Stella's life is upset when she moves to Nebraska to live with her mom after her dad's death. She realizes, at Mysterium Excelsum, everyone has a certain magic to them.Students go missing in the school and she must find out why...before someone dies.

Mysterium Excelsum Unum

Literature & Fiction

Piersol, Ellie

Genre Fiction

Burning Willow Press, LLC

No good deed goes unpunished. That's a lesson Finn McCallan will soon learn. While saving the life of a critically injured woman, Finn gains the attention of a powerful demon. Amused by Finn's selfless heroics, the fiend tricks him into a contest, one designed to help Finn "find" his soul. What Finn doesn't know is this contest will push him beyond the darkest regions of our mortal world.A bargain is struck and a brand of Perdition is forced upon Finn. He gains the ability to pierce the fabric of what we believe as reality…an ability to see the innermost duality that people often hide, by peering into their souls. This ability serves both as a blessing and a curse. An ability to see true evil creates a personal cost for Finn. In the end will he be able to save his soul?

The Road to Jericho

Reefe, Mark

In a world plagued by zombies, two of the unlikeliest heroes set out on a mission that may just save humanity. After meeting Evelyn, an incredibly beautiful woman, they agree to help Evelyn's mother find her missing husband, a scientist working on a way to curb the eating habits of the zombies. His experiments have yielded zombies with the ability to speak.Can these two pull off what could be the greatest save of human life of all time? Or will the zombies armed with greater intelligence take even more away from the world?

The Zombie Days (POW!)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Wonder, Peter Oliver

Science Fiction

Celia wants what every teenager wants; her dad to calm down, a great friend in college, possibly a boyfriend. Her father, Andy, is not unlike any other parent. He wants her to be successful, happy, and most importantly, safe from zombies. It is the year 2030 and none have been seen since before Celia was born. In the back of Andy's mind, he knows they could return."After Life" is a story of the second wave of zombies. For this father and daughter, stranded in a remote college, equipped with only what Andy had learned in the first wave, he not only has to survive but he has to keep her safe as well. Enduring is not their only problem; they also need to learn to co-exist.

After Life

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Kelley, Daniel

Thrillers & Suspense

32 tales…32 storytellers with a twisted mind to entice you.When you were younger, the stories told around the campfire were the best you had ever heard. The bedtime stories our elders would tell us were the ones that put us to sleep but the campfire was where you got the chills to stay up because of every sound the woods made at night. It is hard to believe in a world where things do not get creepier at night or the world does not come more to life at dusk. Where the world gets just a little unhinged in the dark. Urban Legends is a collection with some of today’s up and coming authors in the indie world. Giving you their takes on the tales they grew up with…legends of mystery, of the macabre, of horror, designed to make the hairs on your neck stand alert and your skin crawl. You know some of the stories but do you know the twisted minds of the author telling the tale? Make sure you keep the lights on…things get harder to wrap your thoughts around at the Crossroads in the Dark. TABLE OF CONTENTS:Introduction “Inclusion” by Edd SowderForeword by Kerry Alan DenneyThe Game by Kevin WimerThe Trusted by Samantha AlexandraPossession of the Hexham Heads by L. M. BarrettSite 48 by T. J. WeeksTommy’s Bend by David Owain HughesA Farmhouse Haunting by L. BachmanPump One by Richard Farren BarberThe Scarlet Cloak by Karen BovenmyerThe Yonder by R. M. WarrenForfeit Tissue by C. C. AdamsPlague by T. Joseph BrowderThe Whispering Tree by Glenn Damien CampbellSleep Tight by Brian G. MurrayThe Miners by Alice J. BlackThe Legend of Sugisawa Village by Michael ArnoldSweet Dreams by Jonathan ShipleyCemetery Mountain by Jay Michael Wright IISend in the Clowns by Kerry Alan DenneyDream Sequence by S. L. PerrineFriend Request by Frank MartinEigengrau by Michael SchutzPigman Road by W. T. WatsonThe Goatman by Mark ReefeSad Sarah by Carl AlvesUrban Legend (With a Modern Twist) by Donna Marie WestNight Hunt by L. D. RicardShadow Ink by Aziza SphinxThe King of Hollywood by MJ KobernusSlow Gurgling Under Water by Sergio PalumboThe Dark Forest by James MasterThe Spirited Children by S. L. KernsSevered Attachments by Jonathan Edward Ondrashek

Crossroads in the Dark 2: Urban Legends

MARTIN, Frank

Arnold, Michael

Hughes, David Owain

Schütz, Michael

Bovenmyer, Karen

Barber, Richard Farren

Murray, Brian G

Shipley, Jonathan

Weeks, T J

Denney, Kerry Alan

Browder, T. Joseph

Barrett, L M

Black, Alice J.

