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	The Expensive Carpet	by Shaun Whittington Feb. 10, 2012	Free!	2253 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Born in England, now live in Glasgow, Scotland. I have a beautiful family and have been writing since 2003. I've had many short stories pressed by numerous companies, and have SEVEN unpublished novels sitting gathering dust. Time for them to be released I think, once I've released all my short stories. I mainly write dark tales with twists and despite some of the stuff you may have read. I am completely sane. Find me on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1404265877&ref=tn_tnmn or email:deeandshaun@aol.com
	Living With the Dead: A (Sweet) Zombie Story	by Rebecca M. Senese Feb. 10, 2012	$0.99	2953 words	Sample 35%
	Author bio: Based in Toronto, Canada, I write horror, science fiction and mystery/crime, often all at once in the same story. Garnering an Honorable Mention in “The Year’s Best Science Fiction” and nominated for numerous Aurora Awards, my work has appeared in TransVersions, Deadbolt Magazine, On Spec, The Vampire’s Crypt, Storyteller, Reflection’s Edge, Future Syndicate and Into the Darkness, amongst others.
	You're Next	by Zia Black Feb. 10, 2012	$2.99	27437 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: As the daughter of Stephen King's biggest fan, it felt natural when Zahra 'Zia Black' Brown drifted to the darkness of horror, crime, science fiction, and thrillers. Since childhood, her stories have shown the world's twisted side. Against the predictable and mundane, she loves to be shocked and be shocking. People say it's all been done before. Zia disagrees, and she's ready to prove it. She currently resides in England with her parents. On most days, you'll find Zia lurking in the shadows of her mind, fighting to bring the darkness out...
	Beneath the Wings of Dragons	by R.E. Volver Feb. 09, 2012	$0.99	1677 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: R.E. Volver writes in a little house out in the country. He has been known to confront ghosts, hunt vampires, and slay the occasional werewolf. Or maybe that was the beer talking.
	Delightfully Twisted Tales: Love and Other Filthy Habits (Volume Five)	by Nicky Drayden Feb. 09, 2012	$0.99	7814 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: Nicky Drayden is a Systems Analyst who dabbles in prose when she's not buried in code. She resides in Austin, Texas where being weird is highly encouraged, if not required. Her recent short story publications include Space and Time Magazine, Shimmer Magazine, and Daily Science Fiction. You can see more of her work at www.nickydrayden.com.
	Possessions	by Elizabeth (E.B.) Loan/ Elsie Love Feb. 09, 2012	$0.99	5481 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Elizabeth (E.B.) Loan was born and raised in the western suburbs, just outside great city of Chicago. A mother of five, Elizabeth recently ended her full time career to devote more time to her writing. She currently has three books in print (Her third book, "CONFESSIONS OF A PTA MAFIA MOM", was written under the pen name Elsie Love). When she isn't writing or vacuuming, Elizabeth travels as much as humanly possible and pretends to be a woman of great means. More information about Elizabeth & her work can be found at: www.elsielove.com or www.ebloan.com
	Zombies in Afghanistan	by Ross Payton Feb. 09, 2012	$0.99	9309 words	Sample 20%
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	Other Stories	by T. Fielding Feb. 09, 2012	Free!	6341 words	Read a sample
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	In 666 Words	by Michael Grant Feb. 09, 2012	$1.99	30192 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Check out all updates at www.latenighthorrors.com
	The Graveyard	by Caroline Doyle Feb. 09, 2012	$1.99	1669 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: I am 49 years old and live in Merseyside, England. I am a new writer. What I write comes from a lifetimes experience. I write fiction as well as non fiction.
	Slightly Impaired	by P.R. Mason Feb. 09, 2012	Free!	967 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: P.R Mason is an author of Young Adult Fantasy who also writes steamy romance as Patricia Mason. She escaped from the snowy midwest winters of her youth by moving in 2001 to a beautiful, historic city in Georgia to pursue her dream of being a novelist.
	Case #357597	by Peter Davidson Feb. 09, 2012	$0.99	3796 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: I decided to give wriing fiction a try after many years of writing film & game reviews. I used to own & write for my own film review website, but the time constraints on trying to review the latest films whilst also keeping a full-time job going didn't work out. There is no particular genre that I aim to write for; anything is an option! With writing fiction stories on my own schedule, I love that I can take as long as I like to get it done.
