Burningman Stories

Sequel to the award-winning DARK PLACES. Paul Wood was just a tourist in Sarajevo. Then an unexpected encounter made him a desperate woman's only hope of escape. Now, to get her to safety, he must find a way through the minefield of warlords, criminals, and peacekeepers that is postwar Bosnia. Pursued by brutal gangsters, unable to leave the country legally, Paul agrees to do a job for a shadowy group of human traffickers, in exchange for safe passage. The smugglers seem friendly. The job seems harmless. But when he discovers the secrets seething beneath, the repercussions will propel him on a perilous journey around the world - from a warlord's compound in lawless Albania, through the jungles of Latin America, and towards an explosive confrontation at the extraordinary Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert... "Reading Blood Price reminded me of being a kid running down a too-steep hill, going faster and faster so that you can barely get your feet in front of you quickly enough to stop, loving every second of it. You can't stop. You don't want to stop.... I wanted to keep reading to find out what the hell happened next." - Quill & Quire "Albanian smugglers, Bosnian guerrillas and Central American drug dealers populate Evans's colorful transcontinental story of self-preservation and harebrained derring-do ... a highly readable, inventive thriller." - Publishers' Weekly "The real appeal of Evans' hero, Paul Wood (who first appeared in the nail-biter Dark Places) is ... an undercurrent of wry humor that should make readers care about what happens to this fully fleshed hero. [...] A fantastic read." - Booklist "Despite its sometimes disconcerting insouciance, The Blood Price is knowledgeable about Balkan history, the current fragile peace maintained by NATO and the multi-billion-dollar international refugee-smuggling industry. Evans can write, too." - The Washington Post

Kit Marra is a nomad, directionless and free-spirited. After leaving Burning Man Festival with her latest fling, she finds a temporary home on an old ranch modified into an artist's commune. Soon after her arrival, Kit begins to see troubling visions of the ranch's dark past and the carefree inhabitants take on dark affectations. Could her presence alone have triggered the haunting? Also available on iTunes and Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/Shade-Audiobook/B09FR5ZYM8 #OpenNovellaContest2020 Inspired by Prompt 40 Horror/Paranormal

Based off a nightmare I had as a child, all events are fictional and based off no actual events. Please enjoy.

"It was my own fault. I guess I took too many psychedelics over a 4-day period. It made my brain swell."

This story is about a space alien who inadvertently starts working in a cube farm as a software developer. After a series of well-intentioned misunderstandings, he has to escape CIA operatives by dodging into a perpendicular universe, but is eventually caught in an office romance by an irresistible Earth woman.

"It May Be the Devil" extrapolates to the not-so-far future of human-machine interaction. Technology is progressively getting better and better at predicting our needs and wants, making life easier and easier. However, as machines are learning to adapt to us, we are adapting to the machines. Convenience comes at a cost: to the individuality that makes us human. "It May Be The Devil" introduces the unlikely alliance between an individualistic subculture and the machine intelligence that they rebelled against...

The summer of love, West Australian style. A lyrical memoir of the bush doof experience that shifts fluidly between dream and reality.

"Jhené Aiko and Boyfriend Bryan still going strong" I smiled as I read the artical about me and some idiot, who I honestly love with all my heart I know it may seem kind of cliché and that but I couldn't care less just hearing his name could easily make my day I really do love him I never thought I'd ever be able to say that again Love. I don't know what I'd do if I ever lost him.......

A group of youngin's travels by RV across the country to attend the jaw-dropping, heart racing, spectacular event that is burning man. A week of adventure, mischief, fun, love, and chaos ensues. They partake in things they never thought they'd experience, and meet people that create memories they'll never be able to forget. It all comes to a head with the final ceremony of burning the man. Will they all make it out? Will they all make out? Will they be permanently changed?