Stories

Some secrets, one should keep till they are in the grave. Eddie Olsen, a 29-year-old single man, and Manager of a local Starbucks finds out why in a terrifying fashion, one Halloween Night.

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A vampire teacher with advanced knowledge of the vampire scriptures and what their significance is in darkness is suddenly partnered up with a young newblood who has an extra that allows him to decode ancient texts at will. However...when the Elders find out about this ability, they target the boy for execution! What are they hiding? And can the teacher help him figure out the hidden message before the Elders find them and eliminate the threat?

Joey Lam just lost his fiance, Jake Lawrence, due to an auto accident on Thanksgiving. They were supposed to get married on Christmas Day. Through a series of ancient taoist rituals and modern artificial intelligence programming, Joey may still be able to give Jake something seemingly impossible, the promised Christmas wedding.

Fall Anthology 2021 Theme- "An Unconventional Gift"

This is a story about the precarious balance between life and death, and love and hate. Chester is perched on a knife edge, looking back instead of forward because he has secrets... shameful ones, and he has never felt so alone. Is peace ever going to be his?

The year is 1987, and an aging Tokyo crime boss with a shady past has called on a very old friend for help with what he believes to be a dire situation. There is only one hope for the future in his mind, and the sharing of this secret comes at a heavy price. But is he preventing an apocalyptic clash between the humans who walk in daylight and the vampires who live in darkness? Or is he igniting a conflict that will ultimately end in the anihilation of both? Can this close vampire contact from his past save that which he values most?

The ghost of a murdered young male prostitute seeks help in bringing his murderer to justice before he strikes again. Unfortunately, there are obstacles in the way...of the darkest kind!

The trifecta is complete. Two opposite linked by a third, ready to fight for humanity.

Randy Watson had been mostly happy with his life of hopping from one women’s bed to another in his small town of Burney. Things changed when he met a sexy man working in town for the summer. He not only ended up with one boyfriend, but two. On top of that, he found out both men were something called a lycan. His final surprise was being asked if he wanted to become one too.

They said his mother was a witch. They said he would go to hell like her and he did. In a way.

A story set in the Charlie Boone universe.

When not being a part of Charlie’s own adventures, Pacha, Mike, Bobby, and Kontus are off on quests of their own. The scholarly Pacha’ka is a wonder at deciphering the clues that lead to the hidden remains of long-vanished galactic civilizations. Mike, Bobby, and their Trichani friend, Kontus, love being a part of those explorations.

This time, the four are on the trail of a lost place of the ancient Hartonin. They set out to follow those clues, and quickly find themselves off on a totally unexpected chase across time, involving the most interesting artifact they have encountered yet!