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Clouds: An SF/Horror Story

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About Clouds: An SF/Horror Story:

In retrospect, I wish I’d continued recording, for what I saw in that instant is difficult to describe, even now. Suffice it to say that it had a body like that of a manta ray—upon who’s tail the balloonist had been impaled—or a manta ray combined with a bat, albeit huge, and that it was covered with a kind of camouflage which reminded me of pictures I’d seen of Jupiter—just a roil of purples and pinks and browns. I suppose that was when it first hit me: the possibility that there might be a connection between this thing and the Jupiter 6 probe. That the probe might have brought something back, even if it had just been a sprinkling of microbes on its surface.

And then there was an explosion somewhere above us, the concussion of which rocked our balloon, and we all looked up to see Gas Monkey—my God, it was like the sun!—on fire; and yet that wasn’t all we saw, for as it dropped it became evident that there were more of the bat/manta ray things attached, suckling it as it fell, crawling upon it like flies. Then it passed us like some kind of great meteor—its occupants shrieking and calling out—and was gone below, the heat of it still painting our faces, its awful smell, which was the smell of rotten eggs, filling our nostrils.

And then we were just drifting, all of us crouched low in the basket … and the only sounds were those of Karen sobbing and my own pounding heart.

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The Demon of Decay

About The Demon of Decay:

Imagine a pill that could eliminate your illnesses, insecurities, and fears. Would you take it?

A demon has settled into the town of Ayser. It preys on desperate citizens by offering them their deepest desires in exchange for favors.

Joseph Daniels is haunted by his inability to give his wife what she has always wanted. A family. To compensate, he is propelled into the arms of the demon. It offers to fix his marriage, but at a terrible cost.

Will Joseph be able to overcome his fears in order to destroy the demon and save his soul?

The Demon of Decay is a psychological-horror novel that explores spiritual warfare and inner demons. Alex C. Gates’s terrifying debut novel will haunt you long after THE END.

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Reigndeer: A Horror Story

About Reigndeer: A Horror Story:

We’d walked about two miles when Tucker jogged to catch up with us.

“Twenty dollars says I can get back here before you do,” he said, trying to catch his breath.

“That’s fine,” said Danny. “Fish and game will have your info.”

“And that means your old man’s van down by the river as well as your mamma’s single-wide,” said Billy.

I was laughing when I noticed a handful of deer stepping onto the road ahead of us—which were quickly joined by others until they spanned nearly the entire width of the pavement. It’s funny because I don’t remember feeling scared, only curious. It was comical, frankly, like something from a Far Side cartoon.

“If you’re going to shoot an elephant, Mr. Schneider, you better be prepared to finish the job,” I joked, but no one got it, only gazed off down the road at the line of deer.

“Okay, that is damn weird,” said Danny, and seemed to grip his rifle tighter. “Anybody else think that’s weird?”

“That’s definitely weird,” said Billy.

Tucker raised his rifle slowly.

“What are you doing?” snapped Danny.

“Chill out, Pussy Galore,” he said. He squinted through his telescope. “Just doing a little reconnaissance.” He tracked his barrel back and forth slowly. “Yeah … they’ve got the white eyes, just like the others.” He paused and held steady. “And the red markings. I don’t know, looks almost like a—”

There was a crack! as he squeezed his trigger, and I looked up in time to see blood jet from the back of one of the bucks’ heads. Then the life ran from its legs and it collapsed, right there in the middle of the road, as the others scattered and disappeared back into the tree line.

No one said anything for several moments.

“Boo,” said Tucker suddenly, spinning on Danny, and to his smug satisfaction the younger man jumped.

Tucker just laughed and slapped his gun barrel against his palm. “Everyone relax. I’ve cleared the threat—”

“Right now,” hissed Danny, throwing down his gun and darting at him.

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Nevermere by Devon De’Ath

About Nevermere by Devon De’Ath:

There’s something in the water…

In 1644, a small Cotswold village suffers a spate of witch trials. The convicted are weighted down and thrown into a local pond to drown.

In present day London, Douglas Ashbourne is made redundant from his job as a Project Manager.
With growing violence in the city a worry, Doug, his wife and three children move to Gloucestershire to start a new life.
Their dream of running cottage industries making mead and beeswax products is soon interrupted by a series of dangerous and inexplicable occurrences.

Why is the village of Coln Abbots so obsessed with witchcraft?

Is there any truth to local rumours that occult powers are still at work in this sleepy corner of the Cotswolds?

