A younger girl whose mother had just died from an asthma attack while cleaning out the attic finds herself falling in love with an old neighbor of her's who is in a mental institution for schizophrenia and insomnia.

Infinite worlds. One Reporter. Zero time. After his newsroom intern jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge, 40-something reporter Daedalus Howell's reputation also took a dive. Five years later, he's still trying to clear his conscience and his byline when Jude, a lost pre-teen thief, seeks his help to get home - to a parallel universe. Or so he says. The reporter, turned amateur sleuth, soon learns that anything is possible on the strange streets of Lumaville - a sleepy Northern California college town in the grips of a startup boom. As hard-drinking Howell grumbles about the waning relevance of his profession, he uncovers a maze of dark truths that connect the boy, his brilliant ex-flame and a ruthless tech mogul. When Jude disappears, Howell's assignment is clear but can he make his deadline without ending up dead? An entertaining, postmodern, bizarro, cyberpunk ode to pulp and noir that brims with action and humor. Featured in the feature film Pill Head.

A Supernatural Thriller A young girl discovers she is manifesting terrifying powers, especially the ability to enter and manipulate the minds of others. Targeted by an ancient family whose own powers are waning, she finds herself ripped from her normal life and imprisoned in a stone catacombs under an abandoned quarry. There, she must confront the unknowable intentions of a creature whose own powers seem limitless, the deadly battle waged by his children for their father's affections, and the very real danger not only to her but to schoolmate swept into this conflict. The worst part is, more frightening even than her circumstances, Maggie Stuart no longer feels human herself. What is she becoming, will she ever escape -- and when she can, will she still want to?

The summer in which Nellie Dreher tries to draw the map to Indie Rao's heart. (cover by @GlamerousDolls)