Dark Horror

Two men, a bitter rivalry, and a quarter-century of unspeakable horrors. Herbert West’s crimes against nature are well-known to those familiar with the darkest secrets of science and resurrection. Obsessed with finding a cure for mankind’s oldest malady, death itself, he has experimented upon the living and dead, leaving behind a trail of monsters, mayhem, and madness. But the story of his greatest rival has never been told until now.

“Medic! We need a medic now!” Behind bars, the life of a convict is a brutal game of survival. When Dean Steele receives an invitation from Ashford Prison to speak to the troubled men there. He is hopeful that he’d inspire the men to change for the better. But his arrival is met with commotion and chaos. Riots erupt and bodies start dropping. Now, it’s up to Dean to go undercover and infiltrate the prison to find out the truth amid the murderous anarchy. When the tables are turned with the bloodthirsty prisoner running the prison and taking the guards as hostages. Not even Dean ...

Tales from the Library of a Twisted Mind is a collection of dark short stories, having a common theme of being a bit warped. Perhaps not the best bedtime reading. Tales to thrill, shock and tantalise. With fore and after words on each story by the author.

Our Love Will Devour Us is a novel about the bonds of family, the depths of love, and things that hunger in the dark.

They left us for younger women. Laughed at our boundaries. Mocked our intuition. But they forgot one thing: We were never just women. We were watchers. Listeners. Witches. And when silence stopped keeping us safe, we stopped praying for closure— and started summoning consequences. What begins as one ex-wife’s whispered spell becomes a wildfire of vengeance, as a circle of discarded women forms an underground coven called The Grown Ones. Their magic is precise. Personal. Punishing. They don’t just hex these men— They remake them. Or destroy them trying. And the men? They experience ...

NEWLY EDITED AND REFORMATTED FOR A WIDER VARIETY OF TABLETS! (This has nothing to do with all the bad reviews about my editing...ahem...*whistles) "This book was utterly AMAZING!!!! Great action and adventure. Definitely recommend and looking forward to reading more from this author!!!" Amazon Customer "A well written book with twist and turns that keeps you intrigued throughout the book. I loved it could not put it down. It draws you in and doesn't let go!" Amazon customer 1783, Providence Maryland. Two priests are called to a darkened farmhouse to perform an emergency exorcism on an eight...

Pippilotta "Pip" Francis has had a crappy life. Single mom at eighteen. No money. No friends. And definitely no Lululemon yoga pants. The worst part of her day isn’t getting snubbed by horny stay-at-home moms drooling over the hot young librarian at storytime. It’s bumping into Dr. Thad Blackgrave — arrogant, secretive, and British enough to make tea boil on sight. Because worse than overdue fines she can’t pay is this: The blood moon isn’t a myth. And the beasts it calls forth? They’re not here for storytime. Now Pip and Thad — the biggest, handsomest prick she has absolutely...

NEWLY EDITED EDITION: Laura Kendall, two time Olympic archery champion, works her skills for the Maxwell Traveling Gypsy Circus; A circus using the free spirit of the gypsy life style, fashion and mysteries as it's theme to bring in crowds far and wide. Laura, traveling with her son, Jason, thrills audiences, becoming the top act at the big top. Yet, the window to compete is never totally shut. When the circus sets up tent at the sleepy coastal town of Fort Myers, Fla. An animal attack grabs the attention of Karen Walker, Animal Control Officer for the Lee County Sheriff's Department. After...

Oklahoma, 1973. The late August air of the Pottawatomie County Fair, thick with cotton candy and corn dogs, takes a sinister turn with the arrival of Carne Nocturne. For fifteen-year-old Sammi, restless and bored, this silent, decaying carnival, with its luridly painted trucks and unnerving quiet, is a chilling premonition. Inside the main tent, the "Marvels of the Unseen" are more real and horrifying than Sammi could imagine. When a "Forgotten Boy" with haunted eyes mouths a desperate, silent "Help", an icy dread grips her. Hours later, her father vanishes from their home. The carnival ...

A sapphic vampire tale bleeding with desire and obsession, ecstasy and agony, a dangerous thirst for vengeance, and a forbidden, slow-burn, femme x femme love story with a shocking conclusion. I slay the beasts that stalk this city of decay, but don't be fooled. None of them are as monstrous as me. One hundred years of blood stains my tongue and the only two things that keep me going are my vows to my sisters and my dark angel, my Aya. I'll do anything to protect her from her demons, but who is going to protect her from me? DELIRIUM NOCTURNUM is a collection of 4 standalone volumes about a ...

