Download or read book Four Hours A Dark and Thrilling Killer Short Story written by Meghan O'Flynn and published by Pygmalion Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a fan of suspenseful short stories with unpredictable characters that will keep you on the edge of your seat? "Four Hours" is the thrilling short story for you! “Twisted, trippy, and unique, 'Four Hours' is as dark as it is entertaining.” ~Bestselling Author Emerald O’Brien The high-rise on Fifth and Main is home to many eccentric characters, the types of suit-wearing men who buy exotic pets and import plants the likes of which aren’t available in stores. But when the doors close for the night, the building hosts another breed: those hired solely to care for these exotic acquisitions, those who water and preen over items they’d never be able to afford themselves. Those who hate the men in the suits. Those the professional world would rather not see. Tonight, they have one hell of a mess to clean up. And time’s running out. “A rollicking believably-unbelievable romp between three friends, with a Shakespeare-inspired death count. Absolutely incredible.” ~Author K.R. Stanfield *** KEYWORDS: short stories, scary shorts, suspenseful short stories, suspense short stories, mystery short stories, horror short stories, psychological suspense, suspense fiction, suspense short, nail biting fiction short, nail biter mystery, vigilante justice, edge of your seat suspense, dark, revenge, vengeance, murder, noir, noir thriller, crime, psychological thrillers, gritty mysteries, mystery books, psychological thrillers, psychological suspense, psychological thriller books, whodunit, whodunnit, nail-biter, suspense fiction, family drama short story, thrilling short stories, edge of your seat, scary short, dark short story

Download or read book Chasing the Boogeyman written by Richard Chizmar and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling novel of small-town evil that “is genuinely chilling and something brand-new and exciting” (Stephen King) and “unforgettable” (Harlan Coben). In the summer of 1988, the mutilated bodies of several missing girls begin to turn up in a small Maryland town. The grisly evidence leads police to the terrifying assumption that a serial killer is on the loose in the quiet suburb. But soon a rumor begins to spread that the evil stalking local teens is not entirely human. Law enforcement, as well as members of the FBI, are certain that the killer is a living, breathing madman—and he’s playing games with them. For a once peaceful community trapped in the depths of paranoia and suspicion, it feels like a nightmare that will never end. Recent college graduate Richard Chizmar returns to his hometown just as a curfew is enacted and a neighborhood watch is formed. Amid preparing for his wedding and embarking on a writing career, he soon finds himself thrust into a real-life horror story. Inspired by the terrifying events, Richard writes a personal account of the serial killer’s reign of terror, unaware that these events will continue to haunt him for years to come. A clever, terrifying, and heartrending work of metafiction, Chasing the Boogeyman is the ultimate marriage between horror fiction and true crime. Chizmar’s “dazzling work of fresh imagination and psychological insight” (Caroline Kepnes, New York Times bestselling author of You) is on full display in this truly unique novel that will haunt you long after you turn the final page.

Download or read book The Killer Sermon written by Kevin Kluesner and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A member of a congregation takes a more lethal approach and begins to target reproductive rights physicians for murder.

Download or read book Caged written by Ellison Cooper and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2018-07-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FBI profiler Sayer Altair hunts a brilliant serial killer with a dangerous obsession in Caged, a gripping thriller from debut author Ellison Cooper. In a residential Washington, D.C. neighborhood, a young woman's body is found in the basement of an abandoned house--starved to death in a cage, along with the video footage of a dark and deadly ritual. The victim is identified as the daughter of a prominent D.C. politician, and it falls to the FBI to track down the unconscionable psychopath who murdered her. FBI special agent Sayer Altair would rather conduct research on criminality than catch actual criminals. But when she's offered a promotion hinging on her next assignment, she reluctantly accepts the "Cage Killer" case. Taunted by a photo of another victim at the mercy of this vicious killer, Sayer and her team are driven to put an end to these grisly homicides. During the investigation, clues emerge connecting the murders to Sayer's past. Now, the stakes are personal, and the deeper Sayer is drawn into the deadly web, the more she believes she is the only one who can uncover the killer's identity. Told with devastating detail, shocking twists and unrelenting suspense, Cooper proves her exceptional ability to entertain and enthrall.

Download or read book Dark Matter written by Blake Crouch and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • COMING SOON TO APPLE TV+ • A “mind-blowing” (Entertainment Weekly) speculative thriller about an ordinary man who awakens in a world inexplicably different from the reality he thought he knew—from the author of Upgrade, Recursion, and the Wayward Pines trilogy “Are you happy with your life?” Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the kidnapper knocks him unconscious. Before he awakens to find himself strapped to a gurney, surrounded by strangers in hazmat suits. Before a man he’s never met smiles down at him and says, “Welcome back, my friend.” In this world he’s woken up to, Jason’s life is not the one he knows. His wife is not his wife. His son was never born. And Jason is not an ordinary college professor but a celebrated genius who has achieved something remarkable. Something impossible. Is it this life or the other that’s the dream? And even if the home he remembers is real, how will Jason make it back to the family he loves? From the bestselling author Blake Crouch, Dark Matter is a mind-bending thriller about choices, paths not taken, and how far we’ll go to claim the lives we dream of.

