There is no winning. Only what you become.America's sweetheart. The bad boy. The icon. The jock. The nerd. The doctor.A year after a drunk-driving accident destroys her career, former child star Sydney Monroe is desperate for one thing: redemption. Shut In might be her last chance to get it.Six contestants. Six weeks. One isolated mansion. Cameras watching twenty-four hours a day. Each contestant is assigned a horror-movie archetype and challenged to live it, from midnight rituals to punishments designed to push them past their breaking point.Sydney gets the role everyone is supposed to root for: The Final Girl.At first, the blood is fake. The scares are staged. The cameras are always watching. Then the challenges become dangerous. The crew stops appearing. The exits won't open. And the contestants begin to realize the show isn't just asking them to play their roles anymore.Something inside the mansion wants a real horror story. And a Final Girl can only earn her title if everyone else dies.For readers who miss the insane, voyeuristic reality TV of the 2000s but always thought it could use a little more... reality.

Chosen-A Horror Anthology-is a harrowing collection of short stories that both captivate and disturb-sure to satisfy your craving for horror.Honor thy Mother, by J. M Clark-Cora loves her ailing mother. Misguided doctors attempt intervention, but Cora knows best. Bortle Scale One, by Hannah Gibbs-When a group of boys set out in search of a place devoid of all light pollution, they discover just what lurks in the darkest places in the woods.Honeybones, by Logan Sroufe-Honeybones is about special occasions, rules, and love. Alice and John have the most wonderful adventures. The taste, the indulgence, the honey ... always finger-licking good.Welcome to the Family, by Noah Hoffmann-The apocalypse is now. It's survive or succumb.Fog of War, by I. A. Sykes-A ruthlessly cunning barbarian uses fog and death to challenge the heroic identities of a prince and his comrades. They must fight through or die.Captain's Log, by Sarah Wilson Gregory-Trapped on their ship in a windless sea, a captain and crew catalogue their experiences as the days pass and horrors unfold. Dahlia, by Holly Slater-After his divorce, a passionate night with the alluring Dahlia leaves Charlie wanting more. But he soon discovers there's a dark side to dating.The Midnight Radio, by Hannah Gibbs-After Caleb scores a sweet deal on an antique radio, reality unravels.Shadow of the Aal, by Devin D. Namaky-Nearing the end of pregnancy, with the perfect birth plan in place, a pregnant Vis faces rumors of a deev that wrestles control of reality.FACE, by Jack Ramirez-A man wakes up to find his face gone, and a new one sewn in its place. Each day he wears it, he loses more of his soul.Mr. Needles, by Noah Hoffmann-A young boy's imaginary friend is murdered and something sinister comes to take its place.The Calming House, by J. M. Clark-The name of the game is to stay calm, or be calmed.Sweet, Sweethaven, by Victoria Meadows-Faith is questioned, billionaires become victims, and trophy wives are enlightened, as Sweethaven asserts balance over greed, blasphemy, and immorality.

