Going HomeFrom the distinctive mind of writer, Rob Vagle.Being homeless in a desert college town is hot, dirty, and unforgiving. Miles survives because he is not alone. He still has Sammy and as for Jessica, she is missing and he writes messages on the pavement for her to please come home. Until one day a man overdressed in a long trenchcoat claims he knows her and it is Jessica who wants Miles to come home. For Miles, the street has been home for years. Wh...

Dangerous Frontier MagicFrom the extraordinary imagination of acclaimed writer, Rob Vagle.There is magic under the earth in the American frontier as accessible as gold. Mages collect the raw magic matter and create potions, tonics, and elixirs. Bannerman is a peddler of such goods to make one’s life better and safe. But in the town of Pratt another peddler named Greystone is selling the townfolk things too powerful and dangerous for mortal beings. Products ...

Escape your own world into these wondrous and imaginative places in these six science fiction short stories by Rob Vagle.In a world . . .Where a new form of execution transforms more than just the condemned.Where a being made of gears and scales calculates a human life’s monetary worth.Where a stranger courts away mirror reflections of others, leaving one narcissist desperate andalone.Where the Earth holds what completes each of us to fill th...

Passing OnThe astounding, Rob Vagle, spins a fantasy tale.Josiah walks the soybean field with his father’s cane, looking for something called the benevolent drum. This same field where Josiah sometimes feels a hand grab the scruff of his neck and chills run down his skin. By the end of the day, Josiah will learn the truth about the benevolent drum and the source of that cold chill gripping his neck.A short story about magic and family history in the...

Time travel in a variety of ways. Through a secret government project, through a time tunnel in the back of a school locker. With a watch, whether fancy or cheap. And in the final story, a man joins a corporation covered in dust. Five science fiction stories presented here come packed with wonder.

Cat NoirFrom the acclaimed writer, Rob Vagle, a short noir tale.Cleo the cat rules over her territory at the back of Sherman’s Fish Market and avoids humans. Until one dark night when a couple of young thieves cross her territory. Cleo must face the human monster.A dark and gritty crime and animal tale.

Breaking Her StrideKaren runs when the sun goes down in the summer. She runs with just the heat radiating off the pavement. Karen loves to run and tonight her canal path run detours into terror.A horror slice of life tale.

A Guillermo Tavarez Crime Short StoryPhoenix, the city in the desert.Private detective, Guillermo Tavarez's dark past catches up to him.On the outskirts of the city, as a haboob and the devils of his recent past descend, and threaten to consume him.

In a futuristic world where each human life is measured on scales.The counting begins when The Counter comes a calling.The Counter, a being made of gears and scales.One man's life hangs in the balance.

A Vulture WaitsStunning crime author, Rob Vagle, spins a dark tale that will make your heart race.Guillermo Tavarez is more than a private detective. He is a fixer. A fijador. In Phoenix, the city in the desert, full of devils preying on the innocent. Guillermo has identified one of the men who had killed his father. The drive for vengeance fills his heart with darkness and Guillermo faces both the devils surrounding him and the devil inside of him...

Ghost Lighter Than AluminumA ghost haunts Brian’s bicycle shop. Her name is Ally. And the two of them had been lovers before she died.She haunts him because she still loves him. When Brian seeks help with the haunting, he finds he cannot keep her in the dark. He too loves her still and there must be a way to bring her into the light.Part ghost story, part love story. A heartfelt tale of love and bicycles.

For All Your Head Needs Inside And Out.A Cut Beyond Barbershop always open for business. Everywhere, anytime. Turn your head after visiting and it blinks out of existence.A barbershop full of multitudes.Wherever the shop appears, the barbershop changes. A different name and a different barber—different gender, different nationality, different race.A Cut Beyond Barbershop Quartet includes stories about a woman looking for help facing her fear of death, a youn...