If you go down to the woods today, you're in for a big surprise...A horror fantasy short story. 1500 words plus an Authors AfterwordIf you go down to the woods today, you're in for a big surprise...A horror/fantasy short story of 1500 words.Including an Authors Afterword. Warning; Though not of an adult nature, this story contains some scenes concerning animals which some readers may find disturbing...but then it's a horror story, innit?A different version of this story appeared in the Amiga diskzine "Dark Portal 4" in 1996.

It's Midsummer's Eve, but Sam Tyler is starting to regret agreeing to find her ex's adopted brother a suitable coat for the coming night's ball.*Read this if you enjoy the work of Jon Courtney Grimwood, Tad Williams or Joe Abercrombie, or love watching Alias or Teenwolf.It's Midsummer's Eve, but Sam Tyler is starting to regret agreeing to find her ex's adopted brother a suitable coat for the coming night's ball.*The city of Neppon drifts through the shallows, where the walls circling the mortal realm are thin. Here the daemons gather out of the surrounding night, drawn by its promise of candle flame warmth.As the election for the city's mayoral office approaches, one man stands head and shoulders above the other candidates. His reputation is as a bastion for all that is good and honest, in a world beset from all sides by horrors. But Jaret Roscan carries a secret. A secret that could bring ruin to his political career, and chaos to his beloved city.One person carries the key to his salvation. The question is, will they come forward in his hour of need?Harlem's Deck; a story in instalments. Keep your hand close to your chest...*Read this if you enjoy the work of Jon Courtney Grimwood, Tad Williams or Joe Abercrombie, or love watching Alias or Teenwolf.

As the survivors continue to seek stability in their lives, forces both inside and outside the fort walls move them toward a final, climactic conflict between the living and the dead.   Jenni, Katie and the others discover that they are not alone, that there is another enclave of survivors whose leaders plan to take over the fort. Faced with a series of difficult decisions, each choice they make could lead to the deaths of those they love or, if not careful, their own demise. Meanwhile, an army of the dead is descending on the fort. Soon, the living will face their ultimate fear. . . . . . a siege by the dead. But they will fight to the end to survive. . . As the world dies.

a story of lost love and the search for it through generations.Beware this demonic cupid’s arrows…Young, beautiful women are being mysteriously drawn to a chocolate shop named Dark Heaven. One bite of the shop’s chocolates can stir lust and desire in any woman. The owner of the shop, Chocolatier Tristan Savant, has a dark secret - he’s half-incubus and needs sex in order to survive. With an unlimited supply of women in his clutches thanks to his shop, Tristan doesn’t intend to change his philandering lifestyle anytime soon. A stalker as sweet as her name…When Tristan’s stalker, Isolde ‘Issy’ Sweet, decides to work at Dark Heaven, she creates an alter ego for herself as a Living Doll so that she can pretend to be a fifteen-year-old runaway with the dream of being a patissiere who specializes in novelty cakes. Dressed up like a Victorian porcelain doll, Issy manages to stay under the incubus’ radar and protect herself from being seduced. A guardian angel with a plan…Tristan’s assistant chocolatier, Michael, is actually his guardian angel. Michael wants to save Tristan’s soul by helping the incubus find true love. Knowing that the only woman who can truly redeem Tristan is Issy Sweet, Michael convinces Tristan to stop having one-night stands, and to start wooing his conquests for one week before he can sleep with them. Author’s note: Swearwords and graphic sexual content have been removed to make this book more appropriate for my Teen readers. Please understand that due to the fact that the main character is a sex demon there will be unavoidable references to sex and sexual activities. I have censored this book to the best of my abilities. Thank you for your understanding and enjoy the book.

Five old-fashioned ghost stories, by the author of Xanadu and People Like Us. From Edwardian England to modern Hong Kong, encountering succubi, noppera-bo and (possibly) the Antichrist along the way...Five old-fashioned ghost stories, by the author of Xanadu and People Like Us.The Opportunists: A professor of theology and his wife take a trip to Lake Tiberias, but it seems that their apocalypse-obsessed tour guide may have something to hide. And she's not the only one...As You're Pretty, So Be Wise: A disenchanted young wife uses her dog as an excuse to get out of the house and meet new people... and other creatures.The Legend of Good Women: As the summer shadows lengthen, an academic discusses succubi and witch-hunting at an Edwardian house party, but has one of the other guests turned theory into practice?Gwai Gusi: Lucy Lau Ying missed ghost story night at Hong Kong University, but her new neighbour has some tales to share, and not all of them may be as fictional as they seem...A Siamese Ghost Story: In a sleepy, colonial hotel in Vientiane, two old friends share a shaggy dog story about a vengeful cat.

