Brainsssss! The dead are walking, hungry and brains taste so good…
12 Tales of zombies and zombie hunters.
1. “Alice’s Adventures in Underland” by DeAnna Knippling 2. “I Hate Zombies” by Shantnu Tiwari 3. “Zomopolis” by Russ Crossley 4. “Zombie Ever After” by Carl S. Plumer 5. “Zombee A Go-Go” by Rebecca M. Senese 6. “Zombie Girl Invasion” by De Kenyon 7. “Life Among the Dead” by Rebecca M. Senese 8. “Usher Falling” by Sandra Seymour 9. “My Zombie Prince” by Russ Crossley 10. “A Chat Before Dinner” by Michael Kingswood 11. “The Island” by Will Overby 12. “Dragon Rising” by Russ Crossley
In the shadows lurk the monsters, the killers and the supernatural. Some kill, some stalk, some haunt. All bring shivers and thrills. A dark collection of horror, murder and blood. You have been warned!
When the sun has set, when the moon is full, the shapeshifters gather—wolves, cats and totemic creatures, nightmares and revelations.
Seeking answers, seeking revenge, seeking a cure to affliction, seeking blood, seeking answers or seeking love—a gathering of beasts abounds. Dare you walk beneath the moonlight?
Which book/world do you live in? I live within an alternate present-day world where The Cambion Journals are a part of your reality . . . albeit we’re hidden in plain sight
Tell us about yourself: (Name, race/species, etc.) My name is Augustus Thorne, and I am a Cambion. A human-demon hybrid plagued with a terrible craving to feed on the life-force of those around me. I was born during the November of 1760 to a wonderful human woman, Rosemary, whose patient guidance during my early years helped me to learn to resist the urge that would turn me into a fiend.
How do you see your world? As a foul light to be extinguished at the earliest opportunity.
What part do you play in this tale? I am the main protagonist. And you will follow the rollercoaster ride that is my everyday life as I hunt demons around the globe and deal with the fallout of my actions. Yet I couldn’t care less, I won’t rest until every last Succubus and Incubus is dead.
Do you consider yourself a good person/creature? Most certainly not. I’m a monster, cursed with a hunger I can barely control. Nobody in their right mind should come near me. But they do, to their cost.
Do you follow any religion? I worship on the altar of lives lost and dead scumbags. And I am unwavering in my devotions to sacrifice as many of the demondim as I can to the cause.
What is your favourite food? You and your most insidious, secret desires. The stronger the better.
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Name: Augustus Thorne
Which book/world do you live in? I live within an alternate present-day world where The Cambion Journals are a part of your reality . . . albeit we’re hidden in plain sight
Tell us about yourself: (Name, race/species, etc.) My name is Augustus Thorne, and I am a Cambion. A human-demon hybrid plagued with a terrible craving to feed on the life-force of those around me. I was born during the November of 1760 to a wonderful human woman, Rosemary, whose patient guidance during my early years helped me to learn to resist the urge that would turn me into a fiend.
How do you see your world? As a foul light to be extinguished at the earliest opportunity.
What part do you play in this tale? I am the main protagonist. And you will follow the rollercoaster ride that is my everyday life as I hunt demons around the globe and deal with the fallout of my actions. Yet I couldn’t care less, I won’t rest until every last Succubus and Incubus is dead.
Do you consider yourself a good person/creature? Most certainly not. I’m a monster, cursed with a hunger I can barely control. Nobody in their right mind should come near me. But they do, to their cost.
Do you follow any religion? I worship on the altar of lives lost and dead scumbags. And I am unwavering in my devotions to sacrifice as many of the demondim as I can to the cause.
What is your favourite food? You and your most insidious, secret desires. The stronger the better.
From legends of murder, and undead killers walking, to missing girls, deadly diseases, suspense and gore aplenty; from sleuths and detectives, murder and vengeance enter into a world of crime, clues and mayhem.
12 authors weave tales both long and short of crime and suspense.
Layla Lockhart was born in Egypt and when her American father gets a great job offer, they move to the States. She becomes an Egyptologist who understands and speaks the ancient language. She’s renting an apartment with her best friend. When the ghost of a Prince invades their relatively boring life, things jump from boring to dangerous in no time.
Synopsis:
A powerful curse cast thousands of years ago by the Grand Vizier. Tanakhmet cursed Prince Akhmose to never enter the Field of Reeds, the heavenly paradise. Why did he want him to linger as a restless ghost among the living, forever?
By reading the hieroglyphs, Layla, a young Egyptologist, inadvertently breaks the curse and frees the ghosts of both Prince Akhmose and the Grand Vizier whose thirst for revenge is stronger than ever.
