Danny Peterson is the town's first ever female Fire Marshall. The position carries baggage of several types: political, social, and professional, but who could have guessed at the personal toll she was about to suffer?

The opening chapter of USA Today bestselling author, David Chill's novel builds the tension of the business world, a man's family life, and an assassination plan, all before the story even kicks off.

When his friend is murdered on the streets in a way eerily familiar to him, a war vet and ne'er-do-well from the Frisco Streets decides to take matters into his own hands.

800 years after a dark lord invaded their kingdom, planning to steal all that made the lands special the four fairy groups are fighting back. Fairy Tales are about magic, fantasy, good versus evil, and love conquering all.  

Having stumbled upon a ghostly farmhouse that isn't supposed to exist anymore, and finding items and vehicles of a bygone era, all new and seeming abandoned, our heroine begins to wonder if maybe she's passed through a portal that's less about time and more about the nature of existence itself.

When a doctor takes a ghost hunting vacation without her spouse, she hopes to find a good story to bring home. What she finds instead is a little more than life changing.

In these two stream-of-consciousness tales, evil comes for a damsel and a hero battles confusion. First, a man of Scandinavian lineage must fight off a psycho killer, then a couple in love are tormented by a cult from the woman's past.

The Good Old Days weren't always good, but at least he could go out for dinner at a reasonable hour, and he didn't have to deal with his wife's hangry outbursts.

In this tale from the future, an American president has reached the Constitutionally mandate term limit, but why should a little thing like that keep him out of office? Tyrant has been submitted to "The Renegade" anthology and is included in Mark's "Warmache and Other Stories" paperback.

Read by the author, this story explores the contrast between the good life and the seedy side and how love of family can force a man to confront his demons.