Mark Leslie

ALPHA WOLF BETA HUMAN BIG APPLE Michael Andrews seems to have it all. He's a successful author and a minor celebrity living in Manhattan. It's a pretty big step up from his humble Canadian upbringing. Of course, his lycanthropy poses a bit of a challenge. After waking up from his latest night of...

Michael Andrews has suffered the slings and arrows of an outrageous fortune living with lycanthropy. But an ancient curse preventing him from being with his true love has finally pushed him right over the edge.

HER LOVE WILL BRING ABOUT HIS DEMISE. Michael Andrews and Gail Sommers have finally found the love that had eluded them for so long. But their romance has uncovered an ancient evil curse neither of them could have anticipated. It does more than bring down a plague on their houses - it unleashes...

Michael Andrews, a Canadian living in New York, is learning to live with the side effects of lycanthropy. Other than waking up naked and bloody in Central Park once a month, he’s managing just fine. If only he could finish the book he’s supposed to be writing....

There's no escaping the evil that rises within our own hearts. On a work trip to Los Angeles, Michael Andrews stumbles upon the rising underground movement of the Proud Fighters for America, a White supremacist group hell-bent not only on vanquishing any outside their predefined definitions of...

Michael thought he'd found the perfect woman. A companion whose own powers neutralize his werewolf curse, and bring the balance he's always wanted. But his plans on settling down, and giving up the vigilante lifestyle are fleeting....

Welcome to the jungle. If New York is the city that never sleeps, then LA is the city where you have to sleep with one eye open. Michael Andrews learns quickly that it's not just the cutthroat world of Hollywood you need to be leery of. There's something deeper, darker, and far more disturbing...

How do you keep an innocent child safe from a predator when you have no control over the beast that assumes control of you? A train bound for Vermont leaves Manhattan at 11:35 AM. It takes approximately nine hours to arrive. Sunset at the arrival destination occurs at 8:20 PM. How does Michael...

The most terrifying things happen in the dark. Screams echo through the thick darkness of night in this collection of three short horror tales from the dark mind of Mark Leslie. Taste of Darkness: Sensory deprivation takes on a new meaning when you let the darkness completely consume your senses...

Spend an afternoon antiquing, and it’s not hard to figure out why picking has become one of America’s fondest pastimes. It’s treasure hunting while connecting with history. But what if those treasures hunt us back? From old books, vinyl records, antique mirrors, vintage figurines, and a...

If you go into the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise! Bumps in the Night collects four short stories perfect for either sharing around a campfire or reading while on a sleepover. "Erratic Cycles" involves a man stranded on an abandoned highway in Northern Ontario, forcing him to...

If you ever cast an uncomfortable glance over your shoulder when passing the silent snowy sentinels that stand looking at you as you pass on the icy sidewalk, then these two dark humor snowman tales by Mark Leslie are for you....

Being a werewolf isn't all about howling at the moon and running carelessly through boundless fields feeling the wind in your fur. For Michael Andrews, a Canadian living in Manhattan and afflicted with lycanthropy, there are odd side effects to being a werewolf in the middle of a bustling...

A small eastern community becomes over-run by a growing army of scarecrows. This short story of approximately 8000 words was inspired by an actual legend from the Nova Scotia community of Necum Teuch...

Three stories which explore the darker side of the world of books. In a style reminiscent of the old Twilight Zone television show, these three tales will take the book loving listener to a place that is somewhat familiar yet frighteningly surreal and disturbing....

Peter O'Mallick isn't just having a bad day; he's having a bad life. Walking around with a powerful death curse it seems like everyone Peter knows or gets close to meets an untimely fate. But when Peter realizes he can use his powers for good, being a harbinger of death might not be so bad...

There's nowhere to hide when everybody you know or meet is trying to kill you. Scotty Desmond's day begins like any other until his boss calls him into the office, pulls out a gun, and starts shooting at him. Scott manages to escape the surprise assassination attempt, but everyone else he meets...

He came to New York as a writer with a dream. What he became was something out of a nightmare. It's the summer of 2003, and 22-year-old Michael Andrews has finally escaped his small Ontario mining town for the city of his Spider-Man daydreams. But the wolf attack on a lonely highway changes...

For centuries, philosophers have pondered the Zen Buddhist koan: "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" What, then, is the sound of one hand screaming? Within these stories you will find . . . a bookstore that keeps more than dusty old tomes on its shelves . . . a phantom limb that can reach...

Waking up naked and freezing in the snow of Central Park after a night as a wolf is just another hellish winter commute for Michael Andrews, a Canadian werewolf grappling with life in New York City. Despite possessing enhanced senses, superhuman strength, and agility in his human form, Michael...