Bug Dark

He's supposed to kill me. Instead, he keeps me. They branded me, hand me a rifle, and ship me to a jungle planet to die. I'm a conscript. A throwaway. Then the shuttle crashes. And he finds me in the wreckage. Kreell is seven feet of living armor; chitin black as deep space, wrist blades that snap out like switchblades, wings that buzz the air dead silent. He commands an army. His soldiers drop to their knees when he walks past. Now I'm on mine. He puts me in restraints. In his office. In his bed. His voice takes me apart and his hands put me back together but twisted. When he brands me, ...

America is under attack! Bug Out! is the story of Frank and Jane, on the run from California in their Motor Home. In Bug Out! Part 10, Our team turned the tables on the invaders. Bug Out! Part 11 has our heros protecting themselves against invaders bent on revenge. The serial killer clan is still active, taking up residence in their sinister home base, preparing for battle with Malcolm and George. A dirty FBI agent attempts a double cross. Will he be successful? Somebody is going to die, but who? What dark secrets are found in the serial killer's lair? Why were founding members of Scott's ...

He was sent to kill a pest. Instead, he found a monster. 'An intriguing work of whimsi-grotesquerie' – Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six Monster hunters tangle with court politics in this horror adventure by the critically acclaimed author of Leech. Enter the...

The fireworks were supposed to light up the sky. Instead, the vibrations woke up the ground. Beneath the lakeside tourist town of Cedar Bend, an abandoned coal mine has held a dark secret for nearly fifty years. Now, the biggest 4th of July celebration in county history is ringing like a dinner bell. As the explosions rock the earth, a massive colony of pale, cave-adapted predators is drawn to the surface. They hunt by vibration. And tonight, twelve thousand panicked vacationers are making Cedar Bend the loudest place on earth. With the roads webbed shut and the docks turning into a deadly ...

A surreal and horrifying debut, Hiron Ennes's Leech defies our understanding of identity, heredity, and bodily autonomy. “A wonderful new entry to Gothic science fiction, impeccably clever and atmospheric. Think Wuthering Heights... with worms!”—Tamsyn Muir MEET THE CURE FOR THE HUMAN...

Some places are abandoned for a reason. For fifteen years, maintenance man Daniel Rourke has kept the dying Briarwood Mall from falling apart. Now, just five days before the wrecking ball swings, his estranged teenage daughter breaks in to film a viral video. Daniel unlocks the doors to get her out, but what they find waiting in the dark, silent concourse is a nightmare. Bred in the dark and fed by toxic runoff, a massive colony of mutated, highly organized spiders has claimed the mall's substructure. They don't just hunt—they strategize, build traps, and herd their prey. Cut off from the...

Grace bought the property to build a future. She should have checked the soil first. A crew of teenage counselors arrives to prepare the grounds for the summer season. The sun is shining. The water is pristine. The job is simple. But something ancient and hungry has hatched in the darkness beneath the treeline. It starts with silver threads woven between the pines. Then a counselor vanishes in the dead of night. By the time they realize what is hunting them, the access road is blocked. The radios are dead. They are trapped miles from civilization. Now Grace and her young crew must barricade...

Opening weekend just became a feeding frenzy. The resort island of Crescent Point is primed for the biggest tourist weekend of the summer. But when a deep-channel dredging crew punches into a sealed subterranean marsh, they unlock a biological vault that has been closed for 250 million years. Something ancient has been waiting in the dark. Fast, heavily armored, and driven by an insatiable hunger, an apex predator begins colonizing the coast. Drawn inland by the hum of the town's mechanical infrastructure and the footsteps of forty thousand vacationers, the swarm spreads through flooded ...

Cal Rainer is desperate. Suspended from his job as a home inspector and drowning in debt, he accepts an off-the-books cash gig to evaluate the decaying, condemned Greystone Apartments. It is supposed to be a quick, easy payday. Just get in, check the foundation, and get out. But the Greystone isn’t empty. Deep in the subterranean darkness beneath the building, something has been hunting. Something ancient, massive, and fiercely protective of its growing nest. As Cal crawls deeper into the tight, claustrophobic maze of dirt and rotting wood, his exit is abruptly blocked. Armed with only a ...

The second book in a now complete series.Thirty-five years after the world ended, a lonely man picks his way across the ashes of America on a final mission. Reuben Bane spent decades believing he was a force for good, preserving humanity's gene pool by hunting and eliminating deviants. Now, he seeks redemption for his evil deeds, and revenge on the cultish Foundation. He must travel across a broken country to find a woman from the past who holds the key to the future. Into the Dark is the second book in a new series by Kevin Partner, veteran of the post apocalyptic science fiction genre. ...

They bought a cheap farmhouse to start over. They should have kept driving. Nora and Greg Ashby are out of options. Facing financial ruin they sink their last dime into a dilapidated property at the end of a forgotten dirt road. It is a chance to rebuild their fractured family. But the sagging roof and rotting floorboards are the least of their problems. The house is not empty. Deep within the foundation a massive ancient brood is waking up. At first it is just a scratching in the dark. A strange thick web blocking a kitchen cabinet. Then the swarm emerges. Trapped miles from help Nora and ...

It begins with an ordinary horsefly biting Samantha Moon in her garden—except Sam isn’t exactly ordinary. She’s an energy vampire, and her cold, supernatural blood does something very strange to the hungry insect. Soon the fly feels faster, stronger, smarter, with a gnawing new hunger for blood. As her instincts warp and evolve, she fights for survival against a spider’s web, her own primal needs, and the creeping awareness of what she is becoming. Vampire Fly is a weird, darkly atmospheric, and surprisingly moving tale that turns the natural world on its head—told from the point ...

'An intriguing work of whimsi-grotesquerie' OLIVIE BLAKE He was sent to kill a pest. Instead, he found a monster. In the decadent, deadly city of Tiliard, Guy Moulène has a simple goal: keep his sister out of debt. For her sake, he'll take on any job, no matter how vile. As an exterminator, Guy...

The world may have gone sideways. This book didn’t. Forget what you learned in school. When the power’s out and trust is dead, algebra won’t save you, but this alphabet might. The SHTF ABCs: The Alphabet They Should’ve Taught You Instead of Algebra is a quick field guide wrapped in grit, gallows humor, and 100% nonsense-free advice. Inside, you’ll find: 26 practical tips to help you adapt, endure, and outwit the worst Helpful guidance for what you’ll need in a SHTF situation A no-BS tone with just enough snark to keep you sane when the beans run out Quick snippets in the Extras ...