Darkness descends Again. Daylight Dims Volume Two features thirteen stories that cross the genres of surreal, dark fantasy, and heart pounding dread. This annual horror anthology is guaranteed to twist your perception of horror. From the common, comfortable tropes, to the more taboo, these handpicked tales have a literary aspect designed to showcase what true horror can be.Daylight Dims is bigger and better than ever. New Authors and Artists have joined our team, and this year's ed...

Henry Van Waes, known as Hank around his small, holiday loving town tells about the the Christmas blizzard of '09. As he makes his way home from shopping trip in the city, we learn that things aren't so merry after all. Shortly before the clock strikes midnight, at the request of the town sheriff, Hank visits Mr. Everett, a harmless white haired old man who needs someone to watch over him until the morning. It isn't long before he accidentally discovers the shocking secret of holiday cheer...

Dedicated to memory of Major Jesse Taylor.We made a pact. He lived up to his end by dying. I tried to live up to my end by following The Death Agreement.What you will find within these pages is a true recounting of a man's life as seen through my eyes. It's almost an impossible task when some of what you see can't be real and what is real you may refuse to see.Human beings have a capacity to dread the truth, to distort facts when they don't fit our predefined notion...

Time has run out. The supernova is happening now. This is the story of the Master Stargazer fighting against time, hoping that the desperate actions of his ancestors will work. Find the secrets of Sacred Star and the Stargazers' long and deadly history.

Joshua Harris is just the average blue collar guy, until one night he decides to buy a lotto ticket with his usual pack of beer. It turns out that the Jackpot winner might be someone from his town, however, Josh's life spirals into hilarity when he realizes that he can't find the ticket.

A man stuggles to deal with severe nightmares. A new medical trial is his last chance at a normal life.

A young woman interacts with the city's homeless population as she walks to work each morning. Her life takes a turn into strange territory when she meets a homeless lady wearing a lab coat, and holding a sign that reads: I know what they are.

Twelve thousand years later, low on reaction mass and with 20,000 colonists aboard, Ark One is coming in hot. Captain Sandra Jensen and Astrogator Dooley Peeters have a plan to save her. There is the question of how they will be received, on an Earth that has returned to barbarism. That is, if they can slow her down enough to get a shuttle away..From what they can see, North America is headed for war. As if that wasn't bad enough, Dooley has an insane crush on 'The Ice Queen,' Captain Jens...

Andrew Dean tried to do the right thing, to save a friend. What he did, instead, was get himself involved in a world he never knew existed. Now, he has unknowingly made an enemy of every person in his neighborhood. Or, that is, every monster posing as a person in the neighborhood. With all his new enemies ready to erase him from their community, will Andrew, his best friend Garrett the werewolf, and his little dog Billiam be able to survive this fight?Find out into the third instal...

Humans by themselves could only fail. Society is splintered after allowing an evolving artificial intelligence, calling itself Makr run the planet's resources, saving humankind the trouble. Not all people have accepted the illusion of a perfectly run society or PerSoc. The lazy and frustrated ones did. Some even worship Makr as a god. Makr has armies of mobile cyberts constantly seeking out human malcontents to delete.Had the human race rebelled or unified in some way there might h...

Ethan, his face etched with the weariness of a thousand sleepless nights, hauled a dented bucket overflowing with salvaged canned goods. Each can, a tiny victory snatched from the jaws of starvation, represented another day survived in this ravaged world. He grunted with effort, his muscles protesting under the strain. The weight wasn't just physical; it was the weight of their existence, a constant, oppressive burden. He was a steelworker once, his hands forged to shape metal into somethi...

What wouldn't young Jonathan give to be able to play outside like normal kids?A couple of recently acquired house guests know the exact right remedy, so long as Jonathan doesn't mind trading his ill health for something worse.