What is the dark and ancient secret that plagues the woodland pond above their cottage, known as Nevermere?

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Hunter and Hunted | Horror Stories of Predators and Prey

About Hunter and Hunted | Horror Stories of Predators and Prey:

“Take the fatal shot,” said Horseshoe. He must have laid down his rifle because I remember him helping to steady my own. “Easy now, you’ll own this forever—” I stared the thing in the eye and squeezed the trigger.

It threw back its head, rising up. It gasped for breath, spitting more blood. It barked at the sky. Then it fell, head thumping against the deck. Its serpentine neck slumped. The rest of its blood spread over the boards and rolled around our boots and flowed between the planks.

I was the first to step forward, looking down at the thing through drifting smoke.

Its remaining eye seemed to look right back. I got down on my knees to look closer. The thing exhaled, causing the breathing holes at the top of its head, behind its eyes, to bubble. I waited for it to inhale, staring into its eye—I could see myself there as well as the others, could see the sky and the scattered clouds. The whole world seemed contained in that moist little ball. Then the eye rolled around white—it shrunk, drying, and the thing’s neck constricted. And it died.

Horseshoe slapped my back, massaged my neck. “How’s it feel, little buddy?”

But I didn’t know what I felt. I could only stare at the eye, now empty.

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The Soul Dweller

About The Soul Dweller:

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An ancient evil has returned… and it comes for the children.

A battle between good and evil rages across otherworldly dimensions. Caretakers protect earthly souls–jumpers hunt them as prey. RG and Kacey Granville have made it their life’s mission to intercept and defeat these dark forces, but nothing could prepare them for the malevolent spirit they’re facing–a deadly jumper, plucking children from their homes, taking them back in time to a hidden corner of the past…

… adding them to his collection.

In a heart-stopping trek across time, the team must risk it all and jump seventy years into the past to rescue the innocent–and hope their mission isn’t a one-way ticket into history. And if they’re to save the children, they must halt an unspeakable evil that will stop at nothing to protect its ‘precious’ souls.

The second installment in the Caretakers Series, The Soul Dweller brings every child’s nightmare to life and puts a face to that monster in the closet.

Pick up A Taker of Morrows (Book One) for $0.99 on Amazon, Nov. 26 only!

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Dinosaur Apocalypse

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Roadkill … A funny thing happened to Roger and Savanna Aldiss on the Interstate–they hit a dinosaur. But that’s nothing compared to what awaits them down the road. For something is at work to reverse time itself, something which makes the clouds boil, glowing with strange lights, and ancient trees to appear out of nowhere. Something against which Roger, Savanna, a motorcycle gang, and others will make their final stand. Prehistory lives as ferocious dinosaurs run amok! Science-fiction and horror fans (and especially B-movie lovers) will enjoy this gory, action-packed thriller in the tradition of Roger Corman and George Romero.

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Demonosaur: A Tale of Blood, the Sea, and Revenge

About Demonosaur: A Tale of Blood, the Sea, and Revenge:

“Shut up, ” said Handlebar. He wiped his lip. “Listen.”

The floorboards were shifting beneath their feet.

Carl looked around. “What is it?”

“Is it under the dock?” said Ned.

Handlebar ignored them, listening. The planks of the pier flexed and fell like piano keys.

Lonny retreated still further. “Maybe we should get back inside.”

“You gonna swim for it?” said Stanley. “We’re cut off.”

Lonny looked at the cedar pole laying across the deck, and the downed lines which popped and frizzled. His lower lip started to tremble.

Suddenly, starting at the apex of the dock, the floorboards jumped—rifling and breaking and splintering in a line. The men clambered off Chin, scattering as something split the dock up the middle, like a torpedo. Chin turned, saw a wave of busting boards rushing at him. He scrambled to his feet and dove out of the way, landed at the edge where he saw a dark shape sweep past just below the surface. A tail—long as the first creature’s entire body.

Everything stopped, and there was a silence.

“Stay alert,” shouted Chin. He scrambled away from the edge. “It hasn’t gone. It’s still under the dock.”

Everyone looked at each other as wood creaked and water lapped. Even Handlebar seemed frightened and disheveled.

“Screw this shit, man,” said Lonny. He backed toward the cafe, toward the spitting electrical cables. His eyes were bugged out and his flesh had gone white as bird shit. He dropped his rifle.

