Darkness Breaks the Cloudy Veil

The Halloween Horror Lives On… For the month of October 2017, J. Ellington Ashton Press, on their Wicked Little Things blog-talk radio, broadcasted a series of Halloween stories. These “F...

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A Collection of Dark Tales for a Dark Time. Kicked down by cancer, Andy has struggled to make ends meet. Being a self employed decorator he is no longer earning money to support his family. ...

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Dracula, Wolfman, The Mummy, Frankenstein. You've lived with the stories your whole life. You've read the tales. You've watched the films. But what if the stories were different? What if the th...

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Strange occurrences plague Mishawaka, Indiana’s past and present. Local lore whispers accusations of strange and peculiar happenings, prefacing uncertainty if the future is safe. A meeting of...

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In Doorway to Death, you met death head on, traveling the varied path by which man may meet his end. In Doorway to Death: Afterlife you'll be asked to go further, from the moment of death on, i...

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A young yeti, out scavenging with his parents, wanders off and discovers a lone cabin in the woods. A beautiful woman inside awakens his pubescent desires as he finds love for the first time. T...

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Ever had that one job you absolutely hated? Where the thought of getting out of bed in the morning to go to work filled you with dread? Underpaid, under appreciated? Sick of seeing others advan...

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A thicket. What could be more normal and harmless than that? As you're about to find out, it isn't the outer appearance that decides your fortune. No. It's the darkness and secrets hidden a...

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Curses, Hexes, Demons foul and fair The words you speak have power…beware Draw down the Moon or raise the dead Control those thoughts which fill your head Fire burn – the candle’s fl...

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Mardis Gras is a time of celebration, an occasion to lose one's inhibitions, and a time for the devious minds to hide among the crowds. As the party rages on, a pair of police officers notice...

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As the comfort of daylight fades and the purple hues of twilight taints the sky, the mind and soul shiver in terror, for very soon - far too soon - the nocturnal nightmares will once again begi...

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Repercussions of one’s actions are often not realized for many moons. Usually, such retorts result in minor inconveniences that merely mar the soul and bruise one’s pride. However, when rep...

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Space, the final frontier. A place of mystery and horror. Enter other worlds filled with mystery and terror. Extraterrestrial explores the furthest reaches of your imagination, and holds it hos...

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Life is a journey. An adventure – A path trod with uncertainty. For most of us, the difficulties encountered along life’s path help to forge us into stronger, wiser, and more well-balanced ...

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Nothing makes the skin crawl more than skin crawling with insects. Making their way into every orifice, burrowing through flesh to lay their eggs by the million; you, their unwilling host. Swar...

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Notions of the undead have fascinated and terrified humanity for centuries, and none more so than those tales revolving around zombies. From the very root of the zombie myth back in the Haitian...

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I'm excited to announce the release of my 8th book! Racism. Hate. Delusion. Each is an integral ingredient in the recipe of genocide. Each was present during World War II. Imagine if Adol...

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Filled with monstrous entities from the deep, both real and fabled, and sailed by marauding pirate ships with bloodthirsty souls looking to plunder and destroy. The great briny blue of the ocea...

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Quarantine... Where your rights and freedom have been stripped away. Where you are trapped with the dying, the dead, and sometimes even the undead. The shrieking, the smell of rot, and the ...

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Demons – we all have them. Like a parasitic shadow, attaching itself and penetrating its foul claws deep into your soul, your own personal demon feeds on your fears. Fear – the basest of al...

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Katherine Mansfield is a no-nonsense private detective in Mishawaka, Indiana. Adopted at an early age, by a police officer, Detective Mansfield was taught early to never take shit from anyone. ...

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Horrific tales of fright told around a bonfire in during remote backwoods retreats are common among close friends. As each person tests the others’ ability to remain calm and resist the urge ...

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Vampire: The reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep. Vendetta: A blood feud in which the family of the murdered person se...

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It started with an idea, An idea to make a book. So we released a call for submissions, Just to try our luck. Many people came forward, To show us the talents that they own. And so an idea grew...

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Home isn't always where the heart is. Sometimes, home is where the violence is.  What happens when your safe place becomes quite the opposite; when the term 'home sweet home' no longer applie...

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