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A series of shocking deaths forces a Connecticut father and son back to their hometown in rural Louisiana. While investigators unravel the reason behind the killings, long-buried remnants of a traumatic childhood come back to life. Buried Deep is a slow-burn horror that explores the dangers of dark family secrets, and the demons that can latch onto them...

Frustrated with teaching and seeking a life of adventure, Albert Einstein builds a time machine intending to visit the 19th century and trade places with his natural doppelganger, Mark Twain. Unbeknownst to him, Nazi scientists have secretly been developing their own time travel plans with ambitions to conquer the world two generations earlier using an army of reanimated corpses from the first World War! It's up to the world's greatest scientist to save history, but he's going to need help from a cantankerous writer to do it... This is part three in the Farcical Zombie Trilogy. This is A ...

When all the stars fall out of the sky, it's up to Chumpty Dumpty and his friends to find the Wishing Well and save the hopes and dreams of the Kingdom! The second book in the Chumpty Dumpty trilogy takes Chumpty, Betty, and Art to strange new lands, where they will meet friends and enemies, from pyramid scheme-pushing cultists to pirates battling monstrous squids! Adventure, heroism, heartache, and friendship await in Chumpty Dumpty and the Wishing-Well War!

The final book in the Chumpty Dumpty trilogy begins with a scandalous kidnapping, continues with an innocent (egg)man being framed, and ends with an epic battle between fire magic, ice magic, armies of soldiers, escaped prisoners, and more! The Impossible Quest is what Chumpty is faced with, as he and his friends Art and Betty plunge into the dreaded "Curse'd Woods," where a person's worst fears come to life.Adventure, friendship, comedy, thrills, scares, and more await in the exciting conclusion to the Chumpty Dumpty fairy tale series!

Inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, El Dorado tells the story of a southern American falsely accused, wrongfully convicted, and harshly imprisoned. An oil discovery in Confederate Arkansas promised to make Edward Danvers one of the wealthiest men in the South. Instead, he is framed for treason, arrested, and after a sham of a trial, is sentenced to die in a Confederate Prison in Virginia. In prison, Edward meets a man named Abe Farrow, an elderly veteran of the War of 1812, who knows of a city filled with riches, hidden deep within the Andes Mountains of Colombia. Too old to escape and ...

When King Humpty Dumpty has a great fall, it's up to the King's timid son Chumpty to lead a quest to the lair of a terrible giant, in hopes of defeating the monster and saving his kingdom. To do so, Chumpty must find the legendary giant slayer Jack, lost for a generation somewhere within the dreaded Haunted Forest. Danger, surprises, and adventure await in the first book of the Chumpty Dumpty trilogy!

The epic fantasy story begins with a sword in a stone, waiting for its rightful wielder to claim it. While a new Kingdom blossoms in France, an aggressive King, bitter over a secret in his past, campaigns across Europe, determined to see the world to submit to his rule. Two Knights hold his ear, one who swears by a code of valor and another who lives only for bloodshed. Politics, ambition, betrayal and more fill the pages of the first book in the six-part KINGDOM OF ARTHUR series...

The Gospel of John is written with one goal: To show that Jesus of Nazareth is the Son of God. To do that, John focuses on two key themes: The amazing miracles He did and His atoning death, burial and triumphant resurrection from the grave. The first eleven chapters discuss key miracles He performed during His ministry: Turning water into wine, healing a child near death, healing a paralyzed man, feeding 5,000, walking on water, healing a man born blind, raising a man from death. The final ten chapters focus on Jesus death and life again, as well as the final words He left His Apostles ...

The town of Helena, Nevada had once been a booming site for gold rushers looking to rest on their way to the Pacific Coast. That was fifty years ago, however, and now Helena is a town on its last legs. No one visits, no one settles, and no one shops, despite the train station and tracks that run right through the heart of their community. Everything changes, however, when out of work Broadway actor Wendell Lodge visits, looking to start a new life. Recruited to bring a little excitement to their sleepy village, Lodge brings a taste of the theatrical to Helena, marketing it to travelers as ...