Download or read book A Flicker in the Dark written by Stacy Willingham and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller “A smart, edge-of-your-seat story with plot twists you’ll never see coming. Stacy Willingham’s debut will keep you turning pages long past your bedtime.” —Karin Slaughter When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, her own father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life, leaving Chloe and the rest of her family to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath. Now twenty years later, Chloe is a psychologist in Baton Rouge and getting ready for her wedding. While she finally has a fragile grasp on the happiness she’s worked so hard to achieve, she sometimes feels as out of control of her own life as the troubled teens who are her patients. So when a local teenage girl goes missing, and then another, that terrifying summer comes crashing back. Is she paranoid, seeing parallels from her past that aren't actually there, or for the second time in her life, is Chloe about to unmask a killer? From debut author Stacy Willingham comes a masterfully done, lyrical thriller, certain to be the launch of an amazing career. A Flicker in the Dark is eerily compelling to the very last page.

Download or read book The Legacies of Darkness written by William De Paola and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-02-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the 1st Series of THE LEGACIES OF DARKNESSEnjoy Four Unique stories that will Thrill you with their own Special Twist of Fate The stories are widely developed with a character and setting in mind that one can easily relate to, a storyline that is exciting and thrilling and a book that keeps you interested on what's going on next, not easily forecast the ending it is why these Legacies of Darkness stories are attention grabbing as well as unique reads,,, each book will captivate all enthusiast! The variety of stories are ALL unique like in this 1st book"Diablo in the darkness story", a purgatory for 4 soul less persons - one of them is a molesting priest, another a suicide bomber - when they die as in the suicide bomber who thinks he is going to heaven to get his many beautiful virgin wives but awakening and finding something very evil waiting for him in a hell like setting or a molesting priest he has not god waiting with open arms but an underworld and a hot black box burning his body many times to cleanse his misguided soul, all affected by their past before they can go anywhere - but all stories especially like in the Diablo in the Darkness has a special twist revealing an interesting ending making it a very insightful read. Enjoy the stories they are unique thrillers, they are attention grabbing and insightful readings there is always something waiting for some-one's destiny and that is why I write about The Legacies of Darkness! Attention grabbing, each story is guaranteed to keep you turning the page until you reach the heart pounding conclusion. Each story has a unique set of characters whose lives and destiny are determined by the choices they made. ***Potential film - Hollywood has accepted story 1 "Grand Island Palace Casino" and is in the works on getting things going - if Hollywood likes it - so will you!*** The Ending A Mob Boss on the run and his beautiful mistress to follow, two lives intertwined in a story of love and deadly betrayal as the Boss finds himself in unfamiliar territory as not in control of the situation and now finding out his mistress has a special other also as they hide out in a house he was never to supposed to see... Diablo in the Darkness No one is exempt from a Purgatory! The story of four criminals, a Serial Killer,,, Suicide Bomber,,, Prison Gang leader,,, and a Pedophile Priest whose souls experience the horror of their crimes against the innocent and the choice they are given. What will they feel as they choose in the end in the thrilling conclusion! STORY I: GRAND ISLAND PALACE CASINO A Texas Holdem Tournament like no other - Play your cards right on Grand Island Palace Casino or the last hand dealt may be your last! 15 Players play the 5 day tournament and losing at their tables is not an option - once they lose they find themselves on a all night survive the night hunted by a special creature set out to find them,,,with the only way back into the mansion is when the sun comes up! Who will survive till the final table to play "The Man," take the money and hopefully get safely off the island? STORY II: ANNA'S EMPOWERED LEGACY Action and good Suspense Thriller as Bill plays the lead role in story 1 and now in story 2, a former CIA and special operations who again fights for his life against a unique group of deadly and unstoppable fighting force as some the past characters from the Island comes back with a new twist of fate and the beginning of a new deadly legacy... * "Some of the proceeds from the book are going for a K-9 organization used for helping special causes.

