Survival Horror

The official history is a lie. In 1804, the Corps of Discovery embarks on its legendary journey, with Captain Meriwether Lewis seeking to cast "the light of reason into the dark places of the world". But the vast, unmapped territory they enter is not empty. It’s unnervingly silent. The game has vanished, and the only signs of life are macabre warnings: a salmon bitten cleanly in half, impossible marks carved fifteen feet up a tree, and the snapped neck of a cougar left as a statement. While Lewis’s pride blinds him to the truth, Captain Clark feels a malevolent presence watching from ...

The wildfire isn't the deadliest thing in these woods. A raging inferno tears through Timberline Ridge. A six-person hotshot crew is deployed to contain it. But as smoke thickens and the forest closes in, something ancient and furious emerges from the untouched trees. They call it Bigfoot. Cut off from radio, trapped by fire, and stalked through ash and flame, the team must survive not only the blaze—but a predator that’s lived in these forests long before men ever carried axes. Bigfoot – Fire on the Ridge is a blistering horror novella of primal terror, isolation, and survival. ...

An unsanctioned ultramarathon in the remote Pacific Northwest. One hundred miles of punishing terrain. A legion of elite runners. For professional athlete Maya, the legendary "Apostate's Run" is the ultimate test of endurance, a secret race she has trained her entire life to win. But the forest holds a secret darker than the trail. From the moment the race begins, a primal sense of dread descends. The runners are not just competitors; they are prey. A chilling scream cuts through the trees, and the race for the finish line becomes a desperate flight for survival. Something is hunting them...

They wanted a weekend escape. The forest wanted something else. Jenna sought a quiet retreat in the dense woods of a remote state park, a break from the noise of the city. Her partner, Mark, saw it as another objective to conquer—a master of logistics in a world he believed he understood. But the ancient forest has its own rules. And it has a keeper. It begins with a strange orb of light on a photo, an anomaly Mark dismisses as a technical glitch. Then comes the sharp crack of a branch in the dead of night, followed by the soft thud of a pebble against their tent. Mark’s relentless ...

Bigfoot: Shadows in the Timberline By Ethan Blackwood They sent her to study the forest. They never mentioned what hunts there. Dr. Elise Holloway, a no-nonsense wildlife biologist, accepts a high-paying, secretive assignment in the remote town of Bluffs End, Washington. Officially? An environmental survey. Unofficially? Investigate a string of disappearances in the deep Olympic Peninsula—where locals speak of something ancient, enormous, and territorial. Under the command of a cryptic ex-military handler, Elise and her team venture into a vast, uncharted valley. Trail cam footage shows ...

The Dead Didn’t Rise on Their Own… They Were Sent. When a long-buried fragment of the Tunguska meteorite is unearthed, an ancient and deadly pathogen is unleashed upon the world. What begins as a fever and body aches soon spirals into an apocalyptic nightmare as the infected transform into ravenous, near-indestructible creatures. Civilization crumbles in weeks, and the remnants of humanity are forced into desperate survival. Three years later, Major Brian "Finn" Finnegan and his team of battle-hardened survivors fight to keep their last refuge alive in the Florida Keys. With supplies ...

Preface Gary and Alyce had been on vacation when the zombie apocalypse began. The little beach town of Cape May turned from paradise to hell. They managed to survive when Cape May was overrun by the hordes of the undead. They barely escaped and made it back home to Pennsylvania. Within days the world they knew was crumbling around them. Life as they knew it ceased to exist. Life now was no longer having nice things, watching your favorite TV show, or deciding what to have for dinner. Life was now a matter of just surviving the day. With the evils of what was now the world closing in on them...

They weren't alone on the ice. For seventy years, Elias has known Lake George like the back of his hand. It's a place of quiet tradition and harsh beauty. For his grandson, Alex, it's a boring winter trip—another day spent disconnected from his world, watching his grandfather fish in the brutal cold of the Adirondacks. But the ice groans with a weight that isn't natural, and the wind carries a sound that no man or animal should make. When a savage blizzard descends, it brings with it a terror that has haunted these woods for generations. An ancient predator, impossibly large and brutally ...

Mankind has known hardships. They have experienced pandemics, droughts, floods, and infections, but never have they had to face a plague of this magnitude. Where did the Changed ones come from? How can the world survive now that they've arrived? What lengths will people go to, to make sure they are the ones who remain? Join in the epic battle to save humanity in this open-ended series.

After a plane is forced to make an emergency landing in a remote area, the surviving crew and passengers must wait until a rescue team arrives. But they soon discover they are not alone in the wilderness, and the rescue team is not showing up anytime soon.

