**2021 Splatterpunk Award Nominated**The Evil Cookie Publishing presents Gorefest, an extreme horror anthology. 14 Authors carve their path through the muck and grime to celebrate the art of gore. From a demented love triangle to the hollowed pleas of a blood-soaked savior, the following stories grip and grind through a labyrinth of demented deception of unflinching and often humorous betrayals of society.The only thing for sure is that after each encounter...

If you mix the creeping dread of "The Wicker Man" with the mysterious elements of "Practical Magic", you have Delevan House. A curious and bewitching place rooted in dreadful history, superstition and sorcery with a legacy of dark secrets.————————————————————————————————Delevan House is a brazenly executed contemporary story that brings fresh blood to the genres and timelines it crosses; breathing life into folklore and horror fantasy.Set in the vil...

Bella Mills survived the brutal slaughter of her family by a madman.Only 11-years-old, she was assaulted and left for dead.Twenty-three years later, the past returns in the form of her devil, free of his chains.A disturbing family history full of dark secrets and seduction unfolds as Bella seeks answers.When she discovers the truth about her mother, locked away without mercy in the notorious Lochwood Asylum, Bella realizes that terrible ghosts of the past hold...

This short story collection pays homage to favourite speculative horror tropes with music inspiration, interwoven with themes of humanity and struggles with morality. This playful mix-tape of horror includes highly sexualised bloodlust on the goth club scene, a grim-dark creature feature, tales of loss of control, revenge, metamorphosis and punk teens stumbling into trouble in the woods.

This trio of deeply entwined stories feature the same character, Rebecca. Each story highlights a different point in her life, and in each one Rebecca decides to die.From the perspective of killer and victim, each story is intimately portrayed in emotional and horrific detail—focusing on the harrowing and tragic act of suicide.'If you're like me and hoping to better understand what someone could be thinking about before taking their own life - this book may help you to ...

Did you ever hear about the clowns snatching kids from the school gates?What about the infamous threat of Maggie Murphy?Or the Gorbals' Vampire hysteria?From urban and folk horror born in the belly of Scotland to outright splatter. Showcasing myth blended with horror realism and the sexually bizarre.From one of the most vivaciously audacious and macabre minds of the modern speculative fiction scene, Sinclair's tales are guaranteed to thrill.W...

Do readers buy poetry from undead poets?Do they consume it if it's not free?There's nothing quite like picking the prose and verses of the dead like vultures. There's freedom in that unpicking, with no one alive to contest — at least not the mind which birthed them.Sinclair consumes written and spoken as she does in its lyrical form, dressed in music and paint. Dancing to the beat or screaming into the voids of despair. Here, Sinclair presents Clan Witch: Found Shado...

In this second instalment of the 'Concoction' Anthologies, the same trio; G G Flavell, Natasha Sinclair and Andrew Taylor. Each share with you their distinct approach to storytelling.Having created twelve wonderfully diverse shorts born of Scottish-One-Word-Prompts.These stories cross genres to give you a collection to feed almost any mood - from horror, satirical, fantasy and romance.For this second Concoction volume, the prompt words were; Whisky, Ceilidh, Hogmanay a...

A starkly emotional account from a NICU Mother on her daughter's fight for life and often turbulent journey through NICU after being born suddenly at just 25 weeks into pregnancy.Giving a uniquely raw insight into life as a parent in the NICU, Natasha takes you on an intimate journey through her first experience.This story of love and survival through NICU offers support for families and their supporters as they find their way through their premature journeys. A must-read f...

"They say that the sight of a lizard drives a woman wild with desire. Any woman, any lizard, the merest glimpse. But lizards belong to men; they're death to women."An ordinary woman is torn from her normal life and thrust into a weird alternate reality where the power to structure human relationships, and even to travel between worlds, resides in the living bodies of small green lizards."Tuttle creates out of a genuinely strange imagination." – Josephine Saxton in The New St...

Five bewitching tales of love from the winners of the Power Play Romance Writer's Competition.From a moment of reflection to a moment of passion, these short stories explore the ways in which love and lust shape our lives.Writers Elizabeth McLennan, Hazel McLoughlin, Jessica Towicz, Saman Shad and overall winner Anna McHugh take us from the hustle and glamour of New York to the serenity of rural life in this enchanting and affecting collection.

More than 160 short stories from bestselling and award-winning authors. This volume will introduce you to horror, mystery, fantasy and thrills, from the dark worlds of Lovecraft to the cutting-edge suspense of the mean streets of the cities of the world. This monster collection speaks in the voices of some of today's leading masters of the short story, with something certain to appeal to every reader. Find a new creative voice to follow. Find a new world to love. An amazing wealth of ficti...