S H Marpel: 86 books

A Second Collection of the Dark Humor Satire of R. L. Saunders Life in our dystopian near-futures has never been funnier. Sauders gets inspiration from our daily news, and these stories are therapy for us as well. Skewering what is accepted as conventional wisdom, Saunders explores concepts...

Being able to escape into the wonderful world of romance is always a pleasure. This set of short stories are an amusing way to find yourself into new worlds, with new lovers working out their difficulties and eventually end up with their happily-ever-after result. Some are ghosts, some...

The third collection of short stories by J. R. Kruze. Known for a unique take on common situations, and a dry wit, Kruze is also able to look at usual circumstances and see unusual aspects to write about. These stories will let you start wondering about the world around you. Mystery,...

A Countess who had a problem - she wasn't real. Not even in death. Ghost Hunters trying to solve her mystery were plummited to their doom before they could solve her problem. As was going to happen to John and his female spirit-guides Sal and Jude. But that ghost didn't count on the...

It started with a dream. In it,John Earl Stark solved the problem of a ghost he met. Or did he? It was a dream, after all. The next day he meets two women who visit his cabin, arriving out of the blue, literally. (Well, one arrived with pitched black darkness which filled his cabin and...

This ghost was haunted by someone or something else. None of her doing, but prevented her from moving on. Everytime someone would try to talk to her, the castle around her started collapsing on that visitor. John Earl Stark was given this assignment with the help of his spirit-guides...

She'd been waiting to kill me for a very long time. And run out of patience at last. So she pulled me to her across time and space. Just so she could end my life. Painfully. Violently. But first, she had to explain her reasoning. Because she had been thinking this through for a long...

Rose doesn't know why she survived the accident and everyone else was dead. It was horrible. And she hasn't been able to cry since. Even at the graveyard where she was now. And then she looked over a few rows and saw a guy standing in front of a grave marker of his own. He looked too...

I was walking in my pasture one sunny afternoon when a pair of hands pulled me into the underworld. Once I arrived, I relaxed - a bit. Because it was an old friend. Carol. A time-bender and now a Lazurai as well. Meaning she could walk through rock - and other things. "Hi John. How have...

In the days when people were owned by the land, two young girls found their power by becoming ghosts, then spirit guides. This is their origin-story... Their parents were serfs, and belonged to two different dukedoms. Falling in love endangered them both. Becoming pregnant with twins made this...

It all started with visiting a city where falling was "up". And brought John, Sal, and Jude into a situation they'd never seen before. Ghosts are a problem of when the soul is left over after the body dies. Solving those scenes are simple for the Ghost Hunters. But what happens...

The story continues, as two young girls find their power by becoming ghosts, then spirit guides. This is their origin-story... Barely escaping discovery by soldiers from a nearby dukedom, Sal and Jude's dad starts training them to survive in the forest. While gathering herbs in a clearing,...

In older days when people belonged to the land, two young girls found their power by becoming ghosts, then spirit guides. This is their origin-story... Their parents were serfs, and belonged to two different dukedoms. Falling in love endangered them both. Becoming pregnant with twins made this...

Time haunted her. It didn't do what it was "supposed to" when she was around. It ran forward, backwards, sideways. Sometimes time helped her solve her problems, sometimes it made them worse. For a lovely young woman, you'd think there would be young men lined up to talk to her at any...