Steven E. Wedel – författare

Aimee and Alan have unusual pasts and secrets they prefer to keep hidden. Aimee''s deceased mother struggled with mental illness and hallucinations, and Aimee thinks it could be hereditary. After all, she sees a shadowy river man where there isn''t one. And then there was that time she and her best friend Courtney tried to conjure a spirit with a Ouija board . . . Alan is Courtney''s cousin. His family moved to Maine when Courtney''s father went missing. It''s not just Alan''s dark good looks that make him attractive. He is also totally in touch with a kind of spiritual mysticism from his Native American heritage. And it''s not long before Aimee has broken up with her boyfriend . . . But it''s not Aimee or Alan who is truly haunted - it''s Courtney. In a desperate plea to find her father, Courtney invites a demonic presence into her life. Together, Aimee and Alan must exorcise the ghost, before it devours Courtney - and everything around her.

Legend has it that on October 31 the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is thin and things that are bound in one realm or the other are allowed to pass between the two worlds. Children and devils roam the earth looking for treats or offering tricks. It is a cool, crisp, special time of the year. A time of change. A time for stories. "e;Unholy Womb"e; is the story of a young boy who finds more than he expects when he goes to carve his Halloween jack-o-lantern. In "e;The Halloween Feast"e; a man gets the opportunity to be reunited with his dead wife and daughter. Revenge is the theme in "e;SKN-3"e;, a grisly story about an angry doctor out for a trophy. "e;Hungry is the Night"e; tells the tale of what happens when an ancient evil seeps out of an old well and engulfs a small town. In "e;Scream of Humanity"e; a pioneer doctor learns there may be something to those old wives' tales about child birth.

Becca is the pride of her little village until the day the wicked Trolls come down from their mountain and steal her away. The Troll king loves Becca's singing, so he takes her home and locks her in Fang Tower, where she has to sing for him whenever he wants.Zander wanders the seas fighting pirates and looking for adventure. When he hears the sweet, sad voice of Becca floating down from Fang Tower, he knows he must rescue her.The Troll king's price for releasing Becca may be more than Zander is able to pay, but he sets off on the adventure of a lifetime to win the treasure the Troll king demands.

Young Bobby Bauman's mother and father have brought a group of strangers together for a reunion. They all have an intimate relationship with the deceased teenager.But as the people munch on cookies and drink their punch, the memorial service takes a dark turn. The Bauman's believe those gathered are needed for Bobby's glorious resurrection.They have something she wants, and she, her husband, and their church will stop at nothing to ensure Bobby's mistake is rectified.

In Oklahoma City, a mother and daughter are visited by a creature that lives under beds.Pam and Allison Baker are a modern mother and daughter. They don't believe in monsters. Not really.But the monster under Allison's bed believes in them.Fans of short horror fiction will enjoy this take on a classic phobia as mother and daughter and monster come to terms with their living conditions.

Cody Treat has gotten used to living among the ruins of modern civilization. But when one of the thousands of ghosts following him finds a way to communicate their need for help, he learns that the end of the world was just the beginning of a fight for survival.Orphaned and alone after an apocalyptic meteor event followed by a plague, Cody roams the ruins of Oklahoma City looking for food and shelter from the gangs hoarding supplies and torturing other survivors. Crowds of ghostly figures mutely follow him, until one day the spirit of a girl about his age is able to write a message in the snow directing Cody to find her living sister, a young girl who can hear the ghosts but not see them. This begins the quest to find the third person who can speak to the dead. Time is short, though, as there is something coming from the east, something looking to harvest the energy of the trapped spirits.

Keith's mother is dead, but that doesn't mean she's stopped trying to help him turn his life around. His dad, however, doesn't see any reason he or Keith should stop drinking or using drugs.Ashley and her two best friends have never known real love. When the girls make a road trip into a larger city near their home on the Oklahoma plains, they stumble upon a book in an estate sale that might be the answer to their romantic problems.When the school's renowned bad boy approaches Ashley, she doesn't think there's any way she'd ever fall for Keith. As her friends use the grimoire to wreak havoc on the boys of the school who have mistreated them, Ashley can't help but wonder if Keith's interest is real or the result of the spells her friends claim to be creating.

Shim and Shay don't like staying home alone while Mom and Dad go to work in the castle. Then one day a gnome tells the children how the fairies gave him a bag of gold. The children set off to ask for a bag of gold of their own so Mom and Dad won't have to work. But there are dangers they never could have imagined waiting in the wide world outside their village, including a monster in the forest.

Daniel thought he had lost his high school sweetheart, Penny, over an abortion 35 years ago. But when a woman named Alicia arrives at his assisted living center claiming to be his long-lost daughter, Daniel must face the truth of his past. With Alicia's presence, old truths are exposed and new bonds are formed. But always, Daniel remembers the promise of his abusive father, "e;Life never gives you shit without taking something in payment."e;In this powerful story of family, redemption, and the power of enduring love, readers will be taken on a journey of discovery as Daniel and Alicia await the DNA test results to determine whether they are related. If you enjoyed the emotional and suspenseful novel, Before We Were Yours, by Lisa Wingate, you will love Yes or No by Steven E. Wedel.

Andrew Clausing is a teacher who has lost nearly everything. His wife left him. His teenage daughter hates him. He drinks too much. The only things he has are a love of teaching, his relationship as a mentor to his students, and a secret affair with another teacher who happens to be married to a state senator. When one of his female students mistakes his kindness for romantic interest, Andrew is faced with losing the few things he has left in his life.

Ben Redding has been sent ahead of the herd traveling up the Chisum Trail through Indian Territory. The herd needs water in the worst way, and a drought has dried up most of the creeks and turned rivers into streaks of mud.When Ben finds a clear, cold pool of water on the prairie, he thinks he's found an oasis, until he discovers what lives in the water, and what her price is for a drink.Can he return to the herd in time to warn them? Will thirsty cowboys even believe what he saw?