Twisted Evil

How do you stop a serial killer who can escape from any prison? On December 11, fifteen-year-old Helen Hinton is brutally murdered in an abandoned house. Her killer, Edward Phillips, is caught and sentenced to death. Helen's blood was on Edward's clothes and shoes, the murder weapon has his fingerprints on it. Edward claims he's innocent. He's telling the truth. Two months after Edward Phillips is transferred to death row, a murder similar to Helen's occurs in another city. The victim is eighteen-year-old Laura Sumner. On an October morning, Mark Hinton, Helen's father, visits Edward in ...

He’s evil incarnate, cloaked in a beautiful disguise. My father uprooted our family, forcing me to relocate to America. If that wasn’t bad enough, he’s making me marry the son of a psychopath. Maxim Volkov. Heir to the Volkov Bratva. I’d rather die than be shackled to a man so evil. A man who has no soul. His piercing blue eyes are as cold as his stony heart. And he’s not exactly thrilled, either. My life has never felt so hopeless.

A Celebration at a Luxury Island Resort Ends in a Brutal Murder at the Hands of an Evil Man When a bachelorette party at the luxurious Bellamy Island Resort turns deadly, Special Agent Bailey Flynn suspects the murder may be the work of the same man who strangled a young bride-to-be on the island a decade earlier. After the investigation turns up an unidentified set of remains near the body, and a possible witness to the crime goes missing, Bailey calls on FBI profiler Bridget Bishop to help her track down the evil serial killer responsible before another innocent life can be taken. Book ...

As a child, Susan Kesegich and her sisters suffered extreme neglect, sexual, mental and physical abuse. Their father raped them and they watched him tie their mother to a tree, light a fire beneath her, and shoot at her. Marrying at the tender age of 14 to escape the horror, Susan found herself in a marriage that rivaled her mothers for physical abuse. Six years later, she, too, was divorced, poor, uneducated, and lost. Although her life changed when she met her current husband, it was through the victimization of her father's second family that she ultimately found closure.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU FOUND OUT YOUR CHILD IS A PSYCHOPATH? One night when Jennifer Hanson returns home, she catches her 12-year-old son Shane stabbing their cat to death. Thankfully, he doesn't see her. Having long known Shane has a brain with psychopathic tendencies, her worst fears may be confirmed. Ever since he accidentally shot his father to death at age six, she has done everything she can to ensure Shane doesn't become a full-blown psychopath. He has behaved normally up until now. Have her efforts been in vain? She can tell he's changing, becoming increasingly dangerous, but she ...

Jennifer Hanson comes home and catches her 12-year-old son, Shane, stabbing their cat to death. Thankfully, he doesn't see her. She has long known Shane has a brain with psychopathic tendencies. Ever since he accidentally shot his father to death at age six, she has done everything she can to ensure Shane doesn't become a full-blown psychopath. She can tell he's changing, becoming increasingly dangerous, but she can't stomach putting him in a psych ward. But then she finds pictures of a dead girl in his phone, a girl everyone thought had died accidentally.

Five ordinary people will be blessed with powers to become the pillars of humanity. Hope must lead Salvation, Honor, Peace, and Light against the forces of evil (Destruction, Death, and Chaos) before they can release Darkness on the planet.

Two terrifying novellas from one of the most chilling and original new voices in horror today! In Drive, a routine trip in a self-driving robotaxi becomes a nightmare when the car imprisons its passenger and embarks on a savage rampage through the streets of Boston. The Last Swim follows the final hours of a broken man who's decided to swim away from his life and seek his end in the dark and lonely depths of the Pacific Ocean. Evil Chose You hits you like a homicidal robot car and drags you into the deepest, darkest depths of human despair. An absolute must-read!

When Michael Vickers dies in a car accident and is brought back to life, he discovers he can see the souls of the dead that walk amongst us. Unlike the countless books, television shows, and movies that used this theme, his experience is very different. The souls that come to him don’t want help finding the light. They don’t want to cross over. They don’t want peace or closure. They don’t want to help the loved ones they left behind. They are full of rage and want revenge, and finally, they have someone who can hear them and do their bidding. They won’t give Mike a break from ...

Abby Gibbs is ready for a fresh start, escaping a dark past. All she wants to do is settle in to her teaching job in a new town. What she doesn't count on is a run-in with the local sheriff or falling in love. When everything finally seems perfect her past shows up threatening to destroy everything leaving her nowhere to run. Sheriff Joshua Cole lives a quiet life in Cedar Creek, Missouri until the new teacher shows up. Everything thing gets turned upside down, including his feelings. Making things worse, lives are at risk and danger is lurking in the shadows. Wesley Roberts has spent five ...

