13 Bullets by David Wellington
"In 13 Bullets, David Wellington focuses his ample powers of imagination on modernizing the vampire legend. The result is a charming, funny, bloody, and, best of all, thrilling adventure." - Sarah Langan, author of The Keeper.
36 Hours by Anthony Barnhart
April 23, 2004. The sun creeps over the sleepy spring valleys of the American mideast. Americans go to work, go to school, go to baseball games and parties and bars. The world is peaceful, serene. Nothing could go wrong. In 12 hours a third of America's population is dead. Another 12 hours, two thirds are dead, and the survivors are fighting for their lives. In another 12 hours, the world's population has been all but massacred. It is the End of the World - and the beginning of the reign of the dead.
All Kinds of Things Kill by Robert Best
A free horror anthology.
Angel Falling Softly by Eugene Woodbury
Rachel Forsythe's daughter is dying of cancer. Milada Daranyi, chief investment officer at Daranyi Enterprises International, has come to Utah to finalize the takeover of a medical technology company. When a chance encounter brings them together, Rachel makes an unexpected and dangerous discovery: Milada is a vampire, and perhaps the only person in the world who can save her daughter's life. This book contains content that may not be suitable for young readers 17 and under.
Awakenings by Susan T. Turnbow
Sean Thompson was just your average run of the mill rock star. A member of the super group Rebel Sons, his career was right on track. His personal life however was not as good. Going through his second divorce and trying to keep the sobriety he had fought so hard for was a difficult balancing act. Then he met Melody, a mysterious beautiful musician, and his whole life is changed forever when he awakens to a whole new world.
Behind the Masque by Andrew M. Boylan
Behind the Masque is a vampire novelette that I wrote way back in 1990, rather too influenced by the beats. I offer it for free download. The novellette contains adult situations.
The Bench by M. Catherine Hanley
The Bench is about a young wife who unravels a mystery from the past. She is given clues by an unseen source.
The Black Heart by Adam Young
Leon Hart's writing something new, and it's not a new kind of gay romance novel. When he has a bad dream and begins to write it down, something happens. After he moves into an apartment with his long-time boyfriend Domino, Leon starts to see something. It's in the mirror, it's in the water ... it's even in the doorway on some nights. After Leon is nearly killed by the creature, Domino believes that Leon has a mental disorder, since Domino saved Leon from a fall that surely would have killed him. And after Leon goes to the doctor and is diagnosed with schizophrenia, he tries to fight back. The creature warns that if Leon does not tell its story, it will kill both him and Domino. Leon is then sent on a journey that defies reason, explanation, and even time itself.
Blood of a Marionette by Timothy Sparklin
Follow along as Lazarus works to survive law school at Falhorn University in which exemplary students are guided towards employment to a prestigious law firm where all is not what it seems. Ever heard the phrase blood sucking lawyers? Lazarus is about to find out whether this is true or not.
Blood Relations by Zoe E. Whitten
Halfling and fledgling mage, Amber McKenzie, has fled from Arizona with Vicky the vampire to avoid the law. Marcus has walked out on Amber, and in his absence, Vicky and Amber find themselves growing closer together, each of them desperate to ease the ache of loneliness. While hiding out, Vicky encounters Emil, an ancient vampire and leader of a small coven. Vicky hopes to become a part of the coven to have children, until Emil drops the bombshell that Vicky is sterile. Believing she is the cause of Vicky's condition, a guilt-stricken Amber volunteers to become Vicky's surrogate mother. The process of carrying a vampire child is dangerous, and if it doesn't kill Amber, the developing fetus will still destroy her humanity by turning her into a blood drinker, the thing she fears most. Part of the Mystical World Wars series, Blood Relations is a stand alone novel which shouldn't require any prior knowledge of the world or the characters.
The Blood That Bonds by Christopher Buecheler
Two is trapped: hooked on heroin, held as property, forced to sell her body to feed the addiction. Time brings her ever closer to what seems an inevitable death and Two waits, uncaring, longing only for the next fix. That's when Theroen arrives, beckoning to his Ferrari and grinning his inscrutable grin. He is handsome. Confident. Eager to help lift her out of the life that’s grinding her down. The only problem? Theroen is a vampire. His blood can cure her addiction, grant her powers she has never had, change her forever into something greater than she was. But when he sinks his teeth into her neck, Theroen also thrusts Two into a world of danger, violence, madness and despair. The powerful, twisted elder Abraham will use her arrival to shatter the uneasy peace that exists in his mansion, bringing an end to the dark game he has been playing for centuries.
Buried by Tom Baker
A novel of macabre horror, Buried is a supernatural thriller and psychological suspense shocker based on a real-life case! A mad doctor,a zombie from beyond, a plunge into the netherworld of madness! Come with us, and explore a world of mystery and fear that rivals that of any created by Edgar Allen Poe.
