Abigail Shelby was trained, not raised—shaped by a mother who treated beauty like currency and obedience like a blood oath. At sixteen, Abigail learns the rules of survival in Shelbyville: smile when it hurts, lure what you need, and never let anyone see you bleed. The past doesn’t just haunt her; it brands her, and every lesson comes with a price. Now thirty-seven, Abigail has traded fear for finesse and is sharpening her claws for husband number three—Roger Blackwood, a rising political star with a future governor’s grin. But behind the emerald silk and country club perfection, Abigail’s mind is a locked room full of echoes, and her mother’s voice still slips through the cracks. When Abigail’s carefully built life begins to buckle, the question isn’t whether she will break—it’s what she will become when she does. What We Do in the Quiet is a southern gothic horror-thriller steeped in old money, family rot, and the kind of legacy that refuses to stay buried. In a town where everyone is watching and every favor has teeth, Abigail must decide what’s worse: the ghosts she inherited, or the monster she’s willing to be to outrun them. Abigail follows the Hollow Line, discovering her true legacy and the deceit and lies her mother sowed. Is the black book truly soiled or just misunderstood by those who falsely claim it? $0.99 on Kindle.
What We Keep in the Quiet
The Dark Routes
THE DARK ROUTES
A young boy’s best friend disappears into a fast-food restaurant playland ball pit never to be seen again.
Something is stolen from a secret government lab that will quite literally change everything.
Donned in a trench coat, a disgruntled youth grabs a bulky duffle bag and drives into the fierce storm of his destiny with an unwanted passenger.
Two cowboys are tasked with finding the rustlers responsible for missing cattle. What they find in the harsh Wyoming mountains is anything but a rustler.
Two boys run into a dark evil on the back streets of a Jamaican tourist town.
A bus driver finds that her next charter just might be a trip to Hell.
And many more spine-tingling tales of wonder, dread, and terror!
The journey of life is filled with numerous destinations. Some are chosen by us, some by others, many by circumstance. Sooner or later, we arrive at these destinations. Ultimately, we will arrive at our final destination. It is the route we take that determines that destination.
The Dark Routes chronicles some of these journeys. Some are physical travels; others journey into change, and some are trips into madness.
Infernal Tramps: Tales of Weird Terror
A boy discovers his father’s oracular grotesque in a secret dungeon below their family funeral home.
An antique spiked collar transforms Philadelphia into a city that worships a dead dog.
A video game dominates the market for years and then disappears, except for one man’s memories of its horrors.
A mother with a trunkful of hungry, inhuman babies tracks down the family that abandoned them.
The warden of a penal colony offers to pardon a murderer, but only if the inmate can find the antidote to the poison wine the warden gave him.
A wealthy young woman receives a surgical implant that delivers more than just a shapely body.
Step into a world of fleshly titillation and fresh terror, a dimension of blood and consequence. But buyer beware! Crack the spine and these dark tales are not so easily forgotten.
Turn back now, if you can, or else become one of the…
The Vampire’s Curse: at Blackthorn Manor
A haunted manor. A deadly secret. A vampire who should be her enemy.
When tough-as-nails attorney Charlotte Marlow inherits Blackthorn Manor, she’s thrust into a hidden world of supernatural forces battling for control over an ancient evil bound beneath the estate. With witches vying for power, ruthless vampires hunting for answers, and ghosts guarding deadly secrets, Charlotte’s only hope may lie with Adrian de Lanier—a dangerously charming vampire who seems to know more about her fate than she does.
But when she discovers her own bloodline is the key to everything, Charlotte is forced to fight for her life—and her heart—before the darkness consumes them all.
BOOKFEST 2025 silver winner. If you loved Dark Shadows, A Discovery of Witches and Twilight, you’ll love this thrilling book and series. $0.99 on Kindle.
Infernal Tramps: Tales of Weird Terror
A boy discovers his father’s oracular grotesque in a secret dungeon below their family funeral home.
An antique spiked collar transforms Philadelphia into a city that worships a dead dog.
A video game dominates the market for years and then disappears, except for one man’s memories of its horrors.
A mother with a trunkful of hungry, inhuman babies tracks down the family that abandoned them.
The warden of a penal colony offers to pardon a murderer, but only if the inmate can find the antidote to the poison wine the warden gave him.
A wealthy young woman receives a surgical implant that delivers more than just a shapely body.
Step into a world of fleshly titillation and fresh terror, a dimension of blood and consequence. But buyer beware! Crack the spine and these dark tales are not so easily forgotten.
