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Just vibing.Good Vibes Only is a collection of short stories from Iron on Iron. It includes the following: "All the Feels"Jem and Tean get settled in their temporary new home. This story is set after The Face in the Water."Add Me Back"Theo and Auggie (especially Auggie) spend time with their new friends. This story is set before The Girl in the Wind."Adulting is Hard"North and Shaw are...North and Shaw. This story is set before The Girl in the Wind, but it was written to be read between The Girl in the Wind and The Spoil of Beasts."I Can't Even"Emery and John-Henry might need a break from their houseguests. This story is set before The Evening Wolves."Good Vibes Only"Theo and Auggie get married. With (unfortunately) some help from their friends. This story is set after The Evening Wolves.Please note that the first four stories were distributed previously in various formats. "Good Vibes Only" is exclusively available in this collection.

Every victory comes at a cost. The trail has gone cold. For months now, Emery Hazard and John-Henry Somerset have been trying to find something-anything-that might help them uncover the truth about the criminal organization operating out of the Cottonmouth Club. But every lead has turned out to be a dead end, and every step forward has cost them two steps back.Until, one night, John-Henry is arrested for a terrible crime.As their friends gather again in Wahredua, Emery and John-Henry must rush to prove John-Henry's innocence. The falsified evidence used to implicate him provides them with fresh clues, but as the charges against John-Henry ripple out into the community, they find themselves without their usual resources, and facing new and unexpected opposition.Putting an end to this evil, they discover, might be possible. All it will cost them is everything.

With friends like these, who needs enemies?Private detective Luka Meer doesn't get the most glamorous cases, but he knows the underbelly of St. Louis better than just about anyone, and he's got a bad case of white knight syndrome.In these four stories, join Luka as he helps friends, family, and even the occasional client. He'll have to face down dirty cops, crime lords, embezzlers, and more, but hey-it's all in a day's work. And if he's lucky, he might even be able to pay his rent.This collection includes: "The Eye of the Crow""The Hundred Times""The Dog That Barks""A New Ocean"These stories were previously released to the author's patrons.

Come to Missouri! See the sights! Solve a murder! When Teancum Leon, a wildlife veterinarian, and his husband, semi-reformed conman Jeremiah Berger, go to a conference in central Missouri, they're expecting a short and uneventful trip. Tean will present a paper, attend a few panels, and network (under duress). Jem is looking forward to unlimited poolside drinks, some well-deserved couple time, and peace and quiet.Instead, they find themselves drawn into a frantic search after the head of the association goes missing. Worse, Tean's friend from grad school is arrested-and charged with murder. Their investigation takes them face-to-face with a fervent conspiracist, a band of wildlife traffickers, the owner of a big cat sanctuary, and more. But the real killer doesn't want to be found, and they'll do anything to stop Tean and Jem from learning the truth. Lucky for them, they've got a reluctant group of allies. Not so lucky for them? Their allies are...well, characters. Iron on Iron picks up after the events in Arrows in the Hand, which should be read first.

A jailhouse slaughter. A relentless killer. And way too much jackassing around.When word comes that two key witnesses in an investigation are dead, North and Shaw are surprised-and pleased-to learn that their friend, John-Henry Somerset, is interested in hiring them as freelance contractors for the Wahredua police department. The department is stretched thin, and the investigation into the Cottonmouth Club (and the criminal organization operating there) is collapsing. Not to mention-in North and Shaw's opinion, anyway-they're the best detectives around.Tracking down the killer won't be easy, though. The trail ends at the doors of a megachurch, where the close-knit family of the pastor is keeping more than one secret. Worse, a local politician seems to be involved, and he's got secrets of his own. On top of that, a sheriff's deputy has gone missing, and North and Shaw are convinced he knows who is orchestrating events.Pressing the investigation takes North and Shaw into the crosshairs-literally. And when their friends become targets as well, North and Shaw must hurry to learn the truth before the killer can strike at the people they care for most.Because when it comes to his friends, the only one who gets to mess with them is North McKinney.

