This and That but Mostly the Other is an eclectic collection of flash and micro fiction that explores the breadth of the human experience - love, loss, and being devoured by monsters on a late-night bus ride."This" represents gratitude, and a light shining in the darkness. "That" shows us introspection, heartbreak, and that not all endings are happy. "The Other" is filled with the dark and twisty bits that keep you up in the night - fantastical and surreal.

Home should be a place of safety. For Jason, it means living in constant fear of being noticed.Desperate to escape his abusive father, Jason sets out on his own. What he doesn’t know is that a storm is gathering on the horizon. One that will prove not all monsters come from the outside, because sometimes, what you need to fear most comes from within.Into the Storm is the dramatic first book in The Storm Series, a dark and ...

No power. No communication. No escape.Searching for somewhere to belong, two strangers, Jacob and Mati, find refuge in a secluded Ontario community amidst a tragedy that tests the fragile bonds demanded by society.Alex, a disgraced police officer, faces the unfolding catastrophe from the shadows, using his unique skills to forge his own path through the chaos.As the sickness spreads and hope fades, every choice carries a cost. What they don’t unders...

For Clint, surviving the infection meant losing everything.His brother. His marriage. His cousin, Krystal, who helped him survive the onset of the storm three years before. Now, with nothing left to anchor him, he heads west, chasing rumors of a fresh start within the broken heart of Alberta.Escaping the Storm is the gripping fourth chapter in The Storm Series, a tale that explores the fragile line between surrender and survival am...

Two years after the storm changed the world, those who survived will learn that the sickness was only the beginning.Krystal, a seasoned hunting guide, leads a group of amateurs deep into the wilds of northern Ontario to mark the anniversary of the storm. What begins as a simple memorial trip quickly turns into a waking nightmare.They stumble upon a mysterious facility deep in the forest, built to harness an engineered virus for sport and profit. Soon, the h...

Welcome to the Fifth Terrace in the famed Purgatorio, where you will atone for your incorrigible greed with your fellow Penitents, languishing in sight of gold forever out of reach.In this collection of dark needful tales, an unusual door grants riches for an unexpected price, bikini clad thieves make the score of a lifetime at ravenous cost, an expensive mistress gets what’s coming to her, it’s all fun and games until the Hare kills the Hound, a family bound rock star longs for li...

An Instant New York Times Bestseller!Get Out meets Holly Jackson in this YA social thriller where survival is not a guarantee.Sixteen-year-old Jake Livingston sees dead people everywhere. But he can't decide what's worse: being a medium forced to watch the dead play out their last moments on a loop or being at the mercy of racist teachers as one of the few Black students at St. Clair Prep. Both are a living nightmare he wi...

A standalone edition of Annie Proulx’s beloved story “Brokeback Mountain” (in the collection Close Range)—the basis for the major motion picture directed by Ang Lee, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger, screenplay by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana.Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, “Brokeback Mountain” is her masterpiece.Ennis del Mar ...

Darkness, both literal and psychological, holds its own unique fascination. Despite our fears, or perhaps because of them, readers have always been drawn to tales of death, terror, madness, and the supernatural, and no more so than today when a wildly imaginative new generation of dark dreamers is carrying on in the tradition of Poe and Lovecraft and King, crafting exquisitely disturbing literary nightmares that gaze without flinching into the abyss—and linger in the mind long after.

In this gripping standalone novel from USA TODAY bestselling romantic suspense author Colleen Coble, a wealthy hotel heiress goes to Jekyll Island certain her friend's death wasn't an accident--and gets more than she bargained for when the killer begins to play mind games with her.Even though Torie Bergstrom hasn't been back to Georgia since she was ten, she was happy to arrange a job for her best friend at one of the family properties on Jekyll Island. Bu...

11 mind-bending sci-fi shorts.1 must-read anthology.Your brain will never be the same again.Jason Werbeloff's short stories have been downloaded over 20,000 times. OBSIDIAN WORLDS brings together 11 of his best sci-fi shorts into a mind-bending philosophical anthology.In 'Your Averaged Joe', a man's headache is large enough to hold the multiverse. 'Q46F' is an obsessive-compulsive android who finds love in a zombie-embroiled apocalypse. The end of the world is...