A Texas literary shelf.

Don't Think Me Evil: Confession

Book One of the Don't Think Me Evil trilogy

by Elwood West

Conspiracy Thriller / Supernatural Suspense · 2026

Houston, the late 1980s. A string of private confessions — raw, unrepentant, impossible to unhear — records the moment a hidden order first learned to call the darkness by softer names. Thirty years later, in the summer of 2019, the threads begin to converge: a shell company with no officers, a black pyramid rising in the Nevada desert, a sealed red door beneath an old stone city, and a pattern that a careful man was never meant to notice. Don't Think Me Evil: Confession is the first book of a literary conspiracy thriller that braids two timelines into one long reckoning with power, ritual, and the things that finally catch up — atmospheric, unsettling, and hard to put down. "Don't think me evil," the voice insists. "Think me necessary."

The Vale Machine

by Austin Brower

Fiction · 2024

Uncover the secret that could rewrite history and forge the future in the heart of Texas. Silas, Amelia, and Jesse labor relentlessly within an unassuming facility, their dedication centered on The Machine—a revolutionary time travel device designed to break the barriers of time itself. As they delve deeper into its capabilities, they confront a formidable adversary: an enigmatic president who views The Machine not as a means of healing, but as a powerful tool to reshape destinies. With the president's ambitions as vast as the cosmos, they find themselves entangled in a web of intrigue and danger, where the fate of humanity hangs in the balance.