Francesca's partner–her everything–is dead. After eleven months of listless grief, Francesca leaves Sloane's memory in San Francisco to visit Italy and her mother. Surrounded by fresh pasta, never-ending wine, and laughter, she finds moments of solace. When Francesca meets Cecelia–a complex love interest, she begins to picture a future without Sloane.Unbeknownst to Francesca, Sloane can't let go. Trapped in the mysterious afterlife of The Gray, she's desperate to contact her love, ...

When Gabriela, co-owner of an unsuccessful independent media website, goes to The Christmas Villa to write about the failing Christmas town, she finds more than a human interest piece.The only problem—she might not be able to leave before she can write about it.At 15k words, THE CHRISTMAS VILLA is a twisted take on holiday romance tropes, where sweet turns dark.

Rated in Readfreely's The 25 Best Indie Books of 2022 list!Breaking News: the first live horror survival reality show is coming to America!Seven contestants compete for $50 million dollars and the title of American Killer. To win, they have to survive five stages filled with grisly traps, killers, and weeks of living outdoors while under 24-7 surveillance. They will sell you their sob stories, they will suffer, and they will die. Test your nerve as they test theirs. Try not...

A wife accused of murder. A teenager searching for answers. A neighbor who knows everyone's secrets.Kore's doting husband is murdered in broad daylight mere steps outside their front door. Her life in shambles, all she wants to do is hide away and grieve her loss. But a shocking photo taken at the crime scene is made public, and she finds herself dodging the press and defending her innocence.Hannah, a less-than-popular teen with striking turquoise hair, overhears a conversa...

Story Rich Art is what happens when thirteen writers are asked to translate art into story.Writing and art have collided in an eclectic collection featuring speculative and dark short stories, flash fiction, and poems exploring Steve Graziani's artwork.A tale of a monster hunting summer settles alongside a woman on Death's door. There is fear, romance, longing, loss. Time slips, space is all there is left, and our pasts call for us.By the last page, you'll ...

Sixty-two eclectic stories with sixty-two miniatures to match.Dive into a provocative mixed-media collection from the creative and twisted mind of dark fiction author and multidisciplinary artist Elle Mitchell.Enter stories where urban legends are real and love can be beautiful or violent, where ghosts are both figurative and literal, where bunny aliens are totally normal, and where darkness means drug addiction, zombie apocalypse, grief, cannibalism, and a hitman with OCD....

All of us are lambs for their slaughter.Paisley should be getting engaged. Oscar should be popping the question. Anita should be in the kitchen.But should has no place here at the manor—especially tonight. What was supposed to be a romantic getaway at a vineyard turns into an evening of unimaginable horror with an ending unlike anything you've read before.*This dark mystery has some challenging scenes. There is no sexual assault or rape. No animals ...

When you hear of claw machines, what do you picture?In this anthology, claw machines aren't just beacons for lost dollars and frustration, filled with cheap toys that rarely make it home with us. The claw machine is a game, a curse, a tool, even a drug-induced metaphor. It gives omens of death, portals to other dimensions, plushies that aren't what they seem, eggs filled with things you'd never imagine, and so much more.Claw Machine is a collection of stor...

Twenty-nine years after finding Laura Hurst in a frozen lake, Ada Bailey decides it's time to revisit Lynn Pond and confront the past. But Silynn holds more than memories.Decades-old secrets tumble out as Ada explores the town she was sent away from. Her return dredges up more than sordid pieces of the townsfolk's lives, though. Sam Pruette, a collector of innocents, worries Ada may remember details from that frigid day in November of 1988.Laura was only the first sweethear...

After a devastating car accident, Olive finds herself trapped in a life she doesn't remember with a man she's not sure she can trust. He's acting like a doting husband, but as Olive's memories start to resurface, she worries their seemingly perfect marriage is built on lies.The harder she tries to reconstruct the past, the more Olive feels herself slipping away, until she's forced to decide between the woman she used to be and the woman she's becoming.

Another Elizabeth is a gripping literary psychological crip horror novel that readers will sink their teeth into. Fans of dark humor and challenging fiction will be thrilled to delve into the mind of a deeply flawed disabled woman with a desire to kill.Elizabeth Dauphine's life is taking a turn.She has three jobs, a boyfriend that loves her too much, and a recent diagnosis of Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. She's coming apart at the seams. Now all she cares about is keep...

Buried in a grave. Masked behind a smile. Concealed on the dark web. Hidden beneath the skin. There are secrets waiting to be revealed.What's Underneath is a sinister collection of four short stories set in the fictional town of Janes, from the author of Our Tragedy and Another Elizabeth.The Pageant—Some mothers push too hard to see their daughters win.Dark Thoughts—What happens on the dark web doesn't always stay there.Patty's Patties—A diner cook begins to...