Symbiont

      Mira Grant
     Symbiont

THE SECOND BOOK IN MIRA GRANT'S TERRIFYING PARASITOLOGY SERIES. THE ENEMY IS INSIDE US. The SymboGen designed tapeworms were created to relieve humanity of disease and sickness. But the implants in the majority of the world's population began attacking their hosts turning them into a ravenous horde. Now those who do not appear to be afflicted are being gathered for quarantine as panic spreads, but Sal and her companions must discover how the tapeworms are taking over their hosts, what their eventual goal is, and how they can be stopped.

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    The Shrine on Suicide Hill

      Jonathan Sweet
     The Shrine on Suicide Hill

The dead are not dead on Suicide Hill! What is the dark secret of the ancient shrine overlooking the strange village of High Church? Parental guidance suggested. READ IT FOR FREE!"The village of High Church slouched on the island’s barren curves. The hungry sea lapped at the shore, eating away at the land with a hundred foaming tongues."Note: While this story does not contain adult content (i.e. inappropriate for readers under 18 years old), it does contain themes and situations that are questionable for readers under the age of 15. Parental guidance is recommended.

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    Fire and Ash

      Jonathan Maberry
     Fire and Ash

y Imura and his friends have made it to Sanctuary, they've found the jet and they've discovered that civilization is struggling to regain its foothold in the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse. Scientists are on the verge of finding a cure for the zombie plague. It should be time for celebration, but it's not. Benny's best friend, Chong, has been infected by an arrow dipped in the flesh of a zombie and he hovers between life and death and Dr McReady, a researcher who may have the critical formula for a cure, has gone missing. So Benny convinces Captain Ledger to mount a search and rescue mission to find the doctor and help Chong. But with the Reapers still pursuing their plan to turn all zombies into super-fast shock troops even if they can save Chong, can they save themselves? In the fourth book of the thrilling and emotionally charged Rot & Ruin series, the battle to end all battles is about to begin. . .

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    The Devil's Due

      M Purcell
     The Devil's Due

The Devil comes to a small town on Halloween evening. Terror grips the town, and one young boy's Life will be changed forever. He is slowly tormented his entire life, until the day comes when he must fight for his immortal soul. The horror will have you on the edge of your seat as Donald Lemore tries to save his sanity, and avoid spending an eternity burning in hell.Ontario Provincial Police Detective Lincoln Munroe is coming up empty. As a serial killer terrorizes the area surrounding London, Ontario, Canada, Lincoln finds himself at a standstill waiting for the perfect killer to make his first mistake. While the body count rises without any leads, Lincoln finds himself haunted by dreams of discovering skeletal remains in the forest beneath a bloody knife. The dreams seem to come true when Lincoln is called to Algonquin Park to assist an old colleague. There he is tasked with overseeing the excavation of human remains buried more than twenty-five years earlier; remains that will bring to the surface cold cases, a painful past and memories Lincoln had long since forgotten. 'A Dream of Death' is the first in a series of character-driven police procedurals written by a Canadian police officer. Continue reading after the story for an excerpt of book two in the series, 'Blue Rubicon', now available in eBook format from numerous retailers.

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    The Ballad of the Wayfaring Stranger and the Dead Man's Whore

      Sean Demory
     The Ballad of the Wayfaring Stranger and the Dead Man's Whore

"The Ballad of the Wayfaring Stranger and the Dead Man's Whore" weaves a story of loss and return from back-country spook stories, backroom blues and best-forgotten secrets.Critically acclaimed, "The Ballad of the Wayfaring Stranger and the Dead Man's Whore" tells a backwoods spook story driven by longing, loss and unescapable doom. “Demory catches the atmosphere of the old murder ballads perfectly here. It’s a world where everyone takes it for granted that terrible things happen to the innocent, and where the only possible reaction to that news is a stoical shrug. The tale’s chilling effect comes not from set-piece shocks, but rather from a sense of quiet, creeping unease that crawls a little deeper beneath your skin with every careful sentence.” - Paul Slade, PlanetSlade.com "'The Ballad of the Wayfaring Stranger and the Dead Man’s Whore' is a darkly lyrical original folk tale. More than an any-day ghost story, 'Ballad' rambles through the tangled woods of Appalachia, quick-strumming a tale of haints, of bleak hope, and of one soul’s shadowy path to empowerment. Eerily evocative imagery snakes like tendrils of kudzu through a songlike narrative, closing on a chilling refrain that will haunt readers for days to come.- Ari MichaelsLocus Recommended Short Story - 2012Honorable Mention - Year's Best Horror, Vol. 5

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    Tra-Con-Per-Ski!

