Get ready to travel beyond the boundaries of the known world!In this new collection, 15 writers venture Out There and return to tell of their encounters with aliens and fairies ancient forest dwellers and interplanetary colonists. As their journeys take us through space and time, their tales find answers for what lives closest to our human hearts – love, loss and memory, and all the uncharted connections they trace.Stories by: Amanda M. Blake, Kit ...

Get ready: the Carnival of Horror is rolling into town!Ten of the world's premier wordsmiths have been gathered in the pages of this anthology to bring you tales straight from the midway! This is no sideshow, our anthology is the main event! You'll hear tales about:A cotton candy hawker's secret…Trapeze artists seeking escape…What lurks in Kiddietown…A lone survivor in a changed world…How far someone will go to become a star…

Invaders threaten us from above, below, within, and beyond. Not scared enough yet? This anthology will help! From the Horrific Scribes web archive of original short fiction (and some poetry) come 24 selections that involve horrific invasions. Only 23 are short stories--one is a group of poems--and that's not the only way the book cover deceives you. None of the stories involves UFOs attacking Earth. Horrific Scribes seeks "the provocative, scary, and strange," and these w...

Dive Deep One Last Time with Shallow Waters—Where Secrets Don't Stay Buried!Engulf yourself in 19 tales of horror and dark fiction, the final excursion beneath the surface of life, death, and the enigmatic shadows in between. This last installment unravels mysteries that dance on the delicate line between the real and the unimaginable.Shallow Waters has been the landmark flash fiction contest hosted by the multiple award-winning Crystal Lake Entertainment. ...

A romantic comedy adventureFletcher is the “World’s Worst Boyfriend” and I have the trophy to prove it—along with the consolation gift card I’ve already spent.Entering him into the anonymous contest was cathartic and eye opening. It’s obvious I need to end this farce of a relationship… so, I do.Too bad I’m still comparing every man I meet to Fletcher.Too bad I can’t get him out of my mind—or my house, for that matter, with the way he’s alway...

A bundle of books #20 (GIRL, REFORMED) and #21 (GIRL, REBORN) in Blake Pierce’s Ella Dark FBI suspense thriller series! This bundle offers books twenty and twenty-one in one convenient audiobook._x000B__x000B_In GIRL, REFORMED, FBI Agent Ella Dark has studied serial killers from the time she could read, devastated by the murder of her own father, and has gained an encyclopedic knowledge of murderers. But when a woman is found dead in an odd wooden contraption, Ella realizes she must decode...

A bundle of books #1 (GIRL, ALONE), #2 (GIRL, TAKEN), and #3 (GIRL, HUNTED) in Blake Pierce’s Ella Dark FBI suspense thriller series! This bundle offers books one, two, and three in one convenient file, with over 150,000 words of reading.In GIRL, ALONE, FBI Agent Ella Dark, 29, is given her big chance to achieve her life’s dream: to join the Behavioral Crimes Unit. Ella has a hidden obsession: she has studied serial killers from the time she could read, devastated by the murder of ...

A bundle of books #10 (GIRL, ESCAPED), #11 (GIRL, HIS), and #12 (GIRL, LURED) in Blake Pierce’s Ella Dark suspense thriller series! This bundle offers books ten, eleven, and twelve in one convenient audiobook. In GIRL, ESCAPED, FBI Agent Ella Dark has studied serial killers from the time she could read, devastated by the murder of her own sister, and has gained an encyclopedic knowledge of murderers. But when a new killer taunts Ella, chaining up victims and leaving them to die, Ella must ...

A Wedding dress heist with my ex? Why not?Going home to my twin brother’s house in Charleston with my tail between my legs is the last thing I want to do. But when I walk out on my fashion house dream job, I don't exactly have a choice. Living in New York City is anything but free.But going back to Charleston…Alex is in Charleston. And facing down my ex? My ex who just happens to be stepson to my former boss? Even my love for Southern humi...

FBI Special Agent Ella Dark has studied serial killers from the time she could read, devastated by the murder of her own sister, and has gained an encyclopedic knowledge of murderers. When victims are found murdered, their bodies left mysteriously with coins on their eyes, Ella draws on her knowledge, and quickly realizes that this killer is as methodical, ritualistic and as obsessive as she is. Worse: he is unlike any killer Ella has ever studied.“A MASTERPIECE OF THRILLER AND MYS...

“A MASTERPIECE OF THRILLER AND MYSTERY. Blake Pierce did a magnificent job developing characters with a psychological side so well described that we feel inside their minds, follow their fears and cheer for their success. Full of twists, this book will keep you awake until the turn of the last page.”--Books and Movie Reviews, Roberto Mattos (re Once Gone)GIRL, HUNTED (An Ella Dark FBI Suspense Thriller) is book #3 in a long-anticipated new series by #1 bestseller and USA To...

A bundle of books #13 (GIRL, MISSING), #14 (GIRL UNKNOWN), and #15 (GIRL, DECEIVED) in Blake Pierce’s Ella Dark suspense thriller series! This bundle offers books thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen in one convenient audiobook. In GIRL, MISSING, when victims of a new killer are found with classical music blaring nearby, Ella must decode the meaning of this macabre symphony—and fast. Ella goes deeper down the rabbit hole, trying to find the significance of the strange music, and dives deep into...