When I was a boy, I lived with my mother in an old house in Georgia. It was small, and most parts of it were ...

The lights of the Seattle skyline suddenly ignite as the city comes alive with the sounds and sights of night. In a run-down bar a ...

Part I I set these words down in no expectation that they will avail me, nor even with the confidence that they may serve as ...

I own a pizza place. People hear that and picture something cozy. Brick oven. Family recipes. A guy in a clean apron tossing dough in ...

Christopher Ingram came out of the grocery store with two paper bags in his arms and found a sheet of paper tucked under the wiper ...

Lyndsay found her mother Tina in the kitchen and said she had found noodles from another dimension in the basement. She said it plainly, with ...

Vicky and Kevin Chandler woke to a crash from down the hall, followed by the sharp clang of toy cymbals and a heavy thump that ...

Chapter 1 “The Tunnel to Hell” The mountain groaned and geysers of fire burst from its sides. Clouds of sulphur whirled around its peak like ...

Kellen Mitchell’s car died on a stretch of county road with no houses, no traffic, and no reason for the engine to fail. One moment, ...

Margaret Dean started at the school on a Tuesday. She was quiet, neat, and pale in a way Ms. Clemens noticed right away, though not ...

Drac’s head had been bashed to such an extent that he was barely recognizable. He was Zack’s firstborn and the one he adored more than ...

She stopped as her legs ached from hours of walking. She had come far. Very far. The day and night seemed to intertwine, never being ...