Death Throes BY Ian Woodhead

DEATH THROES

BY

Ian Woodhead

An omnibus edition of three novels of horror by author Ian Woodhead

SPORES

Spores: Everyone over the age of 40 has been wiped out by an unidentified fungal plague. Only the young remain. The survivors leave their shelters and emerge into a world blanketed with clouds of drifting spores.
They believe that the worst is over, now is the time to start re-building. They have yet to encounter the abominations, altered by the spores. They thought the plague was the end.
The plague is just the beginning.

 

SHADES OF GREEN

Shades of Green: Like maggots eager for flesh, the pale tendrils pushed up through the woodland soil. The alien vine penetrated flora and fauna, its intimate caress altering everything at a genetic level.
Deep underground, the vast machine grew as it tunneled through the earth, slowly bearing towards the small town of Holburn.
The Aliens arrived millions of years ago. The invasion has just begun.

THIRD SIGHT

Third Sight: Driving its serrated talons through their hot skin fills it with unbelievable pleasure. Only the immense waves of life energy detonating from its chosen watcher can come close to the almost orgasmic experience of deleting their physical form from this realm.
Adrian Winters is unaware that close to his home, a newborn demon has chosen him to be the watcher. Very soon, his loving family and all his friends are about to become food for the demon.







Silent Wings By Tracy Taylor

SILENT WINGS

by

TRACY TAYLOR

The flight to escape to become your own; so endless is the canvas against the twilight sky.
The shadows of darkness lurks in the night, good versus evil, wrong versus right.

Soar to the north, south, east and west.
Let the sound of the wind disguise the journey.
Once through the gables and greeted by the sun.
Embrace of moral conviction brings end to the plight.

Silent wings embrace the plight of new world order.

Tracy Taylor is the author of several poems. She is a mother of one son, and retired from the United States Army, now residing in the southwest. Her poem 'Silent Wings' will be featured in the soon to be released book 'A Faerie Girl' By Vicky Renee Johnson.

A Faerie Girl

By

 Vicky Renee Johnson.

The House on Blackstone Moor By Carole Gill

The House on Blackstone Moor By Carole Gill

"They say my father was mad, so corrupted by evil and tainted by sin that he did what he did. I came home to find them all dead; their throats savagely cut. My sisters only five and eight were gone as well as my brother who was twelve. My mother too lay butchered in her marriage bed. The bed her children were born in..."Young Rose Baines discovers the savage murders of her family by her mad, incestuous father.

She is plunged into a nightmare of hell and is incarcerated in two madhouses after which she is helped to obtain a position as governess at Blackstone House.

The house is located on haunted moorland. Nothing is as it seems for Blackstone House and its inhabitants have hideous secrets. There is unimaginable horror there but there is love too--love that comes at a terrible price.

The story is as haunting as it is terrifying and will remain with the reader long after its disturbing tale has been told.

 

 

Carole Gill

 

Carole Gill is a wonderful sweet lady that is also a very talented story teller. She writes stories of the paranormal, horror, and love.The House on Blackstone Moor is a great book to add to your summer reading list. 

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Magic and Magnolias FREE today @Amazon

Magic and Magnolias

MAGIC AND MAGNOLIAS is FREE FREE FREE TODAY at Amazon !!!

Jeremiah Ransom sat by helpless for years as his girls suffered at the hands of Zeke Malone. The spell that had been put in place by Camilla and Liza would soon be broken and Jeremiah would be able to see his beautiful Magnolias, as his so lovingly called them. He would bring them together in their time of need.

Jeremiah would not be able to help them alone. Hazel, Alizabeth, Maddilone, and Annabelle would also need the help of the women who had came before them. The fight was not only with Zeke, but with a ghost from the family’s past that refused to stay buried...

Magic and Magnolias is part two of A MISSISSIPPI MOONLIGHT! To get the whole story of Hazel and Chloe Rose Check it OUT!

Also check out "A Mississippi Moonlight" and "Mississippi Vampires"

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Interview with Lori R. Lopez

Lori R. Lopez

Lori R. Lopez dips her quill into the ink of many genres, but Horror has been in her heart since she was a child enraptured by the frantic flight on horseback of a terrified Ichabod Crane, or the spooky Gothic atmosphere of Victor Frankenstein's manic body-building. She is also a humorous and dark poet with a monthly online column titled "Poetic Reflections":

POETIC REFLECTIONS

 In addition, she is a songwriter, artist, musician, actress, conservationist, wildlife and abuse advocate. Lori's titles include OUT-OF-MIND EXPERIENCES, CHOCOLATE-COVERED EYES, DANCE OF THE CHUPACABRAS, and AN ILL WIND BLOWS.

