A beautiful story about oppression and the end of life. Subjugated under a globalist government, a disillusioned subject begins to question the state’s totalitarian authority after stumbling across a charismatic separatist and receiving a mysterious directive. Following this encounter, the subject travels to the last separatist stronghold, an ancient Coptic medina, where he unearths a terrifying secret agenda: the state’s ultimate technocratic project. He then embarks on a physical, mental, and spiritual journey, forcing him to confront an anguished past, a hopeless present, and a potentially horrifying future. When life faces its darkest hour, its extinction event, will it survive the ordeal and gain salvation? Or will it fail and forever suffer damnation?
The unthinkable has happened and the apocalypse is spreading throughout the world. Sidney’s neighbors, family and friends are either dead or have turned into zombies.
Fortunately, she’s been joined by an unlikely group of survivors as they battle their way through the hardships in order to find their way to their new home.
This book is not filled with gore or nonstop killing. It is about survival against all odds and the human spirit. The characters are not perfect. They are people with actual strengths and weaknesses.
What are the Mike Beem Chronicles? The Mike Beem Chronicles are a series of short stories that I wrote involving a character named Mike Beem. They are stories about hope, survival, and people trying to keep humanity alive in a world filled with the living dead. Descriptions for all six stories in this collection flow below. Enjoy.A Zombie Thanksgiving: A short story about a woman who risks life and limb in a Zombie Apocalypse in order to keep the Thanksgiving tradition alive.A Zombie Christmas: This short story is about three men who risk life and limb in a Zombie Apocalypse in order to bring happiness to surviving kids on Christmas Morning.A Zombie New Year’s Eve: This short story is about Becky and Joe who are separated in a Zombie Apocalypse and risk life and limb in order to reunite for their New Year’s Eve kiss.A Zombie Christmas 2: A boy lost. A family desperate. It’s Christmas in a Zombie Apocalypse and Mike Beem is once again aiming for another Holiday miracle. His goal this year isn’t toys for the kids in the neighborhood. His goal this time is trying to save one small life so another family doesn’t have to suffer the way he suffered.Flesh for the Zombies: When Mike Beem’s community is savagely attacked, he must exact revenge on those who wronged him. He must put aside all the good he has ever accomplished in order to become someone else. A man without a moral compass. A man without right or wrong. A man who is a cold blooded killer. Will he get his justice or will he die trying? The answers lie within the pages of this short story.Zombie Beach: Mike Beem has given it all up and run off to live by the beach. Life down on the coast isn’t all that it should be. Days of lying in the sun are replaced with brutal survival. Mike does his best to not only survive, but to rebuild a life among the ruins of these beach side towns.
Charlie is your average six year old. With one major exception. Charlie has Cystic Fibrosis and has to spend over an hour every day chained to the couch to receive his treatments. These treatments are what help him stay healthy and active, but that does not make them any less boring. He is forced to sit on the couch, while his vest pounds his chest to loosen up the extra thick, sticky mucus that builds up in his lungs. Not only does this force him to miss out on some play time with his brother and sister, it also itches like crazy! Everything changes one night when Charlie makes a wish on a shooting star. His wish is to either make it so he doesn’t have to do his treatments any more, or at least that they would be more fun. Charlie’s wish is fulfilled, but not in the way he expects. The next day a new machine arrives at his door that is about to send Charlie, his brother, and sister on the adventure of their lives.
When you’re a rocket ship captain, you learn to expect the unexpected. A routine charting mission can turn into the discovery of a sentient wormhole. A Hedgmonian diplomat may possess your first officer and then try to assassinate you. The Queen of Ridgimon IX may take you as her concubine and impregnate you with her seed. But still … when you’re suddenly ordered to the fleet admiral’s office twenty-four hours before you’re due to punch, it’s enough to give even the most seasoned captain pause. The Federacy doesn’t make hasty decisions, but they do give orders with little to no warning. Orders that can turn your life upside down, back to front, or—literally—inside out. My name is Patrick Starson. I used to be a rocket ship captain. And this is my story.
Imagine being able to explore different cultures simply by opening a trunk. When Carla is transported to Guatemala, she meets Matias, who invites her to join his family in celebrating Dia de los Muertos. She learns about the significance of this festival and gains a new friend in the process. Carla’s Adventure in Guatemala is the first book in the Traveling Trunk series. Explore the beautiful culture of Guatemala in this easy-to-read chapter book.
Beware! It’s Halloween and the Pumpkin Men are coming…
Fourteen year old Owen is not having a good day for it’s All Hallow’s Eve and things are not as they should be. Something is lurking in the lake by his house, dead leaves are falling and the brambles are twitching.
Nothing is right.
When Owen meets a strange old man hiding in an abandoned farm, things go horribly wrong. Soon Owen catches his first glimpse of a real-life monster, one that raises a terrifying horde of nightmarish creatures to descend upon the village.
As the villagers hide in their hall, there’s only one place left for Owen to go; across the lake. The very same lake where a horrifying legend is said to stir deep below the waters…
Can Owen cast aside his terror and save the village as the clock ticks towards midnight?
One Dark Hallow’s Eve is a lost tale from Eldritch Black’s The Book of Kindly Deaths. Read it now for an adventure in a dark fantasy world, with more than a touch of Halloween horror.
