A hotel night auditor must withstand the demanding horrors of the ultimate bad guest: Nyarlathotep. The Black Pharaoh is well known for inducing madness in his victims, by any means necessary: prank-ordering pizzas, endless phone calls, and threats of bad online reviews are just the tip of the iceberg...

A chapbook collection of haiku, inspired by this, that, and the other thing, in no particular order, much like my brain on a normal day

A guide working for a Ghost Tour company tries to preserve the memories of the deceased by telling their stories in a tourist town where the only spirits people are coming to see anymore are in the liquor stores.

When the unearthly intelligences that rule the Higher Planes have their attention drawn to Earth, all that stands between them and total annihilation is a pissed-off redneck protecting his marijuana crop.

A father tells his two young daughters that a horrible monster will come out of the closet and eat them if they don't go to sleep. He thinks he made it up; but did he?

What is the nature of evil? Is it beautiful, seductive, hypnotic? Or is it simply a brutal force of nature, desiring nothing more than total destruction? And who's to say what makes it evil?

When the oceans rise, does the world end? Or does something else begin?

This is the tale of a polite and well-mannered boy named Alex who; after being abducted, develops an incredible bond with an angry and foul mouthed doll called The Gruff who teaches young Alex how to find his voice.When Alex wakes bound in a wooden coffin to manic cursing and abusing, he finds something he'd never imagined having, a true friend. In the days that follow, a small oddly tempered doll called The Gruff will teach Alex how to say no, how to sharpen his claws and how to k...

Giles Grant has been a Police Officer for five years. He was recently promoted to an armed response unit, and today is the end of his first day. He is a staunch believer in the afterlife, and that not everybody gets to move on when they die. Whilst he has only ever experienced the mildest of unexplainable events, tonight will change everything.This short story is set in the same world as Augustus Baltazar and features characters that appear in the second novel in the serie...

In the mountains and coal fields of Southern West Virginia, roots run deep and hold on forever. When a young woman's grandmother dies, carrying on the traditions from the old world fall to her, fulfilling a terrible promise made long ago.

You Have Been Warned--but, if you are so inclined to read this collection of short stories, I urge you to, but remember, you have been warned. Within these pages you will meet a most peculiar old man running a gas station in the middle of nowhere, and what happens to the undesirables that encounter him. You will meet a rather good looking doctor with a most peculiar side line, and you will meet a teacher with years of experience who has a different style of teaching. Your storyteller also ...

A collection of short stories in the horror genre: some weird, some strange, some downright unbelievable, but all designed to make the reader think...and think again, then leave the bedside light burning through the night.