Lena Gibson lives an unremarkable life as a barista at an unassuming coffee shop in downtown Seattle. Her biggest problems are working back-to-back closing and opening shifts, and trying to forget about her ex-boyfriend. But when she witnesses a man seemingly fall to his death outside her shop one night, she's suddenly thrust into a world of danger, intrigue and literal monsters. Gabriel Rinehart is a vagabond straddling the line between two worlds, making ends meet by procuring artifacts from one world and selling them in the other. After stumbling upon what looks like a huge score, he finds himself instead chasing after a legendary artifact that could be unfathomably dangerous in the wrong hands. Two people. Two worlds. Two stories. When their paths cross, they'll find themselves running down the clock to save both their worlds from unspeakable dangers. _______ #1 in hidden world, Jan. 28-Feb. 4, 2019 #2 in another dimension, March 27-April 5, 2019 _______ Trying to update every other Monday as my day job allows. Is a work in progress and any feedback is much appreciated. If you like what you read, please remember to vote! You can also listen to The Lock as a free audiobook-style podcast. It's available on iTunes, Spotify, and Google Play, or at this link: https://anchor.fm/steven-wyble/ Also, check out my new book, "Duplicate Minds," available on Amazon here: http://www.tinyurl.com/DuplicateMinds

A Sci-fi/dystopia retelling of Robin Hood, told from the point of view of a kick-ass feminist Lady Marion. Aya is Immune. To drugs. To alcohol. To the nefarious plague sweeping across the country. It has always been like that. So when the train she is on is attacked by a mysterious thief, someone who knocks out the entire cart using the sprinklersystem, someone who only seems to take from those who can afford it, she is awake and ready to ruin his flawless plan. Robin has been alone as long as he can remember. In fact, he shouldn't even exist according to the system. That is the same system whose flaws he exploits to make a living though, so he knows very well how easily someone can go around it. Armed with a chemical mix of chloroform, valium and a timed adrenaline jolt, he steals from entire buildings while their occupants sleep soundly. Until that train. His concotion has never failed before, and he is beyond surprised to find everyone in the cart asleep, apart from a lithe girl with suspicious eyes. This is the start of an unlikely alliance between an enigma and a ghost, in a society where neither should be possible.

Psychopath (noun): saɪkəpæθ / SAI-ko-path a person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior. "Never before in my life had I ever felt more vulnerable. More...hunted." Because of a fatal blow to the head that caused amnesia, Katelyn Winters had to start her life all over again. Everybody around her is a stranger, even the ones that claim to be her family. Soon, however, things start to emerge which lead Katelyn to believe that someone around her is spinning an intricate web of lies. Add that to a serial killer on the loose who seems hauntingly obsessed with Katelyn. As she runs around in circles through the labyrinth, trying to find her way to the truth, there can only be two outcomes: either she'll find a truth that will shatter everything she's ever known OR she will fall prey to the predator that had always been just around the corner... BEST RANKING: #8 IN MYSTERY/THRILLER