Wimer, Kevin

Alexandra, Samantha

W.T. Watson

Bachman, L.

Warren, R.M.

Adams, C.C.

Campbell, Glenn Damien

Wright 2, Jay Michael

Perrine, S.L.

Aziza Sphinx

MJ Kobernus

Kerry Alan Denney

Short Stories & Anthologies

Family comes first even when the Zombie Apocalypse happens. Roland begins his day like any other day. Drinking coffee, watching the news, receiving a cryptic call from his brother, the scientist, confirming that what feared had finally come to fruition. Promising to meet up with his brother, Roland forgets about everything and starts his journey. When all others are fleeing Indianapolis, the center of the outbreak, Roland wades into the hordes of undead because family comes first.On his quest, he encounters others that he will save that will also save Roland in the coming days. One of them is a teenager named Ashley that suffers the loss of everything but gains Roland's friendship. Another is a gun-slinging, katana wielding, and pop-culture referencing monk named Timothy who informs them about the sinister origins of the undead. Together, the group plunges into the heart of the epidemic and attempt to foil the plans of a demonic threat to their reality.

The Book of Roland (The Soul Eater Chronicles)

Master, James

It's easy to accept the supernatural aspects of life when you're raised to hunt demons. You're less likely to believe your eyes when the demon that comes out of your closet becomes the man you'd once loved.Renee finds out, she is not only destined to rid her world of the monsters, but she is supposed to help the monsters defeat the curse put on them by her own father. Finding out she'd been born over and over again within one-hundred years, Renee struggles to believe she is a princess from another world, destined to find the ultimate power to bring down a tyrant.Pylira has spent one-hundred years under a dark curse, in an attempt to rid the world of the self-proclaimed Buio King. In doing so, the people of Pylira put the kingdom's daughter at the mercy of the curse. Now Tyson Cole needs to find the princess, and a way to bring her back to the real world and to him.

The Beast Within

Perrine, SL

Fantasy

"Sometimes, a character is so strong, it refuses to be buried." Caitlin Frost, a young, ambitious writer, slowly realizes that these words, spoken by her overzealous mentor, Veronica, are more than a metaphor. The characters in her discarded and unfinished stories are coming to life, and one of them is a vicious killer, who photographs his victims as they die in the hopes of catching their fleeing spirits on camera. And his victims, now trapped between worlds, ache for vengeance... Caitlin pens a story about the death of her friend and lover, Orson, but quickly decides to "bury" it in a box she keeps for unwanted stories. Moments later, Orson wakes up in a nearby cemetery, struggling with memories of a life he can't remember. The killer's victims begin using him as a conduit to reach Caitlin, whom they blame for their deaths. As Caitlin's characters, and her forgotten past, begin to unravel her life, she discovers that she may not be the person she always believed she was, and her mentor, Veronica, may possess a terrible secret, as well...

Fiction

Lieske, Ryan

In 1954, the United States was attacked by beings called Eban from another world. President Eisenhower was coerced into signing a treaty after we lost over 200 pilots in this initial strike. The government has managed to keep this treaty secret since and they became known as the ‘Greys.’ Part of the treaty forced the use of land for two alien bases. One is commonly called Area 51, and the other is somewhere in New Mexico. In the years to follow, animal mutilations, abductions along with UFO sightings became part of urban folklore. More than seventy years pass and four high school seniors, accompanied by an air force officer are thrown together to find themselves on the other side of the galaxy in a flying saucer. During the voyage, they meet another alien race called the Anunnaki who inform them of a plan the Greys have set into motion for an Earth invasion and that there are thousands of abducted humans on their home world in a would-be POW camp prison. The only choice the band of humans has is to either risk it all to stop the invasion and save the people who were taken or try to inform the sitting president of the incoming forces. It’s a do or die kind of situation and either will determine the fate for Mankind and Earth alike.

The Next Leap (The Leap Chronicles)

Solar, David

In 1983, Angie, Jenny, and David are watching MTV, riding bikes, and looking forward to their summer vacation before they start junior high school. Lincoln, Nebraska is a pretty quiet place to grow up, and when the kids take off at 5:00 am to deliver newspapers on Jenny's route, they aren't expecting trouble. So, when a creature straight out of a horror movie appears, the kids are forced to draw on their wits, their strengths, and most of all their friendship to survive. Something Wicked is the first of seven stories drawn from Angie's diaries. Kept safely hidden for decades, they tell how the kids spent their teenage years - working with their mentor, Mr. Rakow, and Jenny's mom who dabbles in witchcraft, to uncover their power and battle the forces of darkness that menace their hometown.

Something Wicked (A Tale of the Zodiac Cusp Kids)

Dale, Sarah

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