Sanatorium, mental ward, psychiatric hospital - they’re all the same. Places where the infirm, the crazy, and the certifiable go for treatment... Or what passes for ‘treatment’. This is a collection of stories of bedlam taking place within the padded walls of an institution. Stories of experiments gone wrong, patients revolting against the staff, or even the deranged doings of those charged with giving care. They are sick, depraved, and atrocious - the type of stories that rarely reach the light of day. Are you brave enough to crawl inside the minds of the twelve authors who wrote these tales... Or are you afraid you’ll be locked up for peeking? *This book is a collection of similarly themed yet varying fictitious short stories from multiple authors.

Mental Ward: Stories from the Asylum

Literature & Fiction

Garrison, A.A.

Conway, Sean

Loring, Jennifer

Howard, Tom

Dorei, Megan

Palumbo, Sergio

Smith, D.M.

Lockhart, Suzie

Lockhart 2nd, Bruce

Literary

Sirens Call Publications

Daniel Pentland is a broken man; torn between the two women in his life. He is tormented by guilt over his love affair with a beautiful English girl he met while living in Italy, and the loyal devotion of his wife, Amanda. Two years after the tragic death of his lover Kit, he is continually haunted by her memory. Across the sands of the Mojave Desert, her voice calls out to him, pulling at his heart and his memories. Each night as Daniel wakes screaming and fighting against the phantom of Kit’s killer, his wife does her best to soothe his pain and help him overcome his grief. Sometimes in Dreams is a story of redemption through a love that simply refuses to die.

Sometimes in Dreams

Romance

Helm, G.L.

Contemporary

For Diane and Jackson, life is just about perfect. They’re healthy, happy, and madly in love with one another. Unknown to them, a virus is sweeping across the globe that instantly kills the infected and turns their corpses into mindless, murdering cannibals. In short: zombies have taken over the planet. Diane and Jackson find out about the epidemic the hard way when their wedding is crashed by friends and family who have succumbed to the virus. Now, fighting for survival, they're faced with unthinkable decisions. Follow their story across Southeast Texas as they meet unforgettable characters and face challenges that will put their love, and lives to the ultimate test.

The Undying Love

McCabe, Greg

Echoes of the Past… In places where unspeakable atrocities occurred sometimes 'something' lingers, stuck between the worlds of the living and the dead. Those who believe in the grey area behind the veil will tell you that those places can become eternal cages that hold the souls of the deceased captive. 'Mental Ward: Echoes of the Past' is a collection of twelve such stories; tales of hauntings taking place in asylums. The places where the crazed, the insane, and sometimes the different were hidden away from society's view. Follow the winding path crafted by the talented, and in some cases, twisted imaginations of the storytellers who would taint your peaceful world with their echoes of the past. *This book is a collection of similarly themed yet varying fictitious short stories from multiple authors.

Mental Ward: Echoes of the Past

Cordova, Jason

Jones, K. Trap

Cass, Sarah

Chase, Alex

Higa, Sharon L

Goddard, Lindsey Beth

Brown, Chad P.

Hollis, Lockett

Lay, Kim

Lapin, Jaseph A.

Genre Fiction

Not afraid of the water? Perhaps you should be… In the sodden pages of this collection lurk twelve tales of aquatic terror. Creatures that rise from the depths to gorge themselves on unsuspecting victims, specters who exact their revenge one sip at a time, and shadows that menace the most innocent of gathering places – these stories will warp even your worst nightmares. Fear of the water is as old as fear itself. The next time you dip your toes in the water, might it be your last? Contributing Authors: Brent Abell, Vincent Bivona, Shenoa Carroll-Bradd, Timothy C. Hobbs, Kerry G.S. Lipp, Jon Olson, Zachary O’Shea, Connor Rice, Justin M. Ryan, SL Schmitz, Blaise Torrance, and Patrick Van Slyke

FEAR: Of the Water

Bivona, Vincent

Abell, Brent

Carroll-Bradd, Shenoa

Olson, Jon

Lipp, Kerry G. S.

