NIGHTMARES is the big book of short (and not-so-short) stories, 395 pages, 24 stories. Included are all the stories from the anthologies Cat-O-9 Tails and Be Prepared To Die, plus many more. It's the perfect book for your commute, or bedtime reading, stories that can each be finished in a sitting.

Seventeen-year-old zombie Rex Morton would do anything to fit in at his new school and hold onto his first love.Rex's fiercely protective mother strong arms the yet another small town school district into accepting her son by threatening a lawsuit. At Plain View High, Rex falls for fiery goth girl, Ariella Klopenstein, the daughter of the Police Chief. While Rex struggles to fit in, Ariella would do anything to be different, anything not to wind up stuck in Plain View.As th...

In a dismal future driven by corporations, where most citizens are human billboards focused on status and entertainment, Moyer and Robyn Winfield struggle to attain a baby. Moyer doubts he will make a good father. His wife Robyn, however, is frantic for a child, and Moyer wonders how long his marriage will survive without one. In an age when babies must be cloned and purchased, the high cost almost makes the point moot.When his wife learns their friends negotiated the price of thei...

A horror anthology of nine short stories from the twisted mind of Mark Souza, for those who appreciate horror, a little chill up the spine, prickly-flesh, and a few sleepless nights.Included is the story "Witch Apples" - destined to be a Halloween classic.

Val Rafter's luck may have finally run out. Kidnapped by Russians and held at gunpoint on a ship crossing the Black Sea at night toward Crimea, Val is forced to confront the events and decisions that brought him to this desperate moment. Part of a top-secret US Army human intelligence program, Val is an expert at recruiting and running spies. Years ago, while training at the CIA’s legendary Farm, he met Sydney, whose beauty, intelligence, and ambition made her a formidable agency covert in...

How scary can appliances be?For Mary and Lou Givens, their first house is the deal of a lifetime. And when the family cat disappears, rumors of their home's past percolate to the surface.People have been disappearing from the Given's house for decades, never to be seen again. Are the rumors true, and what does it mean if they are? If only the house's appetite could be quelled with a cat - but the family pet was only an appetizer and things quickly go from bad to worse....

It started at a smoky bar, a conversation with a beautiful woman, a night in her bed. Private Detective Murphy McEvoy can't believe his luck. But for some, when things go too well, there is a reckoning, a balancing of the cosmic scales, and Murphy is one of those people.Janine Johnson is a woman down on her luck, escaping something and new to town. When Murphy receives a desperate call and finds Janine beaten, he realizes what she's fleeing from and sets out to help her. But nothin...

Corporal Horatio White knows firsthand how General McClellan lost the Battle at Antietam Creek during the Civil War. Though the Union Army outnumbered Lee's forces two to one and had the element of surprise, the battle would take a shocking turn. After surviving the horrors of a full day of battle, Corporal White discovers the horror has only just begun. Despite being sworn to secrecy, White reveals the details of that day.

A short story - Sean has popped the question and dreads the drive across the bleak Kansas landscape on Valentine's Day to announce his intentions to his fiancee Janet's parents. When he sees a sign for a corn maze, he pulls in for a momentary reprieve. Little does he know what a mistake he's made.

When Jack Duncan finds out his wife changed the terms of her life insurance policy, he's not a happy man. Instead of a cash payout, he gets a clone. His wife is back and all his planning has gone for naught.He is tasked with helping her adjust and re-assume her life. But maybe all is not lost. Perhaps she will have problems adjusting. Maybe she'll commit suicide.

Rebecca Smythe's world inside Fort Cavendish is turned upside down in the winter of 1759 when an Native American girl is brought in to work at The Comfort Shack. The girl quickly has the men under her spell and is not what she at first seems.The new girl soon has her hooks into most of the men, including the officers, and even Rebecca's husband. Meanwhile, men are dying at their posts, a few a week, victims of some unknown New World plague.

DEADLY MEMORIES - What she can't remember might kill her...______________________________"She doesn't remember a thing," Rolph snapped into the phone.Andrea froze. His back was turned away from her. He didn't know she was there, listening."It's been six months, for God's sake. If you harm one hair on her head, I'll contact the authorities. My father would be disgraced, but that will not deter me."Now Andrea couldn't move. There was no doubt Rolph was ...