Bøger af Steven Lee Climer

Ronan and her friends unlock the secrets of delivering vengeance on their tormentors with an ancient artifact found in Ronan's mom's mail. However, it goes beyond petty high school teasing and the trio begins doling out horrific punishments. When it goes too far and Ronan wants out, Lyda, the charming new student, gets in her way. Ronan must break Lyda's hold on her friends before they become the monsters hunting each other.

5 Dark tales for a Cozy Christmas. When all the glitter has settled, and the false cheer and fakery is over, settle back with a few tales of Christmas that embodies the spirit of the season. Family; wishes; loss; and loneliness. My Dear Companion -- a lonely man awaits his love in a very strange diner on Christmas Eve Noel -- A father does his best to make sure his family has a beautiful Christmas morning Medusa's Reflection -- Sadness and bitterness for Siamese triplets The White's Christmas -- A Christmas wish comes through for a tortured young man

When 16-year-old Sydney, lover of all that is expected, ordinary, and low profile (but of exceptional brilliance), learns her father is gay, part of her is completely OK with it, and -- well -- another part is anything but happy about it. Unfortunately for Sydney, the part that is accepting of her dad is no longer a fan of dull "Present Sydney" and the exciting "Future Sydney" decides it is time to make a split for the future without her boring old self tagging along. "Future Sydney" lives one day ahead of old Sydney and she is loving life. She's got the hot guy, the lead in the school play, and she has put the mean girls in their place. But can old and new get back together before serious damage is done for both Sydneys? Told in a wonderfully unique fantasy, Author Steven Lee Climer has sent a love letter to his daughters. Past Tense also addresses what millions of families deal with: what happens when dad is gay? How does happiness actually work? The LGBTQ community will benefit from this fantastic, wonderful fantasy that addresses real-life issues of queerness, parenting, and unconditional love.

Heaven Crack'd is a Middle GradeYA dark adventure fantasy novel based east-Asian myth, Buddhism, and the Wheel of Life. It has a strong anime/manga/steampunk feel Mark is a troubled but talented high school quarterback. After being thrown out of school once again, he's shipped off to a remote private school called St. Francis. However, dark happenings are haunting St. Francis. Mark is caught picking a safe in one of the director's offices to get his confiscated cigarettes, and his skills bring more attention than he cared for. He is taken away and locked in a secret area called the Puzzle Room, where he and a few other boys put their talents to use on solving cryptic puzzles. Here he meets a young autistic boy called Scratch and they become friends. Soon, Mark picks the lock of a forbidden room and must answer two riddles to save his life as a shape shifter in the form of a leopard hunts him. Ultimately, Mark discovers that he is Kyudo -- a legendary breed of warrior needed to fend off the forces of hell and hungry ghosts to protect heaven itself from falling.

"You are about to go where only a few have been. No one knows for how long, but at least for several centuries The Reindeer Games have been one of the North Pole's closest-guarded secrets. In fact, I am the first reporter to be invited inside the secret world of Santa Claus's North Pole Operations (NP Ops) as it is known. "I am a reporter for the most popular program on fairy basic cable TV called Supernatural Geographic on the Fairy Network (FN). Rumors. Speculation. Legend. The Reindeer Games have been surrounded in secrecy. Journey with me, Daisy Tinselle, as I explore this often misunderstood world, the world of The Reindeer Games." So begins the adventures of reporter Daisy Tinselle as she becomes an embedded reporter for The Reindeer Games. Vixen is retiring and it is revealed the new sleigh team member is selected by a grueling contest called The Reindeer Games. For example the first elimination challenge is barrel pulling by the pledges. They're hooked up to barrels weighted the equivalent of an empty sleigh all the way up until a fully-loaded sleigh. No one has ever pulled a fully-loaded sleigh but amazingly Buster McCoy (one of the contestants) is able to do it. The games continue but Daisy uncovers a scandal, a secret. Are the games real? Why does Santa need to show this to the world now? And why are there armies of elves training at the secret NPO base?

The monsters under the bed?In the closet? All totally real! Fear is their food. Yum, yum, yum. But there are heroes that can defeat them. Heroes like Rocky. Rocky began life in a teddy bear factory as part of a special program for less fortunate kids. Little did anyone know that tiny Carol Ann would need Rocky so desperately. She is extra scared, and the monsters come for her. With the help of the mice who live in the walls, the Cardinals that live in the attic, the ornaments on the Christmas tree, the Mary nightlight in the bathroom, two other stuffed animals, and the mysterious Cat, they fend off the shadows. Until Carol Ann disappears! Rocky must go into the shadow world itself because the monsters are the only link to Carol Ann. Can Rocky traverse the shadow world of dark closets and beneath beds to find her in time, or is it too late?

Truth is indeed stranger than fiction. I always say that if you want to know what happened during a specific time period, read the literature that was written during that time. Writers, poets, painters, entertainers - all capture the mood of the times. I'm not talking about pop or pulp that is made to make money, but the stuff that lasts. Sometimes they do the same. Orange Days is a collection of dark humor and horror in response to the challenging times we live in: hate and bullying are positive qualities to be admired; manners are a weakness; compassion is shunned in favor of ego and brute force. Yeah, a lot of conservatives won't like this but it is the 1st amendment in action. Naomi's Genital Obsession A woman obsessed with a transgender person using the bathroom gets an unexpected response in the form of an ancient God Rattlesnakes and Bears The President learns a difficult lesson in deception that results in death Death of a Lovely Wench Terror on the Great Lakes because of an invasive species The White's Christmas A Christmas wish comes through for a tortured young man in a bigoted family All Pink on the Inside A hateful Republican politician is faced with a hard lesson, but can he save his own life? Disintegration A teenage boy loses his mother from lack of healthcare and must survive his abusive step-father or die Requiem in Bluegrass A southern ideological serial killer hunts the roads at night with his Monster Truck with Confederate flags flying The Wall isn't For Bad Hombres An elitist, egocentric young conservative loud-mouth blonde journalist learns a bitter truth in the Texas desert About the cover collage: I created the cover to serve as a proper and just introduction. There were no words I could really say that others had not expressed more effectively. I let them speak for me and this collection.