Twenty-two year old Kelsey Porter has dedicated her life to avenging the death of her parents, murdered in their quest to find the mystical land of Xanadu. Before she can locate the murderers, she has to discover their motives for the brutal crime and finds herself at the epicenter of a Buddhist mystery as old as time. With the help of her companion, Detective Desmond Gisborne, she hunts the killers across the globe and discovers a darkness in her spiritual past that tests the very limits of her soul. Soon she realizes that it is not she who is doing the hunting, but the one being hunted. Kelsey must find a way to survive, while ancient demons attempt to destroy her.

The Hunt for Xanadu (The Kelsey Porter Series)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Salpeter, Elyse

Thrillers & Suspense

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Seventeen year old Michael Anderson and his Deaf kid brother, Danny, find themselves in mortal danger after their parents are kidnapped. Michael discovers Danny has a special gift—he knows what happens after a person dies—and now others want to know too. The brothers must outwit and outrun Samuel Herrington, a lethal biophysicist, the FBI, and even fellow Americans in a harrowing cross-country chase, because whoever gets to Danny first will have the power to rule the world.

Flying to the Light

An evil black mass has burst through Danny Anderson’s nightmares to attack him in broad daylight. If it weren’t for his birds, he would have died. Danny soon realizes that this monster is not coming for him, but for his little sister, Katie...because while he looks up to a place of light and peace, Katie looks down into realms of darkness and cruelty. Time is running out. The monster grows stronger with each attempt to steal Katie away to these dark dimensions, forcing Danny into the fight of his life to save his sister--before she is lost to him forever.

Flying to the Fire (The Flying Series)

Literature & Fiction

In the deep woods of California, there’s an old decaying mansion with a terrible secret. When any enter its doors, the house claims them, propelling them to a land in a different reality, run by a man who calls himself, the Preacher. If you play by his rules, you live a life of luxury, but if you displease him? With a flick of his wrist, you are transformed into a living doll, a mannequin, and there is no escape… until the madman is done playing with you.

The Mannequins

Genre Fiction

Why does her past keep haunting her? Kelsey finally avenged the death of her parents and thought she’d have some peace. But peace does not come easily. A stranger from her past appears at her doorstep, asking for help. And it has to do with her parents. Now she must travel to Egypt. What secrets were her parents hiding? And will they explain why she’s having nightmares again? She needs to know more and the only way is to confront her demons and solve a mystery as old as time. But will it get her killed? Readers will enjoy this fast paced thriller, steeped in Buddhist spiritual mysteries and mixed with Egyptian lore. Get it now.

The Quest of the Empty Tomb (The Kelsey Porter Series)

Terrifying things are happening to those in Ricket Row. Why do a set of grieving parents dig up a shoebox each week from their son’s grave? Who is that maniacal clown that follows a man home? Why do those teen boys chase after a ghostly girl they’ve never met before? This anthology is packed with tales both psychologically creepy and horrifying. You’ll meet a group of disabled orphans trying to survive a zombie apocalypse and a woman who is getting sicker and sicker, day by day, with no reason why. Or is there? Come enter the horrors of Ricket Row. You’ve been warned.

Ricket Row: an anthology of creepy horror tales

Short Stories & Anthologies

The Call of Mount Sumeru (The Kelsey Porter Series)

The Haunting of Cragg Hill House: Book #4 in the Kelsey Porter Series

How far can you run, until you just can’t run anymore? Seventeen year old Michael Anderson and his kid brother, Danny, find themselves in mortal danger after their parents are kidnapped. Michael discovers Danny has a special gift—he knows what happens after a person dies—and now others want to know too. The brothers must outwit and outrun Samuel Herrington, a lethal biophysicist, the FBI, and even fellow Americans in a harrowing cross-country chase, because whoever gets to Danny first will have the power to rule the world.

Children's Books

Action & Adventure

Cool Well Press

The Search for Starlight (The Kelsey Porter Series)

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The Hunt for Xanadu (The Kelsey Porter Series)

Flying to the Light

Flying to the Fire (The Flying Series)

The Mannequins

The Quest of the Empty Tomb (The Kelsey Porter Series)

Ricket Row: an anthology of creepy horror tales

The Call of Mount Sumeru (The Kelsey Porter Series)

The Haunting of Cragg Hill House: Book #4 in the Kelsey Porter Series

Flying to the Light

The Search for Starlight (The Kelsey Porter Series)