"Empty Jars" is an artfully constructed collection of short stories that explores the vast landscape of human emotion and experience. This book navigates through joy, tragedy, hope, and a blend of the strange and terrifying, embodying an eloquent synthesis of science fiction, supernatural horror, and tales of love and grief. Each story is a unique vessel, inviting readers into a diverse world of imagination and profound insight. The book offers a tantalizing array of narratives, from the b...

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...

Writers everywhere were issued a challenge—write an epic flash fiction story in under 1000 words.But there was a twist, it couldn’t be just any story. It had to tell the tale of a creature that haunts the night; one that lurks in the shadows; one that hides in dark places.Authors from the USA, UK and Canada met the challenge.From the submissions received fourteen writers were selected; some with already established writing careers, others who are breaking out and th...

Eerie and unnerving events are welcome reads for horror and weird fiction aficionados, and Kurt Fawver's new collection delivers: a group of work-study students grow obsessed with a particular, otherworldly room at the university library; a monster's mother wants her to assume a traditional life; and a mysterious calling haunts an elderly man at a nursing home; strange Halloween traditions draw a writer to a remote town. Includes the Shirley Jackson Award winning story "The Convexity of Ou...

More first books for fledgling readers that offer the enjoyment of a good story with the thrill of accomplishment that comes from independent reading. Written in short, easy phrases with carefully selected vocabulary and plentiful illustrations, each book helps youngsters achieve success as they have fun.The series follows three friends who love to share stories. In each book, one is reminded of a well-known story:It's Not About the Ball! is based on The Frog Pr...

The Greatest Showman meets Stephen King in this eerie horror story. Not all circuses are filled with childlike wonder...

A collection of mostly flash fiction pertaining to a zombie apocalypse from the perspective of the unwilling survivors.

Getting thrown into the deepest part of the ocean with a ball and chain isn't my favorite experience, I have to admit. Breathing water, even less so. Was it something I'd said? Homicidal mayhem just wasn't like Jeszie. This short story is about 1750 words long, or approximately 7 average book pages.

A sampler of four Science Fiction and Horror short stories. Please leave a review if you like it.If you want to read more of my books, they are available elsewhere on line and include:The Eight Hour HellEcocideThe Alt-WorldersLlyn Ar Bryn FallsEmergency Protocol 9Fast Stream RehabProbability Man

What terror lurks behind the fence in an ordinary neighborhood? What manner of monster will you see if you peek through a knothole? Something ugly. Something angry. Something with a very large appetite. Take a peek, go ahead. And then run back the way you came!!! You do not want to reach the end of the fence . . .This is a story from THE MACABRE MIND OF LORI R. LOPEZ — a horror collection. A creature has emerged from the sewer, mean and deformed, an anomaly. Experience the chills a...

The Guardian of the forest has been around for many generations. But over time it's relevance has faded. Gradually, as people have come and gone, the secret magic of the Guardian is forgotten and lost to human society. Or so The Guardian thinks. Until one day, a human comes to the forest and knows the secret. Will The Guardian respond or will it ignore the human as a punishment for the way it has been ignored

A hundred-foot barren rock in the middle of the ocean.A plane wreck.One survivor.One dead man.But the dead man keeps moving. Stop moving? He’ll eat you. Sleep too long? He’ll eat you.The only thing tougher than living with a zombie? Surviving without one.(From the collection Vicious Redemption)