Deep in the north woods, two sisters become lost; one stalked by a murderous ex-husband, the other unable to rid herself of the leeches that appear mysteriously on her skin.All are drawn to an old, dilapidated cabin.Inside lives an old man with awful urges, accompanied by a Rottweiler possessed by something…unnatural.But it's what resides beneath the cabin that they should really be worried about.Please join award-winning author Joel Arnold on a ride over th...

When hired by Johnny Billings to kill off Katrina – Johnny's grandmother – for an inheritance, first-time hit man Bruce Gavin thinks it will be easy money. What can an old lady knocking on death's door do to stop him? But when he poses as Grandma Billings' personal care assistant and takes her to the Minnesota State Fair, he discovers that he just may have gotten in over his head.

A man journeys with a pregnant stranger, while unseen aliens deal out punishment from above.A priest's skin oozes a healing elixir.A self-absorbed husband monitors the end of his existence over the internet.A teenager digs through a deep crust of waste and bone to win his freedom.These, plus 5 more stories from Joel Arnold, are your perfect companion as the earth falls apart around you.

Meet Mr. Varney and Mr. Johnson, two old men who run the Arrow Point Resort in central Minnesota. Situated on a chain of lakes, this quaint resort offers the usual amenities; shuffleboard, night crawlers, cabins for rent, and gas for passing boaters. Best of all, they offer the things that money can't buy; the most beautiful sunsets west of the Mississippi, the smells of campfires and motor boat exhaust, the songs of loons and frogs in the night. Simple, yet charming memories that stick wi...

Oh, what interesting dolls the undertaker's daughter has to play with...Andrew Byrd figured his mother had been over-protective; the way she stood in his doorway at night, watching him fall asleep, the way she'd call him her baby doll, even after he was much too old for that sort of thing....Sometimes madness is buried deep...But after an accidental meeting with Mae Stone, an aunt he'd never known, he learns of his mother's sadistic past, and the awful things she'd ...

Fetal Bait Apocalypse; 3 Collections contain all three of Joel Arnold's short story collections in one volume:Bait and Other StoriesBedtime Stories for the ApocalypseFetal Position and Other StoriesThis one volume holds over 120,000 words of fiction that will haunt and terrify you for days on end.Contains the award winning stories "Some Things Don't Wash Off" and "Mississippi Pearl" as well as stories that have seen print in such venues as Weird Tales,...

Tommy knows he's in trouble when he goes winter camping with friend Vince Nguyen without telling his folks. But when they're caught in a sudden blizzard, and the man they rescue from freezing to death turns out to be an escaped convict, Tommy's troubles are only beginning. Now Tommy and Vince must not only survive the blizzard, but also find a way to keep Quinn from killing them.

At first there was Bedtime Stories for the Apocalypse – a collection of stories to keep you entertained while the world falls apart around you. Now there is More Bedtime Stories for the Apocalypse – a new collection to keep you up at night as chaos engulfs the planet!With ten brand new stories (and three rarely seen reprints) you'll read about:A drug mule carrying something far more dangerous than drugs across the Rio Grande.A teenage girl wondering if her stolen ti...

In the Midwest, the saying goes, "Revenge is a hot-dish best served cold" – or something to that effect. In Joel Arnold's new short story collection A WRINKLE IN CRIME, revenge is also served at a lakeside resort, in an outhouse, at a state fair, on a camping trip in the Gallatin Mountains, and along a snow-swept lonely highway.In these 10 stories of foul play, murder and revenge, you'll meet:A man who takes advantage of an unfortunate accident to pull off a perfect crime.

All three volumes of Joel Arnold's popular BEDTIME STORIES FOR THE APOCALYPSE series gathered together in ONE omnibus edition! Over thirty stories of horror and sci-fi, including bonus stories by Daniel Pyle and H.P. Lovecrabbe!These are the kind of bedtime stories that will keep you reading far into the night!"'Bedtime Stories' is a wonderful collection of short stories all linked together with an unsettling distrust of the future...Any fan of either horror or short storie...

Four college friends go inner-tubing down the Wakkamungus River after a forest fire has devastated the surrounding landscape. As they float through an eerie silence, they can't help but feel that there's something else out there...something watching them. They soon find themselves in a life and death struggle against something that has risen from the smoldering ashes.This short story is also part of Arnold's collection 'Bait & Other Stories'.

Jared just wants to be a normal kid; play in the woods, climb trees, build forts... But there are the awful unbidden seizures that rack his body, the strangers who meet in secret with his father, the cache of firearms that fill the basement……and the bees.When his house is surrounded by ATF agents, Jared's world is turned upside down, and he doesn't know whom to trust; his father, the ATF, or the undulating swarms that only he can see.Join author Joel Arnold in this s...