Ever wanted to fall through a portal into another world?
Travel with Lucy, who spends every day hoping she’ll fall through a portal to a weird western world where she solves crimes. Or meet Cecelia, a mom swallowing pills to travel to a world where she’s a superhero, needed and revered by all. Read about Queen Rhena and her sisters, desperate to open a Gateway into another world, or face extinction. And meet Jane, transported to a haunted house with strangers, and no way out.
In this collection of portal short stories for adults, explore with author Halvorsen what happens to those who go through a doorway that shouldn’t be there.
What Secrets would you Keep to Save your Family?
Jorie’s respectful life as “justa hairdresser” screeches to a halt when her eldest son, James, is accused of mowing down the mayor’s husband.
It’s 1978 in a small town and the townfolk are obsessed with James’ trial, convinced of his guilt. All they see is his pacing, counting and obsession with a 200-mile bicycle tour he has no hope of riding. They don’t understand how he sees equations as colors, tastes emotions and smells sounds. But James has a secret, one he won’t tell and one that’s worth going to jail for.
A handsome lawyer and a mysterious bicycle club come to the rescue as Jorie struggles to hold her family together. Numbers can’t always predict the result when secrets, lies and loyalty push the question of how far we all will go to protect the ones we love.
From Two Authors who have been to the Brink and Back Again
We hate to tell you this (truly!), but writing is hard. Ok, we lied. It’s not the writing that’s hard, it’s the becoming a successful author that’s hard.
We're authors; we get it. We’ve been in the trenches and we’ve seen it all, from selling books at conventions, to the evolution of TikTok, to starting a publishing company.
In this book, you’ll learn from Theresa Halvorsen and S. Faxon’s successes and failures as they share with you what it takes to become a successful author. And most importantly, not lose your mind.
TIPS FOR HOW NOT TO END UP IN A HORROR STORY
DON’T
-Listen to the Spiders
-Drive in the rain
-Buy the doll
DO
-Sell the Puppet
-Take the Dr’s Advice
-Leave the Box Shut
In this thrilling anthology by No Bad Books Press, the characters of the following authors didn’t take this advice:
Kevin David Anderson
Diane Arrelle
Shaun Avery
Chris Bannor
Evan Baughfman
Joe Baumann
Dennis K. Crosby
Tobin Elliott
M.S. Ewing
S. Faxon
John M. Floyd
Douglas Ford
Theresa Halvorsen
Christina Hoag
Stephen Johnson
Brian James Lewis
Stephen Oliver
Nicole M. Wolverton
Lara Yamada
Lost Aboard, A Creative-Non Fiction by Theresa Halvorsen and S. Faxon, is about the spirits forever bound to the tall ship, Star of India.
Star of India is the oldest active sailing vessel in the world at almost 160 years old. She's made several journeys around the globe, so it's of little to no surprise to the staff and volunteers who work aboard, that she's alight with paranormal activity. In this book, join authors Theresa Halvorsen and Sarah Faxon on their journey to look back in time at the ghost stories of staff and volunteers, as well as diving into the lives of those lost aboard.
The shape-shifting members of the Blue Dragon Kingdom have long intervened when chaos befalls mortals. While he knows this tradition is an integral part of his community, Owen hates humans for killing his mother. But the only way to take his place in his dragon society is to help mortals against a new threat; vampires. If Owen refuses the mission, he will be exiled.
In this dark fantasy tale, will Owen overcome his hatred to help the humans fight vampires, or will he choose exile and the destruction of all humankind?
See what Owen will do by ordering your copy here.
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Ellie Sanders discovers a battered shoebox of handwritten song lyrics in the back of her bedroom closet. The hunt for the missing songwriter leads her to Ray, an elderly homeless man with a broken spirit. Fifty years earlier, Ray’s bluegrass band, the Gulch Jumpers, was on the verge of success when tragedy struck and he lost everything.
Ray asks Ellie to take him on a desperate search to help him heal a fifty-year-old wound, a journey to the crossroads. Though dealing with her own ghosts, Ellie embarks with Ray on a journey into the world of bluegrass music and fifty-year-old race relations.
Along for the road trip is Ellie’s college friend, Brandy, a sullen and resentful heroin addict with her own secrets. Racial prejudice, legal hurdles, grief over lost children, and drug addiction converge as Ellie, Ray and Brandy discover the power of music, friendship, and hope
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Ever worked at a place where someone could read your mind?
Life is hard for Kendle. If she’s not teaching teenagers with uncontrolled supernatural abilities, she’s fighting to not get fired from the Warehouse. And the food at the Warehouse sucks. But it’s not like they can afford any better; not when society wants the school shut down. Plus, a hot new teacher - rich and entitled, is everything Kendle hates. But when he saves her and her students from a violent mob, Kendle wonders if she was wrong. Enter a world of Wilds with untamed, terrifying abilities and Breds, genetically engineered to rule society. Can Kendle save her school, keep her job, fall in love, and protect the most gifted, but most dangerous teenagers? If you like Harry Potter and X-Men, but for adults, try Warehouse Dreams.
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Tasia’s been sleepwalking through life after the death of her husband, but this week, that ends. This week, she will give her son a perfect birthday week. However, when Tasia’s stepdaughter brings a Ouija board home, Tasia’s plans get swept away as the veil between the past and present thins.
Is something hiding behind the shadows in her beloved Sacramento house? Cold spots, odd shadows, and a frightening laugh make her home uninhabitable. There’s only so many days Tasia, her son, and stepdaughter can crash on the couch of hunky neighbor Derek. Can Tasia and her friends solve the secrets of the widow who owned the house before? Or will the past demand too high a price?
Prepare yourself for a tour through the dark! Inspired by the classic Victorian Penny Dreadfuls, this collection of horror shorts and oddities from award-winning author S. Faxon takes you through cursed orchards, opium-stoked alleyways, haunted houses, and to the high-seas. With some of these stories based on real-life paranormal encounters, this book is a must-read for those who love the fanciful and unexplainable!
The Animal Court transports you to a country on the verge of collapse. The people are starving and the king is blind to the threats that surround him. Realizing that he has been blinded by the advisors in his court, the king turns to his brothers for aid, but rivalry among royal blood provokes old hatreds.
Unless Gertrude, the king’s advisor, can enact drastic changes, the country she loves will be lost to the animal court.
Winner of the 5 Star Readers Favorite Review, Foreign & Domestic Affairs is a fantasy, political intrigue novel and sequel to The Animal Court.
Mourning the death of their youngest son was difficult enough without the constant pressures of court upon the king and queen. While needing to heal with their surviving children, the royal couple are torn away when unexpected visitors from abroad come to their shores on ill tides. The king and queen have weathered many storms, they've saved a nation from crumbling, but, can the pair who married for love, who never wished to sit on the thrones, save their marriage, their family, and their crowns?
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