“The Prisoner”

In an era long forgotten to human history, powerful magicians still hold sway over the lives of men.  When the magician Janesh demands tribute from a small village the residents must obey or be punished, but when a humble carpenter is unable to meet the magician’s unreasonable demands, his daughter Devora offers herself as a tribute to save his life.  Taken to the magician’s dark castle, she soon realizes a short life of pain and misery awaits her.  Her only hope for survival lies in the hands of a young servant in Janesh’s castle named Davud.  But can Devora convince him to help her escape before it’s too late? And how could they defeat a being with such supernatural powers at his disposal?  Available through amazon here.

“Pretty Poison”

By day, Zach Ellis teaches high school to apathetic students.  By night he’s a frustrated writer.  When his best friend invites him to hit the clubs, Zach is reluctant because he’s also dealing with something extraordinary: Zach sees vampires everywhere.  He reluctantly agrees to go to the club, where he is enamored with the most beautiful bartender he’s ever seen.  At the end of the night she takes him home where he finds out firsthand if his visions of vampires may be more real than he’d ever dreamed.  Available through amazon here.

"Fireblood"

Morgan Fox was baby-sitting Todd Freeman to make some extra money to help pay for college. Todd’s a great kid to baby-sit.  He’s polite, funny, and listens to Morgan. Everything’s great until Todd begins playing with Fireblood, a transforming action figure. At first, Morgan only sees small changes in Todd, but soon he can’t go anywhere without it. What’s worse, Morgan soon begins noticing health problems with Todd right around the same time she starts having dreams about Fireblood and his romantic overtures towards her. As she struggles to understand what’s so special about this toy, Morgan must decide if the only way to save the child entrusted to her care will be to give in to Fireblood’s romantic overtures . . . and if she really wants to resist.

“All in the Game”

Halloween.  A time for mischief and a time to be someone you’re not.  Stephanie Donovan and Jamie Jones have gone trick-or-treating together since they were little.  At eighteen they’re now too old to collect candy, but dressed in some slinky costumes there’s nothing stopping them from collecting for charity and having fun in the process.  When the two girls decide to pay their history teacher a visit, they figure they’ll get a nice donation and maybe see the handsome young teacher squirm a little when they show up on his doorstep dressed like they are.  Instead, they find themselves falling into a living nightmare.  Their only hope for rescue lies in the hands of a classmate up to his own Halloween fun across the town. Available soon from L & L Dreamspell Publishing.

“Being Alive”

Eric and his friends had a perfect plan.  With the three of them dress as the Eclipse Hunters–video gaming’s most popular vampire hunters–and his girlfriend going as Victoria Nightshade, video gaming’s sexiest and most popular vampire heroine, they were a lock to win the best costume prize at this year’s comic convention.  When his girlfriend breaks up with him, Eric is heartbroken . . . until he sees the most striking Victoria Nightshade he could imagine at the convention.  Smitten, Eric tries talking to her in-character and she returns the sentiment.  But is she really in character, or will this particular Victoria turn out to be more real than Eric could dream? Available from L & L Dreamspell Publishing here.

"The Dragon Chamber"

Matthew Black is a lethal man; the only person he’s ever cared about is his sister Molly, so when the young schoolteacher vanishes from her missionary school in China, Matthew embarks on a bloody mission to find her. When his quest leads him into a barfight the outnumbered Matthew finds an unexpected ally in a young man whose girlfriend has been kidnapped by the Yin-Yang Twins, the same duo responsible for Molly’s abduction.  Together, Matthew and his new friend must infiltrate the lair of the Yin-Yang Twins: the perilous Jade Dragon. Bewildering Stories makes it available here.