For six thousand moons the Ordo Draconum, a sinister cult veiled in secrecy, has plagued the land with its evil rituals and endless thirst for blood. During that time they gained mastery over life and death creating beasts in their own twisted image: giant spiders, snake men, shape-shifters. The blood of their revered master, Vlad the Impaler, courses through their veins. Into this morbid world quiet, unassuming David Kesselring finds himself. To confront these hellish demons and fulfill the portents of the Blood Prophecy, David must enter the web of darkness, control the beast within, and sever his own bloodlines.

For six thousand moons the Ordo Draconum, a sinister cult veiled in secrecy, has plagued the land with its evil rituals and endless thirst for blood. During that time they gained mastery over life and death creating beasts in their own twisted image: giant spiders, snake men, shape-shifters. The blood of their revered master, Vlad the Impaler, courses through their veins. Into this morbid world quiet, unassuming David Kesselring finds himself. To confront these hellish demons and fulfill the portents of the Blood Prophecy, David must enter the web of darkness, control the beast within, and sever his own bloodlines.

Spacebraid and Other Tales of a Dystopian Universe is a collection of one novella and seven short stories that explore the most powerful of human emotions, fears and desires in settings sometimes hostile, sometimes surreal, and always a bit off-kilter. The tales vary from the humorous to the tragic, from the idealistic yearning of the hero in Darwin to the horrifying fate of Godfrey in Heisenberg in the Macro. Spacebraid, the longest piece in the collection, is the story of a dedicated group of individuals led by a brilliant theoretical physicist in a dash through time to circumvent ecological disaster and, in so doing, to preserve the best hopes and dreams of humankind. Be forewarned that these stories are not for the faint of heart. They are meant to connect at a viscerally potent level, challenge thought and, in the end, place us in touch with our own values, hopes and fears. Take the journey. It’ll be a great ride.

Spacebraid and Other Tales of a Dystopian Universe is a collection of one novella and seven short stories that explore the most powerful of human emotions, fears and desires in settings sometimes hostile, sometimes surreal, and always a bit off-kilter. The tales vary from the humorous to the tragic, from the idealistic yearning of the hero in Darwin to the horrifying fate of Godfrey in Heisenberg in the Macro. Spacebraid, the longest piece in the collection, is the story of a dedicated group of individuals led by a brilliant theoretical physicist in a dash through time to circumvent ecological disaster and, in so doing, to preserve the best hopes and dreams of humankind. Be forewarned that these stories are not for the faint of heart. They are meant to connect at a viscerally potent level, challenge thought and, in the end, place us in touch with our own values, hopes and fears. Take the journey. It’ll be a great ride.

This is a tale of horrifying moment for a family who allows dysfunction to bring about a thrilling moment that destroys their only child. This tale was writing to help you more than entertain you. This story is about ones faith in God, lies, deception, disbelief, lust, murder, devil worship, faith, choices, regret, sex, racism, phoniness, and pure love. This is not a true story but I hope it help you to get a clear picture of what I am trying to express to the readers. This is a tale from my own imagination about what I feel can happen to children that’s disobedient to their parents, husbands that abandon their families, mother’s that put other things in front of their families. How everyone that you think is your friend is not really your friend and the ones you think that in your corner will give up on you in a moment. How racism still exist but not only by whites but also by your own kind and there are some white people who care. This story first takes place in the projects in the South Bronx in a project called Patterson Houses on 144th street. Building two on the third floor apartment 3-B, a family called the Dotson’s lived there and the Dotson’s was a very ordinary black family from the projects with their share of problems. This story takes place in the late sixties era when Washington Square was the place to be and the peace and love moment rained in the hearts of the youth both black and white plus the black power moment was active in the hearts of the young afro Americans.

This is a tale of horrifying moment for a family who allows dysfunction to bring about a thrilling moment that destroys their only child. This tale was writing to help you more than entertain you. This story is about ones faith in God, lies, deception, disbelief, lust, murder, devil worship, faith, choices, regret, sex, racism, phoniness, and pure love. This is not a true story but I hope it help you to get a clear picture of what I am trying to express to the readers. This is a tale from my own imagination about what I feel can happen to children that’s disobedient to their parents, husbands that abandon their families, mother’s that put other things in front of their families. How everyone that you think is your friend is not really your friend and the ones you think that in your corner will give up on you in a moment. How racism still exist but not only by whites but also by your own kind and there are some white people who care. This story first takes place in the projects in the South Bronx in a project called Patterson Houses on 144th street. Building two on the third floor apartment 3-B, a family called the Dotson’s lived there and the Dotson’s was a very ordinary black family from the projects with their share of problems. This story takes place in the late sixties era when Washington Square was the place to be and the peace and love moment rained in the hearts of the youth both black and white plus the black power moment was active in the hearts of the young afro Americans.

