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	Bobby's Trace	by Edward C. Patterson May 30, 2008	$0.99	34837 words	Sample 10%
	Perry Chaplin is in mourning for his life partner, Bobby - a time of stress, notwithstanding. He gets an unsought lesson in life-after-death that turns his bereavement into a horrific adventure. Come peek through Perry Chaplin's mysterious window. What lies beneath the surface of life and death? What comes in Bobby's wake; in Bobby's trace? Perry Chalin knows. Will you?
	... or so the story goes.	by Gail Cox Oct. 17, 2008	$0.50	2575 words	Sample 40%
	Story set in Eastern Tennessee. Carefully researched for accuracy. A young man leaves to fight the Civil War on Oct.31,1861, but comes upon a town fated to relive that date in 1812.
	Letters In June	by Michael Scott Nov. 21, 2008	$1.99	17332 words	Sample 35%
	Sex, death, and psychosis - never a good mixture. Read a series of disturbingly detailed letters between two young lovers who are burying their past - and everyone in it. Strong sexual and violent content.
	Advancement	by Michael Scott Nov. 22, 2008	$0.99	2339 words	Sample 25%
	Another day in Hell
	Angel Falling Softly	by Eugene Woodbury Jan. 02, 2009	$1.99	74279 words	Sample 20%
	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 the only person in the world who can save her daughter's life.
	Prey for the Beast	by Mavra Feb. 09, 2009	Free!	2754 words	Read a sample
	Short horror fiction revolving around a werewolf who's evening hunt though the woods for "safe" prey goes oddly awry.
	Secrets of the Night	by Gregory D. Welch Feb. 10, 2009	You set the price!	9034 words	Sample 50%
	A short story about one devilish night that began with adultery and will end in brutal, supernatural twisting of events... A story offered free on my blog, but gladly accepting whatever price you'd like to offer above that too, hence my leting you set the price. I won't feel bad if you download it without setting the price above zero on this'n. But I sure won't feel bad if you do either ;0)
	The Dance	by Rachelle Reese Feb. 10, 2009	$0.99	18645 words	Sample 10%
	When Crimson's grandmother dies, Crimson moves into the house that's been passed down to a female in the family for generations. She finds comfort in her memories and her conversations with Lou, her grandmother's gardner and handyman. But one night, a woman in an old-fashioned ballgown invites her to dance and Crimson learns the chilling truth about her legacy. Published in Mind of a Mad Man.
	Ilu'itanu	by Travis King Feb. 10, 2009	$1.99	11429 words	Sample 33%
	"In the busy hours of the day, when the clamour of human existence is at its uttermost, the voice of the ocean is diminished to little more than an ambient murmuration; but at night, when all has settled, she rises up and roars so all can hear. Her words are eternal and full of mystery, sometimes soothing, but at other times resounding ancient horrors..." —excerpted from "Ilu'itanu" by Travis King. This Lovecraftian tale of ancient evil is available for the first time here at Smashwords. At nearly 11,000 words, it is a substantial story and well worth the price.
	Pretty When She Dies: A Vampire Novel	by Rhiannon Frater Feb. 12, 2009	$2.99	108179 words	Sample 25%
	Amaliya wakes under the forest floor, disoriented, famished and confused. She digs out of the shallow grave and realizes she is hungry in a new, horrific, unimaginable way. Sating her great hunger, she discovers that she is now a vampire, the bloodthirsty creature of legend. She has no choice but to flee from her old life and travels across Texas hoping to escape her creator.
	Playground	by Mavra Feb. 18, 2009	Free!	1661 words	Read a sample
	This is a disturbing story told from a child's viewpoint. It has been called "Chilling", "Devastating", "Fantastic and Brave".
	End Time	by Andrew Clitheroe Feb. 19, 2009	$2.00	5635 words	Sample 50%
	An elderly widower's peaceful retirement is shattered twice, first by the arrival of his daughter with a grandson he never knew he had, and then by a series of increasingly disturbing dreams.
	MageSign	by Alan Baxter March 07, 2009	$3.99	125442 words	Sample 10%
	It's three years since Isiah’s run in with Samuel Harrigan and he decides to track down the evil Sorcerer, Harrigan’s mentor. He discovers that the Sorcerer has more followers and a bigger plan than anyone could have dreamed. With the help of some new friends Isiah tries to bring down the Sorcerer and his cult of blood before they manage to change the world forever. (Sequel to RealmShift.)
