Scott: 1979 books

Some of the best scary stories are connected with urban legends. There is something in them that seems to touch a dark place in the psyche somewhere. That has to be why they show up all over in one form or another often virtually unchanged. Some of the stories here are urban legends. Some are not....

Dom Torres, star center fielder for the Los Angeles Riptide, needs to stay off management's radar after a Spring Training game ended in flying fists and bloodshed. He's ordered to keep a lid on his temper and a low profile for the rest of the season. Keeping his focus solely on baseball isn't a problem...

Your life as you know it is over - life in prison for a crime of passion. You just want to get on with it and forget the past, but when the prison has other ideas are you ready? Or will you scream?

Class Flirt (Short story #2 from Reunion Flirts! 10,000 words) Martina Blake is a no-nonsense accountant who has worked hard to put the title of Class Flirt behind her—along with a very big and very public mistake. She’s determined to show her classmates they were wrong about her. Martina...

“Let Down Your Hair” 10,000 words (Short Story #2 from Fairy Tale Flirts 2! 5 Romantic Short Stories) A modern take on Rapunzel.Rachel has spent most of her years on the road with her mother, working in carnival sideshows. She plays the role of Rapunzel—the princess with the world’s...

A drive-by murder signals the end of a relaxed Christmas. Donna refuses to accept that organized crime is moving into town, but to do so, she must find the murderer. In the meantime, she needs to host a Victorian tea, pin down a certain detective’s romantic intentions, keep a boozy Santa sober, deal with a cursed clown doll, and hide a hunky underwear model.

Merry Peterson is not a big fan of Christmas. Ever since she found out at the age of 8 that her parents had lied to her about Santa, the whole holiday thing lost its magic. Now she's a long way from home, alone, and missing her family. And then she falls right into Santa's lap. Jason Wells...

Sonny Malone's life is a blur of drugs, sex, and alcohol and if not for all the awards and accolades from his writing would only be remembered for the destruction he left in his wake. To say Sonny didn't negatively impact people's lives would be an understatement. The fact he lived...

Brianna Evans, a beautiful, vivacious, and charming concert promoter, is the woman every man dreams of. Hard-working, engaging and fun, she bewitches men wherever she goes. Unfortunately, she does not see the trail of eager suitors behind her because her heart belongs to the one man who refuses to...

"When we were deployed to protect and defend the hospitals, airports, and other important locations in Southwest Florida, we knew things were already a mess. What our superiors didn’t tell us grunts was just how messed up things were. I decided to write down my experience and those of my fellow...

“Never Been Dumped” It’s a relationship with an expiration date and it’s going to go bad. Rachel hates breaking hearts. She’s never been dumped, and she’s tired of being the one to walk away. But a handsome stranger in town for the summer promises he’ll dump her after their summer...

Perseus is a demi-god, the mortal son of Zeus. Cast into the ocean by his grandfather who feared for his throne, Perseus and his mother are taken in by the fisherman brother of the king of Serifos. As he reaches adulthood, Perseus is goaded into a quest to find and kill the monster, Medusa, by the...

Donna needs a getaway, and fast. After some gentle nudging from her best friend Janice, they set sail on the high seas with visions of sipping exotic drinks and relaxing under the sun. But just as Donna begins to unwind, she discovers half the town is coming along for the ride, including her mother,...

Sandy Morrow's four year old daughter is hit by an SUV as she's riding her tricycle down the sidewalk near her home. Her new next door neighbors, Hunter Thurman and his son Jason, had been arguing just before Jason jumped in the vehicle and took off without looking behind him. Now her daughter has...