Apocalyptic Horror

This is a new collection of short stories. They are not similarly themed and include, Western (The title story), apocalyptic, horror, sci fi, drama and more. Six stories total... Only in Dreams: A fateful night on a dark river road takes a toll on a young man, killing his wife and friends and leaving him in a deep well of despair he must try to climb out of. But fate is not finished with him when dreams continue to drag him back to that fateful night and then seem to take control of his waking life as well. Mister Johnson: A horse thief steals a poor dirt farmers plow horse, part of a team ...

Andrea Zurita was a young woman, there seemed no reason for her sudden illness and death, but there were things that should be done and so the local Mirukus, shaman had come. A few words, prayers, the shaman was a transplanted Haitian: They understood most of what he said, but not everything. He had left and they had prepared her for burial. She was washed and dressed in a plain white cotton dress. The second day came and the family came to call, leaving their wishes where she lay in her grandmother's home. The third day came and the burial was coming. Cousins, men who worked in a ...

Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; all the members of the second expedition committed suicide; the third expedition died in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another; the members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within months of their return, all had died of aggressive cancer.

Timothy lived a life only a psychopathic sociopath could enjoy and understand. When he was bitten on the first day of the zombie-apocalypse he turned the tides on a single-minded virus he affectionately called Hugh. Together they terrorized a city before seemingly meeting their untimely demise. Nobody could have foreseen his resurrection. Tim's close call with death has done nothing to temper his missions in life, to live, to eat and to rule the world. Tim is back and he's an asshole.

Hidden in the darkness, they stalk the unwary. They have a hunger, a burning desire to taste of the flesh of others and their bite carries an infection, a virus that will send those who are bitten, crazy. Those infected lose everything that makes them human, leaving them with just an urge for violence, for lust, for hunger and an unquenchable rage! In the city of Leeds, Sarah, a young nurse, sees first-hand, the effects of this infection as it sweeps through the city, filling the emergency room with injured people. Unable to do more than bandage their wounds and send them home, she ...

The mist is full of evil things—dark, twisted beings that think only of their own hunger—but Clare has clawed her way through. She and Dorran are alive against all odds, though relief is only temporary. Dorran is sick, and declining fast. The only way to save him lies in the mysterious Evandale Research Station, supposedly one of the few remaining places safe from the predators that lurk in the shadows. But the station is a three days' journey away, and it's unlikely their small group can endure that long out in the dark.

The UK's best-selling zombie horror series continues.

After securing a vast government bunker, Collie Jones is heading west to challenge the sinister road clan known as the Leather. And she won’t stop until she’s killed its maniacal leader: the Dog Tongue. Gus Berry is at her side every step of the way, his growing affection for the operator matched only by his dislike of the former prisoner Milo, whom Collie insists on bringing along.

When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity. Cloning, feel-good drugs, anti-aging programs, and total social control through politics, programming, and media: has Aldous Huxley accurately predicted our future? With a storyteller's genius, he weaves these ethical controversies in a compelling narrative that dawns in the year 632 A.F. (After Ford, the deity). When Lenina and Bernard visit a savage reservation, we experience how Utopia can destroy humanity.

They thought their biggest battle had been fought - but the war had not even begun. Months after the defeat of a vicious army that threatened their very existence, a new enemy has come to town. For Mike and his family, it’s a race against time. With death lurking around every corner, their only hope is to enter a zombie infested city to find the one thing that might save them. They have fought for all they have, but is this one battle too many?

In a world devastated by a relentless zombie outbreak, seasoned veteran John Mcgammon fights to protect what remains of humanity alongside his band of private security operatives. As they prepare for a pivotal client meeting with their fortified armored vehicles, ominous events unfold—mysterious crashes and the horrifying transformations of loved ones into ravenous smilers signal a more sinister threat. Battling not just the undead but also secrets buried deep within the chaos, John must confront terrifying realities and ensure the safety of Firebase Alpha, the sanctuary he has built. As ...