Turn back now, if you can, or else become one of the…
What Digs Itself Free
Zap Rogers has raked in the cash through his career in ghost hunting. But trends are shifting. Scrambling to remain relevant, his crew orders new gear. But things take a sour turn when a sinister package arrives. Now Zap must do everything in his power to stop the malevolent entity before this investigation turns into his last.
$0.99 on Kindle.
Free: What We Keep in the Quiet
Abigail Shelby was trained, not raised—shaped by a mother who treated beauty like currency and obedience like a blood oath. At sixteen, Abigail learns the rules of survival in Shelbyville: smile when it hurts, lure what you need, and never let anyone see you bleed. The past doesn’t just haunt her; it brands her, and every lesson comes with a price. Now thirty-seven, Abigail has traded fear for finesse and is sharpening her claws for husband number three—Roger Blackwood, a rising political star with a future governor’s grin. But behind the emerald silk and country club perfection, Abigail’s mind is a locked room full of echoes, and her mother’s voice still slips through the cracks. When Abigail’s carefully built life begins to buckle, the question isn’t whether she will break—it’s what she will become when she does.
What We Do in the Quiet is a southern gothic horror-thriller steeped in old money, family rot, and the kind of legacy that refuses to stay buried. In a town where everyone is watching and every favor has teeth, Abigail must decide what’s worse: the ghosts she inherited, or the monster she’s willing to be to outrun them. Abigail follows the Hollow Line, discovering her true legacy and the deceit and lies her mother sowed. Is the black book truly soiled or just misunderstood by those who falsely claim it? Free on Kindle.
The Uncanny Chronicles
From Book 1:
The Uncanny Valley…
“…is a macabre serenade to a small town that may or may not exist, peopled with alive and dead denizens who wander about the hills and houses with creepy fluidity. Told by individual inhabitants, the stories recount tales of disappearing dead deer, enchanted gardens, invisible killer dogs, and rattlesnakes that fall from the sky; each contribution adds to a composite portrait that skitters between eerie, ghoulish, and poignant. Miller is a master storyteller, clearly delighting in his mischievous creations.”
From $1.99 to $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: SAVAGE MEMORIES (CROOKED CHRONICLES)
Welcome to Crooked Chronicles — a new series of chilling young adult horror stories.(Also great for Adults who like fast paced, twisted novellas)
Who do you fear when the monster is family?
Nora and her sister Clara are left alone in their cabin just as rumors of a terrifying beast start to spread. As the moon rises and the beast roams, Nora uncovers iron chains and a memory erasing stone hidden in her sister’s room. Nora realizes she is locked inside the house with a ruthless killer.
Armed with nothing but her wits and some luck, Nora must uncover the horrific truth and survive before disaster unfolds. Free on Kindle.
The Buried City
Bohemian Sledgehammer
A dark and mysterious Appalachian folk horror novel. It follows Briar, who journeys deep into a decaying mountain range to research a cryptic cult. Guided by a crusty local named Holt, he discovers an unsettling township where the wilderness rots and beasts shriek. The cryptic community is oddly hospitable. A brilliant blend of folklore with psychological terror. $2.99 on Kindle.
Free: THE MIDNIGHT EYE
Derek Adams, the MIDNIGHT EYE, fights the good fight against the Powers of Darkness on the streets, and in the bars, of Glasgow.
The Midnight Eye tales are pulp Occult Detective fiction, influenced as much by 1950’s Americana as they are by their roots in urban Scotland. Derek is a Bogart and Chandler fan, a drinker, a smoker, and only occasional cynic.
In these pages you’ll find demons, ghosts, Lovecraftian entities, shapeshifters, cults, drinkers, wizards, the Great Beyond, the other Great Beyond, and, most of all, the long suffering people of the old city, waiting for the stars to be right again.
Free to $2.99 on Kindle.
Angry Hornet Nest
There’s not much to do in the dying town of Dryton. Especially for outcasts Francis and Bodie. But when a bonfire prank goes too far, humiliation turns into horror, unleashing something dark. As accidents spread through the town, Francis realizes his best friend isn’t himself anymore. Something inside Bodie is watching and hungry for revenge. $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: What We Keep in the Quiet
Abigail Shelby was trained, not raised—shaped by a mother who treated beauty like currency and obedience like a blood oath. At sixteen, Abigail learns the rules of survival in Shelbyville: smile when it hurts, lure what you need, and never let anyone see you bleed. The past doesn’t just haunt her; it brands her, and every lesson comes with a price. Now thirty-seven, Abigail has traded fear for finesse and is sharpening her claws for husband number three—Roger Blackwood, a rising political star with a future governor’s grin. But behind the emerald silk and country club perfection, Abigail’s mind is a locked room full of echoes, and her mother’s voice still slips through the cracks. When Abigail’s carefully built life begins to buckle, the question isn’t whether she will break—it’s what she will become when she does.
