Neil Larkins: 2 books

Nine year-old Richard is learning-disabled, hampered by a pronounced stutter -- and scared of the spooky old mansion on Sycamore Street, a place he must walk past every day to school. His lively imagination leads him to believe all sorts of weird things about it, including being chased by evil guard...

Story #1 "The Wonderfulist" Away for twelve years, Willie is back on business to the town he grew up in -- and with no desire to reconnect with anything from his past. Still, he makes a nostalgic visit to a once-popular but now abandoned lake pier. There he encounters a strange device that...