Nera, a plane-cursed thief, lives in Nexus, a city forever cast in twilight, constructed around a great Machine built by immortals to align all the planes together. Nera grew up an orphan on the streets, scorned and mistrusted for her fiendish heritage, and was sentenced to ninety-nine years of slave labor in the great foundry […]

Because the war on drugs is not going well, the DEA initiates a secret project mixing a lethal Venezuelan hepatitis virus into heroin, rationalizing that a few deaths from a new type of hepatitis will deter drug abuse in many. When Dr. Kris Jensen, a medical detective with the CDC’s Hepatitis Division, arrives in Mississippi […]

He said. She said. He’s dead. Nicole Long is one failed breathalyzer away from unemployment. The lawyer’s future was promising when she first joined the Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s office. Then Nicole’s demons caught up with her in the form of a bourbon habit. Her boss has offered one last chance at redemption. Nicole only has […]

A shocking job loss will force Renee to remember the beauty of new beginnings. Summers at Whispering Pines defined Renee’s childhood. Days meant swimming and sun, nights meant ghost stories and campfires. Best of all, Whispering Pines meant time with Celia, her favorite aunt. Through the years, Celia would remain Renee’s most steadfast confidant, but […]