Legends are nothing more than stories to entertain, right? Edward Aagaard is about to find out from his friend's letters that there may be more to legends than mere frightening stories. Originally released in 2014 in the anthology Tales of Mystery, Suspense and Terror and currently available as a free download.GENRE: Children’s Adventure (An Unofficial Minecraft Book for Kids Ages 9 - 12 (Preteen)Mysterious creatures of fire burn down Alex’s village, causing her great personal loss. With sorrow in her heart and no home to turn to, she and the other surviving villagers make their way to a little town. Alex is greeted by the Dojo master, and given a place to stay. It is here that she trains in the art of archery, but more importantly, it is here that she makes friends with Steve, a boy about her age who is training in swordsmanship. Soon they were best friends, and going on innumerable adventures together. But throughout these adventures Alex felt as if the same force that had led to her village burning was following her in the shape of a man with white eyes.Who was this mysterious character? And why was he always creating so much chaos? Steve and Alex might not have the answers to all the questions just yet, but one thing is for sure: no one is safe while this white eyed man roams free.Will Alex and Steve be able to stop him? Views: 615
An original novel pitting Batman against the Court of Owls, a secret society of wealthy families that's controlled Gotham for centuries using murder and money.Beware the Court of Owls, that watches all the timeRuling Gotham from a shadowed perch, behind granite and limeThey watch you at your hearth, they watch you in your bedSpeak not a whispered word about them, or they'll send the Talon for your head.—a nursery rhymeThe Court of Owls is a criminal secret society that has existed in Gotham City since the 1600s, led by some of the city's wealthiest and most influential families. They employ deadly trained assassins known as Talons, taken as children from circuses such as the one where Dick Grayson's parents were killed. These children are trained to become the assassins known as Talons. Bruce Wayne came to the Court's attention when he announced plans to reinvigorate Gotham, threatening their control. They sentenced him to death,... Views: 615
There’s no such thing as a heroic act without a price to pay. Elena learns this first hand, the hard way. She must decide how far she will go and what she is willing to sacrifice to save the people she loves. What would you be willing to sacrifice?Origially published in Allegory eZine in Fall of 2009, Ms. Sonnier brings a heart-wrenching fantasy tale about the hardest decision of a woman's life.There’s no such thing as a heroic act without a price to pay. Elena learns this first hand, the hard way. She must decide how far she will go and what she is willing to sacrifice to save the people she loves. What would you be willing to sacrifice? Views: 615
Seeking a harbor against coming winter, ships Erebus and Terror are unaware of the unearthly being which has followed them from the shores of native England. For Commander James Fitzjames, an unending nightmare has begun.Nothing is going right for Eric Dirnam. His father has disappeared and he hardly even sees his mom anymore. Everything has changed and he wishes he could be the same happy-go-lucky fourteen year old boy he was before his life was flipped upside down. Just as things start to change for the better such as his soccer win and getting attention from a girl that he has a crush on, again things are changing. Someone has broken into his home and is after something but what? As Eric delves deeper into this mystery, he uncovers more about his identity. But who can he trust? And who is after him? He soon realizes that he has to adapt to his changing world but in doing so, he needs to retain who he really is. Views: 615
There is a new homeowner in Andrew Dean’s neighborhood. Being the friendly guy he is, Andrew introduces himself and strikes up a friendship with the odd man. It isn’t long before questions arise about the newest member of the community and Andrew, along with everyone he cares for, are put at risk. Dive into this thrilling short story from Christopher Lee Cousino.There is a new homeowner in Andrew Dean’s neighborhood. Being the friendly guy he is, Andrew introduces himself and strikes up a friendship with the odd man. It isn’t long before questions arise about the newest member of the community and Andrew, along everyone he cares for, are put at risk. Dive into this thrilling short story from Christopher Lee Cousino, author of the superhero novel HOMELESS, and the horror/fantasy series ZOMBIE HERO. Views: 615
"Ross Galloway is more than ready for a new life away from Yachats, Oregon. All he needs for his plans to fall into place is a little money and a lot of luck. He gets his break when he discovers something out of this world on one of his dives – a real-life mermaid.His plans to cash in on his discovery don't work out quite the way he'd planned when the mermaid gives him an unexpected gift – a magic shell. Swept overboard by the spell contained within the shell, Ross surfaces in a strange, bizarre world.Princess Gem LaBreeze is an Elemental, a powerful species that can control the elements. Transformed to stone to protect her from the evil threatening the Isle of the Elementals, she is awakened by a man from another world – a stranger who is as arrogant and uncouth as he is unpredictable.Gem and Ross, forced together in a desperate race against time, learn that opposites can attract and that sometimes the roughest surface hides the tenderest... Views: 614
An elderly widow finds the Holy Grail beneath an old fur coat. A stray
cat fights and refights a terrible nightly battle to protect his unwary
adoptive family from unimaginable evil. A young couple receives a
wedding gift that reveals a chilling alternative history of their
marriage. These tales and much more await in this extraordinary book,
revealing one of our most gifted storytellers at the height of his
powers. Views: 614
From the multiple award-winning, best-selling author of The Song of Ice and Fire series:
Haviland Tuf is an honest space-trader who likes cats. So how is it that, in competition with the worst villains the universe has to offer, he's become the proud owner of the last seedship of Earth's legendary Ecological Engineering Corps? Never mind, just be thankful that the most powerful weapon in human space is in good hands-hands which now control cellular material for thousands of outlandish creatures.