Handlebar stared at his own boots, which were soaked in blood. He seemed to be having some sort of internal crisis. He reached up with a trembling hand and twisted his mustache repeatedly. He came out of it suddenly and looked at Lonny.
“Hey. Kid. Listen.” He walked toward him, changing clips. “You’re taking all this too seriously. It’s toying with us, that’s all.”

He held out his shotgun to him. “Here. The goo—Chin—he’s right. It’s still beneath the dock. Probably scared. Why don’t you do the honors?”

Lonny hesitated, trembling. “Y-you mean it’s just trying to scare us?”

Handlebar tweaked his nose. “That’s right.”

The fire returned to the young man’s eyes—almost. He looked around the shattered dock, at the riddled corpse and the oily, bloody water, at the spitting power lines and the dead lights, the peeling boardwalk on the shore.

He shook his head. “No, it’s not. It—it doesn’t pretend, like you. It’s gonna kill us, that’s all.” He stepped closer. “Can’t you see that? You posing hillbilly? The spill’s given it a—a lean season. It’s sick, and it’ s hungry, and …”

He glanced at the corpse. “We probably just killed its mate.”

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Dinosaur Rampage

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It wasn’t long before Erik was sound asleep, snoring and sniffing, coughing and swallowing. They were climbing now, up the side of Mount Olive whose peak was enshrouded in a sinister gray mist. On a clear day you could see all of the Anchor Rock valley from here; not so tonight. Tonight it was but a vast pool of nearly impenetrable fog, beneath which Sheila could just make out the glowing, yellow lights of Anchor Rock proper. And she supposed she was grateful—so very, very grateful—for that much. For as long as the power was on and men such as Whitman were still doing their jobs, there was hope. Hope that the world might somehow pass through this day turned to night and this inexplicable time storm, this apocalypse no one saw coming and no one could have imagined. It was supposed to be zombies, she thought insanely—even as Whitman’s brake lights winked on suddenly and Erik shouted, “Mom, look out!”

She focused forward in time to see the Sheriff’s car looming in the windshield, and hit the brake pedal, causing the Toyota to lurch into a tailspin even as it careened toward Whitman’s bumper— which they missed, barely—before sliding into a tree with a resounding crash. And then she was craning her neck to see what had caused him to stop so abruptly, and saw, by the strobing lights of his red and blues (which he had turned on in order to guide them better), what could only be considered a Tyrannosaurus rex.

It had crashed through Whitman’s driver’s side window with its snout and pulled him free—shaking him like a ragdoll, smashing him against the door—after which they could only watch in horror as it gnawed off his head … which bounced twice across the road and went rolling down the hill, whipping blood as it went.

And then the thing was loping toward them, and Sheila had pushed in the clutch and jammed it into first—too late, for the beast pounced upon them instantly, causing the roof to sink beneath its massive weight. She screamed as its claws raked through the thin steel of the car’s shell, barely missing her head, then put it in reverse and floored the gas pedal, winding the Toyota’s engine as high as it would go, before finally popping the clutch.

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Get It Out of Me | A Horror Novel: At the border between madness and truth … a tale of paranoia, alien invasion, and foreign bodies

About Get It Out of Me | A Horror Novel: At the border between madness and truth … a tale of paranoia, alien invasion, and foreign bodies:

At last Beth takes out her phone and dials Dr. Lairman—there is no answer. She hangs up and dials her mother. She gets the operator instead: “We’re sorry. You have reached a number that has been disconnected or is no longer in service. If you feel you have reached this message in error, please try again.”

She hears the sound of helicopters in the distance, very faintly. And something else: military jets.

She tries the number again—gets the same message. Then again, dialing extra carefully. Same message. She glances at the newspaper on the counter as she listens. Its headline reads: AUTHORITIES LIED ABOUT RADIATION DANGER.

She looks down the bar at the others, a few of whom stare back. She quickly takes out a few bills and lays them on the counter, stands. The military jets fly exceedingly close as she moves toward the exit, the roar of their engines rattling the panes. “Ah, go ahead an’ blow us up!” someone calls.

She exits the diner just as a jet passes over. Peering up at it against the gloomy sky, she has a brief flashback of the shape outside her windshield, and reasons that what she saw was indeed a jet. She moves toward her car … and realizes that its hood is up. Concerned and a little angry, she continues walking toward it, finds a mechanic toiling away.

“What are you doing?”

The man looks up, startled, and wipes his hands on his pants. “After the way you careened in here? Giving you a safety check. Don’t worry, it’s all on the house.”

