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Jeff Parker is a perfectly normal young man who is rather rudely introduced to the world of the strange and unexplained when he finds a creepy fortune-telling doll washed up on the beach. In the process of trying to get rid of it, he meets author and paranormal investigator Kenny Tachibana—and, shortly thereafter, falls in love with him. So begin . . .
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Step into Lazarus’s world as he struggles to figure out what’s really happening at his law school, which is turning out crack lawyers to work for a firm shrouded in a hidden but undeniably powerful past, where rumors of blood are never far from its name. . . .
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The one who makes the choices that nobody else will. The wanderer. The war veteran who can’t quit. The avenger. The one who gave up everything. The one who hides her face behind her masks. The one who lost everything. The lord who is gone forever, and the lord that won’t be stopped. . . .
Thelma French is an outsider, maybe that’s why she finds herself drawn to the new boy in town. His name is Chad Lunt and he’s secretive and strange. Why does he live in that abandoned house? And who are the strange girls he lives with that he calls his Oracles? . . .
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The cult-classic “noir” columns return. Charles Bukowsky said, of these pieces, “What this guy understands is that the street IS a wound.” Hunter Thompson commented, “And people keep saying they should lock ME up.” . . .
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Kani isn’t Tundra. Her friend, Stacey, has gotten mixed up with the wrong people, flying dangerous and illegal “dustrunner” sorties for the mob . . . and since Stacey’s skipped town, Kani’s forced to take her place as Tundra. As Kani soon discovers, in this world of asteroid piracy, the real threat is on the ground: violence and paranoia come at her from every . . .
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Detention (or My Detention) is a collection of interconnected stories, all of which tie into the life of its overarching child protagonist, Grant, as he creates this fiction to deal with his traumatic past. Various narrators and voices let Detention cross between genres and explore many different aspects of Grant’s young mind. How each story relates is often left up . . .
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As Earth recovers from a worldwide incursion by the Faerie Court, the landscape of society has changed considerably. Anachronisms run wild—spells are just as common as machine guns, ogres as common as soldiers. The past has run headlong into the present . . . and the future is lurking on the sidelines, as well. Caught in the middle of the mess are a . . .
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Cy Peter gets an interesting offer. Does he take it up? Well of course.. Follow his adventures as he meets Roger who makes him the offer, travels through a mysterious “gateway” and lands up on War World . . . . . .
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On August 15, 2110 at 0927 ZULU, the asteroid body Volstock 22-AAE collided with the Earth fifty-one kilometers north of the Los Angeles metropolis in what was then the province of the same name. The asteroid wasn’t particularly large, only a little over one hundred and twenty meters at its widest, and even though the asteroid in and of . . .
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Enrico Hierodon began his life as many of us do, with a mother and father and an old lady next door who liked to bake cookies. But this was not to be. Someone had an eye on Enrico, and does not plan on leaving him be. Someone is watching, cutting away the pieces of Enrico’s life that he doesn’t need, . . .
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Regan St. James is just your typical eighteen-year-old vampire hunter. He enjoys sharp objects and random hook-ups. But one night, in a quiet little mountain college town, he meets a guy named Ira who just might change his life. If he can survive Ira’s relatives, of course. . . .
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Strange Little Band is the ongoing story of Addison and Shane, two self-centered, amoral psychics who work for the cut-throat Triptych Corporation. Their insular, comfortable lives are disrupted when, due to Triptych’s machinations, they become unlikely parents. How can they raise a child when they can’t trust each other? . . .
My first impression was that “China Wind” was going to be an Australian romance novel in the style of Danielle Steele, with lots of rich people throwing lavish parties and jetting off to exotic locales, and beautiful women competing for the attention of rich, powerful men. Then we found out that Carol Monk, one of the main characters, was a [more . . .]
This is a well-written story with a strong and fascinating protagonist walking a solid, well-crafted world.
Guard Jo has just been hired to guard a merchant’s family and, given the presence of a magician, anything might happen. Can’t wait to see what does.