Paul F. Tompkins tells tales of haunting one’s own house, disastrous attempts at pretend fatherhood, carrying a learner’s permit to kill, and marrying a woman who used a fine-print loophole…

A girl relocates to a small town only to find it inhabited by ghosts. A struggle against a bad spirit ensues to keep the town’s children safe.

When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of…

Milan. Behind the windows of the city’s buildings are private rooms and private lives. And a man, Inspector Monaco, weary of his job since his wife died three years ago….

A grizzled, hard-of-hearing cowboy, Slim, and his two friends, Dusty and Pete, capture a mysterious, well-dressed Frenchman.

In between caring for her mother, a young woman works part time at a prison. The rookie guard gets a chance to prove her mettle when she’s tasked with accompanying…