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Don't believe everything the characters tell you. Recommended for fans of John Crowley, Paul Park, and Michael Swanwick.

Markus Stebbings is hiding terminal brain cancer, hoping to remain alive and a part of Delta Force long enough to die for something that matters. The mission to destroy a domestic terrorist cell in possession of a nuclear bomb sounds like the opportunity he is looking for, until he realizes that his targets are not terrorists, and that what they have is something infinitely more dangerous than a bomb.

After losing everything in a bitter divorce, Peter retreats to a secluded cabin in the Catskill Mountains, where he is trapped by earthquakes and months of unrelenting snow. Just as he is convinced he is the only survivor of a mysterious global cataclysm, he meets a woman seeking refuge from a past she won't reveal. Her arrival rescues him from unbearable isolation, but when the snow finally stops and her secret catches up with her, Peter is forced to choose between saving her life and following his conscience.

Al Clark is on a mission. His people have suffered enough, and he is determined to find a solution. Somewhere, there is a place his colonists can live in peace and without fear. He wants them to accomplish more than just survive. It is a task he is determined to complete - or die in the attempt. Five years after settling Avalon, the settlers from Earth are still struggling to live on a planet populated by dinosaurs. The deceivingly beautiful world has taught them that paradise comes with a price.

Cherry blossom season is Washington, D.C.'s most beautiful time of the year. But as tourists flock to the city, this year's festivities are marred by the discovery of the naked body of a young woman floating in the Tidal Basin. Veteran homicide detective Brian (Brick) Kavanagh is assigned to the case. He's shocked when he learns the victim is connected to another homicide which makes the investigation very personal for him. Convinced that justice has not been served and the wrong person is in jail, Kavanagh risks all to relentlessly pursue the truth.

Jim Thompson is having a bad year. Last year; he celebrated his 25th wedding anniversary, had a good job he liked, and a home for retirement he built himself. This year, at 54 years of age; he is divorced, unemployed, and homeless. Fortunately, his luck is about to change. Enter Vincent, an extraterrestrial visitor with a crucial mission to save both our world and his, and a lesson on just how small Jim's place in the universe is.

Al Clark is going home. His wife of 32 years has passed away, and the kids have moved on. There is no longer a reason to stay in the village they founded. After an absence of 74 years, he returns to an Earth he does not recognize in search of his past. Amnesia has robbed him of the first 42 years of his life, which he hopes to recover. It was supposed to be an easy trip, where he would sleep through the long journey and be awakened upon arrival. That is not the way it works out.

When TJ, a small time Internet show host with his head in the clouds, met a strange green-haired girl in his secluded mountain town, he thought his luck was changing. Unfortunately, on her heels was a collection of sociopaths determined to destroy his hometown for the benefit of a deepweb gameshow's cameras. And everyone in the town is an unwilling contestant.

But there in the forest...that’s where it all began.... Max Tyler, single father and former SWAT team leader, and Beth Collins, brilliant infectious disease specialist, rush headlong into an accelerating vortex of intrigue and danger to rescue Max’s kidnapped daughter, Megan, from the final steps of a horrific genetic manipulation experiment. Viral Dreams rockets in pace and intensity, captivating and propelling the listener on a kaleidoscopic journey of mystery, suspense, and wonder.

Near some 35,000 years ago, a colony of aliens descends upon the Earth, striking an engagement with Paleolithic mankind. History unfolds through the eyes of Omegan, a watcher, who attempts to guide the "science-blinded" Technocracy from spiritual doom. Morphing from one epoch to the next, Omegan, a spirited Phoebian who lives through a succession of hosts, experiences life through others as ancient myths, biblical accounts, and much pre-dynastic history is corrupted by the presence of these species, and their manufactured servants, the Nephilim.

Zack Tolliver left the FBI to spend more time with his family and is at home when Libby's sister calls, worried about her daughter Pru in the wake of the horrific murder of a high school classmate. Libby goes to Kanab, Utah, to offer her support and discovers Pru's life truly is in danger. Zack calls an old colleague and learns the murder may be tied to some old bones hidden in a cave on the summit of Canaan Mountain. Alarmed by what he has learned, Zack sends his friend Eagle Feather to Kanab to gather information. When incidents escalate, Zack joins Libby and Eagle Feather. Soon the investigation into a single murder begins to point to a much larger conspiracy.

Elijah remains the last person alive after the world ends. Wandering in desolation, he solemnly recounts his life story, unhappy with what he sees. He is discovered by alien twins, who themselves are the sole survivors of a crashed UFO - one of many spreading deaths across the face of the planet. The three awkwardly befriend each other, Elijah learning of them as they already know everything about him - including the purpose as to his being spared death.

This short novel is an accompaniment to my second book, From Whence They Came. It coincides with the time period as to when that story takes place, though from an entirely different perspective. By listening both pieces of fiction a more complete picture is revealed. Jimmy, the main character, is an entitled 30-something whose mundane life is suddenly swept up into a secret organization that is directly linked to the aliens and their world changing course of events.

Eons ago, from the deepest reaches of outer space, came an alien exodus that would forever change the course of earth's history. A race of humanoids colonized our planet, living amongst ancient man, helping him to advance and build great empires. It is when Air Force Lieutenant Steve Coleman is abducted by these extraterrestrials that their intentions as to humanity are discovered. Although presented with eternal happiness while living in a utopian society, Steve remains distraught at the loss of his family and wrestles endlessly with the idea of escape.

Can a man with no memory - who has been missing for over 10 years and now institutionalized for murder - ever uncover the truth as to who he really is or where he’s been? Is it too late for his long beset wife and errant children to bring him back from the precipice of insanity, back from the depths of hell. With the government monitoring every aspect of his life, Steve Coleman is trapped within an apocalyptic world, harboring within him the answers to humanity’s fate, beholden unto all the universe.

Three men come together in the town of Redemption, Colorado, each for his own purpose. Huck Finn is a famous lawman who does not hesitate to use his gun to protect the weak. He has come to right a terrible wrong. After his wife’s death, Tom Sawyer does not want to live anymore; he has come to die. The third man, the Laramie Kid, a killer Huck and Tom befriended years earlier has come to kill a man. For these three men Death is a constant companion. For these three men it is their last chance for redemption.

In the Aldridge family, nothing's off limits - no dream is too big, no achievement is unreachable, and there are no rules to hold anyone back. It's 1980 in New Rochelle, New York, and 17-year-old Shawn, the baby of the family, is a lost soul trying to find his own way in the grit and grime of nearby New York. As the rest of the family focuses on making his violin prodigy sister famous and rescuing their cousin from a cult, Shawn dates not one, but two girls - one a Times Square peep show dancer and the other a virginal neighborhood girl.