Gerard de Vigors died in the fall of 1855 at "Ransom," his family's plantation just south of New Orleans. He was ten years old. One-hundred and fifty years later, Jack Trask is facing a death sentence from cancer. Lured by the sales pitch of an online "vampire hunter," he has spent a small fortune traveling around the world in search of the one being he feels can save him. Now, in the ruins of that ancient and long forgotten plantation, Jack comes face to face with the creature he has been seeking for nearly a year. And it's not what he was expecting.
Gerard de Vigors died in the fall of 1855 at "Ransom," his family's plantation just south of New Orleans. He was ten years old. One-hundred and fifty ...
Jim Aiken is a history professor and the scion of one of Charleston's wealthiest families. In the spring of 1994 he is still grieving over the death of his wife two years earlier. He plans to spend another summer in the seclusion of his beach house. But those plans change when he meets Joyce Brandeis and her teenage son, Nick. Over the course of the summer, largely through Nick's persistence, Jim comes out of his grief and learns to love again. But when an evil from his past returns, the new life that seems to be unfolding for him is suddenly shattered as the lives of his loved ones are...
Jim Aiken is a history professor and the scion of one of Charleston's wealthiest families. In the spring of 1994 he is still grieving over the death o...
Glen Erskine is a gifted psychologist who serves as the director and chief of staff of New Horizons, a group home and counseling center for abused boys. Tommy Jackson is a thirteen-year-old victim of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse who has been taken into custody by the Department of Social Services after his mother was arrested for prostitution. At New Horizons, Tommy's young life finally seems to be coming together. But when he falls into an illicit relationship with one of the staff members, things begin to spiral out of control and Tommy strikes back in a tangled web of deceit that...
Glen Erskine is a gifted psychologist who serves as the director and chief of staff of New Horizons, a group home and counseling center for abused boy...
For Nelson Gody, the summer of 1969, the summer he would turn sixteen, began as all his past summers had. Life on his family's small farm outside Bells Ferry, Mississippi was safe and routine: chores, taking care of his little sister, working at a local gas station, swimming in the river with his best friend-his world was familiar and predictable. All that would change as young Nelson experiences his first love, wrestles with the secret his best friend has been hiding, and meets a mysterious stranger who appears one day on an exotic motorcycle called the Black Shadow. Capped by the...
For Nelson Gody, the summer of 1969, the summer he would turn sixteen, began as all his past summers had. Life on his family's small farm outside Bell...
"Short Stack" is a collection of G. M. Frazier's short fiction. All four stories were previously published separately, and are available here for the first time in a single volume. "Brian's Wish" A poignant tale of love and devotion, Brian's Wish introduces us to Charles Vos, a jaded billionaire businessman who established a charitable foundation that grants the wishes of dying children. Normally, his involvement in granting wishes is limited to writing a check to the foundation each year. All that changes when they receive Brian's wish. "Gerard: Le Garcon Vampire" Gerard de Vigors died in...
"Short Stack" is a collection of G. M. Frazier's short fiction. All four stories were previously published separately, and are available here for the ...