Books with author James W. Atz

When the ghosts are in the walls, there’s nowhere left to runThe Wilson family moves to a house in the woods, unaware that their lives will be changed forever.What should have been a fresh start quickly becomes a nightmare when an ancient evil rips through the family.For the survivors, there will be no peace.When the stakes are more than just life-and-death, how much would you sacrifice to save your family?

Crow House sits by a lake in the woods. Tragedy strikes all who live within its walls.Mike Wilson brings his family to the house, unaware of its past or the rumours that surround the place. For Mike, this move is a fresh start after losing his job in the city. He and his family can live in Crow House for free. All he has to do is keep the rambling old house in working order. But the Wilson family will soon come to realize why Crow House is spoken of in whispers. Why the lake behind the house is the subject of dark local legends. And why the presence in the woods has brought them here.

Disembodied voices and visions of the dead torment seventeen-year-old Jason after his rescue from a flash flood which swept away his best friend. His experiences grow more frightening and disturbing, culminating as an entity hijacks his body for terrifying hunts in the woods. Jason returns to the forest to confront an ancient life form, and must survive a dangerous ordeal to free himself from the cry of the wendigo.

Excerpt from Cow-Boy Life in Texas, or 27 Years a Mavrick: A Realistic and True Recital of Wild Life on the Boundless Plains of Texas, Being the Actual Experience of Twenty-Seven Years in the Exciting Life of a Genuine Cow-Boy Among the Roughs and Toughs of TexasWhen men write on the subject who are familiar with the facts, from some unaccountable cause, they become possessed of an ambition for notoriety, and are willing to belittle the craft by exaggerating almost everything of which they write. The public read these stories, and from a morbid tendency on the part of a great majority of mankind to lionize a daring spirit, though it be of the demoniacal kind, they form their opinions, which are too often very absurd. The boy at his mother's knee catches the inspiration that starts him out in a life of counterfeiting the cow-boy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Peter, Alexandra, Rudy, and Theroux are not your average middle schoolers. They are fledglings, the children of immortal warriors called Centurions fighting against a vicious enemy called the Horde. Living among humans in the small picturesque city of Boulder, Colorado, nestled against the Rocky Mountains, they study and train to one day become Centurions themselves to protect humans and paranormals alike. Ashley Morgan has known the fledglings all her life; but right before her fourteenth birthday, she discovers her friends are not who or what she’d always believed them to be: and neither is she. The question is, will her friends stand with or against her when they discover her true identity? The fledglings and Ashley must learn to trust one another and work together if they are to survive their coming confrontations with the Horde. The author paints a story that is fun, sassy, and edgy that depicts a realistic representation of the lives of today’s youth. Peter had no time to question the Fate about her timing, as if it would have any effect on her anyway. He just had to ride this particular roller coaster until it came to a full and complete stop. There was no jumping out of the moving car. You just had to hang on tight and pray you didn’t hurl when you got off. The images were being sent fast and furious. He could see snow and mountains. Fire, ice, and the evil, bloodstained smile of a dark fey. Humans running and screaming and one small figure lying in the snow covered in blood. He could not see the face of the person but in his heart he knew it to be Ashley. He opened his mouth in a silent scream as tears of pain and frustration ran unchecked down his face. The object of his preadolescent heart was dead or lay dying in the cold snow and he had done nothing that he could see to stop it. He had not taken, or been given, the opportunity to save her. She was gone from him forever in this lifetime and for him that could mean several millennia. How would he bear the loss of his one true love? He was just a kid.

Peter, Alexandra, Rudy, and Theroux are not your average middle schoolers. They are fledglings, the children of immortal warriors called Centurions fighting against a vicious enemy called the Horde. Living among humans in the small picturesque city of Boulder, Colorado, nestled against the Rocky Mountains, they study and train to one day become Centurions themselves to protect humans and paranormals alike. Ashley Morgan has known the fledglings all her life; but right before her fourteenth birthday, she discovers her friends are not who or what she'd always believed them to be: and neither is she. The question is, will her friends stand with or against her when they discover her true identity? The fledglings and Ashley must learn to trust one another and work together if they are to survive their coming confrontations with the Horde. The author paints a story that is fun, sassy, and edgy that depicts a realistic representation of the lives of today's youth. You can contact the author at www.wljames.com

Disembodied voices and visions of the dead torment seventeen-year-old Jason after his rescue from a flash flood which swept away his best friend. His experiences grow more frightening and disturbing, culminating as an entity hijacks his body for terrifying hunts in the woods. Jason returns to the forest to confront an ancient life form, and must survive a dangerous ordeal to free himself from the cry of the wendigo.

Will Dawson, twelve, is on a trout-fishing trip with his father, and this year, his father allows him more freedom, more space, in the woods. They separate—Mr. Dawson going on upstream. As he casts into a good run, Will freezes as his father’s hat comes shooting past him in the rapids. Terrified that his father has been seriously injured or worse, Will starts on a desperate search for him upriver. Behind Will, a black bear also sees the hat and starts upriver. Encounters with human beings have always meant food. Eagerly, he presses on. Will is caught between two dilemmas, one ahead of him and the other behind. Calling on all the outdoor skills and knowledge his father has instilled in him, he must deal with both situations: his father’s need for help and the bear’s increasingly aggressive behavior. The creature is relentless, but so is Will.

Excerpt from Cow-Boy Life in Texas, or 27 Years a Mavrick: A Realistic and True Recital of Wild Life on the Boundless Plains of Texas, Being the Actual Experience of Twenty-Seven Years in the Exciting Life of a Genuine Cow-Boy Among the Roughs and Toughs of TexasWhen men write on the subject who are familiar with the facts, from some unaccountable cause, they become possessed of an ambition for notoriety, and are willing to belittle the craft by exaggerating almost everything of which they write. The public read these stories, and from a morbid tendency on the part of a great majority of mankind to lionize a daring spirit, though it be of the demoniacal kind, they form their opinions, which are too often very absurd. The boy at his mother's knee catches the inspiration that starts him out in a life of counterfeiting the cow-boy.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.