The girl ran. Her screams echoed around the dark and gloomy corridor. Her footsteps thudded loudly as she thundered down the long corridor. The high cruel laugh rang in her ears. The more she ran the louder it became. It seemed to be coming from all around her... The girl had entered her nightmares!A Smarts & Dewdrop Mystery, book 1.Detective Smarts of Crazy Name Town has a problem. Doctor Boring and his receptionist have been bumped off, and the only clues at the scene are some olives, tomatoes, mushrooms and a sprinkle of oregano. With the townsfolk dropping like flies and strange-looking figures stumbling down the streets mumbling "Pizza!", Officer Dewdrop has an idea.Juvenile fiction/YA/age 10+This story is contained in The Gage Project book, published by Inknbeans Press, which is raising money for children's charities.

Where do kids go when they are driven through the cracks? Throwaway delinquent Billy Conner seems useless to the world, but he’s all that stands between it and the workings of a vicious, supernatural conspiracy.Book 1 of the Terror Orchard seriesWhere do kids go when they are driven through the cracks - is it to some nightmare land? Throwaway delinquent Billy Conner seems useless to the world, but he’s all that stands between it and the workings of a vicious, supernatural conspiracy.Book 1 of the Terror Orchard series

My best friend was in Pompeii. And like everybody else on that fateful day she never left, leaving me orbiting helplessly within horror, reincarnation and the persistence of memory. As seen on creepypasta.com in 2014, this mournful little horror is the most obscure of a suite of short science fiction, urban fantasy and horror stories by BP Gregory.My best friend was in Pompeii. And like everybody else on that fateful day she never left, leaving me orbiting helplessly within horror, reincarnation and the persistence of memory.As seen on creepypasta.com in 2014, this mournful little horror is the most obscure of a suite of short science fiction, urban fantasy and horror stories by BP Gregory, each its own maelstrom of human suffering and longing.Mould can be enjoyed alone or as part of Orotund: Collected Short Stories Volume Two, which is also available in print.

‘Don’t let me lose myself.’Fifteen-year-old X thinks she is going to die. Shacked up in the cellar of an old farmhouse, she starts a journal to document her last few days. Much less than a few days if the uglies manage to get in.X is a post-apocalyptic short story from Jack Croxall, author of Tethers.‘Don’t let me lose myself.’Fifteen-year-old X thinks she is going to die. Shacked up in the cellar of an old farmhouse, she starts a journal to document her last few days. Much less than a few days if the uglies manage to get in.X is a post-apocalyptic short story from Jack Croxall, author of Tethers.Praise for XA luminous, captivating tale perfect for giving you one of those reading "moments".– Liz Loves BooksI was left with a genuine shiver down my spine.– D.M. Cain, author of The Phoenix Project

Malachi found his release in killing, the tool to make that happen - scissors. He buries the bodies in a derelict barn - his special place. As they rot, he strengthens, finding power in their state of unrest. But an encounter with another victim forces the return of his past that he had buried beyond remembrance. But some things don’t stay buried.The Fairies Tales: Kharon, is largely dependant on a Fairy Tale of 'The Devil and the Three Golden Hairs'. With a twist of course. Anyone who is interested in Myths and Legends will appreciate this story. Kharon (Charon) is the ferryman of souls across the river Styx. Kharon carries these souls to their final resting place. But have you ever heard the tale of how he became the carrier of those souls?

From the living hell of her watery grave she rises again... THE NIGHT BOAT Deep under the calm water of a Caribbean lagoon, salvage diver David Moore discovers a sunken Nazi U-boat entombed in the sand. A mysterious relic from the last war. Slowly, the U-boat rises from the depths laden with a long-dead crew, cancerous with rot, mummified for eternity. Or so Moore thought. UNTIL HE HEARD THE DEEP HOLLOW BOOM OF SOMETHING HAMMERING WITH FEVERISH INTENSITY...SOMETHING DESPERATELY TRYING TO GET OUT! Beneath the waves she will seduce the living and devour the dead... THE NIGHT BOAT

From Newbery Medalist Avi comes the spine-tingling story of Tony Gilbert, who must solve a mystery surrounding the ghost of his uncle Charlie. For most of Tony Gilbert’s life, he always thought of his uncle as “Weird Uncle Charlie.” That is, until Uncle Charlie moves in with Tony and his family. He’s still odd, of course—talking about spirits and other supernatural stuff—but Uncle Charlie and Tony become fast friends. Between eating ice cream and going to the movies, Tony is having more fun with Uncle Charlie than he ever could have imagined. So when Uncle Charlie dies suddenly, Tony is devastated. So sad, in fact, he starts seeing Uncle Charlie everywhere! Tony recently transferred to the Penda School, where Uncle Charlie went as a kid. The school is eerie enough on its own without his uncle’s ghost making it worse. On top of which, rumors have been circulating about a student who went missing shortly before Tony arrived. Could that and Uncle Charlie’s ghost be related? Full of twists and turns that get spookier by the chapter, School of the Dead is a fast-paced mystery that Avi’s fans will devour!

