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REDFALL

Cosmic Horror

REDFALL is a collection of 12 intertwined stories that follow The Empty, a cosmic entity that drives people to do horrific acts of violence. WARNING - this is extreme horror, please check the trigger warning before reading.

The Winter Tales

Gothic Horror

Once upon a time on cold nights and coming christmas cheers, we told ghost stories and the like to warm ourselves beside a fire inside on cold winter nights. Those stories were often about the past. A past that wished to intrude upon presents. A past that desired to steal futures. A past that just wouldn’t die. For fear of the present and its trajectory towards uncertain futures. A time of remembrance and cautionary tales passed down through the years. Warm up with these 13 tales for this winter & many others.

Have You Heard Her Call

Cosmic Horror

Have You Heard Her Call? is a collection of four interconnected horror novellas, each exploring the unsettling influence of Velum Obscurum. Those who read it find themselves haunted by the call of a woman made of living darkness. But is she real? Or just the desperate creation of women yearning for something more? “Heterochromia” — Elizabeth is stuck in a cycle of dissatisfaction until a strange woman in a dark alleyway gives her a life-changing gift. “Static Lines” — Eighties-obsessed Thuraya basks in the glow of her idealized engagement. But when her fiancé starts acting strangely, cracks form in her perfect life—and the uncanny slips through. “Epta” — When teenage runaway Natalie completes a strange ritual, she doesn’t expect it to work. But in a remote cabin, the past and future whisper to her through the walls… “Imposters” — Adam, a grieving widower, follows a woman identical to his late wife to a town drowned in endless rain—where reality begins to unravel. From the author of Phantasmagoria, Have You Heard Her Call?blends psychological and uncanny horror with weird fiction to tell tales of women on the edge of despair, revelation, and of something far beyond their understanding. They hear her call. But does it promise salvation…or something else entirely?

The Resurrectionists (The Salem Hawley Series, Book 1)

Curses & Cults

Having won his emancipation after fighting on the side of the colonies during the American Revolution, Salem Hawley is a free man. Only a handful of years after the end of British rule, Hawley finds himself drawn into a new war unlike anything he has ever seen. 

New York City is on the cusp of a new revolution as the science of medicine advances, but procuring bodies for study is still illegal. Bands of resurrectionists are stealing corpses from New York cemeteries, and women of the night are disappearing from the streets, only to meet grisly ends elsewhere.

 After a friend’s family is robbed from their graves, Hawley is compelled to fight back against the wave of exhumations plaguing the Black cemetery. Little does he know, the theft of bodies is key to far darker arts being performed by the resurrectionists. If successful, the work of these occultists could spell the end of the fledgling American Experiment… and the world itself.

Poe: Nevermore

Gothic Horror

A curse...a shattered soul...sanity: nevermore! Poe: Nevermore is an Edgar Allan Poe-inspired gothic thriller in which a young woman must race against time and death to save those she loves while struggling with depression, a new relationship complicated by her past, and an abusive former foster-father. Nevermore, the first in a six-book series, is told by Elenora Allison Poe, or "Poe" for short. Poe is twenty-four years old, drowning in debt and depression, and very alone, having been orphaned at the age of two and raised in an unloving household. Suffering from insomnia and PTSD from a traumatic experience seven years before, Poe keeps everyone at arm's length. Then, she meets homicide detective Caleb Frost and her life changes dramatically. Frost sees Poe's brokenness in perfect clarity and sympathizes with her. However, just when Poe is starting to let him in, she discovers a horrible truth: she is the sole direct descendant of Edgar Allan Poe, inheriting not only the last name of one of the world's most famous poets, but also a terrible family curse that takes the form of the master of the macabre's most haunting tales. If Poe cannot recognize the curse unfolding in time, it will destroy the lives of all those close to her and annihilate her sanity.

Yours Forever

Gothic Horror

Henry Collingsworth writes to his lost love, as he searches for her stolen heart. His hunt has brought him to the House, a gothic mansion located outside a cancerous town, built by the villainous Architect. The Architect has locked her heart inside and Henry seeks to reclaim it and deliver her unto salvation. But his quest is far from simple. Henry discovers the House holds much more than his Beloved’s heart. Beneath it lies an unfathomable maze, defying time and space, the key to his fervent crusade hidden deep inside. If Henry is to find her heart, he must delve down a thousand hallways and through a thousand doors. Doors which contain a thousand thousand worlds, containing riddles, madness, mutation, and death. Can Henry survive the treacherous labyrinth, and save his Beloved? Will he emerge from the maze at all?