WARNING! This is a Zed Lab Experiment!"The bed" description:A man is attended that delivering him his new bed. The time passes but nobody introduces him to effect the delivery. When two men finally transport it thin in his room, the man realizes that the bed is wrong. A model has been delivered for another...WARNING! This is a Zed Lab Experiment!"The bed" description:A man is attended that delivering him his new bed. The time passes but nobody introduces him to effect the delivery. When two men finally transport it thin in his room, the man realizes that the bed is wrong. A model has been delivered for another. The two calls the shop but the salesclerk it informs them that it materially is not possible to effect the delivery. It happened something to his bed. It will need that the man brings him in the shop to discover what is happened.

Dr. Herbert Marriott has a problem that only murder can solve. Luckily for him, the perfect weapon is locked away in his rundown museum, one too incredible for any court to accept. The cursed chair kills all who rest upon it. But will Herbert’s victim be so easily drawn to her fate?A four and half thousand word short story.THE HEALING PLACE Clare NonhebelSYNOPSISFranz Kane has invested time, money and energy into setting up The Healing Place, a state-of-the-art building with superb facilities, offering an impressive range of holistic therapies and mind-enriching courses to city-dwellers eager to escape the stresses of life.Running such an enterprise has stresses of its own, and not only lighter-hearted errors such as locating Primal Scream Therapy in the next room to Silent Meditation; some serious concerns are beginning to surface. Although Franz promotes inclusive acceptance of every person and every shade of belief, barring religion and obvious cults, there are few people he genuinely trusts. Now two of them - his girlfriend Ella and the psychic, Sharma, a mainstay of The Healing Place - have some challenging questions for Franz.Cracks are beginning to appear in the fabric of the building, and in the persona of Franz himself. He experiences first an outburst of rage against a local vicar, then fear of a sinister stranger who mirrors Franz's own dismissal of moral imperatives, and finally a near-violent impulse against Ella, newly pregnant with his baby.Despite Ella's and Sharma's warnings and encouragement, Franz clings to his image as 'the man with no yesterday,' avoiding every question about his past. But when Sharma takes time out from The Healing Place - in response to a request from local police to help find two kidnapped boys - circumstances begin to force Franz to face himself and his own history.When he makes a sudden decision to go to Ireland, he invites Ella to come with him, on the condition that she asks no questions of him. Trusting his integrity but struggling with fears for Franz and for the future of their unborn Ella begins to find some answers when they visit a convent nursing home where a frail and elderly Catholic priest is dying.But just as they both begin to uncover the past, the future is jeopardised: The Healing Place faces its own baptism of fire, apparently an arson attack by someone who wishes Franz harm.Sharma, who challenged Franz to stop pretending to accept every version of truth as equally valid and to confront his own beliefs and prejudices, is struggling to remain calm as he moves nearer to discovering what has happened to the abducted children. His own children, meanwhile, who had been taken abroad when their mother left him are returning home with an overwhelming need of their own - to be their father's main priority.Reviewing his own priorities, and more aware now of his motivation for founding The Healing Place, Franz has to confront the question of whether the remedies it offers are actually healing anyone.An unexpected source of enlightenment turns up in the form of childhood friend, Patrick, now working in London, who has been looking for Franz under his original name, and a young doctor, Jake. Their shared vision for a new project begins to absorb Franz as well, if he can learn to trust again and work with them as a team.Patrick, who grew up with Franz and knows his extraordinary history, and Ella who until recently only knew him in his recent role as director of The Healing Place, hold between them the key to Franz's own healing.But before they can all move forward, there are still two frightened children to be found, and in the process of standing in for Sharma in one of his classes, Franz begins to understand something of the strange path that Sharma himself has chosen and the hazards he is going through in tracing the abducted boys.At the same time, the vicar and the sinister figure both move into the spotlight and will each make their indelible imprint on the future of The Healing Place, on Franz and Ella and the generation to come.

Cata Cordova suffers from such debilitating insomnia that she agreed to take part in an experimental new procedure. She thought things couldn’t get any worse...but she was terribly wrong. Soon after the experiment begins, there’s a malfunction with the lab equipment, and Cata and six other teen patients are plunged into a shared dreamworld with no memory of how they got there. Even worse, they come to the chilling realization that they are trapped in a place where their worst nightmares have come to life. Hunted by creatures from their darkest imaginations and tormented by secrets they’d rather keep buried, Cata and the others will be forced to band together to face their biggest fears. And if they can’t find a way to defeat their dreams, they will never wake up.