The price for the truth might be their family.When Theo and Auggie return home-safe and sound and miraculously alive after being dragged into a murder investigation-all Theo wants is for life to get back to normal. No more murders. No more investigations. Nothing, in other words, that might put Auggie in danger.But when a girl from school goes missing, Theo finds himself reluctantly drawn into looking for her. Shaniyah was his former student, for one reason. And, for another, no one else seems interested in where she's gone. Worse, her disappearance seems to be linked to a break-in at Theo and Auggie's house.The search, though, quickly becomes more complicated than either Theo or Auggie could have expected. Shaniyah, they discover, had been conducting an investigation of her own, looking for another missing student. And the path to learning the truth about both disappearances, Theo fears, leads back to the Cottonmouth Club.

Vie Eliot arrives in the small town of Vehpese, Wyoming with little more than the clothes--and scars--on his back. Determined to make a new life for himself after escaping his abusive mother, he finds that living with his estranged father brings its own problems.Then Samantha Oates, the girl with blue hair, goes missing, and Vie might be the only one who can find her. His ability to read emotions and gain insight into other people's darkest secrets makes him the perfect investigator, with only one small problem: he wants nothing to do with his gift.When the killer begins contacting Vie through a series of strange cards, though, Vie is forced to hone his ability, because Samantha was not the killer's only target.And, as Vie learns, he is not the only psychic in town.

Months have passed since the events at Belshazzar's Feast. Vie Eliot, reluctant psychic and self-appointed defender of the small Wyoming town called Vehpese, knows that trouble is coming, but for the time being, he wants to spend as many happy days as he can with his boyfriend.Until one night, two men arrive and blow up a car. They threaten to do more damage unless Vie leaves town. Immediately.That same night, a woman appears at Vie's door, asking Vie to look for her missing children. The job seems simple: they have been taken by their estranged father. But in Vehpese, nothing is simple-especially not the disappearances of children.As Vie searches for the children, he discovers that he is not the only one looking for them. Worse, Urho Rattling-Tent and Lady Buckhardt, a seemingly immortal pair of supernatural creatures who have plagued the area for centuries, have begun to assemble an army, and Vie and his friends are outmatched. As time begins to run out for the missing children, Vie draws closer to a final battle with Lady Buckhardt and Urho, a battle he knows he is not prepared to win.Before he can conquer his physical demons, Vie must find answers about himself and his own past and what he has heard other supernaturals call the mortal sleep. Those answers might give him the knowledge he needs to defeat Urho and Lady Buckhardt-if the truth doesn't break Vie first.

The poems in Explorations are reflections and observations on nature and life. Bookended by Rotunda Dreams and Appalachian Dawn, the poem Western Explorations is a Whitman-esque series of poemettes in which the author's journey through several National Parks in the American West which parallels a spiritual journey of the soul. Rotunda Dreams recounts a beautifully warm spring evening sitting on the steps of Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda at the University of Virginia. Meanwhile, Appalachian Dawn chronicles a magical morning drive through the mountains of western Virginia and West Virginia.

Short stories from Borealis: Without a CompassNorth and Shaw: Out of Office Volume 2 is a collection of short stories. It includes the following: "Couple Friends"As a (relatively) new couple, North and Shaw learn what it means to have friends as a couple-and how to be friends in a relationship. This story takes place before Indirection."Good Friends"North and Shaw spend the day together for Shaw's (make-up) birthday. This story takes place before Misdirection."Just Friends"North and Shaw figure out how to be just friends while helping a pair of older men recover their stolen money. This story takes place before Redirection."Boyfriends"North and Shaw track down Teddi's missing boyfriend. This story takes place before Codirection."North and Shaw: Out of Office"North and Shaw go to a continuing education convention for private investigators and bump into some old friends. This story takes place after Codirection.Please note that the first four stories were distributed in a preliminary form to mailing list subscribers."North and Shaw: Out of Office" is exclusively available in this collection.