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Deep in a crime-ridden Kentucky holler, where the law barely holds and darkness hides more than just desperate men, Sheriff Hunter Gallogly is about to face a nightmare unlike any other. When a devastating mine collapse is followed by a string of gruesome murders, the evidence points to something beyond human—something ancient, relentless, and bloodthirsty.

The Magic is Changing. The Land is Turning. And in the Shadows, Something Stirs. The Hollow is quiet—but only for now. Weeks after blood was spilled and secrets laid bare, the Reilly family tries to mend what’s left. Sean wrestles with his new form and the weight of his legacy. Erin sees enemies where there is silence. And Donovan—once the mountain’s fiercest protector—knows all too well that stillness in the hills never lasts. As moonshine operations spread like wildfire and tempers simmer, an old alliance between coal barons and the New York mob begins to sour. But a darker deal...

In the Heart of the Appalachians, an Ancient Power Stirs… For generations, the Reilly family has lived in the deep hollers of Virginia, practicing the old ways in secret. Once driven from their homeland by zealots, they swore never to let history repeat itself. Their druidic gifts—a connection to the land, the spirits, and the beasts of the wild—have remained hidden, passed from parent to child in whispers and shadow. But the world is changing. It’s the 1930s, and the mountains are no longer safe. Coal barons and their hired guns have come, demanding the land beneath the Reillys’ ...

Terrifying Tales: Omnibus By Samuel Brower Darkness creeps through the cracks of forgotten places. Whispers linger in the night, and horrors beyond comprehension wait just beyond the veil. Welcome to Terrifying Tales: Omnibus—a chilling collection of all 21 spine-tingling stories from the first three volumes of Terrifying Tales. From cursed towns to haunted railways, eldritch horrors to vengeful spirits, each story plunges readers into a nightmarish world where the unknown is deadly and the shadows are alive. Follow paranormal investigator H.H. Horowitz as he braves the abandoned and the ...

Turn the Page… If You Dare. From ghostly hauntings to demonic bargains, from cursed relics to dystopian nightmares, Terrifying Tales delivers a genre-spanning collection of horror that will leave you breathless, paranoid, and sleeping with the lights on. Inside these pages, you’ll find: • A Haunting in Baltimore – A chilling introduction to the H. H. Horowitz Paranormal Investigator Series, where a routine ghost hunt turns into something far more sinister. • Mephistopheles – A devilish flash fiction tale of temptation and terror, previously published in Zero Flash. • Lot 113: ...

Dark Secrets. Unfinished Business. One Private Eye Who Dares to Face the Unknown. Baltimore, 1950—A city of shadows, secrets, and things that refuse to stay buried. When the police turn their backs, when logic fails, and when the supernatural comes knocking, there’s only one name to call: H. H. Horowitz Investigations—the last hope for those haunted by forces beyond reason. In Case 1: A Haunting in Baltimore, a desperate widow and her young children are terrorized by a malevolent presence in their new home. Is it a ghost? A cruel trick? Or something far worse? Scarred in body but ...

Something in the Walls – A Mind-Bending Horror That Will Keep You Awake at Night David Howell came to Hollywood chasing a dream. He never expected to wake up in a nightmare. The earthquake should have been the worst of it—a violent tremor that shook his crumbling apartment building and rattled his nerves. But when the dust settles, something else begins to stir. Something that was never meant to surface. It starts small—phantom shudders through the walls, rustling from the vents, the sensation of being watched. Then the first resident disappears. And then another. As David digs deeper...

Fear Returns in Terrifying Tales 2—Seven New Nightmares Await From the author of Terrifying Tales comes a second spine-chilling anthology that will drag you into the darkness and leave you breathless. These seven unsettling stories explore the horrors lurking in the shadows—both supernatural and disturbingly real. "Apparitions in the Railyard" – A long-used industrial train yard hides a grim secret, and the echoes of the past refuse to stay silent. "Don't Let the Darkness Take Them" – A literal ghost town swallows the living whole. Can anyone escape before nightfall? "Jack of the ...

Terrifying Tales 3—Seven More Stories to Haunt Your Dreams The nightmare continues in the third installment of Terrifying Tales, where shadows whisper, reality warps, and the dead refuse to rest. In this chilling new collection, award-winning horror meets unrelenting dread, delivering seven sinister stories that will claw into your mind and refuse to let go. "Something in the Walls" – In this Lovecraftian horror novella, an ancient evil lurks just beyond the boundaries of human perception. Will the walls hold... or will something unspeakable break through? "The Memorial Fountain" – ...

He’s Got Nothing to Lose… Except His Life (Again). Frank Xavier used to take punches for a living—first as a boxer, then as a stuntman. Now? He’s just another washed-up ex-con scraping by in Detroit, a city that’s long since forgotten him. But when a routine mugging leaves him dead on an operating table for three minutes, Frank wakes up with a new problem—he can see the things that shouldn’t exist. Demons. Ghosts. The restless dead. They’re everywhere. And they know he can see them. Before the visions drive him insane, Frank gets an offer he can’t refuse from Raina Whatley...

