Short Stories/Novellas

The old Palace Theater has been closed and abandoned for nearly two decades. Fallen into disarray and completely dilapidated, something amazing is going on within the building. John Bellows, a former entertainment writer, had been missing. When he reappears at his old place of employment, he urges his ex-fellow employee and friend, Carol, to follow him to the old Palace Theater. Wary of his disheveled appearance and erratic behavior, but wanting to discover more about just where John has been, Carol agrees to go with him. What she discovers both amazes and frightens her …

Two days ago, Greg got an invitation in his email from someone he didn't know. This invitation was to a Halloween party in the local graveyard. His friend Kurt received the same invitation. Now, it's close to midnight on Halloween night and they're driving out to the graveyard. Greg has a funny feeling that something might be off. Kurt doesn't agree, but Kurt is wrong. Dead wrong.

Halloween, 1974: a gray and drizzly day in El Reno, Oklahoma, a suburb of Oklahoma City. Todd Strauss is dressed up as a pirate with a black cloth patch over one eye. His six-year-old sister Lisa is a princess with a tiara made of Christmas garland and pipe cleaners. One of these kids will be dead before the night is over, and the town will find itself gripped by a terror they have never known before...