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Vampire's Ball | by Alice V May 19, 2011 | 6242 words | Sample 20% |
| It's not your average party and they aren't your average guests. Magnus is a sexual online deviant known in the underground world of chat room porn. A man who gives so much of himself to those in need that the time has finally come for him to indulge in his own wicked desires. That is, if no one stands in his way! | ||||
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Baby Talk - Book 1 | by Mike Wells May 19, 2011 | 28483 words | Read a sample |
| In this creepy horror novel, Neal Becker is convinced that his 5 month old baby daughter can talk. But that's impossible...isn't it? Except that Neal didn't really want to get married in the first place and pushed his wife for an abortion. And now, Baby Natasha knows it. She's out to get Neal, or so he believes. Join the two in a terrifying battle for survival that will make your blood run cold! | ||||
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From Such Small Things | by Brian Harmon May 17, 2011 | 9209 words | Read a sample |
| When an unidentified noise sets off a series of unexplained events within his home, Allan is at first excited by the idea of a ghostly visitor. But his enthusiasm quickly turns to dread when it becomes apparent that his phantom guest has also begun to notice Allan. This tale is from the short story collection, BURIED IN THE BASEMENT, by the author of The Temple of the Blind series. 9200 words | ||||
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Night Watchman | by Ric Rodriguez May 17, 2011 | 3211 words | Read a sample |
| A policeman moonlights as a watchman, guarding a mysterious, windowless building in the middle of the night. | ||||
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The Feast | by Shaun Allan May 16, 2011 | 794 words | Read a sample |
| They stalk. They sneak. They lie in wait. They feast. | ||||
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The Tin Heart | by AM Kirkby May 15, 2011 | 3483 words | Read a sample |
| A tourist steals a tin heart from a church in Venice. The theft is unseen - but strange happenings suggest the heart is taking its vengeance. A ghost story in the style of M R James. | ||||
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Haven: The Beginning | by Jeff Ping May 14, 2011 | 8404 words | Read a sample |
| Haven: The beginning, A short novella about a community that adapts to surviving and living in a post Zombie apocalypse world. They learn to adapt to a world without most modern conveniences and understand their enemy the Zombie in order to survive. | ||||
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A Ghost Story of the Norfolk Broads | by AM Kirkby May 14, 2011 | 2896 words | Read a sample |
| Two cruisers on the Norfolk Broads discover an eerie story behind the strange pub where they tie up one night. | ||||
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Wesley and the Sex Zombies | by Portia Da Costa May 14, 2011 | 6287 words | Read a sample |
| Computer wizard Wesley is having a bad day. His girlfriend is cheating, his best friend has let him down and he hates his job. Then, in a grungy motorway service café, a vision of unearthly loveliness walks into his life, the most beautiful woman he's ever seen. But while Wesley weaves an erotic fantasy about this mysterious stranger, he's in danger from dark, arcane scheme. | ||||
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Ashton (Vampire Morsels) | by Joleene Naylor May 13, 2011 | 4864 words | Read a sample |
| Short Story. Not for children. Part of a collection about different vampires from the Amaranthine universe. After Ashton's parents die it's up to him to take care of his younger brother. He tries to escape the pressure by befriending the new guy in town and his dangerous friends. But he discovers that his new reality is far worse than the one he tried to escape. | ||||
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Heaven Must Lose | by Stephanie Rabig May 11, 2011 | 1839 words | Read a sample |
| Hayley ignores an incredibly important bit of common sense: no matter how bad things are, never, ever, make a deal with the Devil. A free short story. This is one of four stories included in the author's collection IN THE DARKNESS FIND ME. | ||||
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When Cthulhu Met Atlach-Nacha | by Alan Ryker May 09, 2011 | 9528 words | Read a sample |
| He's an academic; she's an artist. He worships Cthulhu, the slumbering behemoth; she worships Atlach-Nacha, the spider goddess of dreams. Their interfaith marriage is challenging enough before the gods themselves arise and do battle. Can this couple hold their relationship together during the end of times? | ||||
