Alan finds himself in the downriver area of Michigan with the writing assignment that brought him here cancelled. He decides to stick around anyway. His interest is peaked after hearing the name "Joey's Bench" mentioned several times. Could there be a story here? What Alan finds is much more than a story,

Everyone said they ate poisoned mushrooms or drugs and beat each other to the point of near death, but they knew better. Kept apart for nineteen years, what would these three best friends discover actually happened to them and why? Raymond Potis travels back to his hometown of Oscoda, Michigan and reconnects with Ben and Lennie. By the end of his trip two people are dead, and two more are almost murdered by the entity that tried unsuccessfully to kill them all those years ago, only this time they have proof, but will anyone still be alive to listen?

People who knew Carly thought she had it all together. After all, she was very beautiful and intelligent. Along with her best friends, Suzanne and Shannon, Carly was privy to many secrets. What they did not realize was that secrets had a way of following people throughout decades. Secrets that can touch every part of your life and come back to haunt you. See who gets hit with a shopping cart and how it changed their life forever and what part did Mutton Chops play in all of this?

Most people feel the need to take a break from their everyday life at some point and Shannon was at that point. She borrowed the name of her favorite character from an old sit-com and found a little country bar where she could escape to and be someone else for a while. She could drink and not have to worry who was counting and a bonus was a cute bartender. Shannon was happy at Ruby's Bar and Grille -until she found herself in the middle of someone else's business and they were not pleased. When she came up missing she realized that no one here knew her real name and her best friends, Carly...

Suzanne, Carly and Shannon are in trouble again when the criminal they put away escapes from prison. Suzanne's cousin, Officer Brent Trott has his hands full yet again trying to save his cousin and her friends. Brent's feelings are stirred up when a new man shows up in town and gives him cause to worry. Has Brent waited too long to declare his feelings? Will Shannon give up on Brent and fall for the new man in town? Will his cousin finally fall in love herself? Once again Mutton Chops is in the middle of it all. Witches, nuns, cowboys and a mule all collide at the Fire Circle where one man...

Arthur Jasper walked slowly, his cane in his hands, his breath measured. He knew each breath could be his last. "Please" he cried. "I have to know " then he saw it - there in the mist.