Even though the name of the series is Horror Shorts for Bedtime, I’ve written them with the intention that you can get a little shot of horror anytime you have some extra time to read. I hope that you get enjoyment out of these little tidbits of horror.Happy ValleyHigh-powered businessman Ryan Donaldson is on his way to an important meeting when he develops car trouble in the town of Happy Valley. Ryan soon discovers that the town of Happy Valley is hiding ...

President Albert Fieldcrest is coming off a successful first term and is engaged in a campaign for his second term. Touted as one of the finest orators of our time he shocks the crowd when he freezes during a speech.Jimmy Kelton is nineteen, living with his mom, and has no plans for the future. Jimmy has a job flipping burgers and is satisfied if he can make enough to score a little smoke. Jimmy almost loses that job when he freezes on the sandwich board.Somehow the two of th...

Jim Connolly is your average suburban husband and father. There is just one thing wrong with that description, Jim is tired of being mediocre. In the course of breaking out of his average life, Jim changes not only his life but the people around him as well.

Workingman's Blues short story collection is about...well the workingman. However, this collection of workingmen is far from ordinary. They manage to get into situations that you wouldn't imagine. This collection of stories is sometimes thrilling and sometimes funny, but they are always entertaining.

An insidious biological weapon. A career on the line. A gut wrenching choice to be made.Yesterday Christian Bondy was a rising star at a high-level defense contractor. Today he is running for his life.When Christian's company unveils plans for a nasty biological weapon, he feels the company has gone too far. Sure, he knows they make weapons that kill people, but this one is over the top. Too bad, his boss and CEO of the company has an ulterior motive to want to push product...

Clayton Rifkin is the third generation proprietor of Clayton’s Autorama. Life is pretty good for Clayton, but greed gets the best of him when his repo man brings in a car that was late on a payment. Clayton checks the trunk and gets the surprise of his life when it is full of money, and he takes claim of it.The only problem is that the money belongs to another man, a very bad man.

After many heinous murders, George Kerrigan is finally convicted and is sentenced to die. Mr. Kerrigan does not have a care in the world as he pushes the state to move his date with death closer.George’s perspective will soon change when Death pays him a visit during his last hours of life. Death also brings along three visitors.

A professional hit. Corporate greed. Are the two related?A young pharmaceutical sales representative is murdered in her home. To Detective Raiford Jones it has all the earmarks of a professional hit.Detective Jones' investigation uncovers a corporate scandal that goes all the way to the top. Is this the reason for a professional hit?Everything is not as it seems at first glance. There are secrets that Detective Jones must uncover to get to the truth and bring a kill...

Cậu Ludwig sáu tuổi đang ngồi vào bàn đọc Kinh Thánh và cầu nguyện, thì binh lính Thụy Điển sấn vào cửa lâu đài. Ludwig ngước nhìn mấy tên lính rồi tiếp tục cầu nguyện và đọc Kinh Thánh. Mấy tên lính đứng nhìn - rồi bỏ đi. Họ nói không thể lục soát ở nơi có Chúa đang canh giữ.Một Cơ Đốc nhân trưởng thành ở tuổi còn trẻ, bá tước Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf không hề sống với ý nguyện của gia đình quý tộc, mà ông đã đi theo tiếng gọi của Đức Chúa Trời cho dù bị trục xuất khỏi quê h...

This book, reflecting Dr. Jackson’s dissertation research and related observations, prepares readers for what to expect regardless of organizational level and ownership during and after an M&A event. Providing the perceptions of management consultants in a Western business culture, the book gives readers examples of behaviors that make for a successful M&A and those that do not. The information will interest those in various industries, including professional and advisory services, M&A, ba...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Higher Education Learning Methodologies and Technologies Online, HELMeTO 2020, held in Bari, Italy, in September 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online.The 25 revised full papers and 3 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 59 submissions. The papers present recent research on challenges of implementing eme...

The Super Summary of World History is a very compact history of the world emphasizing western culture and political processes. The Super Summary is for the thinking person. This new history raises exciting questions and puts events into new perspectives to stimulate real thinking about history rather than accepting that the past is set in stone. History isn’t just names and dates, but a range of decisions and actions that often turn on the smallest circumstance. The Super Summary analyzes ...