Winner of an Honorable Mention Virginia Tech Literary Award, this story takes place in Eastern Kentucky and is based on what might have been a true ghost story. I consider this to be my best finished piece, and I look forward to your feedback. Enjoy!What if you found out your whole life was a lie, and that was after you were turned into a vampire?"I don't know what blood tastes like to a human. I'd never even licked a tiny drop of it from a pricked finger, let alone suck on a bleeding cut. Now it's my only food source." Meet teenage runaway Ellie. She's snarky, witty, funny, and has issues with her mother, just like any other 17-year-old girl.She's also a vampire.Days before her 18th birthday, the mysterious and handsome immortal Christian, turned her into a creature that she loathes, forcing her to leave her old life behind forever and move to London. Thrust into the supernatural world, full of magic and danger, Ellie doesn't want to be a killer.She doesn't even like to drink blood.But Christian wasn't completely honest about why he'd taken a romantic interest in her, and he wasn't the only one keeping things from her, either.Her mother was hiding the same secret.Truth is: Ellie was never an ordinary teenager, and now, she's no ordinary teen vampire. When she discovers why she's not like others of her kind, why she protects humans instead of hunting them, she realises that her life is about to change all over again.And the world as she knows it will never be the same...Poison Blood, Book 2: Absolution is also free to download and answers some of the questions raised in Book 1, while asking many more...What Readers Said About Poison Blood, Book 1: Revelation'What great book' 5-stars~ B&N Nook Review'This is definitely not a soppy vampire romance! As usual with Neha Yazmin's novels, things are never as they seem.' 5-stars~ Amazon UK Review'Awesome. This was great, couldn't put it down.' 5-stars~ iBooks Australia Review'I am definitely hooked on the Poison Blood series. This is a character-driven story. Neha's characters' depths are what drive her stories, each with their hidden secrets.' 5-stars~ Smashwords ReviewBook Details:Length: A 29,000-word paranormal urban fantasy novel with added bonus contentGenre: Teen & YA Paranormal Romance / YA Vampire Romance / Teen Paranormal Fantasy / YA Urban Fantasy / Young Adult & Teen Science Fiction & Fantasy / Fantasy Romance / Paranormal Urban Fantasy / Supernatural Romance / Supernatural & Fantasy Mood: Dark / Humorous / Coming of ageContent: No violence / No explicit sex scenes / No eroticaAudience: For Teens / Young Adults / New Adults / AdultsRecommended for: Readers that love all things vampires, slayers and witches!This book is suitable for fans of Twilight, The Mortal Instruments and A Shade of Vampire and readers that love all things related to the Chosen One, vampires, slayers and witches!

A bitter hate filled wizard seeks revenge against one who has cheated him of his rightful place to rule the city of Lardenmuk.But the question is how was he cheated? His only clue lies within one unknown word. Maferentuss!If you read this story, I would very much appreciate a review...be it good or bad! THE CHOICE IS YOURS MORTAL!!!A bitter hate filled wizard seeks revenge against one who has cheated him of his rightful place to rule the city of Lardenmuk.But the question is how was he cheated? His only clue lies within one unknown word. Maferentuss!If you read this story, I would very much appreciate a review...be it good or bad! THE CHOICE IS YOURS MORTAL!!!

Mirrors tell a murderous tale. An old man finds the key to immortality, as long as he pays in installments of blood. Another man wakes up to find everyone else is dead.Mushrooms are a precursor to something demonic.And there's a cooking class about cannibalism. From the author of:LunacyDemons and Other InconveniencesWhat Tangled Websand Giving Up The GhostAnother collection of Scaries from the author of Demons and Other Inconveniences!Dillard mixes black comedy with horror, disturbing imagery and characters you'll love to hate. Somewhere between a cooking class about cannibalism and demonic mushrooms, there lies a story about the power of mirrors and the world that lies on the other side of the glass...Oh, and you know that pesky "Organ Donor" check box on your driver's license? Well, there's a reason you shouldn't check that box.All this and more inside, from the author of Demons and Other Inconveniences and Giving Up the Ghost.