	The Midway Monster	by Daniel Eness Feb. 09, 2012	$0.99	3703 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: Daniel Eness writes stories of strange adventure where the hero always wins, except those times when he dies spectacularly in an explosion. He lives in Iowa with his family of six, for whom he writes of the churning seascape of the soul, deep evil and the hope that has overcome them both. His work has appeared in Stupefying Stories, Ideomancer, Diagram and Brain Harvest Magazine, and, in 2012, Eortholic Press will release two novels, a novella and a collection of short adventures.
	Country Justice	by R.E. Volver Feb. 08, 2012	$0.99	3767 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: R.E. Volver writes in a little house out in the country. He has been known to confront ghosts, hunt vampires, and slay the occasional werewolf. Or maybe that was the beer talking.
	Concerning Ashton Moore	by Joseph Bush Feb. 08, 2012	Free!	4713 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Media-junkie, nipponophile, game designer, artist, and storyteller.
	A Paranormal Menagerie	by M.L. Steger Feb. 08, 2012	$0.99	57318 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: I was born in San Jose, California and have been writing my whole life. It started with poetry in elementary school, then in junior high and high school creative writing. I remember writing about my favorite eraser - sticking pins in it to give it arms and legs, and drawing a face on it, and calling it "Eraserman", the super hero of the writing world. My love for writing grew to include not only humor but ghost stories as well. I have always had a love for horror/ghost stories. I have particularly always loved short stories since I can usually finish them in one sitting. My favorite short stories are "The Papal Magician" by Greg Allen and "He Cometh and He Passeth by" by H.R. Wakefield. Though I do have many others. I enjoy the paranormal detective Carnacki created by William Hope Hodgson, and of course, anything by M.R. James is a big enjoyment for me. Though I do have episodes where I haven't written anything for months, I always come back to writing. Anything can give me an idea - strange looking vegetables at the grocery store. (They must be from another planet and are going to take over the world.) Or a phrase someone says. Maybe even a strange look someone makes. (Again, it may have something to do with vegetables.) I have worked in customer service, technical writing, word processing, and currently staff secretary.
	Five Tales, Too	by R.E. Volver Feb. 08, 2012	$2.99	21656 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: R.E. Volver writes in a little house out in the country. He has been known to confront ghosts, hunt vampires, and slay the occasional werewolf. Or maybe that was the beer talking.
	Second Judas	by R.E. Volver Feb. 08, 2012	$0.99	5800 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: R.E. Volver writes in a little house out in the country. He has been known to confront ghosts, hunt vampires, and slay the occasional werewolf. Or maybe that was the beer talking.
	Oaktown (Ten Stories)	by Adam Riser Feb. 08, 2012	$3.99	23803 words	Sample 20%
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	Justice	by Shaun Whittington Feb. 08, 2012	Free!	1591 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Born in England, now live in Glasgow, Scotland. I have a beautiful family and have been writing since 2003. I've had many short stories pressed by numerous companies, and have SEVEN unpublished novels sitting gathering dust. Time for them to be released I think, once I've released all my short stories. I mainly write dark tales with twists and despite some of the stuff you may have read. I am completely sane. Find me on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1404265877&ref=tn_tnmn or email:deeandshaun@aol.com
	Well-Suited Sentry - A Short Story	by Lane Diamond Feb. 08, 2012	Free!	2799 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Lane Diamond is the pen name for David Lane. He grew up in Algonquin, Illinois, where he graduated from Harry D. Jacobs High School in 1978. After a short college stint, he served in the U.S. Air Force at Ramstein AB, Germany, 1980-1982, and at Lowry AFB, Denver, CO, 1982-1983. For more, please visit his website and blog.
	Valerie, A Story of a Vamp	by Dee Phillips Feb. 08, 2012	Free!	1530 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: An English Major at University, Denny (Dee) Phillips loves science fiction and enjoys coming up with new ideas in that genre. Her newest interest is in vampire books. Denny has made a career out of writing website content articles and has researched many different topics. As such, she also has many information books available.
	Cycles	by Kim Antieau Feb. 08, 2012	$0.99	2256 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Kim Antieau has had dozens of short stories and essays published, along with many novels, including Coyote Cowgirl, Church of the Old Mermaids, Ruby's Imagine, The Fish Wife, Her Frozen Wild, and The Jigsaw Woman. She currently lives in the Pacific Northwest most of the time and in the Sonoran Desert some of the time, with her husband, writer Mario Milosevic.