What We Do in the Quiet is a southern gothic horror-thriller steeped in old money, family rot, and the kind of legacy that refuses to stay buried. In a town where everyone is watching and every favor has teeth, Abigail must decide what’s worse: the ghosts she inherited, or the monster she’s willing to be to outrun them. Abigail follows the Hollow Line, discovering her true legacy and the deceit and lies her mother sowed. Is the black book truly soiled or just misunderstood by those who falsely claim it? Free on Kindle.
Try Not to Die: With Satan Inside
Blood Echoes
Twins always finish each other’s sentences. Especially in prison.
Ex-Marine Tracie Vossler thought working prison security was safer than combat. She was wrong. When identical twin inmates and an ancient body-swapping demon collide in Blood Echoes, Tracie’s only priority becomes keeping her twelve-year-old daughter alive — no matter what it costs her. A demon that wears human faces. A prison that can’t contain what’s already inside. Blood Echoes is a slow-burn supernatural horror set against the claustrophobic Covid pandemic dread of a 2020 corrections facility, where Tracie Vossler discovers that some threats can’t be stopped with combat training or institutional protocol.
What would you sacrifice to save your child? Blood Echoes follows one mother’s brutal reckoning with a force older than reason, weaving together prison horror, demonic mythology, and a love so fierce it bends the boundaries of identity itself.
From the author who brought you the alien invasion hexalogy Dissonance, the Christian dystopian saga The End, the epic space opera series The Talisman and nearly 50 other books, Aaron Ryan’s Blood Echoes doesn’t flinch. Part procedural thriller, part occult nightmare, it tracks a single mother navigating a demonic conspiracy inside a real Washington state prison during a pandemic — where the scariest thing isn’t the monster, but how far she’s willing to go. $0.99 on Kindle.
Try Not to Die
Try Not to Die – The Ultimate Interactive Horror Series
One wrong choice… and you’re dead.
Step into a world where every decision matters—and most of them will get you killed.
The Try Not to Die series is a fast-paced collection of interactive horror adventures that put you in the story. Each book drops you into a terrifying scenario and challenges you to survive through a series of choices. Pick wisely and you might escape. Choose wrong… and you’ll face one of dozens of brutal, unforgettable deaths.
There are no second chances in the moment. No guarantees. No mercy.
From haunted houses and cursed small towns to chaotic music festivals, alien encounters, deadly pandemics, and lawless frontiers, every Try Not to Die book delivers a new setting, new characters, and new ways to die. The stories span horror, suspense, sci-fi, fantasy, and action—but they all share one thing in common:
Survival is never guaranteed.
With over 20 books in the series—and many more on the way—Try Not to Die offers endless replay value. Readers return again and again to explore alternate paths, uncover hidden outcomes, and finally discover the one correct route to survival.
Along the way, you’ll encounter:
Twisted villains and supernatural threats
Deadly traps and impossible choices
High-stakes scenarios where instinct and logic collide
Multiple endings—most of them fatal
Each story is designed to keep you on edge, forcing you to think quickly, trust your gut, and live (or die) with the consequences.
Whether you’re navigating a haunted attraction gone horribly wrong, trying to escape a cult, surviving a zombie outbreak, or facing something far worse…
Every page is a risk. Every choice could be your last.
Perfect for fans of Goosebumps, Choose Your Own Adventure, and readers who love intense, immersive storytelling with a dark edge.
– DOZENS OF WAYS TO DIE
– ONLY ONE WAY TO LIVE
– DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO SURVIVE?
Start your journey now…
Try Not to Die.
$0.99 to $5.99 on Kindle.
28 Fairfax Lane
Molly Deavers and the Alpha Ti Sigma sorority has been given a new refurbished manor on campus at the university in new orleans.However,the sorority has no idea of the bloody past this house carries or the long standing mystery of why the old dupount manor…also known as ‘The Crying Baby House’ continues to be active today. $5.99 on Kindle.