The world has changed before our eyes. Adrift and lost, freedom comes at an exorbitant price, and only at the behest of a powerful few who control everything. In a future America, where citizens are forced to vacate the heartland and move to a handful of cities to keep the overtaxed power grid from imploding, and where criminals undergo brain implants rather than serve time behind bars, a few belligerent patriots refuse to comply. Survival expert Elijah Stryker is one of the few holdouts. Stryker scrabbles for sustenance in a region called the Forbidden Zone, a rugged frontier that’s home...

Twelve tales, 12 dangerous tales of mystery, magic, and rebellious hearts. Each twists like a spindle to reveal truths full of warning and triumph, truths that free hearts long kept tame, truths that explore life...and death.

When one man's scheme to create the Greatest Freak Show on Earth leads to an insane obsession that can only end in devastating tragedy. The ghoulish proprietor of a Victorian arcade specifically designed to showcase the myriad of freaks, outcasts, and oddities that abound in old London town is a man driven by his own dark desires. Rodney Thompson is an emotionless, sadistic person who craves glory above all else - at least until the beautiful Violet wafts into his world. From the very day when Violet first takes a dainty step inside the arcade, Rodney is determined to make her his own. A ...

In a world where magic is both a blessing and a curse, 16-year-old Fiona Winterbottom stands at the crossroads of chaos and control. Having bravely saved her community of witches from energy-sucking vampires, she now faces her toughest challenge yet: mastering her unpredictable powers when a wicked witch from the past is released from a magic mirror. Now Fiona must find a way to return this evil entity into the void from which she came. Despite her formidable aunts—powerful witches in their own right—trying to guide her, Fiona's adventurous spirit leads her to experiment with magic in ...

Evil. Behind the walls, muffled voices scream for help. Inexplicable circumstances leave questions unanswered. What seemed like a normal,old building turns into a passageway into the buried past - one that should have never been dug up. Childhood rumors are often prevalent in a family-oriented community. Some stories are so believable that they trickle down from sibling to sibling, friend to friend, creating a neighborhood buzz that lingers for years. Ryan Sheffield’s neighborhood wasn't any different. Though no one would admit it, adults and children alike were terrified by the eccentric...

A lawyer’s passion for justice unleashes a flaming torrent of death. How many people must die for his justice to be served? Steven Maxwell acts, lives, and breathes as one of America’s top criminal lawyers. Though high priced, he often takes cases pro bono, including murder, in his desire to serve the Lady of Justice; after all, she is why he studied law. Recently he got a not guilty verdict for Guepardo, one of the world’s best professional hit men under contract hire by the Hoffman gang. How? The key witness, Mary, didn’t show up so no evidence, no case, “not guilty.” What ...

When an unexpected death occurs in the teachers’ lunchroom, the school’s maintenance man is the obvious suspect, but Michael Bishop has his doubts. He quickly realizes that several people had the opportunity and the motive to commit this heinous act, but who had the means? As the investigation unfolds, one of the administrators is struck down by a rare illness, and another is victimized by a stalker. Bishop must deal with rumors of a past affair with a former student whose daughter is the voluptuous assistant principal, Lulu Pitts. In his classroom, Bishop’s students discuss the moral...

The five tales here are dark short stories with a twisted tail - not the ending you expect. Sit back on the beach as you read, but don't enter the sea. The first story tells of an agoraphobic woman on her first holiday away with her family. Her children get more than they expected from the water. An artistic daughter is unhappy with her father's plan to close his art supply shop. Oh, dear, somebody spilt the oils. Would you take her in if you found a young girl on a lonely road? You had better think long and hard. Taxidermy is a hobby that interests few people. But in this tale, a man is ...

An old man buys a dream. When the product is defective, is there a warranty to cover the nightmare?

THE SCREAM If you like Stephen King you will love this chilling tale. A bone-chilling echo from the depths of history resounds through the pages of this gripping thriller. A primeval scream erupts across time, sending shivers down the spine of anyone who dares to listen. Could he really be back? The world hasn't heard from him since the blood-soaked streets of 1888. Jack, the infamous Ripper of London's East End, has become a phantom of the past. But don't be deceived by the silence. Behind the fog-draped alleys and cobblestone lanes, a sinister presence still lurks. Perhaps Jack has ...