When he kills a poet singing a song mocking Tarod the Puppet King, Minnea's former ruler is arrested and sentenced to hang. Tarod meets new friends in prison with a plan to escape, but the greater danger...

Collected into one volume, the first four adventures of Tarod the Nine-Fingered, with the never-before-published essay "Writing Tarod." THE WAR LORDYoung Tarod wins a tournament and joins the court of...

After being sent away by the girl he thought he was going to marry, young Jacob Wolf is ready to throw his life away in a blaze of glory at the first opportunity. However, his death wish gives him nerves...

Once upon a time, Donnie Nelson was a bestselling author of fantasy novels. He had the fame, money, and career he had always dreamed about, but fame led to temptation, and Donnie surrendered to it, destroying...

Almost fifteen years after the civil war between shapeshifters, Joey Woodman has been living an easy, protected life as the only living naturally born werewolf. But when Thomas McGrath, now a Pack assassin,...

In the wild and rugged Cherokee Nation, a young bounty hunter named Jacob Wolf embarks on a dangerous journey to retrieve stolen horses and seek justice for his retired partner, Jerome Freeman. But it...

In this touching and often humorous memoir, machinist, journalist, corporate writer, public relations hack, and author Steven E. Wedel talks about how he became a high school teacher and what those first...

Legend has it that on October 31 the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is thin and things that are bound in one realm or the other are allowed to pass between the two worlds. Children...

Daniel thought he had lost his high school sweetheart, Penny, over an abortion 35 years ago. But when a woman named Alicia arrives at his assisted living center claiming to be his long-lost daughter,...

Becca is the pride of her little village until the day the wicked Trolls come down from their mountain and steal her away. The Troll king loves Becca's singing, so he takes her home and locks her in Fang...

Dead ain't gone, and gone ain't dead.Harley Shaw's life is falling apart around him. His best pasture is ruined. His cattle are gone. His wife is gone. His daughter is gone. His sanity is slipping away,...

In the era of mullets, Reaganomics, and Hollywood heavy metal, Josh Cooper and his girlfriend Rana set out from Florida to Tennessee to reunite with an old friend to form a new rockabilly band. What was...

Ramsay Quarles is already a wanted man when he guns down a cheating gambler in a small Kansas town. Now the dead man's nephew, Jack, has decided Ramsay is his new guardian and guide to the western frontier.Meanwhile,...

"[A]n amazing tale that introduces you to the innocence and curiosity of youth, the dangers around them, and leaves you thinking. Monsters DO exist. This story offers several 'monsters' - you decide who...

11 Tales of TerrorThe God of Discord – A man discovers the single eye of an ancient god watching from space, and soon realizes he's been noticed.When the Lady of Byblos Calls – When this ancient goddess...

Lynette Cook knows about abuse. She learned it from her father and, later, had the lessons reinforced by the boyfriend she thought was her savior. Free at last from her own tormentors, Lynette now lives...

Succeeding King Damen on the throne of Minnea, Tarod must do the bidding of Selith, the sorceror who holds a might secret that could condemn Tarod to death. The young king must battle the wizard and his...

In this collection of short stories based on his acclaimed Werewolf Saga, author Steven E. Wedel reveals back stories about some of the major characters in the series while also introducing characters...

Shara Wellington has always been shy, but what happened on prom night drove her deeper into herself. Professor Josef Ulrik, however, sees something in the girl and believes he knows what she needs to...

Escaping Minnea with his life and weapons and little else, the wounded Tarod finds unexpected sanctuary in the home of and enemy's son. Healed and refocused, Tarod sets out to help the victims of his...

SUMMER OF LOVESomething magical happened in the summer of 1978. Thirteen-year-old Robert Prince fell in love with Alia, a mysterious older woman who lived down the street.SUMMER OF HORRORSomething horrible...

In Oklahoma City, a mother and daughter are visited by a creature that lives under beds.Pam and Allison Baker are a modern mother and daughter. They don't believe in monsters. Not really.But the monster...

Young Bobby Bauman's mother and father have brought a group of strangers together for a reunion. They all have an intimate relationship with the deceased teenager.But as the people munch on cookies and...

Andrew Clausing is a teacher who has lost nearly everything. His wife left him. His teenage daughter hates him. He drinks too much. The only things he has are a love of teaching, his relationship as a...

Dena is recently divorced and ready for a new life in Benevolence, Oklahoma. She has a new job and an old house. The job is promising. The house is perfect, with plenty of space for her and her two young...

Joey Woodman, the first werewolf created through natural birth, overcomes the serum administered by his mother every month and flees into the Montana forest as a wolf. Desperate to find her son, Shara...

After centuries of waiting, the Alpha has arrived.In the wilds of Mexico, the Old Ones gather around Shara as her third pregnancy nears its triumphant end. Meanwhile, Kiona and Chris hide Joey in the...

Sam follows his friend Gene as they peddle their bikes out of town in the late evening. Gene stops them in a clearing around an oil pump jack and tells Sam to start gathering firewood. That's when Sam...

Authorities said everyone was dead. When Milton arrived at the site of his church's Brazilian mission, everyone he knew was dead, or gone. The only person in the burned out village is a strange, beautiful,...

Steven E. Wedel offers four short stories that run the gamut from pure horror to shocking hilarity. First, in "The Zombie Whisperer," a young lady living in a secure compound with a few fellow survivors...