Author: channingwhitaker

In a world where automation runs society, Marion Sato spends her days as a judgment aid, tasked with making the manual choices deemed too difficult or complicated for computer algorithms. It seems like a dream come true – until things go horribly wrong. When a freak accident leaves a young child in mortal danger, Marion knows she has to act fast to save his life. But the automated world … world surrounding her seems to stand in her way at every turn. As time begins to run out and the weaknesses of a tech-reliant civilization become clear, will Marion be…

Cast on a reality show in a haunted, abandoned mansion, skeptical amateur sleuth Holt is determined to debunk superstitions and solve the decades-old murder mystery. But when things get stranger and stranger, he finds himself racing to crack the case before someone winds up dead…

Missing, Presumed Dead, and a Trail as Cold as a December Night in the Alaskan WildernessIn the wilderness of rural Alaska, people tell the legend of an elusive water predator called the Hana K’ilo. It’s said to hunt from beneath the surface of rivers only to spring out, clutch, and drown its victims, including humans.Harlan Holt is a scientist, a university professor, a skeptic of everything … humans.Harlan Holt is a scientist, a university professor, a skeptic of everything paranormal or fantastic, and the last person to put stock in a cryptid tale like that of Hana K’ilo. However, after…

In this suspense-filled, neo-monster, horror novelette, a writer named Gene Winfield discovers an ominous, handwritten book among the belongings of his late, adventurer aunt. As Gene reads, he becomes captivated with the volume’s account of a savage, unearthly creature. In spite of the book’s warning, with his writing career failing, Gene can’t resist the inspiration. Near the roaring fire in his … his aunt’s otherwise cold, empty manor, Gene begins a story of his own, but will he unleash more than his imagination…more