Bob is your average, successful American that has done everything right. He lived the American Dream, but slowly everything comes crashing down. His reality is shattered and he becomes unglued. This novella follows his dangerous path.Robert Malcolm Jr. was the typical American , living the American dream. A self made man, who had pulled himself up and had reached a very comfortable position, Bob was also the nicest person you could meet. Then things go horribly wrong. Bob gets a divorce, loses his job and the American dream turns into the nightmare. With nothing to hold his belief system intact and with no one to turn to, Bob slowly becomes unglued. Bob was always the nice guy and always did the right thing, even if it hurt him. But sometimes, life throws at you circumstances that are beyond your control. Circumstances, that all your belief systems cannot explain away. Bob was faced with such circumstances and being Mr. Nice guy did not help him in any way. All the stress bottled in, finally surface, transforming Bob into a very dangerous and disturbed individual.

Fifteen short stories ranging from cyberpunk, to military fiction.Selected Short Stories Featuring Save As contains fifteen short stories and flash fiction ranging from cyberpunk to literary fiction.1:1: A family deals with a difficult decision, in a future where population control is strictly enforced.One More Night: Those assigned to protect an Italian journalist watch for threats, and reflect on their dangerous lives.How Far We've Come: How do you pick up the pieces after a betrayal?Save As: A thrill seeker nearly loses his identity and life to a bad upload.Things That Twitch: A psychologist probes a man institutionalized for a severe phobia of mosquitoes.Bleed: Genetically engineered vampires have taken over the world, and soldiers fight for survival, when even a small cut spells a painful death.Barbie at 50: The eponymous babe reflects on her celebrity, career, and love life over a glass of bourbon.Buy the Cow: A farmer is forced to sell his life's work.I'm Sorry I Got Caught In Your House: A very awkward run-at an ex's house.Red: A soldier and a civilian injured in an explosion seek comfort.White: A soldier trapped in an explosion doesn't want to be alone.Blue: A young man's mother teaches him a lesson about expectations, and social mobility.Freetown: A Sierra Leone man looks at the history of injustice in Freetown, as he deals with the injustices currently perpetuated against his sister after her sexual assault.Two for One: A twin kept for organ replacement must find a new identity after his sibling's death.Forget: An unsympathetic officer responds to a youth's suicide attempt.

This issue of Tin Universe Monthly brings to you, the reader the legendary red couch, thinking on Information Processing Theory, and more on what a Ferrets Thief Bag is. Also research wankIn this prequel to SanClare Black, Karon, the first Princess of Sorrows, is pregnant, held hostage in a foreign land, and trapped in a political marriage. When her father dies, she must find a way to defeat her husband's plans to seize her throne.

From Short Fiction Horror writers Cody and Chandre Toye, Comes a freakishly delightful collection of tales so bizarre that they can only be found once in a Blood Moon. From a twisted Carnie to the infamous Snoodledoogen, this third volume is bound to send cold shivers down your spine.A modified business jet, loaded with sulphur dioxide, leaves the west coast of Africa headed for a mid-Atlantic release point. If engineers Brad and Vince and climate scientist Tamanna, with popular support of Sahel country politicians and their citizens, can negotiate their way through a military standoff, the world of some at least might turn out better as the climate changes. The message put out to social media, cast as a mix of real science and the heartfelt storyline people truly hear, will be crucial.

In the sequel to The Tomb, Repairman Jack returns in a chilling adventure set against the backdrop of a Queens house haunted by the ghost of a nine-year-old girl as Jack becomes embroiled in a terrifying struggle in which the forces of evil threat.

BT, Gary and Mrs. Deneaux race to the Talbot compound in a desperate bid to turn the tides of a lost war. Is Michael dead? Is the question plaguing the Talbots as they prepare for the final showdown with a merciless enemy hell bent on their absolute destruction.

Frank is on his last delivery of the day when his world is turned upside down. Have his senses finally betrayed him?In the future, the Earth is still recovering from alien invasion, conquest and liberation; civilisation is shattered, the sky is broken and the world will never be the same.But Nadger doesn't understand any of that. All he knows is that it's time to hide before the other kids find him!A flash-fiction story about living in the aftermath of invasion, the first in the irregular 'Broken Sky' series.

Noah's Ark has never been found...until now. Inside the colossal boat, an archaeologist discovers the power of an ancient creature that could finally rid Oahu of law-breaking werewolves. A horror comedy novel.Academicessaywriters.com has the capacity to turn around your misfortunes by enabling you to get a good essay in record time. It is never easy to trust someone with your most important and urgent essay. It also takes a lot of professionalism and dedication to deliver a paper that will be a top contender for marks. These are the qualities that we have instilled in our writers over time and it is these qualities that will be employed in crafting your essay. Your trust matters to us because it is from the trust that a long lasting working relationship is natured.