Some legends refuse to stay buried. Camp Deadwood is about to learn that lesson in blood. When a group of optimistic counselors arrives to reopen the infamous, isolated camp, they dream of bonfires and summer adventures. But the surrounding wilderness hides a chilling secret, and the camp's dark, forgotten history is thirsting for new victims. Ignored warnings from a haunted groundskeeper quickly turn into a desperate reality as an ancient terror awakens in the deep woods. A legendary Sasquatch, more cunning, intelligent, and brutal than any folklore could describe, begins its relentless ...

This exciting cryptid creature feature collection contains six short stories of terror in the woods. It contains three previously published stories: THE DARKNESS IN THE PINES THE BEAST OF FALLOW PINES, and SOMETHING IN THE WOODS in addition to three never before published stories: FALLOW CREEK PART I FALLOW CREEK PART 2 and the conclusion to the Fallow Pines story, SOMETHING IN THE WOODS PART II - THE BEAST IN THE DARKNESS! FALLOW CREEK PART I While exploring the long-abandoned Fallow Creek Campground, Dan Easton makes a terrifying discovery in the pines. FALLOW CREEK PART II Rob Easton ...

They are the most fearless animals on earth. Now they are bigger, faster, and hunting in a pack. Welcome to Everglow Palms, a retirement community where the days are slow and the nights are quiet. For ex-combat medic Lexie, it’s a peaceful new life as a camp counselor—a way to forget the past. But the tranquility is shattered when a research experiment goes horribly wrong. A swarm of genetically engineered honey badgers, bred for size and extreme aggression, has been unleashed. They are intelligent, relentless, and see humans as a threat to be eliminated. When they descend on the ...

Kit Easton had struggled her entire life. Things couldn't possibly have gotten any worse for her...until the day they did. Her mother was dying, her husband had long ago become the enemy, they were down to their last dime, and her daughter had distanced herself to avoid everyone and everything. When Kit's sister takes their mother to New York for what is supposed to be a revolutionary, life-saving cure, a disaster no one could have predicted strikes. But it isn't just Kit's family that is affected, it rocks the entire world.

What starts as a lucrative hunt for a legendary creature in a remote, protected wilderness turns into a desperate battle for survival. For three men, the promise of fame and fortune is too great to ignore. But when their monstrous steel trap snaps shut, the prize is not a simple beast. They haven’t trapped a monster; they've started a war with a vengeful, intelligent entity that knows the woods like the back of its hand. Stranded by a ferocious blizzard and cut off from the outside world, their gear is systematically destroyed with chilling precision. The hunter has become the hunted. Led...

A scenic shortcut turns into a road to hell. Five friends searching for one last taste of adventure. A detour that isn't on any map. When their car mysteriously breaks down deep in the isolated Appalachian wilderness, their dream road trip curdles into a claustrophobic nightmare. The silence of the forest is heavy, broken only by the feeling of being watched. The only sign of life is a creepy, dilapidated general store and its stoic, unsettling owner. Stranded and desperate, the friends soon discover they are not the first to take this road, and that the woods have a horrifying history—a ...

The rustle in the reeds isn't the wind. The eyes in the darkness aren't your imagination. In the remote corners of our world, and sometimes disturbingly close to home, nature’s deadliest predators reign – and when humans cross their path, the encounters are swift, brutal, and unforgettable. Prepare for your heart to pound with James Calloway's Animal Attack Stories - Predators-. This harrowing collection plunges you into fifteen terrifying standalone stories where the fragile boundary between human and beast is shattered, and primal survival is the only instinct that matters. Each ...

Kenna Sharma is an engineer, not a hero. Her job on the clandestine Deep Look space station is simple: follow procedures, fix what is broken, and do not ask questions. But during a routine spacewalk, a two-second glitch in reality shows her the impossible: the stars are a lie, and her station is a cage. Back inside, the world feels wrong. A hairline crack appears not on the glass, but in space itself. Her crewmates begin to forget shared memories, their personalities fading into a placid, smiling emptiness. Kenna is being gaslit by her commanders and haunted by a horror that does not kill...

A bright flash spread across the night sky, taking most of the life in the world with it. Now the dead walk the earth, and the living try to survive. Emily is a young woman discovering her inner strength. Her life has been turned upside down, and she was just beginning to piece it back together. Nothing could have prepared her for how everything was about to get worse. A bright light in the sky changed everything in an instant. Now, she is alone, only with her dog Marley to help her navigate the world ruled by the dead. Emily must find a strength she never knew she possessed to survive and ...

Pristine beaches, lush greenery, and perfect weather, the island of Kisapmata would be the vacation destination…if not for the curse. The Filipino locals speak of it in hushed voices and refuse to step foot on the island. They know the lives it has claimed. They won’t be next. A Hollywood film crew won’t be dissuaded. Legend claims a Dreamer god sleeps, waiting to grant unimaginable powers in exchange for eight sacrifices. The producers are determined to document the evidence. And they convince Alon, a local teen, to be their guide.