	The Barrens & Others	by F. Paul Wilson Feb. 08, 2012	$2.99	124365 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: F. PAUL WILSON is the author of forty-plus books and numerous short stories spanning science fiction, horror, adventure, medical thrillers, and virtually everything between. His novels regularly appear on the New York Times Bestsellers List. He has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers of America, the Stoker Award, the Porgie Award, the Prometheus and Prometheus Hall of Fame Awards, the Pioneer Award from the RT Booklovers Convention, the Inkpot Award from ComiCon, and was voted Grand Master by the World Horror Convention. He is listed in the 50th anniversary edition of Who's Who in America. Millions of his books are in print in twenty-four languages. He also has written for the stage, screen, and interactive media. His latest thrillers, Ground Zero and Fatal Error, star his urban mercenary, Repairman Jack. Jack: Secret Histories kicked off a young-adult trilogy starring a teenage Jack. Paul resides at the Jersey Shore and can be found on the Web at www.repairmanjack.com.
	The Strange Tale of the Blood Stone	by H Jason Schulz Feb. 08, 2012	Free!	2687 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: H.Jason Schulz has written several short stories and essays and in 2010 published his first novel. The book is titled Mebsuta and is the first of a science fiction trilogy. When H.Jason Schulz isn't writing, he works as a Systems Engineer. I've fixed the errors in many of the short stories. Thanks to so many of you who have read my stories. And a special thanks for those of you who have left reviews!
	Day One: Zombie Outbreak	by Christine Sutton Feb. 08, 2012	$0.99	7151 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Christine lives in Central California with her husband of fifteen years. She is an author, reader, and custom cake artist.
	Juice in a Cluster of Grapes	by Daniel Eness Feb. 07, 2012	$0.99	3224 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: Daniel Eness writes stories of strange adventure where the hero always wins, except those times when he dies spectacularly in an explosion. He lives in Iowa with his family of six, for whom he writes of the churning seascape of the soul, deep evil and the hope that has overcome them both. His work has appeared in Stupefying Stories, Ideomancer, Diagram and Brain Harvest Magazine, and, in 2012, Eortholic Press will release two novels, a novella and a collection of short adventures.
	Nightmare	by Annette Shelley Feb. 07, 2012	$4.99	21510 words	Sample 5%
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	In Search of Flesh	by JL McCale Feb. 07, 2012	$4.99	20788 words	Sample 5%
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	Creatures of the Damned	by Misty Harvey Feb. 07, 2012	$6.99	67427 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Hi, everyone. I grew up here in Utah and have lived here all of my life other then brief months away. I started writing at a very young age and knew that is what I wanted to do. It was my passion and my drive. I didn't actually sit down to focus on my writing until my early twenties. Long after I'd already started a family. I went through ugly times as I saw the death of my father at fourteen and then my mother again two short years ago. After my mother past I knew I needed to pick up my pace or die trying to get a book out there like she had. I suppose like mother like daughter saying works here. I have just recently finished my first novel and I am going over the proof copy before I bring it up live on several platforms for e-readers along with an order to print version. I have also been contacted by someone that would like to do the narrating for the audible version as well. I have been very fortunate to meet a lot of other writers that have shared their knowledge with me and have helped me throughout this long process. As I finish up the last few stages of the first book in my series (DeWinter Series) I have already begun the work on the next. Raising three kids, two of which are teenagers while writing is proving to be a challenge. However, it is a challenge I love. Especially when they get into the writing with me. My teenage son contributed a chapter in the first book by telling me about a dream he had and when he found it in the book it has definitely kept him excited. My husband has been an amazing support system and has dealt with many grueling hours of what we call couch sessions. We analyze parts of the book and he gives me a sounding board to make sure it all flows smoothly.
	Dark Horse Diaries: Part I: The Dark Horse	by Bill Hollars Feb. 07, 2012	$0.99	11470 words	Sample 20%
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	Poor Little Lucy	by Shaun Whittington Feb. 07, 2012	Free!	1989 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Born in England, now live in Glasgow, Scotland. I have a beautiful family and have been writing since 2003. I've had many short stories pressed by numerous companies, and have SEVEN unpublished novels sitting gathering dust. Time for them to be released I think, once I've released all my short stories. I mainly write dark tales with twists and despite some of the stuff you may have read. I am completely sane. Find me on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1404265877&ref=tn_tnmn or email:deeandshaun@aol.com
	Sacrament	by Rashaad Bell Feb. 07, 2012	$0.99	9537 words	Sample 5%
	Author bio: I am currently hyper extending myself into the space between moments to do battle with carnivorous sound and cannibalistic electrons. Please leave a message at the beep.   …Oh and I write books too! Â
	Misery Hall	by L. Chambers-Wright Feb. 07, 2012	Free!	15980 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: L. Chambers-Wright has been writing for years and has numerous publication credentials. An avid traditional horror fan, she loves reading and researching as much as writing. She is currently producing new material and always in the middle of a new project. She currently lives in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and loves the legend and lore of the region.
