In James Pyles’ “The Wreck of the USS Hollander,” a deep-ocean research crew descends into the abyss to explore a long-lost WWII sub—and discovers that some crews never stand down, and some debts can only be paid in the dark. Excerpt Cora flipped a switch and the speaker grills fore and aft echoed with the…
In “Haunting Chloe,” James Pyles sets a lonely girl on a frozen lake during winter break—where an encounter with a ghostly boy turns eerie, unsettling, and quietly unforgettable. Chloe didn’t expect much from her winter break in the tiny town of Alice Cove—until a pale boy appears on the ice and tries to pull her…
A frozen lake, a lonely winter break, and a boy who doesn’t belong among the living—Chloe’s quiet holiday is about to turn unforgettable. In “Haunting Chloe,” James Pyles crafts a quietly eerie tale of loneliness, intuition, and the dangerous charm of the unknown. When Chloe meets a strange boy on the ice during a winter…
What would have happened if Dorothy hadn’t wanted to leave Oz and return to Kansas? What if the “good witch” Glinda had craved the ruby slippers for her own? What would the transformed Scarecrow, Tin Woodsman, and Cowardly Lion really have been like with their new attributes? You’ll never think of Dorothy and her friends…
