Survival Horror

In the silence of space, the infection isn’t waiting—it’s already inside. In the silent corridors of deep space, something ancient awakens beneath the skin. When field engineer Rivers returns from a desolate exoplanet with his partner, Flores, what begins as a minor wound festers into a horrifying infection. The parasite spreads through flesh and circuitry alike, twisting the crew of a vast mining station into violent hosts driven by a single alien instinct—to survive. As containment fails and the cold metal decks run slick with contagion, Rivers and a handful of survivors fight not...

The bestselling, First Wave Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Survival Series is now available as a boxed set with all three action-packed volumes. “Sawyer has filled his books with fast-paced action scenes and educational survivalist skills.” Bookkaholic Book Magazine “I thought JT’s books were fabulous reads.” Thrillwriting.blogspot.com Volume 1, First Wave Special Forces veteran Travis Combs just wanted to forget his weary years of leading combat missions while taking an extended rafting trip through the Grand Canyon. As he and his group complete a 22-day trip on the Colorado River, they...

Are you a fan of Stephen King and Dean Koontz? If you're looking for something fresh and new, join the millions of readers who have already taken the journey to the World's Scariest Places. USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author Jeremy Bates takes you to an infamous haunted island scattered with thousands of eerie dolls—where more than just the toys’ glassy eyes are upon you. Foreword Indies Book of the Year winner. For fans of Joe Hill and Stephen King. Deep within an ancient Aztec canal system on the outskirts of Mexico City lies Isla de las Munecas...a reportedly haunted island ...

College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran-and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and murder.

Their perfect honeymoon was supposed to be a new beginning. Not their end. Lena and Jake found the perfect escape: a remote, snow-covered cabin promising a week of blissful solitude. But the idyllic quiet of the deep woods soon gives way to a chilling unease. A strange scratching at the door. Unsettling notes in an old guestbook. And a pair of luminous eyes watching from the darkened tree line. Trapped by a raging blizzard and with the power failing, their romantic sanctuary becomes a claustrophobic prison. When a desperate search for answers uncovers a horrifying secret hidden within the ...

Fifteen-year-old Benny Imura lives in a world infested with zombies where, when a kid turns 15, he must get a job to continue receiving food rations. Benny has no interest in the family business of zombie killing, but figures he doesn’t have much of a choice. He’s tried out a bunch of other jobs, and hasn’t found anything he likes. But as Benny starts training with his brother, he learns things about being human that he never expected.

Something ancient has been unearthed on Mars… and it’s hungry. In 2052, a squad of Marines from the Earth Military Federation is dispatched to investigate a terraforming colony that has gone mysteriously silent. What they discover is a nightmare: the entire outpost has been brutally slaughtered after unearthing a massive alien structure buried beneath the Martian surface. As the unit delves deeper into the station, they uncover horrifying evidence of what caused the massacre—and realize too late that the true threat is still alive. Now, trapped in the dark corridors of the colony, the...

A brutal winter. A starving camp. And the thing in the woods that knows you're dying. If you're drawn to chilling historical horror, tales of human desperation, and the primal terror of being hunted by something ancient — this is the story you've been waiting for. Bigfoot – Donner Party drops you into the snow-choked Sierra Nevada, where the infamous Donner Party isn’t just battling hunger, frostbite, and each other — they’re being watched. As shelters collapse and sanity unravels, something massive, silent, and relentless closes in. This book will make your skin crawl, your heart...

THE DARKNESS IN THE PINES THE BEAST OF FALLOW PINES This short story takes place before THE BEAST OF FALLOW PINES and SOMETHING IN THE WOODS. After the tragic death of his wife, Howard Ward returned to Fallow Pines to live a life of quiet seclusion. When Howard comes across the mangled remains of a bear in the woods, he discovers that something he thought only existed in campfire legends is stalking the darkness of the pines. For fans of cryptids and monsters in the woods.

Hang on for an exciting thrill ride as you experience three wilderness survival stories conveniently packed into one book. Buckle down as these likeable protagonists battle their way through foreboding jungles and dense forests while they face food deprivation, a limited water supply, dangerous creatures, and more. Follow the Pathway Elizabeth wakes up in the middle of a forest, with absolutely no memory of how she got there. Even worse, she does not have her phone with her, and the food and water supply in her backpack only consists of two water bottles, an apple, and a granola bar. ...

