Tagline: A spine-chilling story in which adventurers struggle to survive on the land of a cold-blooded psychopath who enjoys slashing humans.
Book Description:
A forest of blood and corpses. The land of a cold-blooded psychopath.
In Black River Forest, it’s best not to wander too far off the beaten track. There’s no telling what you might find.
Mia and Oliver have long wanted to explore the forest, and one cold, rainy October day, a week before their fifth anniversary of the day they met, they finally make the trip.
But they’ve heard the rumors as well. The haunting. A psychopath hidden somewhere amidst the towering trees. Too many missing. Too few answers.
It’s only rumors, though. Stories. And stories can’t hurt you. Yet as Mia and Oliver venture deeper into the Black River Forest, they’ll soon discover that there’s more haunting this quiet woodland than hikers and bears.
The psychopath is very real. And he’s excited to meet them.
From Jaydeep Shah, author of Tribulation, the first book of the Cops Planet series, “The Haunting of Black River Forest” is a bloody, spine-chilling story best read with the lights on.
After walking for three or four miles, the trio hadn’t found
a way out of the forest.
Their hearts were beating in fear and their legs were tired
from walking.
“When will we find the way out of this creepy forest, man?”
asked Mia, her arm linked with Oliver’s.
“I wish we hadn’t come here,” said Oliver. “But we have no
choice except to keep trying to find the path.”
“I just hope we get to the right path before . . . he finds
us,” said Jany.
“That’s what I’ve been praying to God for this whole time,”
said Oliver. “I don’t want to encounter him.”
“Right. I just want to escape,” said Mia. “However, if we do
meet him, and if he tries to block our path, I will kill him with my axe.”
“You must be kidding!” said Jany. “Please don’t say that again.
I’ve seen enough horror.”
“What did I say wrong?” said Mia. “If he finds us, we must
fight him and kill him. Otherwise, he will kill us.”
Walking, walking, and walking. Eventually, the trio reached a
divide in the path. Following Mia, they took the left.
The trio walked for one more mile, until they saw something
that stopped them in their tracks.
Skeletons. Hanging on almost all the trees ahead, as far as
their eyes could see. Not one, not five, not ten, but at least a hundred
skeletons, swinging on the trees in the breeze.
Jany gaped at them, her eyes filling with tears.
Oliver felt a chill furling through his body.
And Mia stood completely petrified; somewhere inside her, a
voice said: My heart may stop beating if I let the horror possess my senses.
About the Author:
Jaydeep Shah is an avid traveler and the author of gripping horror, thriller, and romance stories. As a bachelor’s degree holder in Creative Writing, he aims to entertain as many as people he can with his stories. He is best known for Tribulation, the first book in the “Cops Planet” series.
In addition to those books, The Shape-Shifting Serpents’ Choice, Jaydeep’s first young adult flash fiction written under his pen name, JD Shah, is published online by Scarlet Leaf Review in their July 2019 issue. Currently, he’s endeavoring to write a debut young adult fantasy novel while working on a sequel to his first apocalyptic thriller, Havoc.
When Shah is not writing, he reads books, tries new restaurants, and goes on adventures.
Werewolves... vampires... swamp beasts... zombies... even a Jersey Devil... all of these chilling creatures and more await you in this haunting collection of 11 contemporary horror fiction stories by Mark Wesley Curran. Uniquely set 'down the shore' in South Jersey's Cape May County, these scary tales are sure to terrify and entertain both adult readers as well as young adults.
The spooky offerings include:
- An abrasive radio talk show host is stalked by an angry werewolf in 'Werewolves of Dennis'
- A Fun Pier boardwalk worker falls under the spell of a strange attic dwelling girl in 'The Girl In The Attic'
- An ancient sailing ship filled with bloodthirsty zombies crashes into the Jersey Shore in 'Night of the Wildwood Dead'
The cornerstone of the collection is 'The Witches of Wildwood,' the harrowing and suspenseful tale of a witch-hunting preacher hell-bent on killing four teenage sisters determined to destroy the world from their Wildwood boarding house.
This collection contains:
The Girl In The Attic - Dante's Inferno At Castle Dracula - Neptune's Revenge - Night of the Wildwood Dead - Captain Harvey's Wildwood Seafood Palace - Showdown In Anglesea - The Fortune Teller Machine - Jersey Devil - Werewolves of Dennis - Swamp Beast of Grassy Sound - The Witches of Wildwood [novella].
Dante
snapped out of his flashback in a startled daze.
He tried
shutting the images out of his brain as he swam through the smoke and flame –
peering forward as the shaft of white lantern sliced through the smoky
darkness. As he walked the creaky floorboards, he heard the groaning and
falling of smoky timbers in the unseen floors above him; he knew the ceiling
could give way at any moment. His radio crackled with warnings to exit the
building immediately. He reached down to his radio, switching it to off, then
fought his way through the haze and flame.
