Books published by publisher MS Creations

This ghost story from Bram Stoker Award winner Steve Burt is set at the Pemaquid Point lighthouse. It is a single short story excerpted from the author's 13-story collection Wicked Strange. Many of Burt's shorter ghost stories (this is a long one) are used for campfires and classrooms. His FreeKs thrillers about psychic teen detectives have won 30 international awards, including the Florida Book Festival grand prize and the New England Book Festival Award.

To her Guardian Angel’s absolute embarrassment, her “Charge,” teenage Vivie, dies while texting and driving. Susan, a film-noir fan and wannabe writer, who passed over in the early 1960s as a teenager herself, must get Vivie away from the accident site before she dissipates. But since Vivie recognized Susan’s existence only once when Vivie was 13, and only then thinking it was her recently deceased pet rabbit, Petunia, this will take some doing.As Susan and Vivie work their way through the many challenges facing them, the annoying George keeps popping up unannounced and very much unwelcome.An absolutely hilarious journey through the Afterlife.

Swift Walker's speedy legs take him on a journey across the continents to see all the oceans of the world. Join Swift Walker as he races along the Arctic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Antarctic Ocean, and the Atlantic Ocean, and still make it home in time for dinner. "Wow," he said. "Amazing!" Swift Walker introduces kids to the continents, maps, and basic geography concepts with a fun character they can relate to. Swift Walker books are perfect for home, school, and homeschoolers. Each book contains maps and large, colorful illustrations. Parents love the facts. Kids love the adventure.

2005 Independent Publisher Award (Ippy) honorable mention for Young Adult dark fiction.What do these things have in common? A Maine backwater. A tattoo artist who uses psychic power rather than ink. A cave so thick with butterflies you can't breathe. Twins with remote vision and remote hearing. A summer camp from hell. Fireplace ghosts asking for help. They're all stories from the weird imagination of Bram Stoker Award-winning author Steve Burt. Wicked Odd is the fourth in the Stories to Chill the Heart series of bizarre collections. (Odd Lot, Even Odder, Oddest Yet are the others).

At not quite fifteen, Stefan's father finally let him board the longship, Sja Vinna, to take part in his first Viking raid. Yet, the battle was not at all what he expected, and he soon found himself alone and stranded in Scotland.Thirteen-year-old Kannak's situation was just as grave. Her father deserted them and the only way to survive, she decided, was to take a husband over her mother's objections. Instead, she found herself hiding a hated Viking, and that wasn't the only problem - someone was plotting to kill the clan's beloved laird.

There was a time when the Carbollo and the Mobbox children played together in the grasslands, tossing stones, foot racing, and solving riddles – all designed to prepare them for the days of the seven bells. Yet, when the Carbollo grew suspicious of the Mobbox, the adults no longer allowed it. Had it not been so, Raxton Carbollo and Nerratel Mobbox might have become fast friends. Instead, they were destined to be resolute rivals.

Winner of the 2012 Mom's Choice Award, the 2012 Halloween Book Festival Award, and 6 others. The FreeKs are back so, naturally, trouble’s not far behind. Several of the kids have returned—a year older and more adept with their paranormal skills. There’s also a hot new guy, Damon. When he sees Atlanta, with her streaked hair and body piercings, you don’t have to be psychic to feel the electricity. Just as the group gathers, a body is discovered under bizarre circumstances. It looks like suicide, but when the ghosts from last year show up with a strange ethereal companion, the FreeKs and their adult mentors have to conclude it’s a murder. And they’re being drawn into it. It’s out of the frying pan into the fire when the murderer targets two at FreeK Camp for abduction and murder. But why these two? As the victims are taken, new talents and an assist from an unexpected ally all come into play. But the sun is coming up and time is running out. Available in print, ebook, and audio book read by actress Melissa Epp.

Winner of the 2010 Mom's Choice Award, Moonbeam Children's Book Award, and the London, Paris, NY, Hollywood, San Francisco, and New England Book Awards for Young Adults. Free Camp, which somehow became known as FreeK Camp, is for special kids. But just how special most people will never know. Two vans are on their way to the camp in rustic New England, their passengers just starting to get acquainted. One van makes it. The other mysteriously disappears. Now each group of kids must bond together to discover and use their paranormal and psychic powers. The lives of one group literally depend on it. Part mystery thriller, part detective story, part sci-fi, "FreeK Camp" is all hold-your-breath-I-didn’t-see-that-coming adventure. Available in print, ebook, and audio book read by actress Melissa Epp.

Mulch the Lawnmower, written and illustrated by Scott Nelson, is a story about a trusty push mower named Mulch. Dependable and diligent, Mulch did his job with pride. But one day, Mulch was presented with an assignment larger than life, mowing an entire baseball field by himself. Was he confident that he could do it? Or would he let his owner and himself down? Read this enjoyable story about how Mulch uses his determination and positive attitude to complete his task and be part of a winning team! Vibrant and cheerful illustrations.

From Foreword Magazine's 2004 Children's Book of the Year Finalist Stephen Heigh comes the heartwarming story of The Snowman in the Moon. Beautifully illustrated, Snowman's panoramic outdoor scenes capture the interest and imagination of children of all ages and the inner child in all of us. The story center around a town that has longed for a big snowfall for years without seeing one. One night, as two children are gazing up at the moon wishing for it to snow, the Snowman in the Moon appears to them. They know at that moment something magical is about to happen. However, when they tell their friends and neighbors what they saw, no one believes them. But that evening the Snowman in the Moon visits Woodstream County and blankets the land with a beautiful soft snow. The town discovers the beauty and magic of this special snowfall. "If you believe, all things are possible."