Book cover choice one — a Noir theme. Brad M Frucker. He drops the R’s like a name slid across a metal desk — quiet, intentional, and never taken back.

Book cover choice two — Claire uses the dark web to help, while another skews the darkness.

Book cover choice three — Postale and Kuro. The last of what W@ffle searches for, and the hardest to obtain.

Book cover choice four — Two: simply two.

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Women enroll in an intense crash course promising dominance in corporate America, but when one disappears without a trace, her friend’s search uncovers a twisted world where ambition leads to terrifying consequences. This psychological horror thriller probes self-worth, control, and the dark price of success.

A family traveling to California faces marital turmoil and supernatural interference as benevolent and malevolent spirits vie for control. Their emotional separation becomes haunted and destabilizing, revealing unseen forces shaping their journey toward both horror and self-discovery.

Night shifts blur into hunger, duty, and blood as Dr. Stevens hides what he is while saving those who should already be dead. When Karen stumbles into his orbit, the lines between healer, predator, and protector collapse. Every call becomes a choice between mercy and survival.

A weekend camping trip devolves into something nightmarish when obsession, jealousy, and bad luck collide with the primordial threats of the woods. As danger escalates among friends, both human and animal predators emerge in a desperate fight for survival that becomes nearly impossible to escape.

A dedicated physiotherapist crossing ethical boundaries meets a troubled investigative reporter chasing a pattern of violent crimes. Their intertwined journeys blur justice, obsession, and morality as they uncover disturbing commonalities that defy easy explanation.

Second Chances (First Responder book two.) Nothing stays buried—not bodies, not memories, not the past Amalie shares with the man she still calls Thomas. Alliances form in shadows as old predators resurface and new hunters learn what they are willing to become. Redemption is offered, but it always comes with a cost.

Hemoglobin Insecure (First Responder book three.) Power shifts hands when an offer is made that cannot be refused and a common enemy forces monsters to cooperate. Blood becomes currency, loyalty becomes weaponized, and identity fractures under pressure. What remains of the man must decide if it’s worth saving.

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Dr. Stevens never cared who someone loved, only what they carried inside. Hunger, grief, desire, identity — he took them all without judgment, without preference, without apology.

Labels dissolve in the dark, where need outweighs explanation. In his world, attraction isn’t selective — it’s human, fluid, and unguarded.

Desire doesn’t ask permission, and neither does survival. Dr. Stevens reflects a truth few want to face: monsters don’t discriminate, and neither does fear.

Here, identity is not a weakness or a shield — it simply exists. What matters is connection, consent, and the moment when defenses finally drop.

Inclusion isn’t a statement for him; it’s instinct. Everyone bleeds the same in the end, and everyone is seen.

The First Responder Prestige Series Bible presents a fully realized, psychologically grounded horror drama built for long-form television. Anchored by morally fractured characters, shifting predator–prey dynamics, and an escalating mythology of vampires, hunters, and survivors, the series unfolds with deliberate restraint and mounting dread. Each episode is structured to balance procedural realism with supernatural consequence, allowing the horror to emerge from character choices rather than spectacle alone.

Designed with premium adaptation in mind, the series bible maps character arcs, visual language, thematic progression, and seasonal escalation across multiple installments. It emphasizes intimacy over excess—quiet moments, personal fractures, and emotional violence that linger long after the screen cuts to black. First Responder is positioned as a prestige horror series where survival is never clean, redemption is never free, and every action leaves a psychological scar.

“Monsters Look Like Us” captures the core truth of the world I write in: horror doesn’t arrive with fangs bared or shadows announced—it wears familiar faces, holds everyday jobs, and makes choices we understand all too well. The line reflects a universe where monsters are shaped by trauma, desire, love, and survival, and where the line between human and inhuman is crossed quietly, one rational decision at a time. In First Responder and beyond, the slogan reminds the reader that the most terrifying creatures aren’t hidden in the dark—they’re standing beside us, thinking, feeling, and justifying everything they do.

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A proud member of Readers Circle, engaging with readers who value thoughtful, lasting stories.

Proud top be here!

Some early Readers Circle activity.

A professional book review was commissioned, completed, and submitted for public release.

Honored to be named one of Al Cole’s People of Distinction—a recognition that celebrates purpose-driven work, creative integrity, and voices willing to stand apart.

A member of Goodreads, connecting my work directly with readers who live for stories that linger.

Yup. Another!

Proud to have Destinations Booksellers as the first brick-and-mortar bookstore to carry my work—proof that stories still begin on real shelves, in real hands, in real places.

One of my original banners from Picking Murphys.

Informing the world!

My first book signing at the Roof Top Grill. TY Teia!

Very special to me.

My first delivery arrived today. Ink, paper, and proof that the story made it out of my head and into the world.

