If he was a phoenix rising, then what brought him to his ashes?He was a child of the 80's, born in Phoenix, Arizona. He had young parents, barely into adulthood: a father who was always chasing after his hopes and dreams and a mother who loved her husband irrevocably. The only thing Michael had to worry about was starting Kindergarten and learning how to read so he could read his comics to his infant brother and crazy cat. Everything seemed idyllic.Then things started going...

If he was a phoenix falling, then what brought him to his doom?Michael's life was falling apart. His parents, still in their twenties, struggled to raise not two, but three children. His loving mom grew more and more distant. The Shadow Monster continued to haunt and rampage the triangle house at night. Michael struggled not to be the curse of the family and be the normal boy everyone wanted him to be.His new teacher, Ms. West, might have been a witch. She seemed to have co...

Welcome to Shorts, a collection of short stories from Michael Stoneburner, author of the He Was A Boy Who Smiles series and We Need To Talk About This anthology. Take a trip into a collection of tales that are woven together to create a sense of hope, laughter, tears, hard truths and imagination. Michael takes the readers through tales about people who connect with people, allows the readers to imagine their own conclusions, their own heroes and their own voices speak to them through beaut...

Something is happening in Apartment 1B. Mr. Talos can hear it through the walls but his son won't believe him. His neighbours won't listen.Take a step through the door of each apartment if you dare and discover their dark secrets as you search for clues to whatever is looming in Apartment 1B.

"The hags shook the dead and woke the trees.They're coming to get the lonely three.The huntress, the bird and the silver tonguedmust leave it all behindto find out what happened to the one."Rosie collected herbs throughout Lakewood Trees all the time, but she never expected to collect a silver-haired boy from a crater created by a lightning bolt. He couldn't speak. His clothes were tattered and his only possession was a whispering key clutched tightly in...