Twisted Horror

An ordinary mom from Earth, thrust into the life of an evil mistress...A kindred warrior, desperate to save his people...Can they restore Malik's world? Or will the two of them become trapped in a reality which has become forever...twisted? Nikki Davis is having a terrible time. Her three sons are in trouble in school, and her husband is divorcing her, while a nasty coworker steals her best commissions at work. Is it any wonder she's thinking of offing herself? But when she steps into the foaming surf of Clearwater Beach, she feels something hard under her foot.

You've been misled. Lewis Carroll didn't reveal the whole story... Alice never left Wonderland. She's trapped. She's angry. And she wants revenge. If you're a fan of twisted fairy tales, you'll love this dementedly funny series, brought to you by the author of Dorothy vs. Alice. The truth is not what you were led to believe. It wasn't all "just a dream." It's a nightmare. A nightmare she can't escape, where formerly pleasant characters throw her unhappy unbirthday parties to torment her, while others like to make her cry so they can lick her tears. But one day after years of this ...

A deranged plastic surgeon, his innocent young daughter, and a loyal guardian waiting for the moment to take the ultimate revenge. Rachel is born into a world of privilege and wealth but unfortunately, her perfect world is surrounded by instability and madness. Her successful father is determined that his lovely young daughter will be his greatest masterpiece while reveling in the pain he is able to inflict on her and others. However, Rachel has a secret. She has seen colors around other people since the moment she was born, and she can read others as easily as she can read the pages of a ...

From the moment John Black stepped foot in his hometown, he knew darkness would follow. The Northern England landscape held bittersweet memories for John - memories of childhood innocence and a lost love. But as he attends a family funeral, those memories are shattered by the discovery of a body in the dunes of Cross Hill, a place where John used to play as a child. And it's a body of a woman he once knew. Haunted by his past and driven by a set of mysterious coordinates left for him at a local pub, John races against time to confront the killer. But as the body count grows and the police ...

Nick, leader of the half-breeds and the last true hero, has spent his life fighting a dark pull toward the gods - a pull he now knows is linked to his father Krónos and the Titan's plan to escape from the Underworld. But Nick's hidden powers are coveted by more than just his father. Imprisoned by Hades, Nick battles every form of torture imaginable as the god schemes to break him. Only one thing keeps him sane - one woman who gives him the strength to fight the relentless darkness.

Train Girl On a train ride home to visit her sister, Marley Walker encounters a haunting old man who reveals a dark premonition: her sister’s life is in danger. She would be crazy to believe him, but if she doesn't find the courage to face her darkest fears, her life will be in danger, too. Again Human resources director, Lucy Matheson, is an expert at terminating staff members. But when she fires the most feared and notorious employee at Edmon Enterprises, a curse is set into motion, turning her nightmares into a reality for all eternity. To Preserve, Protect and Defend When Fiona ...

From Matt Shaw (Sick B*stards) comes a new short story following a working girl as she tries getting her life back on track after one session goes very, very wrong. Violent, tragic, sad, and sweet. This one has everything.

Return to the most haunted small town in America.... Mackenzie Clair finally has this whole ghost-hunting psychic thing figured out. The Soul Searchers are a hit, she’s got pet-parenting down, and she even has a plan to banish the poltergeist running amok at a lakeside cabin. Best of all, Donn’s Hill feels like home. But not everyone loves the town as much as Mac. A world-famous paranormal debunker thinks the psychics in Donn’s Hill are lying about their abilities.

You can check in, but you can't check out... at least not alive. Shortly after his arrival in the small town of Porterville, Detective Jack Nelson meets a stranger who claims that they've been friends for over a month. A waitress in the diner across the street from his motel recognizes Jack and tells him he's been eating at her restaurant for two months. When Jack discovers undeniable evidence that most of his memories are false, he begins to suspect that he's a subject of a mind-control experiment conducted by a secret organization. What he doesn't realize is that the motel he's staying at...

