Barbara Custer

Three short stories involving a vampire, zombies, and a revenant with unfinished business. The opening story, "Rebirth," tells a poignant tale of a bullied teenage girl grieving for her mother. The residents in "Homes for the Dead" overwhelm an ill... Lire la suite

Sometimes they come back. At least the Kryszka aliens do. Their leader captures humans and injects a chemical to turn them into zombies. Yeron escapes their underground colony to practice human medicine, but most people fear him. Alexis, his patient... Lire la suite

Tragedies beset Leslie, a timid, bullied respiratory therapist — her mother's suicide, a ruined career, her mistake which costs a patient's life, and numerous bloody killings near the hospital where she works. Alex, her only friend, conceals a... Lire la suite

William Penn never suspected that his beloved Philadelphia would turn into the city of brotherly death. But that's what's happening in Philadelphia and other major cities. And it's only going to get worse. The dead are coming—revenants, vampires,... Lire la suite

Cassandra Kelly is without a year of her life—a year that has gone missing. People from that year are back to wreak havoc in her life. Her resolve is strong, but fragments of missing time rain down on her with fury, placing her at the threshold of... Lire la suite

Marked for death, Alexis accompanies her lover, Yeron, and four survivors of a zombie invasion on a search for the renegades who created a chemical that induces a zombie-like state. On the way, ravenous flesh-eaters attack Alexis's team; one... Lire la suite

Trittonite Chibale warns Natalie Springer that an exploding star heading toward Earth will incinerate the planet. After lengthy negotiations with politicians, he and his pilots organize a fleet of ships to pull the Earth away from the exploding star... Lire la suite

A crash landing leaves an alien woman at the mercy of a sadistic scientist whose "cure" could kill her.
A painting opens a doorway to an alternate dimension, and a brand new life, for one woman, while a nurse's life is turned upside down in a... Lire la suite

Infinite Sight is a science fiction tale featuring a caregiver devastated by an error which caused an infant's death. Because of a visual impairment, she struggles to read fine print. After emergency surgery, she discovers she has mental telepathic... Lire la suite