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For new parents, the world is full of horror.There are the things everyone expects - the grotesque level of reality distorting sleeplessness; the persistent, neurotic worry about your newborn; the fear that the new addition to the family might change your dynamic with your partner in unforeseen and unhappy ways; the physical trauma of birth.But then, there are the monsters that prey on the distracted, the exhausted, the unhappy. The ones just waiting for a new parents to fall, unwittingly, into the shadows.There's the monstrous baby who wants to trade places with your precious newborn, the evil, lactation consultant with a cruel agenda, the wife who, under pressure to lose her baby weight develops a disturbing new hobby, the delightful baby who transforms into something utterly terrifying.Welcome to the world of postpartum nightmares. A world connected through ancient monsters and an overlapping group of friends and partners just trying to make it through the first year with their sanity, souls, babies and bodies intact.This collection is for anyone who likes to mix terror with humor and fantasy, desire and dread. But it is especially well suited for new parents who want to feel a little less alone in the long, dark sleepless night...…

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It's the blood moon and everyone at the W Concern's shifter department knows what that means: a night of mayhem, bloodshed and action. But, that's not what happens. In fact, no one could have predicted what the dawn brings: a critical member of the team kidnapped and a bloody gift from a new wolfpack hell bent on claiming Toronto as their own. As the team organizes to save their colleague from being devoured at a feast hosted by cryptocurrency dealing vampires the future of their entire team hangs in the balance and rests on how much they can trust this new wolf pack. History says they can't trust them, not at all, but with lives on the line they might have to. Note: this is a story but it is not a real story, not in the truest sense. It's more a love letter to a team I worked with for almost six years and am now saying bye to.…

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A paranoid gun enthusiast with a secret and her best friend leave town for a wedding but end up being intercepted by a hoard of demons instead. In short order they will not only discover who has sent the demons but be thrust into an entirely new world that wants nothing more than to destroy them. Set in a world where all of the old gods still walk among us this is an action packed story about friendship, guns, monsters, evil mermaids, pregnancy, demons and coming of age in your thirties.Huge shout out to @Krazydiamond for the cover! :D…

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In the works - based on reader feedback I totally overhauled the original Selfish Gods. The characters are more fleshed out this time around and the story should be as fun but a lot has changed (for the better)! Posting this here as a place holder till I start posting new chapters.…

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University friends Luisa and Kay reunite in Nairobi after a year apart to do some feel good volunteering but their friendship and the trip begin to unravel the moment they meet a strikingly handsome British philanthropist and a Ghanaian entrepreneur. In short order the donor funding the project that has brought them together is revealed to be rich and cruel, her interest in coming to Kenya to "help" routed in deeply disturbing ideology. Meanwhile, Luisa must confront her reasons for maintaining her friendship with Kay, her status as heir to a nearly incalculable fortune, her feelings for a man who seems a little too good to be true and the tragedy she left behind back in California. **A/NThis story is a work of fiction, but it's based on things I saw and heard while working in international development for five years. It's my attempt to find the complicated middle ground between those who would idealize international development and those who would condemn it. It's also a place for me to deal with a difficult friendship I had with a friend who was suffering from mental illness. She's since passed away and I'm not sure I ever really got over it. The story isn't at all done so as I'm writing I'm figuring it out too. I've set the story Nairobi and in Kisumu, which is far west of Nairobi. I've picked the title partly because of what Nairobi represents. Nairobi is a throbbing, innovative metropolis situated in a continent that is still viewed very narrowly as a place in need of help.…

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When he was young, Thomas was a travel writer and photographer. But in his old age his children pressure him to move to retirement home. He resists until a fateful encounter with one of his fellow residents: a woman who doesn't seem to age and who definitely has a taste for blood....*Part of why I wrote this story was to write a non traditional vampire story. The leads aren't young, one of the characters is Asian (vampires seem to be very white for the most part), and it's set predominantly in a retirement home. But that said, it's still supposed to be suspenseful and interesting. I hope!*…

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Adelaide's favorite meal is oblivious serial killer with a side of barbecue sauce. She finds a man in a grocery store who fits the bill and who, conveniently, seems to think he is the predator and she the prey. Too soon after her lucky find real trouble rolls in to town and Adelaide is forced to pick a side in a war she has done her best to avoid. Thanks to the wonderful @rentachi for creating this amazing cover!!! (and for @nick for asking :)…