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If you have never seen a Jeebie, you are lucky. The Jeebies are vicious beings that steal something very special and personal. When Jed's wife passes away, the evil spirits take something precious from her. Jed will have to cross through the veil and try to find a way to give his Ellie girl back what the Jeebies stole. If there is even a way to do that.

Mia and Jade knew the house that was up for sale was haunted. Most people had heard the rumors. But the two can't ignore the low rice. When they settle into the place, there are strange things, but it is hard to tell whether they are real or not. Things from the past resurface in psychological suspense.

Hypnagogia: the transitional state of consciousness between wakefulness and sleep,
The short stories in this book take a look at what is real and what is false when a mind lands in that strange place you find yourself in while falling into sleep. Could the dreamlike happenings be reality?

Black Manor no longer rests on earth.It stands by choice.After the foundation vanished, Mara believed the anomaly had been contained. The hollow was quiet. The freestanding door had faded. The house obeyed its boundaries.Then the city began to change.Buildings shift overnight.Rooms appear where blueprints say nothing exists.Intersections lose their angles.Doors open into places that have never been built.What once lived beneath the manor is no longer local.The origin that tested one house is now pressing against an entire city.As architecture across the skyline begins to forget why it was draw...

Black Manor no longer judges.It no longer hunts.It no longer decides who stays.But something beneath it still remembers how.After Elias broke the rules that defined the house, the manor changed. The mirror no longer shows guilt. The walls no longer close without consent. Guests can leave.Almost.Because beneath the scarred stone and red-veined walls, there is a hollow older than the manor itself — a space the house was built to contain.When a door appears in the lowest foundation — a door that was never carved, never sealed, never chosen — Elias realizes the truth:Black Manor was never th...

The house remembers.The keeper watches.And this time, the keeper wants out.Elias Crowe stayed behind to balance a debt he could never repay. As the new keeper of Black Manor, he ensures the house continues its grim work—inviting the guilty, forcing confessions, collecting memory and blood.But something is wrong.The rooms are changing.Guests are surviving longer than they should.And one night, a visitor leaves without paying at all.As the manor fractures, Elias uncovers the truth buried beneath its walls: Black Manor was never meant to be eternal. It survives only as long as its keeper believ...

Black Manor does not forgive. It collects.

When Elias Crowe receives a mysterious invitation, he is drawn to a forgotten estate hidden deep within the forest. Inside, five strangers wait—each bound by a secret they thought was buried forever.

As the house awakens, rooms reshape themselves into nightmares made of guilt, memory, and blood. One by one, the guests are forced to confront the truth they ran from.

Only one can leave.

And only if the house allows it.

A chilling psychological horror thriller perfect for fans of haunted houses, dark secrets, and slow-burn dread.

 

 

Love didn’t save Lena Hart and Noah Cole.It exposed them.Months after choosing each other, Lena and Noah are no longer falling—they are standing inside the reality of love: compromise, fear, and the quiet terror of being fully seen. Their relationship survives on late nights, shared silence, and the fragile belief that what they have is strong enough.But New York doesn’t pause for love.Lena’s career accelerates when she’s offered a once-in-a-lifetime project—one that would take her out of the city and into a future she once dreamed of. Noah, meanwhile, is pulled into the spotlight ...

Daniel walked away from the building.He made it out.He chose not to finish.He survived.But survival was never the point.Now the rules are gone.No more walls.No more floors.No more limits.The thing that once lived inside the building has changed.It no longer waits behind doors.It doesn’t need hallways.It doesn’t need a place at all.Because now—it lives inside people.Strangers begin hearing knocks that no one else hears.Reflections hesitate before moving.Voices repeat conversations that haven’t happened yet.And Daniel realizes the truth too late:He didn’t escape the building.He became ...

Luna is a curious little fox who discovers a magical garden hidden behind a sparkling waterfall. Every plant in this garden grows in a different color of the rainbow and has a unique, magical ability. With the help of her new friends—Bumble the wise bee, Tilly the talking tulip, and Finn the playful frog—Luna learns important lessons about kindness, courage, and embracing differences.

A story full of adventure, friendship, and color, Luna and the Rainbow Garden inspires children to explore their world, celebrate diversity, and care for nature.

In the heart of a sprawling metropolis, where secrets whisper through the neon-lit streets, Detective Alex Mercer is thrust into a web of conspiracy and deception that threatens to unravel not only the city but also his sanity. When a series of seemingly unrelated murders link back to a clandestine organization known only as "The Black Veil," Mercer finds himself on a relentless pursuit to expose the truth. As he delves deeper into the shadows, he discovers a dark world where alliances are fragile, and the line between hunter and prey blurs. In a race against time, Mercer must navigate a treac...

