Prodigal
It’s been a rough two years, but Alana has her life back on track. She has a good job, she’s consistent with her meds, and she hasn’t had any incidents in almost a year. The future looks bright, until an email sent on a random Thursday threatens to upend it all. A stranger claiming to be her half-brother says that their father William is sick.
But her dad’s name was Scott. He and Alana’s mother have been gone for almost two decades. While it would be easy to write off as a scam there is something deep inside her that questions her truth. She reels from this revelation and may sink back into destructive habits before she can work up the courage to question her grandparents her took her in all those years ago.
Lost in Transition
The weight of being three months into a layoff, two months away from becoming a father, and an early morning job rejection sends a man on a barefoot escape to get the mail. At the end of his rope he is desperate for anything to change for the better. Things would be better if he gets a job. He needs to be better.
With his mind swirling, the suggestion of a black cat named Oscar sends him into the unknown wilds of his neighborhood on a quest to make sense of his reality. In searching for clarity, he will learn exactly what happens when he chooses to get good and lost.
Last Words
Casey Conway never imagined she could be the last girl on Earth, only to survive in a small farm town in Nebraska, alone, after her world ended. It’s been two days since she found her stepmom’s body along the riverbank. Now, there are strange noises in the ancient house that belonged to stepmom’s grandparents and she swears someone whispered her name. Dead animals appear on her doorstep in the morning and the noises get stronger.
What is she supposed to do? She needs a grown-up, she needs her stepmom, but no one is coming for her. What can the last girl on Earth do?
The Invisible Revelation of Phillip Corrig
Phillip Corrig would fight his way inside if he thought he stood half a chance. Instead, he impotently fumes on a mound of dirt while staring at the lodge where the cries of his wife’s birthing pangs echo in the Erokan forest, but the threats of the mid-wife keep him in place.
It’s when his father-in-law, one of the toughest orcs in the village, makes him an interesting offer that Phillip learns about true strength and what it means to be a father.