Cicada Children

Gabe Gomez is in love with a virgin!In a half-brained scheme characteristic of college kids, Gabe has been going to church with Christina, a devout Catholic, just to get closer to her. Will their friendship and connection be strong enough to overpower their religious differences, or is God not on their side?As ambiguity reigns and Gabe waits for his prayers to be answered, Holy Week becomes a week from hell- but maybe faith, or something else, will bring him salvation?Matthew Atkinson presents an award-winning SHORT STORY from his collection, Cicada Children. The award was first prize in the University of Illinois's undergraduate fiction writing contest, and it won because it's a whirlwind of color, humor, and romance!

Cash Cage hates cicadas and he wants revenge.Not on the cicadas. He just hates them by association because when your beautiful, smart, lovely older sister is murdered by lowlifes during their emergence, that's the sort of trigger someone can hold on to for seventeen years.He was just a kid back then, but now he's a young man. Cash has had one thing droning incessantly on his mind since then: everyone involved in his sister's death must pay.Matthew Atkinson digs up a rip-roaring SHORT STORY from his collection also called Cicada Children. A banger this intense only comes around once every seventeen years, so don't miss it.

Eden's teeth are mysteriously disappearing. One per night, like a nightmare. Her husband Denny's a pretty smart guy- and genre-savvy. But can he figure out what's going on fast enough to stop this runaway train of mutilation?Matthew Atkinson shares a rather creepy SHORT STORY from his collection, Cicada Children. Open wide, because it's a lot to take in.

Gabe Gomez is ready to party.In case you can't remember what those drunken, sleazy, late-night parties from college were really like, here is a story to jog your memory. Gabe is going out with three relatively beautiful lady friends of his- will he be able to get with any of them, and will it be worth it?Matthew Atkinson pours you a grimy, head-pounding SHORT STORY from his collection, Cicada Children. Warning, this is coming to you straight, no chaser.

Patrick Oakley is back in town and ready for his next mission.The Plainview SWAT team is four cool guys with a close bond. Will that be enough to stop twenty-eight terrorists who have taken over a halfway house. Probably- there guys are so awesome that there is something about the carnage that will ensue that will seem almost… unreal.Matthew Atkinson opens fire with an action-packed SHORT STORY from his collection, Cicada Children. You'll get blown away before you even get a chance to put your hands up.