Samantha Cobb has plans for her holiday that don't include rolling her car on an icy, backwoods road in the hills of Tennessee. Dylan Drake has his own agenda for the Christmas season that finds him wandering down that same desolate road. When their worlds collide, it will take a Christmas miracle to save Samantha Cobb and restore the grace of the Christmas Cabin.Author J. Patrick Lemarr, author of All That Waits in the Night and Shadow Plays, calls upon his love for holiday favori...

13 WICKED TALES. 1 NIGHTMARE OF A STORY.A plane full of corpses. A curse that grows stronger with each flash of a camera. A bullied girl with a monstrous secret. Horror seeps into our world one drop of blood at a time, pooling into a sanguine reflection of the world we once knew and drawing us deep into the shadow-soaked corners of the imagination.J. Patrick Lemarr offers thirteen frightening stories, each featuring a different facet of evil, conjuring darkness and chills s...

"If The Twilight Zone ever makes a comeback, they need to give J. Patrick Lemarr a call immediately. The man knows how to do creepy, hair-standing-on-end fiction, yet always with a deep moral core that will leave you pondering life's greatest questions. Be sure to share this book with someone you care about, because you're really going to want to talk to someone after reading these stories." - Robin Parrish (from the foreword)J. Patrick Lemarr temporarily leaves behind the...

The Brume is a gothic tale of war, sacrifice, and the peril of seeing only part of the truth.As a strange fog creeps across war-torn Georgia in an alternate nineteenth century, the Beaumont siblings shelter themselves-and a handful of wounded strangers-inside their ancestral home. But the brume is no ordinary mist. It blinds, deceives, and draws something ancient and predatory out of the violence already consuming the land.When a young outsider arrives with impossible knowl...

I Am A Broken House is a collection of poetry from author J. Patrick Lemarr. This book collects work written over what the author describes as "six of the most hellishly trying years" of his life. But Lemarr believes that it is our brokenness that makes us beautiful...and that our family, friends and faith make the struggle worthwhile.

The Brume is a gothic tale of war, sacrifice, and the peril of seeing only part of the truth.As a strange fog creeps across war-torn Georgia in an alternate nineteenth century, the Beaumont siblings shelter themselves-and a handful of wounded strangers-inside their ancestral home. But the brume is no ordinary mist. It blinds, deceives, and draws something ancient and predatory out of the violence already consuming the land.When a young outsider arrives with impossible knowl...

When Nevaeh Wheaton investigates an anonymous hero, she stumbles upon a deeper mystery that leads her to the doorstep of a small-town pastor. She assumes that her questions will lead to a logical answer. She hopes that answer will be the foundation of a Pulitzer-worthy news story and a higher profile career. What "Tolly" has to say, however, will change her understanding of whose story is important and, perhaps, the very course of her life.

This FREE short tale takes place between "Interlude" and "The Road to Christmas", both of which are found in The Christmas Cabin (Write Crowd Publishing, November 2022.) While The Christmas Cabin stands on its own without this additional tale, I wanted to offer my Patreon supporters (and folks who preordered the book) an extra adventure in advance…an appetizer, if you will, for the meal to come.Dylan Drake, the protagonist of this little fantasy, is a frequent flyer in my fiction, ...

A sister's doll doesn't take kindly to insults, and proves it.A puppet maker believes his creations are out to get him.A mother can't stand her son's new favorite toy… and for good reason.In Michael Crane's latest collection of terrifying and darkly comic drabbles, you'll find out why Playtime is only fun for those with vicious intentions. In these 30 100-word stories you'll run into deranged toys with old scores to settle, homicidal sociopaths and other unapologetic ...

From Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile and Sisters!Callie loves theater. And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon over Mississippi, she can't really sing. Instead she's the set designer for the drama department's stage crew, and this year she's determined to create a set worthy of Broadway on a middle-school budget. But how can she, when she doe...

Small town. Big secret. What could go wrong?When Air Force vet Aaron Donahue lands a dream job in Eagles Nest he doesn’t have love on his mind. Then Caitlin Dempsey pops on his radar and he can think of nothing else. But his chances of successfully wooing her take a nose dive. Against all odds, he shares his name, both first and last, with her cheating ex.If only he could start fresh with a different name…Saddle up for the sixteenth boo...

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNamed a Best Book of 2023 by The Washington Post, People, USA Today, NPR, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Real Simple, The Boston Globe, CrimeReads and more“A twisty, immersive whodunit perfect for fans of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History.” —People"Spellbinding." —The New York Times Book Review"[An] irresistible literary page-t...