Lee F. Patrick

Through these pages glide the undead. A chess player. A cookWriters. Students. Teachers. Lovers. The cursed. The damned. The grief-stricken. The penitant. The vengeful. The merciful. Ghostly features 13 haunting short stories from authorsAlix Kelinda, Finnian Burnett, Halli Reid, Jarrod K Williams, Jeanna Mason Stay, Kaitlyn Petry, L. N. Hunter, Lee F Patrick, Leslie Wibberley, Marie Powell, Rob Nisbet, Shawn L. Bird, and Theric Jepson. 13 gripping tales from behind the veil.

Ethan Carson voluntarily returns to the Coalition after a year away, a young cougar shifter in tow. He expects a cost for his return but helping some scientists test his shifting ability isn't a problem. Monster is quite happy, since he's finally found Ethan an acceptable mate. Melissa, a trained veterinarian, recently arrived at the base. There's always one more mission. What should be a simple first contact with a Lion shifter turns into a deadly case of Cougar versus fanatic. Will Ethan and Monster ever return to Melissa or will they die?

Jaren, only son and heir to the Alanyo clan head, is in love with Sanil, the daughter of one his father Darit's competitors. The couple want to marry, but Jaren has other problems besides trying to keep his and Sanil's fathers from discovering their relationship. His cousins Adnil and Gred want to ensure that they will be the ones to inherit control of the clan holdings once his aged father is dead. With the help of a criminal and a renegade mental conditioner, the cousins create an imposter within Jaren's mind. On Darit's death, the imposter will reveal that the real Jaren died years before and have a breakdown, leaving his cousins with no opposition to their takeover. The pair don't realise there are factors that will complicate their plans to eliminate Jaren and his father: that Sanil's parents may become formidable allies instead of enemies and that there is a third player in Jaren's mind. One who seeks to free them all from danger. Can Jaren and his alternates all stay sane and safe or will a briefcase full of explosives end their chances of happiness?

A chilling and thought-provoking collection of spooky stories from StarkLight Press.

My name is Barrat Trelner and I have several problems. The first is that I can't find a job in financial analysis despite graduating with an Honours Degree from one of the best programs in Matheir, the country I call home. My second problem is that everyone think I had something to do with the biggest market collapse in our planet's history. The third problem is that to protect Kerit, my friend and mentor, I triggered the fail-safe that hides my secret identity from everyone. Including me. Justice is the dark side of me that my family knows nothing about. The assassin. The predator. I eliminate evil doers when their victims cannot find true justice in the corrupt legal systems. With Kerit's aid, we bring closure to many and death to the guilty who have paid to evade the consequences of their crimes. Once I regain my memory, can I continue to juggle my two personae? It seems simple at first, but the cabal who orchestrated the market collapse continues their plot to cripple Mathier's six largest investment firms by hiring me to kill my father. Just what I need, another problem. Part of me wonders what is really going on and wants to warn him about the danger he's in. I have to decide to save him or to kill him. I wonder what part of me will make that decision.