Lena Hart stopped believing in forever the night her engagement fell apart under the city lights of New York.Three years later, she’s back—older, guarded, and determined to rebuild her life on her own terms. Armed with a fresh start and a job at a prestigious architectural firm, Lena promises herself one thing: no more love, no more heartbreak.Then she meets Noah Cole.Noah is a street photographer with a quiet smile and eyes that see too much. He captures moments most people overlook—grief, joy, longing—because he’s lived all three. After losing someone he loved, Noah chose a life wi...

Emma Clarke has three rules:Never date coworkers.Never fall for “potential.”Never, ever trust a dating app match with perfect lighting.So when she accidentally swipes right on Noah Bennett—a charming, sarcastic stranger with suspiciously good photos—she expects nothing more than one awkward drink and a story to laugh about later.Instead, she gets:A fake relationship proposalA family wedding she somehow agreed to attendAnd a man who’s either completely wrong for her… or exactly what she didn’t know she neededNoah has his own rules—mostly about avoiding commitment—but Emma cras...

When Daniel Voss moves into Apartment 6B, he’s not looking for trouble—just a quiet place to disappear.The building seems perfect. Too perfect.No neighbors. No noise. No questions.But at night… something walks the halls.Doors open when they shouldn’t. Footsteps echo from empty floors. And the elevator? It only goes up—never down—after midnight.Then Daniel finds the first note, slipped under his door:“You’re the last one. Don’t let it know you’re still alive.”As reality begins to fracture, Daniel uncovers the building’s horrifying truth: no one who enters ever leaves.And...

Some love stories begin with a glance.Others begin with a message sent across the world.When Li, a young woman from the beautiful city near West Lake, meets Chak—who grew up in Hong Kong and now lives quietly in Europe—neither expects their lives to change forever. What begins as a simple conversation soon grows into a powerful connection across continents. But distance, culture, and tradition may test their love in ways they never imagined. Crossing Hearts is a heartfelt romance about destiny, trust, and two people discovering that true love sometimes must travel the longest journey of al...

Short stories tackle hard subjects with inspiration and hope. The author has used the hardships that people deal with every day to make this collection. From alcoholism to dealing with cancer and other hard times, the author brings inspiration to lives. The stories touch the heart and may bring a few tears.

Andrew is a healer. He has walked this Earth for over a thousand years. He is called to help and travels to the places he is needed. When Andrew heals someone, he wasn't sent to heal; everything changes. Haling Lisa, Andrew feels in his heart that she is his soul mate. The problem is that the two are from different worlds. Can Andrew give up all he knows and the special things he does, for the woman he loves?

After her grandmother passes away, Lacey is having a hard time coping. It doesn't help that someone is stalking her. Lacey finds that harassment is related to something in her past, and her mother's death that happened ten years ago. When the psychological terror escalates. Lacey discovers she made help from more than just this world.

The Black Sun has been crowned.The skies no longer burn—they watch.Under its cold eclipse, kingdoms prosper in silence while shadows return with memory and hunger. The gods that survived kneel or hide. The dead do not stay dead. And those who ruled the night now discover that power does not end wars—it changes what war means.Jack Cross walks a world that no longer knows whether it is saved or enslaved. Love survives, but only in fragments. Children are born without fear of darkness… because darkness now answers to someone.As the final eclipse approaches, an ancient truth surfaces from be...

Power Was Never Destroyed. It Was Waiting.The dawn burned.Faith shattered the world.And from the ashes…Something ancient has awakened.The sky is no longer divided between light and darkness.It has become something else.A throne.Nations fall to their knees beneath a rising force no one can escape.The faithful no longer seek salvation—They enforce it.Empires are forged in belief.Truth bends to power.And above it all…The Black Sun ascends.This is not a sign.Not a warning.It is a claim to everything.Jack Cross has survived the night.He endured the false promise of the dawn.But now he faces s...

When Faith Turns to FireThe night is over.The world survived.But the dawn is killing it.From the ashes of chaos rises a new power—the Sunborn.They promise salvation.They perform miracles.They demand obedience.Cities bow beneath blazing skies.Temples burn with holy fire.And those who refuse the light… disappear.Because this isn’t hope.It’s control.Jack Cross has faced monsters in the dark.But this time, the enemy stands in the light—worshipped, untouchable, and growing stronger by the day.How do you fight something the world believes is divine?As ancient prophecies resurface and the f...

