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Lindsay Trujillo Returns . . . After a paranormal encounter on her last case, Special Agent Lindsay Trujillo has placed herself on an extended leave of absence from the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit as she tries to cope with the events of the past. But Lindsay knows better than anyone that evil never rests, and now a new serial killer is on the loose, crossing the country while he leaves a trail of bodies in his wake. To Fight Another Monster . . . There seems to be no apparent rhyme or reason to the murders, but the killer leaves the same disturbing signature, one too specific to be ...

When a morally ambiguous real estate agent who moonlights as an amateur private detective lists a property for a client whose identity is shrouded in mystery, he unwittingly takes on his first murder case, putting himself at the center of a much larger conspiracy. Thomas Price is a successful real estate agent trying to put his life back together after a nasty divorce and custody battle over his 13-year-old daughter. He’s on the rebound and no slouch with the ladies, which is good news for someone who can’t stand being alone. When he receives a call from a mysterious stranger asking him...

During the summer of 1993, Zach and his friends set out to have one final adventure before they start high school. But instead, they accidentally discover an entrance to hell and the dark secret which resides there. People are disappearing, and when Zach's girlfriend goes missing, he suddenly finds himself caught up in a battle against an ancient evil which threatens to destroy anything that gets in its way.

Mild-mannered Stan Morris is a loving husband and father. The catch? He’s also a superhero. But saving the world is a piece of cake compared to salvaging a marriage in turmoil and raising his six-year-old son. Stan struggles with adjusting to bachelorhood again, moving into a cramped apartment and getting relationship advice from his loyal friend and financial manager Barry. He does battle with his nemesis, Brainfart, as well as an emerging threat that call themselves the Society of Modern Maniacs. All this while desperately trying to reconcile with his wife. Stan has always excelled at ...

Thanks to a vaccine called headspace, violent crime is a thing of the past. Headspace doesn’t prevent violent thoughts, it prevents you from acting on them. There hasn’t been a murder in nearly 50 years. Gone are the days when cops carried guns. Gone are the days when law enforcement was trained to deal with heinous crimes. In the year 2109, cops are nothing more than glorified therapists, trained to handle conflict with words rather than actions. Headspace ensures no conflict will result in violence. Until now… Officer Marcus Hardy is the closest thing that Omaha Metro Crisis ...

Howie Schmidt and Tommy Wilkins met when they were eight-years-old. That was also about the time that Howie fell madly in love with Shelby, Tommy’s twin sister. When Howie first moved to town, Shelby warned him against being friends with Tommy. She told him life would only get worse because Tommy wasn’t one of the popular kids. In fact, he was far from it. He’s been picked-on and bullied his entire life. His father is an alcoholic ex-marine with a short fuse and a violent streak. Despite Shelby’s advice, Howie befriends Tommy. He soon learns that Shelby wasn’t exaggerating. Tommy ...

Weird Tales . . . Derek Hanes has always been lucky. Things always came easy. Maybe too easy. After always getting what he wants, his luck might be about to change when his polar opposite shows up on his doorstep Some people think the world is out to get them, but since the day he was born, that has been Otto's reality. He's been a boy on the run from an entire planet, with only a hired assassin standing between him and the 8 billion people trying to kill him. Salvadore Nash gets paid to find things. But his latest case finds him in possession of a mysterious artifact that has everyone ...

After his wife is brutally murdered, police officer Kyle Willing will do whatever it takes to bring her killer to justice. As Kyle grapples with loss and raising his eight-year-old son on his own, he is given an opportunity for revenge by his brother-in-law, best-selling mystery writer Thomas Drake. Drake can give Kyle just what he wants: a chance at catching his wife's killer.

Aspiring comedian Lee Parrish thought the worst thing to happen to him was his recent divorce. Until, that is, he discovers Earth has secretly been invaded by a race of technologically challenged aliens who are hell-bent on taking over the entire planet one person at a time.

Sam Finch is a frail but exceedingly intelligent boy whose lifelong aspiration has always been to attend the Dashelmore Warrior Training Academy. When Sam turns 15, his wish finally comes true. About to leave home for the first time, little does he know what is in store for him as he finds himself physically outmatched, falling in love with two different girls, and illegally learning to do magic on the side. And then there's his secondhand sword named Rusty, which seems to possess secret powers despite being far past its prime.

During his first year at the Dashelmore Warrior Training Academy, Sam Finch proved himself a hero when he saved King Leodin’s daughter, Princess Sarah, from an evil sorcerer named Demälikar. But there was a price to pay… In order to save his father’s life, Sam had to make a pact with Demälikar. One day the evil sorcerer would call upon Sam to do him a favor. Sam has no idea what that favor might be, but he knows one thing for sure: it won’t be good. Now attending his second year at the Academy, Sam continues his warrior training, while also dabbling in Mage Skills and the Holy ...

Taylor and Carl Mitchell are brothers who have taken wildly divergent paths in life. But when a mysterious virus transforms most of the Earth’s population into bloodthirsty lunatics, they must learn to trust each other and work together in a dangerous new world where the slightest misstep could lead to the ultimate consequence. The brothers must face their innermost fears and confront loss as they try to survive the long journey home. But will anyone be there waiting for them? Sometimes there isn’t a happy ending.

Alan Lamb is a special agent for a new federal law enforcement agency called the Genetic Crimes Bureau. The GCB investigates so-called biocrimes; crimes involving the modification of the genetic blueprint, virus tampering, DNA manipulation, unsanctioned human experiments and illegal performance enhancement. Haunted by a tragic car accident that left him scarred twenty years ago, Alan must race against time to bring down a criminal mastermind who is playing a deadly cat-and-mouse game that would have given Sherlock Holmes a run for his money. It begins as a series of elaborate bank heists, ...

Evil invades the sleepy little town of Crater Lake, Iowa . . . Rookie Sheriff Nathan Murphy goes on the hunt for a serial killer who is murdering young girls by staking them through the heart and decapitating them. But that’s not all – before killing them, he drains their blood first. Enlisting the help of FBI Profiler Lindsay Trujillo, Nathan begins a descent into darkness as the investigation leads them down a trail of the supernatural. They soon discover they may not be dealing with something human after all. Their suspect may be far older and far more dangerous . . . The first ...

A hundred and fifty years in the future, the United States and China launch a joint mission to send an interstellar voyage to a carbon-rich planet composed almost entirely of diamond. The crew’s mission: to mine the planet of its riches and transport them back to Earth. But what they don’t realize is that they aren’t the first to set foot on this strange new planet…and the original visitors might not be willing to share.

Aging rock star Stevie Wilde knows about demons. He has been battling them for most of his career. Drugs, alcoholism, sex addiction – you name it, he’s tried it. But his days of selling out stadiums ended a long time ago. In an effort to thrust himself back into the limelight, Stevie joins a team of paranormal investigators in an attempt to do something that has never been done before: they want to haunt a house that isn’t haunted, and Stevie is the best guy to foot the bill. A psychic with a secret; a ghost hunter with a cancelled reality show; a skeptical ex-history professor; a ...