????? The Summoning has a small-town horror setting that instantly brings to mind a Stephen King novel, but the author makes it his own. -- Amazon Customer???? The pacing is excellent, but it is the clarity and depth of the characters that set The Summoning apart. -- Amazon Customer?????Worthy of Stephen King or Dean Koontz. -- Amazon CustomerBrady Longmore's debut horror novel, The Summoning, has been compared by Amazon reviewers to early works of Stephen King and Dean Koontz. It's been described as an old-fashioned ghost story with surprising depth. In The Summoning, Longmore has taken familiar elements from the horror genre--demonic entities, the undead, a serial killer on a mission--and made them frightening and suspenseful all over again.Daniel Miller is an outcast, bullied at school, and is a constant source of disappointment to his father. Powerless to change his situation, the teenager bears the burden of daily ridicule and rejection, but deep inside seethes a torrent of vengeful rage. One day, he hears a woman's voice in his head; a voice of sympathy and understanding. A voice of seduction that promises Daniel power, respect, and even love. But most of all, it promises him the revenge he so desperately craves. How far will a teenage boy go to turn the tables on his life? What lines will he be willing to cross in exchange for the seductive promises of a beautiful, but evil, demoness?Chet Cooper has everything going for him. A decorated Marine recently returned from the battlefields of World War II, he was a shoe in for local sheriff when the position came open. He was even voted by the local newspaper as the town's most eligible bachelor. But all is not as it seems. Every day Chet fights a secret war with the demons of his past, as he tries to move on from the horrors of his experiences and live a normal life. One day while searching for a lost child, Chet meets Kate Farnsworth, the new school secretary. She's beautiful, witty, and full of spunk. The demons of his past seem to be powerless in her presence, and he quickly finds himself smitten by the new girl in town. But Kate is battling her own demon: a terrible secret she's running from but unable to escape.When a series of brutal murders takes place in the quiet town of Clear Creek, Chet and Kate are suddenly thrust together into a fight with a supernatural, ancient evil that's hellbent on destroying them and everyone they love. With the clock ticking, will the unlikely couple be able to overcome their own demons, and stop the killings before it's too late?The Summoning is a paranormal horror novel with a sweet romance threaded throughout the main plot. Brady Longmore has painstakingly woven a tapestry of colorful characters, inhabiting a small town, that come to life, seeming to jump from the pages and play through the reader's mind as if they're watching a movie. Described by many readers as a long book, but a short read, fans of horror will find The Summoning a difficult read to put down.

What happens when a powerful supernatural with a grudge against humans must take one in to fulfill a promise? Left injured on the side of the road with no memories at ten years old, Lia has never known anything but the foster care system. Now that she’s aging out, she’s ready to write her own story for her life with a job and apartment all lined up . . . until she loses the job before even starting.Desperate to not become homeless, she ends up accepting an offer for a job she doesn’t remember applying for at a hotel she’s not sure exists. Once she arrives, she discovers a hotel catering to supernatural beings, as well as a captivating hotel owner who hates her on sight. Which adds to the mystery of why she’s there. Was her hiring at the hotel an accidental fluke? Or does the obnoxiously charismatic hotel owner know something about Lia that he’s not sharing?As Lia attempts to uncover these answers, she may discover that in a supernatural world filled with constant posturing for power, being only human might just be her greatest strength.Dive into this completed enemies to lovers urban fantasy trilogy filled with sweet, slow burn romance, quirky side characters, and a heroine determined to save the day through quality customer service. Perfect for fans of Shari L. Tapscott and K. M. Shea's Magiford Supernatural City trilogies.

They told me journalism was dangerous. But no one ever told me it could make me undead… Now I’m thrust into a supernatural world, complete with my talking, shapeshifting, Taylor Swift-obsessed cat.My name is Kali Black, and for the last decade, I’ve been chasing a child trafficking ring no one else believes exists.Becoming a creature of the night won’t stop me cracking the case. If anything, it’s given me an edge.But power comes with a price. The Enforcers are watching, and stepping out of line could get me staked.My sire is still out there, and I need answers. Time is running out. The sun’s rising, the Enforcers are closing in, and the truth is darker than I ever imagined.If you love sharp wit, dark secrets, and urban fantasy with bite, sink your fangs into Beyond the Blood Veil!

A gift that’s too good to be true. A murder she didn’t commit. A barista in a latte trouble… Mitzy Moon believes she’s an orphan, so she’s dumbstruck when a special delivery to her low-rent apartment reveals a family. But her shock turns to awe when she discovers her grandmother left her a fortune and a bookshop of rare tomes brimming with magic. No sooner does she set foot in the quirky village of Pin Cherry Harbor to claim her inheritance, than the handsome sheriff catches her standing over a corpse. Desperate to prove her innocence, she’s forced to accept help from her granny’s entitled cat and a spirit from beyond the grave. Can Mitzy and her otherworldly helpers uncover the real killer before the long, sexy arm of the law hauls her to jail? Fries and Alibis is the first book in the hilarious paranormal cozy mystery series, Mitzy Moon Mysteries. (Complete series available now!) If you like amateur sleuths, small town intrigue, and a dash of the supernatural, then you’ll love Trixie Silvertale’s twisty whodunit. Buy Fries and Alibis to serve up the guilty today!