Book One: On a world devastated by plague, where the only way to survive is to run, a Federation Hunter must track a felon and bring him to justice. But there are obstacles to overcome, and those in power who do not wish him to succeed, plus crazed survivors that roam a dead city. Add a few escaped convicts, two vials of deadly spores, and High Councillor Stanger into the mix, and the Hunter's mission just became harder.

**Highest ranking #1 IN VIGNETTE ** I dream. The night calls to me. I howl at the stars longing for this dark paradise. Welcome to my mangled collection of flash fiction and vignettes. I hope you brought a flashlight, there is darkness up ahead. Part of @fright's Scary Shorts reading list and @WattpadAnthologies Horror/Paranormal Anthologies reading list.

He dubbed himself the Rat King when he foresaw the rodents crawling on his corpse, weaving in and out of his garments like a sensation, like a disease. Now he waits for them down in the ornate sewer home he fashioned. It is a fickle thing, the premonition of one's own death. It does strange things to the mind. They think him mad. She is the Rat King's Mute: beautiful and hideous, alluring and repulsive, fascinating, and yet, forgettable. A complimenting conjecture. Rumors have flourished in the dark; in those empty chasms he chose the arched halls and hidden rooms as an escape from the changing world around him. It will crumble only when the Pied Piper stops playing-and the rats return. _____________________________________________ Highest ranking: #345 in Paranormal 2/5/2018 Please note: violence, blood, sexual themes, and coarse language will appear in The Rat King.

One man's painful yet funny search for meaning in a life about to be cut short. Cancer has made David Alexander's whole existence suddenly seem worthless. But is it?