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Coming this summer: Bryan Stephen's Rituals
Murder and teen hormones don't mix
In a world where special people exhibit one particular Talent, extraordinary strength or the ability to make rain, the small town of Lakeville has more than its share. High school junior Jack Hollinsworth's only Talent seems to be skating on the wrong side of the law, which may be why he operates undercover as the Sheriff's confidential informant. While sniffing out a recent influx of steroids on campus, Jack stumbles across a gruesmome murder in the woods.
Calling in favors from a computer hacker, defensive end and even a cheerleader Jack has to decide if his worst enemy is an out of town drug ring, Talented teen bent on revenge or his own fast and loose approach to the law.
Available in eBook and Print on Demand softcover.
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New this Fall: Seeing Jesus by Phillip T. Stephens
Murder and teen hormones don't mix
Eighth grader Sara Love’s parents transplanted her from Austin to the tiny town of Pollen, Texas, where she stands out like a blackhead on a bright red nose. Her father expects her to get along with the Queen Bee Jana Payne, the mayor’s daughter, and the rest of her hive because his business depends on the mayor’s approval. The hive wants nothing to do with Sara, nor does class clown Delbert Thrash, or any of the other kids for that matter.
Sara makes friends with Mr. Fisher, a homeless man, who no one else can see. Mr. Fisher tells Sara wonderful stories, stories that not only entertain her but help her discover resources within herself that allow her to cope with her loneliness and frustration.
Can Sarah use Mr. Fisher’s lessons to rise to the occasion, gain her family and friends’ acceptance, not to mention save her father’s job and the Christmas play? Available in eBook and Print on Demand.
Cigerets, Guns & Beer
Murder, sex, buried bank loot and legends of UFOs
Dodd breaks up a convenience store robbery when his car breaks down in Sweet Water Falls, Texas. What’s the thanks he gets? The sheriff won’t let him leave, the car lot can’t find the parts and everybody wants him for something—sales pitch, church membership, and even stud pony.
But most of all, it seems a family named Dodd were shot down robbing the bank in 1949 and the half million they stole remains missing. Everyone thinks Dodd returned to dig up the loot and no one intends to let him leave until he finds it—along with (or so the legends go) a long lost flying saucer.
Available as Amazon eBook as well as Nook and iBooks for $2.99. Summer Sale price.
Raising Hell
A clueless optimist ruins a perfectly good hell
Pity poor Lucifer. He rules hell with a vice grip. Demons and damned scatter at the sound of his foot steps. The Supreme Butt In hasn’t pestered him in eons. Lucifer’s future looks perfect, pitch black, until an administrative error sticks him with an innocent soul—an overweight optimist who calls himself Pilgrim and who believes he must be in hell to do good.
Lucifer never considers sending him back. Why waste a second chance to corrupt an innocent soul? He orders his subordinates to torture, degrade and humiliate Pilgrim until he promises to become evil if only it will ease the pain. Unfortunately, Pilgrim makes the best of the worst possible experiences. Always polite and well-mannered, he makes Pollyanna seem like a prophet of doom. Even worse, the damned start catching on, and set about making hell into the most enjoyable place of everlasting torment they can.
Lucifer can’t let Pilgrim continue to wreak happiness, but he can’t send him back untainted, either. When God arrives with a deadline for Pilgrim’s return, he enlists fellow fallen angels Screwtape, Azazel and the gender morphing Mephistopheles in a plot to corrupt Pilgrim’s soul before the deadline expires.
Available as Amazon eBook as well as Nook and iBooks for the giveaway price of a dollar.
The Worst Noel
The race is on to ruin Christmas
The only innocent soul in hell is sent to save a small town church and its century-old christmas pageant. But Pilgrim knows that if Lucifer wants the church saved, it can’t be good.
A holiday novelette from the author of Raising Hell in the tradition It's a Wonderful Life. Only this devil will never earn his horns.
Available as Amazon eBook as well as Nook and iBooks for the giveaway price of a dollar.