Carver Pike

Embark on a journey into terror, where every mile is marked by suspense and horror. These three horror novellas transform travel into a treacherous adventure where the next stop could be your last.B.I.R.D.S by Rowland Bercy Jr.: In B.I.R.D.S, a 2023 reimagining of Hitchcock's classic, a group of friends embarks on a cross-country trip, unwittingly stirring a vengeful avian onslaught. Raquel, Robert, Karen, and David face chaos and carnage, learning that appearances deceive and the price of their actions can be deadly. This bone-chilling tale weaves a narrative of suspense and consequence in a world where one particular conspiracy theory is proven true. Dracula and the Devil Walk Into a Bar by Lucas Mangum: After a team of hunters raid their fortress, Dracula and Lucifer hit the road in search of a new place to call home. They stop at a roadside bar in an unincorporated locale to meet with a vampire named Mina. All three creatures of the night have the potential for violence. And none of them can resist the call of bloodshed. The people in this wood-paneled, neon-lit establishment are about to meet Hell itself.Road Wrath by Carver Pike: For Melanie and her friends, this fun-filled trip to tour their favorite college campus is about to take a violent and macabre turn. If only they'd kept driving, if only they'd stayed far away from that rest stop, if only they'd been more polite when they encountered the creepy old couple. Now, it's too late for apologies. Road Wrath is coming. Brace yourself for a ride into the heart of darkness. Grab your copy of Hunted Highways now and discover the chilling thrills that await at every turn Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing-Tales from the Darkest Depths.

Embark on a journey into terror, where every mile is marked by suspense and horror. These three horror novellas transform travel into a treacherous adventure where the next stop could be your last.B.I.R.D.S by Rowland Bercy Jr.: In B.I.R.D.S, a 2023 reimagining of Hitchcock's classic, a group of friends embarks on a cross-country trip, unwittingly stirring a vengeful avian onslaught. Raquel, Robert, Karen, and David face chaos and carnage, learning that appearances deceive and the price of their actions can be deadly. This bone-chilling tale weaves a narrative of suspense and consequence in a world where one particular conspiracy theory is proven true. Dracula and the Devil Walk Into a Bar by Lucas Mangum: After a team of hunters raid their fortress, Dracula and Lucifer hit the road in search of a new place to call home. They stop at a roadside bar in an unincorporated locale to meet with a vampire named Mina. All three creatures of the night have the potential for violence. And none of them can resist the call of bloodshed. The people in this wood-paneled, neon-lit establishment are about to meet Hell itself.Road Wrath by Carver Pike: For Melanie and her friends, this fun-filled trip to tour their favorite college campus is about to take a violent and macabre turn. If only they'd kept driving, if only they'd stayed far away from that rest stop, if only they'd been more polite when they encountered the creepy old couple. Now, it's too late for apologies. Road Wrath is coming. Brace yourself for a ride into the heart of darkness. Grab your copy of Hunted Highways now and discover the chilling thrills that await at every turn Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing-Tales from the Darkest Depths.

When parasitic head lice piggyback into a youth leadership conference, a group of teens is forced into a fight for survival. This one's sure to make your stomach turn and your head itch. Nitsy is excited to be invited to an exclusive leadership conference with her peers from across the globe. She's even more thrilled her partner on this trip is her cute jock classmate, Robbie. Hal is a new park ranger who's taken the job because policing is all he knows, and since a tragic accident took his daughter away, he's not too fond of guns, or people for that matter. Hal only wants to sit in the darkness and sulk in his sorrows. Andre is out hunting in the woods of West Virginia. He's one with his rifle. Yet, something ain't right in the woods. It's too quiet. Oddly still. Until... Andre eyes a buck that seems out of sorts, thrashing around wildly with lifeless eyes. When he pulls the trigger and a bullet strikes home, there's no blood. Nothing. Something else has already drained it, and it's ready for a new host. With the entire town falling prey to this head-munching malice, and all the students at the Stonewall Forge Leadership Conference in danger, only a few can fight back before these parasitic head lice wipe out Clydesville, West Virginia and spread across the rest of the world.

