Monster Horror

Emily and David wanted a fresh start. A final chance to escape the past, rekindle their love, and heal the rift that had grown between them. A secluded luxury island resort, empty but for the two of them and an attentive staff, promised peace and privacy. Paradise. But paradise has rules. And a price. Beneath the glittering waves, something ancient waits, watching. Hungering. And when the last boat leaves, the island reveals its true purpose: each season, the final guests must be offered to appease the creatures that dwell in the deep. A covenant older than memory. One that has kept the ...

Folk who value their sanity and their lives would be wise not to visit Larson's Cove this summer. Death, danger, and intrigue have drifted into the small town of Meadowville, and the growing sense that something is amiss is almost palpable on the hot, still air. Larson's Cove isn't a popular spot with the locals, but it is home to Larson's Shed. The seafood restaurant on the bay's falling-down wharf was once somewhat of an icon in the area, but it has stood vacant for quite some time. However, circumstances have recently changed. Boyd Paine, an out-of-towner with a mysterious past, has ...

A dark sky grumbled over the town of St. Francis, Louisiana. Storm clouds morphed overhead, dimming the sun. Crispy autumn leaves whooshed across the cemetery, while tall trees creaked in the wind. Among the headstones, crazy-eyed crows cawed, pecking the ground for earthworms. Some observed the comings and goings perched on gravestones. A booming crash of lightning sizzled to earth, piercing the ground with a loud CRACK. Moments later, a white fog ghosted into the air. Picked up by the wind, the mist quickly spread, and within moments, day turned into night. Alarmed by the sudden change in...

“I binged and splurged the entire series.” – J.L. Lux, Author An outpost at the edge of the kingdom. People who harbor a dark secret dating back to their origins. Menataun’s people are being killed by unexplained wild animal attacks as well as by a shambler—one of their own who has become a creature of the night. Calec and Serileen are drawn to Menataun, attempting to track down the Hunter—a suspect in Serileen’s mother’s death. But they find even darker magic already at work, something carried in the blood of these people. With their ancient remedy unavailable, the number ...

Small town secrets are the most disturbing... and the most deadly. In 1983, four teens got together in the forest surrounding Scab Wood, North Dakota, and did something terrible. Something so horrific, it's haunted them to the present day. But when children begin to emerge from the woods—kids presumed missing and dead for years—the four are reunited one last time against their will to set things right and keep that secret buried. WARNING - this novella contains strong language and violent situations. I'm guessing you got that figured out already.

Zombies, reapers, and more monsters. In a world where so many dark things go bump in the night, terror awaits around every corner as these authors take horror stories to the next level. Discover ghosts, demons, and your worst nightmares. Read at your own risk. Featuring 19 stories by the following 17 authors: Michael Raff, Antoinette McCormick, Matthew Ross, Charles Kyffhausen, Andrew McAuley, B.F. Vega, Douglas Allen Gohl, Toni Mobley, Barend Nieuwstraten III, E.B. Hunter, Constantine E. Kiousis, Alexis Cunningham, Katie Jordan, Maya Moes, Jodie Francis, Lori Gaudet, and J.E. Feldman.

Dirt Road Tales of Horror Dirt Road Tales of Horror takes you on a terrifying ride through the Southeastern United States, a place where ghosts, murderers, nightmares, and beasts lurk in the shadows, awaiting anyone brave or unfortunate enough to travel through their nocturnal domain. Prepare to be gripped by fear and fright, should you dare decide to traverse these haunted and unhallowed roads. ©Zombie Media,LLC

COME BACK TO THE WORLD OF "B" MOVIES AND GENRE FILMS AS WILLIAM SCHOELL OF "GREAT OLD MOVIES" REVIEWS HUNDREDS OF CLASSIC AND NOT-SO-CLASSIC PICTURES IN THE CATEGORIES OF HORROR, SCIENCE FICTION, INTRIGUE, MONSTER MOVIES, ALFRED HITCHCOCK FILMS, SPIES, EXPLOITATION, CLIFFHANGER SERIALS, AND VINTAGE TV SHOWS IN A LIVELY, INFORMATIVE, AND ENTERTAINING FASHION. ILLUSTRATED. WILLIAM SCHOELL IS THE AUTHOR OF DOZENS OF BOOKS INCLUDING "CREATURE FEATURES: NATURE TURNED NASTY IN THE MOVIES;" AND "MARTINI MAN: THE LIFE OF DEAN MARTIN." A CULT HORROR AUTHOR, HE HAS ALSO WRITTEN SUCH NOVELS AS "...