With his unique equipment, Tuf is set to tackle the problems human settlers have created in colonizing far-flung worlds: hosts of hostile monsters, a population hooked on procreation, a dictator who unleashes plagues to get his own way... and in every case the only thing that stands between the colonists and disaster is Tuf's ingenuity-and his reputation as an honest dealer in a universe of rogues...
Tuf Voyaging interior illustrations by Janet Aulisio. Included will be her original eight illustrations, along with 28 newly commissioned ones. Views: 614
When a worker is savagely attacked in the Thames section of the London Tunnel Authority, Charles St. Cyprian, in his role as Royal Occultist, is summoned. He, along with his apprentice Ebe Gallowglass, are no strangers to the unusual and terrifying, but find themselves tackling something neither expected. A phantom of such savage power that it absolutely in no way is or was ever human.Pro Se Productions proudly announces the latest series in its Pro Se Single Shot Signature line. Noted author Joshua Reynolds , known for his own unique voice in Genre Fiction and over the top, exciting characters, brings an unbelievable cast of do gooders and ne’er do wells to his Pro Se Single Shot Signature series 'WEIRD HEROES'. Featuring a new strange protagonist from one story to the next, Reynolds kicks off the series with a story of haunting and horror featuring Charles St. Cyprian, the Royal Occultist, in Hairy Shanks!When a worker is savagely attacked in the Thames section of the London Tunnel Authority, Charles St. Cyprian, in his role as Royal Occultist, is summoned. He, along with his apprentice Ebe Gallowglass, are no strangers to the unusual and terrifying, but find themselves tackling something neither expected. A phantom of such savage power that it absolutely in no way is or was ever human. Charles St. Cyprian faces a haunting most primal when he faces Hairy Shanks! Weird Heroes: Hairy Shanks is the first short story installment of Joshua Reynolds’ Weird Heroes, a Pro Se Single Shot Single Signature series. Views: 614
Forty years ago, Spenser Mallon led a group of young students to witness a brutal, ritual murder. The survivors never recovered. Now, it seems, he's back...
It is the 1960s and the charismatic and cunning Spenser Mallon is a campus guru, attracting the devotion and demanding sexual favours of his young acolytes. After he invites his most fervent followers to attend a secret ritual in a local meadow, the only thing that remains is a gruesomely dismembered body - and the shattered souls of all who were present.
Years later, one man attempts to understand what happened to his wife and his friends by writing a book about this horrible night, and it's through this process that they begin to examine the unspeakable events that have bound them in ways they cannot fathom, but that have haunted every one of them throughout their lives. As each of the old friends tries to come to grips with the darkness of the past, they find themselves face to face with the evil triggered so many years earlier... Views: 614
Picking up where Christophers Diary: Secrets of Foxworth leaves off, Kristin Masterwood and her boyfriend up the ante by going into her attic to re-enact scenes described in Christopher Dollangangers journal. Jealousy, tragedy, survival, and revenge& the discovery of Christopher's diary in the ruins of Foxworth Hall brings new secrets of the Dollanganger family to light and obsesses a new generation. With Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind both now major Lifetime TV events, the first new Dollanganger stories in nearly thirty years is a timely look at the events in the attic from teenage Christophers point of view. Christopher Dollanganger was fourteen when he and his younger siblings Cathy and the twins, Cory and Carrie were locked away in the attic of Foxworth Hall, prisoners of their mother's greedy inheritance scheme. For three long years he kept hope alive for the sake of the others. But the shocking truth about how their ordeal affected him was always kept hidden until now.
Seventeen-year-old Kristin Masterwood is thrilled when her father's construction company is hired to inspect the Foxworth property for a prospective buyer. The once grand Southern mansion still sparks legends and half-truths about the four innocent Dollanganger children, even all these decades later. Foxworth holds a special fascination for Kristin, who was too young when her mother died to learn much about her distant blood tie to the notorious family. Accompanying her dad to the forbidden territory, they find a leather-bound book, its yellowed pages filled with the neat script of Christopher Dollanganger himself. Her father grows increasingly uneasy about her reading it, but as she devours the teen's story page by page, his shattering account of temptation, heartache, courage, and betrayal overtakes Kristin's every thought. And soon her obsession with the doomed boy crosses a dangerous line. Views: 613
H.P. Lovecraft: Great Tales of Horror features twenty of horror master H.P. Lovecraft's classic stories, among them some of the greatest works of horror fiction ever written, including: "The Rats in the Walls," "Pickman's Model," "The Colour out of Space," "The Call of Cthulhu," "The Dunwich Horror," "The Shadow over Innsmouth," "At the Mountains of Madness," "The Shadow out of Time," and "The Haunter of the Dark." Views: 613
