Pain Thieves: A Novel of Horror
by Michael Canfield
Price: $4.99 USD. 55460 words.
Published by Vauk House Press on February 19, 2012. .
For Henry, who flushes success away at each turn, the Hotel Stephen Crane–shambling Gothic edifice in an aging city–means a chance to get clean.
For damaged young artist, Bryn, it offers a first start.
Yet, after death takes an innocent, a curse seems to envelop their world.
A malevolence rises–one more irresistible than an addiction, one unlike anything Henry or Bryn has ever faced before.
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The Oldies Progression
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 4300 words. Published by Vauk House Press on February 5, 2012. .
Papa Cranberry sits in the attic listening to jazz and the blues, wondering if the family’s up and left him behind. But if the family has moved out, who has moved in? Somebody’s messing around din the kitchen downstairs, that’s for sure. And what about the laser lights shooting across the sky?
Price: $0.99 USD. 4300 words. Published by Vauk House Press on February 5, 2012. .
Papa Cranberry sits in the attic listening to jazz and the blues, wondering if the family’s up and left him behind. But if the family has moved out, who has moved in? Somebody’s messing around din the kitchen downstairs, that’s for sure. And what about the laser lights shooting across the sky?
Eleven: Science Fiction Stories
by Michael Canfield
Price: $4.99 USD. 46600 words. Published by Vauk House Press on February 5, 2012. .
This edition combines all the stories in the two shorter collections: APOCALYPSE X 7 and SCIFIDARK. The Language of Monsters, Landing Day, The Mushroom King, Cure!, Hour of the Snowflake, Wednesday, Think of a Pink Ship, Facts About Gel, The Crossing, A Flavor of Quark, and Junk Silver.
Price: $4.99 USD. 46600 words. Published by Vauk House Press on February 5, 2012. .
This edition combines all the stories in the two shorter collections: APOCALYPSE X 7 and SCIFIDARK. The Language of Monsters, Landing Day, The Mushroom King, Cure!, Hour of the Snowflake, Wednesday, Think of a Pink Ship, Facts About Gel, The Crossing, A Flavor of Quark, and Junk Silver.
Apocalypse x 7: Offbeat Doomsday Stories
by Michael Canfield
Price: $2.99 USD. 22360 words. Published by Vauk House Press on February 5, 2012. .
Seven startling versions of the world ending - one for every day of the week: Hour of the Snowflake, Wednesday, Think of a Pink Ship, Facts About Gel, The Crossing, A Flavor of Quark, & Junk Silver.
Price: $2.99 USD. 22360 words. Published by Vauk House Press on February 5, 2012. .
Seven startling versions of the world ending - one for every day of the week: Hour of the Snowflake, Wednesday, Think of a Pink Ship, Facts About Gel, The Crossing, A Flavor of Quark, & Junk Silver.
Horror Quartet: Dark Forces & Waking Nightmares
by Michael Canfield
Price: $2.99 USD. 22840 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 29, 2012. .
A mysterious, impenetrable house, a strange birthday gift, a cursed book, and a vast wine cellar holding an ancient, terrible secret: “Solid House”, “The Food Processor”, “The Book of Thomas Welte”, and “Stairwell to Hell”. Four chilling tales of dark forces and waking nightmares.
Price: $2.99 USD. 22840 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 29, 2012. .
A mysterious, impenetrable house, a strange birthday gift, a cursed book, and a vast wine cellar holding an ancient, terrible secret: “Solid House”, “The Food Processor”, “The Book of Thomas Welte”, and “Stairwell to Hell”. Four chilling tales of dark forces and waking nightmares.
Stairwell To Hell
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 7470 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 28, 2012. .
When his uncle dies, Bellamy looks forward to a simple life collecting rent in the slum building he inherits, and drinking himself into oblivion by way of his relative’s vast wine collection. The tenement itself seems to have other plans, however, and Bellamy finds himself drawn to a dark world and its terrible secret—a secret that destroyed his uncle, and threatens to annihilate Bellamy too.
Price: $0.99 USD. 7470 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 28, 2012. .
When his uncle dies, Bellamy looks forward to a simple life collecting rent in the slum building he inherits, and drinking himself into oblivion by way of his relative’s vast wine collection. The tenement itself seems to have other plans, however, and Bellamy finds himself drawn to a dark world and its terrible secret—a secret that destroyed his uncle, and threatens to annihilate Bellamy too.
Namless Man: 3 Short Weird Stories
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 2800 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 27, 2012. .
A happy, successful, family man finds himself facing the ultimate test. A rainy afternoon suddenly becomes an surreal nightmare. And a pair a clean-up men tasked with the largest clean-up job of all, find treasures abandoned on a global scale. “Nameless Man”, “The Style Intruder”, and “Junk Sliver”. Three short tales of strangeness, surrealism – and life.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2800 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 27, 2012. .
