LESSONS AND OTHER MORBID DRABBLES is a collection of 25 100-word shorts that range from darkly comic to downright terrifying and wrong. Some shorts feature ghouls and monsters while others are simply about people behaving very, very badly. Which is scarier? Find out in this sick and twisted collection.They may only be a few words long, but that doesn't lessen the bloodshed any…

A sinister puppet finally makes a new friend.A man learns about his bleak future.A killer has another painful lesson to teach.From the author of LESSONS AND OTHER MORBID DRABBLES comes this terrifying and amusing follow-up. 30 100-word shorts about horrible ghouls, monsters and deranged, bloodthirsty lunatics. In these drabbles, you'll run into kid-hungry goblins, sadistic dolls, zombies and psychopaths who believe that violence can solve just about anything.D...

We've been expecting you…The morbid 100-word shorts of chaos and pure, sinister evil are back in LESSONS IV: The Dead Carnival and Other Morbid Drabbles. In his latest installment of twenty-nine horrifying and darkly humorous stories, author Michael Crane takes you on a trip to the carnival you'll never forget (and a trip you may not survive). Oh, there will be games that cheat you out of something far more valuable than money. Rides will break down, but not necessarily by accident...

A sister's doll doesn't take kindly to insults, and proves it.A puppet maker believes his creations are out to get him.A mother can't stand her son's new favorite toy… and for good reason.In Michael Crane's latest collection of terrifying and darkly comic drabbles, you'll find out why Playtime is only fun for those with vicious intentions. In these 30 100-word stories you'll run into deranged toys with old scores to settle, homicidal sociopaths and other unapologetic ...

Welcome to Red Heights. A town with a killer reputation… Seriously.Monsters. Homicidal maniacs. A killer sock monkey that never stops laughing. A whole gang of nightmares await your arrival with bloody, open arms.With LESSONS V: THE TERRIBLE TOWN AND OTHER MORBID DRABBLES, you'll find forty short tales, each only a hundred words long. Some will make you giggle. Others might make you want to sleep with the lights on.Either way, your stay at Red Heights will be a memo...

IN DECLINE is a short story collection about people who are trying to get by the best way they can, for better or worse. Gossip, bizarre love, peer pressure, addiction, heartbreak and loss are only a few of the topics covered in these nine stories where characters are faced with tough choices and ugly truths about life, the world and within themselves.

It was supposed to be a simple robbery. But when things go horribly wrong and a bank teller winds up dead, Chad and Ray need to keep themselves hidden from the law. They find a house where conveniently the family is absent. It should've been the perfect place for them to stay out of danger.But there's a greater danger lurking inside. A child's sock monkey waits in the shadows, and has terrible, awful plans for the pair.From the author of LESSONS AND OTHER MORBID DRABBLES co...

What would you do if your best friend was being attacked by gnomes?Welcome to Pat's world. Forget the fact that his girlfriend of three years is about to call it quits; now he has to face his manic buddy who claims he's become a punching bag for a group of hyper and vengeful gnomes. Of course, this all has to be the result of a drug induced hallucination or nightmare, right?In this twisted and comically oddball story, Pat is about to discover if the little creatures are the...

After being let go from his lousy job and finding his wife in bed with another man, Benjamin hits the bar, wondering what else could possibly go wrong—unaware he's about to have one of the worst days of his life."The universe is playing a series of cruel and unfortunate jokes on you. More jokes to follow."That's what's printed on the card Benjamin Goodman receives from a strange, drunken homeless man he meets at the bar.In this dark comedy of random and absurd situa...

TomKat: Double Impact has been described as Jack Reacher meets Hanna with a touch of Thin Man savoir vivre tossed in. A story that had to be told. A love story of tremendous impact. A story about a small group of people willing to risk everything to stop the most serious threat to Western Civilization in modern history. There comes a time when a citizen must fulfill the constitution's requirements if the government fails to meet its obligation. TomKat: Double Impact is one of these stories...

Written in 1915 while leading the 1/5th Manchester Regiment, Colonel Sir Henry Darlington's letters from Gallipoli are a commanding officer's firsthand account of leadership and endurance at Helles.Long considered one of the most valuable firsthand accounts of the Gallipoli campaign, original copies have become increasingly scarce since the publisher's remaining stock was destroyed during the London Blitz in December 1940.In this new and expanded edition, the editors, facil...

Charles Watkins sailed for the Dardanelles with the 1/6th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers in 1915. War, he said, was a welcome escape from hard labour in a Lancashire cotton mill. Fifty years later, he wrote his memoir, a 'hotch-potch of Gallipoli memories.'"In perpetrating this literary outrage, some apology is due. I could give many plausible excuses for recording moments of this disastrous campaign, but the real truth is the selfish pleasure I find in recalling one crowded hour o...