Devil's Night, the night before Halloween. A night when Bishop York and his best friend, Anselmo, tell scary stories.Bishop and Anselmo plan big things for their senior year Devil's Night. First, the big high school Halloween dance with their girlfriends, Faye and Jewel. Then all four whisk away for scary stories and private fun at the most haunted site in Long Pine City.Abandoned, mysterious Colver High School.Unfortunately, terrors all too real await them…...

Catastrophic power failure. The worst thing that can happen to a warship in battle.Four hundred lives, on the shoulders of tech first-class Johnny Rossi. He needs to find and fix the power loss before everyone dies.In the dark, but not quite all alone..."Crawlspace", an exciting military space opera short story featuring a tense race against time and an encounter that defies explanation. By Stefon Mears, author of Stealing from Pirates and Fade to Gold

In one small town, a folktale monster waits…Down by the creek. Past the overpass where they found Old Man Jenkins. Past the old oak the kids still call the Hanging Tree. There lies Hater's Rock.Somewhere inside Hater's Rock sleeps Uncle Stone Teeth. Waiting. Waiting for one person angry enough and desperate enough to wake him up.Then Uncle Stone Teeth wreaks horrible vengeance.Uncle Stone Teeth, a powerful novella of small towns and folktale monster...

Ganymede: a half-terraformed, isolated human outpost. Low population, all pioneering spacers with a frontier attitude.Where retired Captain Cole Douglas runs a bar in an old shuttlecraft.Far from help, if that orange flash in the sky indicates an invasion force..."Only Sheepdog on the Moon" A military space adventure short story about one man facing off an invading force. From Stefon Mears, author of Stealing from Pirates and Fade to Gold.

A universe where humanity struggles for survival. Trapped between alien galaxy-spanning empires. Desperately clinging to the few planets they call their own.Where humans survive only by keeping these mighty alien fleets battling each other.Where men like Commander Jeffrey Teague make that happen with vicious black ops missions.Teague, retired now. Waiting for assassins. He recalls his final mission.“The Incident on Gamma Seven” – a thrilling short story full...

Ian Wheeler, born a night person into a family of day people. The kind who didn't need alarm clocks, and rose, singing, with the sun.Ian survived high school on strong black coffee and late-night study sessions. College? A non-starter with those hours. The military? Even worse. Late night security guard? A possibility.But then he saw the ad. "Internship available. Personal assistant position. May lead to full-time. Some phones. Some typing. Nighttime hours only. Schedul...

Two alien empires control known space. Caught between them, the human race clings to a handful of planets.On the fringes of all three, Captain Dara “Dare” Ross makes her living.Her “easy job” starts with a shootout in the streets. Pirates, Port Authority, and an alien empire all seem to covet her cargo.Stealing from Pirates, a space opera adventure with alien empires, starship battles, shootouts, space pirates and more, with the best crew since the Serenity...

Aliens have landed in midtown Manhattan. They claim to seek out planets on the verge of deep space travel and prepare them to join the galactic community.For Charlie Evans – the star blogger known as Evansessence – the alien arrival means canceling his big job interview. Because the aliens will only help Earth if a panel of six humans can pass their tests. A panel of five international celebrities … and Charlie.And the hardest dilemmas facing Charlie don’t come from the tes...

On a deep space prospecting trip, Andrei Kreutzmann finds a planet valuable enough to set him up for life.Buy a new ship. Maybe even win back his lost love.Unfortunately, the imperial military recalls him to active duty. His old captain, now a marshal, orders him to scout a key strategic sector. Andrei can't refuse.He flies straight into a trap.The Final Survey of Andrei Kreutzmann, a military space adventure short story about a battle between empir...

The darkness of pre-dawn on a summer solstice. Cold on the salt flats, even with the bonfire. Crowded with strangers -- and Victoria, who misses her warm bed. Only attending as a favor for her BFF.Some of the celebrants strip down for a ritual. An ancient solstice rite. One of them a beautiful man with a swimmer's build -- and a birthmark Victoria knows well. Marco, her old unrequited high school crush.But men with shotguns crash the party. And Victoria without her gun…...

Dusk. When darkness rises and daylight safety ebbs away. Even here, in a suburb of Portland, Oregon, where streets border forestland.Harold fears the night. Legacy of a fright at Crater Lake. But a success seminar sends Harold outside the safety of his home, facing his greatest fear.Unaware that something followed him from Crater Lake..."Face Your Fears!" a tense, scary short story about dealing with fears, both mundane and supernatural. From Stefon Mears, author of...

Keifer McShane once knew the kingdom of Armyr only through The Torn Kingdoms. Beloved setting for his favorite roleplaying game.Now known as Aefric Brightstaff, he rules a duchy and commands mighty magic. But in many ways, he remains a stranger to his adopted land.Today, he rides to the Feast of Dereth Sehk. A celebration that always draws huge crowds.This year it also draws killers, evil wizards, the undead and worse. Aefric will need more than magic to su...