Pappaw Gentry lives in a creepy trailer out back near the woods. Supposedly, he has an underground bunker filled with survival rations, weapons, and otherworldly specimens. Nobody is allowed inside.On summer nights he forces the boys to hunt lightning bugs and bring back as many bodies as they can, dead or alive. But when twelve-year-old Josh catches something that’s definitely not an insect, he decides to hide it.What disaster is Pappaw preparing for? And what dark magic i...

Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1914. Tanna Cravens boards an airship bound for a colony in Fairyland… But a magical frontier ruled like the Old South isn’t the best home for a woman ahead of her time.Abandoned by her husband on a failing farm atop an ancient fairy hill, Tanna finds herself in the middle of a war between the human plantation owners and the indigenous elven tribes who want them gone.With her farm in flames and a dark fairy hoard descending on the co...

"I'm a witch," she said. "I influence the weather."College student Rusty Stewart planned to spend an idyllic summer break in 1980s Athens, GA, living with his boyfriend, Hutch. But when Hutch ditches him for another guy, Rusty must navigate a broken heart through a maelstrom of outside expectations and embarrassing social spectacles.Enter Charlotte, an enigmatic, outcast caricature of a wealthy Southern belle who communicates with ghosts and directs the forces of n...

Pappaw Gentry lives in a creepy trailer out back near the woods. Supposedly, he has an underground bunker filled with survival rations, weapons, and otherworldly specimens. Nobody is allowed inside.On summer nights he forces the boys to hunt lightning bugs and bring back as many bodies as they can, dead or alive. But when twelve-year-old Josh catches something that’s definitely not an insect, he decides to hide it.What disaster is Pappaw preparing for? And what dark magic i...

"Nothing to Fear" is an episode inspired by The Rule of Three, the opening novel in Eric Walter's trilogy of the same name about the terrifying challenges faced by an ordinary suburban kid, his family, and his neighbors, in the first days and weeks and months after a viral catastrophe causes the world to go dark. Sixteen-year-old Adam Daley is taking his girlfriend, Lori, on a picnic in his homemade ultralight aircraft—one of the few computer-free machines that still works. He wan...

A violent home invasion shatters Eileen’s tranquil country life, forcing her to confront her deepest fears.This short story takes place in the world of the Elements of the Undead, but is not part of the series.

Bad Kitty faces her toughest challenge yet, in Bad Kitty School Daze from Nick Bruel.Kitty and Puppy are out of control! They're screaming, fighting, hissing, and drooling all over the house, and all of the commotion is upsetting Baby. Time for school—obedience school, that is. Can Kitty learn to follow the rules and make friends with the other students or will she bring chaos to the classroom?Find out in Bad Kitty's hilarious, new (mis)adventure!

Pauline can’t believe it, she’s been invited to the biggest hide and seek game in the neighbourhood, the one all the cool kids play in! The pressure is on. As the new kid, Pauline counts to one hundred and starts the hunt. As evening turns to night, Pauline searches the nearby housing construction site but instead of finding any of the other kids, she finds a stray barrette and a broken yoyo. Where are the kids? How can she win the game? In the growing darkness, she wonders, are they the o...

If you’ve ever had your heart broken - then this book is for you.If you enjoy the taste of strong meat – then this book is for you.If you’ve got a sense of weird that is honed as sharp as a cutthroat’s knife – then this book is for you.Here are six of the strangest love stories you have ever read.WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT STEVE VERNON:"If Harlan Ellison, Richard Matheson and Robert Bloch had a three-way sex romp in a hot tub, and then a team of sc...

At the end of what seems to be an ordinary day, Carter, a volunteer for his local animal shelter, heads home to his three dogs (Lucky, Bee-bo, & Rusty). Odd animal noises plague him through the night. When morning comes, hordes of zombie animals come crashing through the windows. When Lucky becomes a flesh hungry beast of the dead Carter is forced to do what he must in order to survive.

People don't know how to name cats. They pick names that they think are right for the cat or that they just like the sound of. Believe me, no cat in the world wants to be called Charlie! I learned that in a pretty amazing way as you'll discover!My Cat, Wisewhisker, helped me to write this book. He helped me to discover what the true names of all cats are. The funny thing is that the names are all related to unique cat behavior. Cat's always name themselves by virtue of their behavi...

A startling late-night discovery in a cemetery teaches a young man that giving in to curiosity can come with deadly consequences.