Shadows Of A Small Town

Back in the spring of 1997, in the small town of Candy Water, TX mystery and murder took place. A group of friends witness the murder of a close friend, while another group friends have there friend kidnapped. Along with that, a group of neighbors believes there odd and creepy neighbor maybe behind all that has happened. Investigating the case is Sheriff Ron James and FBI Agent Dan Copper. What they find will lead them to an unbelievable turn of events. All these groups of people have a belief in what has happened. The group of friends and neighbors come to ahead with the sheriff and agent to solve the case. Murder, mystery and the supernatural take center stage in this story.

A history based on interviews with hundreds of Ukrainian Jews who survived both Hitler and Stalin, recounting experiences ordinary and extraordinary. The story of how the Holocaust decimated Jewish life in the shtetls of Eastern Europe is well known. Still, thousands of Jews in these small towns survived the war and returned afterward to rebuild their communities. The recollections of some four hundred returnees in Ukraine provide the basis for Jeffrey Veidlinger’s reappraisal of the traditional narrative of twentieth-century Jewish history. These elderly Yiddish speakers relate their memories of Jewish life in the prewar shtetl, their stories of survival during the Holocaust, and their experiences living as Jews under Communism. Despite Stalinist repressions, the Holocaust, and official antisemitism, their individual remembrances of family life, religious observance, education, and work testify to the survival of Jewish life in the shadow of the shtetl to this day.

What happens when idyllic small-towns, and the simple folk who inhabit them, collide with inexplicable evil borne of a vast and uncaring cosmos? Imagine a series of stories set in a golden era of American life, where worldly troubles are regarded from a distance, if at all. Hear the buzz of playing cards clipped in children's spokes echo down quiet lanes. Smell the faint aroma of rich tobacco smoke from an old man's pipe on a shady boulevard. Listen to the gossip of small towns where everyone knows everyone's business. Or do they? Sometimes, deadly secrets lurk out in the barn. Sometimes, unimaginable evil awaits us in the root cellar. Sometimes, we fall under the sway of the Shadows Over Main Street. Contains stories and poems by: Gary Braunbeck, Nick Mamatas, Josh Malerman, Mary SanGiovanni, Tim Curran, Rena Mason, Lucy A. Snyder, Stephanie Wytovich, Kevin Lucia, Chesya Burke, Brian Hodge, James Chambers, Aaron Polson, T. Fox Dunham, Richard Thomas, Adrian Ludens, Cameron Suey, Lisa Morton, Jay Wilburn, and John Sunseri. Foreword by Ramsey Campbell. Cover art by Luke Spooner. Interior illustrations from Paul Carrick, Vincent Chong, John Coulthart, Galen Dara and HagCult.

When a pastor's daughter is pursued by a stalker, she must hold tightly to her faith as the menacing presence closes in. Raylee, a pastor's daughter, just wants to get through the last two years of high school. But it's not easy when you're an outsider. Or when the most popular girl in school's goal is to make your life miserable. Or when someone starts to STALK you. . . When classmate Paul befriends Raylee, she is determined to ignore Crystal's ploys. And when new student Billy arrives, Raylee finds herself drawn to his mysterious side. But Crystal is determined too, and she will do whatever it takes to keep him from Raylee and to ensure that the rest of Raylee's high school years remain angst-ridden. Raylee must cling to her FAITH in God more than ever, because someone lurks in the shadows, watching her, leaving scary clues, someone who wants to set her on edge. But why? Is it Crystal and her clique, or worse, someone she trusts? Exclusive Edition: Over 60 pages of deleted scenes! Book #1 is a clean mystery suspense appropriate for young adult and up.

When all are sound asleep in the dead of night, Evil roams the halls and visits the bedroom. Sometimes, he leaves a gift or simply sits and watches Clara sleep. The scuffs of soft footsteps and groans of closing doors go unheard in her impaired ears. But something always lingers.Clara's nightmares continue to haunt her until a startling discovery. Evil is real! It was never her overactive imagination.Evil has always been close by, closer than she's ever realized. As secrets from the past slowly surface, she faces new challenges and a new understanding of what Evil is after. A psychological thriller, Shadows of the Past is book two of the Small Town Secrets Trilogy, a continuation of Clara's story about a young mother trying to put her life together after returning home to her small town.

Clean & wholesome books about faith, love, and danger! Five full-length novels in the YA Small Town Secrets Series are together for the first time in this collection. **Welcome to Silver Canyon, where faith is tested and the truth is not what it seems.** Clean YA mysteries with a serving of suspense. Intent: In the Shadows Intent: Deadly Secrets Intent: Return of Evil Intent: What No One Knew Intent: In A Coma

A lyrical and heartfelt collection by an award-winning writer that connects the lives of young people from small towns in Alaska and the American west. Each story is unique, yet universal. In this book, the impact of wildfire, a wayward priest, or a mysterious disappearance ricochet across communities, threading through stories. Here, ordinary actions such as ice skating or going to church reveal hidden truths. One choice threatens a lifelong friendship. Siblings save each other. Rescue and second chances are possible, and so is revenge. On the surface, it seems that nothing ever happens in these towns. But Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock shows that underneath that surface, teenagers' lives blaze with fury, with secrets, and with love so strong it burns a path to the future.