Hollywood has always fed on the hopes and dreams of runaway youth just to dump them like trash on the streets leaving them desperate and alone. But when street kids end up disappearing amid rumors of flesh-eating zombies, it is up to a mysterious woman the kids call Holly Weird to be their guardian angel. Now even zombies must fear the streets of Hollywood.Hollywood has always fed on the hopes and dreams of runaway kids only to dump them like trash on the streets leaving them desperate and alone. But when street kids end up disappearing amid rumors of flesh-eating zombies, it is up to a mysterious woman the kids call Holly Weird to be their guardian angel. Now even zombies must fear the streets of Hollywood.Brought to you by Nick Pawluk, the creator of the iPhone app: HOLLYWEIRD ZOMBIES www.hollyweirdzombiesgame.com Available March 29, 2012 on the AppStoreand Rusty Fischer, the author of: Zombies Don't Cry Views: 952
Part 1 of 3Sometimes monsters are born, and sometimes they fall from the sky.As Summer fades into Autumn over a small Ohio Farm, Will McAllister settles down on his porch with his wife to watch the sunset like they always have. But twenty years of familiarity is shattered as the sky suddenly lights up and a fireball tears across it, disappearing behind the trees at the back of their property.-Part One of Three in the second installment in The Woods Series-Sometimes monsters are born, and sometimes they fall from the sky.As Summer fades into Autumn over a small Ohio Farm, Will McAllister settles down on his porch with his wife to watch the sunset like they always have. But twenty years of familiarity is shattered as the sky suddenly lights up and a fireball tears across it, disappearing behind the trees at the back of their property.With an already fragile psyche, Ruby McAllister's anxiety is thrown into overdrive, plunging her into nightmares and a deep depression as Will struggles to pick up the pieces. He wants to believe it's all in her head but everyday day he's pulled deeper into a mystery. No one else seems to have seen the fireball, a neighboring farmer's animals are being stalked, and Ruby's precious goats aren't acting like themselves.Thinking things couldn't get worse, Will's life crumbles around him as Ruby suddenly makes a startling declaration: she knows what's at the center of it all, and she's agreed to meet with it out by the barn at sunset...In ORIGINS, Milo Abrams brings the monster from his 2016 hit THE WOODS into the light, weaving a story of unnerving vulnerability and heart-pounding suspense that will leave readers questioning the possibilities of real life beyond the pages of the story.Parts 2 and 3 can be found on Amazon's Kindle store. Views: 952
Jon Randon recounts the life and death of his best friend. After a brutal injury leaves Jon trapped in a nearly decommissioned medical hospital, he tries to find the man he used to be by exploring the closed down sections of the military base. When a secret room dating back to the civil war is uncovered, Jon learns that some discoveries can't be forgotten. Part One of the Jon Randon Series.Dedicated to memory of Major Jesse Taylor.We made a pact. He lived up to his end by dying. I tried to live up to my end by following The Death Agreement.What you will find within these pages is a true recounting of a man's life as seen through my eyes. It's almost an impossible task when some of what you see can't be real and what is real you may refuse to see.Human beings have a capacity to dread the truth, to distort facts when they don't fit our predefined notions of how the world should work. We forget that reality isn't what we want it to be. We ignore the signs that our universe doesn't care about us. It constantly changes to suit its own needs. Nothing is perfect. This includes the focus of my story. People come and go. Pieces don't fit neatly together. Doubt clouds judgment. Mistakes are made. All hell breaks loose when no one is looking. I guess that's how life is supposed to be.For me, it doesn't matter anymore. What happened, happened, and I'm still bound by the terms set.Please consider this dedication a warning sticker. Come in if you dare, leave if you don't. Some might call this experience horror. It is that, no doubt, but at the root I suppose it's a tale of transformation.Speaking of transforming: Have you ever stood in a dim bathroom and stared at a mirror? For the past 18 months, I've done that every day. What I see in the glass consumes me. My silhouette fades into a thousand different terrifying faces; each sharpens to crystal clarity before morphing into someone else. I don't know who these people are, but I recognize them all. I've learned that what we see isn't a reflection. We are the reflection.My name is Jon Randon and I'm going to tell you a story. Views: 950
Playwright Kevin F. Darley struggles with both poor reviews and writer’s block. He begins a dalliance with the spirit absinthe and meets – and falls immediately in love with – an enigmatic young woman from his homeland. She inspires and enlivens him, but the man who knows Kevin better than any other cannot help but be wary of the profound and disturbing change that he sees in his friend.In late Victorian London, playwright Kevin Francis Darley struggles with both poor reviews and writer’s block. He begins a dalliance with the mystical spirit absinthe and meets – and falls immediately in love with – an enigmatic young woman from his homeland. She inspires and enlivens him, but the man who knows Kevin better than any other cannot help but be wary of the profound and disturbing change that he sees in his friend.A Gothic short story; 5,400 words. Views: 950
Swan is a nine-year-old Idaho girl following her struggling mother from one trailer park to the next when she receives visions of doom—something far wider than the narrow scope of her own beleaguered life. In a blinding flash, nuclear bombs annihilate civilization, leaving only a few buried survivors to crawl onto a scorched landscape that was once America.
In Manhattan, a homeless woman stumbles from the sewers, guided by the prophecies of a mysterious amulet, and pursued by something wicked; on Idaho’s Blue Dome Mountain, an orphaned boy falls under the influence of depraved survivalists and discovers the value of a killer instinct; and amid the devastating dust storms on the Great Plains of Nebraska, Swan forms a heart-and-soul bond with an unlikely new companion. Soon they will cross paths. But only Swan knows that they must endure more than just a trek across an irradiated country of mutated animals, starvation, madmen, and wasteland warriors.
