An elderly clergyman tells Pat and Phillis of the strange happenings in the middle of the night in the old rectory. "I was at my wit's end," he told them. "I wasn't sure if I was having a nervous breakdown or becoming senile. Then, the noises. I can still hear those dreadful noises in the dead of night."Intrigued, they rush off to Philadelphia. They're too late. Murder gets there before them. Views: 59
Before he died, Saelig Zilch was a chef. Now, posthumously recruited by a shadowy agency for reasons still unknown, tasked with keeping the public safe from things that go bump in the night, he hunts monsters. Zilch scrabbles out of a North Carolina grave in someone else's body. Someone recently dead. He only has a few days to find his bearings and carry out his latest mission, before the precious few nanobugs in his corpse shell are exhausted and he's forced to start all over at the beginning. Little does he know he's been sent to the one place he flat-out refused to ever go back to—home. As he trudges down the main thoroughfare of his childhood hometown, he runs into Galavance. More accurately, she runs into him with her pink Chevy Cavalier.A case of unfortunate timing? Maybe not. Turns out the critter Zilch has been dispatched to dispatch of—a murderous were-frog—squelches uncomfortably close to the trailer Galavance calls home. And come to think of... Views: 59
A gripping short novella with a killer twist.Stephen Lightfoot is a man of small means. He works at a supermarket, doesn't drive, and has no close friends. The one thing that keeps him going is his girlfriend, Anya. So when Anya disappears in mysterious circumstances, Stephen's life is turned upside down.He knows she hasn't just walked out on him. Something doesn't quite add up. But there's no way Stephen could ever prepare himself for the truth. Views: 58
Meet Miles Franco, freelance Tunneler. Interdimensional transport is his business, but Miles is about to find out that in this city, Tunneling's a good way to get a bullet in your head. One way or another, it's gonna be a hell of a job. THE MAN WHO COULDN'T BE BOUGHT is a noir-drenched urban fantasy short story. This short story is approximately 8000 words long. Views: 58
Imagine a drug that makes your brain function in a fantastically efficient way, tapping in to your fundamental resources of intelligence and drive. Imagine a drug that could make you read and remember entire books in a matter of hours, or learn a foreign language in a day. Imagine a drug that could make you process information so fast you can see the patterns on the stock market. Eddie Spinola is on such a drug. It's a pill called MDT-48. It's a Viagra for the brain, a designer drug that's redesigning his life. Eddie's not the only one doing MDT, but with his dealer shot dead and Eddie escaping with a large stash, he's the only one with a supply. And while the drug is helping Eddie make the sort of money he's only dreamed about, he's also beginning to suffer its side-effects. The Dark Fields is a high-concept, highly original thriller, a pharmaceutical Faust that is page-turning and thought-provoking in equal measure. Views: 58
Fated To Fall In Love... Luke Mars doesn't believe in fate. Especially when 'Fate' is supposedly a gorgeous goddess named Aurora who claims to be his guardian, assigned from birth to watch over him. Aurora is meant to protect her mortal charges... not fall in love with them. But when Luke is shot dead, her protective instincts are matched by a deeper need. To save his life, Aurora must convince Luke to believe who she is and trust her to help him. But with just one day to do so, time is running out for Aurora to prove that love really can alter fate... Views: 58
