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For the Shylmahn, it was a wonderful adventureThis is not 'slam, bam, welcome to earth' stuff. There will be no fairy dust sprinkled into the atmosphere to miraculously kill off the bad guys. This could happen. The Shylmahn Migration brings gritty realism to the nightmare of an overwhelming alien invasion of earth. The miniseries screenplay adaptation of the novel won the Pacific Northwest Screenwriters Competition. "Intelligent science fiction"William C. Brown, Ph.D.Author of 'The Evolutionary Science of Extraterrestrial Life' "Outstanding writing in a fine story""Very well designed and very well executed"David L. Powell, Ph.D.English and American Literature

December 1960... Thirteen year old Jenny Harper is exploring the caves with her brother Bill and their best friend Mike. They see a strange shimmering light up ahead. Bill rushes ahead, disappears around the bend. Fade to present day... Thirteen year old Jack and his twelve year old sister Amanda visit their Grandma Jenny in the mountains over the Christmas holiday. They hear the story of a mythical cavern that Grandma went searching for fifty years earlier with her little brother Bill and their best friend Mike. Her brother was lost, never to be seen again. Drawn to the mystery, Jack and Amanda meet up with Daniel Madsen, a local boy diagnosed with Leukemia and only months to live. He tells them of a boy who went into the caves a few days before Christmas, 1910 and came out three years later telling of "The Christmas Cave", a world of amazing colors and lights. They find their way to the Christmas Cave and discover much more than they expected. Novella based on the screenplay "The Christmas Cave", written by David R. Beshears

"I bequeath to my nephew, Jacob Quigley, all that I own, all that I dream, and all that I am, in the hope that my life's quest will become his quest." -- Last Will & Testament of Tobias Quigley Those few cryptic words send Jake into a world that couldn't possibly exist. Traveling the Gateways, he will befriend the eternal Guardians and stand against an ancient enemy. The miniseries screenplay adaptation of the novel was a top-ten finalist in an international screenwriting competition."If you need to take a break or get a cup of coffee, do so at this point as you'll be glued to this book moving forward. "- five stars Diana L, top 500 reviewer

Movie Novella Series CollectionTwo-hour books adapted directly from screenplays. The five novellas included in At Variance are based on screenplays written over several years. Each has previously been published as an individual novella. The narratives follow as closely as possible the original screenplays. The results of this very painstaking balancing act are five films flickering before the eyes of the reader. And these five stories couldn't be more different from one another: family sci-fi adventure, dark satire fantasy, science fiction, holiday family fantasy, and post-apocalyptic scifi/horror. Welcome to the multiplex...Choose your screen and enjoy the movie...

Six short stories from the past...I don't get to write short stories much anymore, but I love writing them. Short stories was where I started, back when I was twelve and my sixth grade teacher handed me an empty theme book and asked me to fill it up. I had turned in a story the day before for extra credit and she liked it.Most of my short stories have been lost, particularly those written using my old typewriter back before I had a computer, and more than a few written with only pencil and paper. But I did manage to hang onto a couple from way back when.I thought I'd bring some of these old stories out into the light. I hope you like 'em.--drb

Present day...A man returns to a long-abandoned neighborhood. Doors stand ajar, shutters hang open, lawns and landscaping are unkempt. The man sits on the curb and opens a leather-bound journal. Through the journal, he recalls the events that took place in Ravenhill decades earlier. Journey back to 1964...The man is just a boy. He and his friends find that their neighborhood, a cul-de-sac set into the foothills along the California coast, is not all that it appears. There are strange happenings; some amazing, some terrifying, and all pointing to the fact that this little community of families might just be something other than what the rest of the world perceives it to be. Thirteen year-old Ben Foster, along with his friends Peter and Louis, and his older sister Julie, set out to find the secret behind the peculiar events that the outside world doesn't see and that those living in the neighborhood either choose to ignore or are conspiring to keep hidden. Young Peter will set the tales down in his journal, which years later a grown Ben Foster will clasp to as the last surviving corroboration of their adventures and of their astonishing discovery.

fantasy / dark satire John Smith is the first person ever sent downstairs due to a mix-up in the paperwork. While this is sorted out, he is assigned to work at Hades' local television station, where he must deal with strange characters and stranger programming. All the more bizarre, he arrived just in time for Founder's Day. You'll be recommending this book to your friends before you are even halfway through it. A+ all the way - highly recommend -- top 500 reviewer Dark satire novella adapted from the screenplay "KHDZ", written by D.R.Beshears Industry feedback re: the screenplay: "The concept is brilliant and eye-catching." "The situation is entertaining, the shows are fun, and life at the station with all its quirky characters is easy to become invested in... a fun script and a very talented writer." "The author has come up with a very inventive concept and gives us a very sympathetic protagonist. Not only that, the author understands how to balance the wit of the set-up with the real emotional issues faced by the characters."

