Glen Krisch

12 years ago Janet Martlee's infant son died under mysterious circumstances. Consumed with grief and anger, she ran away to start again...Yesterday, a12-year old boy with dead eyes appeared in her classroom, begging for help. But Janet doesn't believe in ghosts...Today, her psychiatrist tells her she must return home to confront her past and uncover the mystery of what happened...Only some questions don't want to be answered. And some answers hide in the shadows...In the COFFIN SHADOWS"A chilling tale of loss and discovery. COFFIN SHADOWS ramps up the suspense from the first page until the last. Krischand Steensland are definitely authors to watch " --Michael McBride, author of Subhuman and Mutation "Krisch and Steensland's COFFIN SHADOWS is sleek, mysterious and disturbing, a fast-ball right over the plate that readers of traditional horror are sure to enjoy. Nicely done and lots of fun." --Greg F. Gifune, author of Savages and The Bleeding Season "In COFFIN SHADOWS, Glen and Mark have created a very Gothic modern horror tale, filled with stern headmistresses, gaslighting and secret cults. Deftly handled, chilling and atmospheric in all the right ways and places. Definitely recommended " --John F.D. Taff, Multi Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of The Fearing and The End in All Beginnings "COFFIN SHADOWS is a quick, intense read. The reader is never allowed the comfort of a predictable scenario, but is instead tossed from one unsettling chapter to the next. A wonderful story steeped in mystery, suspense, betrayal, and horrifying secrets." --Somer Canon, author of The Hag Witch of Tripp Creek and A Fresh Start

It is 1939, and Leonid Turetsky is a reclusive Jewish painter living in Nazi-occupied Poland. His obsession is to capture with oils on canvas the perfect memory of his family, who he lost to violence decades earlier. Eliana and her younger brother, Felix, struggle to subsist in the ghetto. After being wrongly accused of theft, the ghetto police chase the children through the city market. When the children seek shelter in an apartment building, they are saved by Leo. With no other place to go, he helps them escape to the only place possible-within one of his paintings. A fantasy novella rooted in historical detail, The Painter from Piotrk w is a story about undying love in a time of war.

It's a time to say goodbye. Krista Forrester and her family return to her childhood lake house to say goodbye to her dying grandfather. His last wish is to spend his final days surrounded by family. It's a time to reminisce, a time for togetherness and love. But the family's return awakens both forgotten memories and the unsettled spirits tied to the land. Sometimes memories are better left buried. Krista never wanted to return to the lake house. She hasn't been back since Breann, her childhood friend, disappeared from the sandy beach right outside her back door. Her disappearance left behind both lingering sorrow and many unanswered questions. Was Breann a victim of a now-convicted serial killer? Will Krista and her family succumb to the evil bound to the lake house? Is Breann still somewhere close, waiting to be discovered? What are those melancholic little whispers Krista hears in the middle of the night? Only by confronting the tragedies of the past can Krista guarantee her family's future.

The Arkadium's time has come. A religious cult intent on setting history back ten thousand years, their goal is to destroy modern man's domination of the planet. Growing up, the Grant brothers were close, but as they reached adolescence they drifted apart, taking opposite paths into adulthood. Straight-laced Jason works for a small-town newspaper. Marcus is into drugs, violence, and self-destruction. When Marcus finds salvation and sobriety after joining the Arkadium, he reaches out to his brother, wanting him by his side to record the new prehistoric era-the Arkadium's era. Jason faces a choice: join his brother in the destruction of humanity, or die like one of the millions of innocents who will fall in the Arkadium's ascent.

Maury has the power to pull dreams into the waking world, giving the dreams corporeal form. These dream-people range from seemingly human figures, to monstrous beasts compelled by the most primal urges. Once exposed to the real world, the dreams evolve, adapting to their surroundings.Maury is gathering dreams for display at Lucidity, the soon-to-open Museum of Dreams. From a boy named Kevin, he removes Mr. Freakshow, a nightmare feeding on the trauma of Kevin having recently witnessed his father's murder.As Maury falls in love with a dream-woman named Joy, he realizes how wrong it is to enclose the dreams. During the Lucidity's Grand Opening, Mr. Freakshow escapes. To create a diversion, Mr. Freakshow frees the other dreams. The Nightmares, The Erotic Dreams, The Serenity Dreams--all of the dreams--invade the city.Mr. Freakshow knows the rules that govern the dreams: A dream-person achieves immortality by killing its dreamer. If a dreamer dies for any other reason, the embodied dream disappears forever. At first Maury seeks out Mr. Freakshow in order to stop him, only to realize there is only one way to accomplish this; he must find Kevin first, killing him before the nightmare has its way.Kevin will do whatever it takes to be free of his nightmare, once and for all. Maury will do whatever it takes to protect the love of his life. Mr. Freakshow will do whatever it takes to realize his immortality. Will Kevin survive his nightmare?