War on Halloween

Curses & Cults

This Halloween, Hell comes to Laurel City. Laurel City doesn’t celebrate Halloween and Mike Dawson wants to change that. New in town, he’s going to throw the biggest Halloween party the town has ever seen. But Reverend David Laurel stands in his way. Laurel is a direct descendant of the founder of the town, and Halloween is more than just a celebration of sin. It is a direct attack on control of his city, and he won’t surrender it without a fight. Mike and his children are drawn into a feud over the holiday, and Mike won’t back down despite pressure from Laurel. And then the killings start. The town is thrown into chaos by brutal murders, and Laurel blames them on the sinful holiday. But Laurel has a secret. Deep in his church lies an ancient book, bound in red leather. It contains terrible power, written in an inhuman language. Reverend Laurel will do anything to stop Halloween.

Endless is the Night

Cosmic Horror

When three friends begin a hike in the Kii mountains of Japan, they thought it would be a reset, a way to reconnect and find their way in life. Little did they know the horror that awaited them in those dark and mist shrouded woods. Together they will come face to face against an ancient evil that dwells in the night sky as well as the monsters that lurk inside themselves. Face to face with the sum of all their fears, will they survive?

The Dream Writer

Cosmic Horror

For a thousand years, something has been imprisoned in the dream realm. The realm's dying creator trapped the evil entity, sacrificing himself to save the real world from destruction. But now, the god of nightmares has found a way to escape. Human creativity sustains the realm, and every so often, a person is born into the real world who can visit the world of dreams. And it is that person's creativity that will free this vile dream god. Through her powerful words, a portal slowly opens. But she doesn't have a clue as she authors his escape under his spell as she dreams. As the portal to free Mara grows with each written paragraph, his thirst for revenge increases. Finally, after a millennium in dark isolation, he's loose. And for the first time in a thousand years, humans will experience true nightmares. And die within them.

Sacrificial Waters

Cosmic Horror

It's July 2022, Summer is in full swing and when a misfit group of urban explorers learn of a hidden cave secreted away in the middle of a forest in the Peak District, they put plans into action for their next adventure. Finding the hidden grotto and its natural pool was a dream come true, but little did they know they had splashed head first into the sights of a centuries old threat. A malevolent force of evil that will stop at nothing to end their lives

Tales Of Love & Death Vol.1

Gothic Horror

Beware! Taste the love, smell of death, feel the chills and suspense running down your spine. Herein lies tales of romance, of the macabre, of the supernatural, with twists and turns around every corner, 12 dark Tales of Love & Death await you. You've been warned!

A Battle Against Demons

Curses & Cults

Robert I find myself on a raft on Lake Mørkved, pursued by both the living and the dead. The muzzle of a gun pressed against my neck could save me from the Witch and Death but also prevent me from breaking the curse cast upon us all. How could things go this wrong? Øyerstad The sign welcoming you to Øyerstad is worn and torn, and if you blink, you might just miss it – the little village nestled deep in the forests of rural Norway. Everyone in Øyerstad thinks they know everyone in Øyerstad. They don’t. The Circus The Phantoms sway eerily outside the tent, where the scents of sweets, popcorn, grease, and oil mix with the stench of excrement. Hooves and claws scrape against iron grating. Something prowls out there, where light becomes dark, a deeper shadow within the shadows, ready to tear apart anything in its path.

Borne of the Deep (The Salem Hawley Series, Book 2)

Curses & Cults

Emancipated during the American Revolution, Salem Hawley is a free man—until he finds himself indebted to a doctor for treatment for injuries incurred during the New York Doctors’ Riot. Recruited to recover the stolen grimoire, Al Azif, Salem embarks on a journey north, to Arkham, Massachusetts. 
Plagued by rain and the incursion of strange, otherworldly creatures, the seaside town of Arkham has become a dark and dangerous place. Unable to trust the locals, Hawley is forced to rely on only his wits to track down the thief. He must also contend with Louise LeMarché, an outcast and suspected witch who is searching for the missing tome, as well. 
Time is against Hawley. Something ancient and evil is rising from the depths of the Atlantic, and if Al Azif is not recovered quickly, it could spell doom to Arkham… and all of humanity. 
Borne of the Deep, the second book in the Salem Hawley series, is a novella of Lovecraftian cosmic horror and continues the story that began in The Resurrectionists.