	Colder Still	by Justin Cawthorne March 08, 2009	Free!	10709 words	Read a sample
	John Spencer lives out his waning days enduring a relationship of mutual hatred with his bitter and self-centred son. Then a chilling memory from his past offers a way out, and a chance for revenge.
	Yellow	by Gregory D. Welch March 14, 2009	You set the price!	7241 words	Sample 50%
	Apartments hold many secrets, many whispers, many ghosts. Follow a would be plumber on a dark journey through hell and guilt as he faces the ghosts of his actions and is haunted by a demon of his own doing. Never before seen or read, yours for the first time here!
	Immortal	by John E. Miller March 21, 2009	$0.99	5842 words	Sample 50%
	A meeting between a psychiatrist and a patient turns the tables on what is real and what isn't.
	Exhale of Death	by Susan Rollins April 08, 2009	Free!	2023 words	Read a sample
	Murder, justice... semantics.
	Scarecrow	by Darren G. Burton April 25, 2009	$2.99	69357 words	Sample 35%
	On a small island resort in the middle of the Bahamas, three college graduates dive for lost Spanish treasure. In their efforts to find the gold, the three men open an underwater cave that has been sealed shut for more than two decades. In the cave lurks a creature of unspeakable evil. One by one, the resort guests start to disappear.
	A Stranger Feast	by Melissa Kesead May 27, 2009	$6.00	21620 words	Sample 50%
	Enter a world where vampires look just like you and me. Imagine them preying on the sick, the homeless; the unwanted. They attract the attention of the Old World Vampyres; those born in graves, sleeping in crypts and stinking of death The Vampyres don't want the modern vampires competing with them for blood. They don't want vampires that can pass for human existing in the same world as they.
	Predatoress	by Emma Gabor May 31, 2009	$9.95	91715 words	Sample 50%
	A PREDATORESS IS BORN - A gifted, beautiful college freshman, Emma, is victimized by a vampire in Transdanubia, Hungary. In turn, she selfishly vampirizes her three best friends for companionship in her nightly quest for human blood. They rampage through Hungary, Vienna, and New York, spreading the scourge. But her conscience and desire to love Zoltan drives her to find a cure....
	Partners	by Leslie Lee June 03, 2009	You set the price!	4637 words	Sample 50%
	Partners in violent crime extort a secret from a victim which they find leads to a gruesome parting of the ways. Some secrets are best not known.
	Short Shocks Volume I	by Andy Love June 07, 2009	$2.73	18481 words	Sample 40%
	This e-book of two short horror stories, is the first creation from horror writer Andy Love. Minion, a gothic tale of one man's hobby turned to nightmare. A Night With Frost is the reason we should believe in fables. If you don't want to see the ice-cold horror of Jack Frost approaching; then don't believe. Try and make it through a chilling and devastating night with your life.
	Blood Relations	by Zoe E. Whitten June 11, 2009	$2.99	64685 words	Sample 25%
	Fledgling mage Amber McKenzie flees Arizona with Vicky the vampire to avoid the law. Hiding in San Antonio Vicky meets Emil, leader of a vampire coven. When Emil reveals that Vicky is sterile, Amber agrees to be a surrogate mother. If the pregnancy doesn't kill her, she will lose her humanity and turn into the thing she fears most. But becoming a blood drinker is only the start of the nightmare.
	Shadow People: Quickening of the Wicked	by Cindy Jackson June 14, 2009	$0.99	124795 words	Sample 25%
	The hate-seekers want Earth all for themselves and humans will kill each other to make sure they get it. With terror and splendor comes the first novel in the haunting Shadow People Trilogy. Fans of hardcore horror, paranormal romance, arcane mysticism, or zombie blasting survivalism will not be disappointed with this timeless tale of light vs. darkness.
	The Lesser of Two Evils (Campaign trilogy, book 1)	by Zoe E. Whitten June 17, 2009	$2.99	89469 words	Sample 25%
	Davis Briggs wanted to get away from his life as a homicide detective, and Devine was the perfect place to start over until a child’s death returns him to the grim work of murder investigation. His only leads are Wendy Stoffel, a local shoplifter, and Jobe McKenzie, a drifter who arrived "on vacation" the day of the first murder. Jobe has an alibi, and like Wendy, he may be hunting the killer.