Amy Delmont has moved to a new town – again. Even though she is living in sunny California it doesn’t stop her from hating her new town. It’s too cute and quaint, defintely not her style. When she meets Erik Valentine though – her whole world is changed. For the first time she feels happy – alive. But when the nightmares from her past come back to haunt the present, she is forced to face the consequences of the old life she thought had been left behind. With the help of her three closest friends Danny, Spencer and Jake she might just be able to save the man she loves, but she might just lose herself in the process.

I would like to dedicate this to my family, my Samii Lynn, my origional editor Monique, to Casey my best friend and to all my supportive friends.

Cover photo by Joe Stoner and Model Mandy Weathers.

The nightmares had become unbearable. Stephen Lloyd could no longer dismiss them as lingering stress or the simple cold night sweats of a recovering alcoholic. No, without a doubt something was happening – something terrible. Five years had passed since Stephen’s beloved wife had suddenly become ill, leaving him to raise their young daughter, Robin. Yet even as he tried to move on with his life this new shadow fell; and the shadow was growing. Stephen is unsettled when his friend, Mark Elders, describes a mysterious shipwreck just off the coast. He knows what evil lies deep within that black ship. It is an ancient thing, longing for release. But as Mark’s obsession with the cursed wreck slowly destroys their friendship Stephen is faced with another, more terrifying revelation. Robin has taken on a frightening new persona and he realizes that he must intervene, or face losing her forever. As his life spirals out of control, Stephen desperately races to unravel the mystery that may save his daughter.

The nightmares had become unbearable. Stephen Lloyd could no longer dismiss them as lingering stress or the simple cold night sweats of a recovering alcoholic. No, without a doubt something was happening – something terrible. Five years had passed since Stephen’s beloved wife had suddenly become ill, leaving him to raise their young daughter, Robin. Yet even as he tried to move on with his life this new shadow fell; and the shadow was growing. Stephen is unsettled when his friend, Mark Elders, describes a mysterious shipwreck just off the coast. He knows what evil lies deep within that black ship. It is an ancient thing, longing for release. But as Mark’s obsession with the cursed wreck slowly destroys their friendship Stephen is faced with another, more terrifying revelation. Robin has taken on a frightening new persona and he realizes that he must intervene, or face losing her forever. As his life spirals out of control, Stephen desperately races to unravel the mystery that may save his daughter.

Lake Superior is the largest and coldest of the Great Lakes, a three hundred and fifty mile chasm filled with some of the coldest water in the world.

And it’s angry.

The source of its anger is Jimmy Parker, who inherited a lot of money when his parents died and up until now has been very prudent and careful with it. But when he purchases two hundred acres of shoreline property on Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, he takes a chance to fulfill a childhood dream.

He gets much, much more.

His purchase is laughed at by his brother, and questioned by his best friend, Gwen. But Jimmy has never felt more positive about anything in his life.

On that property, on a hillside west of the village of Grand Marais, Michigan, lies the remains of an old lighthouse.

Once a symbol of hope to those who had lost their way on the cold lake, the building has been reduced to a forgotten collection of crumbled mortar and broken glass. Stories of the original lighthouse keeper still filter through the community. Stories of a man obsessed with the responsibility of tending the light. Of a man who didn’t just live inside the lighthouse, but became a part of it.

And then Jimmy decides to have it rebuilt.

Once he does that, he unwittingly jumps into a centuries old war between the fury of the lake, and one man’s determination to defy it.

Shortly after the rebuilding is complete the lighthouse shines again.

And once again a vessel lost on Lake Superior is brought home safely.

Except the vessel is the Lucerne.

And it sank in 1886.

Soon other vessels come ashore in respone to the lighthouse’s call: The Thomas Wilson, which went down after a collision with another ship in 1902; the Hudson, a freighter that took 24 men to the bottom of the lake with her in 1901.

The lake is losing its prized trophies to “the light along the shore.”

Jimmy finds himself on the front line of a grudge match between the lighthouse and the lake. A tug of war between the light of promise, and the darkness that is the bottom of Lake Superior.

Now with the aid of the local historian, Jimmy is scrambling to find a journal once kept by the original lighthouse keeper. If he can find it, he might better understand the spirit of the man who once tended the light, and why that spirit rages on all these years later.

But he’d better do it fast.