Poe: Rest in Peace

Gothic Horror

The shocking and fast-paced sequel to Nevermore, Rest in Peace picks up with Elenora Allison Poe one month after the first novel's conclusion. Frost and Poe are still recovering from the tragedies they survived in "The Raven", both emotionally and physically. As they struggle to rebuild their relationship from ashes, Poe discovers that she is being stalked by her most wicked nightmare, Lex, and is swept into a maelstrom of instability and paranoia. Without Frost's protection, Poe quickly loses her already shaky grip on her sanity as with each passing moment the inevitable reunion with her tormentor draws nearer. Meanwhile, the Poe family curs

What Dwells Beneath the Waves

Cosmic Horror

Deep below the water, something waits. Journalist Moira Bell is in the Florida Keys to cover climate change, but her investigation soon reveals a series of unreported disappearances on Blackwell Key. Disappearances noteworthy only because the missing people always come back. Come back as something else. Moira ties the disappearances to Butch Blackwell, chief of police and direct descendant of the original settler of Blackwell Key. He’s hiding something on his private island, just offshore. With a massive hurricane approaching, Moira has little time. When Moira sneaks her way onto his island, she finds a dark obelisk. A bloody ritual. Worship of something beyond our world. Something long asleep. Moira must stop Butch before he awakens something that will undo the Earth.

The Sentience

Cosmic Horror

When geophysicist Bill Stevens notices an unusual seismic anomaly occurring somewhere in outback Western Australia it piques his interest. He dedicates his time to discovering the true cause of this strange signal. But this dedication sets events in motion that could change the course of history. Meanwhile Robbie Davis, a young mine worker based in Kalgoorlie, struggles with a strange gift. He can sometimes hear people’s thoughts … and he hates it … Little could he know that his fledgling mental ability might prove instrumental in the brewing storm against an incomprehensible force bent on fulfilling its own sadistic whims.

Father Dirt

Gothic Horror

Rural Australia, 1900. Five years have passed since the slope gave out and the dirt fell, but the body of Matthew Faulds has yet to be exhumed. Mary Faulds, twenty-four years old and five years widowed, struggles to move past the loss of her husband while managing the farm left to her and raising the couple's only child, a bright five-year-old named Lilith. Mary's problems worsen when, from atop the mountain of dirt that took Matthew from them, Lilith claims she can speak to her lost father from beyond the grave. As Lilith begins delivering sermons in her father's name, Mary's grip on the farm, her family, and her sanity wane. Plagued by disturbing omens, bodily horrors, and the rise of a dirt worshipping cult, she must fight and suffer with all she has to try and find peace for her lost love and a future for their child. Father Dirt is a Gothic Horror/Suspense novel that explores grief, greed, faith, and the dangers of groupthink.

The Little Black Book's Demise

Curses & Cults

A cursed book. A malevolent force. A cycle of possession and destruction that spares no one. As the black book passes from hand to hand, it weaves chaos and bloodshed, leaving its victims trapped in a battle of wills against an ancient evil.

Of Teeth and Pine

Cosmic Horror

Forest Ranger for a remote patch of rugged wilderness, Vick Frasier loves her job and she loves the desolate land she cares for. What she doesn’t love is all the missing women’s posters she staples on the board outside, or the bodies of hikers that begin to pile up in the woods. Simon, a sadistic zealot, has made a church and altar among the Ponderosas and knows his mission is to serve his Almighty God by punishing the wicked. Something is very wrong in the Modoc National Forest, and Vick will soon find out there are more predators than bears stalking amongst the pine. This book is gritty, desolate, and haunting, reminiscent of “Back Country” and “True Detective.”

