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Silent Fright
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Blurb: For fans of Inside No. 9 and Black Mirror, experience a collection of chilling Christmas short stories from horror author Lex Young.
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"Lex Young has gifted us early this Christmas with a series of thrilling, heart-wrenching, and imaginative short stories" "What a rush! Read in 24 hours! Couldn’t put it down. Funny, clever, spooky and interesting!" "A chilling collection of eerie compact stories that creates tension and fear in a short span" - Amazon Reviews This collection features the following short stories: Later We'll Have Some Pumpkin Pie – Katie is dreading Christmas Day lunch with her boyfriend's family. They are rich, successful, and have a fabulous estate. Katie wants it all. Until Christmas lunch is served... Help Them To See – Four friends gather for their annual Christmas meal at their local pub. Only this year, one of them has something special planned. But it requires some careful manipulation... Do You Hear What I Hear? – What sort of kid is scared of Christmas? What could possibly be frightening about going downstairs, in the dark early hours of the morning, without your parents, to see if Santa has left you presents? So what if he's still there, waiting for you, in the dark...? A World Outside Your Window – The escapades of an office Christmas party are abruptly brought back to earth after a major announcement. Surveillance – Being an MI5 agent is a great job. Unless you're working the Christmas Eve shift. A Family Christmas Lunch – Everyone loves spending time with family at Christmas. So did Jessica... until the year Charlotte reveals a family secret. A Dog is Not Just for Christmas – Harry is a grumpy old man who seeks isolation. But when fate takes control, and he crosses paths with a dog in need, Harry questions his attitude towards life. Download now to add some festive fear to your winter reading list!
Festive Fears
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Blurb: Are you ready to face your fears this Christmas?
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Prepare for another chilling collection of Christmas short stories this festive season from Lex Young, the writer of Silent Fright, which reached #1 and #4 in the Amazon Kindle charts* (wedged between a couple of Stephen King novels). This collection features stories such as: All of the Other Reindeer - Chantelle is desperate to impress the girls and grab those Insta likes this Christmas. But she's missing the perfect Christmas tree. This year, she'll discover exactly what she's willing to sacrifice to reach social media acclaim. Once Bitten - Santa Claus is coming to town, along with his team of charity collectors. But Harriet is skint this year. However, there's one collector who may accept a special donation that she can provide. A donation that's definitely not on the menu... (S)he Sees You When You're Sleeping - Mario, the manager of a local independent cinema, has a grand marketing plan this Christmas. He's convinced his bosses to show a horror film called Crone, blacklisted by the major cinema corporations due to its satanic nature. But before the big premiere, he wants to watch it himself. After all, it's just a film - how bad could it be? Add Festive Fears to your Christmas collection today - perfect for fans of Stephen King, The Twilight Zone, Inside Number 9 and Black Mirror. * see lexyoung-author.co.uk for full chart position details.
A Christmas Number One
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Blurb: 'A Christmas Number One' is a short Christmas horror story, as heard on BBC Radio Wiltshire.
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The Artist was a chart-topping musician in the 80s. Forty years on, and he's a forgotten man. But not this Christmas. No, this year, he will get to number one in the charts. The immortal Christmas number one spot. No matter what it takes. And it just so happens to take him to an isolated cottage, where he can be alone and focus, and forget about his haunted past. But are we ever really alone when our darkest thoughts take over? And why does the cottage give him an odd feeling? Find out in this spooky Christmas short story.
Shadows Abyss
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Blurb: Tales of death, love and the reaper himself.
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When the nights grow longer, and we spend time curled up by the fire we seek out protection from the unknown. Seeking out times of merriment and joy, yet there is always darkness in the light. Embark on a journey into a collection of urban dark poetry portraying areas of the paranormal, afflictions of the heart and mind, and questions we all face in life. There are also tales of death, love, and the reaper of death himself.
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Brittany Shade Werewolf Hunter
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Blurb: Out of high school, neck deep in paranormal, and craving burritos.
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Brittany Shade is twenty-years old and a werewolf hunter. She hunts werewolves with local Foxcradle resident and best friend Jack. Jack is also a werewolf. Life is simple when hunting werewolves and she wishes it would remain so, but the nature of Trichyan County Oklahoma has other ideas. Forced by the interest of the greater good to end the life of a monster in the form of a little boy that would feed on his own kind and spread his bloodline potentially threatening the world, Brittany fights, struggles, and endures traumas along the way. Join Brittany on this emotional adventure to hunt werewolves, eliminate supernatural threats, and silence the other things that go bump in the night.
Six Troubles, Seven Sins
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Blurb: Sometimes giving into our sinful vices has consequences you don’t expect.