A happy, successful, family man finds himself facing the ultimate test. A rainy afternoon suddenly becomes an surreal nightmare. And a pair a clean-up men tasked with the largest clean-up job of all, find treasures abandoned on a global scale. “Nameless Man”, “The Style Intruder”, and “Junk Sliver”. Three short tales of strangeness, surrealism – and life.
The Book of Thomas Welte
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 7250 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 27, 2012. .
Thomas Welte believes himself master of his destiny. He only requires the time and inspiration to make his mark in the world. When Thomas discover a mysterious green book with uncanny, self-transforming pages, he faces the chilling prospect that the work he values above all else may not be HIS at all. And if not -- can Thomas ever learn who created it? Or if it -- and he -- truly even exist?
Price: $0.99 USD. 7250 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 27, 2012. .
Thomas Welte believes himself master of his destiny. He only requires the time and inspiration to make his mark in the world. When Thomas discover a mysterious green book with uncanny, self-transforming pages, he faces the chilling prospect that the work he values above all else may not be HIS at all. And if not -- can Thomas ever learn who created it? Or if it -- and he -- truly even exist?
The Seventeenth of Septober
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 2320 words. Published by Vauk House Press on December 11, 2011. .
What’s more important, the schedule or the scheduler? Who really runs the office anyway? The staff need the schedule, but the scheduler needs a signature. By the way, the men and women around the big scary conference table need new ideas. From somewhere. Anywhere. Everybody needs something. Somebody’s gonna be disappointed.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2320 words. Published by Vauk House Press on December 11, 2011. .
What’s more important, the schedule or the scheduler? Who really runs the office anyway? The staff need the schedule, but the scheduler needs a signature. By the way, the men and women around the big scary conference table need new ideas. From somewhere. Anywhere. Everybody needs something. Somebody’s gonna be disappointed.
Sci-Fi Dark
by Michael Canfield
Price: $2.99 USD. 24490 words. Published by Vauk House Press on December 10, 2011. .
From far-flung worlds to just-around-the-corner nightmares—four science fiction excursions on the dark side: The Language of Monsters, Landing Day, The Mushroom King, & Cure! Aliens, thugs, spies, and super-flu. Approximately 25,000 words of gripping, hardboiled, science fiction.
Price: $2.99 USD. 24490 words. Published by Vauk House Press on December 10, 2011. .
From far-flung worlds to just-around-the-corner nightmares—four science fiction excursions on the dark side: The Language of Monsters, Landing Day, The Mushroom King, & Cure! Aliens, thugs, spies, and super-flu. Approximately 25,000 words of gripping, hardboiled, science fiction.
The Woods Wife
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 4360 words. Published by Vauk House Press on December 7, 2011. .
Springtime in the village. Giselle has no cause to question her life. She works, her husband works. They have no real understanding of each other, but how many wives and husbands do? No, Giselle has no cause to question life, until a mysterious being appears at the forest’s edge, beckoning her. Now Giselle will have to choose: the bliss of ignorance. Or take leap at the chance to know herself.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4360 words. Published by Vauk House Press on December 7, 2011. .
Springtime in the village. Giselle has no cause to question her life. She works, her husband works. They have no real understanding of each other, but how many wives and husbands do? No, Giselle has no cause to question life, until a mysterious being appears at the forest’s edge, beckoning her. Now Giselle will have to choose: the bliss of ignorance. Or take leap at the chance to know herself.
The Man In The Gorilla Suit
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 2250 words. Published by Vauk House Press on December 7, 2011. .
Swing shift on the warehouse packing line. Dull. Repetitive. Boring. Until the man in the gorilla suit shows up. Then everybody’s happy. Everybody’s working. ... For now.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2250 words. Published by Vauk House Press on December 7, 2011. .
Swing shift on the warehouse packing line. Dull. Repetitive. Boring. Until the man in the gorilla suit shows up. Then everybody’s happy. Everybody’s working. ... For now.
Think Like A Canary
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 2300 words. Published by Vauk House Press on December 3, 2011. .
For Trevor, interning inside a commercial macro-state has its perks. Like a free afternoon every week, and a yellow polo shirt to wear while enjoying the communal swimming pool projection. But everything goes wrong when the symbol of his budding success disappears. To solve the puzzle of where it went, he must turn to the most puzzling person he knows: Stickie, the worst intern in Super-SeaTac.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2300 words. Published by Vauk House Press on December 3, 2011. .
