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Some have been in the cursed house for years, their minds warped into insanity by the fear and pain. Curt is new and can't understand why no one speaks and why the only sounds come from the night. He wonders what it is that comes out of the basement when the sun goes down.

Ernie Lester is a grown man who likes to play with dolls. Except his dolls are not actually dolls. They are living, breathing women. Using drugs to paralyze them, he brings new girls into his "Family", where he bathes, feeds, and uses them to decorate his Dollhouse. When Ernie sets his sights on Jodi, he realizes he must have her at all costs. Everything about her would be perfect for his Dollhouse. Problem is, Jodi comes with a heavy price.

Sometimes relationship advice comes from the oddest places. While most children rely on their parents or friends to serve as a guiding force when it came to romantic relationships, author Robert Riverdale relied on someone else.... Robert relied on his drunk uncle, Jerry. If you want to be entertained while learning valuable life lessons from a semisober, fun loving, hell-of-a time, then crack open a beer and dive into this real pause resister! It will be time well spent!

Detective David Cole is shot in the line of duty and forced to take time off. He goes back to his home town to rest only to discover the first in a series of grisly murders. Can he help the local police find the Crucifier before it is too late?

Cold as Ice, which is featured in the crime fiction anthology D.C. Noir edited by George Pelecanos, is the recipient of the Public Safety Writers Association's 2010 Writing Competition Best Published Short Story Award.

Thank You, Harry S. Truman tells the compelling story of America's 33rd President from his humble beginnings as a dirt farmer in Missouri to his rise in the US Senate, on through to his election as Vice President and President of the United States. Overcoming adversity, physical challenges, and age limits, Truman found his way into the United States Army where, as a Captain, he led troops in battle without losing a single man.

When a mutilated body of an African-American girl is found in a park sandbox, the media shows no interest. Instead, their attention is riveted on the disappearance of Olivia Safra, a college student and only child of the powerful and dangerous Richard Safra. Beck Oldman, a suspended ADA who has been demoted to rookie PI, is assigned her first cases: find a missing teenager and Olivia Safra.

What is it that drives a man from the light and into the dark? What force has the ability to take a man from sound of mind to muddled and confused in less than a year's time? Nick Hines wishes he knew because he has just completed the trip from husband and family man to convicted wife killer, child killer, and suspect in the investigation into the accidents that took his own two children's lives. In less time than it takes to wean a puppy, Nick has gone from sane to crazy, unable to distinguish fantasy from reality.