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From horror alums Mallory Cywinski (Desperate Creatures, Twelve Months of Horror), A.D Jones (Umbrate, Sacrificial Waters), Jason A. Jones (The Pumpkin Pie Man, Horrorscope), Karly R. Latham (Dark Village, Twelve Months of Horror), Charlie Steip (Sleepwalking, Twelve Months of Horror), and Sarah Wettberg (Twelve Months of Horror), come a twisted tome of sinful short tales. We present to you this unnerving collection for your consideration and wicked delight. Much like stories told over the glow of a campfire, while the smoke rises to the heavens, you may feel compelled to glance behind you, to glimpse what lies in wait … in the dark. These stories of sin explore just how easily our vices seduce us... Envy and Lust, Pride and Greed … they come in numbers and whisper in our ears, moving us like pawns on a chessboard urging us to indulge.
Desperate Creatures
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Blurb: "The Others" meets "P.S. I Love You" in this paranormal thriller.
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Successful, confident, young author Mara Cooke has always gone her own way, in her career, in her eccentric interests, and in her sexual appetites. But in a matter of minutes one summer evening, she suffered a devastating blow that ripped her from her life as she knew it. Years later, feeling alone and directionless, and laden with the weight of endless guilt on her shoulders, she tried to escape her pain. She fled to the Adirondack Mountains in Upstate New York, but the beautiful lakeside cabin isn’t as peaceful as she’d anticipated. Phantom footsteps, missing time, and the watchful gaze of unsettling paintings threaten to send her spiraling. Despite the chills creeping down her spine, she begins to heal, and even find comfort and community again. However, Mara discovers that grief isn’t linear, and that the choices we make can change our path when we least expect it. And sometimes, we have to dig much deeper to conquer what scares us.
Twelve Months of Horror
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Blurb: Twelve tales of terror for a year of fear.
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Within these pages, you’ll find twelve chilling, gruesome, unsettling stories from twelve talented authors. One story per month, if you can pause your binge-reading that long. Stories inside feature monsters, murderers, the Unseen, and more. Featuring stories from: Mallory Cywinski, Cassandra Daucus, Jack Finn, Jessica Gleason, A.D Jones, Jason A. Jones, Karly R. Latham, Evan Purcell, Phil Rossi, Charlie Steip, Mel Trahan, & Sarah Wettberg, with a special introduction from Quinn V., age 8. Read one story per month, or all in one sitting; we certainly won’t judge you.
The Rabbit Hole
Series: The Sick Box
Series Number: 2
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Blurb: One day, the truth will find you, and when it does, you better run.
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When a convoy of angry children occupy a Christmas-themed amusement park in northern Canada, Little Jimmy, a sandwich artist with a heart of gold, and his sister, Bailey, find themselves running for their lives. This is no way to spend your summer vacation! The children want freedom from the lies of the deep state! They demand to know the truth about Santa Claus! As night sets in, the mob thickens. Attempts to reason with the unruly Santa Deniers prove futile. Nightmarish cries of UNWRAP THE TRUTH and MAKE CHRISTMAS GREAT AGAIN ring out through the park. As Santa's effigy smoulders, monstrous, deformed creatures crawl out of the forest to wreak havoc and egg on the violent protesters. Jimmy and Bailey turn to the only person who might help them: A demon named Karen who has escaped from Hell. The Rabbit Hole. The hilarious satire that puts the ho ho ho back in horror, the con back in conspiracy, and the dumb back in freedom. This is book II in The Sick Box Trilogy but can be read as a standalone.
Monstrous Mobiles
Series: Skin Crawlers
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: Digital monsters have taken over mobile phones and soon the entire school! Can Maddie stop them before it's too late?
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When Maddie receives a mobile to help fit in at her new school, she is horrified to discover a monster app already installed on the phone that spreads quickly to her other apps and soon to her new friend's mobiles too. After a close friend goes missing, can Maddie discover the truth behind the monster app and stop the monsters spreading from the digital world into ours? As the monsters have spread to her school, students and even teachers are now missing, Maddie must fight the monsters, somehow bring back her friends and keep the monsters away for once and for all. Book 1 in the Skin Crawlers series.
Escape Room Of Doom
Series: Skin Crawlers
Series Number: 2
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Blurb: Escape Rooms are supposed to be fun, aren't they? Being trapped is just part of the game... right?
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Carly, Dylan and Edward of the Little Nightmares club try a new escape room that’s opened on the other side of town. It starts out quite fun, if a little creepy, with lots of puzzles to solve and huge escape room to get through, but things soon change into something more sinister. The escape room is getting dangerous, players are going missing and why is nobody there to help them? Will the three friends be able to get out of the Escape Room of Doom together? Will they even be able to get out alive? Book 2 as part of the Skin Crawlers book series by Matthew James. Escape Room of Doom may be your final escape!
