Kirjahaku

People are disappearing in the small community of Picton. It's not big news in the city where Freya lives, but when she stumbles across the story in her local newspaper, whispers from her guilt-ridden childhood call her back to the life she thought she'd escaped decades ago. Answering the summons of her own murky history, Freya journeys home to reunite with her long-lost best friend and her one remaining family member at the farm she once ran away from in the middle of the night. As soon as she arrives, she finds both twisted memories and fresh horrors waiting for her: killers, ghosts, and something dark that waits at the edge of the woods, hungry for blood and suffering. Freya must decide if she's willing to face the demons of her past and her present-and if she's prepared for the cost of fighting.

"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." -- William Shakespeare Drowning in a sea of despair and fear, young Abbey struggles through her childhood alone and afraid. She lives on an isolated acreage with a cold and abusive family, spending her time afraid and miserable in her solitude. But is she truly alone? Abbey's brother has convinced her that there is a witch living in their basement. Everyone knows it's just a wicked story told for the sake of torment, but Abbey can't help wondering if there really is something horrible and terrifying lurking beneath the stairs, watching, waiting... CRONE is a tale of a witch that hides in the dark corners of the mind and deep in the shadows of life. It is a tumultuous journey filled with pain and joy, blood and smiles, suffering and relief, monsters and magic. Come along with Abbey as she escapes her childhood and is thrust into adulthood, followed by the ghosts of her past, and a fairytale that couldn't possibly be real. Could it?

Death is welcome here... Come peruse the beasts within. This collection is filled with short stories and flash fiction that is gouged by talons, covered in feathers, slick with scales, coiled in tentacles, stripped of flesh, and even tainted by the beasts we call human. You'll find cancer treatments gone horribly awry, a homeless child who hides more than her face behind her scraggly hair, an old western villain who isn't quite what she seems, and a pair of women who learn to spread their wings and fly. You'll find beasts you couldn't conjure in your worst nightmares in places you never would have imagined they'd hide. So peek inside that dark room, take that walk through the woods, creep down that alley, stroll on that dark beach, and come face-to-face with beasts as beautiful as they are horrible.

When sisters Charlie and Anne take a trip up the coast of Vancouver Island, it isn't for pleasure. Though the sights, sounds, and smells of the island are gorgeous and serene, the purpose of their trip is devastating. To make matters worse, the bed-and-breakfast they find nestled deep in the wild has many dark secrets, as does the owner, a callous old woman with a sordid past. THE SISTERS THREE is a tale of horror folklore filled with myths and legends, life and death. Join the sisters on their dark and violent journey through forest and sea, loss and discovery, as they traverse an island rich with creatures both gorgeous and horrible, and discoveries that will forever change life as they know it.

Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Writers, Vol. 9 is packed with harrowing depredations, grim manifestations and terrifying implications. Suggesting this historic anthology is just a regional horror collection is like calling Frankenstein's monster a simple misstep in medical technology. Road Kill is no longer just an annual anthology of horror stories. It's a serial collection of some of the most serious voices in Lone Star literature. It's a chronicle of Texas terror, and Vol. 9 is eerie, edgy and feral. It will haunt you long after its first reading. It's as fine a selection of horror fiction as you'll find today. It's alive With stories of exceptional horror from: Mario E. Martinez, L.H. Phillips, Lucas Strough, Aimee Trask, Armando Sangre, W.R. Theiss, C.W. Stevenson, Jae Mazer, M.E. Splawn, Kathleen Kent, Andrew Kozma, Julie Aaron, Robert Stahl, William Jensen, Todd Elliott, Lewis B. Smith, Derek Austin Johnson, Juan Perez, Bev Vincent, Lawrence Buentello, Bret McCormick

After the catastrophe at Eden's Edge, Anna finds herself living on the streets, hiding from the foster care system and her own identity. She survives her way into adulthood, and now lives in an apartment in the city, holding down a job as a bartender and flying under the radar.But Anna's past has come to find her. Inexplicable murders occur within Anna's vicinity, and she can't help but notice the links to her childhood. Joined by some of her old friends, and a few new ones, Anna fights to prove her innocence while being forced to face the truth of what she really is.THE NEXT TIME I SAW HER is book two in the Gossamer and Pitch Trilogy. It is a splatterfolk tale full of blood, demons, sexuality, body horror, and trauma. Join Anna as she navigates this season of her life.