The Cutters Notch Trilogy & Collection
Book One: Abandon Hope
When 13-year-old Hope Spencer is abducted near her home in Cutters Notch, Indiana, her two best friends embark on a quest to save her. Their desperate journey carries them through a portal into a parallel dimension where they join forces with a trio of forest elves. All the while, Hope, frightened and alone, devises her own daring plan to escape.
Abandon Hope is a genre-crossing fantasy thriller blending elements of crime, horror, fantasy, and the paranormal, carrying the reader along on a fast-paced survival adventure.
Rated PG for elements of horror and some violence.
Teens – Criminals – Portals – Elves – Reindeer – Specters – Parallel Dimensions
Abandon Hope is a genre-crossing fantasy thriller blending elements of crime, horror, fantasy, and the paranormal, carrying the reader along on a fast-paced survival adventure.
Rated PG for elements of horror and some violence.
Teens – Criminals – Portals – Elves – Reindeer – Specters – Parallel Dimensions
Cutters Notch Interludes: A Collection of Short Stories
Five tales from the strange little Hoosier town.
Five tales from the strange little Hoosier town.
Cutters Notch, Indiana may seem to be a sleepy little town, but not everything is always as it seems. These interludes provide you with a glimpse into the sometimes ordinary, but often extraordinary events that pepper everyday life in the tiny community.
Out of the Depths of Abandon: Tim and Traci want an inground pool, so they decide to move the ancient stone with the odd carvings. The results are devastating.
Penny’s Pet Peeve: Penny is peeved at Donald for his callous, inattentive attitude and decides to get a new life.
Linda’s Window: Calvin has been heartbroken for forty years, but his long-lost love returns to her parents’ home next door.
Davy’s Gift: Davy is a smart little boy with parents who are locked in their own domestic battles until a fire on Christmas Eve changes everything.
Rose and the Wooden Box: Sharee is very curious about the strange, mesmerizing necklace Rose is wearing, but curiosity can be a dangerous thing.
Enjoy these forays into the adventures that are everyday life in this small hamlet nestled inside the Hoosier National Forest. The dimensional layers are thin there. You never know what may happen next.
Out of the Depths of Abandon: Tim and Traci want an inground pool, so they decide to move the ancient stone with the odd carvings. The results are devastating.
Penny’s Pet Peeve: Penny is peeved at Donald for his callous, inattentive attitude and decides to get a new life.
Linda’s Window: Calvin has been heartbroken for forty years, but his long-lost love returns to her parents’ home next door.
Davy’s Gift: Davy is a smart little boy with parents who are locked in their own domestic battles until a fire on Christmas Eve changes everything.
Rose and the Wooden Box: Sharee is very curious about the strange, mesmerizing necklace Rose is wearing, but curiosity can be a dangerous thing.
Enjoy these forays into the adventures that are everyday life in this small hamlet nestled inside the Hoosier National Forest. The dimensional layers are thin there. You never know what may happen next.
Book Two: Nozomi's Battle
While Josh and Danny struggle to escape, Hope is in despair, unable to assist them the way they assisted her. She seeks the aid of her elfin friends from the Arboreal Realm where she meets Queen Agahpey Hesed, the mother of her three new, odd friends, Gavin, Gronek, and Smakal.
Meanwhile, another seemingly unrelated drama is unfolding at the Notch Inn Motel and the Robbins Stone Limestone Mine, both owned by Mabel Robbins.
Rick Anders, the new interim sheriff, is tracking down leads and juggling emergencies. Danny Flannery looks manhood square in the eyes. Josh Gillis is faced with a desperate choice. And Hope Spencer finally comes face to face with her disturbed father. Through it all, the evil specter laughs and slurps up the flavors of human pain in the tiny town of Cutters Notch, Indiana.
Meanwhile, another seemingly unrelated drama is unfolding at the Notch Inn Motel and the Robbins Stone Limestone Mine, both owned by Mabel Robbins.
Rick Anders, the new interim sheriff, is tracking down leads and juggling emergencies. Danny Flannery looks manhood square in the eyes. Josh Gillis is faced with a desperate choice. And Hope Spencer finally comes face to face with her disturbed father. Through it all, the evil specter laughs and slurps up the flavors of human pain in the tiny town of Cutters Notch, Indiana.
Book Three: Reckless Abandon
As a dangerous late season storm approaches, fallen elves invade Cutters Notch, determined to open the Ancient Gate to Abandon. Thirteen-year-old Hope Spencer, a favorite of the forest elves, becomes a target of the invaders. Despite the danger, she refuses to hide in safety while her father defends the gate, falling into enemy hands. Meanwhile, Rose Flannery, along with Josh and Danny, fall prey to the criminal, Al Havener, bent on his family’s revenge. Again, all of Cutters Notch erupts at once, leaving the new sheriff, Rick Anders, juggling emergencies and trying his best to protect those he loves.
Teens—Elves—Monsters—Specters—Portals—Criminals—and a Sasquatch
Teens—Elves—Monsters—Specters—Portals—Criminals—and a Sasquatch
New Series
The Purveyor of Death: Doc Moon, Book One
Release Date: September 12, 2024
A young man with amnesia, D.R. (Doc) Moon walks toward Cutters Notch, Indiana at midnight on a warm summer night carrying only a water bottle and a backpack. Inside his bag is a journal containing his only long-term memories. Tired, thirsty, and a little hungry, he’s hoping to find a bed of pine needles to rest. Before reaching the edge of town, he’s struck with a vivid vision of his own bloody death. Per his journal, this has happened before. He survived those, but will he survive this time?
His long-term memory is gone but Doc Moon’s physical skills, enhanced intuition, and paranormal abilities are in full working order as he faces the town bully, falls in love with a local beauty, and works to solve an old mystery. All before his midnight showdown with the Purveyor of Death—an ancient creature out for blood.
The Purveyor of Death is a classic monster thriller that will keep you turning pages and make you hesitate to walk outside alone in the dark of night.
“I enjoyed the story immensely!” – Karen E Laine, cohost of HGTV’s Good Bones
“Awesome plot. I had so much fun editing this book. The story was definitely not predictable. I can’t wait for the next one.” – Sherri Stewart, author & editor
His long-term memory is gone but Doc Moon’s physical skills, enhanced intuition, and paranormal abilities are in full working order as he faces the town bully, falls in love with a local beauty, and works to solve an old mystery. All before his midnight showdown with the Purveyor of Death—an ancient creature out for blood.
The Purveyor of Death is a classic monster thriller that will keep you turning pages and make you hesitate to walk outside alone in the dark of night.
“I enjoyed the story immensely!” – Karen E Laine, cohost of HGTV’s Good Bones
“Awesome plot. I had so much fun editing this book. The story was definitely not predictable. I can’t wait for the next one.” – Sherri Stewart, author & editor