What We Keep in the Quiet
Abigail Shelby was trained, not raised—shaped by a mother who treated beauty like currency and obedience like a blood oath. At sixteen, Abigail learns the rules of survival in Shelbyville: smile when it hurts, lure what you need, and never let anyone see you bleed. The past doesn’t just haunt her; it brands her, and every lesson comes with a price. Now thirty-seven, Abigail has traded fear for finesse and is sharpening her claws for husband number three—Roger Blackwood, a rising political star with a future governor’s grin. But behind the emerald silk and country club perfection, Abigail’s mind is a locked room full of echoes, and her mother’s voice still slips through the cracks. When Abigail’s carefully built life begins to buckle, the question isn’t whether she will break—it’s what she will become when she does. What We Do in the Quiet is a southern gothic horror-thriller steeped in old money, family rot, and the kind of legacy that refuses to stay buried. In a town where everyone is watching and every favor has teeth, Abigail must decide what’s worse: the ghosts she inherited, or the monster she’s willing to be to outrun them. Abigail follows the Hollow Line, discovering her true legacy and the deceit and lies her mother sowed. Is the black book truly soiled or just misunderstood by those who falsely claim it? $0.99 on Kindle.
Free: SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE HACKNEY HORROR
Free: The Nightmare Room
‘The Nightmare Room’, crafted by Chris Sorensen, is a chilling exploration of suspense, fear, and the supernatural. Nestled between the world of the known and unknown, Sorensen takes us deep into the eerie dimensions of our worst fears and vivid nightmares. Awaken the thrill-seeker in you to something even darker lurking in the shadows—the stuff of pure evil.
When a young couple, Peter and Hannah Larson decide to move back to Peter’s childhood town to look after his ailing parents, they find themselves occupying his old, rustic home. However, what they perceive as harmless nostalgia swiftly descends into a chilling sequence of events as they discover a door leading to an ominous room in their basement—a room that wasn’t there before.
As the mystery of the nightmare room consumes them, Peter, a struggling audiobook narrator, tries using it as his makeshift recording room, unwittingly stirring a portal into the relentless darkness that feeds on fear and nightmares. They find themselves trapped in an otherworldly loop of frightful noises, prophetic scribbles, spine-tingling whispers, and startling apparitions that transforms their life into a living nightmare.
In his book, Sorensen expertly intertwines the boundaries between reality and fantasy, creating a distinctive mix of horror and mystery. He manipulates pace, tone, and plot to produce an unexpected depth of emotions, striking a perfect balance between suspense and terror. Combined with his literary prowess and vivid imagination, he weaves a tale that is not just about combating supernatural entities, but also about the struggle with personal fears and regrets.
‘The Nightmare Room’ is not just a sequence of horrors behind a locked door, it is an exploration of psychological terror nestled within every one of us. Fit for those who relish the thrill of a ghost story, love a good old riddle and are not afraid to confront their darkest fears. Settle into a quiet corner, keep the lights on, open the pages, and prepare for a journey into the terrifying unknown with Chris Sorensen’s ‘The Nightmare Room’. Free on Kindle.
Creature Encounters Books 1-5
Free: St. Lucifer’s School for Girls
The flock of swearing crows is normal. The earthquakes and murder spree are not. To graduate, will she have to fend off a devilish destiny? Devil’s Point, New York. Mettie Eastey loved coming from a long line of evildoers. But the senior year student is left reeling when she learns she doesn’t share her tiny Satanic town’s bloodline, destroying her relationship with her grandmother. And she can’t help thinking something’s a bit off when she chases off bullies… and the next day the taunting boys show up stone cold dead. Skeptical of the supernatural after an attempt to make a pact with the Lord of Darkness fails spectacularly, Mettie tries to convince herself that the macabre series of slayings that follow are the work of a simple serial killer. Yet with all Hell threatening to break loose, understanding the motive behind the morbid massacre could be the only way to keep her body and soul in one piece. Will her stubborn determination to deny Satan end in fire and brimstone? St. Lucifer’s School for Girls is a humorous horror story. If you like dark themes, clever twists, and gruesome laughter, then you’ll love A.M. Caplan’s gory imaginings. Buy St. Lucifer’s School for Girls to get an A in demonology today! Free on Kindle.
Free: Stories With Horror & Heart (Volume 1)
In anticipation for the April 8th launch of Stories With Horror & Heart (Volume 4), the first three short story collections are FREE!
Check out this collection of stories which continues the chilling tradition—short horror fiction that blends dread with meaning, fear with consequence, and darkness with something deeply human. Free on Kindle.
Together to the End: A Psychological Sci-Fi Horror Novella
A recovery team boards a silent research vessel drifting in deep space to retrieve a classified relic. What begins as a routine mission quickly unravels as systems fail, recordings distort, and reality itself begins to fracture. The deeper they go, the more it becomes clear—something aboard the Harrow is still alive. And it remembers them. $2.99 on Kindle.






















































