The Last Rites Asylum

A Sanctuary in Purgatory
The Hawthorne Mental Institution is a specially designed psychiatric hospital fabricated from the twisted imaginations of psychotic individuals. However, the st
Rodney Pittman8/21/2011

Birthright

For Raine Donnelly the things that begin to happen couldn’t possibly be real. Machines malfunction and electricity goes haywire, and that’s just the beginning.
RJ Palmer8/8/2011

What Killed Jonathon Harnish?

If you had the photographs of his victim, his journals, if you knew everything about him, except where he is right now?” In the summer of 1992, these are the q
Marc E Hopkins8/7/2011

Farewell, America

Seasoned freelance CIA operative Rayne Foster takes on a mission kept secret even from her CIA field executive, Leland Upchurch. Rayne has no idea why she was t
Vincent Lupiano8/7/2011

Drug Lord's Daughter

Reya is the daughter of the famous Mexican Drug Lord, 'El Dios' of the Cruz Cartel. On a breezy Hacienda, Reya grows up facing both tremendous fear and opulent
FIction Lover7/15/2011

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A Kafkaesque Thriller
Charles is an expatriated American living in Japan who spots himself in a sex video that has gone viral. Initially, he dismisses it as a fluke. His apprehension
Kenneth Wayne6/29/2011

Batteries

a new version of Batteries Required
a Latin American drug lord flees San Carlos after a coup there.From New Orleans he tries to make a deal for his land, finding a lot of interest because his drug
ken miller6/29/2011

Homme de la Maison

A mother's stress is too much to endure, as a young boy faces his inner turmoil of becoming a man when his father and brother leave for Napoleon's Grande Armee.
Andrew J Olinde Jr6/29/2011

The Brethren Plague

In 1959, a Bantu hunter, who had cut his hand while butchering a monkey to feed his family, wandered into a medical clinic in the Congo only to die a short whil
Jeff Deal6/24/2011

Her Essence in Death

Alternate Title: Chasing Death
Eva Weir is an emotionally numb white private investigator who recently left the Charlotte police department after several attempts to be promoted to detective.
Andrea Wright6/20/2011

Samuel and Shawn

A man wrecking himself with uncertainty, finds certainty in sleep.
Victor Vieira6/19/2011

Until Dusk

When you lose the ability to express emotion, how does one learn to cope?
Victor Vieira6/18/2011

BATTERIES REQUIRED

"Then why you here?" the cabbie asked. "Looking for a body," Drew said. "I have to find a body and send it home." The cabbie spit out the window. "You looking f
ken miller5/28/2011

Lost Spirits

A Suburban Gothic
Jennifer Durrell returns to Cascade Bay after her parents' deaths to recover and mourn. But love and career problems, an alcoholic best friend, and disappearing
Ravenna Gray5/22/2011

Reunion

PI is afriad that reports he wrote illegal about five priests may have led to the murder of his client, a professor. Many twists and turns.
Bill Nathe5/20/2011

Danvers Hospital

When he's stuck for an evaluation in the psych ward, Brian has to come to terms with his relationship with his fiancée and his responsibility for her death.
Andrew Magnusson5/19/2011

Her Shadow

Detectives Stacey Monroe and Mark Marion are searching for a killer who leaves no evidence behind at scene. But when they are able to figure out a pattern to th
Fatima Hyman5/17/2011

The Gold Detectives

Book One
Detective Inspector Amanda Gold worries that a career move from the busy inner city department she runs in Birmingham, to the peaceful and stunning surroundings
Gilly H5/14/2011

The Provocation

After six years in an elite black ops unit, David Ingram retired and joined the NYPD in search of a quieter life. But then he made the wrong call in a hostage s
James Twiss5/7/2011

He Came

Children of the Shadows: Book 1
Arch is hopeless, until he is approached by an enigmatic leader of an underground gang. Will he escape poverty? Or will his inner demons destroy his future?
Jayne ODwyer5/5/2011

The Fine Line between Genius and Insanity

I wrote this short story about a year ago when I was inspired by Edgar Allen Poe. It has 2,278 words. Enjoy!
Jayne ODwyer5/5/2011

Mayhem, Inc.

The chaos surrounding us is not just random chance...
Archer Quinn only eats food he can count, organizes his clothes by color, and polishes every bullet before loading his gun. Quinn, a former Special Forces opera
Jason Myers5/3/2011

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first chapter: introductions. The rest will follow.
Killing is easy, friendship is harder. A loose group of friends try to dance around the murder in their midst, while keeping it cool and getting ahead.
Daniel Logan5/2/2011

SWEEPFIRE: the Untold Story

A Texas billionaire, infuriated by 9/11, inflamed by a U.S. Congressman, and abetted by a Hellfire preacher, creates a secret army of suicide bombers to attack
Sturgis Holt5/2/2011

One Night in Tunisia

Eight Englishmen on sojourn, voyage around the Med on Poseidon, a fast schooner. Set against the impact of the Blair/Brown years, the crew find solace and exper
Software5/2/2011

Merciless Destruction

A Political Thriller
Merciless Destruction takes on the FBI, the religious right, the war on terror, and the political culture of “Hollywood for ugly people,” Washington DC. Vete
Bruce Gatenby5/2/2011

Floating Point

Tyler James is trying to keep his life hasslefree with an undemanding job at a used-book store when his younger brother Russell vanishes in New York City. In ne
Leonard Dolivio4/28/2011

Julius

A neurologist’s wife hijacks his research to satisfy her own impatient ego forcing him to take actions he would have found unthinkable only 24 hours earlier.
Leonard Dolivio4/28/2011

Afterlife

Mankind is becoming corrupt and greedy, and hells armies now outweigh that of heaven, God needs a new champion, one so pure of heart that he cannot be tempted b
Ian J Smethurst4/27/2011

Dreaming of Hell

Sergeant JP Morales is severely burned in Afghanistan. He returns home for treatment, and quickly realizes that he would rather die than live as a freak. When t
RDeMille4/16/2011

Phoenix 2125

20 years after California sinks into the ocean, creating a coastal Arizona, orphan Tom returns home to Phoenix. He is quickly swept up in a world of intrigue hi
Alexander Hollins3/31/2011

Woebegone

A southern town is turned upside down when they find a monster in their midst.
JamieWyman3/23/2011

Resurrected

A Nikki Slade Story
After her husband's death on a covert op, former sniper Jessica Rogers tries to find out why. After an attempt on her life, Jessica disappears, but a secret con
MarkQuiet3/13/2011

Home of Masterpieces

Guy can't be satisfied with the mundane life at his mum's house in the little village of Twerby, even if parole after serving a sentence for art theft makes tha
Linnea3/12/2011