
PEN's Books
begin with two series...
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Appalachian Phantoms
Book 1
First Printed 24 December 2016
Friends from
Bruceton Mills, West Virginia
investigate the unknown.

Unleashed Phantoms
Appalachian Phantoms Book 2:
The Second Wave
First Printed 26 May 2017
The second wave. What remains...

Appalachian Phantoms
Book 3: Series Finale
Otherwise known as Justice:
Appalachian Revenge
First Printed 21 March 2022
Ending the Appalachian Phantoms trilogy. No slow coast to stopping, but some high-speed hairpin turns to a gripping, unexpectedly grim conclusion. Best advice: Read one chapter a day. Let it sink in, marinate for best flavor.

Hobart
Grave Conversations
First Printed 5 October 2015
Reissued 4 June 2018
What goes bump in the night
is only sleeping.

Hobart's Plebe
Transition Immortale
First Printed 24 June 2018
What if you are called and cannot answer, straining lips to move a mouth that dares not speak..! Suppose within your heart’s labored echoes, someone else’s laughter dares to squeak? Steven Ignatius Cooper has much to learn.

followed by
a few anthologies...
Pen Exposed
Collected Short Stories
First printing 9 February 2016
Reissued January 2022
Phoenix Elvis Nicholson's rare tales, some seen here for the very first time.

Double Exposure
Mom's Scrapbook
First Printed 1 July 2016
More short stories from the odd imagination
that gave you Cousin Bertie, Hobart
and PEN Exposed...

Overexposed
Dubious Developments
First Printed 1 July 2016
With this third collection of short stories,
Phoenix finally strips down to bare secrets.

Solitary
Campfire Stories
Dubious Developments
First Printed 30 December 2021
Phoenix's first anthology
entirely composed in Alabama.

Dreams, Nightmares
& Other Jokes
Under Construction

and then some adventures...
No Filter
A Few Days from 300
First Printed 26 April 2019
During a ten month marital hiatus, solace is sought in an unlikely setting, where topics, usually taboo, find open and willing discussion...

Guest Services
Under Construction

Pulpit
Under Construction

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Finally, PEN's collection
ends with the
Original 8-part saga
known as TWS / SNE
(Trilogy White Stone / Sky Not Empty)
Cousin Bertie
Trilogy White Stone (TWS 1)
First Printed 4 November 2014
Search for truth behind family mythology leads John and his sister to revisit a favored childhood vacation locale. The secluded estate of 'Cousin Bertie' in southern Virginia's wooded shoreline has aged gracefully, but perhaps not so its inhabitant. Welcoming them into her house,
she begins filling in the blanks of relatives.

Harry's Haunts
Trilogy White Stone
(TWS 2)
First Printed 12 December 2014
A second visit to Bertie's place is conceived in curiosity. Strange how some so easily forget what it did to that proverbial cat.

Third Time Charmed
Trilogy White Stone
(TWS 3)
First Printed 28 May 2015
Lessons learned, the duo embarks on another road trip, possibly their last. One thing is certain, everything changes permanently this go 'round.

An Exhaustive
White Stone Compendium
Trilogy White Stone
(TWS 3.5)
First Printed 24 June 2018
* * UPDATED - EXPANDED * *
Books 1 - 3 of Trilogy White Stone
plus assorted apocrypha.

Oakland Touchdown
Sky Not Empty 1
(SNE 1 / TWS 4)
First Printed 28 July 2015
Nothing is permanent but change. This time around, everything changes. Permanently...

Journals of Wasted Youth
Sky Not Empty 2
(SNE 2 / TWS 5)
First Printed 17 December 2015
From White Stone to Oakland Manor, John sought ancestry answers. Now, his brother reveals some that John never could have found.

Pirates Wandering
Chronicles
Sky Not Empty 3
(SNE 3 / TWS 6)
First Printed 17 April 2016
The Trilogy White Stone and Sky Not Empty trilogies culminate in a newly discovered book written by Braxton Delaney. Pirates Wandering Chronicles Installment #6 takes the place of Sky Not Empty Book 3 - - -Phoenix found the book in Oakland Manor's attic. Let's take a look at it...

Siblings
Sky Not Empty 4
(SNE 4 / TWS 7)
First Printed 18 May 2018
Concluding
the TWS / SNE saga.
Final episode.
