~Above the blanket of despair I breathe in the excess of fresh free air~ This was my first poem book. The beginning. My art. I love poetry now with all of my heart but here you can find where I found my start. With love, David Yager

This is based on a true story. It gives a glimpse of the man my father once was and illustrates his descent into Alzheimer's.

"You can't get away with killing us!!" The declaration echoed through the dimly lit room, met with unexpected amusement from the blood-drinking demon. He chuckled, a sinister sound that reverberated off the walls as if he'd heard the funniest joke in eons. "Relax, children," the demon drawled with a sickly sweet tone. "I have no intention of killing any of you. My plans are far grander. From this moment forward, the world you've known will cease to exist. You are to become the servants of others for the greater good." A heavy silence fell over the room. Cami scanned the faces of her friends, noting their expressions of confusion and terror. Some girls wept openly, while others struggled futilely against the burly men who held them down. Unable to suppress her rising dread, Cami's voice trembled as she broke the silence. "W-what are you t-talking about?" The demon's eyes glittered with a malevolent delight as he leaned closer, his grin widening. "Darling, you're about to become an immortal slave." For Cami Santiago, summer break was supposed to be a time of carefree fun with friends. But their idyllic escape turns into a nightmare when they discover that the stranger who followed them to their remote cabin harbors a diabolical plan. Faced with the terror of human trafficking, Cami and her friends are thrust into a world far more sinister than they imagined. The true horror reveals itself as they learn that their fate is not merely in the hands of wicked individuals, but ancient Gods and Goddesses who run a cruel selection process. Only the "best" are spared in this macabre game of survival, and Cami finds herself deemed a prime candidate for the gods' twisted entertainment. As she and her friends grapple with their grim reality, Cami must navigate a treacherous path where the divine and monstrous intertwine, and her fight for freedom becomes a desperate struggle against ancient forces. Amazing cover by @leichter

After a string of grisly murders are committed against young women, it leads different police departments around Texas to realize that the murdered girls share the same terrifying trait in common. Every girl is was an avid lover of selfies. Strangely, all the murdered girls before passing can also relate by having met a suave, handsome young man shortly before their deaths. There's not a face to put to the multiple names the mysterious man has given the girls. To police, he's known as Prince Charming, the Stalker of selfies, the Selfie Slasher.......The mysterious killer has too many names given to him by the public. Whoever the mystery guy is, he finds his victims on Perfect Match.com by stalking their profiles. For eighteen year old Emily Daz, she was just hoping signing up for a silly dating website would help her snag a date to prom. She finds what she feels is the perfect guy, but looks can be deceiving, not everyone who smiles at you is your friend. Little does Emily realize, you have to be careful what you put online. Sometimes it can be seen by anyone, even a homicidal selfie stalker. Cover made by Hailtothebutt ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This book contains material protected under International and Federal copyright laws and treaties. Any unauthorized print or use of this book is prohibited. Absolutely no use of this book can be used without permission from author/publisher. This work is unable to be used by anyone other than the author. What that means....You CANNOT use characters, names, and storyline without it being called PLAGIARISM. Names, characters, and incidents are the sole property of the authors imagination or are used with fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, places, business establishments, events or locations is purely coincidental. If you can't help yourself but to steal authors title, characters, and storyline you automatically open yourself up to a lawsuit. COPYRIGHT 2016 by Alex Gedgaudas

When you come from a family of cannibalistic organ harvesters, fear isn't something that comes easily. Unless the woman you love is being hunted by a psychopath even more deranged than you. Alyssa is being stalked by a sadistic killer who turns human beings into lifeless, porcelain-perfect dolls. Ian has spent years running from his past, but now, he has no choice. To find her, he must embrace the darkness he's tried to bury. And that means turning to the one man he swore he'd never see again-his brother, Cale Romanov. A notorious serial killer known for carving out human hearts with surgical precision, Cale isn't the kind of ally anyone seeks out willingly. But if anyone can understand the mind of a monster, it's him. As Ian and Cale hunt the Dollmaker, the truth begins to unravel-twisted, personal, and far more dangerous than Ian ever imagined. Because the Dollmaker isn't just after Ian's lost love. He's playing a game. And the final move might just be the end of them both.