It's Christmas Eve, little Gabby's first one without her father. She's been extra good all year and asked Santa for only one thing.Tammy Toucan learns to ask God for courage to face her fears after hearing the story of Queen Esther.Tammy Toucan is part of the Kingdom Creatures series, teaching Biblical truths in an easy to understand manner.

Horror, love and obsession from a master of the genre--the Hugo Award-winning author of Children of the Night. Here is a riveting collection of novellas exploring the fascinating relationship between eroticism and horror. In his most ambitious work ever, Simmons reveals the exquisite conjunction of love and death that will keep readers awake and reading all night.

A young widow alone in a new house. An entire neighborhood cursed. A devil's disciple come to set an ancient plan into motion. And a final question: How far will a mother go to save the soul of her child?Patsy Standish is a woman on the edge. The only survivor of a horrible accident, she buys a new house to try to heal. But she's picked the wrong place. Ghostly children in the attic, strange forms along the trails. An entire neighborhood succumbing to an evil past. And somewhere between this world and the next, she and a host of others will slowly be drawn to an unthinkable conclusion.

Moments after several huge earthquakes shake every continent on Earth, something strange starts happening to some people. An inner rage has been released and some people cannot fight it. For those who can, life becomes an ongoing battle to survive - at any cost!

Paul must rescue a dog of mysterious, supernatural powers from an underground dog-fighting organization before the dog's wrath is unleashed in horrific, bloody ways.Paul Auxten, a former government operative attempting to live out the rest of his life as a bartender in a small Florida town, is approached by an unusual man about a job. On the surface, the job appears to be a simple, one-night rescue operation for a prized, black dog that has been stolen by an underground dog-fighting enthusiast. Paul learns, however, that the dog in question is not of this world. The animal escapes during the rescue and a supernatural bloodbath ensues. Together with Toma Pietruszka, his new employer, Paul finally tracks down and captures the dog, only to be visited by an unsettling character later that evening. This is the first book in a series of supernatural exploits starring Paul and Toma.

As loggers work their way through the rain forest in the Mexican state of Chiapas, they are threatened by an old man claiming to speak for the forest demon Votamba. When they forge ahead, they discover that the old man is anything but feeble... and that Votamba's reach is far longer than that of a felled tree.After Emily Helsing died in a tragic accident, Amber Helsing, her mother, uncovers a letter that explains everything about emily's death. And the answer points to one specific boy. This boy holds the key to the universe, Emily's life, and Amber's heart.

In rural Maine, a stop on the Underground Railroad is menaced by a supernatural force in this terrifying novel of pre–Civil War horror. Davis Bentwood has nearly finished medical school when he meets an abolitionist dwarf walking across Harvard Yard. Jeb Coffin is a nonpracticing doctor, a devoted student of transcendentalism whose home life has been shaken by tragedy. The two men become friends, and Coffin invites Bentwood to rural Maine to save his family from itself. The Coffins are noted abolitionists, their home a stop on the Underground Railroad, and lately they have been menaced by a supernatural terror. The tragedies are countless: two brothers killed, a father driven mad, and a baby frozen solid in its crib. At first Bentwood cannot bring himself to acknowledge the impossible horrors that have cursed this family. But he will not survive his sojourn in Maine unless he can open his mind to the possibility that something evil is waiting in the dark.

A strange occurrence prompts Radhika to search for the truth. But what she uncovers leaves her devastated and she learns that some things can never be left behind.A short story serving as a brief introduction to the Earthborn universe. In the far future a dark fog emerges that threatens the end of humanity. Gil Tungsten, born and raised within a world were mankind has united under a single government faces a decision changing the rest of his life. He and his wife can either flee from planet Earth by joining the Exodus fleet, or become part of those who will go beneath the surface to wait out the dark storm.