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“One zombie. One mission. One bite at Capitol Hill.” Uncle John Goes to Washington By John A. Russo They tried to bury him. Now he’s back—and running for Congress. In a world teetering on the brink of political absurdity and social unrest, one unexpected candidate shuffles into the spotlight: Uncle John—a resurrected zombie with a heart of gold, a brain that still works (mostly), and a mission to make democracy undead again. When Uncle John regains his ability to speak, he doesn’t just rejoin society—he shakes it to its core. From viral town hall videos to a Capitol Hill ...

From John A. Russo, co-author of Night of the Living Dead™: "By now almost everyone knows that the concept of the modern flesh-eating zombie originated in the sixties with Night of the Living Dead™. That's why I think that this anthology of short stories paying homage to that fact is a wonderful idea. When I was asked to write such a story, I was told that each and every story in the book would have to take place in or around the time, in 1968, when the horror classic that I co-authored took place… Perhaps, for you, dear reader, some of the stories you will read in these pages will ...

A decade after the first zombie outbreak, a bus crashes in a small American town, killing everyone on board. Local churchgoers rush to the scene to save the living and destroy the dead. But they're too late. A terrifying new plague of living dead has been unleashed. A new horde of victims has been infected. And this time, they are ravenous.

An abandoned hilltop farmhouse. Seven desperate people, and a surrounding darkness ripped by bloodcurdling cries of anguish. A state of emergency has been declared: the unimaginable is happening in the night.

It starts with infected needles. It spreads like a plague. Soon the town of Chapel Grove, Pennsylvania, is overrun with cannibalistic corpses. Some are taken down with a bullet to the brain. Others, torched like kindling. But a few have survived - inside a maternity ward. Detective Bill Curtis manages to rescue his pregnant wife, Lauren, from the ward in the nick of time. But the other pregnant women are not so lucky. Some of them have been bitten - and infected. Now it's anyone's guess what's growing inside them.

Newly divorced Alison Kerby wants a second chance for herself and her nine-year-old daughter. She's returned to her hometown on the Jersey Shore to transform a Victorian fixer-upper into a charming-and profitable guest house. One small problem: the house is haunted, and the two ghosts insist Alison must find out who killed them.

When the Dead Don’t Stay Dead, No One is Safe. In a world forever haunted by a terrifying past, the undead are no longer myths of horror films—they’re a brutal reality. Decades after the first outbreak, scientists and law enforcement still struggle to understand or contain the disease that transforms men into monsters. Among the afflicted is Roger Dowman, a soldier returned from war only to descend into a hellish transformation that turns him into an undead killer with a thirst for human flesh. As his blood-soaked rampage spreads terror through rural Pennsylvania, Detective Andy Brown...

A TOWN ON THE EDGE OF THE UNKNOWN. A WOMAN ON THE BRINK OF SANITY. A DARKNESS THAT WILL NOT BE CONTAINED. On a quiet Halloween night in 1957, Jimmy Ray Barton and his pregnant wife, Sharon Rose, encounter something beyond their comprehension—a glowing green cloud that drags their truck off the road and sets off a horrifying chain of events. By morning, Jimmy Ray is dead, Sharon’s memories are shattered, and her sanity hangs by a thread. Was it an accident, a crime of passion, or the work of something otherworldly? But Sharon isn’t the only one in Clairton, Pennsylvania, struggling ...

INHUMAN A Novel by John A. Russo, Co-Creator of Night of the Living Dead The snakes are coming. The prophecy was clear. But nobody could have imagined the horror slithering their way… In the heart of rural Carson Valley, a secluded mansion becomes a summer retreat for couples seeking peace and healing. But when a hijacked plane crashes in the nearby mountains—its occupants brain-damaged and violently deranged—a nightmare descends on the peaceful estate. As militant survivors, more dead than alive, stalk the woods, a child’s chilling warning echoes: “Great big snakes a-comin’ to ...

“The Dead Don’t Rest Here—And Neither Will You.” Step into the haunted shadows of the House of the Undead, where history, horror, and the paranormal collide in a spine-chilling tale of suspense. When a notorious Victorian mansion, once the filming site for the cult horror classic Night of the Living Dead (1990), is transformed into a bed-and-breakfast, it promises a thrilling getaway for fans of the macabre. But as guests gather to celebrate its grand opening—led by legendary filmmaker John A. Russo—their dream weekend spirals into a nightmare. With a trail of mysterious ...

