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The Muddy River Mystery: A Joshua Banks Novel
A snowy cabin getaway. A chilling family secret. A legacy that won't stay buried.
Kayden just wants one perfect Christmas break—a weekend of snow, freedom, and no parents. But when strange things begin to stir in the woods around the cabin, the fun turns cold fast. Something—or someone—is watching.
Meanwhile, her brother Jackson is drawn deeper into the forgotten past, uncovering his own connection to the supernatural.
Back home, their mom, Ramsey, and Aunt Hollyn stumble onto a dark truth from the past—one so powerful that the **government tried to erase it**. Some ghosts simply won't stay silent.
As Kayden struggles to hold her plans and family together, she's forced to ask herself: Can you ever outrun the past...or does it always find its way home?
She begins to wonder: Will her family's legacy destroy the future she's just starting to build?
The Old Slave House : Unraveling the Past (The Muddy Waters Series Book 2)
Trick-or-Treat Thrillers - Best Dinosaur Tales - 2026 (Dinosaurs and Monsters Book 23)
Even Extinction Couldn’t Stop Them
Something moves in the trees...
A blur of claws. The glint of razor-sharp teeth. You register the danger a heartbeat too late.
Feathers explode from the shadows as a roar tears through the air—ancient, furious, impossible. The ground trembles as the creature charges straight for you, and all you can do is stare back in paralyzed disbelief.
Twelve dinosaur stories. Twelve lethal creatures dragged from a world that should have stayed in the past. They were never meant to share the same stage with humanity… yet here they are—hungry, hunting, and very much alive.
What will they do when they find you?
What will you do when there’s nowhere left to run?
There’s only one way to find out. Open the pages and face your fate. But be warned. Where awe and terror collide, survival is often only a fleeting hope.
by Roma Gray (Author), Andy Holberry (Author), Kim Plasket (Author), Greg Bennett (Author), Joshua Banks (Author), & 5 more
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The Hungarian Cemetery: Secrets Within
A Muddy Waters Series
by Joshua Banks
It’s the middle of the first semester when Kayden and Jackson find themselves in a new school. To add to the difficulties, things aren’t always what they seem in the small town of Ledford, Illinois. Things might just get worse, because when a century-old secret to their family's legacy thrusts them deep into the heart of a ghostly past, the tormented spirits of the Hungarian Cemetery could rise again. Can the kids stop the spirits and save their town before it’s too late?’
With a revolving cast of characters, the Muddy River mystery series is based upon an array of historically documented ghost stories along Southern Illinois’ "Muddy River” and revolves around family life, relationships, and hair-raising supernatural events.
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TRICK-OR-TREAT THRILLERS
Best Halloween Stories 2023
Short Story excerpt by Joshua Banks
In the spine-chilling embrace of the midnight shadows, delve into the haunting realms of this unique anthology. Within these pages, the veil between the living and the dead is thin, and the spirits of the night come alive with malevolent glee. From Halloween night escapades to otherworldly apparitions to creatures of the night, each story is a chilling whisper that caresses the spine, all unfolding in the eerie glow of pumpkin lanterns. Within these authors comes a short story by Joshua Banks.
Macabre treats and Halloween tricks await.
Enter if you dare.
Trick-or-Treat Thrillers Best Paranormal 2023
Something Strange...Something Evil...Something Terrifying...
Best Paranormal 2023 is a bone-chilling anthology featuring seven eerie tales from eight talented authors. Dive into a world where curses linger, ghosts haunt, and Hell hounds prowl. From a young girl with the power to fly to astronauts encountering the unexplainable, each story unveils a new layer of the paranormal, pulling readers into realms where reality and the supernatural blur. This collection promises to haunt your thoughts long after the final page. Prepare for a journey into darkness and mystery!
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Event Horizon
by Joshua R Banks
Upon Calder Devlin’s death, a new age of immortals flows again and with it man’s last chance at salvation. Alistaire Lachlan and his mother have been running their whole lives to avoid the sinister happenings of mankind. Their only hope is in their ancient heritage of the past and a secret his mom Sulwen keeps. Alistaire’s only chance to survive this horror born reality lies in finding a lost sanctuary and seeking the help of a legendary, if not mythical warrior bound to his family lineage. Humanity needs a hero, one to keep the forces of evil at bay, for Alistaire it may be his chance to live for once instead of hiding. All hangs in the balance as a new immortal is born, it is a new time, an… EVENT HORIZON
Dark Sentinel... Event Horizon Series
by Joshua R Banks
A city shrouded in pain beckons for a savior. Cortez, a sadistic immortal rules the city using his enforcer, Ravenwood to inflict his will. The city is lost to poverty, lawlessness, and depravity. The world of man has become a battle-ground to the emerging immortals of this time. Their only hope resides in the great descendant of Calder Devlin. Who was the immortal embodiment of the archangel Ramiel , an ancient archangel of the Lord. Ramiel was the first victor of the Apex.
In the continuing war between angels and demons, a new unlikely hero emerges. Alistaire Devlin, comes to rectify the murder of his mother by seeking out her killer, Cortez. Will Alistiare bring justice or revenge? Alistaire's very existence threatens the balance of war between good and evil. His presence creates unrest in one of God's most devoted arch angels. Will this angel violated God's pact in this war and if so, what will be the aftermath? Dark Sentinel is the second novel created in the Event Horizon Series.
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High School Basketball: Establishing a Program
by Joshua R Banks
Introducing former varsity head coach of 13+ years, Joshua Banks. Banks brings a play by play instructional piece, geared for new basketball coaches; set in the high school setting. He reviews methods for establishing a basketball program. He covers the aspects of fundraising, setting up rules, summer camps....and more! There are many factors included in being a head coach, most of them are not taught.
Most coaches want to jump in and have dreams of how they will instruct their players, engage in game competition, and work towards representing their program in a winning fashion. The fact remains, there are aspects of their new employment, they never take into consideration when accepting the job. A major key to designing a basketball program is for a new coach to understand how to create a program for their school. There is more to coaching than running practices and games: dealing with parents, administration, disciplining players, researching resources to help a coach grow in their discipline...all of which former Coach Banks explores inside the novel.