The author of "Four Stories, The Last Year" and "Legal Thriller" is back withhis most recent collection of short stories.

Socialite Jordan Alexander, accused of brutally murdering his ex-wife in her Pacific Heights home, denies any involvement and suggests his wife was murdered by black hoodlums. The shocking conclusion comes 14 years later in a dramatic courtroom showdown that introduces unlikely protagonist Destiny Mitchell.

THE GREATEST SERIAL MURDER ARTIST OF ALL TIME? While investigating a murder crime scene, San Francisco police find a letter addressed to one of their detectives, the clever and highly-respected Inspector Deuteronomy Saint Claire, who is at odds with the city's top brass for not sharing information over a career of twelve years. The letter is from a serial killer who tells Saint Claire that, despite being dead and in a grave for the last twelve days, he will murder seven people over the next thirty days. Because the planned murders are interdependent, with each killing setting off the next,...

First published in 1998, Four Stories is the first short story collection written by Marcus McGee, a favorite for readers who appreciate the author's twisted humor. The stories are loosely autobiographical and center on issues involving family life. Yet they illustrate how political family life can become at times. The Felinicide, for example, is an examination of the death penalty, wherein the protagonist is a cat. The three remaining stories are Dick, The Doctress and Nero. The author has also included Black Bertha, a poem composed in trochaic octameter, an homage to Poe, his favorite...

McGee's second short-story collection contains some of his favorite works, including "The Club, Synchronicity, Mister Peacock, Til Death Do Us Part," and three blank verse parables, "Coat of Black, The Thinking Man," and "The Crab Story."

"Mommy, There's A Little Boy Under My Bed " is the story of a little monster, Markie, who is terrifed that there is a little boy hiding under his bed. The story is about how children fear and distrust people and things that are different, but in the most important ways, we are all the same. It is a lesson even parents sometimes need to learn.

"Mamita, Hay Un Ninito Debaja di Mi Cama!"is the story of a little monster, Markito, who is terrifed that there is a little boy hiding under his bed. The story is about how children fear and distrust people and things that are different, but in the most important ways, we are all the same. It is a lesson even parents sometimes need to learn.

The President announces the imminent approach of an asteroid that will end all life on Earth and bring about cosmic winter. America and the world react as governments collapse, wary militia groups rally to secede in the mid-West and scientists propose to launch Life Ark, a project that will preserve humans in stasis in space. Part One of THE LAST YEAR TRILOGY.

Part Two of the LAST YEAR TRILOGY. Continuation of Earth's last year as chaos grows. Militia groups defy the government, California attempts secession, Life Ark launches and political turmoil threatens global war. In the Crypt amid Colorado's mountains, a computer hacker and a scientist try to determine the truth of the threat to Earth. Part One: Shadow in the Sky. Part Three: New World Order

In Sevilla, Spain, two identical twin brothers, Antonio and Fernando Castaneda de Castile, aspire to be matadors, but only one will succeed. In love with the same woman, Isabella Zamora, the brothers compete for her love, yet only one will win her heart. Antonio is a physical man, bold and daring, while Fernando is intellectual, introspective and deeply philosophical. In a cruel twist of Fate, Antonio is forced to "take his brother's life," and vows to Fernando at his death to keep a secret from the world. Speaking to a visitor, "a Moor" whose appearance was predicted by "a gypsy," the aged...