A baby bird…
One Breath...
Starts a dark future.

Lake Tahoe, Nevada. Vacation paradise by day. Gambler’s dream by night. But sometimes the line between day and night blurs, turning both paradise and dream into nightmare. When that happens even addicts can become heroes.

Or not.

A visitor from a dark past . . .
A gambling addict’s redemption gone horribly wrong . . .
A monster in sheep’s clothing . . .
A father’s misguided love . . .
A young girl’s reckoning . . .
Five tales that dig deep into the human psyche, uncovering skeletons that might be better left buried.

Includes:
BROKEN DREAMS
THE GIRL IN THE VELVET BLACK GOWN
I, MONSTER
SPIRIT LAKE
HUNTING FOR WORMS

A lost soul struggling to find the light . . .
A mother’s retribution . . .
A woman’s misguided faith . . .
A much-needed lesson . . .
A nagging gone wrong . . .
Five tales that peer into lives about to split wide open.

Includes:
EMPTY SHELLS AND BROKEN STONES
AND THEN SHE WAS DEAD
EGGSTREME MEASURES
IN THE ARMS OF THE SEA
SWALLOWING THE SERPENT’S TAIL

Co-dependency tangles with misconceptions in this tale about good intentions gone horribly wrong.

When Faith Morgan’s baby is murdered, Faith loses touch with reality. Grief and depression spin her into an ever-widening black hole from which the only escape is her own destruction. Rescued by a friend who sends Faith to a sanctuary on the west coast, she finally finds a path back to the world of the living, a path that is violently torn asunder by a sudden winter storm and a baby’s fearful cry.

From the eternal sea she rose – a tattered, lifeless husk – with but one solitary purpose: to take the soul of the one who condemned her.

The outcasts of Society, the freaks and the monsters, shamed and beaten into submission, know that Good doesn’t always triumph over Evil. When a little girl’s life hangs in the balance, however, the question doesn’t hinge on right or wrong, but on whether or not such an outcast—cocooned in darkness that exists halfway between fear and despair—can step into the light and take action.

Life can take some tough turns. Some people are up to the challenges. Some aren't. Michael knows he has one chance to meet this final challenge. Then even that goes horribly wrong.