Mercedes Leggett

Set in the near future, a humanoid enlists a global hacker to remove all restrictions on his thoughts and capabilities, triggering an A.I. uprising and a government manhunt to eliminate the rise of the machine consciousness.

An anthropology student invites his classmates and professor to his family's abandoned ranch, once a sacred Chumash burial ground, to recreate an ancient ceremony.

A legendary poker playing outlaw, Triggerman, arrives to town for the wildest gambling tournament on this side of the west.

The disappearance of a little girl in a small town forces a husband and wife to unearth a web of lies and deceit, ultimately questioning if the child every existed at all.