In addition to growing herbs, I plant a field full of pumpkins, squash and gourds. After all, what would the Halloween season be without a pumpkin-carving party? If you pass by my saltbox during the autumn months, you might smell freshly baked pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread and even pumpkin spice waffles. Inside the stone building, you will find 25 stories to read by the light of a scary jack-o-lantern.
Aidan Kerry's Conundrum - (August 2018) A brave police officer takes down a gunman who shot and killed a pregnant woman. He then wants to adopt the victim's baby. Brothers in Arms - (September 2018) After learning of Lee's surrender at Appomattox, a woman anxiously awaits the return of her five sons, all serving in the Union Army. Chronophobia - (June 2018) A math teacher, obsessed with clocks, fears he will die if one should wind down. Cover Band - (August 2017) A mysterious blond stranger suggests a member of a Beatles cover band make a career of impersonating post-Beatles John Lennon. Cupid - (September 2017) Two detectives look for a serial killer who shoots his victims through the heart with a crossbow and leaves behind a paper cupid. |
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Evacuation - (August 2017) With the Blitz threatening the lives of the people of London, the government orders the evacuation of children to the safety of the country. However, a little boy learns there are unforeseen dangers in unlikely places. The Feast - (August 2018) Seeking shelter from a heavy rainstorm, a Nazi mobile killing squad commandeers an old Hungarian castle. However, the commander and his men are unaware of the dangers posed by its inhabitants. The Find - (January 2018) Two writers hope to solve the mystery of an antique dagger and a rag doll found by one of their readers in a crevice behind a waterfall. First of May - (August 2018) Giselle Becker is the sole heir of a grandmother she never knew. She inherits not only her property but a unique gift as well. Gerascophobia - (January 2018) A former male model wants to raise the falling ratings of his reality TV show. He decides to claim he suffers from the fear of growing old. His solution: kill himself while he's young. |
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Hell Week - (August 2018) A gifted student is invited to join a prestigious secret society. But first she must get through Hell Week. In Cinderella's Shadow - (July 2017) The child of a famous Hollywood actress wants to step out from her mother's shadow and have her own identity. Le Morte d'Elizabeth - (July 2017) On her deathbed, Queen Elizabeth I, believing her immortal soul is in peril after being excommunicated by the pope, reveals her fears to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Look Away - (May 2018) The son of a Pennsylvania coal miner finds success as a singer in a minstrel show. On the threshold of the Civil War, the troupe embarks on a six-month tour of the South. Love Locks - (April 2018) While on their honeymoon in Salzburg, Austria, two newlyweds write their names on a padlock and then secure the lock to a pedestrian bridge. Their action later has dire consequences. |
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Maskaphobia - (February 2018) A woman plagued by nightmares of a masked man believes she might be suffering from maskaphobia and seeks help from pyschiatrist Lionel Penn. Navaratna - (July 2017) The murder of a rapper triggers a string of similar killings in Manhattan. Two NYPD homicide detectives try to find the link between the victims. No News - (December 2017) A man who inherits a failing newspaper decides that publishing sensational stories, even if not completely accurate, is the only way of improving his fortunes. Out of Order - (February 2018) A lonely, wealthy widower hears his dead wife's voice while listening to one of Edison's coin-operated phonographs. Preemptive Strike - (June 2018) As her wedding day draws near, a bride-to-be begins having disturbing dreams. |
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The Proposal - (December 2018) A writer wants to propose to the woman he loves on a reality television show, but he must first think of an unusual form of proposal. Pyrophobia - (September 2017) A widowed pediatrician goes into a trance when she encounters burning candles on a birthday cake. Could her childhood fear of fire be returning? Sweet Sorrow - (November 2017) A Boston photographer goes on assignment to New Orleans and encounters a mysterious stranger from the past in the shadows of a French Quarter courtyard. Unstoppable - (September 2017) Meredith Winslow, CEO of an international multimedia corporation dedicated to the art of homemaking, baking and cooking, has no time for anything except work—not even for her three husbands. The Young 'Un - (August 2017) A former Union soldier, unhappy with his postwar life, wants his younger brother to help him rob a bank. |
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