For Trevor, interning inside a commercial macro-state has its perks. Like a free afternoon every week, and a yellow polo shirt to wear while enjoying the communal swimming pool projection. But everything goes wrong when the symbol of his budding success disappears. To solve the puzzle of where it went, he must turn to the most puzzling person he knows: Stickie, the worst intern in Super-SeaTac.
Flight to L.A.
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 2050 words. Published by Vauk House Press on December 2, 2011. .
A business traveler on a one-way flight comes face-to-face with the void. Will he find the courage to look? This edition also includes a bonus piece: “Facts About Gel.” Two short tales of the corporate world…and the absurd.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2050 words. Published by Vauk House Press on December 2, 2011. .
A business traveler on a one-way flight comes face-to-face with the void. Will he find the courage to look? This edition also includes a bonus piece: “Facts About Gel.” Two short tales of the corporate world…and the absurd.
The Story Boat
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 2050 words. Published by Vauk House Press on December 1, 2011. .
A small, unnamed, seaside town, far away in time and space, yet not so very different from our own. A man with a job to do. An endless, impossible job. A mysterious vessel that comes and goes bringing ... what exactly? A last glimmer of hope? A light through the fog of a darkening world? It’s all in the telling. A story about stories, and the people who need them.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2050 words. Published by Vauk House Press on December 1, 2011. .
A small, unnamed, seaside town, far away in time and space, yet not so very different from our own. A man with a job to do. An endless, impossible job. A mysterious vessel that comes and goes bringing ... what exactly? A last glimmer of hope? A light through the fog of a darkening world? It’s all in the telling. A story about stories, and the people who need them.
The Way of the Skunk
by Michael Canfield
Price: $2.99 USD. 9520 words. Published by Vauk House Press on November 21, 2011. .
An unexamined life suits Donald fine. At least until the day he collapses in the driveway, right between two matching Volvos. Now, everything must change. Mayhem and chaos (and a high-speed chase in stocking feet) lie in Donald’s future. The skunk Donald finds sitting on his chest sees to that. To keep the family together, he’ll learn a new way to live. The skunk's way.
Price: $2.99 USD. 9520 words. Published by Vauk House Press on November 21, 2011. .
An unexamined life suits Donald fine. At least until the day he collapses in the driveway, right between two matching Volvos. Now, everything must change. Mayhem and chaos (and a high-speed chase in stocking feet) lie in Donald’s future. The skunk Donald finds sitting on his chest sees to that. To keep the family together, he’ll learn a new way to live. The skunk's way.
Friday Nights at the Caravan Motel
by Evan Cobb
Price: $0.99 USD. 5980 words. Published by Vauk House Press on October 23, 2011. .
The people who once believed he really worked for them decide to fix Cole up good. They know he has unexpected resources, but even he can't shoot or talk his way out of solid concrete. Maybe. But Cole doesn't give up easy. And what about the girl? A liability–or the key to the whole fatal puzzle? Thugs, guns, beauty, and death: just another night at the Caravan Motel off US 95, the late 1950's.
Price: $0.99 USD. 5980 words. Published by Vauk House Press on October 23, 2011. .
The people who once believed he really worked for them decide to fix Cole up good. They know he has unexpected resources, but even he can't shoot or talk his way out of solid concrete. Maybe. But Cole doesn't give up easy. And what about the girl? A liability–or the key to the whole fatal puzzle? Thugs, guns, beauty, and death: just another night at the Caravan Motel off US 95, the late 1950's.
Perfect Likeness
by Evan Cobb
Price: $5.99 USD. 80650 words. Published by Vauk House Press on October 22, 2011. .
Even before Turner met Carmen, he doubted he could mask his dark obsessions beneath a quiet exterior much longer. Carmen: young, bold, breathtaking. Turner can't say he's never met a woman like her before; because he has. Years ago. Carmen has an obsession of her own, but she needs time. And money. Maybe she and Turner can help each other. All it takes is sex, betrayal, and murder.
Price: $5.99 USD. 80650 words. Published by Vauk House Press on October 22, 2011. .
Even before Turner met Carmen, he doubted he could mask his dark obsessions beneath a quiet exterior much longer. Carmen: young, bold, breathtaking. Turner can't say he's never met a woman like her before; because he has. Years ago. Carmen has an obsession of her own, but she needs time. And money. Maybe she and Turner can help each other. All it takes is sex, betrayal, and murder.
Red Jacket: A Novel with a Superhero
by Michael Canfield
Price: $4.99 USD. 45420 words. Published by Vauk House Press on June 17, 2011. .
New York. Tough place for a young, black superhero to fight crime, pay rent, and have a love life. Tough enough, that is, even before the city's mightiest champions enter a transdimensional rift, answering a call-to-arms against alien invaders. Now it's up to Red Jacket and a handful of other "rear guardians" to save the world's greatest metropolis. Or die trying.
