Darkheart

Kitty

Knock, knock, knock, one, two, three! Kitty come and play with me! . . . It was supposed to be one of those harmless sleepover games girls play, and yet the morning after, one of them was gone. Twenty-three years later, the four who remained have built their complicated lives, but they've not forgotten the missing, and the missing has not forgotten them. When their own children begin experiencing disturbances, four estranged friends must face the secrets they've kept, because anyone who plays dark games should be prepared to accept dark consequences. (Adult, 18+)

When Minn Bellamy and her teenaged son decide to spend their spring hiking the Blue Ridge Mountains, the last thing they expect is to stumble across a town so isolated it seems as if the supernatural has taken them back in time. Warm welcomes quickly turn ominous as mysterious circumstances force them to stay and the strangers' traditions become increasingly sinister. The townsfolk have ulterior motives, Minn's past is about to catch up with her, and the aims of the forces in the surrounding forest are far from friendly. (Adult, 18+)

Sublime Messages

A high school taken hostage, a man who claims to be a god, and a darkly obsessive teen . . . When Vanessa Tan is tasked with delving into the background of a likely maniac in order to stop him from mutilating teenagers, she's prepared for a hopeless task and potential violence. What she isn't prepared for are the circumstances surrounding his rise to terror, mounting gruesome murders, and the increasing likelihood that someone, somewhere, is manipulating the very chronology of her life. (Adult, 18+)

Hilltop House

Hilltop House always remembered its first, how closely it watched them, how much they meant to it . . . and what it did to them. But Hilltop House has yet to find another like its first, until 𝘴𝘩𝘦 moves in. Cora is angry, and weird, and entirely unsuspecting. Her mother hides secrets, just as her grandmother did, and just as every neighbor seems to be doing. But the biggest secret is held by her sentient house, which enjoys rhymes, wants to enjoy Cora, and may or may not have done something to a baby . . . Hilltop House is here to play, and Hilltop House will get its way. (Young Adult / Adult, 16+)

A vacation spent as a family in a charming seaside town seemed exactly what the Curry family needed, even if it had been a freak of nature that brought them there. Arthur would aid an old friend in research while Lilia painted beaches and meadows, the boys would swim and socialize, and eleven-year-old Ramona would collect curiosities. But something else was due to arrive at Blackswallow Beach that summer, something heralded by an increasingly bizarre menagerie of circus folk, and that something had its sights set on more than entertainment. For the ocean vast is dark and deep . . . to know, we'd never sleep . . . (Adult, 18+)

Strings

This collection of one-hundred poems speaks to the darker bits of our hearts, the morbid inclinations of a wandering mind. These are not quite children's poems, though they can be read and enjoyed by all.

This collection of one-hundred poems speaks to the whimsical, the odd, and the quirky. While it is not technically meant for children, anyone can enjoy it. These poems are the wanderings of an idiosyncratic and often perplexed heart.

High school freshman Zach Farmer disappeared on October 31st, the day everyone forgot he existed. The two friends who forgot Zach when he needed them most are attempting to remake their lives in the aftermath of his bizarre disappearance. Ada and Evan regret forgetting to meet Zach when he insisted their coming was a matter of life and death. Their hesitant decision to figure out what actually happened to their friend leads them to the brink of madness and, at last, to the incredulous truth about their lost friend. (Young Adult, 14+)

(Book I in the Tír na nÓg Trilogy)

Emery's an entirely normal seventeen-year-old with an entirely normal life, until a stranger shows up just to stare at her . . . and stare . . . and stare. Then the really weird things start happening: a friend vanishes into thin air, warriors and antlered monsters battle in the woods, and a druid takes up residence in Emery's mother's she-shed. When the staring stranger begins making outrageous claims about a relationship they couldn't possibly share, the girl is forced to figure out whether her life is more myth and magic than she'd ever realized. (Young Adult, 14+)

The Rising Dark

(Book II in the Tír na nÓg Trilogy)

In this second installment of the trilogy, Emery finds herself trapped in an ancient world to which she feels little connection. With no notion of who she once was, no memory of the relationship she shared with the man who claims to be her husband, she struggles to understand her place as well as her heart. As if those tasks weren't enough, an ominous entity known as the Dark Man seeks her, haunting her dreams, biding his time before he asks a question to which she must give the right answer, whatever that answer might be. The aid of friends from two very different worlds, the continuation of mysteries begun but unsolved, and the threat of enemies both visible and invisible combine in a tale both fantastical and romantic. (Young Adult, 14+)

Tír na nÓg

(Book III of the Tír na nÓg Trilogy)

In this final installment of the trilogy, Emery is torn from a world she's just begun to understand and thrown back to one she no longer wants. She is desperate to find her way home, but her captor has work for her, and he is loath to let her go. Why does the Darkness wish to claim her? What vengeance do the Gods mean to exact on her? Strange and tragic reunions with friends and siblings, dangerous secrets new and old, emergent memories of past selves--the mysterious web Emery and Cullen wove when they defied fate must unravel at last, and whether or not they can free themselves from its tangle depends on their discovering who they are truly meant to be. (Young Adult, 14+)

(Book I of the No Name Trilogy)

When she wakes up in a juvenile detention facility with no memory of who she is or what she's done, Nadia resigns herself to a confusing existence amongst strange roommates in an inhospitable environment, but when she's contacted by the mysterious Henry, known for trying to help girls escape, she jumps at the chance to get out. After realizing that Henry, too, has no memory, the two embark on a quest to discover why their minds have been wiped, and their journey takes them into the heart of a corrupt city, where they find they're connected to a literally underground crime organization. What have they done, and, more importantly, what has been done to them? (Young Adult, 14+)

No Name

No Purpose

(Book II of the No Name Trilogy)

In this second installment of the No Name trilogy, Nadia attempts to assume a normal life after the whirlwind of her encounter with the Circuit. Still lacking most of her memory, she soon realizes that without Henry, she has no purpose. When a mysterious message hinting at his location arrives, she knows she must leave behind any hopes of normalcy and attempt to track him down. Able to trust no one, Nadia struggles with the affection of a new acquaintance, understanding what's happened to Henry once she's found him, and the disorienting bits of memory surfacing from her mind that seem to center on a mirror image of herself. (Young Adult, 14+)

No Future

(Book III of the No Name Trilogy)

In this third and final installment of the No Name trilogy, Nadia understands that until she discovers and destroys the entities controlling her dangerous and confusing world, she and Henry will have no future. Forgotten by the only person she cares for, vengeful toward all who continue to separate them, determined to the point of self-destruction, she sets out to find the mysterious Xanadu, which holds the keys not only to her lost memories but to her very existence. Enemies return from the dead, friends and adversaries blur, love kindles in unlikely places--and the future itself resides in the stars. (Young Adult, 14+)