Levi Garcia: 4 books

I once read that before Charles Darwin left the Galapagos Islands, he collected a bunch of tortoises so he could eat them. Darwin gathering them up just seemed kind of evil so I grew up with the image of him marching them onto a ship to be used for snacks on the ride home. This is the story of one man's quest for culinary ecstasy and those that stood against him...or something like that.

Chris has to spend his weekend watching his grandfather who is recovering from hip surgery. He doesn't mind doing this, but as an unexpected Texas snowstorm kicks in, they soon realize there's something outside in the snow. Trapped with his grandfather, they must now work together to fight off their snow-born attackers.

Inspired by my love for H.P. Lovecraft, this short story is my addition to the mythos. The old ones can live well beyond our lifetimes, but what do their followers have to show for a lifetime of servitude? What about the ancestors of their followers who unwittingly become the keepers of their secrets?

Last Halloween, I had a party. One of the things I wanted to do was to have guests tell ghost stories around a fire. This was a great idea in my head, but then I realized I needed a ghost story to tell. I did the usual Google search, but didn't find anything I was happy with. Most of what I found...