"What happens when idyllic small-towns, and the simple folk who inhabit them, collide with inexplicable evil borne of a vast and uncaring cosmos? Imagine a series of stories set in a golden era of American life, where worldly troubles are regarded from a distance, if at all. Hear the buzz of playing cards clipped in children’s spokes echo down quiet lanes. Smell the faint aroma of rich tobacco smoke from an old man’s pipe on a shady bou ..."
"Adam Bradley, Andrew Hook, Alan Spencer, Adrian Ludens, Christian McPhate,
Wayne Summers, Eric S. Brown, Thomas Henry Dylan, Willie Smith, Simon
Addams, Kevin Brown, Lennart Svensson, Barbra Annino, David Brookes, Aaron
Polson, Andrew Morris, David McGillveray, Kevin Wallis, Lee Collins, Colin
Meldrum, Craig Hallam, Tom Cardamone, Nicholas Day, Richard Farren Barber,
John M. Radosta, Paul Eckert. I have this vision of a planet in s ..."
"DIGITAL HORROR FICTION ANTHOLOGY 25 Horror Fiction Short Stories 2:51, Behind the Caterpillar — Gregory L. Norris A Dream for Sugar — Bruce Memblatt A Pocket of Madness — Samuel Marzioli Aces and Kings — David M. Hoenig The Animals — Aaron Gudmunson The Borrowed Man — James Dorr His Own Personal Golgotha — Geoff Brown Building Condemned (Seeking Asylum) — Adrian Ludens Compartmental — Jay Caselberg Democracy — Larry Hinkle Demon Driver ..."
"The third installment of the Diabolic Tales series features short stories written by writers such as Mark Slade, Aaron French, and Richmond Weems, Scarlet Norton-Duperre to name a few. It showcases the talent of established and new writers. The content varies as does the subject matter, but all with the theme of pure horror. Each of the stories is unique, a chilling tale best read with the lights on. From menacing cuddly bears, to dark ..."
"ASININE ASSASSINS is an anthology of stories about inept, brainless, ridiculous hired guns, assassins, and murderers. The third in the "Assassins" series, which also includes UNCOMMON ASSASSINS and INSIDIOUS ASSASSINS."
"In the tradition of the pulp and western stories of a bygone era, these are thirty tales to intrigue, amaze, and perhaps down right spook you right out of your boots."
"YOUR CALL TO CTHULHU IS IMPORTANT TO US. PLEASE HOLD. Red tape. Catch-22s. Circular chains of command. Whether you're a customer or co-worker, bureaucracies drive us all insane. Even management is just a cog in a vast machine. Information, items, and even people get lost in the system, never gone but never found. No one seems to notice the insanity surrounding them... or if they do, they keep it to themselves. After all, those who notic ..."
"CLEAN UP AISLE FOUR by Josh Storey Tear the roof off of any Circle-Mart
department store and you find over an acre and a half of pristine consumer
paradise, divvied up into smaller fiefdoms organized by purpose: Electronics,
Toys, Tire and Battery, Farm-Mart (a mediocre grocery department), and even a
café that serves trumped-up coffee drinks and slices of cheesecake. I left my
apron behind the café counter and went to clock out. A ..."
"The human mind is an incredible organ. It shoots synapses through trillions of connections to the more than 100 billions nerves in our bodies. But what happens when one of those connections goes bad? What happens when there is a misfire? What happens when some minds break, and people stop functioning “correctly”? Join the writers featured in the fifth volume of Ink Stains anthology as they explore what happens when good people go bad o ..."
"What horror anthology on body enhancements wouldn’t include gross-out fiction? This book has it in spades. But, this collection of stories goes far beyond that. Here you will also find science fiction, surreal fiction, fantasy, and even a full serving of dark humor. Disturbing, perverse, often gut-wrenching (pun intended) stories—all between the covers of this anthology! Nineteen chilling tales by some of the best horror and suspense wr ..."
"Not so long ago, human beings were cursed with fear. They clamored for hope in a world of boundless suffering and death. They called out to the heavens and summoned gods. They crafted religions that would serve as a candle against the howling night. That which alights must also burn. A zealot spits venomous words from his pulpit, his congregation listening and nodding, their disgust with their neighbors boiling into a riotous rage. A ..."
"Welcome to Gehenna & Hinnom. Where things go bump in the night and dimensions fold within one another. Beasts lurk in shadows and nightmares take physical form. In this tome, you will find the most exciting dark fiction and cosmic horror from the best up-and-coming authors in the genres. In this Halloween issue, new fiction from Jim Horlock, Adrian Ludens, Jack Lothian, Steve Toase, Joachim Heijndermans, DJ Tyrer, and David Turton await ..."
"Perception is Reality... or is it? Nothing's more dangerous, or delightful, than invoking a cadre of talented authors to create short stories that defy our perceptions of reality. Do we create our own reality? Or does our view of it shape our world? Neither heroes nor heavens, victims nor villains, may grasp the true nature of our being. From science fiction, to horror and the supernatural, to dramas about the fabric of our existence, t ..."
"Twenty macabre stories and poems by Adrian Ludens. Clive wants to show you around his home, but watch out; it's populated by more than just recollections from his bizarre past in "Four Houses Down." Those who want insight into Poe's descent into madness prior to his death should pay close attention to "Reynolds' Tale." The Idea Man is a retired professional killer who has a novel way to make the world a better place in "Slay it Forward. ..."
"Death is permanent. This is the falsehood that we tell ourselves so we can sleep at night. It's the lie that we tell our children so they don't carry their little kitten's corpse to the old cemetery deep in the forest, in the grove where nothing living grows. It's the myth that we wrap ourselves in so we can ignore the gut-wrenching terror of what really follows death--the unfathomable unknown.The truth is that some things don't stay de ..."
"If you're looking for an array of Horror stories to sink your teeth into, look no further than Memento Mori...pay the Ferryman, and prepare to take the ride of your life. The title, Memento Mori, is Latin and literally means: "Remember you too must die." An ominous-sounding phrase, the saying derived from Puritan settlers who would often display tokens of death as a reminder to the living of the fragility of life...not to mention the et ..."
"A collection of previously published individual Grave Markers that includes Dmonic Sabile's "Full Moon in the West," Adrian Ludens' "Bottled Spirits," and S.L. Williams' "The Dance." Full Moon in the West: Juan “Tezcat” Medina is about to take the law into his own hands. Having lost his wife and daughter to a gang of outlaws, he's been given the chance to have them back with him. All he has to do is kill the six men who robbed him of h ..."