Seven bodies have washed ashore in Florida, and one of the drowned is Chango, the voodoo sorcerer whose leather pouch holds a child's severed finger. The sorcerer and his six followers have been buried in a mass grave. And prayers have been spoken to exorcise their unholy powers. But Chango's spirit still prowls the moonlit beaches, taking victim after victim...leaving them cannibalized and dismembered.

When I wrote the Dear John letter, I never imagined six years would pass before I laid eyes on my husband again. It takes my grandfather’s death to bring me back to Aqua Vista. And to John McCoy, the only man I ever loved. We parted ways on mutual terms to chase our dreams. John’s plan was to open his bar, and mine was to make it in Hollywood. I’m still waiting for my big break, but John’s business is a success, and I couldn’t be happier for him. Seeing him brings it all back—our love, attraction, and fondness for each other—and we couldn’t stay away even if we tried.

The evil soul of a witch doctor lives on in the body of Simon, the great jungle beast who leads his human followers - the Panther People - in their orgies of lust and blood. Now the innocent Martin family, George, Peg, and their beautiful daughter, Jenny, on vacation, will stumble upon this gruesome cult, trapped in a desert nightmare of terror and death - waiting. In the quiet wasteland, the sound of their own pulses will be all they can hear.

In a small New York State college, beautiful 18-year-old Laura Clark is blossoming, reaching out for love and trying to escape her controlling mother. But for Laura, there is no escape. Not from her mother, not from the unnameable horror that haunts her dreams, and not from the coven's spell of darkness.

DEAD TIME IN DEADWOOD is a wild romp through the Wild West! It's historically true that Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane were together in Deadwood in 1876. But what is less well known is that while they were there, they were battling Comancheros, Ghost Dancers -- and ZOMBIES! Doc Holliday, a gunslinger, a frontier dentist, and a man with scientific ambitions, way back then had a valid theory that would have explained what causes the dead to arise! Sheriff Dylan Parkman and valiant U.S. Marshal Heck Thomas are trying to wipe out an epidemic of cannibalism. And ...

A sweet'n'spicy collection of bonus tales, first shared on Patreon and featuring the guys and gals (and nonbinary aliens) from the superhero x villain MM+ (& FF!) romance series, Villainous Things (along with the MCs of the Villains in Space spin-off series)!

This Christmas, he’s making a list… and slaying everyone on it. From John A. Russo, co-writer of Night of the Living Dead, comes a chilling holiday horror novel that will haunt your nightmares. Albert Kinney isn’t your typical holiday enthusiast. He doesn’t deck the halls—he drenches them in blood. A cold, calculating serial killer, Albert has turned murder into an art, recording his gruesome crimes for a hidden audience on the Dark Web. This Christmas, he’s hunting fresh victims… and leaving a trail of horror across the snowy streets. When Marie Connor, a woman escaping an ...

Cynthia and her brothers had heard the stories about grandpa, who could summon demons and compel people to die with a curse. Maybe, they also possessed the ancient powers. At first, they caught smallish demons who had assumed the shapes of rabbits and birds and then, larger ones like those who resembled the neighbor kids.

Stand-up comic Jack Boston is fond of saying, "This one will make you die laughing!" The only trouble is that he means it literally. It's really Jack's nightclub act that's dying. And he can't stand it. In fact, it's driving him insane -- and he blames everybody else for his failures. He wonders if they deserve to live. He once was the darling of the big-time gambling casinos. He was voted Entertainer of the Year three years in a row. But that was fifteen years ago, and times have changed. Jack's dirty jokes are no longer in vogue. What should he do? He decides to start killing the critics,...

Dealey Plaza is one of the most notorious places in America, and when youthful conspiracy buffs go there in 1964 to stage their own reenactment of the Kennedy Assassination, four of them are brutally murdered - the first victims of a hate-filled legacy that continues for four more decades. The survivors of that long-ago Dallas trip, each of them now icons of the American way of life, are about to be honored - or killed.