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Cover art for THE MONTH OF REMEMBER
INDIE
Released:

"Sad, true and beautiful."
A pitch-perfect exploration of grief and a compelling story about the ghosts–real and figurative–that haunt us in the wake of love and loss. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE POND
INDIE
Released: May 31, 2008

"A few good ingredients in an undercooked ghost story."
A small boy drowns in a Pennsylvania pond, enters the ranks of the ghostly and seemingly returns decades later to haunt the family indirectly responsible for his demise. Read full book review >
Cover art for PLANE OF THE ECLIPTIC
INDIE
Released: Jan. 1, 2010

"Fanciful reading for a mainstream audience."
Estes' debut novel traces the mysterious unraveling of a woman's neat, well-ordered life as dream and reality merge in strange and unexpected ways. Read full book review >
Cover art for AND OF THE HOLY GHOST
INDIE
Released: Jan. 21, 2010

"An absorbing, if uneven, mix of beguiling magical realism and bombastic social commentary."
A spirit--too scabrous to be completely holy--walks the earth weighing human souls in this florid fantasia. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE HAUNTING OF THE COIN
INDIE
Released: Feb. 25, 2010

"Twisted and entertaining, this broad story of revenge is multi-faceted but close to the surface--a bug's eye view into the darkness of the human soul."
A spirit takes the form of a white spider to alter the destinies of several Japanese villagers in this supernatural thriller set in the wake of World War II. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE EMPTY LOT NEXT DOOR
INDIE
Released: April 24, 2010
by Arthur M. Mills, Jr., illustrated by Seshadri Roy

"Both haunted and haunting

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A ghost story that twists urban legends with the identifiable struggles of a latchkey kid. Read full book review >