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A Right Stitch Up | by Richard Kerr May 09, 2011 | 2235 words | Read a sample |
| Short, humourous alternative history of a famous horror story. Who is the real author? | ||||
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A Life On Fire | by Chris Bowsman May 07, 2011 | 19396 words | Read a sample |
| Gerald McManner does not have a happy life. His job is boring and he goes home to an empty house. Every day is pretty much the same, until one day when his dreams become nightmares and the boredom becomes insanity. Will he find his way back to the light, or burn in his alcohol and depression fueled hell? | ||||
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Chicken Salad Sandwich: A short story | by David McGhee May 05, 2011 | 9680 words | Read a sample |
| Andy Rickman has it all in his pocket. With his mother absent for most of the time he is free to drink and take pills all day long, selling them on the side for a hefty profit. Everything is going swell, that is, until an old witch moves in next door. The thing is about this is... Well... People are sort of going crazy and doing silly things like killing each other. Andy's in for a ride now! | ||||
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Some Summonings Are Suspect | by Jeffrey Somogyi May 03, 2011 | 3439 words | Read a sample |
| Here's a short story about a hill, some guys, some other guys, and some things that want to eat those guys. There's a bit of occult chanting, too, so you know this is definitely a Fantasy story. | ||||
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What Lies At The Bottom of Plot 105 | by Troy Kirby May 03, 2011 | 1660 words | Read a sample |
| Two grave robbers decide to exhume the casket of Plot 105 and find something waiting for them. | ||||
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Astra The Witch | by Troy Kirby May 03, 2011 | 2304 words | Read a sample |
| Told through the eyes of an old western criminal, Astra the witch is raging havoc on a town which hates her. | ||||
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Monsters | by Keri Knutson May 01, 2011 | 6574 words | Read a sample |
| When are you too old to believe in monsters? | ||||
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From The Sky | by Keri Knutson May 01, 2011 | 6578 words | Read a sample |
| It was an ordinary day, and then it wasn't. A tale of unexpected horror. | ||||
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Undead Nocturne: Even Dead Men Die | by William Todd Rose May 01, 2011 | 18060 words | Read a sample |
| In a city that makes Hell seem like a summer retreat, one man's quest for truth spirals into an ever deepening abyss of violence and intrigue. In his way, a seductive siren whose heart may be as cold as the fog enshrouded alleys, a sadistic gangster with an ax to grind, and legions of shambling corpses who don't have the good sense to lay down and die. Welcome to Beat City, jack ... | ||||
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The Exorcists: The Broken Apostles and Brynn | by A L Fetherlin May 01, 2011 | 3786 words | Read a sample |
| Demon hunters seek out the possessed to bring the balance of good and evil back in God's favor. Introducing descendants of the original exorcists: Brynn uses gentle persuasion to rescue the taken while the Broken Apostles reluctantly use excessive force to send the demons back to hell. | ||||
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Two Fates | by Ric Rodriguez May 01, 2011 | 4852 words | Read a sample |
| Rico owes more money than he can ever pay back -- to a homicidal loan shark. The night before he is to be killed for his debt, Rico goes to a fortune teller, who agrees that he has no future. But the fortune teller offers him a chance to escape his fate. Rico takes the offer, but learns that there are many ways to pay a debt . . . | ||||
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Cold Stairs | by Mark Petersen April 29, 2011 | 4296 words | Read a sample |
| Winner of an Honorable Mention Virginia Tech Literary Award, this story takes place in Eastern Kentucky and is based on what might have been a true ghost story. I consider this to be my best finished piece, and I look forward to your feedback. Enjoy! | ||||
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Elixir of Life | by Wilde Blue Sky April 27, 2011 | 6831 words | Read a sample |
| Short horror story (suitable for adults only) about a man's search for the secret of eternal youth and the moral journey he goes through. If you appreciated this work please, if you are able, make a small donation to a charity of your choice. | ||||