Creepy Christmas
Series: Skin Crawlers
Series Number: 3
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Blurb: Will Noel be able to maintain his Christmas spirit or will the world supposedly celebrating all year round break it?
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If you were able to visit a world, where Christmas was celebrated all year round, would you step through a portal hanging in mid-air to get there? Self-confessed Christmas fanatic Noel has gone through to find and rescue his friends before its too late. Behind the Christmas cheer and wonder, not all is as it seems. Dark reindeer prowl the forests, people and creatures are going missing and there are threats around every corner. Will Noel be able to maintain his Christmas spirit or will the world supposedly celebrating it all year round break it? Creepy Christmas is book 3 in the Skin Crawlers series, written by Matthew James.
Shadows of Cathedral Lane
Series: Detective Sandford Mysteries
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: Moments after being dumped by the woman of her dreams, a dead man accosts Nikki begging her to solve his case.
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Detective Sergeant Nikki Sandford is having the worst night of her life. Five minutes after the woman of her dreams dumped her in a conversation that will have her questioning her sexuality all over again, a man with a serious injury accosts her. One problem: he is already dead. The knife wound in his abdomen and the fact that nobody except Nikki can see him makes that apparent. He wants Nikki to help solve the mystery of his death so he can move on to the afterlife. Nikki is only too happy to oblige if only so that he’ll stop complaining about being stuck in the modern world and leave her to eat the sticky toffee pudding she was going to serve to her date. But something is trying to stop that from happening.
Spooky Salmonweird: Tales from the Village
Series: Salmonweird
Series Number: 0
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Blurb: Thirteen spinetingling spinoff short stories set in the Salmonweird universe
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The ghosts of Salmonweir in Cornwall have given the village's only living resident - the retired detective Karl Blackman - the night off. In this collection of short stories, thirteen of the supporting characters recount weird and spooky goings on from the times when they were alive. What did Kensa have to do to prove herself a worthy queen? Why does Harry fear the ship known as The Storm Harpy? Did The King's head have a ghost resident before Morwenna and Babajide came back as ghosts? From the Iron Age to World War II, including takes from both the American Civil War and interregnal England, these thirteen stories pay homage to some of the greatest ghost stories of all time. Ghost stories for Halloween, for Christmas, and all the year round. The world in which the ghosts of Salmonweird live has a darker, scarier side.
Angel's Mass: A Medieval Ghost Story
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Blurb: Christmas Eve sometime in the 1340s, a man appears to Brother Edmund that only he could see and hear
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Historians believe aside from two days in which the great monastic house of Tintern Abbey gave sanctuary to a king fleeing a usurper, nothing of note ever happened there. But they are wrong. In the early hours of Christmas Eve sometime in the 1340s, a man appears to an ordinary monk named Edmund. A man who only Edmund could see and hear. Edmund, find me. Who is the man? What does he want with Edmund? And can Edmund uncover a great mystery that threatens to change the world that Edmund knows and loves?
The Residents of James Hotel: A Ghost Story
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Blurb: Vince is stranded at a bus stop one cold November night when a mysterious stranger offers him a room
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Release date: 6th June. Vince is stranded at a bus stop one cold and wet stormy November evening when a mysterious stranger offers him a lift and a room for the night. The stranger is one Michael James, a local aristocrat, and owner of The James Hotel in the nearby town of Execombe. It's an old hotel of mysterious figures and strange voices. It's a place where the owner and his equally mysterious reception manager repeatedly states "Nobody ever wants to leave!" What is the secret of The James Hotel? Who are the residents? And more importantly, what secrets lurk within the fabric of its historic walls?
Lie Ever So Quietly
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Blurb: The past never truly stays buried.
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Charlie Dalton finds himself haunted by memories he thought he had long resolved. Thirty-four years after a traumatic childhood event, Charlie's life is once again thrown into turmoil when his best friend and business partner is murdered. Charlie is immediately considered a suspect, and when lines between past and present blur, a web of connections is revealed which link Charlie to another missing person—someone he’d hoped the world had forgotten about. As he grapples with anger, anxiety, and fear, Charlie must navigate a series of trials that test his resilience and determination. To protect his loved ones from public scrutiny, Charlie is forced to revisit the night that changed everything. He refuses to let his family be thrust into the spotlight as he was when he was eight. He won’t be transported back into that box in the barn.
Echoes of the Forgotten
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Blurb: The only thing Will can remember of the night he and his friends disappeared is a fairground that didn’t exist.