Caterpillar by William G. Tedford
What if the world was faced with destruction, someone wanted to salvage and transplant the biosphere, but humanity had not clue one as to what was happening? Salvation would not be a fun experience. Caitlin Kingsley is a girl come of age, living in the forests at the foot of the Appalachians. Her stepfather is abusive, her mother a suicide, her selfless aunt her only anchor in life, and the love of her life is the untouchable deputy sheriff of Brighton County. And then arrives the night of the green meteors, and the caterpillars contained within them, death machines that render Caitlin a goddess and the struggle to unravel the confusion of her life a living hell. Added 10/21/09.
Catharsis by Skyla Dawn Cameron
Live the Journey...Experience the Horror...Discover the Truth. Catharsis tells the story of a troubled young woman with special gifts and heavy burdens... In an attempt to escape mysterious forces that may ultimately destroy her, Eve Shelby packs up her little sister, Dez, and embarks on a journey with a group of fellow telepaths. After a car accident leaves one person dead and Dez missing, Eve finds she must come to terms with her unique gifts and personal demons if she's going to survive and find her sister.But you can't always escape what you are...
Crimson Moon: Broken Toy by R.K.P. Hunt
A prominent vampire has been murdered. The suspects include humans, werewolves, and other vampires, thus forcing an investigating team of all three species to come together. Trent has been in Paranormal Investigations for ten years, and recently got a new partner named Isaac a little less then a year ago. The two have become close in such a short time, but neither of them expected the vampire investigator to be a female… or a born vampire. Samara and Coyle are a brother and sister werewolf pair assigned to the case; they despise vampires as all of their kind do. The case gets emotional when both Samara and Corliss, the vampire investigator, set their sights on Trent. One with pure intentions, and the other with an agenda…too bad that Trent hates both breeds.
Cruel World by John Morgan
Maddy has met the Devil on a plane. Is it the End of the World, or is something still more sinister taking place? Either way, the wolves are approaching, and Maddy has to run... (Contains Mature themes).
Curiosity by G.D. Bonner
Myths walk. "The Orisha, the myths of the people of Yoruba and other places. The stories those people took into the diaspora with them. Powerful beings that walked among them." "Supernatural beings," I whispered. "No. Only the one God Oludumare is above something that is natural. They are no more...unnatural than human. Simply different. Simply different abilities." What do you do when your whole world changes? When things that have only been between book covers emerge and walk with you? And quite possibly, you yourself have become something other than...human? Librarian Lisa Anderson is about to find out.
Dark Destiny by David Boyd and Nathan Bane
Google Directory description: "The story of a small, farming, Wisconsin town that is terrorized by the unknown."
Dead Meat by Chris and Patrick Williams
A serial novel sponsored by Permuted Press and updated every Sunday, Dead Meat chronicles the journey of two survivors--Gavin and Benny--as the town of River’s Edge falls to pieces around them. The destruction of River’s Edge begins with an influx of rodents and “rabies” cases leading to a quarantine of the city. Those who remain in town are attacked and fed upon by packs of the living dead. Labeling the infected residents “bees” for their tendency to travel in swarms, Gavin and Benny must do their best to survive the chaos in River's Edge while making their way north in search of sanctuary. No one knows what waits outside River’s Edge, but Gavin and Benny know that to survive, they must escape.
Death Tide by Garry Charles
In Death Tide the inhabitants of a small coastal village are pitted against the monstrosities of both a killer virus that has been unleashed from a research lab, and a huge tidal bore that is threatening to destroy everything in its path. The virus escapes from the research lab into the village which has been cut of from the rest of the world by the flooding caused by the tidal bore. What follows is an extremely well told story filled with a good amount of stomach turning gore. Added 10/24/09.
Decay or How My Neighbor Lost His Leg by Mike Susina
Allan Fallow drives to Everton Central High School for work like he does every school day. With the news excited over a biological bacterial spill only a few miles north of Everton, he begins to wonder if the strange news means anything. But after he and one of his students, Elise Blackwell, run into a pizza delivery boy who wants to take a nice bite out of Allan, the two discover the spilled bacteria is a little more than the common cold.
Delivered by Edward O'Toole
En route to visiting his in-laws' house for the first time, a young man and his fiancée have a horrific car accident which leaves the young man with a severe case of amnesia and the girl apparently dead. He wakes up at his in-laws' house and tries to remember his life. When he becomes a suspect in an investigation of several abducted women, the young man begins to doubt his own identity.
Devil's Descent I: Purgatory by Claudia D. Christian
Julian Douglas exists solely for the night he finds his human pet Lily. Lily Walker exists solely for the night she finds peace from the nightmare that is Julian Douglas. Julian finds Lily. Lily suffers Julian. In the end, who finds freedom? The master who is a slave to his pet? Or the pet who never wanted to run away from her master? WARNING: This is a dark, unconventional story meant for readers who prefer morally ambiguous tales. There is explicit content within and is not suitable for minors.
