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Stories by: ChristopherSchmitz
10 stories
Wolf of the Tesseract
A demon set her house on fire... with Claire still inside.Inferno monsters aren't the worst of it. Her archaeologist father is missing, and after the Feds confirm suspicions of a bigfoot serial killer. And there are the lizard people, too-and they'll stop at nothing to get Claire.Here I thought my college years were supposed to be fun?When her father's oldest friend, an elderly language professor, decodes a primeval text, Claire learns the cultists believe there is magic in her veins. Only her blood has the power to unleash an ageless evil and allow those chasing her to breach a gate that must never be opened. Claire's only hope is to learn the secrets of a mysterious artifact that can alter reality. The Tesseract. But it's guarded ancient protectors: the Vangandra. The Wolves.If the cultists catch her, they'll end all existence... but Claire is sick of running.
Dekker's Dozen: The Last Watchmen
When a demon-possessed tree tries to impose its will on the universe, the future turns dark. But what does Dekker want? The leader of the only mercenary squad capable of standing in the enemy's way would be content if his ex-girlfriend and business partner promised not to stab him again. As he and his eleven teammates track down the intergalactic assassin who stalked his family for generations, they encounter Ezekiel, a mysterious man claiming to be a time-traveler and ancient prophet. Ezekiel claims Dekker will responsible for the annihilation of all reality--but worse, he knows all of Dekker's secrets: that he wields an ancient, celestial weapon, was once married to a terrorist, and is the last member of the Watchmen--an ancient secret society with one purpose. At Ezekiel's insistence, and with a super-weapon in the hands of warring armies, Dekker and his team must do the unthinkable to prevent the Sun's annihilation before his archenemy can bring what Ezekiel calls "the divine engines of reality" to a grinding halt--breaking all of existence--destroying all that is, will be, and ever was! Steampunk time-travel, cyborg ninjas, plant-spore-controlled unicorn zombies, a deep-space plague, ghost warships, alien cat-people, living planets, and star destroying Hassidic superweapons converge in one epic, but doomed, timeline. Free ebook prequel available now! Download for Kindle/Nook, etc. Dekker's Dozen: A Waxing Arbolean Moon is available on Kindle- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01EKP7IGY Nook- http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dekkers-dozen-christopher-d-schmitz/1123682851 all others- https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/631408 #featured
Wolves of the Tesseract: Taking of the Prime
A prequel comic book for Wolf of the Tesseract (book 1 in the Wolves of the Tesseract series). Magic, mayhem, mythic battles, werewolves, and reptilians! See the Rise of the dread Sorcerer Nitthogr and the creation of the Vangandran werewolves!
The Kakos Realm: Grinden Proselyte
An evil arch-mage sends a kill squad led by his Wyvern Rider to collect the heads of Rashnir and his loved ones. How long can the growing band of outcasts survive in the face of temptation and bloody assassination attempts by their secretive enemies? What is the significance of Tartarus, and how did Kelsa reach out from beyond the grave unless other, unknown players have hands they are playing from the dark?As a new power shatters the old ways, adherents to the Luciferian Order forge even darker alliances in efforts to eradicate this one inescapable truth: fire and judgment are coming.Book II, Rise of the Dragon Impervious is now out! check out more at http://www.authorchristopherdschmitz.com/
Guide to Opening Kindle eBooks (.mobi) Not Purchased on Amazon
As a writer and reader you might find yourself reading or sharing ebooks that have been saved in Amazon Kindle's .mobi format. I do this all the time when reading a book for a fellow author in the promise of leaving a review on Amazon or Goodreads. But maybe you've gotten that .mobi file emailed to you and after you open your Android Kindle App you suddenly have this thought, "How the heck do I open this thing in Kindle?"
Father of the Esurient Child
Detective Franklin Monroe isn't easily disturbed by much and always finds the thread of logic in every case. He is certainly less prone to superstition than his partner, Hugo. When they follow up on a lead from an aging DCS case after an elderly caregiver dies, they don't expect much based on her mental condition. Her final days were spent raving of demonic activity. But inside the home, every inch of her dilapidated house challenges Franklin's unshakeable faith in the empiric. As they discover room after room filled with bodies, the detectives are compelled to investigate and discover answers for two questions. What happened to Kayla Adams? And what kind of hell was unleashed inside the old Woodson mansion?Father of the Esurient Child was originally published in Fear & Trembling Mag (Feb 2008) and was revised/expanded into a novelette in 2016
The Last Black Eye of Antigo Vale
When Antigo, an orphan, finds a corpse he is convinced of the Skekstatsiis's return! Village elders write it off as a delusion, or worse: a plot by the Trade League to disrupt the illiac harvest-not the mythic monsters Antigo's ancestors vanquished. Only Bersham, the old crone who raised Antigo, believes him. Together they must stop the Skekstatsiis before they can feed upon the souls of the Vale.The Last Black Eye of Antigo Vale is something of a prequel/origin story/novelette in The Kakos Realm fantasy series and was originally published in Sorcerous Signals, May/July 2009. This book is available on Amazon, Smashwords, Audible, and many other platforms.
Shadows of a Superhero
The Light is his city's patron superhero. As his sidekick, Red-Zach Redinger, is suddenly thrust into a world without his champion after the mighty TL falls to a mysterious super-powered madman known only as Black. Now Red, a speedster named Janet, and Franklin (The Light's wheelchair-bound former side-kick,) must find Black and prevent his horrible plans from coming to fruition. If they can't pinpoint this maniac before his doomsday weapon is activated tomorrow might not come for anyone. The sidekicks' plan is full of problems: Red doesn't have any real powers, Janet can't admit her secret love for Zach, and the deeper Franklin digs, the more he's convinced that Black isn't real-but that their enemy is somehow closer than any could ever expect.
The TGSPGoSSP 2-Part Trilogy
The TGSPGoSSP stands for The Gilgalesh Satire Players Guild of Satirical Satire Players. Imagine if Monty Python's Flying Circus lived in your head or you were a cynical curmudgeon (like a cross between a broke Donald Trump and Clint Eastwood's character from Gran Torino) but weren't mean enough to actual articulate the thoughts about people that sometimes amble through your head, begging to be voiced. That sort of lampooning might migrate to the fingers and be printed, rather than vocalized... and remember there's a difference between libel and slander-they are separate crimes according to the law.Let me tell you who they TGSPGoSSP are: a bunch of imaginary friends who live inside my head and keep me just inside the thin line that separates the foil-hat basket-weavers from the asylum admin. Yes, I have imaginary friends... and half of them even like me.These "friends" act out the stories in dark humor fashion as they mock everything I love and help me laugh at myself. If they hurt your feelings... well, you'll have to take it up with them.
Piano of the Damned
Cedric "Sudsey" Mervin could feel the weight of his secret life-heavy like the wound, steel garrote that tightened around his neck. Being a gay man in the 1940s was not easy, and made even less easy with the paparazzi from those yellow rags hounding his every move.When a zealous journalist discovers Sudsey's carnal bent and blackmails him on the verge of playing the New Year's Eve Countdown, the popular pianist finds himself renewing acquaintances from the old neighborhood in order to raise needed funds and protect his secret-a situation that entangles him deep within a web of crime, deceit, and a powerful mafia family and binds his destiny to a rare piano that has already claimed the souls of everyone who ever owned it.Piano of the Damned is a novelette by Christopher D Schmitz and was originally published in the anthology Ransom, Give Me What I Want and I'll Go Away (Maybe) [2011 Wicked East Press]. This crime-noir is available on Amazon, Smashwords, Audible, and many other platforms.