	The Black Cat	by Drac Von Stoller Feb. 07, 2012	Free!	988 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Drac Von Stoller's imagination and fascination for the Horror genre began when he was a little boy watching his favorite actors such as Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi on his little black and white television alone in his dark room. Drac would watch these horror movies for hours and build model kits of his favorite characters like Dracula, the Wolfman, Frankenstein and even the Munster's car from his favorite television series. Then as time went on and nothing was left to the imagination in the new horror movies, Drac still loved watching the old movies he so loved as a little boy. Then as Drac became an adult he decided one day that he would write a short story in the horror genre and let some of his friends read it and see what they thought. Drac's first short story was titled "Death in the Wilderness," which would be considered flash fiction but this would be Drac's test to see if he was destined to be an author. Sure enough when people read "Death in the Wilderness" they loved it but couldn't understand why Drac didn't keep on with the story but Drac knew all along that if what they read was so good then Drac has succeeded. This gave Drac the confidence he needed to keep on writing more and more short stories. The rest is history Drac has now written 31 short stories in the course of a 2 year span. Drac doesn't want to write a story unless it moves him in a way that he would want to read his own work and say any horror or ghost fan would not be disappointed.
	Cold Grey Stones	by Tanith Lee Feb. 07, 2012	$4.99	54762 words	Sample 10%
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	Shattered Heights	by jeff diego munoz Feb. 06, 2012	$0.99	11840 words	Sample 30%
	Author bio: i'm only 22 years old and i'm a poet/novelist who wants to become a bestseller
	The Dead Place	by Kate Genet Feb. 06, 2012	$0.99	6347 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Hi, I'm a writer who loves novels with a bit of a twist, a bit of a fright, something shadowy and mysterious moving through the pages. I write short stories, novellas and novels which feature strong, interesting lesbian protagonists.Characters I hope you can like, admire, and wish you knew. Maybe they're even a bit like you. I'd love to hear from you, so be sure to catch up with me at my blog, and meanwhile - happy reading!
	The Kill Riff	by David J Schow Feb. 06, 2012	$2.99	121403 words	Sample 20%
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	Attic Clowns: Volume Four	by Jeremy Shipp Feb. 06, 2012	$0.99	13643 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Jeremy C. Shipp is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Cursed, Vacation, and Sheep and Wolves. His shorter tales have appeared or are forthcoming in over 60 publications, the likes of Cemetery Dance, ChiZine, Apex Magazine, Withersin, and Shroud Magazine. Jeremy enjoys living in Southern California in a moderately haunted Victorian farmhouse called Rose Cottage. He lives there with his wife, Lisa, a couple of pygmy tigers, and a legion of yard gnomes. The gnomes like him. The clowns living in his attic–not so much.
	Attic Clowns: Volume Three	by Jeremy Shipp Feb. 06, 2012	$0.99	10377 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Jeremy C. Shipp is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Cursed, Vacation, and Sheep and Wolves. His shorter tales have appeared or are forthcoming in over 60 publications, the likes of Cemetery Dance, ChiZine, Apex Magazine, Withersin, and Shroud Magazine. Jeremy enjoys living in Southern California in a moderately haunted Victorian farmhouse called Rose Cottage. He lives there with his wife, Lisa, a couple of pygmy tigers, and a legion of yard gnomes. The gnomes like him. The clowns living in his attic–not so much.
	Attic Clowns: Volume Two	by Jeremy Shipp Feb. 06, 2012	$0.99	10890 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Jeremy C. Shipp is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Cursed, Vacation, and Sheep and Wolves. His shorter tales have appeared or are forthcoming in over 60 publications, the likes of Cemetery Dance, ChiZine, Apex Magazine, Withersin, and Shroud Magazine. Jeremy enjoys living in Southern California in a moderately haunted Victorian farmhouse called Rose Cottage. He lives there with his wife, Lisa, a couple of pygmy tigers, and a legion of yard gnomes. The gnomes like him. The clowns living in his attic–not so much.
	The Paranormal Investigator	by Macy Reynolds Feb. 06, 2012	Free!	812 words	Read a sample
	Author bio: Hi! My name is Macy and i write stories. I range from comedy to horror to action. I hope you enjoy my stories!