For generations, the Reillys have guarded the old ways—druidic magic rooted deep in the hollers of Depression-era Virginia. Hidden from a world that once hunted them, they live in quiet communion with the land, the spirits, and the beasts of the wild. But the 1930s bring more than hardship. Coal barons, mob enforcers, and bootleggers clash for control of the mountains, and the people of Amber’s Hollow are caught in the crossfire. To protect their home, the Reillys must risk everything—revealing ancient gifts, awakening forgotten power, and stepping into a fight where bullets fly ...

Cleveland Belongs to the Mob… But the Hatchet Man Has Other Plans. Cleveland, 1946. A man wakes up on the banks of the Cuyahoga River, clothed in nothing but a hospital gown and bloodstained bandages. No name. No memories. No past. The only things rattling inside his fractured mind? Visions of a child’s drawings—a hatchet-wielding hero—and the haunting image of a beautiful woman, a beacon of light in the darkness. As he struggles to recover, a deep, unshakable compulsion takes hold: the city is rotten with crime, and someone needs to pay. With nothing to lose and rage burning in his...

Some jobs are boring. This one is deadly. When college student Ben Suarez takes a third-shift security job at a desolate railyard, he expects long hours, quiet nights, and the slow creep of exhaustion. What he doesn’t expect is the feeling of being watched. The shadows that move when they shouldn’t. The whispers that slither through the empty train cars. Armed with only his smartphone and desperate texts to his girlfriend, Ben begins to unravel a chilling truth buried beneath the steel and gravel—a past soaked in blood, where the dead refuse to rest. As the nights wear on, his fear ...

Mr. Atlas—the carnival’s owner, strongman, and wrestling champion—can bend railroad spikes with his bare hands. Saul Abraham, known as Solomon the Sorcerer while performing magic shows on the carnival stage, wields a power that has little to do with sleight of hand. And Carny, the tattooed son of a gypsy fortune teller, has a strange and mysterious ability that is yet to be truly understood. These men specialize in helping folks who have nowhere else to turn, and they are quite capable at the task.

The Antihero Anthology: Three Dark Tales of Justice, Survival, and Madness Some heroes wear capes. These ones carry hatchets, scientific expertise, and Florida-sized delusions. Step into the morally gray worlds of Hatchet Man, Devil Woman, and Florida Man—three gripping, genre-bending stories about unlikely antiheroes who are either out for justice, desperate to survive, or completely unhinged. Hatchet Man (Crime/Thriller) – He woke up with no memory. Now, all he knows is vengeance. 1946, Cleveland: A nameless man wakes up near the Cuyahoga River, wearing only a hospital gown and a ...

Seven Stories. Endless Possibilities. From magical realism to hard-hitting crime thrillers, from poetic flash fiction to urban fantasy, this genre-spanning collection showcases a masterful range of storytelling, packed with heart, action, and the unexpected. Inside Short Fiction, you’ll discover: • Oaf – A thrilling magical realism take on the classic “boy and his dog” story—with an unforgettable twist. • The Picnic – A palate-cleansing flash fiction piece, blending poetry and atmosphere in a haunting vignette. • A Peculiar Brew – A heartfelt tale of a dying man, a ...

The Carnival Has Faced Monsters Before—But This One Is Hungry for More Than Just Blood. The Thunder & Shield Traveling Carnival has seen its share of darkness, but nothing could prepare them for what waits in the shadows of South Dakota’s badlands. Shortly after setting up at a local fairground, Mr. Atlas—strongman, wrestling champion, and carnival owner—is visited by an old friend. Sheriff Peter Hahkota, a tribal police officer and former code talker from the war, has come with a desperate plea. Something ancient and merciless has been slaughtering people on the reservation, and no...

Drugs. Delusions. Or the Biggest Mystery in Florida Since Will-o'-the-wisp? Meet Barry Babcock, your typical Florida Man—unemployed, self-medicated, and living in a swamp-side trailer with a laundry list of bad decisions behind him. But when a death-defying stunt lands him in a psychiatric facility, Barry’s got a hell of a story to tell. To the staff psychiatrist, it starts off as the usual Florida nonsense: drugs, booze, alligator dodging, and some questionable life choices. But then Barry takes a sharp left into the unexplainable—because according to him, the real reason he wound up...

The Carnival Has Rolled Into New Orleans… And So Has Something Darker. October, 1951—The Thunder & Shield Traveling Carnival arrives in New Orleans, ready to bring lighthearted spectacle to a city already steeped in magic and mystery. But beneath the glow of gas lamps and the hum of jazz, something sinister stirs. When a desperate group of young men approach the carnival’s charity division, claiming their friend was murdered and the police refuse to investigate, Mr. Atlas, Solomon the Sorcerer, and Carny—along with their young blind protégé, Lois, whose own mysterious powers are ...

Magic, Mayhem, and Motorcycles—Welcome to Coven 13. Chastity “Chas” Brunson doesn’t just ride with her sisters—she rides for them. As VP of the Coven Thirteen Motorcycle Club, she and her president-sister, Charity "Cherry" Brunson, lead a band of powerful witches bound by blood, loyalty, and a hell of a lot of horsepower. But there’s a problem—their coven is incomplete, and without a thirteenth member, their power is slipping. Now, with a dangerous drug run looming, an enemy MC circling like vultures, and an unnerving sense of doom creeping in, Coven 13 is running out of time....