They say Stelton Jack was a man cursed by love. Some claim he was bewitched by Seline Moore, the girl accused of witchcraft. Others believe he made a deal with the Devil himself-trading his soul to save her from burning at the stake. In present-day Salem, Sallie Moore wants nothing more than to disappear into the background. After the death of her parents, she returns to her family's dusty old bookstore, trying to outrun the strange legacy tied to her name. The townspeople still whisper about the Moore bloodline. About ghosts. About curses. Sallie never believed in any of it. Until the night she steps into the abandoned pumpkin patch... and wakes something ancient. Now, she's being followed by a ghost who calls himself Jack Holloway. A man with heartbreak in his eyes and magic in his touch. He claims Sallie is the reincarnation of Selene-that they've lived this story before. That every 125 years, she's reborn... and someone hunts her down to steal her life and cheat death. This time, Sallie refuses to die for a love she doesn't remember. But the more time she spends with Jack, the harder it is to separate her memories from Selene's-and the harder it is to tell where her heart ends and history begins. To survive, Sallie must confront the truth buried beneath centuries of folklore and forgotten graves. With Jack at her side, she must unravel who betrayed her all those years ago-and who still wants her dead in this life. Because the story of Stelton Jack didn't end in fire. But this time, it may end in blood.

(The Forgotten Passages Book Two) After almost nineteen years, I was used to life - used to the parties, galas, and benefits, used to keeping secrets, and used to the dangers my life with the Brotherhood of Time brought me. It's been two months - two months since Drake Garner came back into my life after four years of silence, two months since he trusted me with the secrets he kept, two months since we started our own adventure his great-grandparents had gone on before us...but only two weeks since that adventure came to a halt when one of my best friends was dumped at our doorstep, broken, unconscious, and bleeding. It wasn't just Drake's reappearance that changed everything. Vince Peters was set on getting his hands on me, but there was no way it was happening. Not only could I protect myself, but I had the strength of the Brotherhood and the Knights behind me. He thought he could break me by hurting those I love, but he didn't know what was coming for him. Because I was and there was no stopping me. But some secrets are meant to stay hidden...even when you become one yourself.

In a Futurist-Victorian London, Ex-Carnie Victor Hart makes his living as a dinner party entertainer and mountebank, using the skills taught to him by his Romani mother – the Patterns. When tragedy strikes a wealthy friend, Victor Hart puts his skills to use in an alternative manner. This Steampunk London has its fair share of psychos, sickos, and sadists, and it takes a special kind of mind to hunt them. Victor sees human behaviour in a way few others can understand but only as an outsider; certain parts of his humanity are missing and that disturbs him. As he solves each seemingly unrelated case, a dark pattern slowly begins to reveal itself threatening the heart of the British Empire and even what we feel makes us human. A Steampunk-detective-noir, darker than most, the first volume features four thrilling cases; the first novel in a Duology.

Police officer Tom Bevans is nicknamed the Sad Man by his colleagues. As a Family Liaison Officer he is always the bearer of bad news - it is his job to tell the friends and family of victims the fate of their loved ones. But Tom is weighted down by crimes both old and new - haunted by the death of his best friend Dani, whose murder has never been solved. When a rare opportunity emerges for Tom to take the lead in a horrific murder investigation, he is determined to get justice for the victim. A young girl has been found in her own home, cut so badly - and so carefully - that she has bled to death, leaving a deliberate pool of blood in the shape of angel wings....

Halloween is a time to scare. A time to enjoy sharing frightening stories of either fact or fiction. That's easy for the small town of Falls Creek. The town possesses an ugly history of previously inhabiting a homicidal cannibal, Richard Carling. For seventeen-year-old Cassi Ross, her Halloween night was supposed to be spent babysitting her favorite group of children As the night goes by with strange moments such as mysterious phone calls, scary occurrences, and a masked figure peering through the windows, it is quickly deduced someone is taking Halloween shenanigans' too far. Possible suspects could be any number of teenage pranksters celebrating the memory of a grisly killer, or even Cassi's fellow babysitter, who has an overwhelming love for scary movies, as well as a grudge against her. It all seems to be just fun and games apart of harmless Halloween fun...Until it's discovered there's something rather sinister behind it, where someone deeply invested in Richard Carling's memory wishes Cassi harm... Amazing cover by Astoundedstars