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It should have been a night they'd never forget. It became the night he lost everything. A night he couldn't remember. On the first night of their third year of university, five students disappear without a trace. Three days later, Will Campbell is found miles away, in the middle of the countryside, covered in somebody else’s blood. His friends are nowhere to be found. And Will can’t remember anything except a fairground and a haunting man with a crooked smile. But there was no fair that night.
Feeding Lucy
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Blurb: DEATH ONLY MADE HER HUNGRIER.
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Frankie left home ten years ago, abandoning the tall mountains of her small hometown for the tall buildings of the big city. Desperate for a new life, she was happy to escape her overly-critical mother and the Polish-American customs of her past. But after a strange caller informs her of her mother’s sudden death, she’s reluctantly drawn back to the mountains for the first time in a decade. Arriving days before the Scandinavian tradition of Sankta Lucia, the town is aglow with holiday lights and cheer—and the townspeople can’t stop talking about the annual Feast of St. Lucy. When an unexpected blizzard rolls through, revealing the true nature of the feast—and the evil that resides in the mountains—the darkness of her mother’s past is brought to light once again. Caught between tradition and terror, Frankie quickly learns that her mother’s overbearing influence won’t be stopped by her death alone. Taking elements from The Night of the Witches in Polish folklore, and the real tradition of Sankta Lucia, Feeding Lucy is a story of grief, tradition, and the darkness that lives inside of us all.
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Curbside Curses: The Yardsale Anthology
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Blurb: 22 tales of second-hand deals that are one hell of a bargain...literally!
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The holidays have come and gone, and bit of spring cleaning is in the air. "Out with the old, in with the new". Or so they say...In our neighborhood, the bargain hunters are on the prowl. Whether they're looking for forgotten collectibles to resell or those vintage dishes that are all the rage on Pinterest, thrifters are looking for one hell of a bargain. At our sale, that may be truer than you care to find out. Here, your bargains are sure to come with a bump in the night. Collected here are 22 tales of second-hand deals that are so cheap, it's scary... Literally! Four siblings are cleaning out their childhood home after their parents mysteriously passed away within hours of each other. The siblings are selling off everything at an estate yardsale but unbeknownst to them a curse has affected every single item in the home. Each of the 22 stories in this anthology connect back to this one single sale. Each story tells how the curse affects their purchased object and its new owner. And all are framed by a back story told through the prologue and epilogue.
Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology
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Blurb: It's time to reclaim the "f" word.
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Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology features twelve fat-positive horror tales of people who come into their own, celebrate their curves, and save the day. There are babysitters and bakers, thieves and roller derby stars. Young women unsure about their bodies meet demons and water spirits who offer assistance–in their own way, of course. Danger lurks in hospitals, in the mysterious occult shop in the local mall, and in a house filled with cats. Campers, trash collectors, and house flippers alike uncover nasty secrets underground. A myriad of horrors await you–none of which comes at the expense of fat bodies. It’s time to reclaim the "f" word.
Food Fright
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Blurb: Revenge never tasted so sweet.
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High school junior Cassie Adler just wanted the bullying to stop. She thought gaining a spot on the varsity soccer team would whip up instant friends, but it isn't until the popular girls need Cassie's help that they acknowledge her presence. Cassie reluctantly agrees to participate in a prank that turns sour fast. Now with blood on their hands, she and the popular girls race to cover their tracks. But something savage knows what they've done, and it's hungry for revenge. Can Cassie redeem herself before it's too late, or will her deadly sins ketchup to her?
Shiver: A Chilling Horror Anthology
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Blurb: Thirty horror stories that will chill you to the bone.
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Grab a cozy blanket, pour some bourbon in your hot chocolate, and gather around the fireplace. It’s about to get chilly! This un-brrr-lievable anthology presents 30 spooky stories exploring the depths of madness and terror unique to the cold. Whether it’s a chilling twist on the final girl trope, a mysterious Japanese spirit knocking on a cabin door, or something sinister born out of urine soaked snow, this frigid collection is packed with tales that will send a shiver down your spine. Get ready. A blizzard is coming.
Open House
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Blurb: There are skeletons in the closet, and they're coming out to play.
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Realtor Caleb Birch is on the precipice of earning everything he’s ever dreamed: a partner position at his prestigious realty firm, financial stability that would make his mother proud, and a respectable professional reputation amongst Los Angeles’s wealthy and elite. All he has to do is nail his open house and secure a contract. Enter a mysterious woman with an air of familiarity claiming to be the perfect buyer. Her ruse dissolves revealing nefarious intentions and a twisted game that Caleb must win to survive the night. But she isn’t the only threat lurking behind closed doors. There are skeletons in the closet, and they’re coming out to play.