The Curse of the Demon Prince is set in the backdrop of a fantastical, alternate-history version of feudal Japan (called Shoto), where honor can be stolen and only returned when and if justice is served. Seven companions (a wizard, a shinobi, two warriors loyal to opposing kings, a peasant that is more than he seems, and a pair of boys from Humao, the Isle of the Dishonored) risk death as they trek across the land of Shoto, seeking a sacred altar. There they hope to perform a sacrifice that will stop a Celtic demon from destroying their island home. Six of them know the truth...and the ...

Sebastian J. Mouse was tired of being stuck in a lab. He wanted what every mouse wants: Freedom. Night after night he plotted, day after day he planned, but no matter what he tried, he could never find a way out. Either the lab workers would catch him, or the lab's pet cat would chase him back to his cage. But then, one fateful morning, a new mouse joined the party...except this wasn't a mouse, it was a guinea pig named Ralph. Bigger, stronger, faster than all the other mice in the lab, Sebastian looked at Ralph and knew he'd found his ticket out. There was only one problem...Ralph liked ...

"You ought to know by now that every town has its secrets. There are three kinds of people: Those who make the secrets, those who keep the secrets, and those who die trying to leak the secrets. There's a secret in that old house. Don't ask me what the secret is. It might be something simple. It might be something truly horrifying. That's for you to figure out..." Arnold Gillespie moves his family back to his childhood home, a place of repressed memories and unresolved trauma. They are not alone. Arnold denies it. His son, Teddy, suspects it. And a semi-retired police officer with ties to ...

In BILLY RICHMOND AND THE APPLIANCE WARS, Young Billy Richmond and his friends stumble upon another dimension, one populated by walking and talking (and warring!) appliances, power tools, and other household items. It’s up to Billy to save the Toaster Rebellion from the clutches of the fiendish Refrigerator Empire, and then somehow get home before he’s grounded for missing dinner!

In BILLY RICHMOND AND THE SOMETIMES SCARY FANTASY ADVENTURE, Young Billy Richmond and his friends stumble upon a book hidden away for ages, going back to the days of warlocks, mummies, and other frightening spooksters. Opening the book accidentally set loose a horrible curse and now it’s up to Billy to put the evil back in its leather-bound prison before his town (and possibly the world) goes up in smoke!

An adventure across a fantasy world! Justin Froggy, expert swordsman and lover of adventure, wants nothing more than to marry his beloved, Ella. But when the evil Prince Turgiss woos her and offers to make her his Queen, Justin embarks on a quest to win her back. His adventure leads him down a rabbit hole of international intrigue and conspiracy, as he uncovers the full scope of the prince's plan, not only to marry his best girl (who is more than she appears) but also to take over and rule the whole continent! Romance, thrills, adventure, and more await in this epic fantasy story for preteens!

The epic fantasy series continues with a child of fate afraid to face the destiny that calls to him. While a tyrant from England presses his army deep into Europe, a new Kingdom rises in France, ready to resist. Meanwhile, an ancient Magi searches for help, finding it a man on the run from his shameful past, forced to choose between what is easy and what is right. Wizardry, gallantry, adventure and heroism fill the pages of the second book in the six-part KINGDOM OF ARTHUR series…

It is the year 2083. Fifty years ago a miracle drug was developed for patients thirty years old and younger, granting them relative immortality. You had just turned thirty and missed the window.You're now living in a nursing home with the rest of the "dying generation," being cared for by twenty-year old-looking seventy-year olds. It's festivus and the miracle drug's side-effects have finally kicked in. Every worker in the home has collapsed, shriveled into a prune, and become a mindless killing machine. It's up to you to save the nursing home.

After an experiment goes horribly wrong, a brilliant but obsessive scientist spends decades perfecting a way to alter history and correct his mistake. His time-tampering efforts draw the attention of an old rival, who likewise seeks to alter time for his own nefarious purposes. For a Better Yesterday takes readers on a history-bending journey across space and time, and culminates in an ending that defies reality itself!