A compilation of five random shorts spanning various genres. From the experiencing the exhilarating chase through time in “The Chrono Crystal” to overcoming insurmountable supernatural forces in “Bite Night”, this collection has an intense diversification of stories for plenty of readers to enjoy.

Five bizarre short stories about deceitful desires and wayward wishes. Dark Wishes follows the lives of five groups of civilians around the world and their encounters with a mysterious puzzle prism. The prize for solving it? A wish granted.Art Block Party- What happens when a bunch of college aged creative arts roommates make a wish for inspiration and end up trapping their entire town in a life or death board game?Groovy the Disco Demon - Demons, disco and death threats. C...

Petal was never meant to exist. At least, that's what it seems.When a groundbreaking genetic experiment goes catastrophically wrong, a young boy is accidentally created from the DNA of a human child and a mysterious Rosebite spider. Adopted by the very family responsible for his creation, Petal grows up loved—but caught between two worlds. Part human, part spider, he struggles to understand where he truly belongs.As high school begins, Petal is forced to leave the safety of...

Beast Under Your Bed Vol. 1, consists of 19 different authors in horror, who came together to bring our youth newly inspired stories. Kids of horror grow up to be adults of horror, and this genre has been lacking in the YA field when it comes to the series we were familiarized with in the 90s and early 2000s.In this anthology, our curator, Megan Guilliams, has presented to you tales perfect for both teens and adults. Every piece carries a theme of its own: the monster in your close...

Since 1975, the Oklahoma Notes have been among the most widely used reviews for medical students preparing for Step 1 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination. Completely revised and updated, these new editions of the Notes feature: More self- assessment questions, geared to the current USMLE format; more tables and figures to promote rapid self-assessment and review; low prices; and coverage of just the information needed to ensure Boards success.

This collection of thirty-eight terrifying tales of serial killers at large, written by the great masters of the genre, plumbs the horrifying depths of a deranged mind and the forces of evil that compel a human being to murder, gruesomely and methodically, over and over again.From Hannibal Lecter ( The Silence of the Lambs) to Patrick Bateman ( American Psycho), stories of serial killers and psychos loom large and menacing in our collective psyche....

You can't kill the dead!Like any good monster, the zombie has proven to be ever-evolving, monumentally mutable, and open to seemingly endless imaginative interpretations: the thralls of voodoo sorcerers, George Romero's living dead, societal symbols, dancing thrillers, viral victims, reanimated ramblers, video gaming targets, post-apocalyptic permutations, shuffling sidekicks, literary mash-ups, the comedic, and, yes, even the romantic. Evidently, we have an enduring hunger for thi...

This darkly humorous follow-up to the national bestselling anthology from the Horror Writers Association is a heart-pounding collection of stories from acclaimed authors like Heather Graham, Allison Brennan, Kelley Armstrong, Kevin J. Anderson, and many more.Horror fiction is known for testing the limits—diving into visceral violence, graphic imagery, and the darkest sides of human nature. But some of the most successful examples of modern horror also include a lib...

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...

***One of Publishers Weekly's ""Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2018""***A group of mountain climbers, caught in the dark, fight to survive their descent; in the British countryside, hundreds of magpies ascend into the sky, higher and higher, until they seem to vanish into the heavens; a professor and his student track a zombie horde in order to research zombie behavior; an all-girl riding school has sinister secrets; a town rails in vain against a curse inflicted upon it by its fou...

Monsters: As old as the oldest of stories, as new as our latest imaginings. From the ancient stone corridors of the labyrinth to the graffitied alleyways of the contemporary metropolis, they stalk the shadows. Leering from the darkness of the forest, jostling for space in our closets, they walk, crawl, creep and scuttle through our nightmares. Close as the clutter under the bed or the other side of the mirror, they are our truest companions.Creatures features the best mons...

From the Queen of Splatterpunk, the first digital edition of a 5-story chapbook of previously uncollected reprints, originally published by Subterranean Press in 2004. This collection includes the stories: "Toxic Wastrels" (1992); "Homewrecker" (1995); "Essence of Rose" (1991); "Nailed" (2000); "The Goose Girl" (1999); and the introduction by the Authors: "Do you have the 12" on pink vinyl?" Used Stories is an exquisite journey through black magic, voodoo, horror and sex. Cover art by Vinc...