The Temporary Killer, the first of a series likened to Scooby-Doo or Goosebumps for adults, is a horror/mystery with a humourous edge. Why would someone shoot struggling horror writer Ed Sherman with a gun that belongs in a RoadRunner cartoon? Why is Ed now having falling hallucinations in enclosed rooms so badly that he has to use the bathroom with the door open? What connection is there between the three businessmen who were also shot and are now experiencing different daymares: eating s...

The Last Leaf is a short story depicting the life of Henry the leaf, who stubbornly holds on to his branch (his life), searching for the true meaning of existence. Much in the vein of "Jonathan Livingston Seagull", Henry experiences many adventures including a battle with caterpillars, the love of a family, a forest fire, and more. His branch, Michael, guides Henry through his life's ups and downs, explaining that all life is precious, and even a special leaf like Henry has a purpose set f...

Commentators have shown how a ‘culture of security’ ushered in after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 has involved exceptional legal measures and increased recourse to secrecy on the basis of protecting public safety and safeguarding national security. In this context, scholars have largely been preoccupied with the ways that increased security impinges upon civil liberties. While secrecy is justified on public interest grounds, there remains a tension between the need for secrec...

A vampire tale in a future America where terror reigns. Not your sister's Twilight.

Marital bonds are tested as Detective Berringer and his wife, Becky, a reporter, compete to find the violent killer who murdered a public official. Who's the better detective? Who can resist some of these suspects?

It's 1994 and somebody is killing and robbing drug dealers in The Big Easy. When DEA agent Richard "Doc" Holliday is called out to a marsh outside of New Orleans to the scene of a shootout where two local cocaine dealers have been murdered, he has no idea of what he is about to step into. For these are no ordinary murders and no ordinary suspects. Holliday soon finds himself juggling two important investigations, supervisor problems, and a failing personal relationship, all at the same tim...

A collection of stories, mostly about time travel, parallel universes, alternative histories and other quirky anomalies* A filmmaker of the future, using a new untested medium, gets tangled up in his story in The Filmmaker and the Scdptre;* Time dilation works in mysterious ways in The Last Shall be First, as a home for orphaned children is being moved to an uninhabited planet.• Geoffrey literally finds himself, in The Wrong Track, a multi-verse ghost story.* I...

Annie Avants turns her back on her Southern roots and becomes a homicide detective in Kern County, California.Her partner, Tom Weston, suffers his own life tragedy when his wife is killed on live camera TV during a bank hostage situation gone bad.Jesse Greyeyes wants to be DA and he wants Annie, but his Native American roots make him both arrogant, defensive, and unsure of himself.Laine DelMonte, Chief of Technical Investigations has a secret she's kept hidden and i...

The first in a new trilogy of books by Matthew Underwood tells a story involving a young girl with a debilitating illness. The poor girl lives a boring life. But who was the strange man wearing a dark robe, outside in the street one morning. Why did he vanish so quickly when she saw him?Why are children in towns on the outskirts of London being admitted to clinics and hospitals with a strange rash on their faces? Why all at the same time?What is the strange history connected ...

From the collection Dreamin' Dreams; A short ghost story in 3,500 words.It was strange seeing the old Picturedrome again. After twenty-five years I don't know what I expected, but I never thought it would be exactly as I remembered it.A gust of wind threw rain against me and peppered the door with tiny droplets, and somewhere in the deep, dark clouds, thunder rumbled ...

Thousands of years ago, a king of Lower Egypt worshiped the demon of chaos and destruction. With the aid of an artifact, a golden fly, the Grand Vizier betrayed his king and sent him into exile.The fly finds its way to Lesley, a twelve-year-old girl in present-day Indiana, who unwittingly learns of its magical powers. But will she learn of its curse before it's too late?

The Laurel Highlands seem idyllic, but for Trooper First Class Jim Duncan, they’re anything but.On a beautiful fall day in the Laurel Highlands, a cleaning woman shows up to find a young woman from Pittsburgh murdered inside a rental cabin. Looking to escape her soon-to-be ex-husband, Angie Palmer had come looking for peace and quiet. She found it, but death probably wasn’t the peace she’d been thinking of.Divorced, but married to his job, Jim Duncan is used to dealing with...