Upcoming Stories for 2018

First, thanks to all of you who have read Dark Descent. I get a decidedly child-like thrill of pleasure every time someone buys a copy or reads it in Kindle Unlimited. [I also read the reviews. Thanks for those too!]  :)

I have a number of ideas rattling around in my brain that I am working on committing to paper. One of those will definitely be Alex Beckett #9. No teasers yet, but stay tuned.

I also have two other story arcs [not Beckett] that I hope to get the kinks worked out of. I hope you like those too. It might be ambitious at this point, but the characters are speaking to me. They want to be heard.

I hope all of you had a great holiday season, and I look forward to pounding the keys for you in 2018.

R. MacKay

Alex Beckett 1-8

Dark Descent

The whole shebang, in one volume!  Dark Descent includes all previously published Alex Beckett short stories.

Includes mayhem, explosions, assassins, large mutations, improbable turns of event and various forms of goo.

You have been warned.

Now available at Amazon!

New Release! Alex Beckett #8

Vengeance

The dramatic conclusion to Alex Beckett's ordeal is at hand. Will Samuel Garrett with his secret weapon and his mysterious corporate network prevail or will Beckett somehow manage to avenge those who have lost their lives? Beckett has been blown up, shot at, covered in goo and the only people able to help her might just decide none of it is worth the trouble. A plan that involves physics, hacking, perfect timing and a ton of firepower. What could possibly go wrong?

Now available at Amazon!

Alex Beckett #7 Released!

Promises

A storm is coming. Samuel Garrett, diabolical CEO of Garrett Pharmaceuticals, makes deadly preparations in his corporate headquarters, the location of which is a closely guarded secret. Alex Beckett has survived the impossible to make it this far. She knows she needs a different plan of attack to bring down the abusive egomaniac, but who can she count on? There might be one person, if he doesn't decide to kill her on the spot. There is also one more stop to make; one more promise to keep before she finds out if her luck has finally run out.

Now available at Amazon!

Alex Beckett #6 - Available Now

Badlands

Just when things couldn't get any worse. Alex Beckett finds herself stranded in a desert with minimal supplies, tracked by goons and attacked by creatures, then a new player shows up. Who is this rifle-wielding fellow and why hasn't he killed her already? Royce Stafford, the ruthless mercenary hired by Garrett, is hot on her trail but will it even matter if she's already met her fate? Can Beckett elude danger once again, or is her time over now that she's reached the badlands?

Now available at Amazon!

Alex Beckett #5 - Now Available

Desert of Doom

Justice thwarted. An open sea of sand before her and a river of blood to her back, Alex Beckett now finds herself in one of the harshest environments in the known world: the Waste. A desert no one returns from stands between Beckett and the final resolution of her quest to make Samuel Garrett pay for his crimes. Garrett, safe for the time being, has enacted plans of his own. Beckett is not alone in this desert of doom.

Now available at Amazon.

Why Short Reads?

I've had this question a few times: Why not just take all the stories in this series and publish them as one big book?

Well, I started off trying to do just that. It was taking a reaaaally long time.

I grew up reading long, multi-volume epic Sci-Fi and Fantasy. You know the ones I mean. They were great. I was transported to other worlds, for hours on end. I originally thought that was how this one would go.

However, I find nowadays, I don't really have hours and hours to spend on my world-hopping. I'm guessing maybe you don't have as much time to do that as you'd like, either.

Short stories have been around a long time. In the 30's people read short stories in magazines ["pulp fiction," so called because of the type of paper they were printed on] and even now, there are lots of Science Fiction anthologies and the like.

Amazon even has a "Short Reads" category....

This gave me an idea.

I switched gears and started writing it in a short story style. All of a sudden it began moving. The pacing picked up and it became fun to write. Much like a TV series [and who doesn't like those?] the action progressed at a break-neck pace and at the end of the section, the story had resolved within the settings of that story bite. The over-arching story continued, but it was broken down into easily digestible portions.  :)

My hope is that you, dear reader, find these compartments of story as enjoyable an escape as I found them to be while writing them.  Even with our busy schedules.

R. MacKay

Now Available! 

Escape

Alex Beckett, free of her cell at last and at great cost, is now on the prowl for the architect of her misery, Samuel Garrett. Garrett Pharmaceuticals is funding this house of horrors and Beckett has no intention of letting its CEO off easy. Garrett has had the upper hand his whole life. With the full power of his money and his corporation behind him, is Beckett truly prepared to enter the lurid world constructed by Garrett? Does it even end with him, or are there other players in this twisted scheme?


Now available at Amazon.

Now Available!
Sacrifice

The saga of Alex Beckett continues! With her captors revealed, mayhem continuing at an alarming rate and as the only survivor of the science project she has been subjected to, how long can she last? Tall, dark-haired Juliette may hold the key to survival, but can she be trusted? The blue-eyed beauty was part of the team that captured Beckett in the first place. Out of options and out of time, Beckett may need to take desperate measures as Dr. Saul and company are about to initiate the final stages of Beckett's testing.

Now available on Amazon!

Now Available!
Lair of Darkness

Alex Beckett, unable to escape the trap set for her by the mysterious tall, dark and handsome man, now finds herself in a world of hurt. Imprisoned and tortured in an unnamed corporate medical facility, unable to escape and with no friends to draw on, hope evaporates as quickly as the morning dew on a beast's tusk. Will she discover her captors' true purpose? Will she escape, or even survive?

Now available on Amazon!

New Release!

Hunted

The year is 2201, but utopia is distant memory. Earth's population is a fraction of what it was, following a long war with an alien race, who left as unexpectedly as they arrived. War veteran Alexandra Beckett makes a living putting her knife skills to use as a tracker, a hunter for hire in a dangerous new world of large mutated beasts. Beautiful, fierce and deadly, she unwittingly attracts the attention of secret cabal of powerful people who mean to use her gifts for their own ends. The hunter is now the hunted.

Now available at Amazon.