Jeff Chapman: 16 books

An enchanted blade. An evil old man. An ancient spirit. The Weird West just gets weirder. Hucksters Orville and Jimmy struggle to buy a decent meal. When an old man asks for help with a supernatural pest, Orville smells opportunity. Jimmy smells danger. And danger is what...

From USA Today, Amazon bestselling, and popular science fiction and fantasy authors comes Ghosts of Fire, a supernatural anthology of ten thrilling tales. Meet paranormal detectives, imprisoned dragons, dark demons, cursed jewels, and handsome prophets. Explore shifting realms trapped in mirrors and...

A haunted journey on a riverboat, water sprites borne of pennies, preternatural creatures, ancient serpents, and the Lady of the Lake lurk in dark waters. Raging storms and magical rainbow fountains. Water is spectacularly beautiful but also treacherous. Gwen Gardner gives us Shake, Rattle...

Enter our mysterious realms where the stories are as varied and rich as the types of soil on this and other planets. Enchanted forests are knotted with roots and vines. Dreaded paths take us through strange, unexplored places. Investigate new worlds and houses frequented by ghosts. Come across...

In a small Midwestern town at the end of a lane stands a crooked house, where deaths and secrets entwine and ghosts revisit their final moments. Two cousins, heirs to the family legacy, search for a treasure secreted in the old dwelling's walls, driven by gold lust and tantalizing clues. The Crooked House is a grudging giver, and some secrets in a haunted house are best left alone.

What happens when you abandon your family? Do they abandon you? Does a soul eater or a mythical monster come looking for you? James is about to find out. He's home alone, having once again turned down an invitation from his family to share in an evening out. He's about to come face to face with a horrifying thief of a distinctly supernatural kind.

Fawkes the cook has had enough of Mr. Stuart's insults. And now Stuart's son is making advances on the maid, Fawkes' daughter. How much abuse can a good cook take? When it appears that a better position is within his grasp, Fawkes plots revenge, but even the best cooks can make a mistake, and snakes...

Tales of Woe and Wonder collects nine fantasy stories. You will find a mix of fairy tale wonder and tragic woe. The stories range from a young boy's first brush with the harsh realities of war in "A Gift from over the Sea" to a miraculous bridge in "The Master and the...

Jimmy's mother is not your mother's Tooth Fairy. Ten-year old Jimmy wonders where the Tooth Fairy keeps all those teeth. It's a silly question and he plays along to get some coins, confident there's no such fae, or is there? What did he really see in the middle of the night? There's no such...

Collects six short stories of fantasy and weirdness. Fans of Edgar Allan Poe, H. P. Lovecraft, Greek mythology, and biblical-inspired fantasy will find something interesting. "Blood and Beauty" tells the tragic love story of a satyr and a dryad. "Sutter's Well" records...

Is a vampire without fangs harmless? Do trolls really live under bridges? What's a squonk and why does it weep? Where do water wights come from? How do you return a stolen jewel to a ghost? Those are only a few of the questions the stories in this volume consider. There are varied paths in...

What would you do to save your landlady's cat? Aaron Sanderson overslept through his bar exam. Now, he's working the dead end of a grocery store checkout lane, waiting for his next shot at the bar. His boss is a jerk and the summer heat is stifling in the old building. Aaron thinks he's hit...

In the Art in Business System Design, Jeff shares the best of his sublime revelations from more than 35 years working for large companies designing software. From insights into creating truly maintainable systems, through the passages that wend about the revealing world of project politics, Jeff entertainingly...

On a lonely country highway, a young travelling salesman runs down a teenage girl. It was an accident. Why she was wandering around on a highway in a pink, formal dress, he can’t imagine. There’s no doubt she’s dead. Fear takes over and he flees the scene, absently taking one of her shoes with...