Entomologist at the Royal Entomological Society, Aaron Pike is tasked with locating Professor Philip Jackson, a renowned arachnologist, who has gone missing. Jackson is needed to help investigate a spate of black widow attacks in London. Reluctantly, Aaron takes young assistant Adele with him to Jackson’s home, which has been left derelict for some time. After visiting Jackson’s lab, Aaron finds out that Jackson hasn’t been seen in months. With the help of Jackson’s former assistant, Celia, Aaron and Adele unearth a shocking secret, experiments that Jackson and disgraced geneticist,...

WARNING! This prehistoric erotic fantasy will have you wrapped up, bound and moaning for MORE dino filling! 18+ ONLY Wanting to prove that women are good for more than just bearing children, Ard decides to break the most sacred rules of her clan by taking up a spear and going out into the forest to hunt. She targets the rarest and most prized creature in the forest, but soon discovers the reason why fertile young women have been forbidden from entering the monster's domain. Soon Ard finds herself helplessly controlled by the monster's mighty will, and completely unable to resist its carnal ...

Prepare to meet the wicked progeny of the master of modern horror. In Lovecraft's Monsters, H. P. Lovecraft's most famous creations--Cthulhu, Shoggoths, Deep Ones, Elder Things, Yog-Sothoth, and more--appear in all their terrifying glory. Each story is a gripping new take on a classic Lovecraftian creature. Contributors include such literary luminaries as Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Karl Edward Wagner, Elizabeth Bear, and Nick Mamatas.

Fourteen of some of the best writers in the horror genre invite you into their den of nightmarish stories. If you don't watch out, you'll never be able to leave! Enter the world of the Monstrous Feminine, where fourteen authors weave a dangerous web of tales for your personal delight and fright. You’ll meet an archaeologist who opens her mouth at the worst possible moment, and you’ll discover the protector of all life who decides the fate of humans. Follow four girls into their town at the height of the witching hour and bump into a peculiar woman who rehabilitates misogynists. Beware ...

The Monster in Room 4 is hiding behind the door and needs to be fed, it's brutally twisted inside the head, careful where you tread, pretty soon you'll be dead.

Vera Martinez wants nothing more than to escape Roaring Creek and her parents' reputation as demonologists. Not to mention she's the family outcast, lacking her parents' innate abilities, and is terrified of the occult things lurking in their basement. Maxwell Oliver is supposed to be enjoying the summer before his senior year. Instead he's taking care of his little sister while his mom slowly becomes someone he doesn't recognize. Soon he suspects that what he thought was grief over his father's death might be something more sinister.

Summary of Beneath the Sewers: The Kingdom of the Invisibles "In the town of Black Hollow, something lurks beneath the streets. First, the animals vanish. Then, the people. All that remains are stains of a black, slimy substance. Shadows move in the sewers—figures only visible in sunlight… but invisible under the cover of darkness. The Price family uncovers the truth: inhuman creatures have been hiding in the tunnels for decades, feeding on the living. And they have a Queen. But the Prices are no ordinary family. Madison sees the future. Bianca can manipulate time. And the mirrors hold ...

Secrets revealed the veil has fallen. Answers beget more questions as the world unravels. Will our heroes be able to solve the new mysteries in time? Do they have to for the future they want? Does everyone want the same future? The journey into demon territory sheds light on the demon's true nature and this world's secrets.

James and Renee are lovers hiding their passion from her violent husband. When he returns early from a trip abroad, they face his brutal wrath. James is forced to play a deadly game with his very life on the line and unwittingly awakens ancient evil sleeping underground. Who will survive the oncoming storm of bloodshed and mayhem?

They came. The ravagers of the universe. The scourge of star systems. The enemy of his race. They decimated all that he knew, slaughtering his colony like a herd of insects. Carrying their metal guns and tactical missiles, the marines butchered his siblings by the thousandfold. For that, they would pay. Krill is the last of his kind in a distant corner of the galaxy. Entrusted with the survival of his species, Krill carries with him an egg given to him by the Hive Mother herself. Her last, parting gift. What will it hatch into when it's born? A new hope for the rebirth of the Krath?

In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep: They become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent; and while they sleep they go to another place.... The men of our world are abandoned, left to their increasingly primal devices. One woman, however, the mysterious Evie, is immune to the blessing or curse of the sleeping disease.

When a storm unexpectedly develops on the horizon, Mike and Josie are about to face a fight for survival.