Schmitz, SL

Torrance, Blaise

Van Slyke, Patrick

Hobbs, Timothy C.

Rice, Connor

The majority of us know the common connotation of a serial killer. But how many of us know that by definition, a serial killer is an individual who has only killed a minimum of three people on separate occasions? Interesting fact, wouldn’t you say. What you’ll find here are not only the stories of the atrocities committed by such individuals, but their thoughts, choices, and the twisted paths their lives have taken to bring them to this point. These are the stories behind the serial killers. Slaughter House: The Serial Killer Edition – Volume 2 contains the following eleven fictional stories: Better The Devil You Know - Matt Drabble Magrump - David Fleming Crimson Stiletto - Colin F. Barnes Life Among the Dead Things - P. N. Roberts Best Husband Ever - Elizabeth Sabatini Hatchet Exorcist - Jeffrey Todd G-59 - Mary Parker “Bourreau des cœurs” (Heartbreaker)… - Sergio Palumbo The Harlequin and the Hatchetmen - Neal F. Litherland Miles to Madness - Karen Runge Honor Thy Father - Bruce Lee Bond

Slaughter House: The Serial Killer Edition - Volume 2

Fleming, David

Parker, Mary

Runge, Karen

Barnes, Colin F.

Drabble, Matt

Bond, Bruce Lee

Roberts, P. N.

Sabatini, Elizabeth

Todd, Jeffrey

ABERRANT is defined as unusual, abnormal or different. The stories in this book not only differ from most of what you read, but also wildly from each other. A retired school teacher takes on an elder god and his minion; a werewolf picks fights with sea creatures; a neighbor’s lawn that may be eating people. Twenty-two stories: scary, funny, weird and different. In these pages, you will find darkness and fear, revulsion and terror. Mixed with it, however is quite a bit of humor. Sometimes both happen at the same time. So, open it up, join Jim as he fights off zombies with a potato cannon; witness the bloodbath reunion of the first man and his homicidal son; enjoy the monsters, the demons and the deranged. A word of warning, though: you may never eat a bagel with lox again.

An Aberrant Mind

MacGregor, Ken

In the deepest vale of Crepuscule's Cradle, in the cul-de-sac at the end of Direful Hollow Road, is a once grand Folk-Victorian home known as The Habersham House. It's a place haunted by far more than rot and neglect - evil dwells here, an evil that craves children.Eight-year-old Scott Michaels-Greene has a fascination for tales of the strange and unusual, especially local folklore. His favorite story is the one about Habersham House; a ruined old place where many curious children have disappeared.Hours away from Crepuscule's Cradle, in Philadelphia, author Radley Barrette has just lost the love of his life to a random act of violence. Amongst his endowments from Danny's estate is an old house in the backwoods of Pennsylvania, Habersham House. Though grief stricken at leaving behind the only home he and Danny had ever known, he knows he cannot remain in the city. Besides, the isolation may be just what he needs to clear his mind of the writer's block he's suffering from.Crepuscule's Cradle is not as he imagined. The locals are inhospitable. The skeletal forest surrounding it is as unwelcoming as the town. And the house itself - there is something menacing, something angry inhabiting it with him, and it's hungry. Radley's world slowly begins to unravel; the fringes of his reality begin to fray. In the midst of his breakdown, a local boy with an unhealthy fascination for Habersham House begins sneaking around and the evil residing within has taken notice.Blending fantasy with horror, Crepuscule's Cradle is the darkest of fairy tales. The morbidity of classic folklore and contemporary style weaves a web of slowly encroaching unease. Radley Barrette' winter bound home is more than a haunted house, and Crepuscule's Cradle is more than a mere horror tale. It's a bedtime story that will pull you into its icy embrace, lull you into a disquiet state, and leave you shivering in the dark.

Cradle

Skye, Joshua

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