Because with each passing day more and more people are drawn to Grand Marais, pulled in for some unknown reason to the shoreline where the old ships are resting. They arrive in cars and motorhomes, in groups or by themselves.

They arrive not looking for answers, but for some final conclusion to the tragedies that have marked their own lives.

Tragedies that are inexplicably linked with the force that is Lake Superior.

As they race to find the old journal, Jimmy’s relationship with Gwen undergoes a transformation. And suddenly seeing this thing to the end doesn’t seem as enticing without her with him.

He feels that the lighthouse is his responsibility. That it’s now his watch.

But it won’t be easy.

His opponent is the largest body of fresh water in the world. A body of water so cold death results in minutes. One that can lull you to sleep with serene calm one minute, then lash out with frightening authority the next.

An opponent without eyes Jimmy can see or a voice that he can hear, but one with an unearthly fury that only grows as each ship rises.

An opponent whose anger is unleashed in the explosiveness of its assault on the shoreline. And an opponent who waits, patiently and menacingly, for Jimmy to make a mistake.

Because if he does, then the lake will welcome him, as it has thousands of others, into the “Graveyard of the Great Lakes.”

Author’s Note

The village of Grand Marais is very much real, and very much a part of my life. So is the cabin south of town and the images of the Lake Superior shoreline. The facts and information surrounding the ships mentioned in the book are also factual.

The second pier mentioned in the book, the one east of the village, is a work of fiction. As is the foundation of the old lighthouse, at least to my knowledge. These characters weren’t created based on anyone, but simply on their own merit.

But there has to be inspiration, you say?

Of course there’s inspiration.

There’s always inspiration.

That’s what makes this life fun.

Lake Superior is the largest and coldest of the Great Lakes, a three hundred and fifty mile chasm filled with some of the coldest water in the world.

And it’s angry.

The source of its anger is Jimmy Parker, who inherited a lot of money when his parents died and up until now has been very prudent and careful with it. But when he purchases two hundred acres of shoreline property on Lake Superior in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, he takes a chance to fulfill a childhood dream.

He gets much, much more.

His purchase is laughed at by his brother, and questioned by his best friend, Gwen. But Jimmy has never felt more positive about anything in his life.

On that property, on a hillside west of the village of Grand Marais, Michigan, lies the remains of an old lighthouse.

Once a symbol of hope to those who had lost their way on the cold lake, the building has been reduced to a forgotten collection of crumbled mortar and broken glass. Stories of the original lighthouse keeper still filter through the community. Stories of a man obsessed with the responsibility of tending the light. Of a man who didn’t just live inside the lighthouse, but became a part of it.

And then Jimmy decides to have it rebuilt.

Once he does that, he unwittingly jumps into a centuries old war between the fury of the lake, and one man’s determination to defy it.

Shortly after the rebuilding is complete the lighthouse shines again.

And once again a vessel lost on Lake Superior is brought home safely.

Except the vessel is the Lucerne.

And it sank in 1886.

Soon other vessels come ashore in respone to the lighthouse’s call: The Thomas Wilson, which went down after a collision with another ship in 1902; the Hudson, a freighter that took 24 men to the bottom of the lake with her in 1901.

The lake is losing its prized trophies to “the light along the shore.”

Jimmy finds himself on the front line of a grudge match between the lighthouse and the lake. A tug of war between the light of promise, and the darkness that is the bottom of Lake Superior.

Now with the aid of the local historian, Jimmy is scrambling to find a journal once kept by the original lighthouse keeper. If he can find it, he might better understand the spirit of the man who once tended the light, and why that spirit rages on all these years later.

But he’d better do it fast.

Because with each passing day more and more people are drawn to Grand Marais, pulled in for some unknown reason to the shoreline where the old ships are resting. They arrive in cars and motorhomes, in groups or by themselves.

They arrive not looking for answers, but for some final conclusion to the tragedies that have marked their own lives.

Tragedies that are inexplicably linked with the force that is Lake Superior.

As they race to find the old journal, Jimmy’s relationship with Gwen undergoes a transformation. And suddenly seeing this thing to the end doesn’t seem as enticing without her with him.

He feels that the lighthouse is his responsibility. That it’s now his watch.

But it won’t be easy.

His opponent is the largest body of fresh water in the world. A body of water so cold death results in minutes. One that can lull you to sleep with serene calm one minute, then lash out with frightening authority the next.

An opponent without eyes Jimmy can see or a voice that he can hear, but one with an unearthly fury that only grows as each ship rises.

