Thomas Volz

When author Brad Durham makes his first trip to New York City to sign a book deal, he witnesses a distressed man ready to end his life. Thinking quickly, Brad comes up with a unique plan to communicate with the man. But does he have enough time to pull it off? And will it even work?

After a rough shift, firefighter/paramedic Isaac Mason decides to personally check up on a homeless man (commonly known as The Poet) he's spoken with on several occasions.

A priest finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Time. It wears on us all. Like gravity, it weighs us down with the influence of age. And eventually, time runs out. For every one of us—everyone except Skot. The enormous human/alien hybrid gifted with immortality has to watch as everything he knows succumbs to the crawl of time....

After losing communications during an off-the-books operation, Army Rangers Lieutenant Jason Stafford and Sergeant Miga Raines lead a squadron of soldiers back to mainland America. In their efforts to return to Fort Moore, they discover that a ravenous plague has spread across the globe.

A routine house fire in Arlington, Indiana, proves to be anything but when an explosion shatters the lives of the crew of Engine 3....

Adam Kluteski (Klutch) escorts his girlfriend, Corra Whitmer, to what he believes is a hoax - a werewolf initiation ritual. The couple soon find themselves running for their lives....

Vampire Alexander "Xander" Anatoli must prepare to return to action as an assassin. Since his time in administration has made him soft, he feels the need to hone his killing skills....

Perennial screw-up James Laudon finds himself behind bars for a crime he absolutely committed. In the dark of night, a pair of mysterious men abduct him from his cell and replace him with a dead body....

Supernatural beasts and mystical voodoo collide when Detective Del Thibodeaux investigates a series of murders and missing persons the local community lays blame on the legendary Rougarou–the mysterious werewolf of the bayou....

Accompanied by a werewolf simply known as Charlie, James Laudon ventures out on his first mission for the DARPA-funded group. While investigating reports of mysterious encounters and strange noises, the pair find a hell of a lot more than they anticipated....

Michael Stein is attacked and nearly killed by a vicious monster. Amanda, his mistress, shoots and kills the beast. When Stein recovers, he learns that his wife, Angie, was found naked and dead at the scene....

After getting kidnapped out of Fort Leavenworth (where he’s awaiting his murder trial), James Laudon, perennial screw-up, finds himself under the thumb of an eclectic group of assassins. The above-top-secret agency works under the umbrella of both DARPA and the Department of Defense....

Young cryptozoologist Zane Newton decides to spend his 1984 college summer break in search of the mysterious beast of Bray Road. With the increase in sightings, he figures he has as much of a chance as anyone to find it....

After encouraging his savant daughter to build a theoretical time machine, Eduardo Solmar scrambles to complete the project after Elishia mysteriously vanishes. His tampering with time reveals more about his future and the dangers of ripping the fabric of the space-time continuum....

This short work of fiction details the Soviet efforts to thwart the American moon landing and safe return of the astronauts, as well as the countermeasures employed by the US....

This is a small collection of three short stories - all dealing with homicidal characters.

In a modern twist of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE and A CHRISTMAS CAROL, firefighter Jeff Roberts revisits the journey of his life in the presence of his death....

When conservation officer Beth Morrison hears of a shark in the waters of an Indiana lake chain, she, like everyone else, doesn't believe it....