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A CANDLE IN HER HANDS | by Iqra Tariq April 26, 2011 | 977 words | Read a sample |
| A short story of a dead girl as she endeavors to save others from the same fate as hers. | ||||
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The Comfort of the Shriek | by Scott Crowder April 25, 2011 | 3316 words | Read a sample |
| When President Lincoln is shot dead, an apocalyptic cult worshiping in the swamps of Louisiana fears the end of days is near. When they find the apocalypse's angel buried in mud, they know it. One of them, though, has decided the angel is not theirs to fawn over, it's his. And he'll do anything at all to keep it... | ||||
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Fifteen | by JD Gillam April 25, 2011 | 2317 words | Read a sample |
| Grub is one of those people that your parents warned you about and willed you to stay away from. Kady didn't listen..... | ||||
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The Point | by Tony Rabig April 24, 2011 | 3324 words | Read a sample |
| One night, Diana Harris, heartbroken and lonely, walked away from campus; she walked out to The Point and was never seen again. Campus legend says that her ghost still haunts The Point. Over the years, four young men walked alone at night to The Point, and vanished without a trace. Tonight Bill Spender is walking away from campus, not caring where--just away. He's walking out to The Point... | ||||
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Mute | by Ruth Pettite April 23, 2011 | 2967 words | Read a sample |
| A nightmare come true, before the events ever took place. | ||||
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Casey Travels West | by Barry Burnett April 23, 2011 | 4196 words | Read a sample |
| The aliens have gone, after their offer of an immortality among the stars proved too good for anyone to refuse. Except Casey, who now finds herself crossing an abandoned landscape, looking for a reason to keep on living. Just someone, anyone to talk to would be a start. Anyone, that is, except the Farmer. | ||||
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Jasmine & Garlic | by Monica J O'Rourke April 22, 2011 | 3972 words | Read a sample |
| A “routine†obstetric visit quickly becomes a nightmare for unsuspecting mom-to-be Cassandra. But even worse than the exam itself is what Dr. Windling has in store for her and her unborn child … | ||||
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Arowenia (Vampire Morsels) | by Joleene Naylor April 21, 2011 | 3666 words | Read a sample |
| Short Story. Not a children's story. The third in a collection called Vampire Morsels about different vampires from the Amaranthine universe. Arowenia, Claudius's child bride for eternity, lives in a gilded cage. She moves through a world of opulence and excess, shielded from Claudius's political enemies, until a waring coven's scheme engulfs her. You can also find Arowenia in Shades of Gray. | ||||
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Another Man's Wife plus 3 Other Tales of Horror | by David Bernstein April 19, 2011 | 14417 words | Read a sample |
| Another Man's Wife and Three Other Tales of Horror is a collection of stories that deal with infidelity, revenge, the supernatural and monsters. | ||||
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The Garden | by Claire Collins April 19, 2011 | 6933 words | Read a sample |
| How far will a homeowner go to achieve the perfect garden? Her neighbors are dying to find out. This short story provided for your quick reading entertainment by Claire Collins, author of the Romantic Suspense novels, "Images of Betrayal", and "Fate and Destiny". | ||||
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American Nightmare | by T.K. Murphy April 18, 2011 | 23072 words | Read a sample |
| Bob is your average, successful American that has done everything right. He lived the American Dream, but slowly everything comes crashing down. His reality is shattered and he becomes unglued. This novella follows his dangerous path. | ||||
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LZR-1143: Perspectives (Zombie Short Stories) | by Bryan James April 17, 2011 | 21709 words | Read a sample |
| In a world overrun by the living dead, every victim has a story. These are some of those stories. This collection of six short stories from a world ravaged by the LZR-1143 virus features a unique selection of characters from the original zombie novel by Bryan James, LZR-1143: Infection, and from the upcoming, soon to be released sequel, LZR-1143: Evolution. Free for a limited time! | ||||
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Hunger Moon | by Troy Dennison April 16, 2011 | 7352 words | Read a sample |