As the blood moon rises for the third and final time, the veil between the living and the dead thins to its breaking point.Jack Harrow and Elise Carrington emerge from the ruins of Black Manor believing the nightmare has ended — until they discover the world outside is already infected by the House’s awakening. Villages burn. Shadows move beneath the soil. Survivors repeat whispers in languages they should not know.The curse has spread.A new threat rises: The Dawn Heralds, a cult convinced that the House’s awakening is merely the first phase of a larger prophecy. They seek to summon the ...

The Blood Moon has shattered… but its curse lives on.After barely surviving the horrors of Blackthorn Manor, Mira believes the nightmare has ended. But when the ruins pulse with an unnatural heartbeat and a whisper calls her name from beneath the earth, she realizes the truth:The house didn’t die. It awakened.Now, Raven Hollow is twisting into something unrecognizable. Ghosts drift through the treetops like broken memories. Werewolves howl in daylight. Bats swarm so thickly they choke the sky. And beneath the ground, something ancient is preparing to rise — born from blood, born from dar...

When the night falls, the manor remembers every scream.Hidden at the edge of Raven Hollow stands Blackthorn Manor, a mansion abandoned after a mysterious night of bloodshed more than a century ago.For decades, the locals have whispered about the curse that clings to its halls.Most people stay awayBut curiosity is stronger than fearWhen a group of investigators enters the manor to document its dark history, they expect dust, silence, and old legends.What they find instead is something far worse.Doors close on their own.Footsteps echo in empty corridors.Shadows move without light.And somewhere i...

When a biofuel plant was built close to a small neighborhood, the residents weren't worried. That was until an accident at the place left people injured, and even dead. Trying to survive the accident, those in the neighborhood find a conspiracy involving the military and the government. A race against time will show whether people can win over the bureaucracy.

The year is 1990, and community icon Edna Coffman, the current School Board Chairperson and just retired fifty-year English teacher at Pacer Coulee High School, is fed up with her beloved school fielding substandard sports teams who have recently been unable to compete with their conference rivals. In an effort to return the local sports fortunes to their former championship status, Edna manages to hire thirty-something’s Luke Carter and Madison Danielsen to the football and girls’ basketball head coaching positions at the small, rural town of Pacer Coulee, Montana. The unique-to-small tow...

The year was 1969 when twelve-year-old Maggie Stone’s world suddenly begins to spin out of control. Her mother, Lillian Stone, who suffers from a mysterious mental or neurological condition that frequently sends her to bed in an unresponsive state for hours at a time, has forced Maggie to be the responsible adult at far too young of age. When her mother goes into a debilitating spell that she cannot be revived from, Lillian ends up in a San Francisco hospital and Maggie is dispatched to an orphanage. As Maggie deals with her conflicting emotions, she finds herself both fiercely protective an...

In Converso Jews: A Hidden Family Story, the author, Gordon Blitz, offers a dual storyline following Jews who practiced their faith in secret during the period of the Inquisition and the current love story of Isaac and Pablo, a Sephardic Jew and a Catholic who meet at a gay Jewish synagogue. We ultimately encounter people of faith who are attempting to uncover their converso heritage trying to explain why their families have continued to practice certain traditions for the last five hundred years without understanding why. And if that was not enough, we follow Pablo who goes through the coming...

At the end of his Grand Tour, somewhere between Athens and Constantinople, Christian Selwyn, the young Earl of Hazelmere, vanished - seemingly without trace.

His startling re-appearance at a grand ball, takes society by storm and fuels endless speculation. Where has he been during these three missing years? What happened to him? 

And more importantly, how did it happen? 

Only one thing is clear.  The earl who left England five years ago, has returned a changed man.  A man with secrets.

In sports parlance, Barry was a flagrant foul waiting to happen. Raised in a power and control environment, he grew to resent and distrust authority figures. Labeled a frustrated, angry troublemaker, Barry obliged, living down to those expectations. His crime was being a free spirit in a world made for the corral.In sports parlance, Katrina was a team player – someone who would win the coaches’ award for her good sportsmanship and positive attitude. She was the soloist at church, the teacher’s pet at school, and the debutante at home. Labeled a sincere, compliant, and well-adjusted dream...

