Dayna Chrissie, the leading Crime Scene Analyst for the LAPD, enjoys nothing more than finding the one clue that can solve a crime. The day she finds a golden medallion on a body that’s been dumped at a downtown construction site, she doesn�...

When a warlock from the magical world of the Morning Land murders Derek Ridder’s friend, the LAPD detective gets a new partner. Her name’s Tavia, and she’s a brash, driven unicorn filly. She identifies the killer as Sir William Teac...

When the Caranthine Empire invades the peaceful land of Melusia, the wizard of Darkfell stands ready to repel the attacking hordes. Ready, that is, until a terrible accident takes him out of action. Muriel, the wizard’s younger sister, send...

Supermarket cart pusher Colin Webb’s day goes from bad to terrifying the day he comes across a note scrawled in a child’s hand: Pleze Help Us We R Kidnaped. Colin’s co-workers dismiss the note as a joke. Colin’s boss threat...

Destined to be the greatest short story ever set inside men’s bathroom at the Vatican, ‘Assassin’ follows the world’s most pious (and unlucky) hit man. Paul ‘The Ghost’ Taranto’s mission: assassinate a Cardinal....

The ON THE AIR sign lit up again. Dwayne leaned towards the mike, and then flipped the studio switch for the phone line. “Howdy, stranger, and welcome to KRAP’s own Dwayne an’ Arlo Show.” A slow, dark laugh. “Call me...

Sir Maximilian isn’t your typical knight. True, he’s dashing, brave, and courageous. Then again, he talks to his horse, he’s been known to burn castles down, and he’s on the gallop from debts he owes the Bohemian mob. So Max...

Eco-tourist Jonah Brooks stumbles into a nightmare as he’s snared in an East African quarantine zone. Black Nile hemorrhagic virus rampages through the rain forest like a feral beast. It burns through the human population with a terrifying ...

Diana Cooper had just raised the champagne flute to her lips when the bullet shattered the glassware into crystal shards. She’d been ready for a night out on the town. Not for a man to show up at her Manhattan penthouse with a loaded gun in...

A stranded tourist. A wrecked inflatable boat. A rocky island the size of a parking lot. And the icy gray tide rushes in. An aspiring photographer must confront his deepest fear: the unknown depths of the open sea. And whatever creatures lie ...