“A safety check,” she says, mostly to herself. “But I … no, I’m sure I don’t need one of those. Why would you—”

“No, no, I insist,” says the mechanic, ignoring her. “Your own safety’s one thing, but you’ve got a baby to think about. Says so right there on your—”

“I said I don’t need one!” And she unloads on him, telling him to get the hell away from there. She looks up in mid-tirade to find the waitress and most the patrons gathered in the door of the café, staring at her.

She looks at the mechanic, who seems genuinely hurt, and a wave of guilt washes over her. At last she drops the hood and climbs in, starts the engine. The mechanic joins the others, still wiping his hands.

And they watch her drive away.

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Game Master: Game On by David Clark

About Game Master: Game On by David Clark:

Robert Deluiz, like many his age, enjoys spending his down time playing only first-person shooter video games. Through these games he meets many people from around the world, but only for the few fleeting moments of shared game play. When Robert receives an invite to a room that contains players that live in the San Diego area, that all changes. The group grows close, inside and outside the virtual world.

Robert doesn’t understand though, the stronger your trust grows the more vulnerable you are.

Robert and his friends find themselves deceived by one of their own. They are kidnapped and forced to compete for their very lives on a Dark Web game show against another team and then each other. Who has the skills to survive and be crowned Game Master.

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One Dinosaur One Bullet

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In the near future, the synthesization of dark matter makes time travel a reality. Dan Webber and his son guide wealthy hunters 100 million years back into the Jurassic Period where Tyrannosaurs rule and Velociraptors scavenge. New understandings of physics alleviate the once-honored fear of altering the future by new actions committed in the past. But when an anomaly interferes with the time machine’s programming, Dan and the others find themselves in a life-threatening situation no one has prepared for!

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Cast Onto Thy Neighbor by Michelle Vongkaysone

About Cast Onto Thy Neighbor by Michelle Vongkaysone:

When a monstrous urge grips Miranda Samarson one afternoon, she struggles to reason with its existence. Despite its demands for blood, she sets it aside, only to be greeted by her spiteful neighbor, Karen Damitte.

Through a series of events, Miranda learns there’s more to Karen then she realized, tying into that awful urge. It soon weaves its way into their minds, calling out for bloodshed, vengeance and the truth-

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Death Scene | Stories That Take Place at the Moment of Death: Extreme Horror Tales from the Edge … Minus the Boring Parts

About Death Scene | Stories That Take Place at the Moment of Death: Extreme Horror Tales from the Edge … Minus the Boring Parts:

And then he was sliding down, down, leveling off briefly, then down again, and he couldn’t help but notice that the people he had planned to rule were fleeing now, and that the Nano-T had broken off its engagement with the tiger long enough to snap at them and give chase, and that in its absence the great feline had turned its mighty head to face the bottom of the slide and opened its maw, which was mottled pink and black, and that he was helpless to do anything but continue sliding toward it—until his kicking feet and legs were trapped between its terrible, curved fangs and its central incisors bit mercilessly into his abdomen (which crunched and splattered and was ripped in two as his bowels exploded outward and his heart and lungs and spleen steamed on contact with the air) and blood erupted from his mouth only to gurgle back inside and choke him. And then the darkness engulfed him completely and he felt himself slithering between its throat muscles and down its gullet—into the burning blackness of its stomach, where he saw by a brief and inexplicable light the dead face of the man the cat had eaten earlier in the day, and knew at last that he walked the earth no more.

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Immortals’ Requiem by Vincent Bobbe

About Immortals’ Requiem by Vincent Bobbe:

Immortals’ Requiem by Vincent Bobbe is a wild fantastical ride in a horrific setting filled with creatures made of nightmares. This is a story that is so terrifying that I could barely read it, and definitely couldn’t put it down. The characters in this book range from mortals to monsters of every kind. They are immortals waging war against one another and it is one scary battle. Characters are being killed off and blood is everywhere.

There are several plot lines that come together like an intricate puzzle. It flows nicely, is easy to follow along and keep up with the pace – which is extremely fast. Told in the third person of the different creatures, I found it to be extraordinary that the author could pull it off the way he did. This book is not for the faint of heart. It is perfect for those that love great storytelling coupled with dark minded, frightening creatures that are relentless and blood thirsty.

The world building in this otherworldly book is nothing less than brilliant. Vincent Bobbe has created vivid scenes, situations and locations full of supernatural beings, vampires, elves, shapeshifters, fairies, zombies, giants, etc. He has taken the fae world and put it all into one outstanding book. I felt like I was there watching on as the story unfolded. His descriptive writing had me on the scene, and Immortals’ Requiem is unlike anything I have ever read.

