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Joseph Stanton is haunted by the spirit of a past flame and a song that manages to play on its own. Donald Pagel feels a strange presence and senses inhuman changes occurring inside. Across the state, Alice Shoemaker is awoken by a strange light that leads her from the Shares' home. The ancient evil she will face is more powerful than any to date. It seems unstoppable.

Odd things are happening to the Shares. Nightmares haunt them. Their toddler seems to see things no one else can. Pictures fall. Cryptic messages appear on frosted glass. Something bad is coming. Many miles away, demented elders deliver strangely coherent messages to Alice Shoemaker. Is it time for the quest she’s been waiting for? Can she find the Shares and help them thwart this evil menace?

A flash fiction with elements of horror and suspense.

A short story with elements of fantasy, horror and suspense.

A short story with elements of humor and horror.

Reminiscent of Joshua Scribner's novels FEAR AND REPULSION and SEED, Within follows psychologist Dr. Caffer as he tracks unspeakable evil to the deepest recesses of the human mind.

Mikey, Jonnie and Seth, three prodigious 11-year-olds, and best friends, set off for a day of hunting rabbits. Little do they know that something so much more is waiting for them and that it will haunt them for the rest of their lives.

Nancy has never appealed to the opposite sex. But after a visit from a magic woman, men will give up everything to have Nancy for a little while. No wonder she is not a willing patient for Doctor Wolfstone. And while the doctor deals with the powerful demon inside her, an old nemesis is on the way to destroy him.

His patient is an unwilling participant. The bound man likes the demon inside him and the ravenous appetite it brings. On top of this, the demon knows things about the doctor and will take the fight to a personal level.

Doctor Wolfstone’s client seems harmless enough. She’s a librarian by occupation and rather plain in appearance. But what’s in her is not so plain, and it’s not harmless. Worst of all, it likes to come out once a year and hunt its prey.

The thing inside Doctor Wolfstone’s next patient has been there for years, but it’s been hanging around this realm much longer than that. It really wants to come out and meet the skilled hypnotist. And it’s very hungry.

The last thing Coy remembers, he was about to die. So why is he in this strange house, with even stranger creatures, vying for his attention?

Seed Psychologist Jonah Singer has his own issues. He has obsessive-compulsive disorder, chain smokes, and is haunted by a blurry past. Enter Tate, a mental-health counselor with a wicked laugh and uncanny ability to get inside Jonah’s head. Tate shows him the path to the most horrific depths of the human psyche. Inside his mind, Jonah will find much more than the tools to heal. He’ll engage in a battle, with ramifications for the entire planet. The Coma Lights An Oklahoma tornado drops from the sky to sweep up Sully Jacobson and his car.

Jacob Sims visits his hometown, Nescata, Oklahoma. Recently, Nescata has suffered several peculiar deaths. Jacob's return brings personal changes. His lifelong funk fades, but vivid hallucinations come in its place. He's haunted by a mysterious man in white, and his near-comatose grandmother is trying to tell him something. He must learn the connection between the deaths. Lives depend on him.

Doctor David Porter has found a tunnel into the deepest recesses of the human mind. Using hypnosis he’ll apply his secret techniques on three previously incurable patients. The signs say stop. His thirst for knowledge won’t let him. Little does he know that what’s waiting for his patients could be worse than what brought them to him in the first place.

In this installment of the series, Doctor Wolfstone visits Jimmy Shepard on Death Row. The evidence against Jimmy is clear and overwhelming. But he claims not to remember killing anybody. Why does Doctor Wolfstone believe him? What does the hypnotist see in Jimmy?

Two men awake within the confines of an electrified chain-link fence. Machine guns point at them from every direction. Fanged beasts stalk the outside. An hourglass shows they're running out of time. They have no idea why they're here.

Introducing a man with hypnotic methods that can lay your mind out like an open book. Doctor Wolfstone knows more about his clients than they will ever know about themselves. He can find their demons and try to get them out.

Something is disturbing Dennis Harkum's sleep. Is it real? Is it only in his head? Will he figure it out in time?

Something has come out in the night, and it's waiting down the road.