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In the heart of a forgotten jungle, four explorers gather around a campfire, the ruins of an ancient civilization just beyond reach. As the fire crackles and shadows deepen, they trade ghost stories to pass the night — tales of vanished prom queens, haunted cemeteries, and rulers driven into soil like stakes through memory. But some legends don’t stay buried. When laughter fades and the forest stirs, the line between story and truth begins to blur. Something is watching. Something ancient. And tomorrow, they’ll open the chamber that’s waited centuries to be disturbed. Ruler in the ...

They only wanted to toast the end of a long Alaskan season—three friends, a bottle of whiskey, and a few chips of ice carved from an ancient glacier. But what slept inside that ice was not dead. Now, as the world tilts toward Christmas, nightmares bloom into reality. In Juneau, people begin to bleed from the mouth. In San Antonio, a mother wakes screaming. And in Florida, a man drowns in his own lungs—while asleep. Across the globe, the infection spreads faster than anyone can contain it. Governments fall silent. Quarantines collapse. The virus—born of ice and time—unravels the very...

In The Siren and Other Stories That Lure You In, Wil Adams conjures a world where myth bleeds into memory, and every tale is a test of what we believe — and what we fear. From jungle fireside legends to urban predators undone by their prey, from metafictional pranks to Southern Gothic hauntings, this genre-bending collection explores the seductive power of storytelling and the emotional truths we bury beneath it. Whether whispered in the dark or etched into the swamp, these stories lure you in with humor, suspense, and existential bite — then leave you wondering what part of you ...

The purchase of a Drone leads one man into a successful detective business, but not before he must face a devastating loss brought about by a combination of his own greed and his drone.

After interrupting a burglary of his Corpus Christi townhouse, Jesus Valdez and his business partner David Price are off on a whirl wind chase to recover the priceless heirloom the thief has managed to get away with. Things go from bad to worse for the pair when, in Rio, they find themselves the target of thugs, and the objects of the romantic affection of two American women 'doing Rio'. Will the burglar show up in Rio, as Jesus believes? Will true love bloom between the adventurers and the women they meet at the Red Dog Saloon? And what role does the supposed Treasure of the 'Centenario De...

Tora Bora, 2001. Alpha Company hunts Taliban caches through frozen pines and silent ravines—until the silence snaps. Scout team Luna, Duty, and the Iman walk point. They joke, smoke, and bleed together. Then the mountain erupts. Machine guns shred the platoon in mid-stream. Bodies float like broken dolls while Al-Qaeda closes the trap. Two soldiers drag their dying friend into a black cave mouth and make their stand. Waves of jihadists charge; bullets spark off stone. Faith, weed, and raw hate keep the rifles hot. When the smoke clears, only Ernest Mark Duty walks out—carrying ghosts ...

In a city fractured by chaos and mutation, one woman rises from the shadows with powers she never asked for—and a destiny she can’t escape. Esperanza Pelayo was just another face in the crowd until the day reality bent, bodies flew, and lightning answered her call. Now, as the Dream Caster, she must confront the Mindbender—a villain whose psychic grip threatens to unravel the world—and face the truth about her own transformation. But power comes with sacrifice. As Esperanza battles to protect a city on the edge, she’s drawn into an unlikely alliance with Joel Leon-Lopez, a ...

While on a road trip tot Alaska a stop in Washington State, A Time Traveler and the MIB threaten to end the trip prematurely.

In the sweltering wind off San Francisco Bay, he stalks the crowds on the Golden Gate Bridge—just another tourist in a flowered shirt. But behind those mirrored lenses, something ancient and hungry waits to wake. He’s done it before—five times, maybe more—and the cycle is rising again. Then he sees her. Tanned legs, dark eyes, a smile that promises too much. The perfect mark.

When Christy unearths her imprisoned uncle Skip’s unpublished manuscripts, she sees a path to literary stardom—and takes it. Stealing his stories, she builds an empire on lies, but her betrayal runs deeper than plagiarism. With blood on her hands and a blackmailer silenced, Christy believes she’s untouchable. She’s wrong. Skip, a man who woke up in a prison cell decades ago with no memory of his crime, discovers his stolen legacy in a library book bearing Christy’s name. Fueled by rage, he sets out for revenge—only to be ripped from his reality. Thrust into a Civil War ballroom,...

Sissy Styles thought she understood exposure. Under the hot lights of Hollywood and the glitter of Broadway, it meant power — the right kind of attention, the right face in the right frame. But when a publicity trip to Alaska turns into a fight for survival, she learns what exposure really is: the bitter cold, the raw fear, and the unbearable silence after the cameras stop rolling. Trapped in a storm and hunted by a monstrous bear, Sissy finds herself alone with the wilderness — and with her own reflection stripped of artifice. Rescue comes not from the studio, but from a man whose ...

Brad and Janet, a couple who shared an odd and revealing adventure nine years ago, have married but each harbor a secret hatred for the other. Neither suspects the truth, until fate takes a hand and forces them to confront the prospect of another odd and frightening adventure.

A chance encounter with Dr. Harvey Michaels, a shaken anthropologist, plunges an unsuspecting traveler into a chilling conspiracy that defies reality. When a gruesome video reveals the horrific fate of Michaels’ dog—torn apart by a creature he claims is not of this world—the truth becomes impossible to ignore. In a quiet Seattle suburb, a frozen alien corpse and a humming, pyramid-shaped craft hidden in a backyard shed hold secrets that could unravel the fabric of time itself. But the stakes skyrocket when the Men in Black descend, tearing through Michaels’ home to erase all ...

Lovers forced by some unnameable instinct have a final moment

The second in the Nature of Death series explores the question of how much one person can love another. The sorrow in which Skip Taylor has existed for more than twenty years is shattered when the Grim Reaper appears bearing the news that Skip's lost love hovers in torment on the edge of death. A torment from which only Skip can release him. If only he can bring himself to do the unthinkable. He must stop loving the only person he has ever loved.

Meet Roger Westcott: retired, respectable, and just a little too pleased with himself. When he sets sail from the “Magical Kingdom of Key West” to prove his courage, his culture, and perhaps find a few new friends online, Roger embarks on the most misguided odyssey since Don Quixote discovered cable news. Armed with a laptop, chafing dish, and an unearned sense of destiny, Roger navigates the high seas of self-delusion—fending off submarines, gourmet fish dinners, and the unbearable solitude of his own company. But when he fishes a mysterious woman from the Gulf, the adventure he’s ...

Unconventional love blooms at a bullfight in Vera Cruz, Mexico.

His sister Gabriela's wedding is only days away, but Jesus Valdez and his best-friend and business partner, David Price are in possession of what they believe might be an actual treasure map. With two female companions it tow, David and Jesus must contend with two hit men, sent to recover the map by the ruthless, Mr. Rodriguez, and Armando Ulaje--Jesus' sworn enemy. All of whom will stop at nothing to see an end to the four treasure seekers. However, Jesus and David soon learn that hunting for a 'lost' treasure also involves unknown, or unsuspected dangers as well.

What began as a college prank — a little scare, a quick laugh — ends in a nightmare that won’t let go. Three travelers find themselves trapped in a town that isn’t on any map, where every road leads back to the same dead end… and every shadow hides the sound of something breathing. As dusk falls, the air grows thick, and the streets come alive with the low chuffing of a thing that hunts by sound — a thing that knows when you laugh, when you whisper, when your heart dares to beat. For Kenneth, Stephen, and Delores, survival means silence. But when friendship and fear collide in ...

His life in ruins one man finds himself following a strange compulsion, A desire to return to an abandoned school, and an empty classroom, where he discovers that destiny awaits him.