With a hand full of major characters, we follow along as the story unfolds in modern day England. The characters are complex and well developed. For a dark fantasy, they are extremely believable and realistic. Because of the masterful way this book is written, the entire story is believable and realistic. The characters are not without emotion, and the book brought up feelings that were relatable to me. It is a violent and graphic novel with an original premise and idea. Vincent Bobbe has won this reader over and Artisan Book Reviews highly recommends Immortals’ Requiem by Vincent Bobbe to all lovers of grimdark fantasy and horror

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Lisas Fate

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Lisa a beautiful woman with green sharp eyes tries to write her dramatic life into a story, “try” is important, read on
Lisa narrates to us how hard her childhood was starting from eating cheese left out for rats to seemingly being robbed by her boyfriend/burglar, and it wasn’t just her heart he stole.
As a girl she was bullied in high school, schools now a days are just teenagers split into separate groups occasually interacting
with each other. Lisa hated one of the groups of girls that always somehow found something that either Lisa had on her
like even an eyelash on her cheek or that what Lisa had done in the
past and use it as ammunition to shoot down Lisa’s self-esteem and confidence.Laura Lodge, the alliteration killer was what Lisa called her she shot down Lisa’s confidence like a German in WWI, Lisa wished she would be gone forever and one day it happened.
it became clear that the girl, that bullied her, had died. Naturally Lisa was the number one suspect, everyday interviews, everyday hassle, Lisa couldn’t take it… her life was falling apart so she set off to student killer, Laura Lodge aka the queen of bullying was hated by students,loved by teachers, the world is a small place

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Gone is Gone (and six other fables for your eventual annihilation) by E Stuart Marlowe

About Gone is Gone (and six other fables for your eventual annihilation) by E Stuart Marlowe:

Seven Stories of Dark Horror

A maniac terrorizes a small town.
A teenage girl plays an evil game with a stranger.
A jilted lover returns from the dead to seek revenge.
A series of deaths around the world are mysteriously linked.
Two serial killers have a rivalry over the decades.
Someone is tearing unborn children from their mothers.
The American version of ISIS rises to power.

From E Stuart Marlowe comes an exploration of some of today’s most frightening and taboo social issues.

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Gretel by Annalee Adams

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Trapped in a cage, fighting for her life, will she survive the night?
Gretel is a blood-curdling serial killer thriller, that tells the story of seventeen-year-old Lucy, taken against her will five years ago. Caged up with no-one left to protect her she must survive the night or become the killer’s latest victim.

After he killed her, she wept. Body bags and chainsaws stripped the night clean. Her mind a mess of revulsion, as the silence took over and the girls pleaded for their lives. Had it been five years already? Trapped down in the darkness, away from reality. Now Jess was gone, brutally murdered; she was like a lamb to the slaughter… and tonight was the feast.

Halloween had arrived and that meant only one thing, candy bars, and corruption as he took her screaming soul from the cage and introduced her to her former best friend. This short story is a novelette of nightmares, forgotten victims and surreal realities.

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The Trip by Tim Morgan

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Meghan, Chris and Dave have the trip of a lifetime planned for their last summer before college: they’re going on a cross-country bicycle ride from their small Massachusetts hometown to Seattle, WA.
As the trio plan their trip, a mysterious new flu virus emerges on the other side of the globe.
Halfway across the country the horrible truth is known: this virus turns its victims into flesh-eating zombies. And it’s arrived in America.
Scared and alone, the three turn back and make a desperate bid for home. Can they survive or will they join the ranks of the undead?
Part coming of age story. Part zombie apocalypse. This is THE TRIP.

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Witching Hour: Sinister Legends

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Bloody Mary…

Bloody Mary…

Bloody…maybe we shouldn’t test that just yet.

Urban legends, fact or fiction, at the end of the day they’re all stories. We know not to spin around the room in the dark whispering her name. We’ve heard about the man with the hook and the terror that stalks the babysitter while she’s home alone.

But there are other tales told around the fire at night. The man finding the steps into hell and sanity flickering away. Mind control experiments by governments, big and small. The woman married to the man of peculiar tastes. There are the haunted hospitals, sleep trials in Russia and more.

Slenderman and Bigfoot are nowhere within these stories; these are only the unusual and dark ones, slanted into truth.

In every legend, there is a seed of truth. Welcome to the Witching Hour.

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