The Caravan is just one more tribe traveling a post-apocalyptic landscape, foraging through the dead cities of the past. The tribe is friendly and well-adapted to the nomadic life. But there is something unsettlingly dark underlying the pleasantness. After months on the trail, they settle outside an abandoned city for the winter. Foraging teams go in, looking to fill their wagons with supplies. Meanwhile, a band of marauders watches. They have their own way of getting what they want. And they want everything. This time, however, they are in for a bit of a surprise.

A team of scientists travels the eighty floors of a strange black tower, where each floor is an alternate world fraught with danger, striving to reach the top floor and the dark force behind the creation of the looming monolith.This novella serial is based on the eleven one hour screenplays of the television miniseries "The Black Tower".This omnibus edition contains all eleven novellas in the serial, with each novella a direct adaptation of one of the episodes in the miniseries. They are structured and formatted exactly as the one hour screenplays from which they have been adapted.

John Smith is the first person ever sent downstairs due to a mix-up in the paperwork. While this is sorted out, he is assigned to work at Hades' local television station, where he must deal with strange characters and stranger programming.All the more bizarre, he arrived just in time for Founder's Day.

December 1960. Thirteen year old Jenny Harper is exploring the caves with her brother Bill and their best friend Mike. They see a strange shimmering light up ahead. Bill rushes ahead, disappears around the bend.Fade to present day. Thirteen year old Jack and his twelve year old sister Amanda visit their Grandma Jenny in the mountains over the Christmas holiday. They hear the story of a mythical cavern that Grandma went searching for fifty years earlier with her little brother Bill and their best friend Mike. Her brother was lost, never to be seen again. Drawn to the mystery, Jack and Amanda meet up with Daniel Madsen, a local boy diagnosed with Leukemia and only months to live. He tells them of a boy who went into the caves a few days before Christmas, 1910 and came out three years later telling of "The Christmas Cave", a world of amazing colors and lights. They find their way to the Christmas Cave and discover much more than they expected.

Present day... A man returns to a long-abandoned neighborhood. Doors stand ajar, shutters hang open, lawns and landscaping are unkempt. The man sits on the curb and opens a leather-bound journal. Through the journal, he recalls the events that took place in Ravenhill decades earlier.Journey back to 1964... The man is just a boy. He and his friends find that their neighborhood, a cul-de-sac set into the foothills along the California coast, is not all that it appears. There are strange happenings; some amazing, some terrifying, and all pointing to the fact that this little community of families might just be something other than what the rest of the world perceives it to be.Thirteen year-old Ben Foster, along with his friends Peter and Louis, and his older sister Julie, set out to find the secret behind the peculiar events that the outside world doesn't see and that those living in the neighborhood either choose to ignore or are conspiring to keep hidden. Young Peter will set the tales down in his journal, which years later a grown Ben Foster will clasp to as the last surviving corroboration of their adventures and of their astonishing discovery.

A cluster of old buildings sits isolated on a quiet, desolate plain. Overhead, the sky is a smear of reds and purples, a shell enclosing the world. Here, strangers who have banded together for survival must strike out into the alien wilderness in search of a way home.Novella based on the science fiction screenplay "Broken Sky" by David R. Beshears.

The Caravan is just one more tribe traveling a post-apocalyptic landscape, foraging through the dead cities of the past. The tribe is friendly and well-adapted to the nomadic life. But there is something unsettlingly dark underlying the pleasantness.After months on the trail, they settle outside an abandoned city for the winter. Foraging teams go in, looking to fill their wagons with supplies. Meanwhile, a band of marauders watches. They have their own way of getting what they want. And they want everything. This time, however, they are in for a bit of a surprise. Novella adapted from the post-apocalyptic scifi/horror screenplay "The Caravan".

A tenuous truce between Shylmahn and Human had kept the peace for more than five years, but there was never a doubt as to who were the masters of the planet. Earth belonged to the Shylmahn. But the Britton Family, waging a clandestine war with the invaders for thirty years, had one last desperate, insane plan to get their world back. Succeed or fail, it would change the face of the planet forever. Genesis is the final book in the Shylmahn trilogy.

Deep within the subconscious mind of The Writer dwells the Storekeeper...An old, weathered general store sits alone on a long-forgotten highway...Strangers gather, all to be welcomed by the Storekeeper...An ethereal one hour tale. This novella is a direct adaptation of the three act stage play.The Storekeeper has also been adapted to both a one hour feature screenplay and a pilot for an anthology television series.