Salem and Other Short Stories is a compiled collection of some of Lilith J. Hale's favorite stories written by her throughout the years."Salem". Is the first story featured in the collection. It is about a young woman who is imprisoned in Salem for witchcraft. The story follows a day in the life of a convicted witch who is the only possible savior for the town of Salem."How I became a Myth" is a story that follows Olivia, a woman struggling with mental illnesses. O...

A young man writes letters in a last gasp at finding meaning in the world.

When a husband returns from the dead, what is a wife to do? Is a half-dead husband better than no husband at all? Can she keep him from eating the kids?Read on to discover how to avoid loneliness and rotting in your next relationship.

When lies don’t work, there’s always blackmail.Vigard, of the planet Rivelt, is a private locator—bounty hunter, to the less polite. His current job: Find Tracy, a young woman abducted four years ago, and rescue her from a Syndicate space station. Too bad that blackmail will turn her rescue into an execution…unless Tracy can beat the blackmailer at his own game.Never Blackmail a Thought-Reader opens the science fiction, short story series Agent...

Sanzki Votilk, an eleven year old with rusty social skills, was made a pariah after punching the most popular boy at school. What does Trinqki Ohlara, the new girl in town who has already Awakened as a mage, see in a kid like her?The Ompklor Kingdom has been at war with the Fihnark Kingdom for decades far away across the mountains. Sanzki knew that she would need to join the war as soon as she’s old enough — that’s why her mother trained her every night in the art of combat. If she...

Sometimes things aren't what we expect between life and death.

A cool spring evening in Virginia is interrupted by the arrival of strange dog and on its heels even stranger events. Will one man be enough to fend off a pack of wild hounds in order to save his family?Man's best friend has long been used as the subject for conditioning experiments. What of man? Has mankind been so conditioned as to not recognize the imminent threat from his best friend?Man's best friend is his worst enemy.Woof

A man, haunted; some loch ness madness lurking beneath the scruffy surface. Rolling stones trip broken bones, a stitch won’t darn this time. Abandoned, a breath of freedom desired away from the fires of Hell. A disciplined panther stalking with bated breath; pounce, or pursue no further. Anguished cries, darkening eyes. My favorite zest. You are too beautiful for iron bars, even incarcerated amongst the stars which you outshine.

When Janet passed away on November 22, 2010, at 48 years young, she left behind a small collection of poetry she had written in 1997, during incarceration at Toronto West Detention Center. It was a window into her struggle as a woman who knew the streets too well, who longed for cocaine, missed her children and her mother, and wanted nothing more than to be loved. Her words ring true for a lot of struggling women, but moral of it is that with determination she won, and finally found peace ...

Post-Apocalyptic TP Blues is the tale of a not particularly likeable fellow named Norman Joyner. A doomcryer from birth- Norman gets his wish when 94% of the population dies of the flu. When the dust clears- Norman has a plan to rule what remains of America- one little white square of TP at a time.

The old gargoyle hangs by the courtyard, cold and silent, but not dead. The spark of life burns inside him. When an old man approaches the gargoyle looking for wisdom, the gargoyle must decide how much of the truth to reveal. His answer will change the old man's life forever.

Paranoia and worry can make a person sick and everyone around them nervous to suggest anything. But are you really living life if you live based on your family history?Sea Brown knows what it's like to be sure of herself and has taken precautions to end the horror of the Brown name with her. Johnson, her husband, has spent many years dealing with her stubbornness but now has to cope with her failing body and mind.Traditions, routines and repetition are their lives until the...