Derek Clendening: 33 books

Connor is sure his dorky glasses are why ultra-stud Will Petrie didn’t notice his love poem. Jock-hunk Ty Grom wishes he could write like Connor to romance Will. After being promised his ‘leftovers’, he agrees to write poems for Ty to anonymously give to Will, knowing he’s writing his love away. Hilarity ensues as Will demands to finally see the boy behind the poems . . . .

Robert Scott and Lee Barker attend a seance with Sharon Wysocki, a local medium, to get inspiration for their next horror novel. Lee thinks she’s a fraud, but he’s willing to give it a try for a tax write-off. But creepiness turns to all-out discomfort when a familiar voice spews out of Mrs. Wysocki’s mouth, a voice that pushes Lee over the edge.

Dallas Maxwell says he can do anything—and he usually can. When sexy southern football player Scott Feltrin comes to town, Dallas faces competition for Scott’s love from his rival T.D. Austin. Dallas goes to whacky and outrageous lengths to not only win Scott’s favor but to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt he’s the king of the school.

Mitchell has a crush on George—a ‘Gigantic’ crush. George might be seven-foot-four, and Mitchell might be five-foot-seven, but that doesn’t stop Mitchell from falling in love with the big guy. The two seventeen year olds are world apart, but Mitchell is not deterred. In this young adult LGBT...

Did Lizzie really do it? If so, why? With all the evidence pointing to her, how did she get off? This short account retells the Lizzie Borden murder story from a social and political perspective that will help you to not only understand her motive for murder but how she was acquitted.

 Tyler and Jamal are mortal enemies at the bowling alley except for one problem—Tyler totally has a crush on Jamal. As teammates, they know that they are better together than they are apart, but they still make a bet that will boot one of them off of the team. Only when they are apart can Tyler and Jamal express and pursue their feelings for each other.

Betty Masey thought she knew her late husband of forty years until she learned that he was a serial killer. Together with his accomplice, she learns what made him tick. As the body count rises, her love affair with murderer Tom Branaugh reaches a fever pitch, and her lust for blood increases....

To Michael and Troy, nothing is more important than kissing Thomas Olsen, the cutest boy in school. In fact, it’s so crucial that they bet on who can do it first. Both boys to go whacky and outrageous lengths to get that kiss while Michael later gains much more than he’d bargained for

Perfect for fans of David Levithan, Dale Peck, Alex Sanches, Melvin Burgess, Jeff Erno and Brent Hartinger. Chip Morris, book worm extraordinaire, must come to grips with his crush on jock Junior Bentley who has tormented him for years. Worse, he must do so during the zombie apocalypse...

Once upon a time, a boy named Scotty finds a lamp. When he rubs the lamp, a Genie pops out and grants him just one wish. Scotty’s one wish is for the perfect boyfriend which the Genie grants him. Only Scotty doesn’t count on the whacky and ridiculous problems he will encounter at school and at home now that he has the made-to-order boy of his dreams.

     New to the United States, seventeen-year old Paul struggles to find himself now that he is out. Each night, when he comes downstairs, he finds his living room transported back to 1985. He quickly realizes that Eric, the young man he finds dancing and air-guitaring there, is the...

A beautiful young prostitute with a roster of gorgeous clients finds her looks fading and her roster dwindling with each passing year. Before she’s even thirty, she becomes old and wrinkles and no one will pay for her services anymore. That is until The Monster makes an appointment. Soon he will...

Robert Emerson is forever haunted as a boy when Mrs. Emerson, the neighborhood terror, lures him into her house to do God knows what. When he returns from college, he learns that Mrs. McCalister has died yet she still screams at children from her front porch. When he approaches her, he learns a truth that he will never be able to accept. 

Nick proceeds with building his zombie shelter in spite of the lawsuits and laughter of his neighbors and his famous heroes. But despite it all, he can’t resist Maribeth, the girl who has captured his heart and has rejected him mercilessly. Will he keep a special spot for her in his shelter to held...