	Trail of Madness (Campaign trilogy, book 2)	by Zoe E. Whitten June 17, 2009	$2.99	97896 words	Sample 25%
	Book two in the Campaign trilogy follows the ongoing investigations of serial bomber Jobe McKenzie and psychic siblings Wendy and Jamie Stoffel. Now in Odessa, the trio is hunting for leads in Gene Stoffel's abduction and a new killer, while at the same time avoiding the FBI and the abductors. The chase ends in a bloody gunfight, but who will be left standing at the end of the trail of madness?
	DEAD(ish)	by Naomi Kramer June 30, 2009	Free!	11877 words	Read a sample
	Linda’s had a bad day. First, her boyfriend killed her. Then she woke up, still on this boring plane of existence, and with an odd obsession about her missing body. Mike won’t tell her what he did with her body and she can’t find the stupid thing herself. There’s only one thing she can do - torment the bastard until he coughs up the information. Contains adult themes & frequent profanity.
	Sunset	by JJ Ritonya July 06, 2009	$5.95	95900 words	Sample 25%
	Follow the path of three different men in three different cities as they deal with the end of civilization as we know it. In a matter of hours, ninety-eight percent of the Earth’s population was exterminated. Forty-eight hours later, the dead have disappeared. For the survivors, existence has become a massive struggle. However, survival becomes much more difficult after… Sunset
	Hell and Step On It	by Kyt Dotson July 09, 2009	$0.99	4121 words	Sample 5%
	This Mill Avenue Vexations short story was originally published in the Twilight and Thorns horror anthology--but that has since gone out of print. So it's being brought to you here as a stand alone short story. Cab driver, Vex Harrow, picks up a strange passenger during one of her late night fares and discovers there’s more to him than there seems when he vanishes mid-trip.
	Pay Attention -A Zombie Story- (from More Lost Memories)	by Teel McClanahan July 17, 2009	$1.99	5507 words	Sample 25%
	This story contains sex, violence, bondage, pain, fear, humiliation, and death. Death by zombie. It looks at the situation at a zombie readiness training camp during its final weeks of training before a full-scale zombie outbreak.
	Dragged Into Darkness	by Simon Wood July 17, 2009	$0.99	57293 words	Sample 30%
	The world is a dark place, even in daylight. DRAGGED INTO DARKNESS features tales of horror from the subtle to the extreme. The characters are ordinary people who are ripped from their daily routines into a dark world. DRAGGED INTO DARKNESS will make you clamor for the light.
	Motor City Shambler: A Bob the Zombie Novel	by Joshua Calkins-Treworgy July 20, 2009	$3.99	47744 words	Sample 10%
	Robert Johnson was out for a hike when a stranger ran up and bit a chunk out of his arm. It's a strange behavior, but Johnson patches himself up as best he can and heads for home--Detroit. When he wakes up, he sees the news--there's a weird infection out there, an infection that comes to be known as zombies. Very funny.
	Missive Attack	by Leslie Lee July 25, 2009	$0.99	2729 words	Sample 50%
	Don't you just hate Christmas Letters?
	Rough Cut	by Gary McMahon July 26, 2009	$2.99	36561 words	Sample 20%
	Jude, the son of Vanna St Clair - the voluptuous star of a series of controversial British horror films in the 1970s, who died forgotten - is offered the opportunity to write her biography, a warts-and-all expose of the seamy side of the British film industry. But this proves no ordinary book, and Vanna is no ordinary subject. "worthy of the greats." - Ramsey Campbell
	The Skin Gallery	by Leslie Lee July 31, 2009	$0.99	6568 words	Sample 50%
	She wants MIke do a special tattoo on her. And she's going to get it from him no matter what it takes and who has to die.
	Getting Out	by Paul Angelino July 31, 2009	Free!	3137 words	Read a sample
	Mary lived her life as a shadow. She kept her dreams and wishes locked deep inside of her, and now they want out.
	SEVER: five tales of horror	by Ty Johnston Aug. 04, 2009	$0.99	17064 words	Sample 20%
	Book I of the "S" Collection Horror Trilogy: A couple on a hiking trip stumbles across death in the woods. A private investigator with powers beyond the norm faces a ghost that won't go away. The crew of a spaceship finds a deadly stowaway. A serial killer's eyes are opened to his true self. A historical figure in Bohemia of the 1500s deals with an exorcism. All these tales can be found within.
