Victor Allen: 24 books

Why does the caged bird sing? That is its nature. Isabel Warren yearned to escape her gilded prison. The bars were gold and her every creature comfort was provided by the diaconate, but she wanted more: she dreamed of Sand Creek, where she could fly, breathe the cold, clean air, and die free. But...

What would you do when hard times came a knockin'? Would you lie? Cheat? Sell you soul? Even murder? What evil, and greed, and cruelty would you stoop to to put bread in your mouth, and the mouths of your children? The Tombigbee River has seen it all: dark ritual and bloodletting, cruelty beyond imagining....

Monsters exist in many forms. Kidnappers, killers, parents and even -sometimes- those only trying to do good. The universe plays no favorites, mixing and mashing together sinners and saints, and enmeshing devils and angels in inextricable… entanglements.

Headhunted by a national conglomerate to engineer humans for deep space travel, geneticist Ingrid Milner can read between the lines. She is wanted for a Frankenstein project; to fabricate a genetic werewolf.She works in secret, but she is not unknown. Set against her is the enigmatic Josh Hall, a...

Sandra Lamb thought J.B. was one of the good guys. After all, he was fighting terrorism, wasn't he, bringing the full arsenal of the government's surveillance apparatus to bear on those who would do us harm. But knives have two edges,and they can turn on the attacker as well as the victim. So strap...

It was the answer to a question she thought would never be spoken: "Ask the rose why it is red and it would give you the same answer I would: because God made it that way." Sharon Peters, a young woman who has left her promiscuous, drug-fueled adolescence behind her after reuniting with...

For husbands and wives, dying for love is the easiest thing. But would you kill for love? Would you smash your bonds and free the beast to right every wrong done no matter what the danger? Killing for love may not be the easiest thing, but sometimes the choice isn't yours. One of twenty short stories in A-Sides.

Eddie Roberts was a man with a mission: to kill as many people as he could. No remorse, no conscience, and the perfect hunting grounds: the masked masses of Black Bloc protesters. It seems the perfect plan until he is found out, and others have different designs for him...

What is Halloween without a Killer Scarecrow story? Dillon's little town of Crabtree has a strange foible: Scarecrows everywhere. Some towns have acorns, some have peaches, Crabtree has scarecrows. And a weird little Halloween custom. Come along for the fun.

All the best people have gathered in Rainbowburg to celebrate their accomplishments. They're better, brighter, more beautiful and informed than you and I. There are giants among them, built up bigger than life by their adoring fans. And that is as it should be. They know better what is best for you and woe to any who dare disagree...