Taken from the text on the back cover - You've seen her before. Perhaps your best friend is dating her, getting himself into debt by taking her out to fancy restaurants and buying her expensive gifts. Yet you see her for what she is... Or maybe he's the guy who has perfectly good excuses for not finding a job, so he lets his live-in girlfriend support them. She works hard to keep a roof over their head and food on the table...and in the meantime, she's running herself ragged emotionally and financially. Of course you know people like this. Everybody knows at least one. They're not who you think they are. They are charismatic, sexually attractive, and they'll completely drain you emotionally, financially, and physically. And then they'll move on to the next person. Don't let that next person be you. They're not human. They're something else...something too terrifying to imagine...

The Beloved

J. F. Gonzalez

Midnight Library

A man wanted for the murder of his young son takes a woman hostage in her home and realizes she's hiding her own dark secret. In a glimpse of a possible future, a young girl must survive by her instincts if she wants to eat and keep a roof over her head. A college student realizes the invisible thing creating havoc throughout the world is a direct result of not sticking up for the most picked-on kid in school who also happened to be a scientific genius. A man begins to realize his new job isn't all that's cracked up to be when his boss begins demanding things most employers wouldn't ask from their employees. And a man who is a victim of spousal abuse finds the answer to his problem lies in a unique Internet search engine—but the price to pay may be more than he can handle... Screaming to Get Out &amp; Other Wailings of the Damned marks J. F. Gonzalez's fourth official full-length short story collection and spans over ten years of work. With an introduction and story notes by the author, the stories in this volume range from quiet tales of unease and cosmic nightmares, to tales of psychological suspense and SF dystopia. Screaming to Get Out &amp; Other Wailings of the Damned is J. F. Gonzalez's most varied collection of short fiction to date.

Screaming to Get Out & Other Wailings of the Damned

Literature & Fiction

Gonzalez, J.F.

Genre Fiction

Michelle Dowling found her dream job. The offer on her desk from Corporate Financial Consultants included a figh five figure salary, generous benefits and cushy perks. Finally, after escaping the psychological abuse of an emotionally cold mother and a series of dead-end jobs she could start planning a future with her fiance, Donald. However, Michelle forgot the cardinal rule for any job offer; always read the fine print. She really should have gotten more details about her overtime hours, company policies, and exactly what they meant when they said "Welcome to the Corporate Financial Family". Michelle isn't afraid of hard work. She's a dedicated employee, the kind any manager would want for his firm. But this Corporation requires much more than just dedication...

The Corporation

You've seen her before. Perhaps somebody you know is dating her, getting himself into debt by taking her out to fancy restaurants and buying her expensive gifts. Yet you see her for what she really is. \nElizabeth Weaver saw it in her brother Ronnie's new girlfriend, Diana. Something about the woman rubbed Elizabeth the wrong way. She refused to get a job and help Ronnie around the house, and seemed to bask in the attention and expensive gifts he showered her with. And as Ronnie began neglecting the rest of his family, they finally took notice, only Elizabeth saw what the others didn't - that Diana wasn't quite human. \nAnd neither were her children.\nDon Grant has tracked the creature for years, ever since it turned his wife into something barely more than a living zombie. He's traced its history through the centuries. It feeds off our lust for it, the violence it goads us into creating, and it grows stronger and more seductive with each new victim. Now Don has caught up with it and he has to stop it fast, or the nightmare will be unleashed on a whole new family.\nMidnight Library is proud to present the Author's Preferred and Uncut edition of The Beloved.

Mark Wiseman thought he had his curse under control. He thought he&#8217;d kept it secret.\nHe was wrong.\nBernard Roberts is a wealthy, influential man, and he knows all about the curse that runs through Mark&#8217;s veins. He knows how Mark&#8217;s parents were killed eight years ago. If Mark wants Bernard to keep this knowledge to himself, he&#8217;ll have to do what Bernard wants. He&#8217;ll have to use his curse to kill. \nBut if Mark Wiseman begins to lose control of the curse, he will lose everything he has: his life and freedom, and the woman he loves.

Shapeshifter

They walk among us unnoticed, unassuming. A year after the auto accident that killed his wife, Vince Walters is finally beginning to move forward with his life. With the support of friends, he's digging back into his career and even beginning to date again. When his estranged mother, Maggie Walters, is murdered, Vince is stunned by the hideous nature of the crime. Maggie lived a quiet life in a small, rural, Pennsylvania town, attending church, reading the Bible, and subscribing to an increasingly paranoid view of the End Times as prophesied in The Book of Revelations. Her brutal killing, which bears all the signs of being related to a sinister satanic cult, is inexplicable given her life of faith. However, a visit from a childhood playmate confirms what Vince is beginning to uncover about his mother's past: that she was involved with a cult during his early childhood, but later defected and went into hiding with him. As hard as Maggie worked to bury her dark past, it seems that they found her. Now they've found Vince. And this time, they are not going to give him up. They have plans for him.

They

When the murder investigation of eleven-year old Raul Valesquez is re-opened after the conviction of his alleged killer is overturned, Danny Hernandez contacts a long-lost neighborhood friend. Twenty-eight years ago, Danny and Jerry Valdez were teenagers when Raul Valesquez was killed. Raul was once the neighborhood bully. Danny is afraid of what the police might find in this new investigation. When one of the detectives on the case turns out to be an old high school friend of Danny&rsquo;s, the case takes an unexpected twist into police and government corruption.\nA coming-of-age thriller, Bully touches on the themes of friendship, loyalty, and revenge. Midnight Library is proud to present the Author&rsquo;s Preferred and Corrected edition of what many readers have long thought to be one of J. F. Gonzalez&rsquo;s strongest novels.

Bully

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The Beloved

Screaming to Get Out & Other Wailings of the Damned

The Corporation

The Beloved

Shapeshifter

They

Bully