Her stories and verse appear in anthologies such as MASTERS OF HORROR: DAMNED IF YOU DON'T(Triskaideka Books), I BELIEVE IN WEREWOLVES (Netbound Publishing), SOUP OF SOULS (Panic Press), THIRSTY ARE THE DAMNED (Rainstorm Press), THE EPOCALYPSE: EMAILS AT THE END (Pill Hill Press), DEADICATION (Panic Press), and magazines (THE HORROR ZINE ISSUE "GHOSTS AND HAUNTS"; WOMEN EMPOWERMENT). Fifteen of Lori's poems were published for an anthology titled IN DARKNESS WE PLAY (Triskaideka Books). She is a renegade indie author who believes creative writing should not be standardized or conventional. Lori and her sons are establishing an entertainment website for their many creative pursuits at

www.trilllogicinnoventions.com.

Q: What compelled you to write your first book?

I don't think I wrote the book; I think the book wrote me. But, as I usually do now, I had more than one project underway simultaneously: my first novel, DANCE OF THE CHUPACABRAS, and my first story collection, OUT-OF-MIND EXPERIENCES. I finished the thirteen short stories first, though I had been working on the novel for more than a decade. It began as a screenplay, which I turned into a book. I heard about the Chupacabras myth in the news and based the two main heroic characters on my sons.

Q: Have you always wanted to be a writer?

Writing is something I love and believe I was born to do. It is as much a part of me as my heart. In fact, it feels like I have a writing organ from which the stardust of stories is produced. Maybe that's my brain. But I think my heart has something to do with the process as well. I had wanted to write books since I was a kid and did a lot of practicing along with artwork while growing up. I was always reading too. And, since Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, I have loved verse. It manifested in numerous songs, but since I started a monthly "Poetic Reflections" column a few years ago, I've been writing a fair amount of poems as well, often humorous, usually with wordplay. Even my prose tends to be poetic since I write with a poet's ear for cadence and flow. I love words, and it's evident in my style.

 Q. How did you come up with your title?

I'll tell you how the title for CHOCOLATE-COVERED EYES came about. A fellow author, Jerry W. McKinney, encouraged me to release an E-book last Fall. I only had a few print books out at that time. He suggested I do a short collection of six stories. This made me think of a sampler like the boxes of Whitman Chocolates. But it would be a sampler of my horror stories from two of my collections, one published (OUT-OF-MIND EXPERIENCES) and one not (THE MACABRE). The image of chocolate-covered eyes just popped into my head. So that's what I called it. Then I wrote a darkly amusing poem as the title piece to accompany the stories. I released it last October for Halloween.

Q: Tell us briefly about your latest book.

Besides individual short stories, my last E-book release was for my novel DANCE OF THE CHUPACABRAS. This is an adventure tale about two brothers lost in a desert where strange things occur and a winged creature has kidnapped a young girl. The book blends mythology and history and humor with horror and epic-fantasy elements. It sounds simple, but it has various subplots and a wealth of characters. There's also verse and a very unusual style. It might not be for everyone, but those who read the book believe it to be creative and fun. I'm pleased from the feedback that readers are appreciating it. When you do something unique, you're never certain how people will react.

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

I'm releasing the E-book version of my humorous horror dark-fantasy novel AN ILL WIND BLOWS. A fully illustrated print version should be out by the end of Summer. Despite being illustrated, like most of my works, the book is aimed at a general adult audience while also being suitable for teens. In this novel, a woman and some other offbeat characters are swallowed by a storm with an attitude. It is another quirky tale.

Q: Do you have a favorite character? Why is s/he your favorite?

Wow, that's tough! I'm terrible at deciding favorites because I love so many books and films and songs and characters . . . Many characters are dear to me, both in my work and that of others. The heroic brothers in DANCE OF THE CHUPACABRAS are loosely based on my sons. So those are certainly special. I like a ghoul that I created called The Bone Man for a tale titled "Fossil", which will be a short-story series and eventually published together in one book. I'm fond of the homicidal feline character in "Unleashed", loosely based on an adopted alley cat named Midnight. That is a story series as well.

Q: How did you feel the day you held the copy of your first book in your hands?


It was monumental! I had actually waited most of my life for that experience. I released the print version of my story collection OUT-OF-MIND EXPERIENCES four years ago this month. I turned the pages with delight, wearing a huge grin. It had been a dream for so long, and my words looked so beautiful in print, my artwork so cool on the cover. It was a very gratifying feeling.

Q: The main characters of your stories – do you find that you put a little of yourself into each of them or do you create them to be completely different from you?

I do tend to put a bit of myself into some characters. Even if just a mood or thought, a detail or some little thing that happened. Of course, authors must place themselves in the roles like actors to convey what is going on inside of them and capture their speech, their mannerisms. Some characters do not have anything directly taken from me. But they might be a bit like somebody else I know. Or they could be a complete fabrication.

Q: When growing up, did you have a favorite author, book series, or book?

My first favorite book was WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE by Maurice Sendak. I adored it. Another tome that made a huge impact was Mary Shelley's masterpiece FRANKENSTEIN, OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS. There are so many books I loved, including Lewis Carroll's brilliant ALICE IN WONDERLAND and THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS. And I was always thrilled to find a volume of a mystery series entitled ALFRED HITCHCOCK AND THE THREE INVESTIGATORS. I loved those books!!! They often had creepy settings, but there was a good deal of humor in the stories too. Books are among my most cherished memories from childhood.

