Weird Fiction

What happens when you're on a moving train and do not know where you are going? When you hear voices? When someone offers you money? Or you find a cursed item? Or someone knocks at a door that leads to nowhere? Here in this short story collection you'll find the answers. Enter, if you dare.

In every writer's drawer there are stories. Some good, some terrible, some destined to never see the light of day. Eventually the question becomes what to do with these orphaned stories? Are they doomed to forever remain in the drawer, or should they crawl out one day and hope to see the light? These are those stories that have been dusted off and put into a new format. Seven tales of speculative fiction collected and repackaged. Travel to distant lands and explore the depth of human emotions as you explore the worlds with these characters on their adventures. "The Isle of Eden" - a lone ...

In his Locus review of Two Worlds and in Between - the first volume of The Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan - Gary K. Wolfe wrote, “...it makes you wish the second volume were here now.” Well, the long wait is over. This second volume completes this ambitious undertaking, collecting the finest of Kiernan’s stories from 2004 to 2012, selected by the author herself. The book includes 25 short stories and one poem, plus the short novel Black Helicopters - more than 200,000 words of fiction, including the World Fantasy Award-winning “The Prayer of 90 Cats”.

Wyatt Mazy is a young attorney newly arrived in Bath, New York who has recently opened his own legal practice. Wyatt suffers from a form of Asperger's Syndrome which causes him to repeat ridiculous rituals especially when a pen or eating utensil is in his hand. In this second novel in the WEIRD LAWYER SERIES, poor Wyatt is falsely accused of sexually assaulting a pretty young client. Establishing his innocence as an oddball stranger in a small town will prove to be a daunting task. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Donald W. Desaulniers is a Canadian attorney who has penned more than 100 novels since his ...

A trio of outlaws are released from an orbiting prison and sent back to their home planet. The catch? Find the president's missing son, and you’ll be pardoned by the Federation. Welcome to the desert planet of Lazarus, the hottest place in the universe inhabited by humans. It’s not only the heat that will kill you. Lazarus is also home to a spectrum of deadly creatures who have clawed out a living in the harsh desert, and they don’t take kindly to visitors. Not to mention the gangs of vicious bandits roving the land in search of anyone to kill and steal from. As descendants of tough ...

The Music of the End New Year’s Day is about beginnings. After a night spent saying goodbye to the past, you rise to greet the future. But for Melissa Haskins, there is no future. She has woken up alone in a city of the dead. Something vast and terrible moves across the world, and she has no choice but to hide when it passes overhead – she can hear it coming by the strange music that goes before it. But then one day, she hears a voice coming out of the big empty. A voice that gives her hope. A voice that may just inspire her enough to finally go out and face the music.

Who can tell sanity from madness when reality breaks? Something strange and terrible is happening to Randolph Stevens’s world. Pieces of it are disappearing, bit by bit. And he’s the only one who notices.

The weirdest back-to-school story in the history of the world! Plus bonus content!

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to deliver an evening lecture in the U.S. Capitol. Within minutes of his arrival, the night takes a bizarre turn. A disturbing object is discovered in the Capitol Building. The object is an ancient invitation, meant to usher its recipient into a long-lost world of hidden esoteric wisdom. And when Langdon's mentor is kidnapped, Langdon's only hope of saving him is to accept this invitation and follow wherever it leads him.

Grimeswood, Alabama. After midnight as a heavy fog rolls in... When one of the town's finest residents, a sleepy sheriff's deputy, pulls over a mysterious car on a dark stretch of backwoods highway, he comes face to face with a deathly enchanting vampire of the night, the Empress of the Rose. But upon inspection of the vehicle and its strange driver, Oli Reeves just won’t hear what the lady has to say, nor does he heed the cryptic advice of the letters she uses as identification. A supernatural tale of the occult with creeping thorns based on the knowledge and imagery of the Tarot.

A pirate lost to time. A siren bound in chains. And a love that should have drowned—yet refuses to die. Two hundred years ago, Jack Kelly should have died at sea. Instead, a siren dragged him into the stars, remaking him into a monster. Now, cursed to wander the galaxy as a cyborg, Jack hunts for the past that was stolen from him. And then he finds her. Alien kraken princess Nerissa knew better than to save a human, but she couldn’t let Jack die. Not when she’d spent so many nights watching him from beneath the waves. Not when she knew he was meant to be hers. But love has a price, ...

You can’t have a good tale of monster hunting without monsters. And sometimes the monsters don’t need to be hunted. Sometimes it’s fun sitting back at minimum safe distance and watching the mayhem.

In this first audiobook in the My Weirder-est School series, Ella Mentry School is having a science fair! Guest scientist Dr. Snow has arrived to help A.J. and his friends conduct their own cool experiments. But what is “the Snowman” really planning? And what does S.T.E.M. even stand for, anyway?

Newly collected stories ranging across different genres. Crafted to inspire that grey matter, and containing several previously unpublished pieces. Science Fiction, Horror, and just straight out Weird walk amongst these pages.

Nine stories. Infinite realities. From time-traveling assassins to cursed pianos, telepathic women to boring accountants, this genre-defying collection crashes through the borders of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Adventure, and Literary Fiction. Inside, you'll meet: A detective chasing clues across timelines. A struggling dad fighting for one perfect day with his daughter. A jinn with a dark secret. A musician whose final song might cost him everything. And an astronaut hurtling toward the end of the world… or the beginning of something else. Smart, strange, and unforgettable, Nine Stories: Astronauts...

Millionaire and His Muse…but with Complications! Randy knew he was playing with fire when he first laid eyes on Jessica, his business partner’s most precious asset. Despite their age gap and difference in status, the savvy and successful businessman couldn't resist the magnetic pull he felt towards the vivacious young woman. Though they came from vastly different worlds, Jessica's youthful spirit and zest for life lit a spark in Randy's heart that he thought had long faded. At first, stolen glances and shy smiles were exchanged as they worked together, neither brave enough to make the ...

In this third book in the My Weirder-est School series, A.J. and his friends learn about good oral hygiene. Grab your toothbrushes! It’s National Dessert Day, and Ella Mentry School has asked local dentist Dr. Floss to educate A.J. and his friends on the dental dangers of sweets. But Dr. Floss has other plans. She wants the kids to eat as much sugar as possible so that they’ll need a dentist! Will someone get a cavity?

The Green Book is a precious artefact procured from the possessions of a dead woman, and carefully kept in secret by the aged and studious Ambrose. Cotgrave is loaned the Green Book to further his understanding of the occult secrets that Ambrose is so reluctant to talk about. FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of this supernatural classic that's often cited as an inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft.

Woody wants to get un-weird - and fast! And he'll find help in the most unlikely of places. Woody is forever worried about being different. He thinks himself weird and a bit of a wuss, and two bullies, Della and Casey, make sure he doesn't forget that. It doesn't help that his mum is slightly bonkers. She dresses up as a sheep for a living - mostly for her job as a children's entertainer. And not to mention the fact that she forces Woody to wear old granny jumpers that she finds down the local charity shop.

A rich collection of diverse and fascinating stories by famous classic authors. 1.The Bus Conductor by E. F. Benson 2.The Murderer by Perceval Gibbon 3.The Death Mask by H. D. Everett 4.Caterpillars by E. F. Benson 5.His Brother’s Keeper by W. W. Jacobs 6.The Secret of the Black Bag by William Le Queux 7.A Joy Ride by A. J. Alan 8.The Perfect Murder by Stacy Aumonier 9.The Furnished Room by O. Henry 10.The Squaw by Bram Stoker 11.The Dust Cloud by E. F. Benson 12.The Idiot by Arnold Bennett