Dark Humor Horror

She hunts cryptids for a living. But this time, the monster might be one of her own. When Lux Branson is called to the Louisiana bayou to investigate a string of brutal attacks, she expects gators, folklore, or maybe a rogue bear. What she finds is something far worse—witnesses who speak of a creature with glowing eyes, claws like knives, and a howl that chills the soul. Locals call it the Rougarou. Lux calls it a nightmare come to life. But this mission is more than just another hunt. As she digs deeper, she uncovers a dark family secret and a personal connection that threatens to ...

As the Patron’s noose tightens down around the House of Graves, Tessa finds herself seeking the aid of Thomas Jury, a witch who’s powerful beyond measure and just as dangerous. But even with Jury’s so called 'help', will the Patron’s power prove too much for Tessa to withstand?

A suspenseful-gripping fun bloody adventure for the demon hunter. Cadence goes to Montana to help Graves Hassin solve a string of murders in the small town of Whitefish. High school girls are being killed. Their eyes are missing, leaving black holes with shadows moving inside. With her shadow demons and a large, nameless demon, the pale-faced witch, Jenny, aimed to kill her uncle Cadence, the demon hunter. Graves will need to help Chief Grady Black and his new love interest Emma Quinn understand about the supernatural and the evil that’s coming for them. Cadence has to confront his niece ...

WARNING! This book contains evil clowns. What, still reading? I mean, aren’t you kind of in or out at evil clowns? Fine, whatever. It’s your funeral... So, yeah, the rural Montana town of Possum Point has victims, er, people, too. A rancher, a cheerleader, a recluse, a mysterious stranger and many more. But you’ll just have to accept that your favorite is probably doomed anyway. When the circus of destruction comes to town the only real question is who gets... THE LAST LAUGH The complete serial--beginning, middle, and blood-soaked end--available in one collected edition for the first ...

Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny have been despatched to assist a group of scientists who are investigating a mysterious black hole which has appeared on a Somerset hillside. Could it really be a doorway to another dimension, an opening into another world? When one of the scientists disappears into the hole - with fatal consequences - Ishmael must prove whether it was an accident - or murder. But with no clues, no witnesses, and no apparent motive, he has little to go on. Is there an alien predator at large, or is an all-too-human killer responsible?

When a bizarre string of unusual corpses washes up on the beaches of San Diego during Halloween week, Detective Lindsey Brant requires more than her usual set of skills to solve the mystery. Joining forces with horror writer James Archer, the two will have to survive a scourge of undead, international killers, unscrupulous reporters, and rogue spies if they're to unravel the long-buried mystery of a deadly virus that could bring humanity to its knees. But their greatest threat to the case may just be surviving each other. See if the two will succeed in saving the world in this irreverent ...

It all started when Cadence was asked to listen to the dying old man’s stories at the peaceful desert retirement home. Slowly, Cadence realized each story was about him and a black skull a slave demon named Jarvis had given him centuries ago. The demons came for him one by one with each one appearing larger and more powerful and all of them wanted the black skull. Through the course of a hundred years, Cadence has to figure out why they were after the skull and what dark magic it possessed. In 1940, he asked the witch Meadow to hide the skull for him, so the demons could not take it. Now ...

Special Agent Lindsey Brant and horror writer James Archer are back, working for the clandestine agency, ZEST. Along with Clive Bauer and his team of elite operatives, they begin the manhunt for the bioterrorist known as Doctor X who is nearing completion of a new virus that will unleash Hell upon earth. After tracking their target to the Philippines, ZEST joins forces with the SEALs in an all-out strike to prevent Armageddon. With a double-agent in their midst, Brant and Archer will have to thwart assassins and an island of undead to save the world. That is, if they can survive each other ...

A primate geneticist abducted on an ocean tour. A mysterious cult that worships the spirit of a prehistoric monk. A zombie attack in the Pacific Northwest. What else can unfold when operatives from the newly-formed covert branch ZEST (Zombie Eradication & Studies Team) go into action? Former San Diego Detective Lindsey Brant and bestselling horror writer James Archer get assigned to track down the clues that point to a terrorist bent on creating murderous undead killers but first they must discover which direction their love-hate relationship is heading in this snarky, zombie crime-caper.

