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Stephen Wertzbaugher writes supernatural and psychological horror that explores deeper spiritual conflicts; stories where sin, fear, and grief meet the possibility of grace. He weaves his faith into his fiction, exploring what evil is, where redemption can be found, and how light still speaks, even in the darkest story.

He's the author of Quixote and Strangled, part of the Twisted Tales of Familiar Faces collection from M4L Publishing, and Love is a Many Splendored Thing and Tremors, included in the Darkest of Dreams Volume 1 Cryptid Horror anthology, and his debut novel, Redemption, A Cassidy Kain Supernatural Thriller.

Originally from Phoenix, Arizona, Stephen currently lives in Denver, Colorado, with his wife, within spitting distance of their three adult children and two grandchildren. When he's not writing, Stephen enjoys scuba diving, hiking, fishing, and telling terrible dad jokes that still make his children cringe and groan. And, despite everything he knows, he still checks under the bed before turning out the lights.

Follow him into the dark and toward the light at StephenWertzbaugher.com

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Excommunicated. Banned from doing the only thing that gave my life meaning. I had nothing left to live for. Until they took my sister.

Now all that matters is getting her back.

The Shining Man—boss of the Otherkind Crime Syndicate—has claimed her soul, and he’s holding it hostage. In return, he wants me to eliminate a rogue agent of the ancient order tasked with guarding the veil between our world and the Nether Realm. I have forty-eight hours to get it done… or the fragile balance shatters, and war erupts between the Order of the Four and the Otherkind.

With my hellhound beagle and a barely tolerated ally in tow, I’m diving back into a world that chewed me up and spit me out. The streets reek of betrayal, the magic is meaner than ever, and the bodies are already piling up.

My sister’s life and soul are on the line, and this time I’m not asking the Order for permission to get my knuckles bloody.

The Otherkind took the one person I’d burn the world to protect.

Now I’ve got nothing left to prove, and everything left to lose.

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Excommunicated. Banned from doing the only thing that gave my life meaning. I had nothing left to live for. Until they took my sister.

Now all that matters is getting her back.

My sister’s life and soul are on the line, and this time I’m not asking the Order for permission to get my knuckles bloody.

The Otherkind took the one person I’d burn the world to protect.

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