In Forever Sleep, author Zack Figueroa descends into the realms of both horror and the supernatural--in the form of twenty new short stories that will keep the reader entranced. An excerpt from the story "Swim Class" Her tiny blue eyes started blankly ahead, until they fixed themselves in the direction of his glance. He took his eyes off this phantom as he drew his arms forward in a sort of flapping motion as if to swim away. Once he looked back into the general area, he saw that it was the mysterious woman once again. He tried to ask her--what she was, but the only thing that came out was a blurted sound composed of bubbles and vocal cords. All of that meant nothing once he looked down at her legs. What he saw weren't legs at all, instead they looked more like the tentacles of an octopus. Once he looked back up at her upper torso, her arms were suddenly replaced with the pincers that of a huge mutated crab. Below her wide eyes that were now unblinking started to form a huge mouth of serrated teeth that were growing from ear to ear, to the point that her nose was being stretched into nothingness.

The dark double life of Ellen Boehm, the mother who murdered her two sons—and nearly killed her daughter. Ellen Boehm, a single mom from St. Louis, Missouri, appeared devoted to her children. But in reality, she was unequipped for motherhood, financially strapped, and desperate. Within a year of each other, her sons, ages two and four, died mysteriously, and Boehm’s eight-year-old daughter then suffered a near-fatal mishap when a hair dryer fell into the girl’s bath. While neighbors wondered how Boehm remained so calm through it all, Det. Sgt. Joseph Burgoon of St. Louis Homicide had darker suspicions. Burgoon soon unraveled a labyrinth of deception, greed, and obsession that revealed a cold-blooded killer whose get-rich-quick scheme came at the cost of her children’s lives. Boehm had taken out insurance policies on her children with six different companies totaling nearly $100,000. Using police reports, case documents, and photos, journalist John Coston recreates the events that led to one mother’s unspeakable acts of filicide—and a cop’s relentless pursuit of the truth.

A century ago, the World Government sold it as "Peace On Earth." All they did was convince the citizens of the world to download their minds into the internet, leaving their bodies floating in stasis tanks. Now Sergeant First Class(Ret) Scott Douglas was free to read a book in peace, without having to listen to the hippies and their endless whining. His only job was to walk through the stasis tanks once a day and check for problems. Then the Internet went down. Without it regulating their brains, humanity would be dead in a matter of days. It was up to Scott to save the hippies, even if all they did was complain.

OUT OF THE MISTS OF TIME When she first came to the sacred tribal land in the California wilderness, anthropologist Tory Kent paid little heed to the tales of a mystical warrior keeping watch there. But then a dark figure appeared through the mists before her—and suddenly the unimaginable became reality. Wherever—whenever—he had come from, the one called Loka was truly a man, and he awakened a need within Tory that could scarcely be denied. For he had returned, after a century in the shadows, to claim her—the woman destiny had promised only to him. Though entangled by undeniable passion, each walked a path seemingly impossible to weld together. For Tory was tied to the present. And Loka was bound by an age-old promise to protect his people's legacy…even at the cost of his own life.

Adrian Earle - We Are Always and Forever Ending Release Date: July 31st 2021 Page count: 99 pages Released by Broken Sleep Books

Loosely based on real-life events, this suspenseful story, by a debut novelist, is also funny and touching and will have readers riveted from start to finish. Lucy's mother is the U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia, so Lucy's life must be one big adventure, right? Wrong. Lucy's worrywart mother keeps her locked up inside the ambassador's residence. All Lucy can do is read about the exotic and exciting world that lies beyond the compound walls and imagine what it would be like to be a part of it. That is, until one day Lucy decides she has had enough and she and a friend sneak off for some fun. But to their horror, Lucy gets kidnapped! With only herself to rely upon, Lucy must use her knowledge of African animals, inventiveness, will, and courage to escape, and in the process embarks on an adventure beyond her wildest imagination. Includes bonus material! - Book Club Discussion Guide