"I didn't believe in ghosts, not until I became one." Schuyler Ramsey just wants to be like the other kids in school. Too bad she's dead. Her ghost haunts a farm in windswept western Ireland, along with some of its previous inhabitants. When she partially materializes in front of her sister at breakfast, she is propelled on a quest to stop a fake TV psychic from visiting the farm and stirring up trouble. Along the way, she visits a famous pirate, helps a mermaid rescue a basking shark from fishermen, and encounters Nicniven, queen of the dark elphs. But Schuyler soon finds that the Haunted...

"It was just a simple computer prank. How could I have known that it would almost get us all killed?" When sixteen year old Cai Peterson poses as an online troll to relieve the boredom after being grounded for drinking at a party, he tangles with a cyberstalker who's not only willing to make his virtual life miserable, but his real life as well. As Cai searches for the stalker, it seems like nearly everyone in his sleepy Texas town has something to hide. Surrounded by suspects, Cai has to navigate a shifting landscape of treachery and truth to uncover a hidden enemy before he and his family...

If Sarah Reeves was a faery instead of a human, it would be a whole lot easier for her to get what she wants: to ride Cheval Bayard in an elite competition; to earn a spot on the Mundane Intervention Team; and for Brendan Greenwood to like her. But Regan, her archrival at the stables is doing everything she can to steal Cheval Bayard out from under Sarah. There are more students than spaces for the Mundane Intervention Team, and competition is fierce. And Brendan inexplicably likes mean-girl Dahlia. It's enough to make Sarah wonder if she should leave the realm of Faerie and return to the...

Marti Keller was married to the man of her dreams and had a satisfying career as an emergency room nurse. But a soul-shattering tragedy turns her world upside down, leaving her desperately clinging to the one precious thing left in her life. After her search for a work-at-home job leads her to rediscover her long-suppressed ability to communicate with ghosts, she encounters Spam, the restless spirit of a murder victim, who begs her to help bring his killer to justice. She agrees, but her life quickly spirals out of control. Even as she fears she is descending into madness, a mysterious...

July in Houston, Texas, is far too hot for Frost Giants. But when a Valkyrie with an attitude shows up on Marti Keller's doorstep in the middle of summer, things take a turn for the polar. After Marti returned home from her ordeal at the hands of a notorious drug and human trafficker, she had expected her life to return to its normal placid state, maybe with the addition of a splash of romance. Instead, she finds she's hopped out of the frying pan and into the Arctic Circle, where she lands square in the middle of an ancient apocalyptic prophecy. Can a tiny tweak of the prophecy change the...

Space City 6 is a collection of short stories from the weird to the wonderful, all with a Houston flair. We begin with the birth of Houston in a mosquito-and alligator-people-infested swamp where a mermaid is intent on stopping human encroachment. Fast forward to the 1940's where we join a soldier and his new bride as they struggle with the challenges of separation due to World War II. We take a funny and fantastical turn with a Louisiana transplant who learns the hard way that jackalopes do exist. And they have a penchant for blood and hard liquor. And then we journey to a darker side of the...

"I start to open my mouth to yell, and water rushes in. I snap my lips together. I may as well be swimming in ink. I can't tell which way is up. Kicking my legs and flailing my arms, I launch myself headfirst into something hard. I feel hot blood spreading under my scalp, then nothing more." Mimi Sepulveda's world revolves around partying with her supposed friends. Her comfortable life never left space for angels, demons, or gods, until one night a clandestine pool party turns deadly. Mimi's life hangs in the balance as she finds herself on a surreal out-of-body mission with a dead girl she's...

Love them or hate them, we've all had first dates. From the first blush of romance to the slamming of a door, nothing can capture - or repel - our hearts so fully. Do we swoon with desire? Hope for tenderness? Or does the first meeting shatter any chance of two souls connecting? In "First Last Forever," each story follows the passionate, sometimes accidental rendezvous between two people as they fight to overcome the one obstacle between them and happiness - the disastrous first date. Will they end with a promise, a parting, or a pledge? Read these stories to find out. First: Valentine's Date...

In this inspirational story, a promising show horse overcomes the challenge of being deaf to become a champion. After he retires from the show ring, he finds his way to Houston, where he struggles to adapt to his new job as a police horse. But when one amazing special needs horse meets five amazing special needs girls, it is nothing short of magic This award-winning children's book tells the true-life story of how Smash came to meet the Smash Girls and become a popular local celebrity in Houston. He's been on television, in the newspaper, and even has his own Facebook page