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The hunger is back. That meant blood and death. Living on the streets gives Ana everything she craves—freedom, anonymity, and endless opportunity. With nothing but her old, worn tennis shoes, a filthy backpack, and her treasured box cutter she keeps close, she drifts from town to town across the American highways, chasing the kind of fun only a predator understands. Tired and wanting to sleep on a bed tonight, she makes her way to a roadside motel. While the manager kicks her out and tells her to go to hell. That wasn't nice! Ana thinks about her treasured box cutter and the fun—cutting...

Some rooms are built for death...and she has just woke up in one. Chloe wakes restrained on a cold metal table, naked and terrified at what she see. Human skulls line the shelves... A pot bubbles ominously... The stench of copper and decay fills the air... Power tools hang from the walls—a grim warning of the pain to come. Far away, Henry Creed—Chloe’s brother—and Houston PD investigator Mitch Mason are chasing a brutal murder case. But as the clues unfold, it becomes horrifyingly clear: Chloe may be the next victim of a sadistic madman who records his crimes for the world to watch....

Chloe is the perfect killer—until the target was someone she loved. When a man wants your loved one dead, there’s only one rule: kill him first! A powerful child-sex trafficker orders a hit after two Houston Homicide Inspectors uncover the body of a murdered girl. To get it done, he turns to Lukas Zimmerman—broker of assassins and monsters. Zimmerman offers the contract to Chloe, a merciless and highly skilled killer with a reputation for finishing every job she takes. But the moment she sees the target list, she violently refuses. One of the marks is Henry—the only person she would...

Rain slicks the pavement as he waits at a quiet bus stop, a stranger among strangers. People hurry past—young, old, men, women—each of them lost in their own small world, unaware of the predator sitting inches away. Cecil Cobb prefers it that way. For years he has walked these streets with a calm, monk-like stillness, hiding the truth behind an ordinary face. The city doesn’t know his name, but it has felt his presence—victims found and lives ended. Tonight, another life slipped through his fingers. And as Cecil listens to the rainfall and watches the crowd blur by he replays the ...

You can’t outrun becoming a man forever. Conrad can't help but feel like he has failed his son. Conrad and his wife are worried about their son, Blake. At twenty-five, still lives at home. He drifts through life and college with no motivation. He has never held a job, and seems completely unwilling to grow up. One day, Conrad confides in his cousin, Mallory. She is the owner of Maljen, a cutting-edge video game company. After listening to Conrad, she offers him some hope. A chance for his son. A new kind of virtual reality system. A system that could change everything. Is this a real ...

A woman wakes surrounded by trees. A lake at her side. AND no memory of who she is—or who she was. She knows only one thing: she must make sense of this strange, dystopian world. Eventually she remembers her name: Michelle Blydin. On her journey, she meets Evelyn and Brice, equally lost. But survival is no easy path—when a plant’s stinger pierces her finger, dark veins snake under her skin, bringing unbearable pain. The group presses on, drawn toward an ancient, eerie coliseum. There, they face their deadliest threat: Clancy, a massive, man-eating lion. As Michelle fights to survive, ...

In this omnibus: Ungoverned: Chloe is the perfect killer—until the target was someone she loved. When a man wants your loved one dead, there’s only one rule: kill him first! A powerful child-sex trafficker orders a hit after two Houston Homicide Inspectors uncover the body of a murdered girl. To get it done, he turns to Lukas Zimmerman—broker of assassins and monsters. Zimmerman offers the contract to Chloe, a merciless and highly skilled killer with a reputation for finishing every job she takes. But the moment she sees the target list, she violently refuses. One of the marks is ...

When the past comes hunting, nowhere is safe. One man. One highway. One predator ripped from time. Dwayne Manning has chosen a life without walls—wandering highways, forests, and forgotten towns and backroads, carrying only memories of the woman he lost. Freedom is his compass, solitude his companion. But on a quiet stretch of New Mexican highway, everything changes. A brief roadside chat with a sheriff seems ordinary enough—until hours later. Dwayne finds the same patrol car flipped on its side, abandoned, and eerily silent. No skid marks. No crash. No sheriff. Then he sees the ...

Why would anyone interrupt a serial killer’s dinner? One interruption. One mistake. One man you should never provoke. Melvin arrives in San Francisco with nothing but a headache and a need for anonymity. After time hidden in the woods, he checks into the Marriott—soft bed, hot shower, a normal night. In the hotel bar, he settles in with a cheeseburger, fries, and a Coke, savoring the rare feeling of comfort. His evenging was going good. Until Slick walks in. Loud. Flashy. Entitled. The kind of man who talks to just to hear himself. Melvin tries to ignore him, focusing instead on the ...

Time bends. Lives collide. Nothing is what it seems. Abby Graham has spent years wondering who her father really is. Now she’s walking into a mental hospital, determined to face the truth—even if she’s not sure she’s ready for what she’ll find. The man waiting inside may be her dad… or just another broken stranger who looks like him. Across time and light-years, Trent—a brilliant but unstable temporal assassin—is tracking a slippery alien mobster across a hostile world. With only his sarcastic AI partner, Bob, to keep him focused, Trent’s mission is spiraling into chaos. ...

