The story begins as a couple from Europe sails to America to begin a new life. It is a brief look into the trials and tribulations as they strived to reestablish themselves in their new world. Kris VanStecklensburg was highly disappointment in finding work in New York. He was forced after a year in relocating with wife, Helga, to Detroit, Michigan, where their dreams and aspirations ultimately came to fruition. It was not until (Hans) their son’s arrival that their dream was complete. Hans, as he grew up, always felt different. He did not act like most boys his age. Upon reaching high school, his whole character changed. The feelings he struggled with growing up finally emerged. His life changed drastically as he began to follow his emotions and not his heart. After meeting Isaac, he felt his life whole. But soon after, their relationship hit a snag and started to decline. It was not long that Isaac changed and treated him as just another sex toy. One day, Isaac up and left without explanation. A sad day for Hans but, at the same time, gave him reason to live. His ambition going forward was find Isaac and end his evil ways with what he referred to as sweet revenge. Hans eventually enrolled in a local college and earned his postsecondary certificate and bachelor’s degree in the mortuary science. After graduating began working in a local funeral home on the south side, which housed a modern crematory. Here, he felt he could carry out his dream of good versus evil, his own interpretation of sweet revenge on his nemesis, Isaac. The lab was the perfect setup for disposing of his archenemy without a trace. But how was he going to trick or entice Isaac once he located him back to the south side and his domain in the lab? After years of planning the elimination of Isaac, he and a new partner by the name of Winslow had a plan. But at the last moment, all the planning and preparation things could not have been more macabre or chilling as the story takes on a life of its own—not at all what Hans envisioned, quite the opposite.

"Kate Mayfield's first foray into nonfiction is a ... Southern memoir that reads like a novel, about growing up in Jubilee, Kentucky, as the daughter of a charismatic but troubled small-town undertaker--imagine Mad Men's Sally Draper growing up in the world of The Help"--

The story begins as a couple from Europe sails to America to begin a new life. It is a brief look into the trials and tribulations as they strived to re-establish themselves in their new world. Kris VanStecklensburg was highly disappointment in finding work in New York. He was forced after a year in relocating with his wife, Helga, to Detroit, Michigan, where their dreams and aspirations ultimately came to fruition. It was not until (Hans) their son's arrival that their dream was complete. Hans, as he grew up, always felt different. He did not act like most boys his age. Upon reaching high school, his whole character changed. The feelings he struggled with growing up finally emerged. His life changed drastically as he began to follow his emotions and not his heart. After meeting Isaac, he felt his life whole. But soon after, their relationship hit a snag and started to decline. It was not long that Isaac changed and treated him as just another sex toy. One day, Isaac up and left without explanation. A sad day for Hans but, at the same time, gave him reason to live. His ambition going forward was find Isaac and end his evil ways with what he referred to as sweet revenge. Hans eventually enrolled in a local college and earned his postsecondary certificate and bachelor's degree in the mortuary science. After graduating began working in a local funeral home on the south side, which housed a modern crematory. Here, he felt he could carry out his dream of good versus evil, his own interpretation of sweet revenge on his nemesis, Isaac. The lab was the perfect setup for disposing of his archenemy without a trace. But how was he going to trick or entice Isaac once he located him back to the south side and his domain in the lab? After years of planning the elimination of Isaac, he and a new partner by the name of Winslow had a plan. But at the last moment, all the planning and preparation things could not have been more macabre or chilling as the story takes on a life of its own-not at all what Hans envisioned, quite the opposite.

A graveyard feast beneath the summer moon … The rural town of Old Hickory. Tennessee was a quiet, picturesque community … until the O'Sheas came to town. Becoming the new proprietors of the town's only funeral parlor, with the help of their charming patriarch, Square McManus, the Irish family was wholeheartedly accepted by the local townfolk. The thing began to happen. Strange things … horrible, unspeakable things … in the dead of night. The sighting of wolfish beasts congregating around an open grave in the town cemetery. Frightening changes in several of Old Hickory's less desirable residents. And the brutal murder and devouring of a varsity football player in the wooded wilderness outside of town. Soon, what was once concealed in shadow and secrecy was now starkly revealed, in all its ravenous fury, by the silvery light of the full moon. As the residents of Old Hickory, as well as the local police, begin to fall victim to an unknown evil, four individuals—the town nerd, a high school jock, a widowed gunsith, and a mysterious transient from a distant shore—find themselves facing what could possibly be a hellish lycanthrope from ancient Ireland … the legendary Arget Bethir … the Silver Beast.

'The action rattles along at a rate of knots with twists and turns at every corner ... At sight of the book, I had a queue of boys in my class wanting to borrow it' READING ZONE on THE STIG PLAYS A DANGEROUS GAME An enigmatic racing driver. A bunch of kids. One hell of a ride ... The Stig's one known nemesis, the evil villain PT Cruiser, is dying, his plan for global domination in pieces. And The Stig is missing, presumed dead. But rumour has it that he is in a dusty hick town in the USA, racing again and winning every time, no matter how beaten up the car. So begins another adventure for the gang: Sam Wheeler, Ford Harrison, Buster Mustang and Cabriola Cruiser. The friends head out to the USA in search of The Stig, to try to unlock the mystery of the helmeted hero. Sam and Ford embark on a road trip across the country in a massive Winnebago. Buster scopes out the desert towns with his trusty sidekick TG Dog. And Cabriola finds herself in a mountaintop eyrie, with a new wicked family member to contend with ... The gang soon find that PT Cruiser is still hellbent on eliminating The Stig, no matter what. And his evil reach extends beyond his sick bed with a new piece of evil tech for the gang to thwart ...