Murder is just a part of the ritual. That's a regular night for the motley goth occult. When the dirt they do finally catches up to them, their undying loyalty to Satan threatens their trust in one another. These devil worshipping heathens take the reader on a drug-ridden joyride through the city --for the price of their soul.

Destiny is a lonely city girl, cautious about letting just anyone into her life. Carmelo is your average guy searching for love at all costs. Swans Amidst the Lake is a compelling, fictional tale about two complete strangers, who meet out of the blue on a Sunday afternoon. This contemporary short story illustrates the possibilities of running into love when it's least expected.

A man-eating vixen is brought back to life from the eighties. Lanetta Bushar appears to be a beautiful, young woman looking for love. Yet, a few random people have noticed some of her mysterious ways. It seems that Lanetta's just having fun, meeting high profile men at the bar of Chil Lacz, a happening nightclub downtown St. Louis. Bump In The Night is a short horror tale that invites the reader to a front row seat in a two-person plot to catch the hungry man-eater and stop her, once and f...

Sophia Fuentes unfolds a very mystical tale of two vampire clans, the South and the West, united by one chilling initiation ceremony. The narrative depicts an old fashion romance in the midst of modern-day punkers at a head-banging rock concert. The adventure etched into this sex-crazed vampire party is an out-of-this-world fantasy rush.

A serial killer is on the loose, but that's not stopping Ashley from being out in the community. She's on the go, hiking through the woods with Rocky as her sidekick. While pacing along her favorite trail, she runs into a couple of sketchy characters who inform her to be cautious. However, Ashley isn't worried about a thing until it gets dark, and she loses her dog.

Two young lovers take a camping trip which takes a turn for the worst.

THIS IS A SHORT STORY prequel to my full-length novel, DESTINED.When the God of Love falls in love for the very first time, the results are powerful ... and painful. Journey back to a time BEFORE Eros met Psyche and find out what happens when Eros is powerless to control the heart of the girl he loves.

This excellent quiz book contains 150 questions (and answers!) to test the knowledge of any Vampire Diaries fan. From questions even a casual viewer should know all the way through to trivia that would test Elena herself, this is a fantastic way to enjoy Mystic Falls even more. With sections on the characters, episodes, and the series in general, this is an important addition to any fan's bookshelf!

A cat, smart and cunning, clever and mischievous but very helpful: he is just the sort of friend we’d all like by our sides.The youngest of three orphan brothers is left destitute after his parents’ death. But such an apparently sad situation takes a quite unexpected turn for the better when he inherits what appears at first to be a small, quite ordinary cat.But it turns out to be the greatest inheritance of all! Our cat is not only clever and brave, but he is also a talkin...

In keeping with his non-fiction genre, "True Tails", "Fingers in the Light" and "Haddie's in Our Closet!", 5-time award-winning author J.H. Soeder tells a wonderful story about coming visiting a friend for a weekend at his friend's home, only to discover that before he fell asleep he was not alone - he was visited by a frail, eighteen-year old family cat that had died an unfortunate death, but lost in the abyss of no-time. You'll need a set of tissues for this one!It's a wonderful ...

Poetic Justice at its best. An abusive husband learns the hard way "What goes around, comes around" with a grizzly twist.A short story.

A love affair blooms between two officers in the impartially worded pages of a police blotter."Officers Weep" is a story from Daniel Orozco's critically acclaimed collection Orientation, which leads the reader through the hidden lives and moral philosophies of bridge painters, men housebound by obesity, office temps, and warehouse workers. He reveals the secret pleasures of late-night supermarket trips for cookie binges, exceptional data entry, and an exiled dictator's occ...