3 Stones for the Nixie

Curses & Cults

It’s 1989. Robert Baastad, his family, and friends navigate their seemingly ordinary lives in Øyerstad, a village nestled deep in the forests and cornfields of Indre Østfold. Robert races through the streets on his Apache bike, his little brother Fredrik pedalling furiously behind on his BMX. They are the Hulk and Spider-Man, famous football stars, and the highest-paid actors—whoever they want to be. They fly past the gas station near their house, their grandparents’ home, and across the road, abandoning their bikes as they dash toward the kiosk. It’s Saturday. Scattered houses stand silent across the Haugen fields, framed by golden corn, blue skies, and vibrant green grass. They are oblivious to the darkness that lies beneath. Mysterious deaths, disappearances, and vengeful spirits stain hidden layers with blood red, grief-stricken black, and the sickly brown of rotting flesh. Something watches from the depths of the forests, lurks in the shadowed hills, and peers out from soulless windows. Something stirs beneath the surface of the bottomless Nixie pond. Something dark is waiting. Watching.

Poe: Haunted Souls

Gothic Horror

Poe is tired of losing people, tired of funerals and failure. In the six weeks since she buried her foster mother, she has worked relentlessly to transform herself into a different kind of dangerous, someone strong enough to fight for her loved ones and win instead of someone made up of broken pieces and sharp edges. It’s exhausting sometimes relearning how to believe in yourself and in other people, relearning how to be human, but Poe is determined. Responding to an ominous series of letters from her estranged grandparents, the wealthy Blackwings who snubbed her family’s funeral so many years ago, is not on Poe’s priority list, but with so little family left she can’t ignore her grandparents’ plea for one last chance to meet their granddaughter and make amends before they die, not even when it means traveling far from Baltimore to Savannah, Georgia, the most haunted city in America. In Savannah, the dead walk, and even an old enemy whose memory Poe has tried so hard to bury comes back to haunt her. Arming herself with supernatural talismans and a newfound iron will, Poe ventures into the Otherworld to fight her demons where they are most powerful...but can she prevail? Or will she be doomed to an afterlife as yet another specter haunting Savannah’s cobblestone streets?

Poe: Death’s Mark

Gothic Horror

The much-anticipated follow-up to Rest in Peace, Death's Mark finds Poe, Frost and Trina healing and seeking a new normal to found their lives on. But for Poe, there may never be a "new normal." The only other direct descendant of Edgar Allan Poe, a twenty-year-old girl named Tori, is seeking answers about her lineage, answers Poe only wishes she had. Meanwhile, Poe’s former foster-father has grown progressively more volatile and his actions are crushing his submissive wife to the point of threatening her very existence. Poe can hardly protect herself and her new patchwork family from Jonathon Aaron, much less find a way to rescue her helpless foster-mom from the clutches of the curse, and must choose between the people she loves most. Concluding with an epic final stand-off between Poe and the man who destroyed her childhood, Death's Mark depicts the tragic heroine's first hope for a future and her battle to hold onto that hope.

Underneath

Cosmic Horror

Death waits underneath the ice. Mary Jensen, a trained medic, needs a new start and she’s getting one at Research Station Tau, in remote Antarctica. Called in as an emergency replacement, Mary soon finds out Tau’s mission: to find a lost elementary particle, deep down in the ice. Dr. Ian Schuller, the station lead, thinks the particle is the key to humanity’s evolution. As they drill into the ice, complications arise and Mary starts to worry about his sanity. As he pushes harder and harder for results, the group begins to fracture. And then the hallucinations start. Something is in the ice, and it is changing them. Now Mary must survive, and face what’s underneath.

Under the Amber Wave

Cosmic Horror

Junichiro (Juni) Hatayama's life is falling apart. Debt, loan sharks, and a failing marriage are pushing him to the edge. But when Juni's father dies, he finds an unexpected form of salvation in what has been left for him in the will. Returning home to settle his father's affairs, Juni finds the true secret of his estranged family's wealth, one connected with a terror that dwells in the sea. Juni soon learns that his new gifts come at a heavy cost. Will he be able to make the ultimate sacrifice for those he loves?

The Bones from the Yard

Cosmic Horror

When an ancient evil is accidentally unearthed, two teens with strange powers must fight to save the world. But what can mortals do against a god?

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