3 Causes for Alarm
Three flash fiction horror pieces with alarming themes. See More
Length: 10 Pages (1,388 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
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(12 reviews)
Three flash fiction horror pieces with alarming themes. See More
Length: 10 Pages (1,388 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
(5 reviews)
Strange things are happening in the Becker's new home. Noises come from the attic. Stevie Becker speaks of infidelity, but only in her sleep. Roony Becker finds himself both tempted and injured by sexual indiscretions. It seems something has come for them, something both wicked and beautiful, something far beyond normal reality. Can they resist its temptations? Will they survive its attacks? See More
Length: 352 Pages (910 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled/Published: Oct 24, 2011
(5 reviews)
His patient is an unwilling participant. The bound man likes the demon inside him and the ravenous appetite it brings. On top of this, the demon knows things about the doctor and will take the fight to a personal level. See More
Length: 107 Pages (836 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
(6 reviews)
Nancy has never appealed to the opposite sex. But after a visit from a magic woman, men will give up everything to have Nancy for a little while. No wonder she is not a willing patient for Doctor Wolfstone. And while the doctor deals with the powerful demon inside her, an old nemesis is on the way to destroy him. See More
Length: 107 Pages (4,623 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
(32 reviews)
After teenager Maddy Crandale assaults the captain of the cheerleaders, her parents move her to the country, where there's no trouble for Maddy to find. But trouble finds Maddy. Animals stalk her. She dreams that she's someone else. Odd fears arise. With both parents caught up in their own weirdness, can this problem child defeat a strange menace alone, or will it take what it came for? See More
Length: 151 Pages (2,942 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled/Published: Jan 23, 2012
(152 reviews)
After his parents die, Stephen Seibert, 13-years old, is forced to live with his uncle. Uncle Rick, a former jock, has little interest in the brainy Stephen, but dreams of developing Stephen's older brother, Jonnie, into a great quarterback. All of this could be acceptable to Stephen. He doesn't mind being ignored. Unfortunately, Luke, Stephen's older cousin, has taken a sinister interest in him... See More
Length: 212 Pages (2,620 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
In this third installment of the Beyond Reception Series, Alice Shoemaker travels to Oklahoma. She meets interesting characters along the way, including Andy, whose crippling disability is also a tool for incredible foresight. Meanwhile, Jade Parker, whose mere presence brings death to those close to him, waits for her to arrive and help him battle the biggest demon ever to visit this realm. See More
Length: 229 Pages (3,074 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
Years later, Jonnie, Seth and Mikey are grown up. All three are very successful in what they do. But the entity that stalks them has also evolved. To destroy them it will build a monster. See More
Length: 144 Pages (1,677 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled/Published: Mar 10, 2011
(6 reviews)
Mikey, Jonnie and Seth, three prodigious 11-year-olds, and best friends, set off for a day of hunting rabbits. Little do they know that something so much more is waiting for them and that it will haunt them for the rest of their lives. See More
Length: 162 Pages (1,304 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
(1 review)
The Wolf has returned with powers refined. It wants to battle all over again. But it won't fight in the place where Jonnie can win. It has prepared a battlefield and plans to take them all. See More
Length: 192 Pages (1,540 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
In this second installment of the series, Mantis finds himself in a coma. Meanwhile, a wicked spirit in human forms treks across the country en route to kill him. Without a body to fight with, Mantis must find a way to ward off the evil intruder or die motionlessly. See More
Length: 196 Pages (4,115 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
(30 reviews)
An Oklahoma tornado drops from the sky to sweep up Sully Jacobson and his car. Weeks later, he awakes from a coma with a crippling fear of driving. Horrid visions resist Sully's attempts at facing his fear, and glowing people haunt his dreams. Meanwhile, loved ones are keeping secrets from him, and people are dying. Can Sully find a vital connection in all of this, or will the deaths continue? See More
Length: 244 Pages (882 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled/Published: Aug 1, 2012
(1 review)
Jacob Sims visits his hometown, Nescata, Oklahoma. Recently, Nescata has suffered several peculiar deaths. Jacob's return brings personal changes. His lifelong funk fades, but vivid hallucinations come in its place. He's haunted by a mysterious man in white, and his near-comatose grandmother is trying to tell him something. He must learn the connection between the deaths. Lives depend on him. See More
Length: 213 Pages (1,282 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled/Published: Sep 30, 2012
