Showing results by publisher "Self" in Literature & Fiction

A mysterious artifact zaps Isabelle Rochon to pre-Victorian England, and suddenly her love of historical authenticity collides with the reality that she's a modern-day girl. But when a thief steals her card case, she determines to retrieve the time-traveling artifact. Now she must hunt down the case, navigate the pitfalls of stiff society London, conceal her time-traveling origins, and resist her growing attraction to Lord Montagu, a viscount so hot he curls her shower-loving toes.

My name is Marten Mann. I work for the devil, or the prince of lies, as you people are so fond of calling him. Yes. You read that last line correctly. I am employed by the powers of evil as acquisitor ad infinitum. I did not seek out this job: I was chosen for the position. To put it in simpler terms, I am a broker of sorts - you know, the guy who finds out what it is that you want the most. I make it readily available to you for a price. I think we all know just how costly that one thing that you think you need so much can be.

In the grimy slums and leafy suburbs of London, a malevolent evil is lurking in the shadows. Terrorism. The perpetrators hide in plain sight. There's really no such thing as paranoia. Your worst fears can come true at any moment. For ex-soldier Jason Green, it began like any another job. He'd even been assigned a young intern to assist him.

Later that night Matthew walked into his room and a thought occurred to him. When he went to turn on a light he never wondered if the darkness would overpower the light. There wasn’t really a struggle between darkness and light or good and evil. This was life changing to him. Darkness is not the opposite of light. Darkness is the absence of light. Cold is not the opposite of heat. Cold is the absence of heat. You can’t add cold to something. You can only remove heat and cold is what is left. And evil is not the opposite of good. Evil is the absence of good.

No one could have anticipated the catastrophe that had occurred on Earth, but it meant that they would have to continue their colonization efforts without any Earth-bound help or guidance. It also meant that every member of the other space-bound locations would have to find a way to resupply without the assistance of their Earthly headquarters. If they couldn't, they would all certainly die.

This is a collection of nine horror stories from the warped mind of author Lauren Patzer. Freakish horrors, villainous demons, and demented killers populate these pages.

Holly Bunn has spent her whole life crawling out of hell. She owns a Porsche, a condominium, and tons of size four clothes. Except for her wealthy Orlando clients, she's a loner. Her face and figure pay the bills. By forty, she'll need to have enough saved to retire. In her line of work, she's responsible for her own retirement plan. A runaway at 12, she and God talk about starting a halfway house for victims of abuse. God protects Holly, whoever God is. And with His assistance, maybe she can help others. Problem - a guy has entered her life - a gorgeous man with a sweet personality.

The year is 1981. A small Southern California town is sent into a tailspin over a young girl's grisly murder, and aging detective Andrew Pitt must try to decipher the very few clues left behind by a serial killer before they claim their next victim. In the wake of the ensuing murders, Pitt, along with his partner, Clarence, and a bubble-gum-chewing secretary, scrambles to uncover the secret behind the only real evidence that they have: the eerie paintings of a bearded wizard at each crime scene.

What would happen if two complete opposites met under the strangest of circumstances? What if those two opposites happened to be Santa Claus and Count Dracula? And what if the Count wanted to take over Christmas and redo this joyous holiday into his own evil version of it? That's exactly what this story is about and it has some surprising turns of events for everyone involved including the Count, Renfield and even famed drummer Johnny Vatos.

Timely and timeless. This is a soldier's story and war is war, whether it's Bull Run, Ban Me Thuot, or Fallujah. Sent to Vietnam after being drafted, Carl Melcher makes friends with both the black and white members of his company in spite of racial tensions of the times. Naive and young for his nineteen years, he learns harrowing truths about life and death when his optimism proves false.

Jimmy and James are two young boys who leave on the same block. They are best friends, adventurers in the realm of childhood as they decide to dig up the yard for buried treasure. What they dig up is a terror beyond their ability to put comprehend. Unless that word is - a scream. The adventures of Jimmy and James are continued in the epic Horror book, Death of Heaven.

Jeannie Dalton battles the nightmares from her past to learn if her sister's death on this haunted island was an accident - or murder. A gothic novel from Victor Banis, author of nearly 200 novels and too many short stories to count.

Cleo Martin walked into her 20th High School reunion like she was walking into the Academy Awards. She was going to turn heads tonight at her reunion, even if they were balding ones. High School had been traumatic. She was not the beautiful, sexy, sophisticated and confident woman she is now. She was a geek, a very sexually frustrated geek.