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The werewolves were dead and David Reed just wanted life for his family to return to normal. But a mysterious wooden box found in the woods suggests that word has a whole new meaning, one he's not prepared for. As he tries to uncover the secrets of the box, a new threat emerges from the night, and it's targeting those closest to him. David has to unlock the mystery of the box in order to uncover the face in the darkness and the source of those horrible sounds coming from down the hall.

Horror author C. Dennis Moore pays homage to the '80s slasher flicks of his youth with this next installment in his Holiday Horrors series. President’s Day is sure to make you rethink that next home improvement project!

It’s two years later, and after a massive prison riot, several villains have escaped the most maximum-security prison ever built. The Invasion Agents have been tasked with finding them and bringing them back in. Their latest target is an eight-foot-tall behemoth known as The Atrocity. But this isn’t just some mindless beast; The Atrocity has the mind of a scientist, and he’s not going back to his cell quietly. Can the Agents capture him before The Atrocity sets off a bomb in Capital City?

This collection of three novellas from different genres - supernatural horror, mystery suspense, and historical romance - all blend together to form a perfect mash-up of all things imaginative.

The Angel Hill Podcast explores the mysteries surrounding this strange Midwestern town, asking questions that shouldn't be asked, seeking answers best left unspoken. And someone, or something, has been stalking the podcast's host, hoping to stop his investigation.

Angel Hill has always been a place where the unexplainable is commonplace. The residents have accepted this in a don't ask, don't tell sort of way. But one man, Sean, feels these forces are out to get him. He can't go out. He can't make a noise. And when one of "them" walks into his apartment, he takes the only action he can in defending himself.

There are many ghosts that wander the halls of the Mertland Childrens' Home in Angel Hill. The story of what happened to Carlotta Valdez has grown into legend, but the truth is very, very different. For one angry young woman, Mertland has a way of paying back what's due.

Oscar has finally had it. The vermin have done enough damage to his yard, and it's time to settle the score. But extermination isn't enough. He wants revenge. So during the winter, while the creatures are sleeping, Oscar has come up with a plan to exact his revenge in the most satisfying way. But some creatures aren't so easily gotten rid of, and soon it will be more than just a few vegetables in his backyard garden that Oscar risks losing.

It's New Year's Day, a time for new beginnings and setting the stage for things to come. Factory worker Kevin usually starts with a day off, but this year he's working the year-end inventory. He is disgruntled but doing as he's asked until he can get out of there and return home to his wife and kids.

Horror author C. Dennis Moore (the Angel Hill series, the Monsters of Green Lake series, the Holiday Horrors) leaves behind the ghosts to offer five erotic stories, some with a speculative bent.

Theology professor Mary Cortez is saved from certain attack at the hands of two drunken frat boys by a homeless man in a fur coat. Evangelical preacher Nathaniel Brymstone snorts a line before an otherworldly meeting with the devil himself. Dwayne Akins sells his soul for a perpetual high. Rock singer Zane Enzo has an important show coming up, but the blood-filled dreams are keeping him distracted and distant. And Lucifer...he just wants to break the world.

What qualifies a house as haunted? Brian is still grieving over the loss of his parents when something resembling his mother slithers out from behind the bed and screams at him to get out of the house. With nowhere to turn, he tries the empty house he and his partners have just started renovating. The house on Irving has never seen a death inside its walls, and there are no ghosts lurking in its shadows. But that night, Brian senses something waiting in the dark outside the bathroom door for him.

T had one mission in life: keep her friend Tracey from getting into too much trouble. Fine job she did, though. First they start running drugs for a local dealer, and then they start skimming off the top, thinking he won’t notice. But Junior does notice, and now, they’re on the run and hiding out in a very dark place. This familiar three-story structure has seen more death than life, and now, the Lonely Man lurks there, looking for someone to keep him company across the long, dark nights.

In this fourth issue of the series, Paragon questions the nature and limit of his powers. A new threat appears, attacking the Capital City police station. And the mysterious fifth member of the group begins to ask the important questions about his identity.

As a building burns and the team is split, Exile is left alone to face off against the two deadliest professionals in Capital City. Can he hold them off long enough for the cavalry to arrive? Can Red Bear and Paragon save the occupants before the building collapses on top of them? Even when Blackbird steps in to offer a hand, will it be too late?

Fate has brought them together - according to Red Bear - and now, their fifth member has appeared out of nowhere. He has no memory but thinks he knows where to look for answers. But first, reluctant Agent Jack runs into some trouble with a quick grocery store run, one that leaves him with a choice: let nature take its course, or reveal himself and save a life? The Invasion Agents are just getting started in this ongoing monthly title.

Blackbird is on the hunt for the serial killer known only as The Hangman. The Hangman, meanwhile, has found a new target for the night, a homeless man and his young son, taking refuge in an abandoned building in downtown Capital City. But before Blackbird can attack, the mysterious Paragon intervenes.

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For 18 years, Jason has heard the talk around town, but he's never actually seen any of Angel Hill's ghosts. That's until one night at a senior party, when he hears a noise upstairs and decides to check it out. He tells himself the key to freeing a ghost is to find out what it wants, but if what the ghost wants is justice, it might not be too particular on where it finds it. Assuming he's doing a good thing by helping a spirit cross over to the next plane, Jason instead finds himself locked in a hell of his own making.

In Terrible Thrills, Moore packs a punch with some of his shortest stories, proving brevity really is the key to effective communication. The horrors inside include a late night Halloween attraction that traps half a dozen people in an underground catacomb. Lost in the dark with no way out, one guest treads a dark path into madness and paranoia in a story that combines the atmosphere of Edgar Allan Poe with the scares of Stephen King.