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At an unnamed Ivy League University, a group of poor, overweight scholarship students are enslaved and tortured by the Coterie, the children of the Ultra Elite. When things go too far, the children of privilege are taught a lesson they will never forget…if they survive.

This short piece of nonfiction is important to me. As a writer, I have been influenced by many things, none of which more than "Star Trek".

Everyday I watch Johnny walk home from the bus stop, and everyday I watch him be tortured...it stops today.

High in the skies over Michigan, Frank and Susan have a few precious hours alone - safe from the chaos below. Alone in the cockpit Frank tells his lady love a tale of adventure, terror, and heroism in 1963 Las Vegas.

Flash Fiction stories are tales of a thousand words or less. In this collection, you the listener are offered ten short tales of horror and creeping terror.

The world as it had been ended in less than a day. An ancient evil that had been relegated to the most ancient of myths and legends has returned. The dead rose to consume the flesh of the living and only the lucky and the strong were able to survive the initial onslaught. Three groups of survivors must come together and unite against an army of the dead lead by a dark priest and his human followers who are looking to find the key to opening the barriers between worlds and turn the Earth into a true realm of the dead.

It's the first Christmas following the rise of the dead, and all little Caleb wants is to see his parents again. It's up to the only family he has left, his sister Amber, to try and make his Christmas wish come true.

At the dawn of the twenty-second century, the human race is poised for greatness. The Solar System is being rapidly colonized, and the stars are almost within reach. The future potential seems limitless.

Shattered Earth is the tale of Meg Carson, a woman jerked from her place in time and space and thrust into a horrific future. Once there Meg becomes ensnared in events set into motion long before the age of human civilization, by beings once thought to exist only in the realms of fable and mythology.

Season 3 of Summer Camp of the Dead picks up right where season 2 ended. While the kids at the camp hurry to raise a defense against the approaching bandits, Bob and the rest race to reach the island of safety ahead of an approaching hoard of the hungry dead.

The Marquette Institute and the Department of Preternatural Activities (DPA) have been America's primary defense against the things that go bump in the night for more than a century and a half. It has been said that without the activities of this group and similar organizations, the human race would've fallen under the heel of dark forces long ago.

In the second season our rangers and campers are forced to come together as a group. Then they are forced into town for supplies. In town a new group of kids holding up in the community center fight off the dead and an old warrior protects the town. In the woods Bob the Bear continues his hunt of the dead and his quest to protect cubs.

In the early days of the war in Afghanistan, a three man group of Marines are sent to protect a scientist on an unbelievable mission. Joined by an ancient Soviet soldier, these five men are all that stand between chaos and order in the mountains.

In the dark days of WWII a group of soldiers and scientists embarked on a secret expedition to the ice sheet of Greenland. The truth about what happened there was buried for seventy years. Now it can be told.

When the world is ending and monsters of myth and legend roam the land there is only one person the human race can count on to stand on our side: Frankenstein! From his fortress deep in the arctic Frank gathers the information needed to determine the threats facing the world. Contacting friends and colleagues from his centuries of life, he prepares to ride out the storm of death and chaos.

Set one year after the events of Shattered Earth, Book 1 this novella is a story of love, loss, and the attempt by Meg Carson to finally grieve the loss of her true love. Delving into the past relationship between the young women, their sundering, and Tammy's years after the collapse of human civilization, this short tale will fill in some of the gaps and events in Book 2.

The Dark Musings Collection contains six stories of horror and suspense.

In the second season of the Preserve, first contact is made between several contestants, questions are answered, and new questions are posed. In the outside world, a lone reporter is leaked information from within the Preserve. Among the Cabal members, the strain of unforeseen anomalies cause fractures to appear.

Five strangers dropped alone on a mysterious island littered with strange debris and horrific creatures. A cabal of five powerful shadowy men controlling the life and death "Trials" of these poor souls. This is the world of "The Preserve". In season 1.0 (Episodes 1-6) we are introduced to the individual players in our drama.

In the tradition of Max Brooks' amazing and seminal Zombie Survival Guide, The Risen Dead is a fictional handbook written by a survivor of the Zombie Apocalypse in "The Shores of the Dead" universe. This is intended as a companion piece and a bridging tome between the first cycle of stories and the second.