SAMPLE CHAPTERS
Click below to enjoy a couple sample chapters – on the house.
SHORT STORIES
BLOOD
At an ancient university hidden in the Scottish highlands, an unmotivated student will uncover the disturbing truth of his classmates' role in the Gothic establishment.
I AM HALLOWEEN
Every October 23rd, a host of supernatural beings enjoy a drug-like thrill of paranormal energy, ecstatic to be the most powerful creatures on Earth. But when humans begin to colonize their home, the beings are threatened by their only weakness: the disbelief in their existence. Now, with all his comrades scared off by the invaders, one remaining monster struggles with existential dread while trying to recreate the thrill he used to feel.
Read or listen to I Am Halloween here.
MY THOUGHTS ON MACKENZIE WEAVER
We've all known at least one of them: those people who you can't quite get a grip on, the ones who are just a little bit unsettling. But what if there was more to their offputting nature than a little social discomfort? What if they were hiding a dark secret, a deep connection to something you didn't want to know about, but may come to believe in when you see it face-to-face?
Read or listen to My Thoughts on
Drawing by Alice Chesley
THE LEGEND OF MACKENZIE WEAVER: PART ONE
Mackenzie Weaver: urban legend to some, oppressive reality to others.
Rose Williams has done a good job moving on from the horrors she witnessed during Mackenzie's rampage – but months of progress vanish in an instant when she learns her worst nightmare may have returned from the grave.
Read or listen to The Legend of Mackenzie Weaver:
Drawing by Jackson Capoldo
THE LEGEND OF MACKENZIE WEAVER: PART TWO
Three years after the death of Rose Williams, Mackenzie sets her sights on Sophie Rogers: a well-to-do former classmate hiding out in Seattle. With Mackenzie set to arrive on Christmas Eve, those who plan on ending her scourge once and for all have to prepare themselves and Sophie for the inevitable confrontation.
Read or listen to The Legend of Mackenzie Weaver:
Part Two here
Drawing by Fleshwad
MACKENZIE WENT DOWN TO GEORGIA
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a young man works his days away aboard a short-cruise riverboat in Savannah, Georgia. But unlike his cheerful and carefree work friends, this young man is a former classmate of Mackenzie Weaver – and a global quarantine isn't enough to stop her from coming after her prey.
Drawing by Nathaniel J. Nelson
WHEN BOSTON CAME ALIVE
A simple-minded North Ender wakes up one morning to discover that the entire city has gone crazy – even by Boston standards.
Read When Boston Came Alive here.
THE NUMBER FOUR
Time travel: a favorite concept in fiction, a common device used to spur on plots, and the basis of that age-old question – if you could go back and change one moment in history, what would it be?
More specifically, what if you could change the past, but never return to the present? What if there was someone watching you, using their own faulty logic to decide what was and was not worth changing?
Read The Number Four here.
UNDERNËATH
At the inception of the COVID-19 pandemic, a retail worker in Savannah, Georgia discovers that the government-mandated quarantine may lead the human race in a direction they don't want to go.
Read Undernëath here.
AIN'T NO GRAVE
A young rock n' roll enthusiast comes to believe his favorite singer is sending him messages from beyond the grave.
Read Ain't No Grave here.