The Doppelganger by Scot Savage
Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it!
Tom "Stick" Stickelson, a college student and aspiring journalist gets just that when he tries to find the big story that will grant him fame and fortune. A series of murders on campus later shows that the killer is not human! The creature has a sinister plot and Tom seems to fit into its plan. Tom finds that he must fight the evil alone. Will he prevail or become part of the plot?
Dormant by Kevin Cathy
Eric Philpot is tired of being tired with his never-ending insomnia. One day, out of desperation, he resorts to a very dangerous yet successful treatment of his own. Now he's sleeping like a baby. And everything would be perfect except that now Eric can't tell the difference between when he's awake or when he's asleep.
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel, reprinted with a cover reminiscent of the original edition. The text is unabridged and untampered. An interview with the author is included.
Dwellers of the Night: Book Two by Anthony Barnhart
The second installment of the Dwellers of the Night trilogy (a.k.a. The Procyon Strain).
Early Novels: An Anthology by Tom Baker
A collection of early novels by Tom Baker, author of Haunted Indianapolis and Other Indiana Ghost Stories (www.schifferghosts.com). The novels range from surreal horror featuring Jack the Ripper, crime thrillers of sex, violence, and school shootings, and blood-splattered supernatural epics written in the "hard pulp" style. Enjoy! Novels: Joseph: A Victorian Fairy Tale, Sabrina, Shock Therapy. Warning: These novels are NOT for children!
Eyes of Glass - Hearts of Stone by William G. Tedford
The dead do not return to life. Serial killers murder until caught by the living, because death is simple oblivion. Lori Malcolm discovers that this is not at all the case. He who would pleasure himself taking her life has no forewarning of victims joining forces in a dream to plot the destruction of their monster in a nightmare of his own making. Added 10/30/09.
Florien by Diana Hill
"I often think of Florien. His dark intensity, his catlike grace, his presence like a gathering storm. Every time I hear a poem I imagine how it would sound from his white lips. I suppose he was my first true love. This is our story." A woman looks back at her teenage relationship with a mysterious boy who she never meets by daylight. A vampire? Or something far stranger?
Forever Fifteen by Kimberly Steele
"Buffy without the Slayer"" . . . Forever Fifteen is the ""best erotic horror novel since V.C. Andrews Flowers in the Attic!"" Addictive, fun to read, a MUST HAVE for fans of vampire fiction. Compared to Stephen King and the vampire novels of Anne Rice, Forever Fifteen is sweeping the nation!
Freak by Ron Sanders
A shadow haunts the sunny streets of Venice Beach, working his way through all the women and valuables he can handle. So far he’s been lucky. But too much of a good thing makes a man careless; he gets sloppy, he lets down his guard. From bizarre arrest to explosive conclusion, Freak is a wild rollercoaster of a ride, featuring impossible escapes, a dizzying manhunt, and a gothic mini-movie of a courtroom confession, wherein you’ll meet the real Nicolas Vilenov, slippery opportunist and soulless predator, bogeyman of a thousand suppressed dreams.
Garden Of Ghosts by Gina Parenti
Haley Pederson, a brash newspaper reporter, is about to have her life turned upside down when she begins to suffer nightmares, waking to find physical evidence that her body seems to be borrowed while she sleeps. Haley begins to question her sanity as she begins to have visions of her long dead mother calling her. Ashley Taylor had been Haley's best friend since college, as well as on again off again room mate. Ashley begins to worry about Haley's sanity, after all, it did run in the family. The lawyer instinct in Ashley leads her to find more than she bargains for when she, too, sees the ghost. Haley and Ashley are not looking for Prince Charming, but he may be enlisted to help these steadfast friends storm the citadel.
The Gathering by Andrew Lucas
Percy Fence's friends are dead, killed by something Percy could neither see nor sense. Now, as the Sorensen police investigate his case, a sinister group known only as the Thursday Club send their emissary to find and capture him. Meanwhile, the Red Order, an organization whose sole existence is to protect the world from the coming of "the Dark," are also intent on capturing Percy. As both groups descend upon Sorensen, the small town poises on the brink of an unimaginable terror that threatens not only the world, but the very fabric of the Universe. The Dark is coming.
Gone by Bryan W. Alaspa
A group of employees trying to have a weekend of bonding in the woods. What they get, however, is a weekend of unrelenting terror. What is making them disappear one at a time? Why can't they leave? Will any of them make it back or will all of them end up Gone?
Hard by Jack R. Dunn
A horror novel set in a small Iowa college town. A farmer's daughter, a history professor, a rich sorority girl, a skate punk, and a little girl arrive on the frozen campus and discover it is nothing like what they expected. This is a funny, violent, frightening adventure that promises an ending you will not expect.
