Karen E. Taylor

Jenny is a robot. Her creator modeled her after the love of his life. Now she must learn how to walk, how to talk, how to behave. As she struggles to remember the woman she used to be, and tries to become the woman he wants her to be, she discovers that the past is often best left forgotten. Mexican Moon was a Bram Stoker Award Nominee for 2000. It can also be found with other short stories in the book Mexican Moon and Other Stories.

This cookbook can help you prepare a hot and satisfying main meal every day of the week. A Week's Worth will also give you hints and suggestions, bonus recipes, nutritional information, and a complete shopping list. And as an added benefit, each entr e recipe has less than 475 calories per serving. Forget take-out and expensive meal plans. With just a little time for shopping and preparation you too can serve delicious meals and save money as well.

When an intergalactic cosmetic saleswoman crashes on a planet populated with sentient, genetically altered dinosaurs, she certainly doesn't expect to meet the male of her dreams. But what she discovers about the planet's inhabitants will change her life forever. Author's note: this story was previously published under the title Romeo Falling, and is also contained in the collection Mexican Moon & Other Stories.

Something's not quite right about the neighborhood of Woodland Heights. Five years ago six children disappeared in this suburban heaven. When Laura Wagner moves into a house that had been vacant for most of those five years, this something comes alive. Laura Wagner, divorced mother of two, addicted to alcohol and Valium, sees nothing wrong with her life; she sees nothing much at all. She gets by as well as she can, aided by the solace of her drugs and whiskey, until the day she backs into a police car in the parking lot of her favorite bar and is sentenced to involuntary rehabilitation treatments. Returning home clean and sober is an eye-opening experience. The spirit dwelling in her house reveals its true, evil nature and begins to prey upon her, her friends, even her children, avid to spread its message of death and despair. Laura must learn to control her inner demons before she can subdue these outside forces threatening to break free. She must learn how to distinguish hallucinations from reality, learn how to stop the spirit that requires her death and the deaths of her loved ones. Author's Note: CELLAR is a re-issue of my previous published book (Twelve Steps from Darkness, Copyright (c) 2007 Karen E. Taylor.) The story, while essentially the same, has been edited and expanded upon in certain areas, resulting in several new scenes and an epilogue.