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At the dawn of the twenty-second century, the human race is poised for greatness. The Solar System is being rapidly colonized, and the stars are almost within reach. The future potential seems limitless.

This is the story of the Christmas that almost wasn't. The Christmas when the question of whether there is a Santa Claus was finally decided in Virginia. The Christmas when the dead rose to devour the living and only one person had the strength to rally humanity and lead us to victory. This is the story of the Christmas when Santa Claus fought the Zombies.

Six short tales set between the first and second Shores of the Dead Trilogies. Learn more about Ben and Jenn, Riley, Kelly, Capshaw, Nancy and Charlie, and Scarlet.

The world of the professional truck driver can be a lonely one. For Roy Harper, a man for whom loneliness coupled emotional baggage and a series of life failures, it all may be too much to handle. It all comes to a head when he is tormented by a younger driver who is the quintessential "Bully" on the road.

In the dark days of WWII a group of soldiers and scientists embarked on a secret expedition to the ice sheet of Greenland. The truth about what happened there was buried for seventy years. Now it can be told.

In the second season of the Preserve, first contact is made between several contestants, questions are answered, and new questions are posed. In the outside world, a lone reporter is leaked information from within the Preserve. Among the Cabal members, the strain of unforeseen anomalies cause fractures to appear.

In the early days of the war in Afghanistan, a three man group of Marines are sent to protect a scientist on an unbelievable mission. Joined by an ancient Soviet soldier, these five men are all that stand between chaos and order in the mountains.

In this novella five friends enter an abandoned library in the city of Detroit and find themselves unable to leave.

Mindy Jellico never believed in the supernatural. But on a dark and stormy night she will be confronted with an ancient horror thatwill change her life forever...or end it.

Bryan is the oldest youth Ranger in his troop and Martha is a Junior Counselor at a summer camp for young children. When the dead begin to rise these two young people and their friends find themselves thrown onto their own devices with no adults to help them and dozens of small children to care for. Can these teenagers overcome the tropes of their age and rise to the occasion at The Summer Camp of the Dead.

The homes and safe places that have been the places of the living are now empty and broken. Pursued by a force of malevolent evil two groups of survivors race toward the hoped for safety of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. But in the North the perceived safe haven of White Harbor may not be as safe as its residents believe. As a more human evil plots against the bastion of life and the travelers from the south are tried and tested on their journey the world marches closer and closer to becoming a domain of the dead.

Sixteen year old Jennifer knows she is a psychopath and burgeoning serial killer and she's cool with that. Life is going good until her mother marries a man named George. At first she assumes George is just another one of the sheep who share her world. Then one day she catches a glimpse of another side of her stepfather.

Five strangers dropped alone on a mysterious island littered with strange debris and horrific creatures. A cabal of five powerful shadowy men controlling the life and death "Trials" of these poor souls. This is the world of "The Preserve". In season 1.0 (Episodes 1-6) we are introduced to the individual players in our drama.

Jimmy and Tiffany have been best friends since before they were out of diapers. One night Tiffany calls Jimmy begging for her best friends help.

The world as it had been ended in less than a day. An ancient evil that had been relegated to the most ancient of myths and legends has returned. The dead rose to consume the flesh of the living and only the lucky and the strong were able to survive the initial onslaught. Three groups of survivors must come together and unite against an army of the dead lead by a dark priest and his human followers who are looking to find the key to opening the barriers between worlds and turn the Earth into a true realm of the dead.

Half a century after Harwick slammed into the Earth and nearly ended human civilization humanity is getting back on its feet. In the rebuilding city of Atlanta. A young grad student presents his mentor with the diary of the Traveler. A person of myth and legend the traveler crisscrossed North America collecting the stories of the survivors of Hardwick but rarely spoke of his own adventures. In this original tome, the secrets of the traveler are finally scratched.

In the end, we're all alone. Or are we? At the end of his life, one man learns that love is still more powerful than despair.