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Silver Island

...an almost legendary place to most Americans.

The citadel where the government is building a new and better nation from the ashes of the war-ravaged land. Everyone envies the few children who are chosen to be sent to Silver Island to help realize that dream.
At least, that's what Howie Ryder was told when his little sister became one of the Chosen. And that's what he believed before the soldiers slaughtered his parents.
Six years on, Howie has discovered the horrifying truth about Silver Island. And will do anything --
anything
-- to rescue his sister from its grip...

A Day at the Fair

Neal Barrett Jr.

Off to the south you could see 'em---two big Portugees floatin' high and slow, flat-looking bodies all pearly blue in the sun. They weren't real hungry, or looking for anything special, just drifting along, trailing their stingers like long rags of rain 'gainst the ground.

The Transformed Mouse

Jack Ketchum

Here's something from the delightfully warped mind of Jack Ketchum! The Transformed Mouse: A Fable that’s right folks, a fable! One for adults though, adapted from the 2nd century Panchatantra. And unless you're afraid of the elements, or of mice, there's nary a scare in it. Just good wacky fun!

Murder Mysteries: A Play for Voices

Neil Gaiman

In Heaven's City of Angels before the fall, the first crime has been committed: an Angel has been murdered. While the Angelic Hosts labor to create the universe, one of their number is mysteriously slain by one of their own. Raguel, Angel of Vengeance, is commanded to discover both motive and murderer...

Snow Glass Apples: A Play for Voices

Neil Gaiman

A young princess … her skin as white as snow … her hair as black as coal ... her lips as red as blood … an innocent young girl victimized by her evil stepmother.

Or is she?
Neil Gaiman’s “Snow, Glass, Apples” turns the traditional “Snow White” fairytale on its head and tells the story from the point of view of the “wicked” stepmother, who knows the truth about this less-than-innocent girl and attempts to save the kingdom from her unnatural and monstrous stepdaughter.

Suffer The Flesh
 Monica J O'Rourke
"Zoey Masterson didn’t know what pain was before, but she’s learning fast. Kidnapped off the Manhattan streets and whisked away from the safe, normal world she once knew, she finds herself the victim of one reprehensible man’s vision. "Somewhere between ecstasy and pain, learn to Suffer the Flesh."

Jasmine & Garlic
Monica J O'Rourke
A “routine” obstetric visit quickly becomes a nightmare for unsuspecting mom-to-be Cassandra. But even worse than the exam itself is what Dr. Windling has in store for her and her unborn child …

Mr Peepers

Akela Cooper
When her brother is mysteriously killed a young woman returns home to close his affairs. But when she gets an ominous warning from her brother, she has to stay and investigate his death which may have been caused by a malevolent demon masquerading as a cat.

Hallelujah
Akela Cooper
Mary is a young woman with a dark secret: she's got a demon living inside her. Literally. But it isn't the demon she fears, it's her father, a Baptist preacher who has tried everything in his power to break his daughter's spirit. But when her father's church is attacked by the Ku Klux Klan, Mary must call upon the demon to help seek revenge.

Tinder Box Blues
Akela Cooper
A confederate soldier gets more than he bargained for when he strikes a deal with an old slave woman. But when he tries to keep her most precious gift for himself, he finds treasure isn't the only thing hidden under Massa's tree.