Dead Key Publishing: 14 books

From the beginning of time, people have loved stories. And novelists have loved trying their hand at writing them. Short stories are their own art form, and have their own beauty and even their own challenges. It's a rewarding art form for both reader and writer.Dead Key Publishing is...

From the beginning of time, people have loved stories. And novelists have loved trying their hand at writing them. Short stories are their own art form, and have their own beauty and even their own challenges.Dead Key Publishing is proud to announce the release of this first annual anthology...

Between 1973 and 1978, Michelle “Feather” Jones dominated adult movie theaters as the burgeoning porn industry’s queen. Fans flocked to her screenings, and critics hailed her as the next big thing. By 1980, though, Feather was homeless, hooked on heroin, and prostituting in order to buy drugs....

Terror does not always dwell in the darkness of night. Sometimes the most terrifying things can lurk with in the brightness of the sun but no heat from its rays can reach its icy core to warm it. Deep in a small town a vagabond, weary and cold hunkers down in a old abandoned house. The little girl...

Point Bluff is the perfect place for hiking, rock climbing and cave exploring. But hidden inside one of the Montana caves is a deadly virus of unknown origins. When this virus attacks, it wipes out nearly all of Point Bluff's 10,000 townspeople, leaving almost no trace and no clues as to their...

Not all poems elicit the positive emotional responses. Sometimes, poetry is where we trap the monster of hate and hurt and betrayal. Thirty Two poems from Author and Poet Cody Toye featuring "Suicide Sally and Moonatic Wolf".

After 14 months of riding riverboats in Viet Nam, TJ Hamlin receives orders to Naval Air Station backyard duty in his hometown of Corpus Christi. It has been three years since he has seen his brothers from the club, and he was looking forward to long rides in the South Texas sun on his old ’59 custom...

Something more awful than death lurks in the aftermath of the fall of mankind...Evolution. Plants struggled for many years to survive in a Man-Made Concrete prison, but now, they have evolved into horrid creatures feeding on the most abundant of food sources and the human race hides in fear. Can a mousey teen, a autistic man, and a brave subway dweller truly be the worlds last hope?

When the planet of Cargatia is blown to small bits of lime green rubble, It is up to Zorza to lead a rebellion against the Nephlon Race. With Brutus the Warlord hot on his tail, The band of rebels have a decision to make...fight or flee.

la douleur exquise: the “heart-wrenching pain of wanting the affection of someone unattainable.” In la douleur exquise, Angela Perea presents a darkly compelling collection of short stories about this exquisite pain, even if that unattainable someone exists only in our own minds, hearts, and souls.In...

From a time traveling gold fish to a magical roach genie, these nine bedtime stories will keep you wondering...how is that even possible?From the author that brought you Cowbob and Zorza, comes a unique collection of children's stories designed specifically for quick reads during bedtime.

Loyality, Compassion, Understanding, and Squirrels. The list of things that are not welcome at Q.J. Enterprises. One of the largest firms in the area, the corporate giant is known to the masses for innovative products at low prices. Through the shimmering gold doors and past the smiling receptionists,...

Z Ellis has always believed he is the twin brother of mass murderer Adam Russo, even though Z was adopted by a loving family when he was five. What he doesn't know is that he and Adam are actually the same person and that a special department of the FBI—the Eradication of Violent Crimes—has...

In this long story, five intertwined tales each reveal an aspect of humanity under a wisp of smoke curling from the smokestack of the Henry and Green Mortuary and Crematorium. Birth, family, sex, religion, and career all play out in separate stories against the backdrop of the one thing they all have in common: death.