Marlena Frank

Welcome to the Campfire.Did you ever go camping as a kid and sit around the fire at night listening to scary stories? Creepy Campfire Quarterly features horror fiction from the most talented writers across the globe. Dark, disturbing, dramatic, or just down right creepy, these stories will entertain you. And perhaps the next time you are around a campfire, you'll find yourself recounting a few of these haunting tales...Featuring works from the newest crop of modern horror writers: Sylvia GreenwichJohn HoweGregory L. Norris Paul StansfieldJohn H. Stevens Leonard ApaNicholas PaschallM.B. VujacicRobert Stahl Emilio DeGraziaJohn Teel Craig StevenMarlena FrankDavid J. GibbsRandy D. Rubin Katherine SangerStephen McQuigganDaniel MarroneEdward R. Rosick

A battered castaway, a mysterious girl, and a sea witch lurking in the shadows. Out on the ocean catching crabs with his father, seventeen-year-old Finn would rather spend his summers on a boat than head back to school in the fall. When a bad storm blows in, Finn's life changes forever. Barely escaping with his life, Finn washes up on an island with a lonely lighthouse, but he isn't alone. A teenage girl named Ash lives at the lighthouse. She has always lived there, always been alone, but what happened to her? Who is she, and why does she hide at the top of the lighthouse each night? As the two teens fall in love, they reveal secrets, unravel mysteries, and unearth the lighthouse's frightful past. A monstrous sea witch stalks the shoreline. She waits just outside the door, lurks behind the windows, and waits for them to make a mistake. Her shriek makes their blood run cold. Finn and Ash must escape the witch and the island, but they are running out of time. Finn is desperate. He will do whatever it takes to save the love of his life. Even if it means losing her forever.

Mercy must bring justice to Kanta.After months of being held captive in her childhood home, Mercy returns to Farrell Mill, expecting a warm welcome from her friends. But there is none. Farrell Mill has been raided and left to rot. Everyone she knows and loves is missing and even her research is gone.Thomas and Andrei have been arrested, accused of reselling werewolves, a crime they did not commit. But if they declare their innocence and reveal their true purpose at the mill of curing and freeing werewolves, they could put many lives in danger.Mercy will need to face her most terrifying opponent yet: the people of Kanta. She will need to rally the goodwill of the werewolves she has helped and hope it will be enough to turn the tide in her favor. This time without masks, without lies, and without a disguise.Can Mercy find her allies and free her friends without losing everything? The clock is ticking. An execution date looms closer and Mercy is scrambling to keep from losing the only family she has left.

Mercy must bring justice to Kanta.After months of being held captive in her childhood home, Mercy returns to Farrell Mill, expecting a warm welcome from her friends. But there is none. Farrell Mill has been raided and left to rot. Everyone she knows and loves is missing and even her research is goneThomas and Andrei have been arrested, accused of reselling werewolves, a crime they did not commit. But if they declare their innocence and reveal their true purpose at the mill of curing and freeing werewolves, they could put many lives in danger.Mercy will need to face her most terrifying opponent yet: the people of Kanta. She will need to rally the goodwill of the werewolves she has helped and hope it will be enough to turn the tide in her favor. This time without masks, without lies, and without a disguise.Can Mercy find her allies and free her friends without losing everything? The clock is ticking. An execution date looms closer and Mercy is scrambling to keep from losing the only family she has left.

Captured It didn't matter that Mercy found a cure for lycanthropy or fended off bloodthirsty werewolves in Crowsmirth. Oscar the hunter still found her. Finding herself in a place she never wanted to return to again, her captor insists she play a twisted game.Oscar wants to be the father she never had, and Mercy his doting daughter. Refusal is not an option. Plotting to escape while playing along is dangerous, but Mercy is determined to get home.She must unravel the mystery of her parents' past and conceal her growing fury if she hopes to see her friends again.The Fury of Kanta is Book 4 in The Wolves of Kanta series.

