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It should have been just another quiet night on the farm when Logan witnessed the attack, but it wasn’t. Something is in the woods. Something unexplainable. Something deadly. Hundreds of miles away, Chrystal’s plans for summer in Manhattan are abruptly upended when her dad reads tabloid coverage of some kind of grisly incident in Oklahoma. When they arrive to investigate, they find a witness: a surprisingly good-looking farm boy.

In a world saturated with success stories and overnight sensations, author Steven E. Wedel takes a refreshingly honest and humorous approach to navigating the tumultuous waters of the writing life. In "How to Fail as an Author," Wedel shares his personal journey from aspiring writer to seasoned author, highlighting the inevitable failures, setbacks, and unexpected detours along the way.

An ancient prophecy of our kind tells us that a Son will be born to the Mother and that he will lead us in the coming war. Shara is the Mother no matter how much she may wish it otherwise. Joey, her son, is destined to be our Alpha. He must be taught the ways of the wolf so that he may lead us. If Shara will not return to us, Joey must be brought to the Pack. I will teach him of his destiny. But we must use caution, for our enemies fear the power of the prophecy. They fear the Alpha. I have gathered the Pack to protect him.

In the quiet town of Nokomis, Kelsi's life takes an unexpected turn when she moves into Dennis Aiken's home, an eccentric but kind-hearted widower with a penchant for storytelling and a profound love for his late wife, Gloria. As Kelsi helps Dennis navigate his daily challenges, she finds solace and wisdom in his tales of love, loss, and resilience. Through their deepening friendship, Kelsi learns the true meaning of family and community. Dennis's stories and guidance inspire her to reconnect with her roots and pursue her dreams with newfound determination.

When a young girl from eastern Oklahoma went missing in 1978, the community came together to search for her. One group of high school students and their teacher vanished the day of the search and were never seen again. This is their horrifying story.

Andrew Clausing is a teacher who has lost nearly everything. His wife left him. His teenage daughter hates him. He drinks too much. The only things he has are a love of teaching, his relationship as a mentor to his students, and a secret affair with another teacher who happens to be married to a state senator. When one of his female students mistakes his kindness for romantic interest, Andrew is faced with losing the few things he has left in his life.

Cody Treat has gotten used to living among the ruins of modern civilization. But when one of the thousands of ghosts following him finds a way to communicate their need for help, he learns that the end of the world was just the beginning of a fight for survival. Orphaned and alone after an apocalyptic meteor event followed by a plague, Cody roams the ruins of Oklahoma City, looking for food and shelter from the gangs hoarding supplies and torturing other survivors.

When a half-crazed horror author stumbles into the sheriff's office and confesses to murder, it falls to Deputy Sheriff Daniel W. Perriman to investigate. The writer was living in the old house beside an abandoned rock quarry filled with dark water and a darker mystery. Perriman hopes he only finds a body as he enters the house beside Soldred Quarry.

In this touching and often humorous memoir, machinist, journalist, corporate writer, public relations hack, and author Steven E. Wedel talks about how he became a high school teacher and what those 12 years in public education meant to him. From beginning his teaching career as a 40-year-old long-haired guy with an alternative certification to teaching Advanced Placement, Wedel tells it all, including how he decorated his room as a heavy metal horror show to battles with principals, lesson plans that worked, or didn't, and going viral with his "Open Letter to Parents and Lawmakers".

Something magical happened in the summer of 1978. Thirteen-year-old Robert Prince fell in love with Alia, a mysterious older woman who lived down the street. Something horrible and deadly happened between Robert, Alia, and his friends Scott and Tim. Something that would leave Robert scarred for the rest of his life. Unable to forgive himself or to love anyone else after what happened when he was 13, Robert sinks into a world of masochism and despair, seeking redemption for the sins of his past.

Ramsay Quarles is already a wanted man when he guns down a cheating gambler in a small Kansas town. Now the dead man's nephew, Jack, has decided Ramsay is his new guardian and guide to the western frontier.

Shim and Shay don't like staying home alone while Mom and Dad go to work in the castle. Then one day a gnome tells the children how the fairies gave him a bag of gold. The children set off to ask for a bag of gold of their own so Mom and Dad won't have to work. But there are dangers they never could have imagined waiting in the wide world outside their village, including a monster in the forest.

Keith's mother is dead, but that doesn't mean she's stopped trying to help him turn his life around. His dad, however, doesn't see any reason he or Keith should stop drinking or using drugs. Ashley and her two best friends have never known real love. When the girls make a road trip into a larger city near their home on the Oklahoma plains, they stumble upon a book at an estate sale that might be the answer to their romantic problems.

When a meteor shower rains down on the North Pole, causing the Earth to shift on its axis, resulting in numerous natural disasters, Guy Olson and an international team of scientists are dispatched to go investigate. What they find is worse than they could have imagined. The heat from the space rocks has awakened something ancient and cold deep under the ice. Now it's looking for more heat, traveling beneath the ice, catching anything with warm blood.

Nathan Jackson, old and blind, was there the day he came to life. He lived through the riot. He served the new master until he was taken away. He is the last living believer. But now there is a group of children exploring the ruins of the old insane asylum, moving closer to his hiding place. Soon, he thinks, there will be new disciples for the master.

When Rev. Milton Agnew learns that his church's Brazilian mission has been mysteriously destroyed, he rushes to the rainforest to see for himself. His friends and the natives they visited to convert are all dead or gone. But the village isn't empty. What he finds is a strange woman who says her name is Amara. Milton determines he will continue his mission work with this single unsaved woman no matter how many laws of man he has to break. Can he save her and himself, or is it too late?

In this collection of short stories based on his acclaimed Werewolf Saga, author Steven E. Wedel reveals back story about some of the major characters in the series. Who made the Old Ones and why? How did Ulrik come to be the first werewolf born in the New World? Was Shara destined to become a werewolf? These questions and more are answered in these stories. This is a can't-miss addition to The Werewolf Saga that fans of the series will want to add to their bookshelves.

Ben Redding has been sent ahead of the herd traveling up the Chisholm Trail through Indian Territory. The herd needs water in the worst way, and a drought has dried up most of the creeks and turned rivers into streaks of mud. When Ben finds a clear, cold pool of water on the prairie, he thinks he's found an oasis, until he discovers what lives in the water, and what her price is for a drink. Can he return to the herd in time to warn them? Will thirsty cowboys even believe what he saw?

Lynette Cook knows about abuse. She learned it from her father and, later, had the lessons reinforced by the boyfriend she thought was her savior. Free at last from her own tormentors, Lynette now lives with her teenage daughter, Kari, in a small town in Oklahoma. Then one day she comes home from the grocery store to find her daughter's boyfriend and his two buddies raping Kari.

Harley Shaw's life is falling apart around him. His best pasture is ruined. His cattle are gone. His wife is gone. His daughter is gone. His sanity is slipping away, and there may be dead people taunting him. Dead ain't gone, and gone ain't dead. After his land was ruined in oil speculation, Harley's wife left him, taking their young daughter with her. Harley had to find a new source of income, so he began selling all-natural burial plots on his secluded farm. But the bodies aren't where they're supposed to be.