In Enemy at the Helm by Mark Dickson, coordinated maritime attacks strike major American ports and key global canals, beginning with the destruction of the cruise ship Leviathan off Miami. As the shipping channels are blocked and infrastructure collapses, investigators trace the operation to a...

The House in the Middle of the Street by Jennifer Sklias-Gahan is a modern fairy tale with a dark pulse, centered on a mysterious inherited home and the secrets it harbors. The story begins with Rebecca and her husband moving into the house, a beautiful...

At fifty-two, Calder Brandt, a veteran industrial consultant at Scientific Management (SM) Consulting, was struggling with a lot. He could no longer dismiss the deteriorating condition of his neck, which was a result of his battle with stage four throat cancer over a decade earlier....

Nowhere Land by Pamela K. Kinney is about Parker Burkett and his sister Lisa, who inherit a strange, haunted property in Virginia. Wanting answers about the stories, Parker hires a paranormal investigation team led by Ben Neilson. The group includes Carla, Jenny, and a psychic...

Slipper Girl by Adele Royce is about Skylar Van Ness, a 27-year-old woman who discovers that her dark past has returned to torment her. Right before her father's wedding, Skylar reads a shocking email, and she learns that her mother knows everything about her and...

What the Dead Remember by Christina Welbourne follows Olive Fairwater, who travels to a remote town to take care of her dying grandfather. There she finds family secrets that had been hidden over the years. Olive sorts through her grandfather’s belongings and finds an old...

A Serpent’s Pursuit by M. P. McBride follows the life of George Abiola, also called Blos. It begins with a violent threat against his village in Nigeria and shows the events that shaped him over the years. The tale covers his childhood, where his kindness...

Bow Island in Cumbria is a place with unique natural beauty and historical significance. It was a hotspot for pirates and smugglers back in the day. Now? It’s a rather peaceful island where nothing much happens... At least not until recently, with Ellie Winter’s mysterious...

In Michelle Miller’s Where the Clouds Cannot Find Me Revisited, Marisol is a mother in Mobile, Alabama, whose life narrows to a single imperative after her infant son Jacob Oliver is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. As doctors work to stabilize Jake, Marisol...

Terminus by Ian Lewis is set in 1963, when intelligence officer John Post is sent to West Berlin to assume the identity of Bill Baxter, an American operative whose unexplained behavior has triggered concerns inside the CIA. Baxter vanished after his return from captivity, leaving...