Rik Hunik: 45 books

Robert Jarvis has a problem with losing or misplacing his keys far more than the average person. Fortunately he has one of those little plastic "Key Service" tags on his key ring so they keep getting returned to him. So far the service has been free. Until a strange-looking dwarf shows up at his door asking for a dollar before handing over his keys.

(4230 words) A librarian, working night shift in a library, gets an unexpected shipment of unusual books. Because she signed for the order she feels responsible, so when the crates of books are stolen right in front of her she tries to intervene. She is kidnapped and taken for a wild ride in a horse-drawn...

A simple, fast-paced, game, takes about an hour to play.In the not too distant future a breakthrough in virtual reality programming and technology creates realistic experiences for participants. “It's like being dropped into a video game,” rave some of the fans. These experiences can be recorded...

Winterland (5850 words) After Bryce's daughter tells him she can't remember last summer, or any summer, he starts to notice discrepancies in the world of his cozy little town. How long has this winter lasted? And why does he feel so cold all the time? (A slightly different version of this...

2200 words Darby had made a fortune from mining artifacts to exploit their long-lost technology, but he had spent a lot of it trying to find the hiding place of a legendary ultimate weapon. He was sure she would find it at the bottom of this hole. Soon it would be in his grasp.

(6300 words) A horror short story about a young couple at a cabin in the woods who find a role playing board game about defending a warehouse from an army of zombies. By playing the game and losing they shift the balance, giving evil the upper hand. As evil runs rampant in the world they race against time and zombies to set things right.

This story originally appeared in Midnight Times #23, Fall 2008. When Jared gets out of the army he discovers that his sister, his only remaining relative, has been missing for weeks. He teams up with her boyfriend and they follow her trail to the home of Jatarkah, a small-time, disreputable wizard, who seems to be responsible for the disappearance of other women as well.

The title says this book is for beginners but you don't need to be one to benefit from it. It contains detailed instructions and dozens of photographs covering every aspect of rolling a joint. If you've never rolled a joint before, this book can teach you how. If you want to improve your rolling technique, check it out. If you wish other people could roll better joints, show them this book.

Poems in this collection: Fantasy & Horror; Vampire Kiss, On Full moon Night, Defiance, The Skull, Dead Baby, Trees, Out On The Town. Sonnets: The Black Book, The Awakening, The Shell, The Gong, The Church, The Box, The Lake, The Tree, The Page, The Bracelet, Temple, The Hound, Old Enemies, Escape,...

An atmospheric ghost story. After many years apart Tom runs into his old friend Lenard, who convinces him it would be fun to revisit their old party spot at The Hoodoos late at night. The gate to the park is closed but Lenard has a 4x4. They set up their music to echo down the canyon like they did...

(3800 words) A pair of fantasy stories wherein an orphan's curse brings about the death of a ship's captain, but the captain's dying curse is worse. (Yes, the title is from that poem by Coleridge) In the sequel, “Dead Man's Ashes”, Dar, a young thief, is sent into the darkest part of the city...

A short H.P. Lovecraft-inspired horror story. When Joe and his cousin Ward broke into a tomb to try out a spell to raise an ancestor they got some unexpected results.

When Roland's daughter and his wife Berdine disappear into thin air right in front of his eyes in his own back yard he is shocked. When his eccentric old neighbor comes around and tells him his family has been taken to Elfland he is skeptical at first, but he will go there if he must and face the...

(6100 words) Laid up with a broken leg, Mike spends a lot of time sleeping, and dreaming. He dreams of his alternate selves, what he might have become if he'd taken a different path, but in those dreams he travels a route that would be better left untraveled.