Price: $4.99 USD. 45420 words. Published by Vauk House Press on June 17, 2011. .
New York. Tough place for a young, black superhero to fight crime, pay rent, and have a love life. Tough enough, that is, even before the city's mightiest champions enter a transdimensional rift, answering a call-to-arms against alien invaders. Now it's up to Red Jacket and a handful of other "rear guardians" to save the world's greatest metropolis. Or die trying.
419 Memoirs & Other Strange Stories
by Michael Canfield
Price: $4.99 USD. 69910 words. Published by Vauk House Press on June 12, 2011. .
Voyages to impossible pasts, bizarre futures, and skewed-but-recognizable versions of the present. Includes The Food Processor, Library Rules, They Get Away from You, Once Upon a Time At the Learning Annex, A Flavor of Quark,The Last Confessions of NinjaBaby, The Whited Child, The Plastic Fruit Museum, and more. Plus two novel excerpts: Red Jacket, and Growing Up Zombie, and other extras.
Price: $4.99 USD. 69910 words. Published by Vauk House Press on June 12, 2011. .
Voyages to impossible pasts, bizarre futures, and skewed-but-recognizable versions of the present. Includes The Food Processor, Library Rules, They Get Away from You, Once Upon a Time At the Learning Annex, A Flavor of Quark,The Last Confessions of NinjaBaby, The Whited Child, The Plastic Fruit Museum, and more. Plus two novel excerpts: Red Jacket, and Growing Up Zombie, and other extras.
Growing Up Zombie
by Michael Canfield
Price: $3.99 USD. 25240 words. Published by Vauk House Press on June 7, 2011. .
The last living, breathing resident of Harlen township discovers the perfect substance to repel the living dead. Too late to save his Grandpa, or even the town bully. Now he must set out on a desperate cross-country odyssey of survival and self-discovery. Where it leads, he can't say. But he does know he will learn to grow up in world of zombies. Or not grow up at all.
Price: $3.99 USD. 25240 words. Published by Vauk House Press on June 7, 2011. .
The last living, breathing resident of Harlen township discovers the perfect substance to repel the living dead. Too late to save his Grandpa, or even the town bully. Now he must set out on a desperate cross-country odyssey of survival and self-discovery. Where it leads, he can't say. But he does know he will learn to grow up in world of zombies. Or not grow up at all.
The Plastic Fruit Museum: A Short Novel
by Michael Canfield
Price: $2.99 USD. 13040 words. Published by Vauk House Press on May 25, 2011. .
From the time of a life-threatening accident in infancy, Glen had one obsession. His collection. It gives his life meaning. It *becomes* his life. He protects his obsession from all attempts to co-opt it, and him: parents, jealous rivals, even the only woman who ever loves him. Only one thing matters. But in the end, will obsession destroy Glen, or give him the peace he's never known?
Price: $2.99 USD. 13040 words. Published by Vauk House Press on May 25, 2011. .
From the time of a life-threatening accident in infancy, Glen had one obsession. His collection. It gives his life meaning. It *becomes* his life. He protects his obsession from all attempts to co-opt it, and him: parents, jealous rivals, even the only woman who ever loves him. Only one thing matters. But in the end, will obsession destroy Glen, or give him the peace he's never known?
Joe A. Clone
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 7440 words. Published by Vauk House Press on May 20, 2011. .
Joe makes a great living warning about the dangers of cloning. Why? Because he knows all about the human cost of genetic experiments gone wild. He's one of the first. Now, after a lifetime spent believing one thing, he discovers a new truth that rocks his world. An undeniable truth that, if he summons the courage to face it, will change Joe, the world’s most famous clone, forever. Novelette.
Price: $0.99 USD. 7440 words. Published by Vauk House Press on May 20, 2011. .
Joe makes a great living warning about the dangers of cloning. Why? Because he knows all about the human cost of genetic experiments gone wild. He's one of the first. Now, after a lifetime spent believing one thing, he discovers a new truth that rocks his world. An undeniable truth that, if he summons the courage to face it, will change Joe, the world’s most famous clone, forever. Novelette.
Time Flies At Elsinore
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 1410 words. Published by Vauk House Press on May 18, 2011. .
On a dark night, in the deepest recesses of the castle, a prince plots his long awaited revenge....Or does he? A short-short story, excerpted from the author's upcoming Vauk House collection: "419 Memoirs & Other Strange Stories," and published here for the first time.
Price: $0.99 USD. 1410 words. Published by Vauk House Press on May 18, 2011. .
