BOOKS
Certainty
and Other Mistakes
Broken people, vengeance, life, death, and that which comes thereafter define this collection of short stories from the twisted mind of Scott R.S. Raphael, author of A Little Slice and Spruce Road.
From horror to mystery to crime to...comedy?...Certainty and Other Mistakes includes eight strange and discomforting tales of darkness and distress.
Includes the novella “Cutaneous”!
Contents: "Cutaneous", "Unknown, Unsaid", "The Responsibility of a Remorseful Man", "Next to Godliness", "Answers", "Suicide of the Masses", "The MVP", and "Certainty"
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The Fifth Passenger and Other Perversities
Nine tales of the strange and uncomfortable.
Nine stories marked by the darkness of perversity.
Unusual tasks and unusual people; decisions, divisions, and nightmarish landscapes.
The Fifth Passenger and Other Perversities contains a selection of never-before-published stories from the twisted depths of the mind of Scott R.S. Raphael, the author of A Little Slice and Spruce Road.
Contents: "What Hearts Are Meant to Do", "Figures of Tomorrow", "Changing Storefronts", "He May Not Rise", "Storm Coming", "Biting", "The Red Fox", "Why Couldn't It Have Been Yesterday?", and "The Fifth Passenger"
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A Little Slice
Emily Dresden was a normal high schooler. Popular, fun, a good student, a kind-hearted person who was looking forward to the future. So, no one can quite figure out why she tried to kill herself last September. Including Emily.
Now back at school after a long recovery, she's cut herself off from her old friends, including her best friend, Daniel, who's determined to help Emily get back to normal. But Emily doesn't think that she can ever be normal again. Not because she doesn't want to be, but because she's convinced that there's something evil inside her, warping her mind and endangering those closest to her.
And clawing to get out...
WARNING: A Little Slice contains violence, gore, and themes of death, suicide, self-harm, and mental illness. Recommended for mature readers.
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Spruce Road
The Little Maple Cabin on Spruce Road is the perfect place for an escape from city life. Hidden away in the middle of nowhere, in a forest, along winding roads, it's beautiful, pristine, and quiet. Almost too quiet.
When a group of young friends decides to get away for a birthday celebration, they expect a weekend of drinking, partying, and relaxing by the fire. They don't even have to be careful with their volume, as their closest neighbour—the Cottage's mysterious owner—is two miles down the road. Their closest living neighbour, anyway.
When their host warns them of a ghostly presence in the home, most don't take him seriously but, when mysterious things start happening, the group is forced to search for answers...
...and pray that they live long enough to find them...
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Being on the Isthmus of Rage and Despair
In his debut poetry collection, Scott R.S. Raphael explores the depths of the human mind through a narrator battling the throes of unrequited love, fear, death, fantasy, mental deterioration, and, of course, rage and despair.
An exploration of the human condition and the depths to which one can sink within the darkest corners of the mind, Being on the Isthmus of Rage and Despair reaches into what it means to live and seeks the answers sought by many but captured by few.
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The Hill at the Top of the Mountain
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Harper Gale is a bestselling author, haunted by the ghost of her recently-deceased husband, and terrorized at work by her disrespectful superior.
Tristan Ames is a rock star, haunted by a dark secret from his past, and terrorized by his bandmates as he struggles to write music again.
Their connection is immediate, but will their personal demons, emotional instability, and fear of moving forward keep them apart?
Take Your Life
Michael has always prioritized the happiness of the people in his life. So, naturally, he's devastated when his close friend and colleague Hannah is passed up for promotion, despite his best efforts to sway the board of directors in her favour. Michael does his best to console his frustrated friend and to encourage her to keep up the hard work until her day finally comes.
Hannah seems to have other ideas.
When the members of the board of directors start to meet unfortunate fates, Michael doesn't want to believe that Hannah is involved, but the thought just won't leave his head.
Along with the fear that he could be next...
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