An unnerving anthology featuring tales of psychological decline and murderous frenzy!These 26 stories span a multitude of genres and themes to both alarm and amuse you, as events spiral rapidly out of control, and mankind, monsters and minds go terribly, catastrophically, AMOK!

Amok! (Short Sharp Shocks)

Literature & Fiction

Baker, Neil

Short Stories & Anthologies

April Moon Books

What do a giant hummingbird, a vast, city-sized, energy-guzzling blob and a sentient planetoid have in common? They all want to mess up your day, in a BIG way.Think you’ve read every giant monster story there is to read? Think again. How about a colossal, rampaging giraffe? How about THIRTY of them? Beavers are pretty cute, eh? Not when they’re snapping your boat in two and gnawing your legs off. How about a little frog? How about a bloody massive frog, straight from the pits of Hell? A vast, bloodthirsty bug tears through the streets and a mountainous rhinoceros creature answers the prayers of a desperate man. These abominations fight tooth and claw for your attention along with giant hounds, kangaroos, wasps and sea creatures. Then there’s ancient Mayan monsters, Lovecraftian terrors from beyond the realms of sanity and insidious beasts of every shape conjured up by human meddling. Oh, and did we mention the platypus?So here they are, seventeen stories, seventeen monsters, all here to delight and disgust you as they return to their STOMPING GROUNDS!

Stomping Grounds (Short Sharp Shocks)

Henderson, C.J.

Paradias, Konstantine

Morgan, Christine

Smith, Aaron

Bernard, David

Martin III, Edward

Loveland, Patrick

Blakeslee, Doug

Bacon, Martha

Genre Fiction

Shape-shifters, skin-walkers, werewolves - the beasts go by many names and take on many different forms. Some fight the curse, others relish the freedom as they stalk and consume their human prey. Sixteen terrifying new stories from today's modern masters of literary horror featuring tortured souls with thoughts dark and twisted... and flesh like smoke.

Flesh Like Smoke

Meikle, William

Goodfellow, Cody

Schweitzer, Darrell

Waggoner, Tim

Gafford, Sam

Stone, Sam

Walters, Damien Angelica

Erdelac, Edward M.

<p>Join Harry and Kaylee, the little adventurers, as they journey to a mysterious city at the bottom of the world to enjoy a picnic.Inspired by the writings of H. P. Lovecraft, this book will delight fans of the Mythos, while introducing children to the dark joys of classic, weird literature.</p>

A Picnic at the Mountains of Madness (The Picnics)

Children's Books

Action & Adventure

Sixteen new stories to delight and horrify you from a mixture of critically-acclaimed writers and new-bloods.This will be a voyage of discovery for all concerned as successive teams of hapless explorers fall foul of the elements and monstrosities lurking in shadowy caves, hidden temples, icy tombs and even alien planets. From steamy jungles and back waters to unexplored islands and mysterious woodlands, researchers investigate alien artifacts and mysterious creatures, while others probe interdimensional portals, oblivious to the dangers.Some are motivated by the romance of discovery, others by the heady intoxication of greed, but all are doomed when their forays into the unknown world become terrifying tales of Ill-considered Expeditions!

Ill-considered Expeditions (Short Sharp Shocks)

Reynolds, Josh

Henderson, CJ

Tyrer, DJ

Leider, R. Allen

Mesling, Pete

Dorr, James

Feeney, Paul M

Landry, Jess

Foreman, Steve

A new collection of original, optimistic sci-fi shorts from some of today's hottest writers.

The Stars at my Door (Short Sharp Shocks)

Grant, John Linwood

Brumley, Bokerah

Barrass, Glynn Owen

Conyers, David

Longshore, David Nielson

Madigan, D.A.

Meikle, Willie

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