Commander Honor White commands the small crew of the Skeld, fending off disrespect and jealousy from a few crewmates. Kyle Green finds his world turned upside-down when he boards 'The Skeld'. It was supposed to be a simple transit. It was supposed to be easy. Then he finds the girl who he fancies is on the same mission. And the thought of being close to her terrifies him. Yellow Nuwa finds herself attracted to Green. Will she allow herself to get close to him, or will he be like all of the others and want only one thing? The shuttle that takes them to the Skeld encounters a meteorite shower...

Given up for adoption just hours after her birth, thirty-year-old Caitlyn Connelly has longed her entire life to uncover her family history. Subject to bizarre and inexplicable visions, Cait is desperate to learn whether her biological mother can provide any insight as to the origin of her unusual ability. When a local investigator learns Cait was born in a Boston suburb, the Tampa lawyer wastes no time booking a flight to the East Coast. In Boston, with the city under siege by a killer known as "Mr. Midnight," Cait's visions intensify, morphing from merely annoying to graphic and ...

My husband. My tormentor. The most notorious man in the city offers me a job. Act as his dead wife. Adrian Volkov isn’t the type of person who takes no for an answer. He commands with an iron fist and all his orders are met. When he approaches me with the offer, I have two options. Go to prison or put myself under his wrath. I choose to have a roof over my head. What’s so hard about acting, right? Wrong. The moment I step into his wife’s shoes, everything spirals out of control. My only way of survival is through Adrian. Or is it?

Long lost to the public in out-of-print pulp magazines, dusty Victorian anthologies, and the pages of now defunct newspapers, these vintage vampire stories have truly proved immortal. Resurrected now for the year 2011, this is a stunning collection of nineteenth-century vampire stories by heavyweights such as Sabine Baring-Gould and Bram Stoker. These rare stories are arranged in chronological order from 1846 to 1913 and are compiled by two of the world's leading vampire anthologists and experts.

Professor Miranda Ventham is having bad dreams—nothing new in 1920s Arkham—but hers are horrifying glimpses of a dark future. Now seriously ill, she books herself into the new sanatorium, Stroud Home. With luck, the town's eldritch taint won't reach her there. And yet the nightmares worsen. Aided by her friend, Agatha Crane, they delve into the background of the sanatorium's enigmatic director, Donovan Stroud. Plagued by doubts, delusions, and terrifying visions, Miranda must unravel the shrouded history of the Strouds before she is trapped in a labyrinthine nightmare.

'Bright Lights' AJ Starr is a pro wrestler on the rise, and his life is about to change forever. Knowing this, he plans one last party with all of his best friends. The venue? Saxon Hills theme park, abandoned 10 years ago after its flagship ride burned down and killed nine innocent people. Some people say the place is haunted, but AJ knows from his time inside the squared circle that fantasy and reality are totally separate things. Or so he thought.

A collection of horror/thriller stories with surprise endings to chill you and thrill you to the bone. The creepers include: THE BLIND MAN: Two career criminals see a blind man with a wad of cash at the mall and follow him home. BAD TO THE BONE: Ted sees a gruesome accident, discovers he can't get enough death and dismemberment, and his graphic videos go viral on the net. DEAL OR NO DEAL: An author who lost his wife in a fatal accident meets a weird man at the bar who says he can bring her back for a price. IDENTICAL: A frightened and confused pregnant woman delivers three identical girls ...

Suffer the Children presents a terrifying tale of apocalyptic fiction, as listeners are introduced to Herod's Syndrome, a devastating illness that suddenly and swiftly kills all young children across the globe. Soon, they return from the grave, and ask for blood. And with blood, they stop being dead. They continue to remain the children they once were, but only for a short time, as they need more blood to live. The average human body holds 10 pints of blood, so the inevitable question for parents everywhere becomes: How far would you go to bring your child back?

After thirty-four years in the same weatherworn farmhouse on Dagger Lane, Tommy Hearst thought he knew every creak and whisper the old place could conjure. But when he uncovers a rotting corpse sealed behind wallpaper and hears his dead mother's voice carved into mirrors, he realizes the house isn't haunted—it's alive. As the walls breathe and whisper secrets long buried, Tommy is pulled into a horrifying family legacy—one bound in blood, sealed with silence, and broken by his very birth. Something ancient stirs beneath the floorboards. Something that has been waiting. Watching. ...

Kolchak meets Buffy! When the owner of The World Today offers journalism intern Charlotte Hastings a full-time position upon her graduation from college and allows her to choose her columns’ topic, she’s over the moon. But, when he ties her earnings to the number of new subscribers her articles land, the weight of The World is on her shoulders. Her handsome colleague, photographer Dave Edwards, is certainly a huge perk, though, despite the paper’s no-fraternization policy. Book I: Secrets of Sea Island: Charlotte’s first assignment takes her and Dave to a luxurious island resort–...