This story of a horse trainer and a rich man’s wife is “a gorgeously written, exacting exploration of duty and retribution set in dusty rural South Dakota” (Publishers Weekly).
When fourteen-year-old Carson Fielding bought his first horse from Magnus Yarborough, it became clear the teenager was a better judge of horses than the rich landowner was of humans. Years later, Carson—now a skilled and respected...

"It was perhaps the most infamous murder case in state history. Ladonna Mathis was shot twice in the head at point-blank range inside the family's metal shed serving as their makeshift home. Two of her three children, ages 2 and 4, were also shot in the head. The brutality of the killings shocked the state and set off a frenzy of law enforcement activity. Despite its intensity, the investigation never found the murderer or the murder weapon. Though...

A prophesied girl on a black stallion, a boy falconer and a Barbarian Prince share destinies with a deadly female warrior/mystic. But not happily ever after. After the fall of the glorious matriarchal Ambri Empire an infant girl named Tyme mysteriously appears in the stables of a magnificent borderland castle, now part of a Barbarian Kingdom. She learns to ride Spike, a notorious mountain ibex, is taught the sword by the castle champion, and spiritually...

"Liv has been forced to take a leave of absence from her job at the FBI following the tragic death of her love, Jack Linwood. She finds herself back home in Rapid City, South Dakota, far from her closest friend and colleague, Streeter Pierce, and her trusted dog, Beulah. Struggling with the risks and pressures of her career and the nostalgia of home, a heartbroken Liv questions whether or not she has made the right choices in life."

Thirteen newly collected encounters with darkness from Adrian Ludens, the author of the collections Ant Farm Necropolis and Cobwebs: Tales of Dread and Disquiet. Margo lives in a society where people remove organs and amputate limbs to celebrate growing older. Her world is shattered when her new boyfriend makes a shocking request in "Reduced to Tears." The trickster god Iktomi helps, hinders, and terrorizes a pioneer youth who's trying to solve...

Belle Siddons runs her own gambling saloon in a mining camp in Gold Rush Dakota Territory, defying 1878 Deadwood customs. Her loyal associate Gene Holman, lawman Boone May and cowboy Archie McLaughlin enrich the stage with action-packed drama. Walk the Old West boardwalks with Belle in this raucous Black Hills town. Based on a true story, it's a tale you will never forget.

After a traumatic call, emergency dispatcher Natalia Brynner flees the city, desperate for some distance from her stressful life. Her peace is short lived when a flat tire strands her on the other side of South Dakota with nothing but her high heels and a speeding ticket. State Trooper Travis Wilkins offers to keep her company while she waits for a new tire, but the quick fix turns into an overnight visit which turns into an extended stay. She soon...

In his fourth collection of dark fiction, Adrian Ludens takes readers on a series of macabre misadventures into the past, present, and future. Eighteen newly-collected stories from the author of Ant Farm Necropolis and When Bedbugs Bite.

A rhyming children's book that exposes children to rhythm and musical meter. Ooga Booga Music Monster turns story time into music and movement time. These preschool-tested stories get children up and moving as they sway like grass, swim like an octopus, and fly like a dragon! Each story features a different musical meter, as well as a familiar chorus that teaches your child their first musical interval: the minor third.

Mike and Angie Davis were just regular people who enjoyed the outdoors in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Their little community, hidden away in the pines, was the perfect place to raise a family—until everything,everywhere, went dark. The nearby town of Spearfish had always been quiet and peaceful. That’s where everything was—the schools, the grocery stores, the restaurants… and, just like most little towns, the people. Except they didn’t...