With Layla’s help, can Prince Akhmose finally cross into the afterlife? Or perhaps, because of the charms of the mortal woman, he doesn’t want to…
Brief Excerpt:
Layla Lockhart, a petite slender woman emerged from the bathroom bare feet slapping against the wooden floor. Her faded Hello Kitty pajamas swished softly as she walked towards the kitchen, eyes swollen from sleep. Her long hair swayed behind her, still messy from the restless night.
The smell of frying bacon filled the air and her stomach rumbled at the scent. The small TV was on in the living room. The cheerful voice of the channel six weather reporter announced, “Another beautiful, sunny morning, the temperature is a balmy sixty degrees.”
“How could anyone be so damn cheerful in the morning?” Layla mumbled walking into the kitchen, raking her fingers through her tangled, long, jet-black hair. “Ouch!” she exclaimed as her hand got caught in a snag.
“Top o’ the mornin’ to you, too!” her roommate called out and smiled at Layla with spatula in her hand.
“Sheesh, Mara! You don’t have to yell.” Layla rubbed the back of her neck as she made her way to the table. “What would I do without you?” her expression softened looking at the redhead woman as she sat down.
“You’d go hungry, a lot. That’s for sure!” Mara laughed as she filled Layla’s plate with fried eggs and crispy bacon. She winked before turning her eyes to her plate, her curly untamable mane moving as if it had a mind of its own. Unlike Layla, Mara was a morning person. As soon as her eyes opened and feet touched the floor, she was ready to go. “Eat up! You have a long, busy day ahead of you.”
Mornings were always rough for Layla, she needed some time to shake the grumpy, morning mood. Sighing, she plopped down onto the squeaky kitchen chair, “Yeah, another boring day at a boring job.”
Why should readers buy this book?
If you like action packed novellas with lively characters and a ghost from Egypt who’s hoping that a girl he meets is the reincarnation of his long lost love, this story is for you.
More short stories about vampires mingling in the pages of this anthology. Vampire Apocalypse vs. Last Vampire Survivor. Vampires with hemophobia or Asperger Syndrome. Vampires in the past and in the future, walking through the centuries because they can. Undead but immortal unless you manage to kill them. Merciless killers or merciful death givers – and even a little, shapeshifting vampire who doesn’t feed on blood.
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Lauren is a doctor who was raised believing the supernatural and omens. Taking her spirit guide’s warning seriously saved her life.
Synopsis:
Lauren has everything she’d ever wished for. Great career, financial security, loving husband, and devoted friends.
When her Raven spirit guide warns her of impending danger, she takes the omen seriously, but she doesn’t have enough time to perform the protection spell her grandmother taught her. Someone breaks into her office and after the brutal attack and the Raven’s repeated warnings, she knows her life is still in danger. Who wants her dead and why?
Brief Excerpt 250 words:
Finally.I’ll be a mom. Lauren put her hand on her belly and couldn’t stop smiling.
Suddenly, she heard a deep, throaty kraa sound. Lauren took a deep breath. She knew what the all too familiar sound meant. Her eyes shot toward the tall oak tree across the street where the eerie sound came from. The Raven’s shiny, black eyes fixated on her and let out another loud screechy sound. Lauren’s stomach shrunk into a knot and a dreadful feeling washed over her. No! Please not again! She screamed in her mind. “Shoo!” she yelled out loud. “Nothing bad is going to happen.”
The Raven flapped its wings, called again even louder, which sent sheer terror through Lauren’s nerves as she remembered her grandmother’s warning. “The Raven is your messenger, and it warns you that something bad is about to happen which will change your life. You must perform a protection ritual and call on the Wolf spirit to protect you from harm.”
A sign of something bad coming wasn’t what she needed. Not with the happy news confirmed this morning. Lauren rushed to her desk and yanked the bottom drawer open. In there was a box with her grandmother’s spellbook, candles, and herbs.
She looked up feeling anxious when she heard the front door of her office opening.
Why should readers buy this book (50 words max)?
If you like fast paced novellas with relatable characters, supernatural elements, betrayal and danger, this story is for you.
Who are they? What are they? The souls of the long departed, or wicked manifestations of sin?
Tales of ghosts and spectres have enthralled us since time began. From ghostly servants, spectral possession, a space-going ghostbuster, to Halloween horrors, wicked toads and missing children these tales bring chills and thrills.
Ancient horrors, long-dead rockers, family secrets and helpful murder victims join them in providing the shivers and the quivers.
Dare you venture with the dead-walking?
13 tales of spooks, lost souls, and weird adventures.
Communication Breakdown – Dayle A. Dermatis
Alfred Lets Loose – Linda Jordan
Seventh – Debbie Mumford
Crossing the Naiad – J.M. Ney-Grimm
Full Circle – Kate MacLeod
Roadside Ghosts: A Collection of Horror and Dark Fantasy – Steve Vernon
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