Terry Compton: 44 books

The captain and crew of the tramp freighter stumbled onto the perfect way to make some money. All they had to do was hold four little boys they kidnapped until their families paid the ransom. The boys had something to say about it though. The kidnappers found themselves with a cargo bay full of chaos...

An alien bazaar holds many mysteries and sometimes trouble. Walking out with what you came for can be a real challenge.Varn thought he had what it took. But sometimes the task is bigger than you think and unexpected assistance is needed.Some help comes with more trouble than it's worth. How big of a price is Varn willing to pay?

A wounded dragon from another dimension shows up in Mac McGuiness' hunting spot. He could forgive that but not bringing the disgusting other creatures with him, especially when those brutes kidnap his grandson. Can Mac and the dragon form a partnership to run the monsters back into their own dimension and get Kelly back? Will either survive?

Cheyenne surprised Pierre as he studied some ancient Chinese scrolls. He didn't want to share their secret but she had to help him get them translated. When they were done, they discovered these scrolls had been written by a Chinese Alchemist over 2400 years ago. Could they hold the secret to transmuting base materials into gold? Would this secret make them rich or would it cause problems?

The four boys didn't try to create the chaos, it just naturally followed them. They were just waiting for rescue and trying to have a little fun along the way. Of course, if they made some money that was even better. Hardly any of the adults around them agreed with their idea of fun though. They claimed...

Cheyenne was having a terrible day. Her two best friends had abandoned her and joined with the new girl. They all three had played that nasty practical joke. Then she found the Leprechaun in her secret place. How could her day get any worse? The Leprechaun did exact a fitting revenge on the three girls but he also gave Cheyenne three gifts worth more than gold.

Mike Clay had a rough night at the football game last night. His Saturday fixing fences and checking cows became worse after he spotted the two four-wheelers roaring out of Canada. The nightmare began when the jerks cut his fence, shot cows, then opened fire on him. How do you stop them with no cell...

Harry's device seemed so simple. THEY had predicted trouble but what did THEY know? Who could really know that it would cause trouble for the Big Oil and the rest of the nations economy? How could this little device cause so much trouble across the entire Earth? Harry went ahead and made the devices anyway. He sold them and waited for the consequences.

A romantic mystery telling the story of Ginny Morgan. Pregnant at sixteen and scorned by her father, she makes more bad choices. Life slapped her down even farther and now gang members have followed her to Kalispell, Montana. An encounter with a friendly policeman and a group of people helping those...

A collection of five short stories about dragons, Leprechauns and other weird human adventures. Included are: Fred's Question, The Leprechaun's Gift, It Was This Big, The Sunset of Big Oil, Almost a Winner and as a bonus, a short-short story, Shopping Games.

Clay Jackson had won an acquittal on a murder case that he didn't want to win. Now someone wanted to retain him for a cool million dollars. Then U. S. senators and representatives he had defended started dying. Could he convince the FBI and other authorities that he had nothing to do with it? Why were his clients dying? How were they killed? Clay needed answers fast.

Carl Phillips wasn't the brightest bulb in the package. He robs a convenience store and only gets $10.85. On his way out, he spots some scratch lottery tickets. He grabs a bunch as he leaves and his life will never be the same. How could a few silly scratch lottery tickets cause so much trouble? How's a crook supposed to make an honest living?

Pierre the Leprechaun talks Cheyenne into going fishing one day. That should be a safe venture, right? But what happens when Cheyenne catches the big fish with Pierre's magical fly rod? Who can she tell and still protect Pierre the Leprechaun? Who will believe the story she has to tell?

Andy was just trying to survive in a terrible economy. When his brother-in-law came up with the idea to incorporate their village, how did he know it would soon involve the EPA, the Forest Service and the Governor? Yeah, there was a lot of money involved, but was it really worth going to jail? As Mayor, he just wanted to stop the smoke and go back to obscurity.