| There is a severed arm on top of the television set and I’m reasonably certain that it does not belong to me... A man's home is his castle, his fortress, his place to escape the world outside. Attacked, imprisoned, clinging to life, counting the moments until his assailants return and terrified of the fate that awaits when they do... | ||||
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Jackboots for Jesus - A Short Story | by Casey Criswell April 14, 2011 | 2544 words | Read a sample |
| Sister Mary Elizabeth has a calling in life. This sister has a night life that lies outside the typical nun's habit; Sister Mary Elizabeth fights an endless war against the forces of evil! | ||||
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Deep Lies the Murky Floor - A Short Story | by Casey Criswell April 14, 2011 | 4163 words | Read a sample |
| From a young age we are urged to fight our fears. For Simon, those fears involve girls, bullies and things that lie deep beneath the surface of the pond. | ||||
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Said To Contain | by Brandon Messerschmidt April 14, 2011 | 67654 words | Read a sample |
| Trucker Randy Johnston has taken possession of a strange load Said To Contain ‘ice’ from a shipping facility in California. The journey towards its destination will open his eyes to secrets of the universe that he grows to wish had been kept behind the curtain forever. He will encounter unspeakable nightmares on the road to Cape Canaveral, where the fate of all mankind hangs in the balance. | ||||
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Violent Bits: A Horror Sampler | by Aaron Polson April 13, 2011 | 2919 words | Read a sample |
| A sampler of three dark stories with visceral bite taken from Violent Ends: Horror Stories. | ||||
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Before the Storm | by Alan Edwards April 13, 2011 | 2970 words | Read a sample |
| A midnight tryst by a lonely tree on a windswept knoll can be a very romantic thing. When the dead stalk the night, however, much more than a villager's heart is at risk. | ||||
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The Man in the Fire | by Brian Harmon April 12, 2011 | 4861 words | Read a sample |
| The Man in the Fire took everything Daniel ever held dear. Now Daniel sets out for one final confrontation. This tale is from the short story collection, BURIED IN THE BASEMENT, by the author of the Temple of the Blind series. About 4800 words. | ||||
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Mad Gods Review | by Athanasios Galanis April 12, 2011 | 124655 words | Read a sample |
| If you do download this preview copy please go to its listing at the following & leave a review. A few sentences would be greatly appreciated. Thanks of taking the time to read & review. | ||||
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The Space | by Alan Edwards April 12, 2011 | 4882 words | Read a sample |
| For some people, routine is very important. Upsetting that routine can have dire consequences. | ||||
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The Bridge: A Horror Novella | by Amanda Lawrence Auverigne April 11, 2011 | 24217 words | Read a sample |
| After finding an online advertisement for a free designer couch, roommates Lena, Stacy and Tamara believe that they have found the perfect bargain. After the sofa's quick delivery, the three friends soon make a terrifying discovery. "The Bridge" is a tale of horror. Parental Warning: This eBook contains mature themes and graphic violence. Parental discretion is advised. | ||||
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The Day God Winked | by Mark Jacobs April 11, 2011 | 6752 words | Read a sample |
| Every human on earth would remember exactly where they were on the day everything changed. Like Pearl Harbor or JFK’s assassination or September 11th, 2001, The Day was firmly anchored in everyone’s conscience— sometimes clear, sometimes confusing and ultimately unfathomable. But for one troubled man, The Day meant so much more. Warning for strong language and depictions of drug use. | ||||
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How I met Barbara the Zombie Hunter | by Raymund Hensley April 11, 2011 | 12537 words | Sample 15% |
| Yes, there are zombies, even in Hawaii. A foolish writer learns this the hard way from a strange (and beautiful) woman who claims to be a hunter of the living dead. A horror-comedy novelette. | ||||
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The Zombie Hunter's Bible | by Raymund Hensley April 10, 2011 | 27718 words | Sample 15% |
| A horror-comedy novella. (Editor's Note: Information contained within these pages is for entertainment purposes only. Please do not murder people because they have been bitten by "zombies".) | ||||