Driscoll Brook Press: 11 books

Alone on an empty, eerie road in the middle of the Sacramento Delta, Carla fumes at the boyfriend who abandoned her. The sun sets. A car appears. A pleasant looking couple offers wary Carla a ride. The fare: "Tell us the story." Not just any story. The story. But this...

Norm Wheeler’s luck at the racetrack runs out, leaving him deep in debt to a ruthless bookie. When he tries to hire a rival thug to kill the man, the negotiation takes a dangerous turn, doubling Norm’s trouble. Desperate, with time running out, caught between two dangerous criminals, Norm...

Yantriel lives on a small pig farm, grieving the loss of his wife, trying to make a good life for his two daughters. Then, on a midsummer day, an endless mass of frogs begins to ooze out of Yantriel’s outhouse. Not just ordinary frogs. These frogs know things. Now the frogs...

As California’s Department of Thaumaturgy battles a deepening drought, a mysterious force limits the flow of magic in downtown Sacramento. Tasked to find an answer, Purvis Klemp—Senior Advisor to the Chief of Staff of the Thaumaturge General of the State of California—must entertain...

Trapped in a funhouse in the sweltering Sacramento heat, Mark and his little brother Davy watch in horror as a zombie eats their friend. Now they must work together, one supplying the wits, the other supplying the blood, to find the doors to escape. But an even greater danger awaits, and the...

When Geoff Palmenter demands a refund from a master negotiator, he expects an impossible negotiation. Instead, he wins far more than he bargained for: A second chance at love.  But with second chances, timing is everything. A time travel short story from Dale Hartley Emery.

Curtis Poole's estranged daughter dies, leaving him with fading memories of her and vivid memories of his actions that carved the decade-long rift in their relationship. With all hope of reconciliation severed, Curtis grasps for redemption through the people his daughter loved. But redemption...

Fresh out of Folsom State Prison, Jake Abbot craves one thing: A thick, hot, juicy whiskey bacon cheddar burger from Saint Florian’s Abbey. But traffic and a greedy cabbie conspire to keep Jake from satisfying his hunger. And when he finally arrives at Saint Florian’s, Jake's crimes...

On a busy street corner in the searing heat of a Sacramento July afternoon, homeless veteran Gene Garron makes a seemingly simple promise in exchange for a donation beyond his wildest dreams. But a large sum of money attracts a great deal of attention. The wrong kind of attention. Attention...

“What does a girl have to do around here to prove she is a virgin?” A tattered wedding dress. An enraged bride. And Clarke Whiteley is all out of virgins’ tears. He brought the problem on himself, of course. He should not have imbued Dulcie’s wedding dress with magic. Not with...

Five Short Fantasies from Right next Door Five worlds very like our own. Five kinds of magic winding tighter and tighter. Five extraordinary people struggling to keep their lives from unwinding. A magical tailor ruins a wedding dress days before the wedding. A woman hitches a ride from...