MICHAEL CHAMBERS
STAND-ALONE BOOKS
I'm an independent author. FAIR WARNING: I write thrillers where bad things sometimes happen to good people, and the happy-ever-after ending isn't always guaranteed.
Between trying to get rid of his crazy girlfriend and meeting the new girl in town, you'd think TJ had enough to do for a high school student without trying to solve a forty-year old murder. Everyone is telling him to leave it alone, but he can't do that.
Now someone else wants TJ to forget about the past, and he's willing to kill to make him. Can TJ and his new friend catch the old killer before the new one silences them for good?
Three years ago, Marla Killan was brutally attacked and left for dead. Her attackers were never apprehended. Now her sister has been murdered, and a note left for Marla on the body. Are the same men responsible for her sister's death, or is there another killer loose in her home town?
Accompanied by a young man who's irresistably drawn to her, Marla goes home to find the truth about her sister's death while navigating the horrors in her own past.
Rachel's a typical teenager. She likes hanging out with her friends, falls asleep in History class, and can't wait to get her driver's license. Rachel just learned something very surprising, something that will change her life forever. Rachel can raise the dead.
Surrounded by people who think she's either a circus freak or the biggest deal in a century, Rachel has to figure out who to trust. Luckily for her, she has her father on her side, and a new mentor willing to teach her how to control her new talent. But there's someone else interested in Rachel, and he's not nearly as nice as the cute new boy in school.
Can Rachel control her new talent, and still manage to remain at least semi-normal?
Pine Hollow School for Girls isn't the typical private school, and the students aren't typical rich girls. The staff is top notch, the food is phenomenal, and the curriculum is cutting edge.
Now if they could just do something about the murder rate...
The second collection of short stories from Michael Chambers. Stories include:
The Basement--a moment of klutziness leaves a young woman in desperate trouble
The Old Guard--featuring retired vampire hunter Max Puckett
Rental--a simple mistake leads two friends into a night of terror.
All these and more await you inside THE BASEMENT.
On any given day, Chief Carrie Stewart has her hands full, between meth cooks, pot farmers, drunk and disorderly calls, and the ever-present day to day hassles of running an underfunded police department. Add in a little romantic chaos and her surly teenage daughter, and her life is already hectic.
But when first livestock and then people start dying, it will take the help of a mysterious man and all her resources to discover the truth and save her little town from being ripped apart.
From garden gnomes, guardian angels, cyborgs and vampire hunters to one very tired psychic and a rather cranky old writer, Chance Enconters is a collection of short stories that explore the random incidents that can affect us all.
CHANCE ENCOUNTERS: COLLECTED SHORT STORIES presents eleven tales that will leave you wondering just what might happen the next time you cross paths with a stranger.
Some writers would love to meet their characters; a cup of coffee, some stimulating conversation, and a fond farewell. Others would run screaming from the thought. Kyle Murdoch is definitely one of the latter.
When the kid shows up on his doorstep, Kyle thinks he's just an obsessed fan at first. But as events grow frantically worse and more characters seek him out, Kyle will have to find a strength he's not sure he possesses if he's to right his wrongs and take responsibility for his creations.
Joey witnessed an unspeakable horror as a young boy. He's back to set it right. The people of his home town may have forgotten what happened to his parents that night, but Joey hasn't.
And when he's done, he'll make sure they never forget his name.
Kiersten and her friends love ghost hunting; their idea of a good time is rooting around haunted houses. Tonight was supposed to be no different. Kiersten is hoping the night's spooky antics will take her mind off her troubles. This time they're exploring Creighton Asylum, but tonight it's not ghosts who threaten them.
Kiersten and her friends must try and survive as a very real killer chases them through the halls of the locked asylum. He knows every inch of the building by heart, and he has some nasty surprises in store for them.
Can Kiersten and her friends survive a night in the Asylum?
A group of delinquent students, a rookie teacher, a grouchy principal, and a thirty year old mystery. What could go wrong?
Sentenced to a long weekend cleaning out an old hotel, six troubled students find themselves caught in the middle of a horrible crime committed long before they were born, and in over their heads as the man responsible tries to keep his sins buried.
Everyone has their own demons to face. For Arthur, that saying couldn't be any more true.
The question is, what does the demon want, and how far will Arthur go to get rid of him?
A group of survivors learn that even in the end of the world, there are always more horrors waiting to be discovered.
An old man finds a way to relive the past with horrifying results.
A young professional finds that her dream apartment is actually a nightmare.
A frustrated woman dreads her birthday thanks to her devoted stalker.
These and other stories await you in The Things We Leave Behind, a collection of original short stories by Michael Chambers.
Sometimes it takes a monster to stop a monster.
As a young man, Grant's life was changed forever. Now revenge is in sight, but first he must decide what to do with the young girl who's just inherited his curse.
Can Grant finally put an end to the monster's killing spree, or will the beast finish what it started so long ago?