Magic: more contagious than the common cold…Kelley Strickland and her twin brother Jeroan accidentally step into an ancient battle between a power-hungry Sorcerer—who wants to rid the world of what he calls “renegade” magic-users—and a good Sorcerer who can barely remember his own name.Kelley soon learns that her new-found way of using magic just might save her adopted city, her brother, and her new, magically infected friends.Or it could doom them all....

Sometimes you eat the forest, sometimes the forest eats you.What would you do if your child was lost, and—even though you’d never admit this to anyone—it was all your fault? How would you react? Would you be a hero or a coward? And just how would you get your innocent child out of this situation?These are all questions Gil Anderson faces when his five-year-old son goes missing somewhere in the dark trees at the edge of the family farm. On that fateful day, Gil must...

Retirement: it’s not just for the elderly.Thirty-six-year-old JB lives to inspire the old folks at Whispering Pines Rest Home. He listens to their stories, encourages them to get some fresh air, and makes sure they aren’t just sitting around waiting for the end to come.But he’s not a doctor, not a therapist. He’s a resident of Whispering Pines, too.When the finances for Whispering Pines hit the skids, the Home starts to earn the wrong kind of atten...

Contagious magic: good luck trying to find a cure…Two minutes after the shocking end to A Wild Epidemic of Magic, this third book in the series finds Kelley and Jeroan stranded in Dubuque, Iowa, after losing their parents—and all the Sorcerers they met in the past two months—to the vengeful Druid.Apparently, the Druid did not enjoy his 200-year banishment.And as if that wasn’t bad enough, the twins must once again work together to find a way to reg...

Magic: the side effects are painful, if not fatal…Two months after the explosive and unexpected ending to A Sudden Outbreak of Magic, Jeroan learns all about magic at Dr. Azure’s mysterious training center. Meanwhile, Kelley can’t even leave her hotel room in Dubuque without a chaperone.When people they care about start disappearing, and people they didn’t think they should care about—like Dr. Azure—get attacked by rogue magic-users, Jeroan and Kelley must...

Stories of where the normal meets the strange...From the travails of a water-carrying alien on a harsh world.... to the loss of a child by a much-too-young father touched by the were gene. From the plight of a young immigrant painter struggling to get by... to the story of a young man who has to decide whether to help when he comes across a car in the ditch and a family fighting for survival in that wrecked vehicle...And more...Twenty-one stories about the ...

A young woman struggling with drug addiction catches aliens on her digital camera. A man with elemental powers struggles with morality and carrying out the orders of his bosses. The dead leave their graves and take up... surfing?Gunning for the Buddha collects fifteen stories that range from near-future science fiction to historical dark fantasy and contemporary horror, touching on a range of genres in the process.Stories were previously published in magazines such...

In a near future filled with violence from terrorists and suicide cultists, the Wannoshay aliens crash-land on the Great Plains of America and Canada.Less than a dozen years from now, over thirty black ships containing the aliens the world will come to know as the Wannoshay arrive on the frozen earth of the Great Plains of America and Canada.Over the course of a year, the aliens attempt to become part of American society, only to be banished to internment camps when they ar...

Magic invites . . .Curses and blessing, sorcerous time travel, shape-shifters, hidden enchantment and corrupted blood.Magic demands . . .Saving those you love, courage, betrayal and fights against unspeakable forces.Magic promises . . .Last best hopes, reluctant and desperate heroes, ancient power unleashed and the compulsion to overcome death itself.Magic risks . . .Forbidden spells and deadly bargains.Here be magic!F...

Science fiction stories come in all sizes. In fact, some of thegreatest SF stories have been shorts.This box set contains 10 great science fiction short stories and short story collections.Table of Contents"All the New Tomorrows" by Rebecca M. Senese"Drinker" by Michael Jasper"MIB Files: Bigfoot Hunter (Tales of the Men In Black)" by David Sloma"Mop Jockeys and Fighter Pilots" by J.A. Marlow"Impossibilia" by Dougl...

8 Tales Of Romance Those We Long For'Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies'Shadow Play By Karen L. AbrahamsonLife is a Cabernet By Jan MoranLegally in Love By Prasenjeet KumarEscaping Ivernee By Lisa TooheyHer Fiery Viking By AJ TiptonHeart’s Revenge By Michael JasperLove’s Second Chance By M. L. BuchmanCanary Ice By Gail Harkins

When the sun has set, when the moon is full, the shapeshifters gather—wolves, cats and totemic creatures, nightmares and revelations.Seeking answers, seeking revenge, seeking a cure to affliction, seeking blood, seeking answers or seeking love—a gathering of beasts abounds. Dare you walk beneath the moonlight?Table of Contents"By Howl & Claw" by Rebecca M. Senese"Spirit Dance" by Douglas Smith"Big Bad Wolf" by Annie Reed"Badlands"...