A detective investigating a suicide comes away with more than he bargained for . . . a routine clinical trial goes horribly wrong . . . an avid book collector learns to just what lengths he will go to hold on to a treasure . . . and a close-knit New England family comes to terms with the end of the world. From the author of APPLEWOOD and SINCERELY DEAD come eight spine-tingling tales of terror and wonder, featuring the award-winning novelette ADAMSON'S ROCK. ADAMSON'S ROCK AND OTHER STORIES has something for everyone.

"Elvis meets Elmore Leonard on the way to Red Sox Spring Training." - Adam Pachter, Editor of Fenway Fiction. In Major League cities across the country, the departure of the equipment truck from the ballpark headed for spring training has become an annual rite of spring, and nowhere is this more true than in Boston, where "Truck Day" has become an unofficial holiday. But what would happen if a fanatic Red Sox fan and his two nephews became trapped in the back of the truck just before the door slammed shut and it began its 1487-mile journey to Fort Myers? Aside from the kidnappings, the car...

It's October of 1970 and twelve-year-old altar boy Conner O'Neil has a few problems. He's dodging some oddly personal questions from his local parish priest while also suppressing the guilt he feels from the night he and his buddies shot out the window of a local haunted house. Worst of all, he learns he has to kiss the creepiest girl in class after getting the lead in the school play. But only after his father has another heart attack do his real troubles begin . . . A heartwarming and life-affirming coming-of-age tale told in a unique and unforgettable voice.

When a late winter storm unearths an ancient shipwreck, the sleepy Cape Cod town of Sully's Rump is turned upside-down, first by the media, then by the resurrected pirates who come back to reclaim their ship. Local historian Arthur Cobb wants the ship for himself, but so does his nemesis, gazillionaire businessman Barney Zimmerman. Caught between the two is young Chris Duggan, the boy who found the wreck, who just wants to help the pirates get home. He realizes the only way to do that is to rebuild the ship and fulfill the pirate curse, but soon learns dislodging the pirates from the Rump may...

The APPLEWOOD saga continues . . . Fourteen-year-old Scott Dugan is both desperate survivor and hunted casualty of a vampire outbreak that decimates his small Massachusetts town. His uncle believes science offers hope and takes the boy on the run from shadowy forces tasked with exterminating those like his nephew. But when the two separate, Scott embarks on an epic journey that takes him from cheap carnival sideshow act to comfortable refugee in the home of a wealthy and reclusive man with his own dark tale to tell. As the chase moves from the low deserts of Arizona to the high peaks of...