	Crying Uncle	by Leslie Lee Aug. 12, 2009	$0.99	5798 words	Sample 50%
	Running and hiding does no good when you call your demon to you.
	The Bone Breaker	by Brian Donovan Aug. 15, 2009	$5.95	38882 words	Sample 20%
	Talking to ghosts is a strange way to make a living, but Melody Lane has the skills for it. Having always been psychic, it seemed natural to contact the dearly (or not so dearly) departed – for a fee. Melody becomes enmeshed in a web of murder and torture. She may be the only person alive with the abilities needed to track down a sadistic serial killer.
	The bulldozer ploughed on	by Ian Buchanan Aug. 15, 2009	Free!	1933 words	Read a sample
	Out on the edge of the desert, things get a bit feral.
	KatsTales: Journeys Into the Velvet Darkeness - Revealed Evil	by Kat Yares Aug. 18, 2009	$2.99	19359 words	Sample 10%
	Thirteen short stories exploring the wicked deeds that live in every heart.
	Evidence of Hell	by John Ammann Aug. 24, 2009	$4.00	88664 words	Sample 10%
	A collection of short horror stories surrounding a nearly twenty year old missing persons case out of Baltimore, MD.
	THE WICCAN CONSPIRACY	by SATHIYA RAMASAMY Aug. 25, 2009	$10.00	89943 words
	A HORROR STORY DEPICTING A BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL MANIFESTATIONS.
	The Unbirthing	by Bill Aug. 31, 2009	$3.99	23424 words	Sample 20%
	She was no ordinary woman. She was beautiful and irresistible. And yet she had a deformity, a mutation, which compelled her to take any man who aroused her, latch onto him with her legs around his face, subdue him with her narcotic secretions, and ride him until his life was taken from him to fill the aching void in her womb. The police would find her eventually, but would that be an end to it?
	Chronicles of the Damned	by R. N. Matos Sep. 03, 2009	$3.00	126212 words	Sample 25%
	Bruno Maximus Casta struggles to distance himself from the horrors of the life he was cast into and the war that has raged for thousands of years. One night a mysterious woman enters his gallery stirring up memories that threaten to bring the war between the Legion, the Canis and the humans to his door step. Harrowing events unfold on the road to discovering the Chronicles of the Damned.
	Mother's Love	by Eddie Heaton Sep. 07, 2009	$5.95	67794 words	Sample 20%
	Satanic rituals prepare to conjure up evil, and Angela is at the centre of it. Her son, born of the violation she endured as the unwilling subject of a violent and sexual ceremony, may be ready to receive Satan, but the sadistic pagans may find their objectives thwarted by the power of the Earth Mother wielded by The Sisterhood. It is Angela’s own beliefs that play a vital role in her survival.
	Beginner's Luck	by Dan McGirt Sep. 11, 2009	$0.99	2454 words	Sample 40%
	A would-be serial killer prepares to begin his reign of terror as the Hatchet Man! He has a hatchet! He has a mask! He has a plan, more or less! What could possibly go wrong? Author Dan McGirt offers his somewhat skewed look at the perils of launching a career in mass murder. It isn't as easy as you think. One thing is certain--this night will not end well. But for whom? A comical tale of terror.
	Pound of Flesh	by Richard Gerard Sep. 18, 2009	Free!	3257 words	Read a sample
	Billy had a wandering eye. He never thought his wife would make him pay like this. Dear reader, although I checked the adult content box, it really is minimal, so don't let that scare you away. I just wanted to keep the kiddies out. If you enjoy this piece, please review and/or rate. Thanks to Elisabeth for the cover art. Her work can be found here http://lunanyxstock.deviantart.com
	Cheating, Death	by Teel McClanahan Sep. 23, 2009	$2.99	33677 words	Sample 32%
	When the walking dead fill the streets, who can cheat death? Who can survive? Featuring a zombie outbreak that devastates Denver, an indecisive adulterer, and a series of violent, disturbing, and perhaps even heart-rending events of the sort you'd expect when the dead rise up to eat the living, Cheating, Death is a roller-coaster ride through a horror show both of death and of the heart.
	The Chosen: Rise Of The Darkness	by C.A. Milson Sep. 30, 2009	$0.99	82461 words	Sample 30%
	Author C.A. Milson explores the line between good and evil in the new, thrilling page turner, The Chosen: Rise of the Darkness and introduces the reader into a terrifying world that will have you guessing until the very end.