A S Chambers

WELCOME TO LANCASTER When the whiskey-drinking, chain-smoking, trumpet-playing, sci-fi-watching Sam Spallucci sets up shop as an investigator of the paranormal at 15a, Dalton Square, Lancaster, he thinks that his greatest challenge in his first week on the job will be trying to build a new desk that has arrived flat-packed and with unintelligible instructions.He couldn't be more wrong...WHAT LURKS IN THE SHADOWS?During his first seven days, not only is Sam abducted by a cult of Satanic actors, but he also has to babysit a newborn vampire and investigate teenage poltergeist shenanigans at a local high school. Then, to top it all off, he is confronted with a bloodthirsty werewolf who works in a local zoo.Not your usual first week on a new job, but certainly one you will never forget.

SAM'S EX-LOVER RETURNS As he recovers from battling a bloodthirsty werewolf, Sam's former lover and local journalist Caroline Adamson arrives at the door of 15a Dalton Square. Not only does she bring a bagful of mixed emotions for Lancaster's paranormal investigator, but also the news that her son has been seduced by a cult led by an old acquaintance of Sam's.ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE...Malcolm Wallace, the charismatic leader of Credete is growing a large following in Lancaster. Preaching a message of self-affirmation, people are flocking to him in their droves. However, as Sam digs deeper, people who stand in Wallace's way start dying in mysterious circumstances.What's worse, an apocalypse could be just around the corner...

What lurks behind that locked door? What do they keep in that biscuit tin? Why would two beautiful women really want to date the office sleaze? Are false teeth capable of jealousy? A.S.Chambers provides answers to these questions and many more in this collection of short horror stories.Have a quick taste and see just what lurks in the shadows.

NO REST FOR SAM SPALLUCCI What with an animated grotesque complaining that one of its kind is responsible for a spate of graffiti art in Lancaster and a speed dating session turning into a rather shocking paranormal experience, one would think that things could not get any worse for the beleaguered paranormal investigator.But you'd be wrong...WITCHCRAFT IS AFOOT IN LANCASTERA quirky local personality who is revealed to be descended from a line of witches is once again practising her family's trade. This does not go down well with the descendant of the magistrate who brought the original magic-makers to trial. Soon, mummies are walking the streets of Morecambe and there is death in the back alleys of Lancaster.And Sam Spallucci is caught right in the middle of the chaos.

The adventures of Bobby and Katy continue as they travel across the Divergent Lands. Now accompanying the Children of Cain, vampires who failed in their oath to protect humanity, they are drawn even further into the hunt for the true Virtuous Man.However, there is a problem. The supposed saviour of humanity, one Sam Spallucci, was supposed to have died two thousand years ago.Plus, to make matters worse, tragedy and betrayal lurk just around the corner.

Bobby and his feisty kid sister Katy are back for a second adventure in the post-apocalyptic world of the Divergent Lands, set far in the future of the world of paranormal investigator, Sam Spallucci.Having successfully delivered the Eternal Talisman to the Virtuous Man, the orphans are now drawn into a deadly assault on a group of Kanor's foot soldiers - the bloodthirsty golems known as constructs. Jason, the Virtuous Man, claims that it is a plan that cannot fail and will lead to people rising up against their dark overlord. However, Bobby is not too sure.

Are monsters that lurk down wells just victims of circumstance? Can you push your gifted child too far? What can really excite a bored fallen angel who has been stranded on Earth since the beginning of time? How do vampires learn to hunt and is it always successful?A.S.Chambers explores these questions and unravels more dark tales in this, his latest collection of short horror and fantasy stories.Come, take a walk in the shadows but always keep glancing over your shoulder because what lurks there might very well be dark and dangerous.A.S.Chambers is the author of the Sam Spallucci books: tales of horror and urban fantasy regarding a whiskey drinking, chain smoking investigator of the paranormal based in the author's home town of Lancaster.

What could possibly be worse for your health, smoking or the cure for the common cold? Is a former wild child, now in her final days, still able to defend herself from the not so romantic advances of a past lover? Can an oppressed wife use a dinner party as a means to release herself from her overbearing husband? As well as these quirky tales of horror, A.S.Chambers also draws to a close the Justice and the Nightingale vampire trilogies. In doing so, he paves the way for the well-loved characters to explode back into the world of Sam Spallucci: Lancaster's beleaguered investigator of the paranormal.

A.S.Chambers presents yet another gripping selection of quirky short stories. This outing is designed to make you search for the monsters that lurk under your bed, fear visiting familiar tourist attractions and even doubt your own day-to-day reality.From hapless werewolves to psychotic sock monsters, from homicidal ornithologists to monster-hunting vampires, Mourning Has Broken brings possibly the widest range of horror and fantasy short stories to date from the creator of the popular investigator of the paranormal, Sam Spallucci.Once again, Lancaster's master of the macabre makes you truly wonder, "What lurks in the shadows?"

Welcome to eleven weird tales designed to enthral and entertain From a four-year-old girl on an Arthurian quest to a pair of fallen angels lamenting their present-day existence. From a murderous golem seeking its next victim to a neglected housewife who has turned into a brick. A.S.Chambers continues to mix a satisfying blend of his trademark quirky humour and dark insight into this, his latest short story anthology.

What happens when a teenage girl finally meets her estranged demonic father? Are workplace outings actually all that safe? When an alien miraculously appears in a bored youngster's back garden, who is at most risk? What lengths would an individual go to in order to bring about peace in a world that is addicted to technology?A.S.Chambers provides answers to these questions and many more as well as providing the final two prologues to the sixth Sam Spallucci novel, Bloodline.

Journey with teenage orphan Bobby through the devastated world known as the Divergent Lands. Over the course of five complete stories find yourself drawn ever deeper into a world of violence and conspiracy as the human race tries to throw off the yoke of the being that reduced them to a pitiful remnant: Kanor - the Black Dragon.