Serials
Serialised fiction published in Piker Press — ongoing stories told in installments, spanning genres from sci-fi to contemporary drama.
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Conclusion. Although he has never believed in God, or wanted to, for Christina's sake, Ivan brings their union before that imaginary being his brother worships so devoutly...
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The menacing voice has Emma trapped in her house -- can it really not enter? But even if it can't, can it starve her out?
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Smedlov and Dickerson are closing in on Ivan, but to ensure Christina's safety, Ivan must take her to his brothers' house before he can make his escape.
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Something stalks Emma ... what is it? A TV reporter, perhaps? One about to get his comeuppance?
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Ivan has found his brothers Mitya and Alexei -- family, suddenly, unexpectedly! How will he explain them to Christina?
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Telekinetic abilities and vampires are easy enough for Emma to dismiss in the wake of her adoptive parents' deaths, but the reality waiting outside her home is something truly distasteful ... and maybe dangerous ...
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Fransau's gruesome end (in Chapter 84) may have been mostly forgotten by the kitchen staff, but little Winifred's plight and Maria's bad hair day are not enough of an excuse for failing to tie up loose ends ...
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Oblivious to being followed by his would-be murderers, Ivan returns to the docks to look at the strangely familiar man on board the ship "Tiburon."
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Esmeralda -- Emma -- is confronted by Master Vampire Harry, who is charming, handsome, reassuring ... and just as unbelievable.
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Ivan's past rushes toward him, carrying memory and loss from one direction, and worse from another -- murderous intent.
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Winifred has her first day at Bug School, and brings home a bit of a surprise ...
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Still believing she is stuck in an irritating dream, Emma meets someone interesting, and the "dream" becomes a lot less irritating ...
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An unwelcome face from the past appears in Valery's office, and another, strange but still unwelcome -- both looking for the same man ...
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Emma has provoked the young man beyond reason, and punched him in the nose. Why not smack a vampire silly if it's all a dream?
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Things are strange on Delancey Street at the best of times, but things have been stranger lately, and Diego has some thinking to do ...
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Ivan begins his work: to undermine the Czar's influence. But the darkness of his writing is in stark contrast to his life with Christina ...
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Why would a figment of Emma's imagination be so persistently annoying? A dreamboat he's not...
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Valery Asimov learns his place, both with the erstwhile Mrs. McGrath and the office of the Consul in San Francisco.
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Stalked in real life, stalked in her dreams, Emma is running out of any shred of patience ...
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Christina has run away from her husband -- what is she thinking, throwing her lot in with two subversive Russians?
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Emma seeks to escape her grief by sleeping, but not only are there rude news-people in her front yard, there are even rude people in her dream ...
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The horrid Fransau has been dispatched by Alarm's skates, saving the kitchen crew from cold-blooded murder ... more or less. There is still that body ...
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London and Washington, Berlin and Russia are in the past. America is a vast country of promise and challenge. In fact, Ivan and Valery don't even need to reach their destination before challenge finds them...
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Grief dulls her, and rampant disrespectful news crews disgust her, but something in Emma's life is going to change her from the inside out ...
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While Ivan researches and writes his essays on the monstrosity of Czarist Russia, Valery, at the embassy, begins to hear of an investigation that could prove their undoing...
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The evil Fransau has the kitchen staff over a barrel: do they give him Clarissa, or do they lose Andre?
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While Emma tries to come to terms with her parents' deaths, merciless monsters stalk her -- both supernatural and human.
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Remembering her adoptive parents' funeral, Emma recalls her numbness, and growing cynicism about the people around her.
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Researching Russian's stories on the streets of London, Ivan cannot abandon his cause -- but where will it lead him?
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Before America, Ivan and Valery tested themselves -- in London, where Ivan's writings stirred an ants' nest of political figures ...