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Bereft Reality

Bereft Reality is an introspective psychological horror centered on grief, isolation, and the slow collapse of certainty. Reality fractures subtly at first—small distortions, unreliable memory, moments that don’t align—until the ground beneath the narrative gives way entirely. The protagonist is left to navigate a world that no longer agrees with itself.

This novel explores the aftermath of loss and the danger of unresolved trauma. Horror emerges not from monsters, but from the mind’s attempt to survive unbearable absence. Bereft Reality asks what happens when mourning becomes the environment, and escape is no longer possible.

Picking Murphys

Picking Murphys is a slow-burn descent into isolation, grief, and the danger of quiet places. After a family relocates to a small California town, the landscape itself begins to press inward—mines, forests, and abandoned structures holding memories that refuse to stay buried. What begins as a fresh start becomes an excavation of everything left unsaid.

The novel centers on loss, childhood perception, and the way trauma seeps into ordinary life. The horror here is patient, watching from the tree line and waiting for permission to step forward. Picking Murphys is about what follows you when you move, and what happens when the land remembers you before you remember yourself.

First Responder

First Responder begins as a psychological crime novel and slowly reveals itself as something far more dangerous. Dr. Thomas Stevens works nights as an eating-disorder psychologist, hiding a predatory nature behind discipline, routine, and control. Karen, an EMT with her own scars and rigid moral code, crosses his path by accident—an encounter that draws the attention of Amalie, an ancient vampire who knows Thomas by another name and from another life.

As bodies accumulate and secrets fracture, the story shifts from investigation to exposure. Love, obsession, and survival collide as Karen uncovers the truth, Linda broadcasts it to the world, and Thomas is forced to confront what he is and what he has always been. The novel explores identity, hunger, and the cost of choosing mercy in a world that rewards monsters.

Site 123

Site 123 blends institutional horror with psychological erosion, set in a place designed to contain what should never be studied. Procedures, protocols, and language meant to sanitize the work begin to fail as the truth of the site surfaces. The deeper the investigation goes, the less clear it becomes who is observing whom.

This novel interrogates authority, secrecy, and the illusion of control. As boundaries collapse, the cost of knowledge becomes measurable in blood, memory, and identity. Site 123 is about systems that protect themselves at all costs—and the people they are willing to sacrifice to do so.

They Heinous

They Heinous is a predatory narrative about surveillance, coercion, and power exchanged through fear rather than force. The story follows women navigating manipulation, exploitation, and violence masked as opportunity. Every interaction carries consequence, and consent is distorted by threat and necessity.

The novel examines how control is exerted in plain sight and how compliance is manufactured through desperation. Brutal and unrelenting, They Heinous focuses on survival within systems designed to erase autonomy, and the cost of reclaiming agency when the rules were never fair to begin with.

Second Chances

Second Chances opens in the aftermath, where survival has rewritten the rules and forgiveness is no longer free. Karen is no longer just an EMT, and Thomas is no longer hiding behind the structure of his old life. Amalie reenters with purpose, offering alliance instead of annihilation, binding past sins to future necessity.

This installment is about motion—running east, running from, and running toward. Old enemies surface, new hunters rise, and the lines between predator and protector blur completely. Second Chances is a story of pursuit and uneasy partnership, asking whether redemption is earned, stolen, or simply taken when the alternative is extinction.

Hemoglobin Insecure

Hemoglobin Insecure is the most unflinching chapter, where vulnerability becomes weaponized. Amalie makes Thomas an offer he cannot refuse: hunt a common enemy together, and she will preserve what remains of his humanity. The alliance is brutal, efficient, and deeply personal, stripping both of them down to intent rather than morality.

The novel explores control, dependency, and the terror of survival without illusion. Characters are broken, reshaped, and forced into roles they never wanted but cannot escape. This is a story about bloodlines, psychological fracture, and the cost of staying alive when the world no longer allows innocence.

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You were never meant to survive quietly, and if it takes fire, distance, or starting over to protect yourself, then so be it. Your peace is not cruelty, it is justice. Every shadow you leave behind proves you chose yourself over disappearance.

You do not owe softness to a world that sharpened you. Taking care of yourself is not selfish, excessive, or dramatic; it is the only way you get to keep everything else. The scars you carry are maps, not warnings.

There is no “too far” when you are reclaiming your life. Boundaries that scare others are often the ones that save you. Dark choices made for survival still count as light.

You are not required to bleed to prove your worth. Rest, protection, and self-prioritization are acts of strength, not retreat. Survival with dignity still counts as victory.

The end matters when the end is you standing intact. You don’t need permission to do what keeps you whole. Every decision leaves a psychological footprint—make yours deliberate.

Caring for yourself is not indulgence, it is strategy. Every moment you invest in yourself compounds into power. Darkness is simply clarity without comfort.

You don’t need to be smaller, quieter, or easier to love. You need to be safe, grounded, and unapologetically alive. Anything less is surrender dressed as civility.