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They only wanted to toast the end of a long Alaskan season—three friends, a bottle of whiskey, and a few chips of ice carved from an ancient glacier. But what slept inside that ice was not dead. Now, as the world tilts toward Christmas, nightmares bloom into reality. In Juneau, people begin to bleed from the mouth. In San Antonio, a mother wakes screaming. And in Florida, a man drowns in his own lungs—while asleep. Across the globe, the infection spreads faster than anyone can contain it. Governments fall silent. Quarantines collapse. The virus—born of ice and time—unravels the very...

A trip to the local haunted house, holds real horror for Cesar Molina and his date this Halloween.

WAR! Rages across the cosmos. As the Shatter Wars spread havoc to every corner of the Stellar Concord, young Ethari apprentice Dar Larsten is dispatched to the Vrynthi colony world of SYLVARIS to negotiate a crucial trade pact. Beneath the ancient sun, Dar uncovers a relic of forgotten power—one that could shake the foundations of the Ethari Order. Meanwhile, on the mist-shrouded world of VELMORA, Lancer Nam discovers long-buried secrets stir, threatening to pull even the most steadfast into the grasp of the Echoborn. In a secluded grove deep within the Ethari Citadel, MASTER Y’len ...

From Earth to the edge of the Virelia Galaxy, one man’s heart becomes humanity’s greatest gamble. When Major Jeremy Kade is recalled from Earth’s Mars program for a secret mission to the Moon, he doesn’t expect to find a crashed alien ship—or Thaleia, its enigmatic commander. Her world, Thorei Prime, is a civilization of light and science, where emotion is tempered by reason and time itself can be bent through crystalline wormholes. Yet beneath its perfection lies intrigue, betrayal, and a dangerous secret: a technology that can grant immortality at a terrible cost. Stranded among...

While seeking more information on the Monsters that had attacked him in Minnesota, a man and his dog, a chihuahua named Cujo, find themselves embroiled in a new mystery. This time it involves what might be an alien from outer space.

What began as a college prank — a little scare, a quick laugh — ends in a nightmare that won’t let go. Three travelers find themselves trapped in a town that isn’t on any map, where every road leads back to the same dead end… and every shadow hides the sound of something breathing. As dusk falls, the air grows thick, and the streets come alive with the low chuffing of a thing that hunts by sound — a thing that knows when you laugh, when you whisper, when your heart dares to beat. For Kenneth, Stephen, and Delores, survival means silence. But when friendship and fear collide in ...

A prisoner, Michael Troy Evans, is driven by desperation to seek some pretty unorthodox methods to get the transfer he desires.

Lost in the Great North Woods of Minnesota, alone but for his dog, Cujo, one man encounters strange creatures that he slowly comes to believe are actually monsters.

Five siblings. One ancient civilization. Zero way home. When Gwyn and her family are hurled back in time to the heart of the Aztec empire, survival becomes more than a history lesson—it’s a test of loyalty, courage, and identity. Worshipped as gods, hunted as sacrifices, and fractured by old rivalries, the siblings must navigate a world of obsidian blades, sacred rituals, and jungle terrors. But when one of their own is taken, Gwyn must step out of the shadows and into legend. A story of myth, memory, and the power of family—The Golden Gods is a pulse-pounding journey that asks: What ...

Life changes for a group of Florida State Prisoners at lunch time, when their world is pulled into an alternate reality.

Blinded by her rage one woman stalks a rival, and only then discovers one of life's most horrific secrets.

By popular request, we present the second collection of short fiction by the award-winning author of 'Hook, Line and Sinker', Wil Adams. Included in this collection is the entire ROAD OF TRIALS series, the internet sensation that has readers begging for more.

In a Miami pulsing with secrets, Christos Shakillis chases eternity to reclaim his lost love, Deborah, through the NeuroLink Institute’s living reef—a coral-like cosmos of synthetic neurons that sings with her laugh, weaving galaxies from memories. Fueled by grief, he surrenders his fortune and mind to its bioluminescent tides, unaware of a shadow stirring within.

Meet Roger Westcott: retired, respectable, and just a little too pleased with himself. When he sets sail from the “Magical Kingdom of Key West” to prove his courage, his culture, and perhaps find a few new friends online, Roger embarks on the most misguided odyssey since Don Quixote discovered cable news. Armed with a laptop, chafing dish, and an unearned sense of destiny, Roger navigates the high seas of self-delusion—fending off submarines, gourmet fish dinners, and the unbearable solitude of his own company. But when he fishes a mysterious woman from the Gulf, the adventure he’s ...

Unconventional love blooms at a bullfight in Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Top-selling Murder Mystery writer Warren Duncan has conceived a plan for the perfect murder, and for the purpose of humiliating the untrained Canadian woman the press has dubbed 'The Mystery Maven' because of her unbroken string of solving what are considered unsolvable murders. The plan once set into motion becomes an unstoppable force and in a thunderclap Warren finds that he has indeed woven an unbreakable web of murder, only problem is, he's caught in it.

One of the hottest e-short stories of the year is Extinction Event. A first person account of the end of life on Earth as we know it.

The second in the Nature of Death series explores the question of how much one person can love another. The sorrow in which Skip Taylor has existed for more than twenty years is shattered when the Grim Reaper appears bearing the news that Skip's lost love hovers in torment on the edge of death. A torment from which only Skip can release him. If only he can bring himself to do the unthinkable. He must stop loving the only person he has ever loved.

The further adventures of the man and his dog, Cujo, as he continues his trip from Fort Walton Beach Florida up to Alaska. In this episode, there is sudden and unexpected death, and the Road of Trials presents its greatest danger yet.

His sister Gabriela's wedding is only days away, but Jesus Valdez and his best-friend and business partner, David Price are in possession of what they believe might be an actual treasure map. With two female companions it tow, David and Jesus must contend with two hit men, sent to recover the map by the ruthless, Mr. Rodriguez, and Armando Ulaje--Jesus' sworn enemy. All of whom will stop at nothing to see an end to the four treasure seekers. However, Jesus and David soon learn that hunting for a 'lost' treasure also involves unknown, or unsuspected dangers as well.