Not all witches ride brooms, wear pointy hats, and have warty noses. A fortune teller predicts Augie Doyle will soon meet a green-eyed beauty with a crescent-moon tattoo. Best yet, she’s his soul mate. That would be exciting news if he didn’t already have a girlfriend. Breaking up is out of the question. She lives with him and his dad. They’re practically a family. But then the new girl arrives. Just like the psychic predicted: gorgeous, smart, confident … and somehow into Augie. It feels too good to be true. And it is. As soon as she enters his life, things start going wrong. One ...

*(Hello, I’m the Narrator, and welcome, my fiends, to a tale of twisted tragedy, petrifying producers, and stage fright so bad it could raise the dead, literally, they’re all over the place. They’re actually the production crew.)* *(Gather around for the opening monologue of ‘Tales From The Cryptkeeper William Shakespeare #1: Romeo Dracula and Juliet Van Helsing!’ and we can’t forget the subtitle ‘Part One: Cursed Starcrossed Lovers Who Are Really Having A Hard Time Of It’. For Pete’s sake! (Pete’s my non-related twin.) How do I put it? The book’s title is an ...

A smash-hit reality show is offering a lifetime of luxury to the one person living the world's worst life, and now everyone is out to prove just how bad they've got it. Want in? All you've got to do is accept ocular implants that let the whole world see life through your eyes, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Fortunately, there's still one person who hasn't lost faith in all humanity. The show's ever-smiling host is determined to wring some tiny bit of meaning out of this twisted competition and your unhappy existence.

Garth Marenghi - Frighternerman, Darkscribe, Doomsage - is back with volume two of his TerrorTome . . . Horror novelist Nick Steen is abducted and imprisoned at Nulltec, a shadowy technological research facility with excellent conference parking, concealed deep on the Stalkford Downs. There he is observed, tested and 'interfered with' (physically) by a team of scientific experts led by Dr Barbara Nullman, determined to probe and 'nullify' his escaping imagination . . .

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...

Having been abandoned on the steps of an orphanage as an infant, lovable car thief and Dublin charmer Mahony assumed all his life that his mother had simply given him up. But when he receives an anonymous note suggesting that foul play may have led to his mother's disappearance, he sees only one option: to return to the rural Irish village where he was born and find out what really happened 26 years ago.

Life is strange. But it’s never as strange as what Augie Doyle believes. When teens start vanishing from Hollowbrook High, Augie Doyle—resident horror nerd and amateur investigator—knows something isn’t right. Hollowbrook residence believes human trafficking has come to their small town, but Augie suspects something far more sinister. A new copper mine has brought an influx of jobs, families, and students. Augie isn’t sure if the newcomers can be trusted. His top suspects? His new neighbors, who burn things in their backyard long after everyone else has gone to bed. A creative way...

The most powerful man in the world has a secret. It's not political. It's primal. During a state visit to Paris, a bizarre incident in the gardens of Versailles leaves the American President... changed. His appetites become monstrous, his temper inhuman, and his public appearances spiral into chaos. His staff scrambles to spin the terrifying transformation as mere eccentricity, but a lone translator knows the horrifying truth. As the full moon rises over the Seine, a team of unlikely heroes—a disgraced scholar, a grizzled hunter, and a pair of viral influencers—must race to stop the ...

When horror writer Nick Steen gets sucked into a cursed typewriter by the terrifying Type-Face, Dark Lord of the Prolix, the hellish visions inside his head are unleashed for real. Forced to fight his escaping imagination - now leaking out of his own brain - Nick must defend the town of Stalkford from his own fictional horrors, including avascular-necrosis-obsessed serial killer Nelson Strain and Nick's dreaded throppleganger, the Dark Third.

There are angels, and they are not beneficent or loving. But they do watch over us. They watch our lives unfold, analyzing us for repeating patterns and redundancies. When they find them, the angels simplify those patterns and remove the redundancies, and the problem that is "you" gets solved.

A demon called Damaris has escaped from hell and is now killing humans on earth. She is trying to pull Cadence Mage out of hiding, unaware he is trapped inside the three-headed dagger. While she waits, she gathers a small demon army getting ready for a battle. When Cadence’s soul is freed from the dagger, he learns his niece is in trouble, and she needs his help to free her from the dark dream world. The demon hunter will assemble his friends along with new ones to help battle Damaris and her demons, but the demon hunter underestimates her powers and realizes he has faced none like her. ...