Download or read book Death Darkness Killer Chills Supernatural Thrills Horror Collection written by Matthew. W. Grant and published by Granite Gate Media. This book was released on 2022-10-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slashers, stalkers, and supernatural threats await you in this eclectic horror collection from Breakthrough Novel Award Semifinalist author Matthew W. Grant. Perfect for Halloween or any time of the year you want a fun scare to make you scream. The Killer Net - On the eve of the new millennium, courageous police department secretary Jennifer Warren matches wits against a computer genius who lures women in under the pretense of looking for a relationship. He boldly taunts the police with e-mail poems about their murders sent from the crime scenes. Cops continually arrive to discover another dead body and a killer who has disappeared without a trace. Twisted Holiday Plans - Loner Mark Rossi hates the holidays. He's surprised to finally meet a woman who might change his outlook. Suspicion and secrets soon fester beneath the surface of this fragile new relationship. How long will it be before Mark harbors revenge in his heart and murder on his mind? Dark Secrets - When the Powers of Darkness infest a small New England town, a tortured young man, a powerful psychic, and a desperate mother with a hidden past fight for their lives and their souls against the evil that binds them together and threatens to destroy them all. Those who live to see the unholy ritual will discover that the Devil always collects his due. Lust for the Vampire - Colleen Dawson has waited a long time for the special night when she enters Club Fangtasy, nervous about her first time. Especially with a man who happens to be a vampire. Will the dark desires and forbidden attraction lead to eternal love or the final nail in the coffin? Night Before Christmas - FBI Agent Ross Benson just wants to have a normal Christmas. Instead, the determined and mysterious murderer known as the Christmas Eve Killer taunts the agent with gruesome twists on classic Christmas carols describing his bloody holiday crimes.

Download or read book The Winter Sister written by Megan Collins and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “haunting debut: suspenseful, atmospheric, and completely riveting” (Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls) about a young woman who returns home to care for her ailing mother and begins to dig deeper into her sister’s unsolved murder. Sixteen years ago, Sylvie’s sister, Persephone, never came home. Out late with the boyfriend she was forbidden to see, Persephone was missing for three days before her body was found—and years later, her murder is still unsolved. In the present day, Sylvie returns home to care for her estranged mother, Annie, as she undergoes treatment for cancer. Prone to unexplained “Dark Days” even before Persephone’s death, Annie’s once-close bond with Sylvie dissolved in the weeks after their loss, making for an uncomfortable reunion all these years later. Adding to the discomfort, Persephone’s former boyfriend is now a nurse at the cancer center where Annie is being treated. Sylvie has always believed Ben was responsible for the murder—but she carries her own guilt about that night, guilt that traps her in the past while the world goes on around her. As she navigates the complicated relationship with her mother, Sylvie begins to uncover the secrets that fill their house—and what really happened the night Persephone died. The Winter Sister is a “bewitching” (Kirkus Reviews) portrayal of the complex bond between sisters, between mothers and daughters alike, and “will captivate you from suspenseful start to surprising finish” (Kathleen Barber, author of Are You Sleeping).

Download or read book Exploring Dark Short Fiction 6 written by Eric J. Guignard and published by . This book was released on 2020-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of horror and dark fantasy short stories written by Ramsey Campbell, along with academic commentary, interview, biography, and illustrations.

Download or read book Summer of Night written by Dan Simmons and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2011-07-05 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This masterfully crafted horror classic, featuring a brand-new introduction by Dan Simmons, will bring you to the edge of your seat, hair standing on end and blood freezing in your veins It's the summer of 1960 and in the small town of Elm Haven, Illinois, five twelve-year-old boys are forging the powerful bonds that a lifetime of change will not break. From sunset bike rides to shaded hiding places in the woods, the boys' days are marked by all of the secrets and silences of an idyllic middle-childhood. But amid the sundrenched cornfields their loyalty will be pitilessly tested. When a long-silent bell peals in the middle of the night, the townsfolk know it marks the end of their carefree days. From the depths of the Old Central School, a hulking fortress tinged with the mahogany scent of coffins, an invisible evil is rising. Strange and horrifying events begin to overtake everyday life, spreading terror through the once idyllic town. Determined to exorcize this ancient plague, Mike, Duane, Dale, Harlen, and Kevin must wage a war of blood—against an arcane abomination who owns the night...

Download or read book The Sister in Law written by Pamela Crane and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the USA Today bestselling author of Little Deadly Secrets comes a gripping story about the frailty of family and a battle of wills between a wife and a sister-in-law, bent on revenge. She stole my husband. So I’d steal her life. The Wife Lane won Candace’s heart over chocolate martinis and karaoke. But weeks into their whirlwind marriage, Candace realized Lane came with burdensome baggage in the form of his possessive live-in sister and her eerily watchful six-year-old son. Lane had a secret that seemed to hold him hostage, and Candace would do anything to uncover it. The Sister-in-Law Harper was the kind of woman who cooked homemade meals and dusted under the furniture. It was the least she could do for her brother after her husband’s mysterious death, and Lane took her and her kids in. Then Candace showed up like a tornado passing through, threatening and destructive. But Harper had other plans for her new “sister,” plans Lane could never find out about. The Husband All Lane had ever wanted was a white-picket-fence life. The wife. The two-point-five kids. The happy little family. Everything seemed to be falling into place with Candace … until Harper’s jealous streak got in the way, again. But choosing between his sister and wife would be costly … and knowing Harper, the price would be blood.