An opponent whose anger is unleashed in the explosiveness of its assault on the shoreline. And an opponent who waits, patiently and menacingly, for Jimmy to make a mistake.

Because if he does, then the lake will welcome him, as it has thousands of others, into the “Graveyard of the Great Lakes.”

Author’s Note

The village of Grand Marais is very much real, and very much a part of my life. So is the cabin south of town and the images of the Lake Superior shoreline. The facts and information surrounding the ships mentioned in the book are also factual.

The second pier mentioned in the book, the one east of the village, is a work of fiction. As is the foundation of the old lighthouse, at least to my knowledge. These characters weren’t created based on anyone, but simply on their own merit.

But there has to be inspiration, you say?

Of course there’s inspiration.

There’s always inspiration.

That’s what makes this life fun.

In continuation of Rayna’s life, she finds herself as a Household slave, in the position of being tortured and beaten daily. In true psoiopathic form, her demonic possession causes her personality to split – then to rob the graves of those that have passed before. With purposes so evil her mind shuts off from those that would further inflict torture, she runs away with the youngest member of the Rosa’s familia. Her dramatic split-personality begins to take its toll on her sanity – while across the Country in Phoenix Arizona – The first “Sightings” of genuine UFO’s leads to a single entity infestation that concentrates it’s evil intent on the entire city, using a single small family as a place to hide out and procreate. With diabolic plans that follow future generations, this Entity sets into motion the decimation of Mankind. Can Rayna recognize the role she has been placed in, well enough to stop the murderous intent of the evil offspring created simply to wipe out all human life? Will she have the control over this monster that lives and breaths – only to sexually generate it’s own hybrid population? As man’s clock runs down, can the most powerful thrust of evil ever called forth – be brought to bear with Rayna’s minuscule powers of telepathy? Or will the “Church of the Butterfly” succeed in draining the blood of every living human in GoG’s creation?

Innocent lives are thrust to the forefront of this battle between the quintessential evil, called "NOVAVISHNU", and Maggie - a young and unassuming girl of twelve.

In the Gang-Infested streets of New York's Lower East Side of Manhattan, the lives of the innocent, and the destinies of the evil, become one and the same - in the entity of 'Novavishnu, the Destroyer'. Her beauty unmatched, she uses the city's gang populations to create a world of anarchy, debauchery, and insanity as she corrupts, then steals the innocent children of Manhattan.

But it's never enough.

Maggie is a twelve-year-old girl that scratches out her Lower Seat Side existence in another one of the world's dysfunctional families. After being attacked by her own brother, she runs away from home and joins her boyfriend in one of the many drug-addicted gangs. After being raped and left for dead, her destiny just begins to unfold as she visits Hell, then Heaven to find the answers that point her towards her true destiny in Nova's battle for the lives of the innocent.

In Nova's final move, she possesses the body of Rayna, a six-year-old girl that has recently moved with her family to the city. Rayna and her brother face death and murder as Nova's final judgments come to fruition. Nova/Rayna face end-game in this story of seductive horror and witchcraft.

Will Maggie know how to stop the Beast, Nova - and the evil intent she has for the William's family? Will Nova's "Final Solution" be so deeply entrenched in the minds of the innocents, that she will forever lost within the depths of humanity, as she so deeply desires?

In this first book of the "Trilogy of SIN", the answers are spelled out… in the blood of the naive.

This book is about a few stories that I have written about. The first one is Ripper Valley. This is about a murder that was never solved in the small village. It was before the stock crash, and before the dust bowl. In the 1900’s that is. The story takes place at the Mansion in the village! As time went pass the more the Mansion grew with time and same with the owners. The question is every different owner became a different murder. How they would stop the curse is what the new owners would have to find out. Then there is Ghost Rider. This is a story of one man and a friend. Ben was the driver, which lived to see the day, but his friend Dan did not survive his accident. As Ben ran from his troubles Dan would haunt him, until they met at the end of there after life. Will Ben just be a victim find out? They say that school is supposed to bring a good life into your world as you finish, and bring great values in life. Not for one man that struggles to find his self to be another victim of the road. Watch and read how one student takes a path for the wrong, as he meets his fate to a no return.

Vampires and bikers in Atlanta Ga in 1985? Sure. In the Misty Moonlight is a book of intrigue. It has several murders with no blood in the bodies. Violent death, no clues, confused cops, biker fights, motorcycle gangs, all lend a hand to give this novel a feel. A string of violent deaths give the police a headache. A brother and sister team of vampires. She finds a lost love reincarnated in the present and pursues it. How many victims must die before the police can capture the vampires? Can they?