The world may have ended, but hope is just beginning. After months of hardship, betrayal, and unimaginable loss, Lucy and her makeshift family turn their backs on the corrupted base that once promised safety. With little more than determination and a vision for something better, they head west—risking everything for the chance to rebuild, to reclaim what it means to be human, and to prove that the end isn’t the end after all. On a highway haunted by dangers both living and dead, every mile tests their courage and their faith in each other. But even as the shadows of the old world ...

It's a day after President John F. Kennedy narrowly misses Oswald's bullet. The POTUS is in the Oval Office recovering from a shrapnel wound. He has a morning cup of coffee at the Resolute Desk. He has a minor hand injury from shards of glass shattered in the limousine. He reads the morning paper about Oswald being killed outside of a Texas theater. Then, while he plays with his young toddler son John John with a new-fangled train set, it happens: A bloodcurdling sound is heard outside. A terrible ear-popping siren is all over Washington. Kennedy's face is galvanized with panic. The air ...

On the isle of Big Tancook, Collie Jones is making plans. She informs her fellow islanders that it’s time to resume her original mission: to find other survivors of the apocalypse, screen them, and bring them back with her. Every person who joins them is another valuable addition to their skill and gene pool. But first, Collie must return to the place from whence she originally came and secure the elaborate government bunker known as Whitecap as well as its vast store of munitions.

The world of man was brought to its knees with the zombie apocalypse. A hundred and fifty years have passed since man clawed and climbed his way back from the brink of extinction. Civilization has rebooted, man has begun to rebuild, creating new communities and society. It is on this fragile new shaky ground that a threat worse than the scourge of the dead has sprung... Once again, one man finds himself once thrust into the forefront of a war he wants nothing to do with and seemingly cannot win.

The Twelve have been destroyed, and the 100-year reign of darkness that descended upon the world has ended. The survivors are stepping outside their walls, determined to build society anew - and daring to dream of a hopeful future.

Joel has lived and worked his whole life in the small town of Glennville, but his life is about to change forever; only time will tell if it is for the better or the worse. He goes to work at the mill, drinks with the few friends he has at a local bar on the weekends. He's got his truck packed for an off-grid adventure he's planed for his vacation. Fortunate for him, because when he awakens to leave for that trip, everything has changed permanently... Haley is in Glennville because her husband was stationed at the nearby base. In a few hours her life is also going to change forever. She ...

From Bella Street--Bestselling Amazon Author in Gothic and Sci-Fi Romance-- comes the story of Persephone...in a pink velour track suit. THE Z WORD, Book One of the APOCALYPSE BABES series, follows Seffy Carter and her longtime friends Gareth, Addison, and Lani. The four besties share a past dysfunctional and dark enough to keep them bound together under do-over identities. But like off-brand velour, rends develop in their relationships from the flesh-eating pressures of ending up in 1980, in a Montana desert, surrounded by zombies wearing dated disco duds. "Ms. Street is to be highly ...

It's not about the zombies; it's about the survivors. When a meteor obliterates a top-secret government research facility, the world spirals into chaos. The dead walk among the living, and humanity's hope seems lost. Chalice Hart never imagined she'd lead a band of survivors through the apocalypse. Now, she must guide her rag-tag group to safety, navigating a world where every sanctuary is fleeting, and danger lurks around every corner. As they journey through the ruins of civilization, they gather allies and lose friends, each step fraught with peril. Their one beacon of hope is Colton, ...

Book three in the series and more Zombie drama... A blur farther along the line of buildings caught his attention, and he watched as another woman, also dead - he could tell from the way her skin stretched too tightly across her face, the way her bones protruded through that skin in places... Janelle met her in midair. Her hands, hooked into claws, punctured the other woman's chest and dragged her down to the ground. From there it was all downhill for her. She had underestimated the power that Janelle possessed. Janelle's fingers had punched straight through her chest, hooked into her ribs ...