Samuel is a prisoner, innocent to some, guilty to others. But his prison is different than any other. Here the dead have a habit of coming back to life, madness is just around the corner, and the only...

Sarah's a homicide detective. She is used to the harsh realities of life, sleepless nights, and the never-ending parade of sick, twisted individuals she deals with on a daily basis. None of that compares...

<p><strong>A mad sorcerer will stop at nothing to rule the world.&nbsp; Even if that means destroying it.&nbsp; Can a kick-ass saint and a demon that would rather be at band practice...

It was all a big mistake. Christopher Sawyer never wanted to be Hell's bounty hunter, and he was pretty sure Hell didn't want him for the job either. But mistake or not, he is now the master of the Book...

A dying girl with a love of the ocean. An orderly with nothing to lose and everything to gain. The moment Joseph sees the girl he knows she doesn't belong in the hospital. But what can a simple orderly...

A dark family legacy.  A house with many secrets… Mark Holloway never asked to grow up on the road, dragged from one city to the next by a mother who always seemed to be running from something. He hoped...

Fans of Twilight Zone, Dark Mirror, Ray Bradbury, and Stephen King will love these stories of suspense, horror, and dark fantasy from the author of ASYLUM and THE COLLECTION. THE DYING GIRLA dying girl...

When his son dies in a terrible accident, Malcolm retreats behind the walls of the fort his son built, but those walls were more than a child's game, they served a purpose. When monsters begin showing...

Andrew is different and he knows it, he always has. So when the voices in his head tell him to climb out on a window ledge he doesn't hesitate . . . Andrew Harland has been a loner since being diagnosed...

Desire will drive a man to do many things and make many mistakes. When magic and witch's brew are involved, however, those mistakes can have unimaginable consequences.

<p><strong></strong><br></p><p><strong>A lover scorned. &nbsp;An ancient enemy of humankind. &nbsp;For Silas they're one and the same and that can be...

When three boys from different backgrounds find a tree with a sordid history they learn that some trees have deep roots and mistakes of the past sometimes collide with mistakes of the present.

Mystic assassins bent on revenge for a crime Christopher never committed. A witch growing in power and hatred. Christopher Sawyer never wanted to be Hell's bounty hunter, he was probably the least qualified...

"There's no place like home" takes on a whole new meaning if you're from Hell… One hundred and fifty years ago, the Reverend Longmire tracked Silas down and almost sent him back to Hell for good. Silas...

A big mistake. A quest for revenge. Now Hell has a new bounty hunter. Hell is the ultimate prison and only the most powerful, the most cunning can escape eternal damnation. One being is in charge of dragging...

Jake wants nothing more than to forget the war. A war that left him full of hatred and resentment. He withdraws from the world and its new tolerant ways with his dog. But when the old enemy crash lands...

A hermit, isolated by fear and hate, must choose between forgiveness and apathy when another comes seeking his magic. The warlock has lived alone in the canyon for many years, master of his domain.  All...

Escaping from the killer was the easy part, surviving the frozen mountain landscape is another story. But when a hunter gives her a second chance at life, Emily must decide what she is going to do with...

Darkness sleeps below the surface... Jim never thought he'd return to the house overlooking the lake that had taken his wife.  He never thought he would have to revisit the memories of their last days...

A big mistake. A quest for revenge. Now Hell has a new bounty hunter. It was all a big mistake. Christopher Sawyer never wanted to be Hell's bounty hunter, and he was pretty sure Hell didn't want him...

Del is a mortician that prides himself in his precision and compassion.  But all that is tested when a corpse has one further request to make of him.

Scott's family is shaken the night his father mysteriously abandons him and his sisters. They make a life without a father and husband until the night he returns home with a creature after him. A creature...

The relentless ticking of a clock as time slips away marks the breathless pace of these remarkable stories. In Fiction River's third edition of its Pulse Pounders series, these sixteen authors push the...

Fear. The word alone evokes a powerful response. And in Feel the Fear, editor Mark Leslie takes readers on a haunting tour of the many ways fear presents itself. From genuine horror stories filled with...

Read these stories for enjoyment, then explore their Inner Workings to discover what makes them tick. A young girl who can communicate with the creatures of the forest faces hunting season in her hometown;...