Steven E Wedel

Once upon a time, Donnie Nelson was a bestselling author of fantasy novels. He had the fame, money, and career he had always dreamed about, but fame led to temptation, and Donnie surrendered to it, destroying his family. Then his mother died. Writer's block set in, and Donnie retreated to a new career as a used bookseller in the tiny Oklahoma town of Sagebrush. There he stayed, year after year, unable to write, his royalties drying up, living in...

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...

In this touching and often humorous memoir, machinist, journalist, corporate writer, public relations hack, and author Steven E. Wedel talks about how he became a high school teacher and what those first 12 years in public education meant to him. From beginning his teaching career as a 40-year-old long-haired guy with an alternative certification to teaching Advanced Placement, Wedel tells it all, including how he decorated his room as a heavy metal...

In Oklahoma City, a mother and daughter are visited by a creature that lives under beds. Pam and Allison Baker are a modern mother and daughter. They don't believe in monsters. Not really. But the monster under Allison's bed believes in them. Fans of short horror fiction will enjoy this take on a classic phobia as mother and daughter and monster come to terms with their living conditions.

After centuries of waiting, the Alpha has arrived.In the wilds of Mexico, the Old Ones gather around Shara as her third pregnancy nears its triumphant end. Meanwhile, Kiona and Chris hide Joey in the Arkansas swamps, hoping the treachery they fomented will not find them. In California, Fenris rages over missed opportunities.As Joey grows into adulthood confined to a swamp, Morrigan, his unknown sister, comes of age under the tutelage of Holle, an...

Legend has it that on October 31 the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is thin and things that are bound in one realm or the other are allowed to pass between the two worlds. Children and devils roam the earth looking for treats or offering tricks. It is a cool, crisp, special time of the year. A time of change. A time for stories. "Unholy Womb" is the story of a young boy who finds more than he expects when he goes to carve his Halloween...

Succeeding King Damen on the throne of Minnea, Tarod must do the bidding of Selith, the sorceror who holds a might secret that could condemn Tarod to death. The young king must battle the wizard and his own boredom as he tries to learn to govern a civilized nation.

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.

When he kills a poet singing a song mocking Tarod the Puppet King, Minnea's former ruler is arrested and sentenced to hang. Tarod meets new friends in prison with a plan to escape, but the greater danger is the sword of Bolkar the Death Merchant, a bounty hunter who never brings anyone back alive.

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...