Steven E Wedel

Ben Redding has been sent ahead of the herd traveling up the Chisum Trail through Indian Territory. The herd needs water in the worst way, and a drought has dried up most of the creeks and turned rivers into streaks of mud.When Ben finds a clear, cold pool of water on the prairie, he thinks he's found an oasis, until he discovers what lives in the water, and what her price is for a drink.Can he return to the herd in time to warn them? Will thirsty...

Judy Myers was happy enough. Single, the successful partner in an interior design business, with a home that was an oasis from her busy day of clients and colors. Until the day she arrived home to find the unexpected delivery of a white parrot that only seems to know one phrase. Now her life is falling apart. She can't sleep. She can't eat. Her home is a wreck. And everywhere she goes she hears the merciless shriek of the demonic bird. Can she get...

In this collection of short stories based on his acclaimed Werewolf Saga, author Steven E. Wedel reveals back stories about some of the major characters in the series while also introducing characters in unrelated stand-alone tales..Who made the Old Ones and why? How did Ulrik come to be the first werewolf born in the New World? Was Shara destined to become a werewolf? What happens when a werewolf has a toothache? Or when one places an ad looking...

When a young girl from eastern Oklahoma went missing in 1978, the community came together to search for her. One group of high school students and their teacher vanished the day of the search and were never seen again.This is their horrifying story.

Sam follows his friend Gene as they peddle their bikes out of town in the late evening. Gene stops them in a clearing around an oil pump jack and tells Sam to start gathering firewood. That's when Sam knows Gene wants to do his fire thing again.Gene has the weird and unique ability to shape fire into objects. Usually he does small things that he can hold in his hand. But tonight he has something bigger in mind. Much bigger.Sam can protest, but in...

In the wild and rugged Cherokee Nation, a young bounty hunter named Jacob Wolf embarks on a dangerous journey to retrieve stolen horses and seek justice for his retired partner, Jerome Freeman. But it won't be an easy task, as Levi White Horn and his gang will stop at nothing to rid the nation of the rival for beautiful Sarah Longfeather. Filled with heart-pounding action and vivid descriptions of the untamed West, "The Travels of Jacob Wolf: Warhorse...

Becca is the pride of her little village until the day the wicked Trolls come down from their mountain and steal her away. The Troll king loves Becca's singing, so he takes her home and locks her into Fang Tower, where she has to sing for him whenever he wants. Zander wanders the seas fighting pirates and looking for adventure. When he hears the sweet, sad voice of Becca floating down from Fang Tower, he knows he must rescue her. The Troll king's...

Over 35 years ago, Daniel bought his high school grilfriend Penny a pregnanacy test. He gave her a note asking her to circle Yes or No to tell him the results. She circled Yes, then disappearned from his life. "Life never gives you shit without taking someting in payment." Now, after a hard life that has left him confined to an assisted living center and battling COPD, a woman named Alicia claims she is the daughter Daniel thought Penny had aborted...

Tarod, a young man from the mountains, comes into civilization looking for help fighting off the slavers harassing his people. When he learns that the peaceful city of Nevara is holding a tournament to choose a new war lord, he joins the ranks of gladiators in hopes he can win and use his position to influence the king. His youth, inexperience, and the dark machinations of a wizard prove to be more challenging than the battles in the arena.

SUMMER OF LOVE Something magical happened in the summer of 1978. Thirteen-year-old Robert Prince fell in love with Alia, a mysterious older woman who lived down the street. SUMMER OF HORROR Something horrible and deadly happened between Robert, Alia, and his friends Scott and Tim. Something that would leave Robert scarred for the rest of his life. LIFETIME OF PAIN Unable to forgive himself or to love anyone else after what happened when he was thirteen,...