Erik: 281 books

This short story is the prologue to my novel "The Dark Trek Home". A father and son out fishing. Quality time from the first cast, the morning is perfect...for awhile. Chaos ripples across the pond and the two find themselves fleeing for their lives. Nothing makes sense. What...

After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, John Riley attempts to become immortal by killing a person a day throughout Lent, culminating with a sensational assassination of a US Senator. Even though the memory of his first murder haunts him, he continues along his treacherous voyage until a ghost...

In the Southeast Asian island nation of Tinhau, drug-running is a hanging offense. But the life is just too good for an American washout who would be in prison or dead if not for the intercession of a gangland kingpin called Moz, and his beautiful Indian girlfriend Savita. When the American is caught...

Seven of my most popular short stories wrapped up in one.Ginger’s Marble - the family that feeds together strays togetherThe Blood Knows - revenge is sweeter when dished out by crowsThe Order of the Cat -this odd town loves blacks catMy Lover, My Garden -two brothers...

"Sci-Fi History" essays about famous writers who lived in Sonoma County, California, including Jack London, Frank Herbert, and Philip K Dick. Read about London's influence on George Orwell and 1984; about Frank Herbert's early photojournalism work that influenced characters from his "Dune"...

This short story has appeared in Visionary Press Ezine. Alice spent her birthday crying and angry. Betrayed by those closest to her, she drove until her gas light came on. She doesn’t know where she is. …but the blood knows. Revenge is sweet, but sometimes it is most foul. The cost of revenge...

“They say, ‘one size fits all’, however, you'll think twice before stepping into These Shoes.”Thought provoking, These Shoes is a collection of poems, short stories, and ponderings that challenges the different views of the world, and makes the reader question if they'll really judge a situation a certain way if the shoes were on their feet.

My poems are written for myself alone. As such, they are now given freely to the world. I find that elements of the natural world run through my poetry, and it is in Nature that I am most deeply inspired and connected to the Creator. It is my hope that everyone who reads these poems will find many...

Like Neale Donald Walsch in "Conversations with God", Kamal gives us, in his poetic style, a rare opportunity to get a glimpse of a seeker's experience through these personal diary pages in his dialogue with The One. We witness his deep love and compassion for humanity and his honesty and...

It's Christmas in Hawaii and Dex Munroe isn't in the mood. Someone's playing games with him. As if that isn't bad enough, a bratty rich kid shows up at The Pegasus Club where Dex is in charge of security. Dex is fiercely loyal and he's not about to let Asher Blue Patterson play head games with his...

A former Special Air Service soldier now a mercenary is hired by an Iranian businessman to find hidden ancient Persian gold in ISIS territory.

The Diary of Destinee Fontaine is the tale of a young girl raised in the shadows of her father's church. Growing up, Destinee can do no wrong. The Lord blesses her with great abilities in sports, and academics. She is the focus of an entire town , and everyone wants a piece of her. With such...

After being brutally attacked in a dark alley, Mark and Sarah struggle to cope with the aftermath. Their journey with an unorthodox psychiatrist leads Mark down a path that forces him to come to terms with the life-changing decision he made that horrific night. Morality Blurred is a psycholigical...

When Jed Hopkins gets laid off from his job at Newsweek, he retreats to the weekend house in Litchfield, Connecticut, that he and his high-powered wife, Molly, have rented for the summer. His goal is to write a novel, but he becomes increasingly lonely and dejected—until, one night, he catches two...