Is it possible for someone with the ability to fast forward through unpleasant and unbearable portions of her life to still endure longing and regret? Young Alicia loses her mother and her innocence at a tragically young age. She knows of no other way to escape ... at least for a few precious moments ... than to simply skip over the horrors that plague her into adulthood. But who will pay the ultimate price, both physically and emotionally?

A Dark and Bizarre Tale from the Twisted Mind of Joe Townsel.

Featured in the collection, "Anticipation".

Spooky noises, creaking floorboards, soft tortured moans, These are the sounds that frighten small children, and give their parents pause as well. But are the noises only tricks of the mind, or is there something sinister lurking in the shadows? Are they more or less terrifying when things go bump in the day?

A Dark and Bizarre Tale from the Twisted Mind of Joe Townsel.

Featured in the collection, "Horror Springs Eternal".

If one's fulfillment of the soul cannot be satisfied within the confines of humanity, now those needs can be met beyond the mortal, beyond the organic. One suitor is the man of a lonely woman's dreams, proving that even the soul can be only skin deep. I Love the Body Electric.

A Dark and Bizarre Tale from the Twisted Mind of Joe Townsel.

Book One in the novel, "Mate to Order".