Horror

The Heavens Rise by Christopher Rice

The Heavens Rise by Christopher RiceNikki Delongpre was one of those lucky people who seemed to have it all. Her family was wealthy; they had not only a house in town but also a plantation named Elysium. Nikki had taken a friend, Marshall Ferriot, out to swim at Elysium late one night, knowing her boyfriend, Anthem Landry, and her best friend, Ben Broyard, would not have approved. Marshall was different; he had a dark persona and was obsessed with Nikki, so when she chose Anthem over Marshall, he was determined to pay her back. Read More »

S’Wanee by Don Winston

S'wanee: A Paranoid Thriller by Don WinstonCody Marko had just graduated from high school, and his next four years were well planned out. He would go to Rutgers, live at home, and continue working at the Genius Bar in the mall. He was not exactly happy with the plan, but could not imagine leaving his mother by herself. His mother was young, blonde, and pretty, and was not exactly the best at planning her life. Things were going along smoothly, until Cody received a recruitment letter from S’wanee, a beautiful and prestigious college located in Tennessee. Read More »

Severed by Gary Fry

Severed by Gary FryIt is the Christmas season in London, and it is also the perfect time for an unknown virus to be unleashed so it affects a larger crowd. This virus severs a person, releasing a spectral “ghost” that floats into the air and hovers about the city. The thing that is left behind is a sort of zombie, just a walking, angry predator who has nothing left except its most base instincts. Read More »

Ravencroft Springs by Logan L. Masterson

Ravencroft Springs by Logan L. MastersonDissatisfied with his life, though his first book had sold three hundred thousand copies, David packed up his apartment and headed for Ravencroft Springs, a dying (if not dead) town in the Appalachian Mountains. There were fewer than three hundred people in the town and surrounding area, and David felt it was the perfect place to reinvent himself and start a new life. Read More »

Fire Birds by Shane Gregory

Fire Birds (The King of Clayfield) by Shane GregoryThe King of Clayfield finds himself alone once more during the zombie apocalypse. He has been looking for the return of some friends, and when he starts to realize that he isn’t as alone in Clayfield as he thought, it doesn’t turn out to be a good thing. There’s no guaranteeing that a person hasn’t turned the apocalypse into a way to do whatever their twisted little mind wants. Read More »

The Beast Within by Jimmy Gillentine

The Beast Within by Jimmy GillentineIn a small Mississippi town, Aces High is a busy bar that boasts good drinks, fair prices, the television always tuned in to sports and Andrew, an extraordinary bouncer who is peaceable, but does not hesitate to use his extraordinary speed and strength when the need arises. Angela finds all these things to be true on her first day as a waitress at the bar. Trying to juggle expenses for college, Read More »

Vicious by Bryan W. Alaspa

Vicious: A Novel of Suspense by Bryan W. AlaspaTwo Presas Canarios dogs, Demon and Delilah, escape from their owner who has beaten, trained, and used them for dog fighting. Free of their bonds the two dogs find an empty house and claim it for their own, marking it so all can sense and smell it.

Jeremy and Amelia own a small cabin on a lake in Wisconsin though they have never spent much time there. When their friends’ marriage is on the verge of collapse Jeremy suggests they all spend a weekend at the cabin. Read More »

Bachelorette: Zombie Edition by R.G. Hart

ZombieShelby Bass was ready to give up her entire life to go and find a beach on the shores of Hawaii and become a surfer babe with a sexy blonde surfer dude to cuddle up with on the sand. Her dream of leaving the family business behind was one fantasy of which she would never tire. Life in the circus in a family of little people did not leave much room for adventure, neither did their sideline of being very adept burglars. Okay, they might be adept at stealing, but when it came to hiding the merchandise, her brothers had some memory problems which led them to Read More »

Vampire Dolls: The Legend of Adocinda by L M Boelz

Vampire Dolls The Legend of Adocinda by L M BoelzAdocinda is queen of the last known vampire nest in the world. She and her brood lost their human bodies to a small band of vampire hunters. With the help of a frightened Wizard and a set of ancient scrolls, Adocinda and her King, Barnabus, along with their children, have been brought back to life in new vessels. As harmless looking dolls, the vampires are taken into houses and curio shops where they come alive and feast on terrified human prey. The newly reformed nest has a two-fold purpose: to gather healthy human hearts for a dark ceremony described in the scrolls, and to find and destroy the hunters who demolished their previous home. Read More »

Book Of Shadows by Alexandra Sokoloff

Book of Shadows by Alexandra SokoloffAdam Garrett is a rising star in the Boston police department, and he has just been given a case that could make his career. A young coed has been ritualistically murdered and it appears to be satanic in nature.