	Urban Horror : City Slicker Short Horror Story	by richard GK stark Feb. 06, 2012	Free!	4790 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Richard GK Stark is based in the UK. His background includes a Degree in Physics and 17 years experience working in New Media Publishing - including Video, Books, CD-ROMs & Internet Publishing. He is also a talented Classical Singer, from which he now makes a full time living. (see http://www.richardstark.co.uk) He also runs a Publishing Company, RGK Media Ltd. He first noticed a talent for writing as a child, his stories became very popular with the other kids during school or on camping trips. Up until now working in Publishing and Opera Singing took up the majority of his time, usually confining writing to the 28th. & 29th. December in any given year. His first book - Four Short Horror Stories, includes two ideas he had on a camping trip when he was 13. More Short Horror Stories and Comedy/Fantasy works are planned for future release. He has also written two Operas.
	The Singapore Werewolf	by Thomas Mackay King Feb. 06, 2012	$2.99	46005 words	Sample 15%
	Author bio: I believe I was fortunate to have been born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, a wonderful city with deep artistic and cultural roots, all of which I fully absorbed. Of course the pleasant, positive aspects of Edinburgh are equally well balanced by the darker, sinister side, past and present, of which I both enjoyed, and endured, my quota. I have worked and lived across the world for over twenty eight years, and am now, tapping into the subterranean recesses inside my cranium to bring to the surface my experiences and observations, god, bad and ugly. I love writing; it stretches me to reflect, to delve deeper, and perhaps, hopefully to even darker places. TMK
	Haunted House-Real Ghost Story	by Arul Das Feb. 06, 2012	$5.49	12146 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Arul Amaladas is shortly called as Arul Das was born in (18.06.1990)Sattur,India. I make things up and write them down.I am always fond of reading newspapers and historical humor books.This made me write short stories.Humor and romance stories are always my favourite. In my spare time I try to keep the maintain my owned website www.8secretsearchenginetricks.com more or less up to date. Among from writing short stories,writing script to short comedy dramas is my hobby.
	Innsmouth Magazine: Issue 9	by Paula R. Stiles Feb. 05, 2012	$0.99	20082 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Paula R. Stiles is American, but has also lived in Cameroon, Scotland and Canada. Recently, she completed a PhD in Medieval History on the Knights Templar and has published fiction in places like Strange Horizons, Writers of the Future XXIV, Black Gate, Shine: An Anthology of Optimistic Science Fiction, and The Living Dead II. For further info, try her homepage: http://thesnowleopard.net/other.html
	The Butcher	by Drac Von Stoller Feb. 05, 2012	$0.99	2547 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: Drac Von Stoller's imagination and fascination for the Horror genre began when he was a little boy watching his favorite actors such as Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee and Bela Lugosi on his little black and white television alone in his dark room. Drac would watch these horror movies for hours and build model kits of his favorite characters like Dracula, the Wolfman, Frankenstein and even the Munster's car from his favorite television series. Then as time went on and nothing was left to the imagination in the new horror movies, Drac still loved watching the old movies he so loved as a little boy. Then as Drac became an adult he decided one day that he would write a short story in the horror genre and let some of his friends read it and see what they thought. Drac's first short story was titled "Death in the Wilderness," which would be considered flash fiction but this would be Drac's test to see if he was destined to be an author. Sure enough when people read "Death in the Wilderness" they loved it but couldn't understand why Drac didn't keep on with the story but Drac knew all along that if what they read was so good then Drac has succeeded. This gave Drac the confidence he needed to keep on writing more and more short stories. The rest is history Drac has now written 31 short stories in the course of a 2 year span. Drac doesn't want to write a story unless it moves him in a way that he would want to read his own work and say any horror or ghost fan would not be disappointed.
	The Nerve	by CC Geddes Feb. 05, 2012	$0.99	4617 words	Sample 20%
	Author bio: CC Geddes likes to think about scary things. She likes to read scary things and write scary things. Yet she has a remarkably blissful life in all the best unscary ways. In that life, most people know her as Cindie Geddes, a happily married mother of a 10-year-old son.
	Beginnings: Book I (The Plague)	by Danielle Blanchard Benson Feb. 05, 2012	$4.49	91298 words	Sample 10%
	Author bio: Danielle Blanchard Benson is a world traveler and a university student earning her degree in Creative Writing with a Minor in Specialized Languages (French). She has written The Beautiful People series, which will be released in eight separate volumes. Ms. Blanchard Benson is currently working on The Vamp Saga (Death Wish: Book One will be released in January of 2012), Murder, Inc: The Pop Stars series (which will be released beginning in autumn of 2012), and a full-length novel, DeGeneration (which will be released in winter of 2013). Ms. Blanchard Benson has lived abroad in Stockholm (Sweden), Manchester (England), Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area and Portland. She currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.