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Struggling to recover from a particularly bad breakup, Amy is unable to resist the allure of drugs and alcohol, but an explosive and unexplainable death at a party leaves questions that she is wary to press. Six friends marked for death. An unrelenting and merciless force hunting them. Amy and friends must face the harsh reality of their actions before there is no one left to save.

Thirty-nine terrifying stories that will keep you up all night and make you want to call in sick to work. Enjoy stories of karma, fear, supernatural horror, deadly women, and retribution.The Better Off Dead Series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!

Rogues in the House Podcast has gathered the best tales of sword and sorcery from across the community. Here, brave adventurers will find stories lovingly crafted from heroic fantasy greats such as Howard Andrew Jones, John R. Fultz, and John C. Hocking. At their side are up and coming genre authors Chuck Clark, T.A. Markitan, Cora Buhlert, and many more.

London. Post apocalypse. A group of survivors struggle to make a meagre life in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by mutated humans and creatures. For Jaxx and Rhema Bastion—born and raised on the top floor of the Access News tower—it’s all they’ve ever known. The discovery of a young child, Luna, almost feral and living alone in an abandoned building, changes their lives forever. When fate splits them up, the Access News tower comes under attack and the remaining survivors are forced to move on.

If there was a way to save a loved one from a terrible disease, would you take it? What if the consequences were unclear? Alistair Rain’s life is fading before his eyes. His wife, Eliza, is being taken from him before her time, her body ravaged by an inoperable plague. Desperate, he turns to prayer, the last bastion of hope, but God doesn’t exist. Not in Alistair’s world. What answers is something else entirely. Something far beyond his comprehension. Something that will irrevocably change his life and the lives of those around him forever. Sin is a dark horror from the mind of Matthew A.

A cab ride to an infamous cemetery takes a sinister turn when the passengers discover they may be the graveyard’s next residents. Fun and games unleash evil beyond imagination when a young couple rolls the dice of a board game from hell. And a treasure hunt turns deadly when a pair of explorers discover what’s really hiding deep in the woods....

At Blackstock Estate, we believe in providing a fun and friendly environment for people of all ages to explore not only a location rich in history, but the answer to perhaps the only question that matters in life—what comes after? Built in 1842 by eccentric rail tycoon, Jacob Blackstock, Blackstock Manor is proud home to two of the only spirits in captivity in the world. Discover hidden secrets while walking the many paths through the Black Forest, get your pictures taken with some of the many fully posable mannequins, or simply kick back and enjoy the tearoom and the gift shop.

It was supposed to be a simple rescue mission: secure the doctor and exfil to the surface. A task that Nade Wilhelm and Pip Damon of A.L.P.H.A Team could be forgiven for considering beneath them. But there are things thriving in the underground facility that would have been better off undiscovered.

Stan Armstrong dedicated his entire life to science. Branded as a maverick and a risk-taker by his colleagues, his unorthodox experiments and outlandish theories of time and space resulted in loss of funding and, ultimately, his termination from tenure at the university where he’d spent his entire career. Stan’s insatiable quest to explore extreme hypotheses and to prove the unproven were matched only by his neurotic lust to peel back the mysterious layers of time and space to expose the hidden secrets of the universe.

The Best of Bizarro Fiction: Vol. 2 features 11 carefully crafted surreal tales of the absurd, the hilarious, and the outright horrific. Edited by Matthew A. Clarke.

In the year 2030, a dying scientist released a volatile pathogen into the atmosphere. It granted the elderly a plethora of augmented abilities, near-immortality, and an insatiable bloodlust for the generations that have wronged them.

Scotty is no stranger to being bullied, but after a chance encounter in an online chatroom, finds hope in Rebecca. Scotty is about to find out that people on the internet can be worse than people in real life. Facebook. Twitter. These are the places the modern troll thrives. How far would you be willing to go to bring a troll to justice?

Ed and Wink are two friends in search of a good time. Drugs, trespass, the odd bit of petty theft, who’s going to mind? Burlow Farm is just another place ripe for the plucking. An easy target. But the friends are about to realise they are wholly unprepared for the horrors that lie in wait both above, and below ground. Horrors that have no place in this world. Horrors that will leave them broken for the remainder of their days… should they survive.

Be afraid. Be very afraid. That noise in the dead of night. The shadow that slips by almost unnoticed. The fear that pulverizes your sense of reasoning and pushes you deep down under seven layers of covers. There is no escaping it, and when the dark forces of the universe come after you, the world will know exactly what you are made of. Will you run? Will you fight? Maybe you’ll join forces with the darkness that rips through your quiet little life. Everyone’s dying to find out.

In a bizarre twist of fate, the majority of the population is eradicated. Those that remain are given a second chance, ascending to a curious land in which they are told they must fight for their lives to survive. Only two can prevail. Which is going to be somewhat of an issue given the inclusion of the Wild Cards; special combatants dropped into the battlefield to wreak havoc.

Ebola Saves the Planet! and Other Wholesome Tales is a collection of 11 wild tales from the mind of Matthew A. Clarke.

Growing up is never easy, especially when the person you love is turning into a giant f-----g mantis. Jacoboby Bentley and his friends know little of life outside the Super Mantis Killas (SMK). Their day to day lives consist of drinking cheap booze, good drugs, video games, and the occasional mantis-beatdown.

Blood is bright crimson. Your lips have turned blue. Best keep both eyes open. Because we are coming for you. - Valentine's Day isn’t all love, fun, and games. Flash horror Valentine's stories from a ton of talented authors. From dark and disturbing, morbid humor, or guts and gore; these stories have it all. How will you celebrate the holidays?

This podcast series is an audio recording of the book “Disrupting Mercy”, read by Matthew Clarke.

Age of Sigmar Matched Play Podcast providing reviews after the release has settled. Join Matt, Paul and Rich as they review new AOS products and talk about events that they have been to.