      H. M. Reynolds
     Tra-Con-Per-Ski!

This is a sampler of four of my short stories. Please leave a review if you like it.If you like them, I have other books available online. These include:The Eight Hour Hell - a paranormal action thrillerEmergency Protocol Nine - a collection of science fiction, fantasy and horror short storiesEcocide - an ecological sci-fi thrillerRichard Ross, joiner, part-time local football referee, ordinary man, is about to get a shock.It’s time to meet the relatives. But guess what? They’re all dead. Even worse, they are his past lives and all share the same soul - his!With help from his Strange Relations, an angel named Joe, and Roberta (Australopithecus Robustus), Richard has to learn the last lesson of life so all will be allowed to journey towards the Light. Richard is the last of a very long line and everyone’s last chance.One small problem though; Richard is in a coma and time is fast running out.

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    Remembering (Vampin Book Series #17)

      Jamie Ott
     Remembering (Vampin Book Series #17)

After recovering memories of the man he was before, Seth has a new found hatred for the Queen. It's his drive that propels Starr and the others forward, especially as she has gone soft with the new knowledge of the woman she was before.After recovering memories of the man he was before, Seth has a new found hatred for the Queen. It's his drive that propels Starr and the others forward, especially as she has gone soft with the new knowledge of the woman she was before.In this installment, follow Starr as she comes face to face with the biggest threat to the world: a former version of her self.This is number 17 in the Vampin Book Series.

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    Refuge: Tales from a Zombie Apocalypse

      Anthea Strezze
     Refuge: Tales from a Zombie Apocalypse

If the dead started to rise and attack the living, would you go running around with a shotgun, blowing off undead heads? Or would you just try to get on with life, as best you can?Refuge: Tales from a Zombie Apocalypse collects seven short stories about normal people living in extraordinary times - without the action-movie clichés. 23,825 wordsBLOGS‘I can honestly say that I am the most laziest person you could ever find. I never attempted to do anything meticulous, nor muster the energy to get something done.’CURSES OF TIME‘The idea was to write something that had a fresh take on what people knew to be Time Travel. It came to me after one scrapped idea to another and then through numerous rewrites and changes in the overall plot.’CONTINUMENTAL‘To create such an extensive universe of brave new marvels and wonders, it would not be the same without its own form of intrinsic qualities ... its own identity.’PRIME WORLDS‘From Earth to Anselopha, an Alliance between the Prime Worlds were formed to enforce Law and Order. Bureaus were put in place to aid each of the worlds of the Continuverse.’MATTER-FABRIC‘With its nature laid bare, ready to be taken unwillingly by force without Bearers. Time will not last forever and with no hope of guidance, time’s endangered nature will come to an end.’OF THINGS TO COME‘In the light of the coming Master, there are those who will stop at nothing to ensure that he is taken down, so that they can command their own rule – Who will take the Seat?’

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    Zombie Outbreak Survival: The Definitive Test

      Van Allen
     Zombie Outbreak Survival: The Definitive Test

This is a public service guide to help you survive the end of times when you are up to your eyeballs dealing with the living dead (zombies), roving bands of ill-mannered hooligans (a$$holes), and panicked crazed survivors (zombie bait). Surviving the zombie apocalypse is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid. This book, this test, will help you be less stupid. Read this if you want to survive.Retired US Marine Captain Van Allen shares survival tips to help you get ready for a REAL zombie apocalypse. Forget what you see on TV, in the movies, and on video games. If you want to live, if you care about your family, children, this world, then you need to read every thing Captain Allen shares.When the fecal matter impacts the rotating aerial oscillator and you find yourself right in the middle of a full-blown Z-virus outbreak, up to your armpits in zombies and crazed survivors, you need to know what to do. That's what I will share in this ongoing series of public service announcements (PSAs). Follow me as I cover the real information you will need to survive a real zombie apocalypse. Just remember; I'm Captain Allen and you're not!What makes this the definitive test? Because the word "definitive" is in the title. Now quick dickin around asking dumb questions and read this book so you and your family, friends, and loved ones might have a chance to survive the coming waves of zombies, a$$holes, and panicked survivors. This isn't a zombie story or a post apocalyptic novel. This book is real! It’s about what you need to know about zombies to survive. There’s no heroes and villains. There’s no zombie love story...well okay I do talk about zombie love, but what I have to say is all science.

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    The Lake of Glass

      Josh Shiben
     The Lake of Glass

When two archeologists investigate an ancient sheet of glass found buried in the Libyan Desert, they unwittingly awaken something buried for millennia.Inspired by both W.B. Yeats poem, The Second Coming, and H.P. Lovecraft's weird horror, The Lake of Glass revolves around two archeologists unearthing something terrible in the Libyan desert.

