J R Rain

Over 40 bestselling short stories by USA TODAY BESTSELLING author, J. R. Rain, including: "Vampire Nights" - Samantha Moon meets someone unexpected on a late night trip to Denny's, someone who seems to know all her secrets and has all the answers." Book Burning" - Two brothers find themselves on a late-night mission to burn a legendary book of supposed dark powers." The Silo" - The land is dying and crops are failing. The city of Wheatopia is in the middle of the worst drought in recent memory; that is, until a city-slicker and his too-thin wife arrive in town one day with designs to rebuild the town's grain silo into something majestic." My Father's Eyes" - Death comes to a small bar in Los Angeles...and orders a beer." The Fridge" - A man buying a state-of-the-art refrigerator gets much more than he bargained for." Die Spy" - A spy very much comes out of the cold." Step on a Crack" - An old curse gets a very real update." Two Ghosts" - Two lost souls find a way to be together." Deal With the Devil" - When a private investigator gets the wrong end of a deal gone bad...there will be hell to pay." The Back of Beyond" - Just another night in a lonely bar at the far edge of the world...or is it?" Vampire Blues" - Samantha Moon is about to discover that not all men are created equal..." Nightmare" - One parasitic vampire is about to meet his own worst nightmare..." Soul Train" - A young boy who hears a mysterious nightly train, is about to come-face-to-face with something not of this world.. "Vampire Rain" - One ancient vampire takes it upon himself to rid the world of a deadly plague...himself." They Came From the Sea" - Clyde Goodbook makes a fantastic discovery in his backyard...a discovery that changes his life forever." Teeth" - What happens when a child is born with a rare throwback gene, a gene that produces two exceptionally long teeth?" Vampire Dreams" - Samantha Moon sets out to find the answer to a mysterious, haunting dream...a dream in which sees a young woman die, over and over again. What she discovers, what she finds out about herself, will challenge everything she believes...and shed light on what she's becoming." Rearview Mirror" - A man. A freeway off-ramp. And, in Harvey's rearview mirror, one rapidly-approaching truck. A truck that Harvey is certain will hit him. And hard. Harvey has but a split second to make a decision to save his life. A split second to trust his gut. Now Harvey is about to make the choice of his life." Death Came Knocking On My Window" - A college student on a late-night studying binge is about to come face to face with his worst nightmare." The Santa Call" - After accidentally forgetting his wife at home during a weekend getaway, ol' St. Nick returns to discover she's left him. At wit's end, Santa turns to a radio talk show for some much needed love advice. But will he win Mrs. Claus back in time to save Christmas?" Halloween Moon" - Samantha Moon is about to confront a monster of the worst kind-a killer who preys on the innocent. A killer who lives just down her street..." The Angel and the Pistol" - It's a race against time for one immortal charged with saving humanity from their own mistakes. In this case, one man named Ralph. A man with a pistol who's about to make a very, very big mistake. And many more...

Deep in an Egyptian desert known as The Great Sand Sea lies an ancient treasure trove of Hittite gold... Legends say the gold belongs to the famed goddess, Sekhmet. But a map belonging to Nick Caine says otherwise...at least to Nick. He has returned to Egypt to claim the treasure, along with Ishi, Marie Da Vinci, and an old friend of her father's, Akiiki Mubarek. Twelve long and painful years have passed since the last time Nick ventured into the unforgiving landscape - a trip that cost a college buddy who once owned the map his life soon after they began digging in the desert. Forced to witness his friend's execution, he vowed never to come back...until now. The four treasure-hopefuls journey to the deadly wasteland just north of Sudan, and fortune seems to smile when they uncover one of Egypt's last buried pyramids...a pyramid that looks remarkably like its Mayan counterparts. But a band of violent marauders from Sudan descend on the site, threatening to not only claim the gold for themselves, but to spill innocent blood in the process. A chance for redemption quickly turns into a desperate fight to survive. This time, even Nick might not escape the devil in The Great Sand Sea...

Nick Caine is a part-time archaeologist and full-time antiquities thief-a looter. And a very good one, too. Now stranded on a small, forgotten island in the southern Maldives, Nick Caine and his ever-faithful sidekick Ishi are thrown into a desperate fight for survival. Seemingly betrayed by Marie Da Vinci, Nick is forced to gamble his and Ishi's very existence on an ancient map. The parchment document promises an incredible horde of hidden pirate treasure. The very words are music to a looter's ears-except the duo aren't the only ones interested in the hidden treasure. Modern day pirates are on the scene, and it's going to take all of Nick Caine's unflappable charisma to bail them out this time. The stakes quickly escalate, leaving Nick and Ishi very little time to narrow down the map's clues. Soon, their fate and that of an exotic Maldivian beauty named Norema hang in a precarious balance...proving once again that looting is a deadly business.

Albert Shipway is an ordinary guy who's made an extraordinary mistake...a mistake that has left a family in ruins. Unfortunately for Albert, he picked the wrong family. Now he thinks the past is forgotten and today is just another day, another lunch, another order of kung pao chicken. Little does he know that he's about to meet a little old lady who knows his greatest fear. A little old lady who knows what's hiding in his heart. A little old lady who dishes up a big stew of supernatural revenge. In just a matter of minutes, Albert's simple life is about to be turned upside down. Indeed, Albert is about to enter a world where magic and evil lurk just beneath the fabric of southern California, where all his past choices have brewed a perfect storm of broken hearts, broken promises, and shattered families...and he's about to pay the ultimate price. Unless he can start righting some wrongs...and fast.