by Joe Mynhardt | Apr 8, 2026 | For the Authors, Updates
Author J.M. Heluk won Crystal Lake’s most recent flash contest and has agreed to host. This month’s theme is WHITE COAT FEVER—Tales of Medical Horror.“Drag us into the unsettling world where medicine meets fear. Your challenge is to write a short story...
by Joe Mynhardt | Apr 7, 2026 | Updates
Tell us a bit more about you and where you’re from. Heluk: I’m from the East Coast of the United States where I have been writing since I was a kid. My interests are varied, from collecting oddities and antiquing to lazy beach days. I appear soft glam on the outside...
by Joe Mynhardt | Apr 7, 2026 | Updates
The results are in… 1st: “Vicious” by J. M. Heluk2nd: “Spaghetti” by Tyler Shields3rd: “Sleep Numbers” by A.M.Symes Congrats to these authors. Thank you to everyone who participated, and to those who took the time to read and vote. To read the winning story by J.M....
by Joe Mynhardt | Apr 3, 2026 | Updates
QUESTION NOT MY SALT eBook by Amanda M. Blake is on a 99c Kindle deal until April 10th. Come for Thanksgiving Dinner. Stay for the Feast.Sierra’s first American Thanksgiving promises to be unforgettable when her college roommate, Zoe, invites her to the Samuels...
by Joe Mynhardt | Apr 2, 2026 | Updates
Cover Reveal for book 1 of the Odder, Alaska series: Rituals in the Night written by Jon Cohn. Cover art by David Kovlovsky’. Rituals in the Night will be released August 14th through our YA imprint, Crystal Cove Press. In Odder, Alaska, the night remembers what...
by Joe Mynhardt | Apr 1, 2026 | Updates
Cover reveal for He Who Has Done Evil by Jack Finn. Cover art by Jose Manuel Guyot. He Who Has Done Evil will be released in September 2026.