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    The Adventures of Marco and Carla: The Dark Castle

      Shamara S. Davis
     The Adventures of Marco and Carla: The Dark Castle

In a castle that lies outside of a town something evil lurks in the shadows. No one knows it's there for sure, but there are stories. But there are those that ignore the stories and have made this old run down castle into their own play ground.Marco, Carla, and Sammie, have played at the castle many times without seeing anything, but when people start going missing the castle holds the secret.In a castle that lies outside of a little town something evil lurks in the shadows. No one knows it's there for sure, but there are stories. But there are those that ignore the stories and have made this old run down castle into their own play ground.Marco, Carla, and their friend Sammie, have played at the castle many times without seeing anything, but when people start going missing the castle is where the town's people cast their sights. The children ignore the stories and their for ignore the danger. But on a particular day they decided to visit the castle like they always do, they will find themselves running for their young lives.

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    Necroscope: The Lost Years

      Brian Lumley
     Necroscope: The Lost Years

The first book in Brian Lumley's bestselling Necroscope series, Necroscope: The Lost Years Vampires never rest, and neither does Harry Keogh, the world's greatest vampire hunter, the Necroscope, the man who can talk to the dead. Right now, he's desperately searching for his wife and son, who disappeared in the midst of Harry's war against the undead monsters that plague mankind. Others will to carry on that fight until the Necroscope has been reunited with his beloved family.But it's not that easy to leave the vampire war behind. The bloodsuckers know that the Necroscope is their deadliest enemy and will do anything to destroy him.Harry struggles to locate his missing family, not realizing that he has become a pawn in the battle between two powerful vampires. When one has slain the other, the Necroscope will be the next to die.

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    Guests

      Mark James Wooding
     Guests

A crazy old lady who lives in a haunted house is delighted whenever guests arrive. They're such a treat.TAYLOR’S CHILDREN’S SCHOOL AND ORPHANAGEWhat appears to be a freak accident not far from the orphanage in time develops into a full scale search for some lost children that have been missing for years. The story leads you through old secrets, a love story, murder, and will enhance your ending into an unforgettable truth. Old secrets never die; they live in the haunting memories of people’s minds.PORTLAND 16 MILESOnce the strawberry capital of the world, Portland is known for its bright red strawberries that lay in the fields ripe for picking, but so does someone else after a body is found in one of the fields. The story starts to unravel into a time long ago. Forgotten by many, the truth of the past haunts the town again. When the blood runs off and begins to wash away it reveals the red berry. The taste becomes sweeter as the truth unravels, freeing you into the flavoring of the plot of the story.3019 FLAT ROADAt the end of Flat Road, Kimberly’s house stands tarnished with secrets and haunted by ghosts. Her stays there take her on a moving journey in her mind and out of a real world unto a make believe world of fantasy. It winds her thoughts and steals her memories into a tormenting few weeks. Is it real or not? The reader holds the key. The answer is in the words. The lives of a few hold in the balance or is it too late? In the end a secret is revealed that justifies the truth of it all or does it?STILL SMALL VOICEWhen two young girls are forced to leave home, their lives will never be the same. But in the end it turns out for the best. While on the way to Nashville, Tennessee their hearts ache, their eyes cry, and all seems so hopeless. But, the Lord, unknowing to them, has made a way for them. When a secret blessing happens it heals their hearts and dries their eyes. That which they lost is gone forever. It is remolded and remade into a Godly blessing. The truth will set you free.DUCK, DUCK, GOOSEWhen a spree of murders begins to take place, an outsider of the town appears to be the killer. Three men take it upon themselves to bring the judgment for the murder victims. They are so sure of themselves. They come against the outsider only to push it too far and an innocent man dies. But who is the killer. Is it a stranger passing through, or is it one of the three? Will we ever know?

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    Zombie Apocalypse Survivor: The Original Story

      Jason Thornton
     Zombie Apocalypse Survivor: The Original Story

Even with the right plans and preparation, change and adaptation are necessary for the best zombie apocalypse survivor. This is the blog of a successful survivor that follows his experiences, successes and failures, as he hides away in his attic during the initial stages of the zombie plague to his eventual success in dealing with the hordes.Even with the right plans and preparation, change and adaptation are necessary for the best zombie apocalypse survivor. This is the blog of a successful survivor that follows his experiences, successes and failures, as he hides away in his attic during the initial stages of the zombie plague to his eventual success in dealing with the hordes. It serves as a loose intro to other stories of the Zombie Apocalypse Survivor short stories and sketches by Jason Thornton. It is written as a first person, 'just the facts, Ma'am', account of how to handle life in the zombie apocalypse.

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