Werewolves, and vampires, and zombies, oh my! I have written a number of short stories over the years. Some were pretty good, some were junk, but they all taught me different lessons. This is a collection of several of them. Some were good enough to be published in different places, the first was a finalist in a short stories competition while I was attending Western Illinois University. Some folks ask me why the only thing I write is horror and horrible stuff like that (that's a paraphrase of my mother). Stephen King wonders why people think he can write anything else. Gary Larson has said much the same. It's ingrained in us. Something in our chemistry. It isn't that we chose to write these strange things, more that it chose us. It's how we comment on the human condition around us. It's how we comment on what we've gone through recently. It's how we see things in life, both good and bad. That being said, I've included two of the straight stories that I've written. Simple love stories, or love gone wrong stories, but a couple of stories about the condition of women and men, when one of them doesn't change into a wolf. I hope you enjoy these little works of mine. I mostly enjoyed writing them. Some were written at a tough point in my life, others are just part of my learning curve. And remember, most people don't change into something that will eat you in the throes of passion.

Strange Tales

Literature & Fiction

David Youngquist

Genre Fiction

Dark Continents

It took thirty minutes for the city to die. But for the inhabitants of Birmingham City, UK the hunger will last forever. The military has sealed the city. No one is getting in. No one is getting out. But Kevin O'Connell and his team of cyber-criminals have a job to do. A job that will see them receiving a huge payout if they succeed. Or a bullet if they don't. Once inside the confines of the city O'Connell and his team are about to find out that staying alive will prove to be just as difficult as staying dead ...

Necropolis Rising

Dave Jeffery

The Left Hand

Serenity J. Banks

The Caretakers

Chamberlin, Adrian

Alien landscapes and mythic societies...creatures of the night and the more terrifying monsters of the human psyche... Be warned: Ghosts Can Bleed... but it's not just the blood you should be worried about... Last Chance To See - what if you had a chance to attend your own funeral? A reincarnation facility offers this opportunity, but you won't be quite as your family remembered... House Arrest - Angela misses the social event of the year when she realises that there's no place like home- and no dietary aid in the world like it, dahlings! Baptism - Brother Tomas is the fourth friar to visit the island of Koreka with a holy mission: to save the immortal souls of the mermaids who live there. But the mermaids have an unholy baptism of their own to offer... Killing A Goddess - The Goddess demands a sacrifice, and Laura is a willing volunteer. It is a great honour for the five young men chosen to assist in the ritual. But do they really know what they are letting themselves in for? Ghosts Can Bleed - Maurice knows, because he is one... DreamCatcher - will prevent bad dreams coming through to you. But what do you do with the nightmares that are caught in it? What if you could return them to their owners? Rush Hour - Virgil retreads Dante's Inferno, twenty-first century style. Wasps, tornadoes and dirty nappies block his path - and that's before the motorway... Marked - being scarred by lightning is like being touched by the hand of God. This divine spark is essential, because only the Marked can see the creatures that hunger for us... Blue Screen of Death - Sara's dead. Again. With Heaven's computer system failing, and God on holiday, it'll take a genius hacker to fix it. Problem is, he's not on Heaven's database... Diagnosis - all aspects of human health can be scientifically measured, analysed and assessed. But there's one measure Dr Chad has neglected to notice... By turns terrifying, darkly comic, surreal and stomach-churning, these forty one stories and poems from award-winning author Tracie McBride open the veins of the world to show humanity in a different - and much darker - light.

Ghosts Can Bleed

McBride, Tracie

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Quiet Houses

Unsworth, Simon Kurt

<p>There is nothing to fear but fear itself... Twenty six original tales of horror by established masters of terror and talented new voices lie within this Lexicon of Fear. Beware the dark power of words in BIBLIOPHOBIA...a carnival double act made in Hell can be found in the clown cemetery in COULROPHOBIA...an artist loses his power to create ice sculptures because of his fear of cold in FRIGOPHOBIA, but that is the least of his problems as his therapist suffers the same phobia... The fear of open spaces manifests itself in KENOPHOBIA, a tale of the ultimate emptiness - the Great Void that awaits us all...the fear of beautiful women is fully justified in VENUSTROPHOBIA, a tale of futile defence against the Succubus... ...but beware: the cure may be worse... Denying yourself a place in Heaven is one way to avoid JESUSPHOBIA, but the only alternative means Hell to pay...a playwright fights his fear of the colour yellow by creating an unusual addition to his Dramatis Personae in XANTHOPHOBIA...a Witchfinder's fear of open water will only be relieved by imbibing one of two deathly fluids in AQUAPHOBIA...and a widower follows the age-old advice of turning to face your fear in QIQIRN, only to uncover the true nature of an Inuit dog spirit that carries the essence of cold terror from its ancient homeland into the realm of human grief... Open the pages. It is time to learn your A to Dread...</p>

Phobophobia

Dean M. Drinkel

Campfire Chillers

Jeffery, Dave

<p>The pen is mightier than the sword...for the ink used to tell the thirteen tales within is more devastating than any earthly weapon... Meet the Christian Soldiers, eager to show a new and terrifying path to Salvation for those who would dare cast the first stone... A reporter finds the scoop of the century when a fellow newshound returns from the grave, but struggles to meet the Deadline... A timeshare is a far tougher sale than its realtor could ever imagine, but the house's haunting is the least of his problems... In a cathedral that defies gravity, hymns of agony are sung to pay for the sins of others... And a mother gives birth to new life from a womb that knows only the remnants of the dead... Drawn with blood... Written with ink...</p>

Monster's Ink

Nicholson, Scott

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