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Being in high school sucks. Just ask Richard "Tex" McKenna, a Kansas sophomore. Dealing with bullying, burgeoning love, the loss of parents, and dodge ball is bad enough. To top it off, he's just found out he's a witch Then there's the pesky problem of fellow students being murdered. The suspicious eyes of local law enforcement are watching Tex and his loyal group of friends. So is the killer. Will Tex's new-found witchcraft skills prove helpful? Or cause even more problems?

Tex McKenna's junior year of high school is just as bad as his sophomore year. Maybe worse. Olivia's dumped him. He's caught up between two warring teen gangs and gone "undercover" with the Modern Gangstas to unmask a murderer. All this poor Witch Boy and supernatural trouble magnet wants to do is end the school year alive. And maybe find out who the mysterious ghostly girl is and how she knows all his secrets.

Graduation day is "killer"...too bad Tex the witch boy may not live to see it. Richard "Tex" McKenna's graduating high school. It's a shame he doesn't have a clue what comes next. There's no time to think now, either. Being a male witch makes Tex a ginormous supernatural trouble magnet. There's an angry witch in pursuit and a maniac in a Grim Reaper's costume on the loose. Why did the cheerleader really kill herself? Is the heinous Clarendon Baptist Church a front for something more sinister? Elspeth's back, too, trouble trailing on her booted heels. If Tex and his friends don't figure it out soon, Tex won't have to worry about life after high school.

If you're dead already, can you die again? Elspeth's been summoned from limbo. Her new assignment? Track down the culprit in the mysterious death of a student at Clearwell High. And incidentally, uncover the identity of the new drug dealer prowling the halls. Only one problem-the body she has to co-inhabit has a different agenda. Elizabeth just wants to be prom queen, marry Prince Charming, and graduate with perfect posture. Both girls, alive and dead, will have their separate worlds rocked before the killer is unveiled. Nothing is as it seems. No one can be trusted. Being dead has never been so dangerous.

When Wendell Worthy decides to blow off laundry for the day, he has no idea he'll soon be running across downtown Kansas City in his tighty-whities. But a murderous, psychotic drug dealer has his brother and the ransom's a cup of chili that has to be delivered within two hours. The catch? There are rules in place: no rides, no money, no help. And Wendell has to do it in his underwear. Regardless of the rules, he knows he can't go it alone. The only person downtown who might help is Alicia. Too bad their one and only date ended in disaster. Undaunted by the rules, Wendell embarks on a nerve-shredding race against time. Join Wendell on his Chili Run, the thrilling, comical read for those who need excitement on-the-go.

Evil lives deep within the mines of Gannaway.Born of hate, it preys on the miners, feeds off their superstitions. It gathers strength from the dead and drives the living insane. And it has survived for decades.It's up to one man to put an end to the evil and lay the ghosts of Gannaway to rest, but can he allay his own fears and conquer his own demons long enough to get the job done?

"These tales are top class horror with a smile, which is just as scary as a scowl or a snarl." --Maynard Sims, author of the DCI Jack Callum series "A collection of horrific gems to curl up with on a dark night. Just make sure all the lights are on. Oh, and that you know where your cat is." --Catherine Cavendish, author of The Devil Inside Her and Waking the Ancients Welcome to Tornado Alley, where the tales are as dangerous and as twisted as the storms that ravage the great plains of Kansas. Here, you'll meet an arachnophobe whose plans for a romantic weekend become a nightmare far worse than anything she could ever have imagined. Holidays are all about food and family, but this year there's a darkness hovering over Don Carmelo's Thanksgiving feast. A hen-pecked husband finally decides to heed his wife's advice to man up and become a man, but will she like the changes in her husband? They say you should never judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Harv Perkins is about to find out what it's like to not only walk in another man's shoes, but to wear his skin as well. Ding, dong, the witch is dead, that's what the residents of Beckham County are proclaiming. But down in the morgue, something is stirring. All these and more Eleven tales to thrill and chill you

Life is different in Peculiar County. So is death, as Dibby Caldwell, the fifteen-year-old daughter of Hangwell's mortician, is about to find out. Witches lurk in the shadows. A menacing creature haunts the skies. And the dead refuse to stay dead. A cry for help in the middle of the night finds Dibby in the neighbor's cornfield, where the ghost of a young boy manifests, clings to her, and pleads with her to help him. Aided by the new kid in town, James Mackleby, the teenager launches her investigation, much to the consternation of some of the townsfolk. She's told not to stir up old memories, and she soon learns that some folks will do anything to keep her from learning the truth. Her world crumbles when she discovers her own father knows more than he's saying, and now she doesn't know who to trust. As if her life needs any further complications, she has to deal with her growing feelings for the town's bad boy, who has proven himself unreliable and not very trustworthy, but she needs to trust someone. In her search for the truth, she unearths the supernatural roots of her hometown and finds allies in the least likely characters, people she had at one time considered prime suspects. But will her kind heart and the search for justice prove to be the death of her?

An embittered farmer.A New York corporate raider.Two teenage high school girls.A failed small business owner. Past and present collide, revealing secrets best kept hidden. These disparate people gather at a desolate Kansas farm for a hellish night not everyone will survive. Godland is a dark psychological suspense horror thriller. A Midwestern nightmare. Farm noir.