Sunny Dae Grayson has spent her life defying death, genre, and fate itself. From background character to self-made final girl, she broke the fourth wall and rewrote her story. Now, that story is coming to an end. Jericho, a broken man possessed by an ancient force, is headed to Psycho Island—the cursed origin of Sunny’s nightmare—with a single goal in mind: to destroy the spell that binds the world’s deadliest slashers. If he succeeds, the maniacs will be unleashed upon the world, and Sunny’s sister, Maggie, will be among the first to die. To save her, Sunny must return to the ...

Dying has never been so easy. Welcome to Book 4 of the Exploited Blood series! Chris and his crew continue to traverse an East Coast that's packed full of terror. Every step they take seems to be blocked by something that wants to kill them. That something isn't limited to the undead either. Chris and Lynn aren't your average immortals though. Rather than spending their time avoiding the sun and torturing mortals they choose to stand tall and make a difference. The big picture is the only one they're interested in. It may be the one that gets them killed. Readers of They Come at Night by ...

A trip to the Yukon Territory in northern Canada turns into a nightmare for three childhood friends. Shortly after being dropped off on a frozen, isolated lake they make a bone chilling discovery. When the initial shock eventually wears off, they realize that the ones responsible are hiding in the woods and keeping a close eye on them. That’s when the terror starts in earnest. The plane that brought them to this vast, isolated wilderness is not scheduled to return for another week, and they have no means of communicating with the outside world. There’s only one option available to the ...

It's been eight months since all the adults disappeared. Gone. They've survived hunger. They've survived lies. But the stakes keep rising, and the dystopian horror keeps building. Yet despite the simmering unrest left behind by so many battles, power struggles, and angry divides, there is a momentary calm in Perdido Beach. But enemies in the FAYZ don't just fade away, and in the quiet, deadly things are stirring, mutating, and finding their way free.

It's been one year since all the adults disappeared. Gone. Despite the hunger, despite the lies, even despite the plague, the kids of Perdido Beach are determined to survive. Creeping into the tenuous new world they've built, though, is the worst incarnation yet of the enemy known as the Darkness: fear. Within the FAYZ, life breaks down while the Darkness takes over - turning the dome-world of the FAYZ entirely black.

🌌 Humanity's Last Chance Is Also Its Greatest Threat... After a devastating global nuclear war, Earth is no longer habitable. Cities lie in ruins, radiation saturates the atmosphere, and the remnants of civilization survive inside walled enclaves. In a final attempt to ensure the survival of humanity, an international alliance launches a colonization mission to an Earth-like exoplanet: KOI-4878.01. But the journey to salvation quickly becomes a voyage into nightmare. During the first wave of exploration, one astronaut becomes infected by a mysterious alien virus—an insidious parasite ...

When a sink hole opens up near the Australian outback town of Pintalba, it uncovers a pristine cave system. Sam joins an expedition to explore the subterranean passages as paramedic support, hoping to remain unneeded at base camp. But, when one of the cavers is injured, he must overcome paralyzing claustrophobia to dive pitch-black waters and squeeze through the bowels of the earth. Soon he will find there are fates worse than being buried alive, for in the abandoned mines and caves beneath Pintalba, there are ravenous teeth in the dark.

The locals warned them. The science couldn't explain it. Now, the hunt is on—and they are the prey. In the deep, isolated woods of Appalachia, a patch of land lies sick and silent. They call it Hemlock Hollow, a place where technology fails and nature itself seems to hold its breath. For research scientist Dr. Alistair Finch and his team, it’s the perfect place to study a mysterious ecological blight. They believe in data, in observation, in rational explanations. But the hollow doesn't care about reason. The warnings from the tight-lipped townspeople were just folklore. The strange ...

In June of 1941, at the height of World War II, something ancient and terrifying surfaced in the Pacific... On the verge of abandoning his life in Los Angeles, brash arms dealer William Curtis is given the chance for the biggest score of his career. What he has to do is simple: deliver arms smuggled out of Germany to the British aboard a passenger liner, the SS Britannia. But when a German Raider destroys the vessel, Will must fight for his life on the open ocean. And the elements are not his only worry. Those that survived in lifeboats are silently and inexplicably disappearing every night...

HORROR - THRILLER - ACTION - SURVIVAL! A young girl’s actions lead to the death of her mother’s midwife, as her sister is born in to an uncaring world. In a time of poverty, war and witchcraft hysteria, accusations are aimed at the mother of the two helpless sisters. The pair become orphaned and left to fend for themselves, after tragic events coincide with the birth of the younger sister. This supernatural story, based on a real-life legend, follows the lives of the two girls learning to survive in their woodland home. Against all odds and facing the hostility of local villagers in the...