Serials
Serialised fiction published in Piker Press — ongoing stories told in installments, spanning genres from sci-fi to contemporary drama.
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Is it true? Could there possibly have been an innocent explanation for the secret investigation? Randolph put Alanna's fears to rest, but even now those fears rise up to haunt her ...
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How do you stop yourself from looking at the revelation of the most horrible secret you've ever encountered in your life?
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There wasn't a lot of passion, but things seemed normal enough in their relationship, Alanna recounts. Then a chance occurrence changed the climate of the marriage to a chilling cloud ...
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After facing tragedy, Alanna pursued a kind of romance with the ever-present Randolph, less for love than for comfort, and Randolph was willing to promise her comfort, all right ... as long as it kept to his plan ...
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In order to make the detective understand the true horror and desperation of her situation, Alanna opts to tell him her story from its very beginning. But what she doesn't know is that someone else is listening to her tale as well...
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The past life that Alanna never wanted to remember again has come back in a twisted haunting way. Now she has to rely on someone else's help, and tell the horrid story from its bitter beginnings.
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Alanna and Stockwell leave the compromised house to try to find some place more private. But there in the desert, someone -- or something -- is watching ...
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Instead of the secure fortress Alanna thought she had built, she finds a security system breached on almost every level. The past is endangering her once more.
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Alanna Gilliam's desert home isn't as safe as she thought she had made it -- her past is surfacing on her doorstep in an ugly and frightening way.
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The pay is great, and there's no sign of layoffs in the future. In a town where factories are closing and too many people are out of work, the chance to work for Anderson & Company is like a dream come true, a place to earn enough money to get ahead; a stable stepstone on the path to greatness that surely lies ahead ...
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Mystery builds as Alanna discovers the reason behind the detective's visit -- the death of her ex-husband.
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Alanna Gilliam has a past that has changed her way of life forever. Unfortunately, it doesn't want to stay "past." No matter how far she has run, no matter what precautions she has taken, that frightening and mysterious past has arrived on her doorstep once again ...
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The time is Now, and cold steel and fire are the only way to cleanse the world of monsters ... but the events of the day will trouble Leon the rest of his life.
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The time has come for the hateful action, and Leon worries that he cannot protect his son Daniel. Daniel will have to find his strength in his own soul, but part of that search will require him to actually believe that he can make a difference ...
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The two vampires are so wrapped up in what they are planning to do to Jenny Foley that they fail to notice that two mere humans have identified them, and are even now planning what they feel must be done ...
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Though he knows full well the monsters he will have to destroy, nevertheless, Leon seems almost rejuvenated by his need to return to his family duty. What higher calling could a man have than to protect the innocent from creatures of the night?
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Ben feels like the luckiest boy in the west -- a full belly, no more beatings, and a new friend. But even with all of that, Ben doesn't know just how lucky he is -- Nate's grandfather knows exactly what should be done for strangers who don't "feel" exactly right ...
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They've offered more than just kind words -- the two strangers have brought food as well. Jenny, for the first time in a long time, is warm and safe and no longer hungry. But she doesn't know what her patrons have in mind ...
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When you're out in the wide open West, it's not a good idea to trust everyone you meet. Some folks just unnaturally have hidden agendas, and it's best to remember you're not always at the top of the food chain ...
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There's something fishy about the man in the suit who accosts Kegs, Charlotte, and Toby by the side of the road. And he's about to find out just how deep and dangerous the ocean really is ...
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A hundred miles an hour down a busy freeway, and Charlotte's riding the suicide seat with a distracted vampire behind the wheel. Things haven't been going Charlotte's way very often since she decided she needed to liberate all that money and jewelry from the bank, and it looks like nothing has changed in that respect ...
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When the hard work is done, and the sky opens up with a clarity you've never before seen, there is time to ponder what you're doing with your life. For good or ill, it's a question that bears asking.
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Leaving the lecherous Aunt Maddie to find and figure out to do with all the gory bits, Eddie leaves to sow seeds of mystery, and Charlotte finds herself alone with Toby, who has a funny way about him suddenly ...
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A crazy ride, a battered conversation with a girl, and a lot of hard, dirty work -- and then the comraderie of thieves ... maybe this won't be Jack's next writing project: "What I Did On My Summer Vacation."
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That summer, the only thing to do to keep from dying of boredom was to give Ted Gordon a call -- after all, he'd come through before with adventure, pretty girls, and illegal handguns before ...
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Hank mounted the steps thinking about an adult party of sorts, but not one where the adults were hundreds of years older than he was. Gee, Hank, didn't anyone ever tell you that living nasty might be dangerous to your health?
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If you remember Dirty Harry Callahan and his Magnum, you probably can remember wishing you had a pistol and could deliver those famous lines just the way Clint Eastwood did ...
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Bartender Tim is only just starting to realize that his master, Kenyon, is not nearly as in control of things as he thought he was. Kenyon's territory is being invaded, and the invaders do seem to have the upper hand ...
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On top of a night spent in a drug dealer's den, Ted and Jack pass some time in a movie theater, and find that dropping the name of the Shah of Iran gets some interesting results ...
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Charlotte is ready to play out this Last Act of Jim. Maybe she should have done it back in Florida, but back there, she wouldn't have had the sexy company of Eddie, or Toby's massive presence to rely on. She just knows it's going to be good ...