Swan’s visions tell of a coming malevolent force. It’s a shape-shifting embodiment of the apocalypse, and of all that is evil and despairing. And it’s hell-bent on destroying the last hope of goodness and purity in the world. Swan is that hope. Now, she must fight not only for her own survival, but for that of all mankind.
A winner of the Bram Stoker Award and a finalist for the World Fantasy Award, Swan Song has become a modern classic, called “a chilling vision that keeps you turning pages to the shocking end” by John Saul and “a long, satisfying look at hell and salvation” by Publishers Weekly. Views: 949
In her 35th novel, science fiction master Sheri S. Tepper boldly weaves together the storylines of eleven of her previous works-from King's Blood Four (1983) to The Waters Rising (2010)
In Fish Tails, two of Tepper's beloved characters-Abasio and Xulai (A Plague of Angels and The Waters Rising)-and their children travel from village to village scattered across the sparsely populated land of Tingawa. They are searching for others who might be interested in adopting their sea-dwelling lifestyle.
Along their journey they encounter strange visitors from the far-off world of Lom, characters from Tepper's nine-book "True Game" series of novels-Mavin Manyshaped, Jinian Star-eye, and Silkhands the Healer-all of whom have been gathered up by an interfering, time-traveling, rule-breaking do-gooder to do one last good deed on earth before its metamorphosis is complete. For the waters are rising and will soon engulf the entire planet, transforming it utterly and irrevocably. Views: 949
BAD TO THE BONE
Vampire thief Raylene Pendle doesn’t need more complications in her life. Her Seattle home is already overrun by a band of misfits, including Ian Stott, a blind vampire, and Adrian deJesus, an ex-Navy SEAL/drag queen. But Raylene still can’t resist an old pal’s request: seek out and steal a bizarre set of artifacts. Also on the hunt is a brilliant but certifiably crazy sorceress determined to stomp anyone who gets in her way. But Raylene’s biggest problem is that the death of Ian’s vaunted patriarch appears to have made him the next target of some blood-sucking sociopaths. Now Raylene must snatch up the potent relics, solve a murder, and keep Ian safe—all while fending off a psychotic sorceress. But at least she won’t be alone. A girl could do a lot worse for a partner than an ass-kicking drag queen—right?
From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 949
The long-dreaded nuclear conflict. The city torn apart, shattered, its people destroyed or mutilated beyond hope. For just a few, survival is possible only beneath the wrecked streets - if there is time to avoid the slow-descending poisonous ashes. But below, the rats, demonic offspring of their irradiated forebears, are waiting. They know that Man is weakened, become frail. Has become their prey.... Remember with fear Views: 948
TWICE THE CHILL - Two SHORT Horror Stories by Rachel A OlsonFAMILY DINNERSometimes it's hard to believe there really are creatures that go bump in the night. Bey had spent his entire life running through the woods and never once saw anything to convince him there were creatures worth fearing. When his littler sister, Chensei, whines about the trip home at night, Bey only mocks her. Until she dTWICE THE CHILL - Two SHORT Horror Stories by Rachel A OlsonFAMILY DINNERSometimes it's hard to believe there really are creatures that go bump in the night. Bey had spent his entire life running through the woods and never once saw anything to convince him there were creatures worth fearing. When his littler sister, Chensei, whines about the trip home at night, Bey only mocks her. Until she disappears beyond the treeline.I, PONTIANAKEveryone hates and fears monsters, except for when you’re the monster. I never asked for it, and honestly I can’t say I’ve really enjoyed it. But I am what I am, and I can’t change it. Hell, I can’t even control it. My name used to be Anastasia, and I am a Pontianak. Views: 948
The Shunned House by H. P. Lovecraft Views: 947
The Dragonlings and their besties are excited about the preparations for another Halloween holiday. As the night of the festival draws closer, the Dragonlings, Roam, and Alice discover a threat to the newest members of their families; the Queen of the Demented Symbiots plans to send her minions to capture the new babies and take them to the land of Halloween where she lives.
With their parents busy organizing for the huge festival for the people of Valdier in the underground cavern, the babies are left with no choice but to prepare for the ultimate battle – to save Morah, Leo, and Hope from the Queen of the Demented Symbiots!
Join in a holiday adventure that you won’t forget as the little ones use their special skills to protect their friends and family in…
The Dragonlings’ Haunted Halloween 2: Night of the Demented Symbiots! Views: 947
Jonathan and Jeremiah Belmont are about to experience an encounter with a creature unknown to man. Their lives will never again be the same.Call them dysfunctional, crazy, rednecks or trash - they're the only family I've got. I'd wager that the reader also knows all too well people just like them, and for that and many other things, we can be thankful. Views: 947
For more than two decades, Clive Barker has twisted the worlds of horrific and surrealistic fiction into a terrifying, transcendent genre all his own. With skillful prose, he enthralls even as he horrifies; with uncanny insight, he disturbs as profoundly as he reveals. Evoking revulsion and admiration, anticipation and dread, Barker's works explore the darkest contradictions of the human condition: our fear of life and our dreams of death. Views: 947
CROWNED HEADS takes us into the interlocking lives of four film stars. First we meet Fedora, longest-reigning beauty of them all.
Sexy Lorna comes next. We find her in a secluded resort trying to heal herself after many jobs, many men, and much trouble.
Bobbitt is a former kiddie star now in his thirties and still "adorable." And Willie, for decades a worldwide symbol of elegance and wit, is alone in his Hollywood showplace mourning his past until the future breaks in. Views: 946
