ignorance achieve what time itself cannot-the death of Saint-Germain?

Shortly after three o'clock in the morning, Henry Fitzroy rose from the card table, brushed a bit of ash from the sleeve of his superbly fitting coat and inclined his head toward his few remaining companions. "If you'll excuse me, gentlemen, I believe I'll call it a night. " "Well, I won't excuse you. " Sir William Wyndham glared up at Fitzroy from under heavy lids. "You've won eleven hundred pounds off me tonight, damn your eyes, and I want a chance to win it back. "

Sam and his three best friends head off into the dark desert for a night of fun around a blazing bonfire in a secluded clearing. Surrounded by darkness and the strange sounds of the desert night, Scott tells the tragic story of little Mary Jenkins and an innocent game of hide-and-seek—gone terribly, terribly wrong. In the end? Vengeance.Sam and his three best friends, Nick, Jeff and Scout, find themselves in the middle of a hot boring, summer.Looking for something to break the boredom, they escape into the dark desert behind Sam’s humble double-wide trailer with a cooler full of sodas with plans to have a night of fun around a bonfire in a secluded clearing. Surrounded by darkness and the strange sounds of the dark desert night, Scott tells the tragic story of little Mary Jenkins and an innocent game of hide-and-seek—gone terribly, terribly wrong. What happens when a not-so-friendly neighborhood rivalry ends in tragedy? Vengeance from the dark, dark beyond.

A widow reminisces about her husband and his strange hobby.All Jet wanted was a Gift, certainly not the responsibility that would come with it—the prophesied powers that would hurl him against Hell’s invasion. In a world where everyone is given special powers by their LORD, there was one among them that wasn’t: Jet Burner. Believed to be shunned by their God, he certainly wouldn’t have banked on anything worthwhile from his life. He was sadly mistaken. For it was his destiny to discover this Gift that would save the world he knows, but once his true nature and his planet’s hidden past are revealed, so too are instincts better left buried. Now Jet must restrain his new-found blood-lust and walk the path towards the Apocalypse.