The Intercessor, the latest novel by Dexter James.A grisly murder suicide, involving the deaths of twelve people, was quickly dismissed by the police as an open-and-shut case.  A retired old-school detective, with too much time on his hands, decided to take it on himself to carry out further investigations. It didn’t help that the investigating detective on the case was once the retired detective’s subordinate, an arrogant know-it-all whose obstinate decisions would not be altered.Regardless,  the retired detective looked deeper into the case and the result of his investigations ...

Discover the 51 key advice and fundamental principles for selling more and succeed selling.If you sell or want to sell, this book is for you. Turn your sales into extraordinary with hundreds of priceless concepts and essential advice for selling more.A book 100% loaded with techniques for professional success and essential tips for negotiating and selling, written from experience.Among many other advice, it includes:-The keys to modern selling, and how to help your client to buy.-The keys and strategies to differentiate us from the competition.-How to avoid competing only for price and se...

There’s beauty in the dark, hopefully reader, you find some here. Fair warning, there’s a lot of gore. In a world full of hatred, everyone needs a dream or two to cling to. There are too many monsters in the world, they just might not be the ones most often associated with the word.14 Gothic and Twisted fables for the broken souls.13 poems for the rebels in us all.Twisted dark broken lost fantasy gore goth blood revenge escape dreamEbook is .99 cents when you buy through Barnes and Nobles<><><>Praise for the author As I read this I kept picturing Walt Whitman in ...

Were you taught to fear God or to remember Love? This is a story of a soul waking up from childhood prayers and hell-fire sermons to a living experience of God as pure Presence. It's for the ones who've survived spiritual trauma, the ones who've questioned everything, and the ones who secretly know there's more than fear-based religion. From near-death moments to Christ-Being encounters, this journey shows how forgiveness dissolves terror, heals the past, and turns belief into direct knowing. If you've ever wondered whether you were born knowing God or had to fight your way back to that knowin...

What if everything we've been told about healthcare, spirituality, and existence is only a fragment of the truth? In this eye-opening exploration of consciousness and personal growth, "Either God Is or God Isn't" challenges deep-seated beliefs, exposing unsettling realities of the healthcare industry while guiding readers toward enlightenment through spirituality. Delving into transformative near-death experiences, overcoming fear-based beliefs, and awakening through forgiveness, this manuscript explores the mysteries of Divine Connection and self-awareness. Are we truly limited by the systems...

Gentle Musings About Life is the story of discovering wholeness after loss. At 73, the author reflects on grief, devotion, and the eternal bond with God. The sudden passing of his beloved Mary Jo becomes a doorway to remembering that love never dies and separation is impossible. This journey challenges fear dissolves the ego's illusions and reveals a Reality where Oneness with God is certain, healing is natural, and Love is forever. Bob

 

 

In the beginning, Christ was God's first Creation, and we remain that radiant Oneness. We dreamed of separation, and the ego was born, but the Holy Spirit still whispers that Love is all that's real. Every act of forgiveness dissolves a layer of the dream, awakening us to what never changed. Jesus taught forgiveness because it ends fear. When the final layer falls, we'll awaken in Heaven, the Home we never left. Bob

 

The God Concept is an intimate, reflective conversation between a man who has spent decades exploring inner peace and the quiet clarity that reshapes a life. Through honest dialogue, personal stories, and steady inquiry, the exchange moves through themes of fear, forgiveness, love, happiness, and the gentle transformation that comes from a calmer mind.Rather than offering doctrine or argument, the conversation unfolds as a lived experience—how clarity softens reactions, how compassion changes relationships, and how peace becomes a practical way of moving through the world. The tone is simple...

Regis Raingarden wasn't just a man, he was a storm walking on two legs. Six‑foot‑four, built like a legend, with a glass eye that caught the dusk like a warning. He arrived in town without a smile, bought the darkest house on a dead end street, and carried a past no one could imagine. One Friday night, the whole bar learned why people whispered his name. Faces changed. Energy shifted. And by the end of it, everyone understood one thing, you don't provoke a man who's already lived through the unthinkable. Bob

 

 

 

Some secrets just won’t stay buried. A construction site provides a horrific discovery when a worker uncovers the skeleton of a small child wrapped in a sleeping bag. Police Chief Matt Foley soon links the murder to another cold case, the hit-and-run death of Attorney Josh Bradford.The long suppressed memory of the young victim’s childhood friend, Sara Bradford may hold the key to both crimes. But Matt has mixed emotions about Sara—his prime suspect in her husband’s murder. Matt soon discovers the twenty-five year old mystery has the power to stretch across decades to kill again.