Stars in the Darkness is a collection of stories about why being just matters, and what the ramifications are for individuals, groups, towns, countries, or even worlds if justice is not expected, encouraged, or enforced. The stories cover a wide range, from historical fiction to fantasy to alternate realities. Every tale, whether set in ancient Egypt, in a future where only the rich can afford to increase their children’s intelligence through genetic engineering, or about a man turned into a zombie by accident, sends a message about what matters. These stories show bravery, compassion, courage—and consequences.

Early 1850. Something hungry moves among the hulls of the abandoned ships blanketing San Francisco bay like an abandoned graveyard. The whispers spread, “There be dragons here.”

Why does Abby Crumb get the feeling she might be the dragon’s main course?

Wild, Wild West with mini demons and turbulent magic tempered with a dash of Victorian sensibility. And of course, a clockwork dragon.

When Abby Crumb finally meets up with her mother, her situation goes from disturbingly violent to utterly rotten. Stuck in a mining camp in the middle of nowhere with a family tree that keeps sprouting unexpected branches, Abby sinks deeper and deeper into the bottomless muck of her mother’s treachery. Now Abby must finally confront her dark past before that dark past devours them all.

17-year-old Abigail Crumb finds herself regretting her decision to abandon a somewhat normal life in London and sail halfway around the world—simply because Mother called. She finds herself in a mysterious mining camp in the wild, wild west with Once Dead miners that keep falling apart and two sisters Abby must somehow protect. The Peculiar Adventures of Abigail Crumb continue!