An old familiar face has resurfaced from the past in the idyllic town of Sunset Valley and with it, dark secrets will be unfolded. Trish Gaffney, a tourist who won the hearts and trust of the locals was believed to have left town and gone back to wherever she came from. But she is back. And with her, many stories will unravel.An old familiar face has resurfaced from the past in the idyllic town of Sunset Valley and with it, dark secrets will be unfolded. Trish Gaffney, a tourist who won the hearts and trust of the locals was believed to have left town and gone back to wherever she came from.But she is back. And with her, many stories will unravel. The first book follows George, a sheriff haunted by a mysterious figure, and his deputy, Samantha Anderson, a woman with a secret. Together they find themselves investigating a case that would make them question their past actions.

After receiving a distress signal from the mining colony a sole survivor is brought back to the ship. The atmosphere aboard Syracusae gets more tense with every passing moment as crew members start to go missing.After receiving a distress signal from the mining colony on AF-235-B, a rogue planet also known as Nyx, a sole survivor is brought back to the ship. While the second rescue party is dispatched on the search for the hundred and fifty-seven colonists, which seem to have vanished into nowhere, the atmosphere aboard Syracusae gets more tense with every passing moment as crew members start to go missing. Rebecca Porter, a medical officer, tries to solve the mysterious disappearances and is forced to face the horrors that are now lurking aboard the spaceship.

It's the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside won't stop pounding on the doors. One bite is all it takes to kill a person and bring them back as a monstrous version of their former self. To Sloane Price, that doesn't sound so bad. Six months ago, her world collapsed and since then, she's failed to find a reason to keep going. Now seems like the perfect time to give up. As Sloane eagerly waits for the barricades to fall, she's forced to witness the apocalypse through the eyes of five people who actually want to live. But as the days crawl by, the motivations for survival change in startling ways and soon the group's fate is determined less and less by what's happening outside and more and more by the unpredictable and violent bids for life―and death―inside. When everything is gone, what do you hold on to?

A tale of the apocalypse or a tale of personal tragedy and psychological collapse? Originally published in Murky Depths magazine, then republished in Best Tales of the Apocalypse from Permuted Press.There are days when Abigail doesn’t think about them at all, the Luminissmus, days when windows are windows and bottles are bottles, when glass is just glass. On those days, she cooks, cleans, shops, sends out job applications by the truckload and spends the remaining daylight hours in the cemetery. Those days are the exception. Today is not one of those days. Today, she is thinking about the Luminissmus. It’s all she can think about...

Something came with the rain. (a FREE short horror story)Something came with the rain one night to the town of New Leeds. Something dark that soaked into earth, the buildings, the people and gave birth to something darker. Cleaning out his basement, Hollis comes to learn this... and learn something has been born inside him as well. (a FREE short horror story)

When Tim and Helen Christopher move into their dream home with their young son, Adam, they are visited upon by an elderly woman, who refuses to leave them alone. Adam especially, is targeted. Gradually, Tim and Helen are forced to conclude that their unwanted visitor requires something from them. But what? Could it be their son, or is it something more?The Uninvited is a short story taken from a paperback collection of short stories, entitled, “The Little Book of Dark Tales”, which is available from my website at www.wrarmstrong.com. When Tim and Helen Christopher move into their dream home with their young son, Adam, they are visited upon by an elderly woman, who refuses to leave them alone. Adam especially, is targeted. Gradually, Tim and Helen are forced to conclude that their unwanted visitor requires something from them. But what? Could it be their son, or is it something more?

You’re walking down the street, all alone, in the dead of night. Darkness swallows everything around you except for the one streetlight that illuminates a small patch of the sidewalk. You begin to get the feeling that something is following you, so you start moving faster. You don’t run but you quicken your pace, just to be safe. That’s when you hear a low growl...You’re walking down the street, all alone, in the dead of night. Darkness swallows everything around you except for the one streetlight that illuminates a small patch of the sidewalk. You begin to get the feeling that something is following you, so you start moving faster. You don’t run but you quicken your pace, just to be safe. That’s when you hear a low growl that makes all of the hair on the back of your neck stand straight up. You turn around, regretting the decision immediately, to see a bear standing before you about to swallow you whole. Ha. I’m just kidding, that would be ridiculous…it’s really a werewolf. My life hasn’t changed: I hunt down horrifying monsters, that haunt you in stories and your dreams, and kill them, then I look for the next monsters terrorizing people and kill them too. It is a dazzling lifestyle. But now there are ancient creatures no one even knew existed rising from the depths of who knows where. Whatever the monsters are gathering for is going to happen soon and it is not going to be pleasant.I might be able to stop the horror that is coming to us, but I might not. I guess the only way for you to find out is to read this. Beware, however, for my stories are not for the feint of heart.This book is a collection of short stories that were originally posted on my blog. You can visit there, cjpikebooks.wordpress.com, for more hunting.