Science Fiction Horror Anthology

Four strangers band together to make it to the safe house alive in a zombie outbreak. The safe house is breached by a horde, and they must escape with the research papers to make a vaccine. They make it through Atlanta to the CDC, where the last scientist is conducting research. But they have to leave before he can finish before the military bombs the city. The city is bombed, and the survivors escape on a military plane that lands on an aircraft carrier offshore.

W awakes from daydreaming about the past to fall back to square one, where we left our hero at the end of book four. But now W only has a few seconds to escape from the impossible situation fate has constructed. How will W accomplish this mission? What will the superhero attempt to find more answer to questions from a forgotten past?

This book is the cornerstone of Guinn’s story so far, where not only the relationship between the person behind the mask and the superhero who wears it is clarified, but we also discover something game-blowing about Guinn’s past. In a burning hot summer day, under a blinding sunlight, things change for W - forever? Don’t miss this story of W, and for the first time, see Guinn for what our hero really is.

The third part of the Undead series. The gang must get the vaccine to the CDC before it's too late and the air force bombs the city.

Nel vecchio Hotel "Il Sole" c'è qualcosa di terribile e dopo venticinque anni reclama la sua vendetta. Bastiano ha già affrontato quel concentrato di malvagità nel 1985, ma ora è costretto a tornare in quel luogo perché è l'unico a poter aiutare Teresa, l'amore della sua adolescenza. L'uomo ora ha la salute malferma e non è sicuro di riuscire nell'impresa: se verrà sconfitto, infatti, Nino, il figlio della sua amica sarà dannato per sempre.

Revenge, death, and destruction abound in this early short story by H.P. Lovecraft. The story follows Antoine, a count who is last in line to die at the age of 32 due to a curse put on his family hundreds of years prior. His ancestor, being responsible for the death, brought about the curse, and Antoine was left to watch all his family, including his manservant, die an early death. But when his time comes and he is exploring the castle in wait, he manages to successfully end the curse by deflecting the fatal blow of Charles - the son of the man who was killed so many years ago.

A viral outbreak on a global scale. Four strangers band together to make it to the safe house alive.

His own ancestry and life very nearly the stuff of novels, it is no wonder Russian writer, philosopher, musical scholar, and politician Vladimir Odoyevsky had left behind an endlessly varied, fascinating, and captivating body of work. Imaginings of Years Past gives listeners a taste of the strange and wonderful literary legacy left behind by this strange and wonderful man.

Lucy is finally back with Daniel, but for how long? When she has a dream about Caleb being seriously hurt, she knows that she must do what she can to help him. She gets Caleb back to the motel where she and Daniel are staying, but something isn’t right. When Caleb pushes Lucy for answers, she finds herself in an impossible position, with far too much to lose.

Short Story Press Presents Lies We Tell One Another by Don Codner. A woman that was living a normal, mundane existence with her fiancé is thrust into a world that she isn’t equipped to deal with. Her life is shattered, and she must pick up the pieces with the help of a strange man who appears in her room.

Mike has a very unusual phobia: He’s terrified of Champ, the creature reported to be living in Lake Champlain. Ever since he was a child, he has been haunted by nightmares about the monster and has avoided the lake most of his life. It’s a ridiculous fear, for the creature couldn’t possibly exist, could it? Tonight, whether he wants to or not, Mike will finally discover the truth about the lake and its legendary inhabitant.

Blue e la bambina senza cuore è una favola dark con sfumature bianco candido. E' una favola per adulti e bambini con contenuti di geniale delicatezza. Per il tipo di ambientazione, è la favola perfetta di Natale. Questa è la storia di Blue, il grosso cinghiale dagli occhi azzurri, e di Batuffolo, un'adorabile bambina trasparente e senza cuore. Questa è la storia di un'amicizia indissolubile e di un legame che va oltre le apparenti diversità.

Beyond Doorways is a collection of five separate horror short stories. Each tells a tale of monsters, whether they are those found hiding in closets, behind the eyes of an innocent, beyond a locked door, or in the chime of a clock.

Esmeralda, one of the human survivors of an apocalyptic war, now lives a precarious life as a servant to a family of zombies. She knows she’s better off than many other humans, who are imprisoned in breeding camps and slaughtered for food. Her masters treat her well, and their young daughter reminds Esme of her own little girl, killed during the war. But Esme can’t forget everything she’s lost—or the knowledge that her masters could turn on her at any moment. When rebels interrupt the zombies’ supply of human food, Esme’s position becomes even more dangerous. And this time, the price of survival may be more than she is prepared to pay.

You can smell that long-dying aroma of Autumn in the air. Kids are talking trick or treat and the leaves are already screaming at you in red and yellow and deep golden rust as they prepare for one final parachute down into the dirt. The tombstones are talking amongst themselves and winter is hiding just around the corner. It is the time of the year when people draw around the wood stove and the campfire and whisper stories of death and omens and ghosts and things that don't even have a name.

The town of Pine Ridge has an eerie past, with tales of witchcraft and ritual murders, but when a local man is savagely killed, all hell threatens to break loose. Supernatural detective Jack Nightingale is called in to investigate the brutal slaying - a murder that seems to have been carried out by children - children with dead black eyes....

Business has been slow for Jack Nightingale, but an appointment with a Catholic priest leads to an interesting new case. Eleven-year-old Christine Warren has been showing worrying signs of developing an alternate personality, who goes by the name of Lydia. It's up to Nightingale to find out whether she's been possessed, or if there's something more to Lydia....

Bad Things is a collection of paranormal stories that will make your skin crawl and heart race. Do you sleep with the light on? Maybe you should....

Danny is a struggling singer willing to do almost anything to get a little exposure and keep food on the table. So she doesn't think twice about traveling to the middle of nowhere to perform a gig. When she's stranded at an abandoned airport, however, she finds herself exposed to a sinister creature with a hunger for something only she can provide.

Conversations with the Dead is a themed trio of very short stories - yes, three very short stories - perhaps better described as anecdotal tales with a spooky twist. In "Of Ghosts and Ghouls", Kelly is a very naughty girl, and her ill deeds have grave consequences. In "The Unwanted Birthday Gift", Mary discovers the unpalatable truth about her family. And in "Tomorrow Waits for No Man", Luke gets stuck in traffic with an unusual passenger.