"When a god gives you rainbows, should you trust him? " In the summer of 1897, Delilah Cats is over-the-moon about her engagement to Laurent. However, her sister Sassafras remembers Laurent as the kid who was all-too-obsessed with pain. When Delilah does not return after going off to New Orleans with Laurent, Sassafras worries. However, she has much more to worry about than her willful sister's sadistic beau. There is war brewing in other realms and the weave that separates the realms is tearing. The spiders spin furiously to try to close it, even as the God of Pain prepares for his assault on the mortal world. A dragon appears in the skies amidst a terrible thunderstorm. And Agatha, the earthbound goddess of the swamps awakes from her long sleep and summons her nymphs. Grumwald, the kind of the goblins, is willing to take a bet that Delilah is tangled up in all of this realm business. But it's going to take more than one glass of whiskey to convince Delilah's brother Jesse that she's in trouble. Rips in the Weave is the first book in the Mama Cats story arc of the Dime Store Novel series, an urban fantasy novella about a world that appears normal unless you look close enough to see the fairies and the goblins. It is the prequel to The Desert Rose.

"Something strange happened down in the Louisiana bayou and it didn't involve banjoes." Nothing aggravates the earthbound goddess Agatha more than intruders in her swamp. Fortunately she's a shapeshifter and in her alligator form, she has more than one way to get rid of trespassers. Unfortunately, on February 14, 1900, she gets rid of one, only to have the girl he was with give birth right there in her swamp. The odd thing is, the baby disappears. She has a strong suspicion that Caprice, the goddess of chaos, is involved. But why should some mortal child concern her? Swampy knows nothing about the missing baby or any goddess, earthbound or otherwise. He's enjoying a perfectly fine April morning, when a pesky fairy shows up. Or is it a goblin? Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference. Next thing he knows, he's out on the swamp, chasing after some half-sunk flat-bottom boat, when the biggest gator he's ever seen nearly sinks his own. What would the mother of all gators want with him? If you ask the goblin, the answer's dinner. If you ask Agatha, the answer's on her tongue. From the Gator's Mouth is the Book 1 in the main story arc of the Dime Store Novel series, an urban fantasy novella about a world that appears normal unless you look close enough to see the fairies and the goblins. To learn more about what happened leading up to this book, read the two books in the Mama Cats story arc: Rips in the Weave The Desert Rose The sequel to From the Gator's Mouth is The Reunion.

Dive into the darkest recess of madness and experience the facets of fear reflected in the seven stories of Mind of a Mad Man. The Dance is a modern day ghost story, a tale of possessive love and religious intolerance. When a young novelists' grandmother dies, she inherits the house. Her first night there, she is visited by a lady in an old-fashioned ballgown who invites her to dance. In The Bar a young bartender weaves a tale about the night his life was changed forever. Did you ever pick up the phone and there was only static? What if you heard a faint voice in the static? Reading Shadow Call will make you quiver when the phone rings. In Avenging Angel a man has the chance to make things right. Or does he? Amber is held prisoner, forced to dance, even to the point of injury. When the music plays, terror reigns. Will there ever be a Last Dance? The book also includes stories from the Dime Store Novel series. Experience the genesis of Hanover Fist and Toledo Cats as they embark on their lifetime of adventure in From the Gator's Mouth and The Baptism. To view an excerpt from each story, visit http: //www.mindofamadman.me.