After seven national bestsellers and eight seasons as one of the most successful shows on television, New York Times bestselling author Jeff Lindsay bids a thrilling farewell to his uniquely twisted and beloved serial killer, Dexter Morgan. Dexter Is Dead is the definitive conclusion of the character who has become a global icon. Dexter Morgan has burned the candle at both ends for many years. Blood spatter analyst . . . husband . . . father . . . serial killer. And now, for the first time, his world has truly collapsed. Dexter is arrested on charges of murder. He has lost everything—including his wife, his kids, and the loyalty of his sister. Now completely alone, Dexter faces a murder charge (for a crime . . . ironically . . . he did not actually commit). His only chance for freedom lies with his brother, Brian, who has a dark plan to prove Dexter's innocence. But the stakes are deadly, and the epic showdown that lies in Dexter's path may lead, once and for all, to his demise.       Jeff Lindsay's trademark devilish wit and cutting satire have never been sharper. Dexter Is Dead marks the end of a beloved series, but is also Dexter's most satisfying and suspenseful outing yet.

Can't get enough of Charlie Higson's gruesome Enemy series? This exclusive short story will satisfy that thirst for more blood and gore! In a changed world where adults have become sickos ravaged by disease, everyone under the age of fourteen is fighting to survive. Chris and his friends are determined to mark World Book Day, but when a fellow survivor turns against them they're left defenceless. Can they stop a gruesome attack from their violent enemy in a deadly battle of geeks vs zombies?

In this haunting, fast-paced sequel to the New York Times bestselling photo-illustrated novel Asylum, three teens must unlock some long-buried secrets from the past before the past comes back to get them first. Featuring found photographs, many from real vintage carnivals, Sanctum is a mind-bending reading experience that blurs the lines between past and present, genius and insanity, perfect for fans of the smash hit Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Dan, Abby, and Jordan remain traumatized by the summer they shared in the Brookline asylum. Much as they'd love to move on, someone is determined to keep the terror alive, sending the teens photos of an old-timey carnival, with no note and no name. Forsaking their plan never to go back, the teens return to New Hampshire College under the guise of a weekend for prospective students, and there they realize that the carnival from the photos is not only real, it's here on campus, apparently for the first time in many years. Sneaking away from sample classes and college parties, Dan and his friends lead a tour of their own—one through the abandoned houses and hidden places of the surrounding town. Camford is hiding a terrible past, and the influence of the asylum runs deeper than Dan ever imagined.

After working a graveyard shift at Vitura Pharmaceuticals, Tomas' father disappears without a trace. Eager for answers, Tomas confronts Supervisor Bertrand, division head of the secretive corporation. Tomas gets answers all right; and it's those answers that put him on a course with destiny, international intrigue and...ZOMBIES. Where's his father? What are Vitura's plans?Are Zombies real?After working a graveyard shift at Vitura Pharmaceuticals, Tomas' father disappears without a trace. Eager for answers, Tomas confronts Supervisor Bertrand, division head of the secretive corporation. Tomas gets answers all right; and it's those answers that put him on a course with destiny, international intrigue and...ZOMBIES.What happened to his father?What are Vitura's plans?Are Zombies real?(Novella Length: 20,000 words/80 pages + 15 page bonus of Zombie Fever 2 : Outbreak)Find out these answers and more in this first installment of The Zombie Fever Series. Then hang on for hair-raising international zombie adventure:Zombie Fever 2: Outbreak (Available Now)It's a dream come true when Abigail and her best friend are cast in a new reality show. But it's a dream that turns into a nightmare, when Sebastian, the show's producer, decides to use the most recent zombie outbreak as the backdrop for the production. Mayhem and horror ensue as the show's cast is sent further and further into the quarantine zone. Meanwhile, Vitura is behind the outbreak and Tomas is doing his best to put a stop to their diabolical plans. But is he to late to save Abigail from the viral menace?Who will become infected with zombie fever? Who gets eaten by the zombie horde? And most importantly, who wins the million-dollar prize?Zombie Fever 3: Evolution (Available Now)The virus has spread to Singapore and is out of control, creating zombies that are faster, smarter and hungrier than ever!After helping Abigail and her teammates escape the quarantine zone, Tomas realizes that sending them into Singapore has inadvertently caused the worst zombie outbreak to date. To make matters worse, Tomas discovers that Abigail and her best friend are the only two people in the world inoculated with the cure. Tomas makes it his mission to rescue her, regardless of the millions of flesh-eating psychopaths rioting in the streets.However, Vitura is on to him. Supervisor Bertrand sends Jayden, a ruthless mercenary, to track down Tomas and Abigail and capture them...dead or alive. Praise for Zombie Fever 1: Origins5 out of 5 stars-"A chilling beginning for a zombie series." -Derrik Spence, Horror & Fear Review "I could swear someone was creeping outside my window after I read this!" 5 stars. -UbiquitousEarlOther 5 out of 5 star reviews:"5 awesome Stars! I'd already read Zombie Fever 2: Outbreak and wish I got a hold of this prequel first. It really prepares you for the zombie exploitation to come." -Jules