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Have you ever been in a situation where all of those internal warning signals went off but you went forward anyway? Or in a situation where you started to drive forward and then something told you to stop? This anthology is a collection of stories of similar situations that our authors experienced. Read on to find out about their own red flags.
While fishing in a remote Canadian wilderness park, a former U.S. Army captain, Roger Cummings, witnesses the murder of a man and the abduction of a woman. The woman escapes her captors and asks for Roger' s protection. Roger and Janeene flee by canoe but are pursued by a killer. In a gruesome battle the killer is critically wounded, but vanishes into the wilderness, while Roger and Janeene are rescued by U.S. Park Rangers. In Ely, Minnesota, Roger must explain the circumstances of the murder. An exhaustive search for facts proves inconclusive, and the killer is not located and remains a lethal threat. While there, Roger' s relationship with Janeene becomes romantic. The killer escapes from the park and ambushes Janeene' s family, taking her and Roger hostage. In a merciless conclusion, Roger and Janeene must face the most difficult decision of their lives.
A deadly virus preys on the mind, and no one is safe. Miles Chambers creates a viral weapon designed to steal a nation's will, but it leaks, and now, the virus is loose. The symptoms are subtle at first: fatigue, nausea, headaches. But soon, the infected descend into madness, turning on each other and themselves. As the world unravels, therapist Claire Long and scientist Jack Baker find themselves caught in the crosshairs. They must unravel the conspiracy behind the virus and find an antidote before they, too, succumb to its insidious effects. But can they trust each other when their own minds are under attack? The Enemy Within is a gripping psychological thriller for readers who enjoy suspenseful stories with complex characters and moral ambiguities.
As if the looming deadline to pay off a balloon mortgage isn't enough to worry about, the five partners who own the small town book store The Paper Pirate find themselves menaced by a stealthy crook who systematically searches first the shop, then each of their homes. Because he takes nothing and barely leaves traces of his presence, the police can't be of much help, and simply promise to keep an eye on Charlie Santorelli, Lavinia "Vinnie" Holcomb, Al Rockleigh, Felicia Cocolo and Lenora Stern. It's a mystery to them but the reader knows that Rick Foster, a shady rare-books dealer and his sidekick Nina Bartov are on the hunt for a particular old volume that sits unnoticed on a shelf in The P...
Our editor scoured the planet to find the most engaging, fun, varied stories to entertain you. Then he worked night and day with the authors to shine these little bits of narrative to make sure that the results were great stories, great writing, that don't fit neatly in a box.
Our editor scoured the planet to find the most engaging, fun, varied stories to entertain you. Then he worked night and day with the authors to shine these little bits of narrative to make sure that the results were great stories, great writing that don't fit neatly in a box.
A dark inheritance. A deadly game. Nadine Bishop's life is upended when she's named executrix of a will by a man from her past, Dunaway Martin. But this bequest comes with a sinister twist: she must oversee his estranged, drug-addled son, Remmington, to ensure he meets the will's sobriety and employment conditions. As Nadine navigates Remmington's volatile behavior and the dark secrets of the Martin family, she uncovers a web of deceit, addiction, and long-held grudges. With a drug cartel closing in and a potential fortune at stake, Nadine must confront her own demons and decide who to trust in this gripping tale of family, betrayal, and the search for redemption. For fans of character-driven suspense, set in the atmospheric landscape of the Pacific Northwest.
Our editor declared these novellas the best of the best among this collection. If you must only pick up one book of this volume, then this is the one to choose. Although, in all fairness, they are all pretty amazing. Don't choose. Get them all.
A fantastic anthology of novellas that don't fit neatly in a box. Includes The Witch Girl and the Wobbly by Michael Cooney, Please Listen Carefully As Our Options Have Changed by Eric Aldrich, Hearts In the Dark by Christopher Woods, Allure by Ed Burke, Eternal Spring by Cora Tate, Shipped Off by Gordon Blitz, and Shangri La by Mark Williams.
In Part 2, a smattering of the novellas are a young Irishman's escapades as he experiences that the local legend isn't really a legend in The Washerwoman; help a young orphan find her biological parents and unearth her family's secrets in Looking for Home; experience the lives of a prisoner and his torturer in The Inquisitor; find out what Horatio really thinks of Hamlet in Horatio; and check out the follow up to Newly Minted Wings and salty French Fries in You Want Me to Clean What?