Fifteen-year-old Toby Garrison is forced to live with his Aunt Amy, Uncle Clayton, and their 13-year-old son, Asher until his Uncle Jake returns from one final mission with the US Special Forces. But this new family harbors a dark secret and may not be as squeaky clean as they appear. When tragedy strikes, the only … More Good Samaritan

Fifteen-year-old Toby Garrison is still reeling from the death of his mom. Now his dad is missing, and the local sheriff refuses to help find him. Toby vows to find his father on his own. A short time later, local thugs break into his house and put a beating on him! Toby is scared and … More Pride Be Damned

Ellen Boyd is an author/screenwriter from Halifax, Nova Scotia. In August 2007, she graduated from Vancouver Film School with a diploma from their Screenwriting for Film and Television program. During her time at VFS, she learned many things about character and structure which carried over to help her immensely in every avenue of her writing. … More Ellen Boyd

Dale E. Lehman is an award-winning writer, veteran software developer, amateur astronomer, and bonsai artist in training. He principally writes mysteries, science fiction, and humor. In addition to his novels, his writing has appeared in Sky & Telescope and on Medium.com. With his wife Kathleen, he co-owns and operates the imprint Red Tales. They have five children, six … More 2021 Shrimpy Award Winner Dale Lehman

Three friends — Victoria Hughes, Jack Zhang, and Ludvig Gerald — attend Mockingston Faire, an annual convention where fans meet their friends and favourite characters, buy and sell art, play games, and have a good time. Victoria wants to see Gunfighter III, her anticipated game, and reconcile with Ludvig over what she did last year; … More Mockingston Faire

When Hâjogana was young, he aspired to be a governor of one of the colonies of the Konjor Supercorporation, making a difference in a vicious Galaxy with his benevolence. As he grew up, he was given over to the Gaantegeu army in exchange for several prisoners. As one of the officers of one of the … More Hajogana

Every horse has a talent or two. Some can sit, some can jump over obstacles, and some can select a button for a treat. For one particular draft horse, Dok Saau, his talent is in writing. He does not just scribble letters in the ground as a trick, but he also uses his talent to … More Unicorn Farmhand

Samuel Yaw Jian Fong is an amateur author and artist from Seremban, Malaysia. Due to a lot of time spent on the Internet, he enjoys making his own fictional worlds inhabited by dozens of quirky characters — would you like to check them out? For more information about his works, check out the “Rabydosverse Wikia” … More Samuel Yaw Jian Fong

Poor eyesight never impacted author Ken Brandt’s vision of what life could be. Positive Vision makes a rollicking good read from cover to cover. Whether galloping across the Montana range, exploring claustrophobic (and fiery!) caverns, chasing a thief through the streets of 1980s New York, or taking a plunge from a plane, his adventures are … More Positive Vision

Ken Brandt has led a fun and adventurous life and had a successful business career despite (or perhaps in part because of!) his bad eyes. He has always had poor vision and slightly crossed eyes, had six eye operations (including a detached retina and cataract operation in each eye), and spent parts of his life legally … More Ken Brandt