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Something ancient has awakened in the depths. So terrifying is this newly freed entity that sea slugs are driven onto resort beaches to climb hotel walls...and die. Yet the threat posed by the primal sentience is far less obvious to the world's dominant species, seemingly manifesting in the trance states of a couple rescued by Ben Miles and his celeb wife, Morna Belchek...and subsequently communicated to Morna as well.

"We Are Going to the Circus" - A family trip to the circus...what could go wrong? "Punch Drunk" - Martin meets a beautiful girl at a grocery store. Can their new romance withstand jealous friends and high school parties? "No Surrender" - A lazy afternoon on the beach becomes a heart-pounding chase for Jimmy Romano. And more.

Sometimes, they fall is about intrigue, accidental deaths, and outright murder in the circus. Our narrator is Mason, a trapeze artist who is gradually losing his grip, both in his hands and on his mind. As he suffers the loss of those he holds most dear, he struggles with reality and the resurrection of the dead.

Johnny Napier had won most of the hands handily and had cleaned out the others. He could already feel the weight of their angry glances falling on him. It wasn't hard to tell that the men were not good sports about losing so much money. Most people wouldn't be, but these men were used to pulling the trigger for lesser reasons.

While landscaping his backyard, ever-conscientious Paul Prentice discovers an iron door buried in the soil. His childhood friend and perpetual source of mischief, Jay Lightsey, pushes them to explore what's beneath. When the door slams shut above them, Paul and Jay are trapped in a between-worlds place of Escher-like rooms and horror story monsters, all with a mysterious connection to a command-line, dungeon explorer computer game from the early '80s called The Between.

How many sausages does it take to change a light bulb? For Jimmy, a fifth-year college senior who dreams of walking the stage to receive his sausage-making diploma, the answer is obvious: Only one, but it's best to have a second just in casing. In his world, where lowbrow humor holds court with high expectations — and pigs live alongside humans as social equals — it's all he can do to reach that lofty goal without stumbling. But stumble he does when, standing in line at the registrar's office, he encounters a vision of loveliness known as Petunia.

One wishes to destroy. One seeks power. One wants only to forget. Three lives shattered by the Fangs of Wallachia - weapons that hold the fragmented soul of the archangel, Samael - are on a collision course with a bloodbath that stretches from Boston to Vatican City. They survived. It’s a bad, bad, bad, bad world.

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A collection of absurdist and thought-provoking stories from the author's Return to the Dirt, Just Speculating, and more, including unreleased, exclusive, audio-only content! Performed by a cast of award-winning and Audie® nominated narrators. Fans of the macabre, dark humor, and cerebral thrillers are guaranteed a good listen. Occupational Hazards is an unflinching ride through the absurdity of it all. Existentialism, absurdism, and outlandish humor merge with ordinary, workaday life for a truly unique perspective of the human experience. Not recommended for the faint of heart or easily offended. But if meaty stories are what you're after....We hope you're hungry.

Horror favorite T.W. Grim invites you to pull up a chair and watch the sun slip past the horizon with this dark and macabre collection of short stories.

Sometimes, otherworldly beings reach out in strange and mysterious ways. They may have a request for you to fulfill, or simply take pleasure in terrifying you senseless. If you’re lucky, you might even live to tell the tale….

Returning with his distinctive brand of unsettling fiction, J. R. Hamantaschen presents a new collection of unsettling and dark tales. These 11 stories refuse to shy away from the profound depths of human desperation and unyielding perseverance. Echoing the voices of weird fiction legends like Thomas Ligotti, H. P. Lovecraft, and Chuck Palahniuk, Hamantaschen’s narratives are a masterful blend of the uncanny and the profoundly insightful. Prepare for a journey that challenges the boundaries of dark fiction and leaves you questioning your sanity.

Evil is best fought from within. When Mason Black is first called out to investigate the disappearance of three teenagers, he never truly believes he will find their bodies. Especially not with human bite marks embedded in their remains. While the police are breathing down his neck, Mason finds himself trapped in the deep underground world of a cannibalistic cult, working his way toward the truth from the inside. But then a shocking secret is revealed, and it will change his life forever.

From the award-winning author of Occupational Hazards come nine more tales of blue-collar fiction, including The Destroyer (sequel to Jar Baby) and the author's autobiographical Memoir of a Murderer, narrated by an all-star cast of performers. There's horror, there's humor, there's horrific humor. It slices, it dices, it makes julienne fries. Treat yourself. You deserve it. 

Author Elford Alley invites you to pull up a chair, sit down by the fire, and spend one last night listening to chilling tales. Three generations are drawn to a haunted farmhouse with a terrifying secret. A grieving couple's chance at rebuilding their family comes with an unexpected price. A paranormal team investigates a haunting that isn't what it seems.

Follow Elford Alley into the shadows with 10 terrifying stories of the evil that watches from the darkness while worming itself deep into your heart. The dead rise, and a small company discovers a disturbing new business model. A family stumbles on a nest of eight-legged terrors beneath their new home. An ancient being torments a fractured family. 

Acclaimed throughout the underground horror world, J.R. Hamantaschen’s stories push the boundaries and refuse to conform to the usual conventions. A mix of nihilism, cosmic horror, and weird fiction, this collection is a must-read for anyone who craves the dark and disturbing.

A grieving father attempts the unthinkable to keep his child alive. A contractor discovers a secret in the soil of a haunted house. A community faces a plague after a drought-stricken lake reveals a forgotten cemetery.

Cosmic horrors visit a town ravaged by a changing climate. A team of scientists discover the price of immortality. A mysterious killer stalks a neglected campsite. A Christmas haunting torments an isolated family. A lonely child with a terrible secret makes a new friend.

Valerie Lott is a reporter living in Tucson, Arizona, when she meets a man at the ballpark while waiting to interview a baseball star. Their conversation affects her deeply. He is so alive in the moment that she can't forget him. Homeless? When a councilman's daughter is kidnapped, though, the description fits the man she met! Could her instincts be wrong about him? She is so certain that he can't be a criminal that she tries to find him before the police do...