Garrett and his partner, Landauer, quickly arrest a suspect, a college student who was involved with the girl. All evidence points to him and the case appears solved. But then a beautiful woman, Tanith Cabarrus, a witch, claims to have visions of other murders and that their suspect is innocent. Read More »

House of Corruption by Erik Tavares

House of Corruption by Erik Tavares House of Corruption is historical horror in the vein of such classics as Dracula by Bram Stoker. The author melds an interesting, although especially revolting twist in vampire mythology with a tragic story of a werewolf curse which has ravished an ancient family line for many generations. Read More »

In the Red by Selah Janel

In the RedJeremiah Kensington dreams of making it big with his guitar—and of consequently getting out of his small Indiana town. Believing himself better than the people he grew up around, Jeremiah’s feelings of superiority really kick in every time someone requests “Freebird” at one of his shows. After a confrontation with some of the locals one evening over the aforementioned song, an older man, R.J., approaches Jeremiah and offers to help him with music representation, a role he has filled for his granddaughter. Read More »

All That I See by Shane Gregory

All That I See (The King of Clayfield Book 2) (Volume 2) by Shane GregoryThe Zombie apocalypse still rages on in Clayfield. The King has recently suffered from some personal loss, and every time the group of survivors starts feeling safe in a place, something happens and they have to run. They had decided to stop running and make a stand in Clayfield; the plan was to start wiping out the zombies and plant food so they wouldn’t have to worry about next year. Read More »

Death of the Body by Rick Chiantaretto

Death of the Body (Crossing Death) (Volume 1) by Rick ChiantarettoAt only ten, Edmund knows how to talk to living things and perform magic. Then tragedy strikes and Edmund dies only to reawaken two years later in a different world with no memory of the life his body had lead up till that point in time. We then follow Edmund through his discovery of where he is and how he adjusts to the different words and odd visual memories that inhabit his head. Just as Edmund starts to gather his thoughts, his life is thrown into turmoil again. Read More »

Harvest by Steve Merrifield

Harvest by Steve MerrifieldWhen an ancient rite is completed in modern day Camden, an evil presence is unleashed upon the inhabitants of an apartment building. Horrific deeds happen, people disappear, and the police are stumped as to what is going on. When a small group catch a glimpse of what is happening in the building, they band together to fight the evil presence before it wipes everyone out. But will they be strong enough to overcome the attacks? Read More »

The Pack by Steve Merrifield

The Pack by Steve MerrifieldTwo police officers are killed while in the middle of a large investigation. An outside investigation by Joe, Sarah, and Andy begins to try and find the killers without jeopardizing the investigation the slain officers were a part of. As more incidents begin to occur, the officers must try to determine whether the seemingly random events are connected or just coincidence. Read More »

Intricate Entanglement by Su Halfwerk

He thought this would finally be the assignment he could prove himself on. When Doug Pinkham heads out to interview Dr. Martin at the local lunatic asylum, he thinks it will be a routine interview that hopefully might shed some light on the murder it is connected with. What happens, instead, is beyond his wildest dreams…and nightmares. Read More »

Ivory by Steve Merrifield

Ivory by Steve MerrifieldMartin Roberts is a university professor and an artist who finds himself losing touch with his art, his life, and his family. When he has an accident involving a young woman of striking appearance, he feels himself drawn to find her, as if she is the link that will put him back in touch with his art. But he has to question how far he will let his obsession for this woman go and what he is willing to give up for that quest. Read More »

Ghost Writer by Nick Wisseman

Ghost Writer is the story of an unnamed author: how he became a writer, the price he paid for success, and the justice he hopes to have before dying. I was reminded forcefully of The Cask of Amontillado, Poe’s famous tale of wrongdoing and revenge, not by the plot but by the careful choice of descriptive passages and tone to create an overall mood of solemnity, eeriness and tension. Read More »