Prisms are instruments, mirrors, metaphors, gateways humankind must pass through in order to achieve, to overcome, to realize, to become. Contained herein are nineteen transformative tales from some of speculative fiction's most brilliant minds. So open your eyes and let the light pass through . . .

Detective Shane Scully responds to a call in the Hollywood hills at a once-immaculate mansion, the scene of an infamous murder twenty-five years prior. He discovers the remnants of a lavish pool party. The revelers have fled, leaving three dead bodies in their wake, all shot with the same gun. One is an acclaimed film producer. The other two, a pair of gorgeous women.With his new partner, Sumner "Hitch" Hitchens, Scully begins to investigate what looks to be an open-and-shut case: T...

A Shane Scully Novel by the Bestselling Author of The Tin Collectors and The Viking FuneralEmmy Award--winning writer-producer Stephen J. Cannell sets his next pulse-pounding thriller in the high-stakes world he knows best---Hollywood! In Hollywood Tough, organized crime attempts to take over the film craft unions.Detective Shane Scully is back in the good graces of the department, hailed as a hero after bringing down a deadly gang ...

Chris Scully presents three tales of erotic gay romance."Welcome to the Benton Hotel, where we’re not satisfied until you are."In Watch Me, a hotel clerk borrows a uniform, which leads to a surprising discovery about his colleague’s personal life, and an even more unexpected discovery about himself.A married man has a night of passion when he meets a stranger in a hotel pub in Wedded.And in Wanted, ...

*This Shane Scully Double Pack is two novels in one--*Vertical Coffin plus The Tin Collectors , Stephen J. Cannell's first Shane Scully novel!A nightmarish series of events sweeps LAPD's Sergeant Shane Scully and his wife (and boss), Alexa, into the vortex of an enormous, jurisdictional firestorm.First, a sheriff's deputy, a friend of Shane's, is gunned down while serving a routine search warrant. His fellow deputies blame the incident on the Bureau of Alcoh...

For an amazing 67 years, Vin Scully was not only the voice of Dodgers baseball, but the gold standard when it came to sports broadcasting. A legend early in his prestigious career, Scully was a trusted companion to countless baseball fans across generations.Vin Scully: The Voice of Dodger Baseball is a celebration of an unparalleled life and career in the sport, from Scully's early days in Brooklyn with the Dodgers in the 1950s, to the introduction of baseball in Southern ...

Following the success of his bestselling novel White Sister, Stephen J. Cannell's latest blockbuster has Detective Shane Scully fighting to save a man railroaded for murder, while his wife, Alexa, has become a total stranger to himA small-time crook is doing life in California's notoriously brutal Corcoran State Prison for the murder of his mother. He admitted to the crime, but now he claims his confession was coerced by the cops. A beautiful Internal Affairs dete...

Massage therapist Erik Morgan offers a very special after-hours service to a handful of select clients. From a young man anxious to explore his sexuality, to a stroke patient who fears he’ll never be a man again, Erik touches them all. But no one touches him. Not anymore.Faced with a personal tragedy, Erik loses himself in helping others. Until one brave client turns the tables and gets under his skin, and Erik finds himself touched in unexpected ways.Warning! This gay ...

The Great Gatsby meets Hellraiser.Mabel Rose Dixon will do anything to become a Ziegfeld girl—including picking the pockets of the wealthy NYC elite to fund her way to stardom. When she picks the wrong pocket, Mabel loses her soul to a hotel run by demons and tumbles into the world of The Grand Hotel, a place where any artist can make it big.Mabel’s greatest wish to be famous is granted. Every night, she performs as the starring act to a c...

ONE IS his beloved.Leaving L.A.'s Parker Center, Shane Scully and his wife, Alexa, agree to meet at home…but Alexa never arrives. Then Shane's called to a crime scene on Mulholland Drive, where the victim, an apparent gang member, has been executed—and left in Alexa's car. Her gun is the likely murder weapon.THE OTHER Is his Nemesis.As Shane desperately tries to find Alexa, his leads point to a feud between two gangsta-rap record compa...

Journalist Alex Buchanan has come home to the remote British Columbia town he grew up in, but only because his estranged father is dying. For Alex, the homecoming holds a mix of memories, mostly bad. The only bright spot is reconnecting with Benji Morning, the childhood friend he never truly forgot. As boys, the strength of their bond had frightened Alex. But now that he’s confident in his bisexuality, he’s drawn back to quiet, soft-spoken Ben.Ben isn’t the same boy Alex left behin...

People everywhere have some sense of the importance of the antiquities of Egypt. Nicki Scully's passion for Egypt goes much much deeper than the typical tourists' experience. Scully has discovered and experienced the deep wisdom of the Egyptian mysteries. She introduces us to the power of ancient rights and symbols once reserved for Pharaohs, the purpose of which is to reveal inner authority, wisdom and guidance.