They're not gonna grow up without a fight…1974. Ozzy's going to be a father. Augie's got a huge house to build. Just a few years out of high school, neither of them want to work this hard. They'd rather live outside the law and stick it to the Man, man.Over the course of this turbulent year, lifelong friends Ozzy and Augie have no choice but to face adulthood.It might take more than a little "hoodoo voodoo", a surly pregnant wife, a few ghosts, str...

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.A f...

Some family curses really should be passed on...Tommy Roling does everything humanly possible to raise his infant daughter Corinne the right way. But a half year out of high school, Tommy finds himself a single parent as well as flat broke.And, with every full moon, he can't fight the urge to strip off his clothes and run wild through the pastures outside town.So when a stranger shows up, slashed to death, the day after Tommy's most recent full-moon run, To...

Sometimes those who can't be found just might not be lost…In the remote mountain town of Boone, North Carolina, Hank "Hanky J" Johnson and Bim Mayer find people that nobody else can. All thanks to Hanky J's brains and Bim's ability to psychically connect to other people.Their skills get put to the test when a group of elderly people go missing. All of whom used to teach at nearby Appalachian State University.And each missing person shares a connection to a ...

If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him.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 proce...

When the prodigal returns, what happens to the one that stayed?Three generations of Koopmans live—uneasily—under the same roof of a farm house twenty miles from the center of Holy Cross, Iowa.Thirty-year-old William Koopman needs to move out. But Dad wanted him on the farm after Grandpa died, so William stayed, married his girl Marcy, and even brought her to the farmhouse to live. The poor girl made it a year before she bolted at the end of a rough winter.A...

Blow the silver whistle, ring the tarnished bell…Bartolamus the Sorcerer is dying. His days of adventuring and forging new words of magic are firmly behind him. Or so it seems.As his trembling apprentice approaches his bedside with a silver whistle in his right hand and a tarnished bell in his left, the ancient wizard shares his history.He also reveals his plans for one last quest: an attempt to re-open the doors to the barred and mysterious City of All-Wor...

Aliens crash-land in snowy North America, attempt integration, and fail—violently.In the near future, over thirty black ships containing the aliens known as the Wannoshay crash-land onto 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 are suspected of causing a series of deadly explosions at their new jobs.A handful ...

An unlikely team of misfit players, and the coach fighting to hold them all together...In the 1910s, the All Nations team barnstorms across America, fielding players from around the world, white and black and Native American and more.As the newly named head coach of the All Nations team, former slave George Grunion contends with racist crowds, low team morale, and… the ghost of the previous head coach.And if George can't hold the All Nations together, he lo...

A haunted romance. An unsolved mystery. And a centuries-old curse at the heart of it all.Off the rough coast of North Carolina's Outer Banks, Ella Simon tracks down one man—the infamous pirate Blackbeard. Her goal is to ID a shipwreck off the coast of the island… But she and her divemaster Mitch Thompson discover much more than that.During their time working together, Ella overcomes her bad first impression of him and falls for him. And he does the same for her. Li...

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 attention. And...