On a dark night, in the deepest recesses of the castle, a prince plots his long awaited revenge....Or does he? A short-short story, excerpted from the author's upcoming Vauk House collection: "419 Memoirs & Other Strange Stories," and published here for the first time.
They Get Away From You
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 2760 words. Published by Vauk House Press on May 8, 2011. .
In the summer before 9/11, some many things are going right for Billy the superfan. The Mariners are in first place, and besides that, the All-Star game's about to be played in Seattle's beautiful new ballpark. Then Billy discovers for the first time he has a son. A six-year-old called Nate. A short story about becoming a father belatedly - and becoming a man. A short story.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2760 words. Published by Vauk House Press on May 8, 2011. .
In the summer before 9/11, some many things are going right for Billy the superfan. The Mariners are in first place, and besides that, the All-Star game's about to be played in Seattle's beautiful new ballpark. Then Billy discovers for the first time he has a son. A six-year-old called Nate. A short story about becoming a father belatedly - and becoming a man. A short story.
Library Rules
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 2090 words. Published by Vauk House Press on May 6, 2011. .
At Philip's school everything comes with rules attached. Especially reading. The legislators, the school librarian, might think that the half-library system will simply lives. Make their town safe and orderly and keep those gender lines solid. They didn't count of Philip. Nor his will to cross any new line the adults decree and impose. They didn't count on his love for books. A short story.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2090 words. Published by Vauk House Press on May 6, 2011. .
At Philip's school everything comes with rules attached. Especially reading. The legislators, the school librarian, might think that the half-library system will simply lives. Make their town safe and orderly and keep those gender lines solid. They didn't count of Philip. Nor his will to cross any new line the adults decree and impose. They didn't count on his love for books. A short story.
A Flavor of Quark
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 2100 words. Published by Vauk House Press on April 23, 2011. .
A truth-seeking physicist with a burning desire to expand human knowledge. A lab monkey struggling with a deadly disease. A few gold ions. These elements swirl together to make a quantum stew unlike any other. Every world has its creation myths. Even worlds yet to come. This short story, originally published in Lenox Avenue magazine, is now available for the first time for downloading.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2100 words. Published by Vauk House Press on April 23, 2011. .
A truth-seeking physicist with a burning desire to expand human knowledge. A lab monkey struggling with a deadly disease. A few gold ions. These elements swirl together to make a quantum stew unlike any other. Every world has its creation myths. Even worlds yet to come. This short story, originally published in Lenox Avenue magazine, is now available for the first time for downloading.
We Have Capacity
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 2320 words. Published by Vauk House Press on April 16, 2011. .
When a guy’s got a job to do he does it. Even with nothing to sell. Literally nothing. Which kinda makes it tough. He does it even when he and the lovely young buyer across the table would both rather play games. Not mind games. Computer games. Makes it tougher. Failure? Not an option. Not now, not ever. Solution? Promise the world. And then deliver. Toughest of all. Short story.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2320 words. Published by Vauk House Press on April 16, 2011. .
When a guy’s got a job to do he does it. Even with nothing to sell. Literally nothing. Which kinda makes it tough. He does it even when he and the lovely young buyer across the table would both rather play games. Not mind games. Computer games. Makes it tougher. Failure? Not an option. Not now, not ever. Solution? Promise the world. And then deliver. Toughest of all. Short story.
Transporter Technology
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 2990 words. Published by Vauk House Press on April 9, 2011. .
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Teleportation technology exists. Even if only one lone adventurer knows it. Even if his grandparents, the other fans, or everyone in the world thinks him crazy. Now, in the depths of forgotten corridors beneath - of all places - a bustling Las Vegas casino, he finds one last chance to prove it. A chance he has to take - though it means making the ultimate sacrifice himself. Short story.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2990 words. Published by Vauk House Press on April 9, 2011. .
(3.00) Teleportation technology exists. Even if only one lone adventurer knows it. Even if his grandparents, the other fans, or everyone in the world thinks him crazy. Now, in the depths of forgotten corridors beneath - of all places - a bustling Las Vegas casino, he finds one last chance to prove it. A chance he has to take - though it means making the ultimate sacrifice himself. Short story.
The Doppler Effect
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 2620 words. Published by Vauk House Press on March 20, 2011. .
Morgan had a job. Not a career, but a job that allowed him to live his slice of life, anyway. Sometimes he even got to hang onto a little bit of his memory, which might or might not be why he found the silent woman at the far end of the platform so intriguing, and the instinct to approach her so irresistible. A short story about two simple people, in a future as complex and strange as today.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2620 words. Published by Vauk House Press on March 20, 2011. .
