Vauk House Press: 15 books

Disturbances in The Fabric of Reality... Beneath a vast wine cellar, the last descendant of a doomed lineage discovers a gateway…and an ancient, terrible secret Strange Origins... A CIA operative and a mysterious being form a deep—and deadly—bond. Dark Secrets... In...

New York. Tough place for a struggling young African-American superhero like RJ (kinda strong, sorta hard to kill) to fight crime, make the rent, and hold on to his love life. Tough enough, that is, even before the city's mightiest superheroes enter a transdimensional rift, answering a call-to-arms...

Murder. Loss. Betrayal... For Dan, the restoration job means more than money, it means a chance to work past the accident that took his young wife’s life. Yet it also means seeing Nayoni again, and facing feelings he has never moved beyond. Not when she married a rich architect - and certainly not...

The last living, breathing resident of Harlen township discovers the perfect substance to repel the living dead. Too late to save his Grandpa, or even the town bully. Now he must set out on a desperate cross-country odyssey of survival and self-discovery. Where it leads, he can't say. But he...

In Excelsior City trouble finds everybody. Lang Lofton's busy managing his media empire from atop the Kryse Building , weighing a mayoral run, and, oh yeah, roaming the night as a masked vigilante. He's got an new problem too: no villains left to defeat. Until his mortal enemy Archetype gets released...

During football night at their favorite bar a group of contentious friends encounter a phenomenon that just might rewrite the rules of the universe. But whose universe? A man meets his perfect match but realizes, too late, what that really means. A couple heading home come up against an otherworldly...

After a home invasion ends with her husband’s murder, Connie imagines the worst that can happen—already has. Besides, with a teenage son to raise alone, and an investment business to run, she can’t afford to feel sorry for herself—nor will she. Connie knows how to survive. She...

An outcast child and a mountain shaman hold the keys to humanity's survival. A gunfighter steps out of myth and into the twisted realities of the modern personal development movement. One weary universe collapses–and a new one rises. Voices from an all-too real future reach out to one another, desperate...

Turner's quiet exterior masks a secret obsession that even he doubts he can control much longer. Even before he meets Carmen. Carmen: young, bold, breathtaking. Turner can't say he's never met a woman like her before; because he has. Years ago. Carmen comes to the city to conquer her...

For ambitious, passionate Kiter Io, a posting to the daring diplomatic mission organized and hosted by a mysterious race known only as The Understanders represents more than a chance to help his people become part of the new enlightenment era, it also represents a chance to make his personal mark...

Tales of Times That Never Were A young villager meets a mythical being in the forest, finding her life changed forever. An artisan discovers a distant, seemingly idyllic village and a peculiar secret. Magic And an ambition young queen struggles to secure a kingdom—with or without...

A quarter-million a year, no strings, seems like a great way to live. Except when people come along who think they can do a better job spending it.Carlo loves his life. His best friend, Buddy Wu, knows all the hotspots. Gambling, drinking, drugs, girls, and every other kind of way to live well....

For Henry, a man who flushes success and love away at every turn, the Hotel Stephen Crane–shambling Gothic residence at the heart of an aging west-coast metropolis–means one last chance to get clean in the middle of a misspent life.For a damaged, passionate, young artist like Bryn, it offers...

Recovering from a life-altering tragedy, Greg - bright, talented, and formerly-ambitious - has grown to accept life’s little curveballs - and even thrive on them - much to the chagrin of his friend (and one-time lover), the now-unhappily-married Yates. After all, what does it profit him to take...