This isn't the typical Carver Pike horror. In fact, it's not horror at all. This isn't only a story, and it's not a book of poems. It's a whimsical journey through an imaginative world, told in poetic form. It's one man's quest to beat depression. Suffering the loss of his wife, Ben visits her grave to beg God to reunite him with his suicidal spouse in death. A mysterious mime named Mingle has other plans and leads Ben out of the black and white, depressed world he knows. Soon they're flying down a fantastical path of vivid colors, strange lands, and quirky situations. Each chapter teaches Ben a lesson needed to fully understand the mindset of his wife, Ivory, and what it takes to beat his own depression before it buries him in a charcoal cave. Having dealt with depression himself, this is horror and dark fantasy author Carver Pike's journey to beat depression. It may never go away, but with enough awareness and some shared tools, this depression demon might just stay hidden a little longer.

BE ADVISED: THIS BOOK IS FOR A MATURE AUDIENCE AND CONTAINS GRAPHIC SEX AND VIOLENCE. Tobias, who writes under the pen name T.K. Tantrum, has received a special gift from his assistant. He's going to an author retreat where he will get the chance to sit and write at the desk of his fallen idol, Melvin Morose, a sick and demented horror writer who hanged himself in the very room in which Tobias will be working. The Grand Georgina, the venue for the retreat, was once a stop on the Underground Railroad, but this hotel is much more than a haunted historical relic. It has become a sick and twisted playground for an evil, demonic company called Diablo Snuff. If you read book 1, you know how horrific Diablo Snuff is. Just wait 'til you read this one.

BE ADVISED: THIS BOOK IS FOR A MATURE AUDIENCE AND CONTAINS GRAPHIC SEX AND VIOLENCE. It wasn't anger. It was revenge of some sort, as if the whole world would one day be made to witness the magnificent beast she'd become. It was as if life had slapped her around and this was her way of grabbing it by the hair and saying, "Listen here you piece of shit. I've got this." Lucky is a typical frat boy. He lives to party. That is until he meets Natalia. She's smart and whimsical with a wild side. She's everything he's ever desired all wrapped up in a beautiful package... until the tight, sparkling ribbon around that package begins to unravel. Will Lucky and Natalia find their happily ever after, or will a sinister force tear them apart? Two pen names collide to bring you one tale of romance and one of suspense/thriller. Told in two parts, read how Lucky and Natalia meet and fall in love. Then see how that love is tested... Carver Pike style. These stories were part of the Frat Chronicles anthology book, so if you've already bought that book, you have these stories. If not, be prepared for a wild ride. Combined, this is a novella and is a part of the Diablo Snuff series. You can consider it part 1.5, to be read after A Foreign Evil: Diablo Snuff 1.

BE ADVISED: THIS BOOK IS FOR A MATURE AUDIENCE AND CONTAINS GRAPHIC SEX AND VIOLENCE. Michael's only in Panama for his buddy's bachelor party vacation. When he meets Isabelle, he thinks he's found the perfect woman for a quick whirlwind romance, but this Latin American paradise isn't all palm trees and mojitos. Evil lives here too, and it wants nothing more than to strip the flesh from foreigners' bones. Carver Pike takes ordinary circumstances, cinches them tight with razor wire, and then saws back and forth. Gasp for air, holler for help, and pray for an end to the madness.This is a novella and the first book in the Diablo Snuff series. Let the sick and sinister amusement begin.

This is not YA horror, and these aren't your typical teenagers. The teachers at DS High know something's not right. It's the reason they don't stay late to grade papers, they leave school in packs so nobody's alone, and they stay away from the one boy with the cult-like following. Evil walks the high school hallways and everyone knows its name: James Bender. They've made it through the school year unscathed. Well, almost. Now, the graduating class is planning something special for their favorite teachers. It's by personal invite only. Teachers are dying for an invitation. Here's yours. Join us at this year's Grad Night party. It'll be one you'll never forget. Carver Pike takes ordinary circumstances, cinches them tight with razor wire, and then saws back and forth. Gasp for air, holler for help, and pray for an end to the madness.