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Jimmy and Tiffany have been best friends since before they were out of diapers. One night Tiffany calls Jimmy begging for her best friends help.

This short piece of nonfiction is important to me. As a writer, I have been influenced by many things, none of which more than "Star Trek".

The Free Story Friday Collection Volume 2: "The Mythos Cycle" is a compilation of seven tales told in a universe inspired by the works of HP Lovecraft. From the ice of Greenland, to the suburbs of America, to alternate realities, parallel dimensions, and the sands of the Middle East, this collection ranges the gamut of Horror.

High in the skies over Michigan, Frank and Susan have a few precious hours alone - safe from the chaos below. Alone in the cockpit Frank tells his lady love a tale of adventure, terror, and heroism in 1963 Las Vegas.

Collected in one place for the first time, these seven previously published zombie tales span the gamut of the genre. In Under the Bed, a little girl hides from a mother who's not her mommy anymore. In The Last Train Out, a terrified woman is forced to make the ultimate decision as she attempts to flee a New York City being overrun by the dead. In The Rising Water, a young boy alone on an isolated farm has to deal with the storm of the century and the rise of the dead.

In this novella five friends enter an abandoned library in the city of Detroit and find themselves unable to leave.

The world as it had been ended in less than a day. An ancient evil that had been relegated to the most ancient of myths and legends has returned. The dead rose to consume the flesh of the living and only the lucky and the strong were able to survive the initial onslaught. Three groups of survivors must come together and unite against an army of the dead lead by a dark priest and his human followers who are looking to find the key to opening the barriers between worlds and turn the Earth into a true realm of the dead.

When the world is ending and monsters of myth and legend roam the land there is only one person the human race can count on to stand on our side: Frankenstein! From his fortress deep in the arctic Frank gathers the information needed to determine the threats facing the world. Contacting friends and colleagues from his centuries of life, he prepares to ride out the storm of death and chaos.

When the time comes, and the world lies on the brink of extinction, who will stand with humanity against the Old Gods and their minions? On the eve of the Apocalypse, a small parish priest comes face to face with a creature as old as time. However, is he here to help us in our most desperate moment of need or will he help usher in the new age of darkness and chaos? Is the Lightbringer our enemy or is he the hero humanity doesn't deserve?

In the dark days of WWII a group of soldiers and scientists embarked on a secret expedition to the ice sheet of Greenland. The truth about what happened there was buried for seventy years. Now it can be told.

The Dark Musings Collection contains six stories of horror and suspense.

In the second season of the Preserve, first contact is made between several contestants, questions are answered, and new questions are posed. In the outside world, a lone reporter is leaked information from within the Preserve. Among the Cabal members, the strain of unforeseen anomalies cause fractures to appear.

Humanity lives in the sunlit world of what we believe to be reality. Unknown to most there is, unseen by most, another world, possibly many other worlds, running side by side with our own. The Marquette Institute and Department of Preternatural Activities (DPA) are the latest in a long and illustrious line of organizations established to help safeguard the human race from the monsters living in the spaces between reality and nightmares. These stories just scratch the surface of the operations and investigations conducted in almost 200 years of operation.

In the second season our rangers and campers are forced to come together as a group. Then they are forced into town for supplies. In town a new group of kids holding up in the community center fight off the dead and an old warrior protects the town. In the woods Bob the Bear continues his hunt of the dead and his quest to protect cubs.

Five strangers dropped alone on a mysterious island littered with strange debris and horrific creatures. A cabal of five powerful shadowy men controlling the life and death "Trials" of these poor souls. This is the world of "The Preserve". In season 1.0 (Episodes 1-6) we are introduced to the individual players in our drama.

In the tradition of Max Brooks' amazing and seminal Zombie Survival Guide, The Risen Dead is a fictional handbook written by a survivor of the Zombie Apocalypse in "The Shores of the Dead" universe. This is intended as a companion piece and a bridging tome between the first cycle of stories and the second.

The end has come as the various groups and factions race to the apocalyptic climax. As the people of White harbor struggle to shore up their defenses the Rangers and Wolverines make a stand at the Mighty Mackinac Bridge in an effort to thwart the crossing of the Army of the Dead. Some will live and some will die but in the end it will all be decided with the courage of the living on the Shores of the Dead.

At the dawn of the twenty-second century, the human race is poised for greatness. The Solar System is being rapidly colonized, and the stars are almost within reach. The future potential seems limitless.

Bryan is the oldest youth Ranger in his troop and Martha is a Junior Counselor at a summer camp for young children. When the dead begin to rise these two young people and their friends find themselves thrown onto their own devices with no adults to help them and dozens of small children to care for. Can these teenagers overcome the tropes of their age and rise to the occasion at The Summer Camp of the Dead.

Everyday I watch Johnny walk home from the bus stop, and everyday I watch him be tortured...it stops today.