L. M. Wasylciw

Behind the facade of a perfect marriage lies a dangerous secret. Kenneth Lund's introduction of the swinging lifestyle may have seemed harmless at first, but it soon leads to the unravelling of his idyllic life.

Matthew Blackwell smiled as he stirred Haley's drink, spiked with enough ketamine to render her unconscious....

Hidden within the depths of the boreal forest lies a secret that could change everything for Ashenee, a young Cree woman born to a traditional family.

Stella's world was one of misery and despair, wandering the streets of Victoria, BC, cold, wet and hungry. She had adapted to street-life, but on most days, she would rather be dead.

Tommy Belanger had been born into a dysfunctional family - fed by alcohol abuse, abject poverty, and the trials and tribulations associated with living in isolation....

In this modern world of too much money that discontented wife no longer gains pleasure from buying a new pair of shoes and the frazzled husband has lost interest in fitting new gadgets on his car, making it easy....

From the moment Mandy's husband took his last breath, Mandy felt a piece of her died with him. After a year of unbearable grief, Mandy found herself longing for companionship once again.

12 and 1/2 ANGELS – Greed is at odds with godliness. Death came for the miserly skinflint, Mario Flagstaff, in the most unusual of ways when he choked on a smoked-gouda stuffed olive. As a man consumed by greed and his own big ego, Mario had no idea what to expect in the afterlife.

APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH — The injustice of wrongful convictions. Rob Carson’s life had been turned upside down; his pregnant wife, Janey, was dead and he was imprisoned for her murder. From the day of the bludgeoning, Rob maintained his innocence but statistics put a target on his back.

The world was descending into chaos: wars, sickness, famine, climate change, irregular weather patterns and general world unrest. One person, a priest, had the power to intervene. With a shaking hand he scripted an obscure, cryptic riddle on scraps of ancient papyrus scrolls.

On opening night of the stage play, Perkins’ Ghost, at the Astor Theatre, a shocking murder had occurred, leaving many residents of the sleepy hollow to suspect that the murderer might have been that of the ghost of Simeon Perkins.

On Quinn’s sixteenth birthday, her friends threw a party at the lake. Some time between leaving the lake-party and arriving home, Quinn experienced a supernatural shift in time. After a four-year time lapse she was back. Quinn wondered if this was someone’s idea of a very bad joke?

Victoria was a young, naïve, single school teacher. Her only desire was to be respected at her job. The boys in her class teased and jostled for her approval. At first it appeared little more than classroom banter.

Tommy Belanger was raised in a dysfunctional family, plagued with abject poverty, incest, alcohol and child abuse. His life was filled with grief, hunger and horror.

The swinging lifestyle, recreational sex, and sex addiction have been spurred by easy accessibility on internet sites. Partaking in these activities, all too often, comes with a price tag – sometimes much higher than one is prepared to pay.