Lori is a very beautiful, creative lady. Her creativity shows not only in her writing but her book covers as well. I look forward to hearing more from this writer. now grab a good book and enjoy! 8-)

Armand Rosamilia...Darlene Bobich: Zombie Killer

Darlene Bobich: Zombie KillerThirteen tales of Darlene Bobich!
The prequel to the successful "Dying Days" zombie novella

Dying Days
Sunny Florida, beautiful beaches, no traffic on A1A... Zombies roaming the dunes in search of the living... Darlene Bobich in a fight to survive, find food, safety and ammo for her Desert Eagle before its too late...
Dying Days are upon us... The Undead Roam the Earth... Searching for the Living... To Eat... To Feast... To Rip Apart... Extreme Violence... Extreme Sexual Situations... Extreme Undead...
Continuing the Darlene Bobich story begun in "Darlene Bobich: Zombie Killer"...

Dying Days 2 .
St. Augustine, the oldest city in what used to be America… now an apocalyptic wasteland, where undead fight over the scraps…
For Darlene Bobich and the remaining survivors it will be the ultimate test… zombies surrounding them, zombies coming from the ocean, across the Bridge of Lions… undead searching in eternal hunger…
Continuing the adventure of Darlene Bobich, started in "Darlene Bobich: Zombie Killer"... "Dying Days"... and now "Dying Days 2"...

Dying Shortly Volume 1
 Two zombie short stories from author Armand Rosamilia... "Annie Morgan", about a woman just trying to survive (and find the right man), and "Clothes Shopping" (a Darlene Bobich tale with her trying to find a suitable wardrobe... plus a five chapter preview of the "Dying Days" novella... 11,500+ words...

Armand Rosamilia is an expert when it comes to Zombies. Be prepared to be scared! He brings the Undead to life! You never know, he may just invite you to a Zombie Tea Party!  

He has had 40 releases so far and many more coming. He got his inspiration to write about our lovely Zombies from Brian Keene’s “The Rising” . I look forward to seeing more about this author.

Meet the Author

Armand Rosamilia is a New Jersey boy currently living in sunny Florida, where he drives his fiance' Kim crazy watching zombie movies, the Boston Red Sox and listening to Heavy Metal music...
"Highway To Hell" and "Dying Days" extreme zombie novellas are part of the growing Extreme Undead series of books/stories created by Armand...
He is also an editor for Rymfire Books, helping with several horror anthologies, including "Vermin" and the "State of Horror" series, as well as the creator and energy behind Carnifex Metal Books, putting out the "Metal Queens Monthly" series of non-fiction books about females into Metal...
You can find him at http://armandrosamilia.com
and e-mail him to talk about zombies, baseball and Metal: armandrosamilia@gmail.com

Da Dump, Da Dump...JAWS

… Da Dump, Da Dump! I love to chase my little boy around the swimming pool singing that song. (I am a sweet mama, aren’t I?) Directed by Steven Spielberg, JAWS is one of the greatest horror films of all time.

Imagine it, Amity Island, a small community whose main business comes from the tourist that visit its lovely beaches. People come from all over to soak up the sun and eat up the small island Atmosphere, ufortunately there is something waiting to eat them up. Literally!

When new Sheriff Martin Brody (Roy Scheider), discovers the remains of a shark attack victim, his first inclination is to close the beaches to swimmers. However, Mayor Larry Vaughn has other plans. The Amity Island Mayor refuses to close the beaches, on the grounds the Island will suffer financially.

Brody reluctantly listens to Mayor Larry Vaughn and ends up regretting it, when a young boy is killed by the vicious predator. The dead boy's mother puts out a bounty on the shark and Amateur hunters and fisherman swarm the Island to earn the bounty and they start pulling up dead sharks. Non however is our favorite finned friend.

 A local fisherman with much experience hunting sharks, Quint, (His character just made this move greatness as for as I am concerned) offers to hunt down the creature for a hefty fee.

Matt Hopper from the Oceanographic Institute enters the picture and we have the ever famous shark hunting trio.

Brody, Matt and Quint set out on a little fishing trip, aboard Quint's boat, the Orca.

To attract the shark, they throw bloody fish remains into the water. As he scoops the fish remains, the shark suddenly appears. My favorite Line from Brody, “You’re going to need a bigger boat!”

After a long fight between man, boat and fish, the shark leaps out of the water and onto the Orca's, breaking the back of the boat, which begins to sink. Quint slides down the deck and into the waiting shark's mouth and dies a gruesome death. Brody is able to throw one of Hooper's scuba tanks into the shark's mouth. He climbs onto the boat's mast and waits with Quint's rifle. As the shark swims toward him, Brody fires several shots and detonates it, blowing the shark to bits. Awesome Movie!