Salvation or slaughter—how far would you go to “save” a soul? Down in a dank, musty basement, Jason sits bound and broken. Vernon believes he’s helping—cleansing Jason’s soul so he can finally hear the word of God. At first, the tools are small: toothpicks, a cigarette lighter. Pain becomes a ritual, and Vernon is certain progress is being made. But as the line between salvation and punishment blurs, one question remains: did Jason truly find redemption—or is something far darker unfolding? Infidel is a twisted, suspenseful story with a shocking ending that will leave you ...

Five sci-fi short stories! Over fifty-thousand words in this collection! I’ve always loved short stories and collections. Science fiction is probably my favorite genre to read and to write. In this collection, there are over fifty-thousand words, and contains five science fiction stories. These stories range from characters with telekinesis, time-traveling, and living in virtual reality. I hope you like these stories. List of stories inside: Ability Fast Life Trent the Time Traveler Guilty Arrival Enjoy! (Details inside on how to get more FREE short stories!)

Fear has lived with us forever—lurking in closets, breathing beneath our beds, waiting for the lights to go out. This collection drags those shadows into the open. Inside, you’ll meet Ana, whose box-cutter never stays clean, and Melvin, who has his own disturbing methods of torment. Each story tightens the tension, keeps you listening for footsteps, and makes you wonder: Is someone else in the house? Welcome to a gallery of pure, unfiltered madness. Enjoy! (Details inside on how to get more FREE short stories!)

Blood and death are always near. The Hunger wins. Always. She roams the U.S., drifting from town to town, seeking the solitude only the open road can offer. But the hunger always comes back—a dull pain in her head that grows into a hunger for blood and death. Annabelle “Ana” Raleigh Key is back—and once again, nothing will stop her from satisfying the hunger. She’s a predator on the open road. No mercy, pedators don’t pity. In a cold New Mexican diner, Ana meets some friendly strangers and later, with her trusty box cutter in hand, she indulges the deadly urge that never stays ...

Manners are free. Survival isn’t guaranteed. Melvin already has one woman locked in his trunk. All he wants is a quick burger and fries before getting back to his “work.” But when the woman (Maggie), in line, snaps at him, something inside him twists. Melvin hates rude people. Always has. Always will. Maggie—wealthy, comfortable, living in a gated subdivision—never imagined one bad moment would paint a target on her entire family. But rude behavior, in Melvin’s mind, is a crime deserving the harshest punishment. And he’s more than happy to deliver it. When he pays Maggie a ...

Short story collections are awesome! Science fiction is probably my favorite genre. But I also really like horror & thriller. I wondered if there are others like me, who would like stories of both genres in one volume. So I put this short story collection together. In this collection I have split them down the middle. Three sci-fi stories, and three horror. Six awesome stories in all. Over fifty thousand words of story in this volume. I hope the stories in this book will help you fight those Lonely Nights. Stories inside: Into the Basement Aisle 6 Road Kill Dome Number Five The Helper Trent...

Wesley Cole once had a gift—or a curse. As a toddler, toys floated around him as if held by invisible strings. His mother called it his ability. And then, as mysteriously as it appeared, it vanished. Twenty-five years later, Wesley is ordinary in every way… until tragedy shatters his life. His cousin and closest friend, Beatrice, is found dead—an apparent suicide after losing her job. Grief crushes him. His long-dormant telekinesis flickers back to life, weak and unfocused, and he barely cares enough to wonder why. But on the day of her funeral, everything changes. Wesley discovers ...

Ana wakes up in a hospital. Her body is pretty banged up, but knows she will heal. She doesn’t remember everything, but she remembers enough. Two drug dealers raped and beat her, leaving her body on the side of a road to die. She does not inform the police. Why do that? She has other plans. For the two drug dealers, the problem was that Ana was a killer: a serial killer. The hunger—an insatiable need to kill. To see and feel warm blood on her skin. But this time isn’t about the hunger, it’s about cold and brutal revenge! If you like horror and thriller-suspense fiction, you will ...

Habb Monnerd moves fast, head down, pretending he doesn’t notice the security drones tailing him. He and his friends—Exa and Beckat—stole something they were never meant to touch. On Veltren, a proud world of the vast Republic, that kind of theft doesn’t end with a slap on the wrist. His friends manage to escape, hijacking a civilian transport in a desperate attempt to draw the drones away. But the chase ends abruptly when armored officers surround them… only to let them go without explanation. No charges. No questions. Just confusion and a warning chill in the air. Moments later,...

In a world of power and cruelty, survival is rebellion. Max lives a simple life on the family farm with his two sisters, Momma, and Ned—at the edge of the Sisterhood Empire. But in Haera, simplicity doesn’t protect you. In the Empire, girls rise to become Ladies with wealth and power… while boys are born to become "serfs", stripped of rights, stripped of hope, and treated as property. A trip to Town’s Center shatters Max’s world. The lesson is harsh and clear: his future is bleak, bound by chains he never asked for. The Gallows is the chilling prequel to Serf 72, setting the stage...