Download or read book Rearview A Mysterious Thrilling Short Story written by Meghan O'Flynn and published by Pygmalion Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Sharp and introspective, ‘Rearview’ is an eerie and unsettling tale with a shocking conclusion that remains long after this short story is finished.” ~Bestselling Author Emerald O’Brien What is there to lose when all you have is the past? For twenty years, Harold has watched his high-school sweetheart from the confines of his car, unbeknownst to her, to her husband, to her family. The dogs don’t like him, but no one believes them. Disbelief is always easier. But though the past cannot be reclaimed, Harold can’t seem to stop. And hopelessness is enough to make any man feel trapped—his car has become his cage. And caged animals don’t play nice. Engrossing, thought-provoking, and poignant, “Rearview” from bestselling author Meghan O’Flynn will suck you in from page one. If you like short stories by Blake Crouch, Joe Hill, and Gillian Flynn, you’ll love “Rearview.” *** KEYWORDS: short stories, scary shorts, ghost stories, suspenseful short stories, suspense short stories, mystery short stories, horror short stories, whodunnit mystery, whodunit thriller, psychological suspense, suspense fiction, suspense short, nail biting fiction short, nail biter mystery, edge of your seat suspense, dark, revenge, vengeance, psychological thrillers, gritty mysteries, psychological thriller books, whodunit, whodunnit, nail-biter, family drama short story, thrilling short stories, edge of your seat, scary short, ghost short stories, nail biters, paranormal short stories, supernatural short, dark short story, literary suspense

Download or read book The Finalist written by Joan Long and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five authors, each with their own secrets, are chosen to complete a deceased novelist's unfinished manuscript. When one of them turns up dead, theories and accusations abound.

Download or read book Twice the Thrills Twice the Chills written by Bryan Senn and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-1950s, to combat declining theater attendance, film distributors began releasing pre-packaged genre double-bills--including many horror and science fiction double features. Though many of these films were low-budget and low-end, others, such as Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Horror of Dracula and The Fly, became bona fide classics. Beginning with Universal-International's 1955 pairing of Revenge of the Creature and Cult of the Cobra, 147 officially sanctioned horror and sci-fi double-bills were released over a 20-year period. This book presents these double features year-by-year, and includes production details, historical notes, and critical commentary for each film.

Download or read book Listeners A Collection of Dark and Thrilling Short Stories written by Meghan O'Flynn and published by Pygmalion Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-20 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you like addictively creepy stories that will keep you biting your nails until you've finished the final page? The Listeners short story collection is for you! “Gripping, thought-provoking, and unbearably tense.” ~Bestselling Author Wendy Heard HOME IS NO LONGER SAFE. From the bestselling author of The Jilted comes a twisted and terrifically macabre collection of short stories guaranteed to make you cringe, laugh, cry…and start sleeping with the lights on. From an eerie voyeur, to an appliance that doesn’t behave the way it should, to a poignant and twisted expression of adoration and heart-wrenching grief, Listeners unabashedly explores the deepest parts of the human spirit and takes readers on the type of dark, demented, and unputdownable journey for which Meghan O’Flynn is notorious. “Smart, original, and brilliantly creepy” (Bestselling Author Kristen Mae), this collection includes: “The Good Listener” “People Like Us” “Silver Linings” “Alien Landscape” *** KEYWORDS: suspense short stories, mystery short stories, horror short stories, dystopian thriller short story, female protagonist, amateur sleuths, whodunnit mystery, whodunit thriller, psychological suspense, suspense fiction, suspense short, nail biting fiction short, nail biter mystery, vigilante justice, edge of your seat suspense, dark, revenge, vengeance, murder, noir, noir thriller, crime, gritty psychological thrillers, gritty mysteries, mystery books, psychological thrillers, psychological suspense, psychological thriller books, whodunit, whodunnit, nail-biter, suspense fiction, family drama short story, thrilling short stories, edge of your seat, scary short, dystopian, end of the world shorts, sci-fi shorts, ghost short stories, nail biters, post apocalyptic, dystopian, paranormal short stories, supernatural short, dark short story

Download or read book The Defective Detective in the Pulps written by Ray Broadus Browne and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of the defective detective was a strange one. Continuing the motif of the mythological hero, this unique detective type emerged in the 1930s in a very imperfect and threatened society. The stories reprinted in this volume reveal just how widely the genre ranged during the Depression.