writer

Valerie Brook

 

 

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...one of the best and most powerful new writers appearing on the scene...

- PulpHouse Fiction Magazine

Recently Published

A short story

Pooja And The Portal Pursuer

by Valerie Brook

 

It might be odd that Pooja P. Humphries has cockroaches for pets that travel loyally on the handlebar of her amazing time-traveling Walmart shopping cart, but she's definitely whip-smart. She runs the Pooja Mysterium of Assorted Aritifacts and Wonders in the ancient world, after all. Oh yes, and she's been brilliantly evading the super-bad CIA men for years. They destroyed her life's work long ago and have been after her ever since. But when someone finally finds her time machine portal, could her reality be different than she believes?

The Oniah Trilogy

The Oniah Trilogy

Holding Oniah

by Valerie Brook

They come at night when Ember Janerro is sleeping, when she lies unconscious and vulnerable and alone. The slavers have always erased her memory as fast as they open the locked front door. Her mind is designed to offer no resistance, to keep her blankly imprisoned behind amnesic barrier. The perfectly controlled super-spy. Until this morning.

When Ember wakes at dawn, standing in a grove behind a gas station in someone else's clothes, one thought pounds through her head: My name is not always Ember.

Realizing her simple life as a nurse is the manipulated cover for her secret life under mind control, Ember is now a threat to the most powerful secret society in the world.

When a mysterious philanthropist offers to help her find freedom, Ember uncovers psychic abilities that the manipulators have invested millions to hide and control. And she's running out of time.

The Oniah Trilogy

Oceans In Oniah

by Valerie Brook

When Sierra wakes up naked in a stranger’s bedroom, with no memory of how she got there, she knows her life is spiraling out of control. Someone is causing her to have blackouts that make no sense. Someone is playing tricks on her mind. It’s time to admit the truth—she’s really scared.

And feeling like she wants to die.

Racing home on her Triumph motorcycle, Sierra finds her best friend Violet has planned a surprise party for Sierra’s eighteenth birthday bash.

But when a gunshot rocks their world, it seems like getting ready for college is the last thing on Sierra’s mind.

Now, in a race against the evil machinations of The Order, Sierra must unravel the mystery of her blackouts and face the tangled horrors of modern mind control to reveal a destiny that will not be defeated.

Photography

Desert Adventures

Las Vegas—this impossible metropolis in the Mojave Desert. Drive out in any direction and there are many hiking adventures to find.

The Longest Road

The colors sizzle vibrantly. It's the edge of the world she looks toward. It is the edge of all she knows.  Brilliant blues stretch across the open skyline. They've crossed the state line in the car. The government sign said so. Everything they could take is in the trunk and back seat. The woman gazes deeply into the...