Rick Hearst

One morning, a young man wakes to find that a small, disgusting creature has attached itself to the base of his brain stem. The creature gives him a euphoric state of happiness but demands human victims in return.

Life throws a young baseball player a serious curve ball when he must abandon his college baseball aspirations to deal with a tragedy that puts the fate of his family and their farm in jeopardy.

A rich kid, with a fondness for fast bikes, is blamed when a motorcycle accident puts his best friend in a coma.