Morgan had a job. Not a career, but a job that allowed him to live his slice of life, anyway. Sometimes he even got to hang onto a little bit of his memory, which might or might not be why he found the silent woman at the far end of the platform so intriguing, and the instinct to approach her so irresistible. A short story about two simple people, in a future as complex and strange as today.
Think Of A Pink Ship
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 4130 words. Published by Vauk House Press on March 9, 2011. .
Clay has a choice: give up his new job in Dallas, or get a divorce. Clay doesn't like thinking about the things that brought Molly and him to this point. Now, traversing the empty and terrifyingly beautiful southwestern badlands, he'll have to face not only an otherworldly invasion, but the darkest truth about himself. A Short Story.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4130 words. Published by Vauk House Press on March 9, 2011. .
Clay has a choice: give up his new job in Dallas, or get a divorce. Clay doesn't like thinking about the things that brought Molly and him to this point. Now, traversing the empty and terrifyingly beautiful southwestern badlands, he'll have to face not only an otherworldly invasion, but the darkest truth about himself. A Short Story.
Solid House
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 6170 words. Published by Vauk House Press on March 9, 2011. .
Harried, deeply-devoted husband Jesse would do anything to make his spirited, brilliant, and imaginative wife Chloe happy. And to keep her safe. Never easy, not even before -- out of thin air -- a mysterious house appears at the end of their dark, quiet road. A house that lives and breathes ... and beckons. A house with plans for Chloe all its own .... Short story.
Price: $0.99 USD. 6170 words. Published by Vauk House Press on March 9, 2011. .
Harried, deeply-devoted husband Jesse would do anything to make his spirited, brilliant, and imaginative wife Chloe happy. And to keep her safe. Never easy, not even before -- out of thin air -- a mysterious house appears at the end of their dark, quiet road. A house that lives and breathes ... and beckons. A house with plans for Chloe all its own .... Short story.
Cure!
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 5910 words. Published by Vauk House Press on March 7, 2011. .
A Battle Royale in an broken-down TV studio stands between a local hero and the vaccine. Can he save himself? Will he have to sacrifice his humanity to do it? What about the girl he left behind? What about her baby? Tune in tonight. Television to die for. Or kill. A short story about how the world ends ... one choice at a time.
Price: $0.99 USD. 5910 words. Published by Vauk House Press on March 7, 2011. .
A Battle Royale in an broken-down TV studio stands between a local hero and the vaccine. Can he save himself? Will he have to sacrifice his humanity to do it? What about the girl he left behind? What about her baby? Tune in tonight. Television to die for. Or kill. A short story about how the world ends ... one choice at a time.
Camerado
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 5210 words. Published by Vauk House Press on February 20, 2011. .
No one knew what the ambassador truly looked like; the Cameradi admitted to adapting their corporeal forms. Even the design of their communication satellites and shuttles were changed to conform with ours, by malleability in their chemistry. Nevertheless, the ambassador claimed kinship with her new hosts. In public speeches, she referred to her new friends as "our sister people, our other self."
Price: $0.99 USD. 5210 words. Published by Vauk House Press on February 20, 2011. .
No one knew what the ambassador truly looked like; the Cameradi admitted to adapting their corporeal forms. Even the design of their communication satellites and shuttles were changed to conform with ours, by malleability in their chemistry. Nevertheless, the ambassador claimed kinship with her new hosts. In public speeches, she referred to her new friends as "our sister people, our other self."
Hour of the Snowflake
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 6050 words. Published by Vauk House Press on February 20, 2011. .
Smith and his buddies. Four regular guys who like to hang out in their favorite bar, talk smack, and avoid going home to their problems and fantasize about the waitress. Predictable. That's how they like it. Tonight, during a storm unlike any other, everything will change. Smith will discover a reality only as permanent as a snowflake. A short story about the mysteries of human desire.
Price: $0.99 USD. 6050 words. Published by Vauk House Press on February 20, 2011. .
Smith and his buddies. Four regular guys who like to hang out in their favorite bar, talk smack, and avoid going home to their problems and fantasize about the waitress. Predictable. That's how they like it. Tonight, during a storm unlike any other, everything will change. Smith will discover a reality only as permanent as a snowflake. A short story about the mysteries of human desire.
The Language of Monsters
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 7050 words. Published by Vauk House Press on February 16, 2011. .
Alien? Devil? Even the creature itself doesn't know its origin. But it knows what it wants. A place in the cosmos. If can learn the language — language in the deepest sense — of prisoners, of guards, of the guilty, of the innocent, but most importantly, of the man from the CIA — the one human who believes—then now, after millennia it might find a way to live, and a home. Short story.
Price: $0.99 USD. 7050 words. Published by Vauk House Press on February 16, 2011. .
