In his ingenious novel My Vacation in Hell, Gene Twaronite explores what hell would be like from the perspective of a young unpopular boy. In hell, John and his friend Virgil face a number of adventurous, even comical situations as they come face to face...

First Impression is the first title in the Shadow Maven Paranormal series written by Pauline Creeden. Chira is 16 and attends a prep school on scholarship. She lives with her mom, a waitress in the local diner, and her very unpleasant step-father. Her best friend,...

The Dead Lands by Rick Hautala is one more in a long string of top-notch horror stories by this author. Megan McGowan didn’t come home with her brother, Mike. Megan never came home again. Young Mike saw something, but his mind had buried it, because...

Jordan's Brains: A Zombie Evolution by J. Cornell Michel is about zombie obsessed Jordan who lives in Gardner House, a psychiatric hospital in Maryland. From a young age, Jordan has been obsessed with zombies and everything about them, even going so far as to make...

It’s summer and what’s on the mind of a group of kids nicknamed The Golden Boys? Little League Baseball and hanging out. Cooper, Gooby, Chuck, Cliff, Bolo, and Scooter are friends, actually closer than friends. Just a normal summer, right? Suddenly, with one swing of...

The Thirteenth Child by David Dean is a gripping horror story that will leave you alternately with a bad taste in your mouth or wanting more. It’s the story of children who go missing on dark nights and an alcoholic ex-professor who witnesses the snatchings...

Mantequero by Jenny Twist is a short story built upon an old Spanish superstition. Also known as Sacamantecas, Mantequero featured in a story parents told their children, to keep them from wandering too far from home. Not at all unlike probably every culture that has...

In the prologue of Daemon Persuasion by S.K. Gregory, we are introduced to Mackenzie Murphy, a terrified eleven-year-old who is listening as her mother is being abused again by her stepfather, Ray. As the abuse escalates, Mackenzie covers her ears and pleads for someone to...

In Survivor, the second book in a post-apocalyptic yarn by James Phelan, it's been twelve days since terror swept through the streets of New York City and young Aussie teen Jesse hasn't encountered anybody. Living, that is. He's encountered plenty of Chasers, humans infected by...

Author Robert E. Hirsch creates a mixture of paranormal, crime drama, dark fantasy, horror, and suspense in his book Contrition. The setting is a small town in Mississippi, close to the Gulf Coast; the culture is French and Slavic. Brother Placidus was filled with fear...