Books
No-Injury Policy
Short Story Collection
Seven short stories explore the dark depths of human nature when social pressures peak. No sooner than the meek taste retribution, they encounter the demons that have aided authority figures to the top -- demons that refuse to lose control no matter what it takes.
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EXCERPT
from "Façade"
Nauseating strobes flash through the packed night club and break everyone down into static. My head spins as I try to focus on a blurred blond woman across from me on a curved leather bench. I watch her tap her neon-painted fingernails along the table. With one hand running along the side of my head, she makes me recoil even before she flashes her cracked grin. This ghost of a woman digs her nails into her face and peels down her flesh. Rather than cartilage or tissue, underneath her skin is a deep blackness with only her eyes and bone structure to reveal. Some sudden change in motion, I’m to my feet and stumbling backwards across the sticky floor, which is resonant of a good time gone wrong. She stays in her seat, sipping on an Amaretto Sour. She sets her drink on the table and lets the liquid run along her jawbone and out of her throat. Rummaging through her handbag, the blond woman pulls out a pocket mirror and turns it at me. Her sharp nails clench my wrist and pull me closer, until I can see my reflection. From my forehead to the bridge of my nose, my flesh melts away, developing into a dark abyss much like her own. Akin to a knife in my chest, a stabbing pain flares my lungs with each rapid breath. I spring upright in my bed at the sound of a loud rapping. My heartbeat echoes around the room; the sound is thumping in my eardrums, as if it derives from my head. Deep breaths through my nostrils, deep into my lungs, and out of my mouth, I focus in on silencing my erratic sounds. My heartbeat becomes nothing more than an unfamiliar drum in the background. I hear the knocking again. A curious thought crosses my mind: What if I pretend to be asleep; will it go away? |
"I sat down with my Kindle and lost myself in a world of deep despair, twisted humanity, and basically hell-on-earth. I became totally immersed in these tales and continued to turn the page, waiting to see what kind horror was contained in the next story.
"I sat down with my Kindle and lost myself in a world of deep despair, twisted humanity, and basically hell-on-earth. I became totally immersed in these tales and continued to turn the page, waiting to see what kind horror was contained in the next story.
- PJ Carroll, Lytherus
Excluded
Horror Novel
One moment Adam Coy holds the lives of a family at the flick of a lighter, and the next someone else holds his inside of the Douglas Residence. Worse, he's not alone. 5 other murderers join him inside, working to escape without killing each other before whatever haunts the house does.
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"Humphries starts off quickly and offers plenty of excitement and horror that keeps you turning the pages to find out what comes next.
- Blood Moon Rising Bloody Book Reviews
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"Charlatan"
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SOMEWHERE IN THE SHADOWS
From the shadows of the night comes nine haunting stories from some of the most promising horror, science-fiction, and thriller writers out there. Tales of vampires, werewolves, rogue A.Is, bad roads, zombies, and even malicious words bring out the terror, suspense, gore, and even humor in modern horror. "CHARLATAN"
As a couple argues, an intruder finds a way into their home. Soon enough, money is that last thing on their minds. SNIPPET
Someone started to pound on the front door, followed by the shaking of the handle. Nonetheless, Brad refused to let his wife get up and answer the door. Lightning struck outside, illuminating a set of dark eyes peering in the living room window. Jacki jerked her head away from the sight and screamed. |
"Great mix of suspense, mystery, action & horror.
- AstraDaemon
on "Charlatan"
Short Stories
& Poems
"All Things Beautiful"
from No-Injury Policy
ABOUT
A game of a hide n' seek gone terribly wrong. A boy is left, abandoned in a mansion, to make it on his own.
SNIPPET
Devon rushed to his feet and reached for the handle, but before he could perform his little scare, it turned on its own and clicked. One look at the doorknob and Devon knew something was wrong. Someone had faced the lock towards the hallway so it couldn’t be unlocked from the inside. He fidgeted with the door and screamed out, “Hey, I’m locked in! This isn’t funny, Joanie. Let me out!”
"And the Zombies Starved"from No-Injury Policy
A zombie craze that sweeps over the nation, and one man can't stand it anymore.
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"Façade"
from No-Injury Policy
ABOUT
After the loss of their mother, Michael & his brother Ray struggle with women in drastically different ways.
SNIPPET
Nauseating strobes flash through the packed night club and break everyone down into static. My head spins as I try to focus on a blurred blond woman across from me on a curved leather bench. I watch her tap her neon-painted fingernails along the table.
With one hand running along the side of my head, she makes me recoil even before she flashes her cracked grin. This ghost of a woman digs her nails into her face and peels down her flesh. Rather than cartilage or tissue, underneath her skin is a deep blackness with only her eyes and bone structure to reveal.
With one hand running along the side of my head, she makes me recoil even before she flashes her cracked grin. This ghost of a woman digs her nails into her face and peels down her flesh. Rather than cartilage or tissue, underneath her skin is a deep blackness with only her eyes and bone structure to reveal.
"The Glass Box"from No-Injury Policy
Set in future Long Broke, a man must be punished for his crimes of lust lust. His sentence is none other than the infamous glass box. |
"Last Stop"
from No-Injury Policy
A tale about two street thugs who pick the wrong guy to rob on the wrong night.
"No-Injury Policy"from No-Injury Policy
Rumors always surrounded the infamous Douglas Lumber Mill, but nothing could have prepared Nicholas Tanner for what he would find behind Mr. Douglas' office door.
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"Sleep"from No-Injury Policy
After his girlfriend disappears (and a bottle of Ambien), a writer finds himself in the middle of total anarchy as he roams Long Brooke for his lost loved one. |
"The Passive & The Consequence"from No-Injury Policy
A goofy horror story about a man who did nothing and his neighbor who tried to do too much when it came to a murder. |