Captured It didn't matter that Mercy found a cure for lycanthropy or fended off bloodthirsty werewolves in Crowsmirth. Oscar the hunter still found her. Finding herself in a place she never wanted to return to again, her captor insists she play a twisted game.Oscar wants to be the father she never had, and Mercy his doting daughter. Refusal is not an option. Plotting to escape while playing along is dangerous, but Mercy is determined to get home.She must unravel the mystery of her parents' past and conceal her growing fury if she hopes to see her friends again.The Fury of Kanta is Book 3 in The Wolves of Kanta series.

Mercy is on a mission.She plans to administer her partial cure to as many werewolves as she can find, giving them a new chance at life. That means leaving Kanta and convincing werewolves of her good intentions. But finding their campsites during the day isn't easy.Hot on the heels of a large camp somewhere near Crowsmirth, Mercy and Andrei get side-tracked by an unexpected rescue mission. They soon learn that there are far more werewolves in those woods than they expected. They're outnumbered, completely unprepared for the sheer numbers against them, and worse yet, running out of daylight.Desperate to get out of the forest before night falls and the slaughter begins, they run straight into a team of highly organized werewolf hunters.Surrounded by vicious killers and countless werewolves, can Mercy and her friends survive the long night in Crowsmirth?The Hunters of Kanta is Book 3 of The Wolves of Kanta series

Mercy is on a mission.She plans to administer her partial cure to as many werewolves as she can find, giving them a new chance at life. That means leaving Kanta and convincing werewolves of her good intentions. But finding their campsites during the day isn't easy.Hot on the heels of a large camp somewhere near Crowsmirth, Mercy and Andrei get side-tracked by an unexpected rescue mission. They soon learn that there are far more werewolves in those woods than they expected. They're outnumbered, completely unprepared for the sheer numbers against them, and worse yet, running out of daylight.Desperate to get out of the forest before night falls and the slaughter begins, they run straight into a team of highly organized werewolf hunters.Surrounded by vicious killers and countless werewolves, can Mercy and her friends survive the long night in Crowsmirth?The Hunters of Kanta is Book 3 in The Wolves of Kanta series.

Mercy must unlearn her past if she hopes to find her future.After eluding hunters who wanted her dead, Mercy finds herself in a strange new place to call home. With the help of the bizarre Thomas Farrell and the mysterious Leyda, she discovers how different the world is from what her father taught. The violence of her past still haunts her, but the truth she uncovers rattles her core.Mercy must put her past and fears behind her, unlearn what she once believed to be doctrine, and uncover her true capabilities as a burgeoning scientist if she hopes to make a difference in Kanta. Drawn to the laboratory and to caring for the werewolves she once worked so hard to capture, Mercy discovers her own true passions instead of those demanded of her.When Andrei, a young, handsome werewolf, enters her life, Mercy sees firsthand the harsh realities of the werewolves she once demonized.She wants to help, but does Mercy have the courage and the wits to do the impossible?

Mercy must unlearn her past if she hopes to find her future.After eluding hunters who wanted her dead, Mercy finds herself in a strange new place to call home. With the help of the bizarre Thomas Farrell and the mysterious Leyda, she discovers how different the world is from what her father taught. The violence of her past still haunts her, but the truth she uncovers rattles her core.Mercy must put her past and fears behind her, unlearn what she once believed to be doctrine, and uncover her true capabilities as a burgeoning scientist if she hopes to make a difference in Kanta. Drawn to the laboratory and to caring for the werewolves she once worked so hard to capture, Mercy discovers her own true passions instead of those demanded of her.When Andrei, a young, handsome werewolf, enters her life, Mercy sees firsthand the harsh realities of the werewolves she once demonized.She wants to help, but does Mercy have the courage and the wits to do the impossible?

The beautiful and the bizarreSomething watches from the corner of the room, peeking through a crack, existing within an impossible space-what does it want?The ghost of a lover returns at the end of a lifetime, carrying a dark secret-what will she say?A woman struggling with identity finds herself in the arms of a dangerous woman with a mysterious curse-what will she find?The beautiful and the bizarre exist side by side in this collection of fantastic and strange tales by prolific short story author, Marlena Frank. From dark fantasy stories of sharp-toothed mermaids and bewitched sorceresses to horror stories with ferocious bird beasts and golden-eyed monsters that live in the peripheral of human existence, these stories bring to life the creatures that haunt the nightmare world.From heart-rending to heart-pounding, these tales will linger long after reading them.