Exciting, spooky and scary stories for everyone, edited by Rayne Hall.Ten authors spin creepy yarns, each with a different writing style and a different way of telling a story. Allow these fantasy and horror stories to haunt you, and see which story resonates most with you.GHOSTS CAN BLEED by Tracie McBrideGhosts can bleed. Maurice knows, because he is one.DANCERS by William MeikleA country graveyard in winter can be made warm.BREAKWA...

Ten stories of spine-tingling suspense, edited by Rayne Hall.In this collection, you'll find scary stories for almost every taste, each penned by a different author with a different writing style and a different taste in horror. This allows you to explore your own preferences. Which story gives you the most delicious frights?The authors have played with "What if" scenarios: What if the safe world we take for granted is changing and we don't know? What if a seemingly harmles...

Hastings and St Leonards on Sea on the south coast of England are the settings for this urban thriller.Detective Chief Inspector Anthony Nemo has worked in the police force all his life. The rigid discipline has suited his personality well and the strict protocol hasn't allowed for outside interference: until a series of murders, targeted at a particularly vulnerable group of the local community, begins to impact on his solitary existence.Elderly transvestites are being murde...

The Russian White, a large uncut diamond given by the Holy Eastern Fathers to the founders of the Russian State, is revered by the Russian Orthodox Church. Tsar Peter the Great, determined to rule Russia without the church's intervention, gives the diamond to King William of Orange of England on a visit to London's shipbuilding yards and so. with a single stroke, weakens the church's authority in Russia.King William, aware of the diamond's significance and certain that the Russian O...

A colony of forgotten zombies, a young werewolf, Victorian Steampunk and the end of an old lady's life. Four stories in which extraordinary events occur in everyday settings. Mystery, fear, cunning and dark humour each reveal a different surprise.

Quirky characters are pitted against corporate and social institutions: two old ladies take to piracy on the high seas: a young lady in victorian london falls in love with a vampire: an old man worries about educating his baby dragon, and a contemporary farce unfolds around that very english tradition, afternoon tea.

Dark Reunion is a compilation of all my short stories that first appeared in Roadkill: Four Nasty Stories, Gifts: Four Poignant Stories, Twisted: Four Paranormal Stories, Quirks: Four Humorous Stories and Fey: Four Fantastic Stories. From old ladies wreaking havoc on the high seas in The Penshioner Pirates of Marine Parade, to the problems of bringing up a young dragon in Educating Puff, or the musings of an old man as he sits and knits in Three-Ply Fantasy Special, each story presents a d...

Ten exciting stories - frightening, thoughtful and funny - about dragons by ten authors, edited by Rayne Hall.Wherever humans live, they tell stories of dragons.Cultures on every continent in every era have dragon myths and dragon art – from the Mesopotamian creation myth of the dragon Tiamat around 5,000 BCE to Fafnir in the Icelandic Volsungasaga, and Saint George and Saint Michael slaying dragons in early medieval legends. In China, pictures of dragons date back as far a...

St Leonards Writers are a group of enthusiastic members who have been meeting weekly since 2007 for lectures, workshops, creative exercises, writing practice, discussions and constructive criticism, and to help one another create the best possible writing. We also perform at festivals and local events in and around St Leonards-on-Sea and Hastings, UK.Spindrift contains stories and poems that include the paranormal, the historical, the urban, the comic and the tragic. We have given o...

Macabre meetings, sinister excursions, and deadly relationships; uncanny encounters; a classic ghost story featuring an American god; a historical murderer revived in a frightening new iteration; innovative Lovecraftian turns; shadowy fairy tales and weird myths; strange children, the unexpected, the supernatural, the surreal, and the all-too real . . . tales of the dark. Such stories have always fascinated us, and modern authors carry on the disquieting traditions of the past while invent...

Available together in ebook for the first time ever, this duo of brilliant short stories featuring a guest appearance by DI Tom Thorne showcases the crime writing talent of number one Sunday Times bestseller Mark Billingham.Underneath the Mistletoe Last NightWhen young Jack finds 'Father Christmas' dead beneath the tree, DI Tom Thorne, who has volunteered to work on Christmas Day, must get to the truth with the help of his reliable team and some incriminat...

Have you discovered Loretta Hill yet? If not, you're in for a treat with this free book featuring extracts from her two deliciously romantic novels set in the Pilbara.**The Girl in Steel-Capped Boots was a critically acclaimed bestseller and launched Loretta Hill as a fresh, funny and vibrant new voice in Australian women's fiction. Now in one volume, enjoy an extract from this novel, and its brilliant new sequel, The Girl in the Hard Hat.