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Cobwebs in the corners of a cold, ancient crypt.
A future, too near, slipping between your fingers.
Split-second decisions and their terrible consequences.
We have eight delicious new stories for you to sink your teeth into! Set the table, pour the wine, and prepare to atone for your sins…
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Desperate pangs of hunger that you can’t ignore.
The echoing screams of a reality broken.
Revenge from below — swift, final, and crushing.
Six brand-new, bite-sized stories from the uncharted waters of the speculative, the blood-soaked, and the terror-inducing.
A decaying, tearing, rotting that you just can’t ignore.
The craving for a connection that transcends the physical.
The overwhelming scent of abject terror.
Six dazzling new stories that wholly embrace genre, enticing you to enter the realms of the digital, the dreamlike, and the dread-inducing.
A shot of warm blood to wash down your fears.
A deep, dark void in the safety of the suburbs.
The horror that follows defiance of past, pain, and loss.
Eight spine-tingling new stories to darken your Halloween season! Lock your doors, check under your bed, and prepare to be disturbed…
A dying lamp, a ghastly reflection.
A blinding vision of a lonely future.
The ear-splitting scream of a coffee machine.
Six brand-new stories sure to make your heart race, your mind twist, and your skin crawl…
Your new eye implants, illuminating a dark future.
A shape, a feeling, watching you from the shadows.
The twisting, suffocating branches of a dead tree.
Eight exhilarating new stories for you to consume, inviting you to explore what the future holds, and what has already long passed…
A Slayer Queen stands in an empty battlefield.
A macabre dance bathed in moonlight.
The grin of a devil, inviting, inflamed.
Six electrifying stories for your reading pleasure, inviting you into the fantastical, the speculative, the darkest depths…
