I was getting ready to turn eighteen and was looking forward to starting my senior year of high school. They say senior year is the best, but I wasn’t so sure. Lance Smith, a retired Pittsburgh Pirate, was the most overprotective man I’d ever met. He was also my dad. I was Sammie, his little […]

“Vampires on campus!” As a paranormal reporter for The Universe, Aurora North is not impressed when her editor slaps a student newspaper on her desk and accuses her of getting scooped on a vampire attack on a nearby university campus. Initially, it looks as though the article is nothing more than poor student reporting, but […]

Love is patient… It’s been nearly a year since Ben Davis first laid eyes on Summer Smith, the woman who would be his saving grace. Now on the eve of their wedding, the entire town of Sweet Grove is in chaos. The wedding garden never bloomed, the flower girl has the flu, and the ring […]

Two field biologists from N.J. Fish & Wildlife discover a contagion being spread by a common marsh grass called Phragmites. Shortly after their reporting to the CDC, the contagion has found a human host, then another and another. In less than 24 hours, Phragmites will release their seed to the world, carrying the contagion with […]