He fought hard
against the images; the memories as ghosts floated around him; he saw visions
of his father, a fifth-generation firefighter, his tough, angry face floating
disembodied on a thin veneer of white smoke. Then the image of his father:
lying in a casket in a Northeast Philly funeral home, looking like some strange
wax figure from a horror movie. The embalmers and makeup people had done the
best they could but there was only so much that could be done with burn
victims. It had been a fire in Manyunk, a section of Philly, that had taken his
life.
Dante fought
against the exhaustion and inertia he’d been feeling for months now; tried
putting it all out of his mind; the divorce from Kathy; losing the custody
battle; losing their home to the mortgage crisis. Guilt and depression had
dogged him for the better part of his life, but a man had to remain strong, to
fight his way through it, that’s what his parents and friends had told him.
It’ll pass, they
said, in the meantime, man up.
But they could
not know the debilitating effect of depression, how it freezes you and turns
your life into a living nightmare of psychic pain. He’d tried sleeping it off,
twelve hours a day; he’d tried drinking it away but it only made matters worse.
Snap out of it,
they all said. Tough it out, Petrillo, suck it up. Yeah, he thought, if I don’t
snap first.
The roar above
his head was an angry crescendo; it sounded like a thousand railroad trains
thundering over his head. He pushed forward into the oily black smoke and the
ominous arms of orange and yellow flames that reached out all around him like
angry beckoning spirits.
There was
crashing overhead as sections of the burning roof fell into the floor above him.
It did not slow his resolve or lessen his courage, he simply pushed the fear
down below the surface He heard voices ahead of him. He stopped dead and tried
to ignore the ghosts. Ahead of him in the glow of flame and smoke was
Gracie-Lynn, his mother – the strong, silent pillar of strength that had endured
so much before she’d died.
For years she’d
dealt with his father’s unspeakable anger, the deep bouts of depression, the
unexplained rage that would erupt in a split second into violence.
About the Author:
Mark Wesley Curran is a writer of contemporary fiction, specializing in the horror and suspense genre. Born and raised in Suburban Philadelphia, he spent many summers living and working in Wildwood, New Jersey during its heyday. He now resides in Los Angeles where he enjoys creative pursuits as a writer, filmmaker and musician. He moderates the Horror Fiction Central website and edits the weekly horror fiction Newswire, resources for fans of horror fiction.
Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Historical Fantasy
Publisher: Alan McGill
Date of Publication: Oct 30 2021
ISBN:978-1737855804
ASIN:B09J457T2M
Number of pages: 217
Cover Artist: Emily’s World of Design
Book Description:
n a time of castles, muskets, and hideous creatures of the night, a beautiful
woman travels across the treacherous Dark Forest to be by the side of her dying
grandmother. With only a young carriage driver to protect her, she must use her
wits and all of her courage to cross the wild country—and to evade the
mysterious beast who stalks her.
What follows is a tale full of horror, mystery, and romance: gruesome murders
at a village hidden deep in the forest, a castle that holds dark secrets, and a
black wolf leading a deadly pack. Nothing is as it seems, and this journey has
only just begun. The beautiful lady in the carriage will learn that only love
can defeat evil, but is it love or danger that cries out to her in the
deceitful light of the moon?
Father Daniel and his Right Hand of God Order are a secret society fighting hideous creatures of the night. For decades, they’ve gathered relics and created weapons at a place called the Forge, located in a silver mine deep below the abbey on Feldberg Mountain. The monks compiled this compendium at the abbey in hopes it may help you understand the story that is A Cry in the Moon’s Light.
This tome is Father Daniel’s attempt at dispelling myths, retelling legends, and digging deeper into the characters and places you love from the story. There are detailed descriptions, over seventy-five illustrations from various artists, and even spoilers where the past and future collide!
Alan McGill is an American author who lives in an old farmhouse with a clowder
of cats. Alan was close to his grandparents, who grew up during the Great
Depression. They were married young and remained together until his
grandmother's passing. His grandfather served in the Navy during WWII and was a
gifted storyteller who wove humorous tales about tough events.
Alan grew up listening to these stories of right
and wrong and watching fictional heroes--such as the Lone Ranger, Adam West's
Batman and Captain America--stand up to bullies and protect those who count not
protect themselves. This inspired him to always do what was right in his own
life and shaped his love of storytelling.
He is a multi genre author whose debut novel, A
Cry in the Moon's Light, combines horror, romance, and mystery. As with all his
books, A Cry in the Moon's Light centers on characters who strive to do the
right thing regardless of the adversity they face. The book focuses on the
theme of love--a pure and deep love that defeats all evil.
