First published in 1998, Four Stories is the first short story collection written by Marcus McGee, a favorite for readers who appreciate the author's twisted humor. The stories are loosely autobiographical and center on issues involving family life. Yet they illustrate how political family life can become at times. The Felinicide, for example, is an examination of the death penalty, wherein the protagonist is a cat. The three remaining stories are Dick, The Doctress and Nero. The author has also included Black Bertha, a poem composed in trochaic octameter, an homage to Poe, his favorite writer, remniscent of The Raven. 240 pages

Four Stories

Literature & Fiction

McGee, Marcus

Short Stories & Anthologies

Pegasusbooks

THE GREATEST SERIAL MURDER ARTIST OF ALL TIME? While investigating a murder crime scene, San Francisco police find a letter addressed to the highly-respected and clever Inspector Deuteronomy Saint Claire, who is at odds with the city's top brass for not sharing information over a career of twelve years. The letter is from a serial killer who tells Saint Claire that, despite being dead and in a grave for the last twelve days, he will murder seven people over the next thirty days. Because the planned murders are interdependent, with each killing setting off the next, the killer dares the secretive detective to either stop him or proclaim his genius to the world. Former Berkeley criminal psychology professor Saint Claire, convinced the letter is from the same killer who murdered his son, cautiously accepts the premise and the challenge. By preventing any one of the planned murders, Saint Claire can interrupt the sequence and save lives, but only if the killer's claim to murder from the grave is true. Using clues from the letter and crime scenes, the detective is determined to defeat the killer, and if his instincts prove true, solve the murder of his son.

Murder from the Grave

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

It's the story of a lurid murder in San Francisco. The case of Jordan Alexander, the accused socialite, would have never gone to trial if district attorney Peter Granucci hadn't been preparing to run for mayor. Granucci choses Destiny Mitchell, a young black woman, to prosecute Jordan, the mayor's best friend, in this difficult and highly publicized case. Jordan is accused of brutally murdering his wife in her Pacific Heights home. He denies any involvement and suggests that his wife was murdered by black gang members. It is a case that no one, including Granucci, believes Destiny can win. The shocking conclusion comes 14 years later in a dramatic courtroom showdown. Disturbingly violent at times, sexy, racially-charged and full of intrigue, "Legal Thriller" is perfectly set to be the next legal genre blockbuster.

Legal Thriller

Pegasus Books

McGee's second short-story collection contains some of his favorite works, including "The Club, Synchronicity, Mister Peacock, Til Death Do Us Part," and three blank verse parables, "Coat of Black, The Thinking Man," and "The Crab Story."

Synchronicity

United States

In the moment American President Joseph Whitmore announces that Nostradamus, an 8-mile-wide metallic asteroid is on a collision course with Earth, the world is forever changed. Scientists predict that up to 95% of all life will perish in fire, flood and the resulting cosmic winter. Humans will cease to exist. As the world reacts to Whitmore’s ominous revelation, chaos ensues—moral depravity, starvation, terrorism, governmental collapse—and yet hope endures. Robert E. Lee, the leader of America’s consolidated militias, rejects the notion of a pending asteroidal impact. He accuses the federal government of duplicity, suggesting some covert, diabolical motive for the announcement. He and followers in Wyoming proclaim secession from the United States. Initially dismissed as paranoia, Lee’s seeds of distrust sprout in America as many begin to suspect that President Whitmore, Jett Turner, his Machiavellian National Security Advisor, and the Trilateral Commission, a powerful secret society, have a hidden agenda. In an underground fortress in Colorado’s Sangre di Cristo Mountains, scientist Don Smock heads the government’s secret Lazarus Project. Smock hopes to launch an ark containing 44 humans in cold stasis into outer space. At the end of cosmic winter, the ark will return humans to Earth. Geneticist Isabel Benoit will ensure the future human population will be superior to the one that perished. Animals, plants and other life forms are to be cryogenically preserved in the underground refuge, awaiting reintroduction by humans into Earth’s biosphere. Spiritual persons sense a higher design. Religious interpretation is varied. Adventists see the asteroid’s approach as the second coming of Christ. Some see it as Judgment Day, wherein the good will be raptured instantly to heaven and the wicked will be burned on Earth. Minister Jonah Williams believes that if we exercise faith, God may yet save us at the last possible moment. Others accept the event as the completion of an ageless cosmic cycle. Finally, there are a few who pursue truth. Davis Franklin is the computer expert charged with developing the software for the government’s Lazarus Project computers. In a world growing more chaotic as the days count down, Davis and friends desperately seek the truth that will either save the world or forever damn it.

The Last Year

The author of Four Stories, The Last Year and Legal Thriller is back withhis most recent collection of short stories.

The Silk Noose

Humor & Satire

It's the story of a lurid murder in San Francisco. The case of Jordan Alexander, a socialite, would have never gone to trial if district attorney Peter Granucci hadn't been preparing to run for mayor. Granucci chooses Destiny Mitchell, a young black woman, to prosecute Jordan, the mayor's best friend, in this difficult and highly publicized case. Jordan is accused of brutally murdering his ex-wife in her Pacific Heights home. He denies any involvement and suggests his wife was murdered by black hoodlums. It is a case that no one, including Granucci, believes Destiny can win. The shocking conclusion comes 14 years later in a dramatic courtroom showdown. Disturbingly violent at times, sexy, racially-charged and full of intrigue, Legal Thriller will forever change the way readers evaluate trial and judgment.

Contemporary

"Mommy, There's A Little Boy Under My Bed!" is the story of a little monster, Markie, who is terrifed that there is a little boy hiding under his bed. The story is about how children fear and distrust people and things that are different, but in the most important ways, we are all the same. It is a lesson even parents sometimes need to learn.

Mommy, There's A Little Boy Under My Bed! (English and Spanish Edition)

History & Criticism

"Mamita, Hay Un Ninito Debaja di Mi Cama!"is the story of a little monster, Markito, who is terrifed that there is a little boy hiding under his bed. The story is about how children fear and distrust people and things that are different, but in the most important ways, we are all the same. It is a lesson even parents sometimes need to learn.

Mamita, Hay Un Ninito Debajo de Mi Cama! (Spanish Edition)

The President announces the imminent approach of an asteroid that will end all life on Earth and bring about cosmic winter. America and the world react as governments collapse, wary militia groups rally to secede in the mid-West and scientists propose to launch Life Ark, a project that will preserve humans in stasis in space. Part One of THE LAST YEAR TRILOGY.

Shadow in the Sky

Thrillers & Suspense

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Four Stories

Murder from the Grave

Legal Thriller

Synchronicity

The Last Year

The Silk Noose

Legal Thriller

Mommy, There's A Little Boy Under My Bed! (English and Spanish Edition)

Mamita, Hay Un Ninito Debajo de Mi Cama! (Spanish Edition)

Shadow in the Sky