The birth of Edie Jackson's baby will at last make the population of tiny Dumford, Kansas a thousand people, a number they would have reached a month ago if the latest baby born hadn't disappeared from its crib a day after arriving home. Edie's b...

Guy Driscoll thinks he’s doing the right thing by giving up his job at a Chicago newspaper to get his promiscuous daughter out of the city and into the small town life Guy knew as a child. All he does is deliver her into the line of fire of s...

A downed plane full of passengers is halved by two realms, one that looks a lot like the hot, dry desert of the southwest, and one that doesn't, where the flora is blue trees with curly leaves and the fauna is something no one on board has ever se...

Tarbari leaves his place between the two goons in the boisterous dining hall and carries his tray to sit across from David. David chews with his mouth open and smiles. "Well, Anwar, at last we meet face to face." "I admit you are something of a ...

During his son's baseball game a tax attorney catches a glimpse of a birthmark on a man's leg and his blood runs cold with the memories that come. When he was five years old he saw something he shouldn't have, went somewhere he never should have g...

Zito said, "So what are you asking of me? Why not go to the police?" Marti stopped, lifted both hands then sat. "I don’t know! I didn’t think the police would—I have no idea what I’m asking. Aren’t you supposed to know? ...