Extreme mountain biker Kate Ramsdell has survived broken necks and breast cancer. Life is good with husband Dave, a successful computer programmer, and a stepson who’s newly engaged. As far as Kate is concerned, the worst of life’s challenges are...
What do trolleys, bananas, and impudent fairies have in common? A fairy hunter named Zola and her newest blind date: Milton B. Flannigan, III. Unfortunately, dear old Miltie isn't everything he's been made out to be. He's more. Then again, so is Zola...
No matter whether it's here on Earth or halfway across the Galaxy, revenge always packs a punch. Question is: do you take it standing up like a man or let it suck you into an empty black hole? ...
When Cal is “sentenced” to spend her summer outside with a bunch of gawky kids and stinky cows, she’s certain there is no worse punishment. Life without her computer is no life at all. All her friends, at least the ones that matter, are onlin...
Jack Wood is The Contractor in Little Valley, California. He knows who to wine and who to dine and tonight is his night. Tonight the entire valley has come together to honor Jack for being the Most Prolific Contractor in the area. A perfect night ...
Phyllis Carlson hates gizmos, gadgets, and anything techno. She keeps her entire world as uncluttered by technology as possible, not an easy feat in the 2060’s. But when someone murders her best friend, Phyllis faces the technology she despises h...
Driving through the desert at three a.m. is not Digi’s idea of a good time. Especially when someone has been rude enough to dump a coffin-size box in the middle of the road, forcing Digi into a muddy field in the middle of the pouring rain. When ...
Everyone wants a little magic in their lives, don’t they? Everyone, that is, except the guy Gerold’s been sent to bring back to magic school. If Gerold can’t convince this cowboy to come back with him, Gerold’s plans for post-elementary stu...
Johnny T. Bunker always knew the aliens would come. His grandpa promised. Johnny’d made a promise in turn, that he would bear witness to the invasion once his grandpa was no longer around. And here it is - the invasion. Johnny can stand around w...
There are things in the sky. Lights suddenly appear and then wink out of sight. Strange-shaped objects streak across a plane's path. We know they are here. They know they are here. Only two questions remain: What do they want? And what are we ...
Living on a frigid planet on the edge of the universe is not on everyone's retirement agenda. In fact, the only ones luck enough to live this far out are refugees, miners, and outlaws. Kitty is an outlaw, though she doesn't feel like one...
Wild magic and monsters. Who could ask for anything more?When Lani's grandmother unexpectedly dies, Lani sets out to find the only relative she has left " a long lost aunt who lives half a continent away. Lani's falls back on her only protection ...
When Hiram Randall finds a corpse in his bathtub all he wants is to make it go away, but the cops are determined to pin the murder on him and so is his shrimpy neighbor. Can Hiram con his way out of this sticky situation? Or will his wife's r...
Rhea Lockman hates technology. Gadgets and gizmos have not only complicated her life, they've killed her husband and son. Now she has a chance to help a rebel group in their fight against The Establishment, striking directly against the techn...
You can get away with a lot of things in Hell -- bad singing, bad politics, bad breath.Even murder.But no one gets away with stealing Sam the Ham’s delicious Golden Pig.A laugh-out-loud story about life after death -- from a rebel hamster’s point...
Jamie Sloan found his super powers sitting in a blackberry bush outside his bedroom window on the morning of his tenth birthday. Picking blackberries -- not high on Jamie’s priority list, especially on his tenth birthday. But Mom insists -- family ...
Meet J.J. Colton -- a bull-fighting clown with Baditude. Not only does she love to clown around, she does so while sharing an arena with a not-so-happy bull. Being a bullfighter is the achievement of a life-long dream. Unfortunately, dreams come with...
Early 1850. Something hungry moves among the hulls of the abandoned ships blanketing San Francisco bay like an abandoned graveyard. The whispers spread, “There be dragons here.” Why does Abby Crumb get the feeling she might be the dragon’s main...
Miners and zombies and ships that can fly . . . When Abby Crumb finally meets up with her mother, she finds -- well, she’s not certain just what she’s found. A mining camp in the middle of the wild, wild west flaunts the very idea of propriety an...
A lonely hotel and a slew of lost souls. What could possibly go wrong?Familiarity brews comfort, an adage the crew at the Bolt Hole hotel fully appreciates. Head clerk Mina Frank loves her daily routine and the souls that work for her. She’s ev...
Enjoy the urban fantasy stories of the Uncollected Anthology: Crossroads Hotel now collected in this bundle. Negotiate a convention of funeral directors and order a grilled cheese sandwich. Discover how walking upstairs can change your life or a watc...
What would YOU do if your predictable life turned into an unpredictable nightmare?Imagine waking one morning to discover yourself in a real bind—all because of your sisters. 17-year-old Abigail Crumb expects to nurture her new sisters. Instead...