His Lady of the Night by Angel Young
An alluring woman with special abilities. A vampire with a soul. Bound together by destiny and by love. The age old battle between good and evil rages on as Jake teaches Olivia of her new life. Can they defeat evil? Will her past hold the key? And where does an angel come into play?
The Hole by Aaron Ross Powell
The Hole is a serial apocalyptic horror novel, based in Mormon mythology, about a global plague, zombies, and a small group of survivors making their way across a very weird Midwest.
Hotter After Midnight by Cynthia Eden
Offered by Kensington and Sony eBook. Requires download of free Sony eBook Library software and registration. See "How It Works" at the top right of the screen. A Seductive Nighttime World... Dr. Emily Drake's psychotherapy patients tend to be a little unusual. Instead of midlife crises and mother fixations, Emily treats vampires with blood phobias and sex-demons looking for meaningful relationships. But healing these powerful beings requires an important rule: Never trust a shifter. Especially not one like Detective Colin Gyth, whose gold-flecked eyes and predatory air make Emily realize how much she longs to lose control... A Dark And Dangerous Hunger... Colin can't believe the doctor he has to work with on the Night Butcher murder case is the one person who could expose his true identity as a wolf shifter. Smart and sexy, Emily brings out the alpha male in Colin, unleashing a wild desire that takes them both over the edge.... But in the shadows, the Night Butcher waits, eager to spill Emily's blood and taste her terror. And he'll use any means to destroy her, including the one person she has grown to trust... Added 11/18/09.
A House, a Home, a Haunt by Bill Jatropheus
Warning: graphic sex, violence, and violent sex, probably not for younger or more sensitive readers.Seline's Home meant more to her than anything on Earth. She would have given her considerable fortune to build it, and her life to keep it, or it to keep her... and she's not the only one... Added 11/12/09.
The Human Touch by William G. Tedford
An alien probe visits the Earth. How best to validate its understanding of the dominate life form than by creating one that would pass as human to its peers? Its mission would have been a bit easier had it not chosen as its subject the dead mother of a dying boy and deceased wife of a crippled mercenary hunted by peers convinced of his betrayal. The attempt would have been a bit easier on all those intimately involved had the probe possessed less than superhuman abilities to accomplish its mission. Added 10/25/09.
Immortal: Book 3 by V.K. Forrest
For information on Kindle for PC, see this blog's introduction. For centuries, the Kahill vampire clan has lived quietly among locals and tourists in the tranquil beachfront village of Clare Point. In Immortal, V.K. Forrest weaves the unforgettable tale of Fin, a Kahill clan leader who discovers that the woman he loves may harbor a secret too dark to comprehend. . . Magnetic, fearless Fin Kahill has dedicated his life to ridding the world of its most vicious serial killers. Fin is used to roaming the earth freely--not getting stuck in sleepy Clare Point. But when the clan needs him close by, Fin agrees to take a summer job on the town's tiny police force. He expects little excitement--until he meets Elena, an ethereal Italian beauty.
As Fin struggles against his feelings for Elena, the peace in Clare Point is shattered by the inexplicable murder of a tourist. The young man's throat has been cut, his body eerily posed. When the killer strikes again, Fin wonders if a member of his own clan is responsible. The only one he can turn to is Elena, but he knows that falling in love with a human can be a deadly mistake. Yet just as Fin edges closer to solving the murders, he discovers Elena may not be exactly who, or what, she appears. . . Added 11/21/09.
The King of Coins by Eddie Skelson
A tale of gambling, addiction and supernatural horror. Danny plays the fruit machines like a pro, not just some mug off the street. By memorising the reels, and timing his skills on the features, he can drain a machine of its cash and walk away with a tidy sum. Of course the key to successful gambling is knowing when to quit and sometimes it's just not that easy. This story is a novella size and can be read (at a brisk pace) in a lunchtime.
Kiss of Midnight by Lara Adrian
Offered by Random House. He watches her from across the crowded dance club, a sensual black-haired stranger who stirs Gabrielle Maxwell's deepest fantasies. But nothing about this night--or this man--is what it seems. For when Gabrielle witnesses a murder outside the club, reality shifts into something dark and deadly. In that shattering instant she is thrust into a realm she never knew existed--a realm where vampires stalk the shadows and a blood war is set to ignite. Lucan Thorne despises the violence carried out by his lawless brethren. A vampire himself, Lucan is a Breed warrior, sworn to protect his kind--and the unwitting humans existing alongside them--from the mounting threat of the Rogues. Lucan cannot risk binding himself to a mortal woman, but when Gabrielle is targeted by his enemies, he has no choice but to bring her into the dark underworld he commands. Here, in the arms of the Breed's formidable leader, Gabrielle will confront an extraordinary destiny of danger, seduction, and the darkest pleasures of all. . . .
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