Green Pastures, South Carolina is a wonderful place to live. That is, as long as you don't step out of line and your value system doesn't differ from the moral majority. It also helps to be born the right color and worship in the right church. Many miles away, an immortal waits for prophesy to be fulfilled. Then the man will travel, bringing with him a special kind of justice. See More
Length: 225 Pages (903 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled/Published: Mar 12, 2011
(36 reviews)
Psychologist Jonah Singer has a few issues of his own. He has obsessive-compulsive disorder, chain smokes, and is haunted by a blurry past with a crazy mother. Enter Tate Powers, a mental-health counselor with a wicked laugh and uncanny ability to get inside Jonah's head. Tate shows him the path to the most horrific depths of the human psyche. Inside his mind, Jonah will find much more than the... See More
Length: 172 Pages (590 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
(15 reviews)
Shortly after the death of his wife, Dr. Kurt Snaber packs up and moves to a new state to start over. Unfortunately, he brings with him the disembodied voices of his overbearing mother and dead wife. On the advice of a friend, he turns to meditation to silence the unwelcome voices. Little does he know that while meditating he'll witness something that will change his life forever or that it will... See More
Length: 386 Pages (1,511 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
(130 reviews)
Toby and Dad live alone in the countryside. For all they know, they live alone on the planet. They carefully watch the skies for the beasts that nearly wiped out humanity. They've managed to safely hide for years, but things are starting to change. There are fires on the ground and birds falling from the sky. See More
Length: 70 Pages (2,013 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
(12 reviews)
Mark Lions, age 14, lives his life with crippling anxiety, until one day his family moves to a country home and that anxiety lifts like a bad dream upon waking up. Something in their new home has caused this, and it's not alone. The Lions have been drawn into something they cannot resist and a battle they might not survive. See More
Length: 221 Pages (950 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
(37 reviews)
Holden tries to get through college and into med school, while caring for his autistic brother and working nights at a nursing home. He's doing well, but then senile residents at the home start saying strangely personal things to him. Worse, a menacing presence threatens his illicit side business. Holden just hopes things will get better. Instead, things get ever weirder and far more dangerous. See More
Length: 103 Pages (1,392 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
Joseph Stanton is haunted by the spirit of a past flame and a song that manages to play on its own. Donald Pagel feels a strange presence and senses inhuman changes occurring inside. Across the state, Alice Shoemaker is awoken by a strange light that leads her from the Shares' home. The ancient evil she will face is more powerful than any to date. It seems unstoppable. See More
Length: 188 Pages (1,797 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
(88 reviews)
Ten-year-old Drake is thrilled to be moving with his family to the countryside, where his dog, Bo, can run free. But as soon as they get there, Bo runs off and won't come near the house. A few days later, the dog's strange behavior is the least of their worries. Humankind is under attack and losing, badly. All Drake and his family can do is hide and hope to survive. See More
Length: 70 Pages (1,385 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
(5 reviews)
Coy tells the story of his life. He never knew his parents. He's been beaten and abused, and he's witnessed things that are nearly unspeakable. But it was all a part of what he was to become. See More
Length: 104 Pages (4,304 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled/Published: Mar 1, 2019
(4 reviews)
A horror story. See More
Length: 13 Pages (1,088 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
(16 reviews)
This detective watches the same video, over and over. The body hits the ground. The birds fly away. He's seen it thousands of times. Why does he keep watching? What's he looking for? See More
Length: 16 Pages (1,823 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
(3 reviews)
A short story about a strange psychological assessment. See More
Length: 8 Pages (2,730 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
(27 reviews)
Everyone has random thoughts. We pay them little mind. They're just loose associations that do not matter in the least. That is, until they become a matter of life or death. See More
Length: 13 Pages (1,246 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
(28 reviews)
Two hotel workers meet a homeless man with an interesting ability. See More
Length: 8 Pages (1,920 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled/Published: Mar 16, 2021
(9 reviews)
Every skilled predator has methods. Some methods work better than others. See More
Length: 12 Pages (2,804 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
(17 reviews)
A haunting love story. See More
Length: 16 Pages (2,581 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled
(2 reviews)
A story about the things we refuse to see, and the atrocities our blindness allows. See More
Length: 31 Pages (754 KB)/Lending: Not Enabled