A Tale of Weird Wars Rome
Gladiator Magnus Bos remembers little before the fight with the strange gray beast of Aegyptus. Some say that battle left him addled, simple…even dumb. But it also left the Thracian without fear. Perhaps this is why the slave is purchased by a strange cabal and taken to a cursed village on a distant isle–and the strangest arena of his life.
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The zombie and detective genres are merged in this short story. Humanity is rebuilding after a zombie apocalypse, but that doesn't mean there isn't an occasional outbreak. Prosecutor Karen Domenick starts some routine paperwork on a woman who killed her husband as he was starting to turn into a zombie. But something doesn't add up. Was this self defense or murder?
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When they found the first body, no one batted an eye.
That was par for the course in Skid Row. But something with these deaths was off. They were made to look like ritualistic suicides, like something supernatural. But I knew better. Besides, I don't believe in magic.
My name is Rick Danvers and I'm an undercover detective with Robbery Homicide. I've been embedded in this slum for a week now,... [click here for more]
The world of Contagion is a dark and terrifying place. On the surface it is no different than the world you and I live in. Most people go on about their lives never realizing the terrors that walk among them.
Despite humanity’s vast ignorance, the horrors are there. Angels demons, gods and Hellspawn make war in the shadows. Clergy and Slayers rise from the human flock to protect their brethren... [click here for more]
Nights of the Crusades is set in a land and time that is familiar on the surface, but within its cracks lie tales of alchemy, madness and violence. It is a world that could have happened and then been lost to barbarity and time. Within these tales you will find a dark mixture of the One Thousand and One Nights, the history surrounding the Crusades and both modern and ancient tales of terror.
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Nights of the Crusades is set in a land and time that is familiar on the surface, but within its cracks lie tales of alchemy, madness and violence. It is a world that could have happened and then been lost to barbarity and time. Within these tales you will find a dark mixture of the One Thousand and One Nights, the history surrounding the Crusades and both modern and ancient tales of terror.
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A terrifying horror fantasy story from Dane Clark Collins, author of Crossroads of the Never.
Long after disappearing on a quest to chase his hallucinatory visions, Dreisin has resurfaced with a story stretching twelve hundred years into the past: a chilling tale of dark magic, cursed love, and a fate far worse than death. This is the tale of Rosaga and the man with two faces. ... [click here for more]
When Tucker finds a pair of psychic sunglasses, he’s convinced he can see the future. And the future is deadly!
Tucker and his boyfriend are the best in their field. They organize estate sales, using their keen eyes and marketing know-how to earn big bucks for their clients. But when they’re hired to clear out a mysterious gothic manor house, Tucker discovers a set of vintage... [click here for more]
An unsuspecting cyclist encounters a group of ghost soldiers and Highlanders whose spirits are locked in battle. As if that wasn't terrifying enough, she is then confronted by a murderous grave-robbing ghost girl. From the book of Scottish Ghost Stories compiled by Elliott O'Donnell in 1911. ... [click here for more]