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The apocalypse ended years ago. From the carnage of war, rival societies influenced by misunderstanding have sought refuge in the sky above Earth’s devastated surface. Having grown up in constant sunlight, never seeing traces of night, Sage, a daylighter, wonders why his dad is scared of the dark. Years later after a violent solar storm cripples his skyjammer, he briefly encounters exiles from Earth’s dark side. When captured by nightdwellers, people who live only in the darkness, he’s held prisoner in an unimaginable place. Sage learns why his father was afraid, as escape may be ...

Who decided there’s a right and wrong side of town? While passing through the small town of Fulton, North Dakota, a perfect place in America’s wide open, Scarlett meets the young man of her dreams. Mason is the sweet boy next door, the one most girls desire. But his dark past, hidden from him his whole life, unexpectedly surfaces, changing how people see him and how he sees himself. Somehow her love for Mason will remind him that he’s a good man, one of the best.

Bullied by classmates and abused by his stepdad, seventeen year old Orrville Fletcher plans to leave his run-down home outside Birchwood Hollow, Tennessee once he turns eighteen. But one night after fighting off his stepdad, his escape from this small remote town in Appalachia is halted by an unimaginable invasion of space aliens, leading him to revelations of an unexpected truth.

From an abandoned village claimed by the arid wastelands, a false prophet and a young man condemned as a heretic set out on a perilous trek to the cloud-veiled summit of a sacred mountain. The false prophet wishes to speak to the revered god said to reign from there. The young heretic seeks only revenge. What these companions discover upon their arrival at the mountain’s summit are the beginnings of revelations and lies. With the false prophet’s decision to remain in sanctuary upon the mountain, the young man, no longer branded as a heretic, sets out for a hopeful future in the far west...

Consumed with sorrow over the tragic deaths of his wife and infant son, Paul Tichnor suffers one restless night after another. His need to find the person responsible for their deaths forced him to leave his house each night in the hours surrounding when they were thought to have been killed by a car. He sits alone in his pickup truck near the crossroads where their bodies were found. There he waits in hopes the person’s guilt will force them to return to the scene of the crime. He intends to then follow their car and bring this killer to justice. It is said that misery loves company. As ...

A devil’s playground Beneath the crisp white snow crowning the headstones of Shallow Hill, restless spirit voices echo warnings of danger. Brianna’s gift of conversing with the dead is tested to its limits when the man she loves falls victim to those suffering minds warped by greed and sadism. In waging battle against these all too human demons to save him, the once hallowed graveyard grounds alters its serenity when tainted by horrors and perversions, offering no escape for some.

Amidst a world of cyber surveillance and advancing technology of 2035 San Francisco, Sebastian, a teen runaway, innocently access a sophisticated virtual reality program. The breach of this data proves the catalyst in unraveling corporate and government sanctioned deception of the most unimaginable type. And along with his computer hacker friend, Scotty, both are thrust into a dangerous conspiracy, linking them to a source exposing the truth.

At times, fate has a mysterious way of keeping those under true love’s spell apart. Yet lovers meant to be together will always find their way back to each other. In this romantic tale, three couples must confront this dilemma, as time, distance, and the unknown hinder their efforts. One couple suffers the separation of time, existing both in the present and the future. A second couple finds separation through a misunderstanding, leaving both their hearts broken. The most challenging though is for a third couple who believe they have never met in person. Their love affair began with an ...

An unforgiving cocktail mixed with lies, crime, prejudice, cancer, porn addiction, identity theft, and drug and alcohol use has been served to the elderly residents of San Francisco’s Marberry Place. None ever imagined the angst of their youth would return to haunt them in their golden years. Each person living here finds themselves in a struggle to confront the past. Adding to their distress is the realization that each coming day is not guaranteed. Amidst the summer months of the 2020 global pandemic, the past weighs heavily on them. Each resident must make peace with what they have ...

Traveling to sunny Florida for a week-long vacation, Michael is thrilled to see his grandpa. The retirement community of Gulf Shore proves the perfect place be. Its picturesque vintage boardwalk, fishing pier, and uncrowded beach are just what he needs. Surrounded by retirees having a strong zest for life, he realizes that the Sunshine State isn’t just a place. It’s a state of mind.Left broken hearted by his former girlfriend, Michael is surprised to meet Everley, the granddaughter of another resident. At first, bold in her attraction to him, when she pulls back, distancing herself from...

With Sebastian’s health deteriorating, his dad decides to risk them both crossing into Canada in efforts to meet with a physician friend in Montreal who might be able to help. Yet before even reaching the border they encounter new threats against them. Their escape is further complicated when after reaching Lee’s friend they are separated. This leads Sebastian to a perilous journey across the Canadian frontier, finding both a new friend and discovering a far more dangerous robotic conspiracy than anyone could have imagined.

Arriving during the night on Christmas Eve, a toy soldier finds himself lost to the wonders surrounding him. Beneath the glistening ornaments of the tree, he not only hold hope for his future, but also falls under romantic notions for a beautiful ballerina doll. Enamored by her, his desire for her is threatened by a possessive clown doll who has also fallen under the ballerina’s spell. The clown’s painted smile masks the villain he is. Realizing the clown threatens all, the toy soldier must summon his courage to save the ballerina and others from the clown’s dangerous intentions. Note...

Sebastian’s hopes of having a new life in Alaska quickly fade. Suffering in being the constant target for teasing from his high school classmates and understanding the dangers his dad attempts to shield them from, a sudden tragedy destroys any chances of this. He returns to San Francisco with the belief he can resume his previous life there as a runaway surviving on the streets. But as the old saying warns, you can’t go home. The dangers he faces here have multiplied, leading him to wonder if he can ever escape from the relentless hauntings of his past.

A thousand worlds in one place. That’s what seventeen year old, Ridge Baker, thought when he walked into the Cedarville, North Carolina library. Having recently moved to this small town, he knew the library would become a safe place for him to hang out from the outside world. Since he was a little boy, he had been constantly teased about his stuttering speech impediment. Staying quiet and reading books were his means of coping with this. His mom, though, forbid him from reading as it reminded her of what his late dad loved to share with him before he passed away. Yet Ridge was determined ...

The rodeo possessed their blood and hearts. In the small northwestern Texas town of Chancellorsville, for Houston Calhoun and his brothers, Austin and Dallas, Dellinger’s Rodeo had been their home for as long as he could remember. Austin’s risk-taking passion was for riding the dangerous bulls. Dallas, usually drunk, acted as his normal foolish self as a rodeo clown. As for Houston, his heart belonged to the horses he groomed and a Cherokee girl named Raven. Their family’s dark past had led them here. From what Houston had overheard Austin say to Dallas once, the three brothers had no...