Bishop Rider is back. In this relentless follow-up to A Better Kind of Hate, Beau Johnson returns to the blood-soaked trail of the indie world's most polarizing vigilante. The world is a cold, uncaring engine-a "Big Machine" designed to grind the innocent into the dirt. But Bishop Rider is the wrench in those gears, a man driven by a singular, violent purpose: to hunt down the predators who think they are untouchable and remind them what it feels like to be prey.

All of Them to Burn by Beau Johnson is a gritty collection of 39 short stories and flash fiction pieces that blend the boundaries of crime, horror, and noir. The primary narrative thread follows Bishop Rider, a maimed ex-Army medic who operates as a vigilante after his family is taken from him. Operating outside a broken legal system, Rider stalks human traffickers and other violent predators, delivering "Old Testament-style" justice to th...

A Better Kind of Hate is a brutal, uncompromising short story collection steeped in noir violence, moral rot, and vigilante justice. Many of the stories orbit Bishop Rider, a rogue antihero who operates in the margins of a corrupt city, dispensing punishment where the legal system fails-or refuses-to act. Rider's world is one where justice is transactional, mercy is weakness, and survival demands cruelty. Through his voice and those of similarly damaged narrators,...

A collection of erotic and BDSM short stories for adults.Contents:Bound and TakenBeth has an online Master and she's ready to take it to the next level. She asks and her Master obliges. In a single morning fantasies she didn't realize she had are realized except for one.First SwallowIn a parking lot beside a busy restaurant a lesson is learned, new pleasures are found and discoveries about pleasure they can bring to each other discovered.Evening...

In 1920s Europe, Ben falls in love with Sandy, a rather unconventional woman. On their honeymoon in the South of France, she fulfills a fantasy of his.This is an adult short story.

On their last day together, Mary sets off on a short sail in her boat to begin a new chapter in her life. Mary, Leslie, and Glen remember the events over the last four years that have shaped their complex relationship. From a barrier island on the coast of Georgia to the nearby city, they have lived and loved in different ways.This book contains adult content and is intended for mature audiences.

The pack’s roots are buried beneath the dunes...Ama Chilton is the matriarch of the Wharton wolves: unfathomably old and impossibly strong. But, she wasn’t always Angus’ packrat granny with a penchant for muumuus.After the bloody end of both World War II and her relationship, Ama Chilton abandons the Big Apple in search of what she’s never had: a wolfpack, a family.Wharton—and the Cove Motel—was just supposed to be a rest stop on her journey south. That is, until sh...

Is it a gift if it has teeth?Haley Campbell is caught in a snare: longing to run wild but terrified of her secret violent urges. When she finds her grandfather’s diary in the attic, she discovers her insatiable hunger is an inherited trait. The ancient frail man who used to chain-smoke in her parents’ living room is responsible for countless unsolved murders in the 1930s and -40s.Fearful of following in his bloody footsteps—her birthright, after all—she travels to Wharton, ...

Everything is for the good of the pack, but Hunter isn’t a wolf.The last eighteen months have been the most tumultuous—and the most gratifying—of Hunter Bailey’s life. With Angus at his side, he thought he could endure anything, but Hunter is still reeling from losing Leigh. How is he supposed to live with himself, knowing he caused his friend's death? Hunter worries he's not as strong as his wolfish boyfriend. But what if he could be?Angus Chilton is unwavering in his purp...

A wolf shifter. A cute Barista. A mysterious murder...After a murder threatens to expose them, Angus Chilton leads his wolf pack across the country. When they settle in a place where he harbors bucolic childhood memories, Angus meets Hunter Bailey, a handsome, human barista.Angus and Hunter are drawn together by shared trauma and similarly problematic ex’s. But, can Angus keep Hunter safe when his murderous, impulsive, and jealous ex catches wind of their burgeoning relatio...

Can they find a way to move past their dark secrets and find solace in each other?Returning to his hometown in Tennessee, Samuel Campbell is searching for absolution. He made a promise in Wharton to never hurt another human ever again. Coming home is the ultimate test. There are dark memories here, a trail of bodies left behind by a once-rabid wolf. In Sevierville, he discovers the hardest part of confronting his past is facing his own conscience.Kindergarten teacher Nadia ...

You know her side of the story, now learn his."It was useless. I felt branded beneath my skin by a girl who left without even saying goodbye."When Will Price was assigned a partner for a sixth grade class project he had no idea she would become his best friend. After years of friendship, she eventually became so much more. Then, one day she left with no explanation.Will’s life shattered right before his eyes and he was left alone to pick up the pieces. Floundering, ...