What do you do when a bat bites your best friend? Matthew and Nick's best friend, Jake, is attacked on his way home from school, and strange things are starting to happen. The sun bothers his eyes, he doesn't cast a reflection, and he is longer able ...
What do you do when your best friend becomes a zombie, and you think it's all your fault? While attending the Amazing Zoltan's show, Matthew's best friend, Nick, is hypnotized and turned into a zombie. When they leave, Nick seems normal again. But th...
Inability to get along with family members is a given when it comes to being together for Thanksgiving, but is it possible to be so dysfunctional you accidentally kill someone? This short story appears in the Thanksgiving mystery anthology THE KILLER...
The scent of cotton candy, kettle corn, deep-fried cheese curds and pronto pups fill the air at the end of summer. The Minnesota State Fair has started and, slice by slice, a chuck of butter reveals a woman's head; a bust of Princess Kay of the Milky...
What do you do when your brother is turning into Frankenstein's monster in the room next to yours, and there's no lock on your bedroom door? After a car accident, Matthew's brother has a metal halo screwed into his skull. But he doesn't look like an ...