Gray Duffy never thought he'd end up as the co-lead guitarist of Oblivion, one of the hottest rock bands in the country. Even better? He's sharing the experience with his best friend, Jazz. Since the day she'd showed up as his family's new foster kid, Gray has protected her. Loved her. And not just platonically either. After all these years of wanting her in his bed, he still doesn't know what it would be like to have her mouth on his.

Bex has always been her daddy's little girl. After her mother left, it was just the two of them. Sure, he spoiled her with clothes and jewelry, but what father doesn't dote on his daughter? Except Bex's dad is alleged to be a notorious serial killer. Dubbed the Wife Collector by the press, her father disappeared before he could stand trial, and Bex was left to deal with the taunts and rumors. Foster care is her one chance at starting over, starting fresh. But Bex's old life isn't ready to let her go.

One lonely night, after suffering yet another seizure from the bullet lodged in his brain, private investigator Jim Powers comes across a very unusual man— A man with a living dragon tattoo. A man who offers Jim a deal he can't refuse. What begins as another night of his own private hell, quickly turns into something very real. Jim Powers is about to discover that the world is a much darker place than even he'd thought possible. Monsters exist...and so does something else, something far worse. He's about to discover that the Devil is real, and the Prince of Lies has a deal for Jim. A hell...

Venture into the shadowy heart of the United Kingdom with "Haunted Britain" a spine-chilling collection of ghost stories woven into the tapestry of real paranormal encounters. This captivating anthology combines both the factual and the fantastical, taking you on an unforgettable journey through the isles' most haunted locations.

Abigail's road will become more dangerous soon.

When Abigail Anthony is free and wants revenge for being contained in the Shadows house for a long time, she will not stop until her reign of terror is finished. Her thirst for their blood is real and she goes looking for the Smythes who used to live there and sold her haunted house to Tim Terror's haunted house company. When she finds them, she goes on a haunting spree along her road.

Angry she is walking into Tyras's trap to get rid of her. Ty doesn't want a dangerous ghost running around, especially one that's killed before.

Warning: These stories will keep you up late at night, nervously chewing your fingernails, cringing at every little creak of your home. Our reality may not be what you have been led to believe.

A terrifying set of four short stories sure to tingle your spine. In the "End-forcer" a repairman messing around with an old television accidentally releases a woman's soul from hell. As he struggles to protect her from a demon that is bent on her capture, he is forced to consider some disturbing questions about why she was in hell in the first place. In "Spare Parts Department" a hard-boiled Bronx detective is hot on the trial of the man who killed her partner. However, her quarry seems to have supernatural capabilities and the closer she gets to solving the mystery the more disturbing the...

Stories have always held a sort of magic. From the earliest times to the modern day, stories have had the power to entertain and entrance us, each tale a journey to another world, waiting to happen. Some of these travels are humorous, light affairs, while others are more dramatic. They can be romantic, or wondrous, fantastic or mysterious, and everything in between. And some... are just a little bit different. Some stories are a bit strange, some are perhaps even a little twisted.

“Smart, original, and brilliantly creepy.” ~Bestselling author Kristen Mae IN MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH, THERE ARE NO SECOND CHANCES. Along the fault, a spa day becomes a claustrophobic nightmare for five sisters. The perfect afternoon turns bloody for one suburban neighborhood. A husband’s journey through a frozen hellscape tests every inch of his resolve. One man’s life changes course after discovering an animal in the swamp—one different from all others. And each diabolical tale is as twisted and hypnotic as you’ve come to expect from Meghan O’Flynn. This “gripping and ...

Scott died bitter and angry, mindless of anything other than revenge. Icarus desired his soul. Would Scott willingly give up his afterlife in the name of vindication?

Set in the remote snows of contemporary Norway, The Twisted Tree is a ghost story that twists and turns - and never takes you quite where you'd expect. Martha can tell things about a person just by touching their clothes, as if their emotions and memories have been absorbed into the material. It started the day she fell from the tree at her grandma's cabin and became blind in one eye. Determined to understand her strange ability, Martha sets off to visit her grandmother, Mormor - only to discover Mormor is dead....