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Ashen

by Pete Clark

A man faced with the theft of his mortality has a choice. Accept the gift thrust upon him, or reject it, whatever the cost.

I Am The Box

by Pete Clark

A man wrestles with madness and reality and discovers Hell is not quite what he expected. In it, he finds friends and pain and ultimately, his calling.

Quaid's Millions

by Pete Clark

How much money is enough to lose your morals? George Sutherland is posed that question, and to his horror, he finds that even he has his price.

Things You Should Know

by Pete Clark

What if the next virus outbreak that threatens populations wasn’t flu? What if it was something else, something hungrier?

From Darkness, They Came

by Pete Clark

Darkness is a venerated and much revered Prophet. He is also only human. On the eve of imminent alien contact, one that could decide the fate of all life on Earth, it is his responsibility to read the future,...

The Brothers Of Abraham

by Pete Clark

A story of competition, love and death within a brotherhood. When does sacrifice become necessity for the survival of a species? There can be only one...

Noise

by L. Lee Lowe

A short story which is also currently being filmed. Visit the film website for more details: Noise: the Film

How To Disappear Completely

by David Bowick

www.bowick.net/books/ Sitting at the top of a Ferris wheel overlooking the Boston skyline, Josh’s life takes an unexpected turn, and things will never be the same. Along with the many surprises on his life’s...

Earth, Risen

by Pete Clark

Where myth and fact meet, there is a line that should not be crossed. A sculptor, hopelessly trying to bring his dead son back, crosses that line. What he creates will haunt him forever.

The Weekender

by Bryan L. Lee

A vacationing businessman catches more than he bargained for in this suspenseful short story.

Neither a Borrower

by luke t. bergeron

Neither a Borrower is a novella set in the near future, where debt in America has skyrocketed and debtor's prisons have been reinstated. But the prison term isn't the worst part of the punishment. The story...

The Man Who Talked to Machines

by Michael Graeme

You have to talk to them, counsel them, mesmerise them into stillness before you set foot anywhere near them. And, though I may not be considered wholly sane, at least I have a reputation for the way I talk...

The Box

by Johnny Wheeler

A chilling dark short story by Johnny Wheeler.

Snowstorm

by L. Lee Lowe

short story

Trees That Bear Fruit

by Pete Clark

A woman loses her husband, and then finds him in the most extraordinary circumstances. A very short fantasy (around 500 words) of loss and grief and the power of love and Mother Nature.

Simon of Space

by Cheeseburger Brown

Simon Fell has awakened at a foreign star with no memory of his former life. He stands to inherit the legacy of a self he has never known. In a complex and frightening world of pioneer planets, clashing cultures...

Gone

by Bryan W. Alaspa

A group of employees trying to have a weekend of bonding in the woods. What they get, however, is a weekend of unrelenting terror. What is making them disappear one at a time? Why can't they leave? Will any...

Continuation

by CD Clement

So I died, and to be totally honest with you it was a lot more painful than I had expected. A hell of a lot more painful. But then again I am fairly sure that you are not supposed to remember the actual death...

Night Bird Canyon - a Story of Friends and Fiends

by Bruce T. Forbes

CORRECTIONS MADE April 2012 ... Subtitled 'A Vampire Among the Mormons', this classical Gothic horror story takes place in Northern Utah's Cache Valley in the early years of the Depression. It's not about Mormons...

Dial M For Monkey

by Adam Maxwell

Adam Maxwell's first collection of short stories is inventive, funny, dark, and hugely entertaining. Effortlessly fusing pop culture, gunplay, and simians, Dial M For Monkey contains a vibrant mixture of short...