Short Stories/Novellas
Teenager Chaz’s life is complicated enough with a high maintenance girlfriend and a car that’s always breaking down, but things get even crazier when a mysterious stranger comes to stay with the family. Chaz is told the man is his Uncle Coop, someone he’s never even heard of before who is the black sheep of the family. Coop is a retired illusionist, but he’s retired from magic. Or has he?
13 year old Tom is sent to his Uncle Jake out in the country, a last-resort attempt to straighten him out after a troubled past. Tom tries to run away, but then realizes there’s nowhere for him to go. As he begins his summer with his uncle, Tom begins to learn more than he realizes. Building a cabin with Jake, he begins to rebuild his own life as well.
Agatha Award Nominee and IMBA National Bestseller! (Middle Reader) Young Emma is a rockhound at heart, and she lives in the perfect place in North Carolina where emeralds, rubies, sapphires, and many semi-precious stones exist. When the family is in danger of losing their home, Emma sets out to find an emerald to save the day, with unexpected consequences!
Agatha Award Nominee and IMBA National Bestseller! Crispin’s dream is to win the science fair with one of his inventions. The only problem is that they aren’t 100% reliable all of the time. When he hears that one of his classmates, and main competitor, may be dying, Crispin sets out to find out what’s really going on, with his rival, and the competition!
Agatha Award Nominated Author!When Jeff learns that they're moving just before his senior year of high school is about to begin, he's crushed about losing his place on the football team. That's the least of his problems, though, when he and his mother and little sister move in with his grandfather, a man who is hiding his own secrets. Jeff doesn't realize it, but the truth about his long lost father is about to resurface as well, and Jeff is determined to learn the truth, no matter what the cost.
Agatha Award Nominated Author!More than anything, Jonathan loves being a camp counselor at Lightning Ridge, a summer camp for artistic kids. Besides teaching things from painting to sculpture to writing, the four counselors are trying out for one scholarship that will pay their way through college. As the counselors prepare for the final judging, mysterious things start happening to their submissions, and Jonathan and his friend Grace must find out who’s trying to sabotage everyone’s work.
A caving expedition goes bad when two couples go underground. One man's wife and the other woman's husband are planning to leave them both where no one will ever find them, but the wronged pair have other plans. As the game of cat and mouse continues, no one is certain of getting out alive.
One Dimension Too Many By Tim Myers When inventor Tom Beckett tests out his latest machine, built to remove dirt from household objects, he is stunned to see a shimmering door of light appear in his shop. Upon further investigation, Beckett discovers that he’s accidently created a portal to another dimension, one where his counterpart has just been assassinated by a group determined to kill the secret of the gateway forever. With the help of new friends Anna, Bruno, and Sadie, Beckett must fight the Dead Eye Assassins and figure out why they want the group dead before it’s too late. Tim Myers, working under a handful of names as well as his own, has written over a hundred novels and has appeared on the New York Times Bestseller list, the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association Bestseller list multiple times, and has been nominated for an Agatha Award and multiple Derringer Awards as well.