Alien? Devil? Even the creature itself doesn't know its origin. But it knows what it wants. A place in the cosmos. If can learn the language — language in the deepest sense — of prisoners, of guards, of the guilty, of the innocent, but most importantly, of the man from the CIA — the one human who believes—then now, after millennia it might find a way to live, and a home. Short story.
The Last Confessions of NinjaBaby
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 4600 words. Published by Vauk House Press on February 6, 2011. .
The greatest pint-sized action star in the world. As "Ninja Baby," he gave everything for his career. Genetic-modification, nano re-engineering, plastic surgery. All part of the fame game. Now, for the first time, he tells his own story -- in his own words -- for a last shot at the prize that's always eluded him -- redemption. A short story.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4600 words. Published by Vauk House Press on February 6, 2011. .
The greatest pint-sized action star in the world. As "Ninja Baby," he gave everything for his career. Genetic-modification, nano re-engineering, plastic surgery. All part of the fame game. Now, for the first time, he tells his own story -- in his own words -- for a last shot at the prize that's always eluded him -- redemption. A short story.
The Mushroom King
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 7550 words. Published by Vauk House Press on February 6, 2011. .
Outcast on a desolate world, Jonny holds the key to survival for his fellow banished rejects, Now he must seize this last chance to redeem himself, and and find a way to coexist with the indigenous intelligence, before the aliens decide the humans represent a threat too dangerous to abide, and snuff them out. A novelette about a desperate struggle for existence on a strange new world.
Price: $0.99 USD. 7550 words. Published by Vauk House Press on February 6, 2011. .
Outcast on a desolate world, Jonny holds the key to survival for his fellow banished rejects, Now he must seize this last chance to redeem himself, and and find a way to coexist with the indigenous intelligence, before the aliens decide the humans represent a threat too dangerous to abide, and snuff them out. A novelette about a desperate struggle for existence on a strange new world.
Citadel Ninety-Nine
by Michael Canfield
Price: $2.99 USD. 9740 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 29, 2011. .
The legion had conquered 98 walled cities without a single setback. No force in the lower world could oppose the Commander’s Legion. The Commander was a god. So what's one city more? A dark epic of doomed heroes and world-shattering battles both internal and external. Fans of Michael Moorcock, Robert Howard & Glen Cook will enjoy this homage to classic fantasy with a real-world tinge. Novelette.
Price: $2.99 USD. 9740 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 29, 2011. .
The legion had conquered 98 walled cities without a single setback. No force in the lower world could oppose the Commander’s Legion. The Commander was a god. So what's one city more? A dark epic of doomed heroes and world-shattering battles both internal and external. Fans of Michael Moorcock, Robert Howard & Glen Cook will enjoy this homage to classic fantasy with a real-world tinge. Novelette.
Landing Day
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 4690 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 23, 2011. .
On any given day you fight and you live or you fight and you die. Tom embraces that world, even if others don't, and Tom will do what he has to do to survive in it. If others get hurt, then they get hurt. It happens. Even on the day the human race make first contact. Even on Landing Day. A hardboiled crime story, or a sense-of-wonder sci-fi tale? Maybe both. A short story.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4690 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 23, 2011. .
On any given day you fight and you live or you fight and you die. Tom embraces that world, even if others don't, and Tom will do what he has to do to survive in it. If others get hurt, then they get hurt. It happens. Even on the day the human race make first contact. Even on Landing Day. A hardboiled crime story, or a sense-of-wonder sci-fi tale? Maybe both. A short story.
Attack of the 50 Ft. Cosmonaut: A Retro Sci-Fi Novelette
by Michael Canfield
Price: $2.99 USD. 9710 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 19, 2011. .
The Berlin Wall comes down, but out in the Nevada desert, it's another weekend night; a carload of wild teens gives the big-bellied sheriff another headache. Especially Jack, whose patrolman father died out on the nuclear test range back in the early sixties. Died under mysterious circumstances. The hills had glowed green back that night too... A retro sci-fi Novelette. With a giant cosmonaut.
Price: $2.99 USD. 9710 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 19, 2011. .
The Berlin Wall comes down, but out in the Nevada desert, it's another weekend night; a carload of wild teens gives the big-bellied sheriff another headache. Especially Jack, whose patrolman father died out on the nuclear test range back in the early sixties. Died under mysterious circumstances. The hills had glowed green back that night too... A retro sci-fi Novelette. With a giant cosmonaut.
The Food Processor: A Twisted Fairy Tale
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 2660 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 18, 2011. .
They wanted to make things. Wanted tools for their birthday. They didn't get them. Mother and Father don't like it, but the boys improvise. A chilling and bizarre twisted fairy tale. A short story like nothing else you've ever read. Really.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2660 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 18, 2011. .
