Stories

In the east are monsters. In the north is the witch. In the south is the capital. To the west is the waste. The land is called Xin. Life has been nothing but cruel to the children soldiers Sumi and Harakin. They were not expected to survive as long as they have. In the north, a child with shadows ventures to the witch's lair. In the south, an organic mechanic is expelled from her guild.

How will these different individuals from a distant land connect to the events in Books One & Two? And what will happen with the monsters?

Trevor Carlson is making his way through graduate school. He’s the best friend and beta to the most powerful wolves known to exist. Rather than be swallowed by the shadows of his friend’s success, Trevor’s shown time and again he’s a confident and powerful force who can stand on his own. A summer internship working at his friends pack in California broadens his horizons and reminds him not all education takes place in the classroom.

Thank you to Carlos Hazday for his tireless work as editor and pushing me through writers block to make this story what it is.

A product of a sterile lab, Dani is a vampire unlike any other — he's never known humanity. Under the watchful eye of his enigmatic mentor, Vinicius, Dani has lived an existence utterly isolated from society, leaving him profoundly naive to its ways. When Vinicius is abruptly taken, Dani's sheltered world crumbles, leaving him woefully unprepared for what lies beyond. Now, he's thrown into the chaos of a vampire high school, where he must grapple with the treacherous currents of adolescence and the desires of his non-beating heart.

A year has passed since the events of "The Mantis Variant - Book One" and the clash between the underground and the tower. A group of Biological Shifts has started slaughtering Messiahs in Teshon City. To find the culprits, the Principal Messiah establishes a task force to investigate the murders. Meanwhile, the mystic and his husband with their group of friends convince Dozi to take a trip. They help a child while away, but when they return to Teshon City, the streets become a battleground. Who will survive this new confrontation and what will be left of them?

When an otherwordly anomaly swallows Times Square on April 13 of 2018, New Yorkers all over the city are forced to confront a reality that is rapidly collapsing on itself. Each chapter of this multigenre anthology follows a different character at different points in time during an ongoing Apocalypse.

The Deep Oceans are the last frontier of our planet. Charting has begun some time ago, but it’s time to use the resources from it. What might that process look like when we finally go to that extreme?

Charlie and his friends have gotten their business, Third Planet Inquiries, rolling. After a slow start, job inquiries have been coming in, and they have launched into solving unusual mysteries all over the planet and beyond. So when a man contacts them about investigating a house that refuses to be renovated, the guys are off on another adventure that will take them to the ends of the earth, and more!

A runaway orphan boy loses himself in a primeval American forest and, on the brink of death, is saved by the animals living there. As he recovers he finds that the animals have saved him for a reason, a reason that makes his life worth living. It seems like a fable that might have taken place in Africa, or India, a hundred years ago, but although this boy was not raised by apes or wolves, his story in contemporary America is even stranger. Be warned, however, that although this tale has many joyous moments, there is sorrow here as well, sorrow for the boy, and for the many who came to love him.

What will happen when four strangers from different backgrounds are left alone on a deserted island? How will they survive against all the odds and dangers?

An exciting story with plenty of twists and tales.

After a challenging week at work, a night out drinking at The Humpback sounded perfect to Banner Hoyt. The following morning, at the Coast Guard station’s barracks, Banner feels energized but fuzzy on the previous evening’s events. It takes some time to recall everything and even longer to realize that night had changed his life forever.