They wanted to make things. Wanted tools for their birthday. They didn't get them. Mother and Father don't like it, but the boys improvise. A chilling and bizarre twisted fairy tale. A short story like nothing else you've ever read. Really.
The Crossing
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 4710 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 16, 2011. .
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Only Vincente braved the outside. Fear gripped the city, gripped even him, and rats roamed the streets. But he fought on when the others wouldn't. When they had given up. He knew he'd do better on his own: without Mama, the Colonel, or even Laura to slow him down. But would they be better without him? Short Story.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4710 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 16, 2011. .
(2.00) Only Vincente braved the outside. Fear gripped the city, gripped even him, and rats roamed the streets. But he fought on when the others wouldn't. When they had given up. He knew he'd do better on his own: without Mama, the Colonel, or even Laura to slow him down. But would they be better without him? Short Story.
Wednesday
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 4540 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 9, 2011. .
Short story. Late one fine mid-week morning half the world disappears. Done, over, finished. As in forever. Ben? Got anything to say for yourself?
Price: $0.99 USD. 4540 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 9, 2011. .
Short story. Late one fine mid-week morning half the world disappears. Done, over, finished. As in forever. Ben? Got anything to say for yourself?
Once Upon A Time ... At The Learning Annex
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 2220 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 8, 2011. .
Short Story. He came from nowhere, footing across sand and brush, to confront a parking lot and an Edge City. He made his way through rows and rows of parked cars, an unlit stub of cheroot between scarred lips. When he removed his hat to wipe the sweat, his heavy brow still cast shadow over dark eyes. The creases surrounding his mustache cut like canyons. How tall? 6'4," 6'10,"? Tree tall.
Price: $0.99 USD. 2220 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 8, 2011. .
Short Story. He came from nowhere, footing across sand and brush, to confront a parking lot and an Edge City. He made his way through rows and rows of parked cars, an unlit stub of cheroot between scarred lips. When he removed his hat to wipe the sweat, his heavy brow still cast shadow over dark eyes. The creases surrounding his mustache cut like canyons. How tall? 6'4," 6'10,"? Tree tall.
Super-Villains
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 8200 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 2, 2011. .
In Excelsior City trouble finds everybody. Lang Lofton's busy managing his media empire atop the Kryse Building and roaming the night as a masked vigilante. He's got an new problem too: no villains left to defeat. Until his arch-enemy Archetype goes free. And just as the Venus Diamond goes on display at the Supernatural Wonders Museum. Then a deadly new player appears. Coincidence? No.
Price: $0.99 USD. 8200 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 2, 2011. .
In Excelsior City trouble finds everybody. Lang Lofton's busy managing his media empire atop the Kryse Building and roaming the night as a masked vigilante. He's got an new problem too: no villains left to defeat. Until his arch-enemy Archetype goes free. And just as the Venus Diamond goes on display at the Supernatural Wonders Museum. Then a deadly new player appears. Coincidence? No.
The Whited Child
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 3480 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 1, 2011. .
Men feared wolves. They feared disease, they feared the unknown. They feared the White Mountains. When a plagues comes down off the mountain and grips one of them, even a child, they cast the child out. Then all they have to fear is the retribution of Bad Pete. A dark fantasy short story of the far future.
Price: $0.99 USD. 3480 words. Published by Vauk House Press on January 1, 2011. .
Men feared wolves. They feared disease, they feared the unknown. They feared the White Mountains. When a plagues comes down off the mountain and grips one of them, even a child, they cast the child out. Then all they have to fear is the retribution of Bad Pete. A dark fantasy short story of the far future.
Peas and Carrots
by Michael Canfield
Price: $0.99 USD. 4200 words. Published by Vauk House Press on December 26, 2010. .
Short story: A girl, a boy, and a villain. One busy waiter, and one crowded Vienna café. Hundreds of performances, always ending the same. Until now. If - just if - Sam can find the courage to step beyond the script. To win her heart, Sam will have to take on the most difficult role of his career. Himself.
Price: $0.99 USD. 4200 words. Published by Vauk House Press on December 26, 2010. .
Short story: A girl, a boy, and a villain. One busy waiter, and one crowded Vienna café. Hundreds of performances, always ending the same. Until now. If - just if - Sam can find the courage to step beyond the script. To win her heart, Sam will have to take on the most difficult role of his career. Himself.
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- My Socks Rolled Down
on Jan. 18, 2011
Another winning story from this prolific writer. The premise here is quirky and engaging, an interesting variation on the genre that might be called "domestic magic." Maybe. It's a funny story that takes a clever and inevitable, though unexpected, turn. If you're tired of the same-old same-old in contemporary fantasy stories, check out this weird and wonderful little gem.