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Adrian and Delanie Michaels need a new beginning in their marriage. Old grievances have almost buried them. To begin again, they need new scenery. They need a new environment for themselves and their young son, Trey. They never imagined they would be able to afford a home the size of the two-story Victorian they find in an older, upscale Colorado neighborhood. They know the home is newer than those around it, and they know this is because the original home on the site burned to the ground.

On the morning of Rachel’s wedding anniversary, she finds her husband gone, and an envelope on his pillow. She is to solve the clue in the envelope to find the next clue. Each clue will lead to another until she finds her husband and her anniversary surprise. Excited to celebrate their day, she solves the first riddle and finds the next clue. As one clue leads to another, the tasks become harder and the clues hint at a more devious plan. A terrible reality dawns on her as she realizes she must complete the game to its end to save her marriage and possibly her life.

The end of the world arrived alongside a massive blizzard that hit Colorado Springs. During the storm, people began losing their minds. These unfortunate souls became giddy killers, laughing as they murdered. Every assault was a twisted joke to them, every death a cause for hysterics. No one was safe. They hunted everyone, young and old alike. Joined by an old man and a teenage girl, Reggie must track his psychotic brother through this apocalyptic nightmare.

Hattie and Mike wish to return their world to normal and escape the small farmhouse on the edge of the Poudre River in Eastern Colorado. The monsters who roam the Earth present a constant and life-threatening challenge and there seems no end to the blazing lights in the sky that caused the apocalypse. If they can’t escape their situation and discover the cause of the devastation, they will likely die amid the horror. Currently, they survive sleeping in shifts, always on the lookout for one of the giant creatures.

Being supremely wealthy is not all it’s cracked up to be… Once you have every single possession your heart desires, once you have no room in any of your garages for yet another super car, and you do not need another mansion in another exclusive neighborhood… Once your money has corrupted your sense of morality… When wealth can no longer keep your evil heart content… What do you do for fun? What do the rich do to entertain themselves? The Club.

Warning: These stories will keep you up late at night, nervously chewing your fingernails, cringing at every little creak of your home. Our reality may not be what you have been led to believe.

The Whitecap Hotel is a former retreat, a vacationer’s castle amongst the Rocky Mountain Peaks. The Whitecap has been closed for years now, a fading memory in a Colorado tourist town. Someone, though, is breathing new life into the Whitecap. This person has created a game and Kalen and Tisha McDonald have been invited. The game is a murder mystery party to be held in the heart of the hotel. Multiple past employees of the Whitecap will attend with Kalen and his wife to help solve a murder. The crime has been presented to them as a fictitious evening of clue solving–but is it?

Kalen McDonald is a normal man in every way but two. He is married to the love of his life; has a son he adores and enjoys his career as a real estate agent. The exceptions to his mundane existence are, secretly, Kalen is a serial killer, and, secretly, Kalen has a special gift. He murders other killers, each death a temporary elixir for the pain of a past loss. As a child, the one person in his life who showed him, love, was brutally slain by a madman.

Laurie is a woman with a penchant for displaying impatience and judgment. She does not like to be bothered, particularly when she is in a hurry, which is a most unfortunate thing. One morning on her way to an important appointment, Laurie is confronted by a homeless woman who wants a small amount of money, and respect. Instead, of respect, Laurie tells the woman that she is a lost soul, feeding off the back of humanity. What Laurie doesn’t know is that this particular homeless woman is not simply an unfortunate, down on her luck member of society.

In 1723, in London, England a very normal man named Augustus Croatoan is soon going to encounter an extraordinarily evil, and a horrible realization. Augustus wants nothing more than to live a successful life. He loves his wife, Dalia, whom he calls the love of his life. His best friend, Levi, is someone he trusts implicitly, and he has rapidly ascended the ranks in his career.

The end of the world arrived while a massive blizzard hit the city of Colorado Springs. During the storm, people began losing their minds. These people instantly became giddy killers who laughed while they murdered. Every fiendish assault on normal people was hilarious, every death a cause for hysterics. No one was safe from them. They hunted the young and old alike. They soon became known as the laughers. As Reggie and his band of survivors attempt to race his brother Mike to the military style compound in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, peril will greet them around every corner.

Ethan Simmons wakes on a Saturday morning to an overcast sky, and a hangover. He has slept in his clothes and cannot recall the events of the night before. This isn’t the first time his partying lifestyle has caused him memory troubles; however, it is the first time those issues have placed a deep-seated fear in his heart. As he takes in the neighborhood from his front porch, Ethan realizes the drinking from the night before isn’t the only thing that has escaped his memory.

The end of the world arrived at the same time that a massive blizzard hit the city of Colorado Springs. During the storm, people began losing their minds. These people instantly became giddy killers who laughed while they murdered. Every fiendish assault on normal people was hilarious, every death a cause for hysterics. No one was safe from them. They hunted the young and old alike. They soon became known as the laughers. As Reggie and his band of survivors attempt to settle into the cabin in the woods where they hope to remain hidden, a new horror is brewing. This one is of the human variety.

Bob has spent the past 40 years running from an evil that has relentlessly tried to kill him. Nancy is a stranger who wants to know Bob’s story of survival. As Bob reveals the story of his life to Nancy, of his constant loss, he is as much telling his story to her as he is weighing her response. Who is Nancy? An innocent stranger listening carefully to a story shared by an old man, or a part of the ever-present evil that continues to pursue Bob?

The mysterious man known as the Radio Killer has figured out where Kalen McDonald and his family live. It is only a matter of time before he strikes. He needs Kalen to die. He cannot continue his depraved game of murdering prostitutes with the Kalen hunting him, promising to end his life and his sadistic game. As the Radio Killer draws ever closer, another man comes to the attention of Kalen. He is a man who has determined he must have a woman he desires. The lovely Shelby Marris is in his crosshairs.

The end of the world arrived at the same time that a massive blizzard hit the city of Colorado Springs. In the midst of the storm, people began losing their minds. These people instantly became giddy killers who laughed while they murdered. Every fiendish assault on normal people was hilarious, every death a cause for hysterics. No one was safe from them. They hunted the young and old alike. Now, Harvey and Greta know that they need to seek shelter at their church.

It was perfect, until... Until the night a blinding light swept over them, the lake, and the surrounding forests. Until their daughter subsequently vanished. Until an unknown beast stalked them through the woods that surround their cabin. Until they discovered the terrible truth behind the light that drastically changed their world. Until they understood the blazing light wasn’t a shooting star or a falling satellite, it was the EVENT.

Peter Goode is home from vacation to rest and further develop his new relationship with the woman of his dreams. Upon arriving home, though, he discovers an old flame dead, lying on his bed. Peter knows he will never be able to explain her being in his home, and further, he knows an evil presence is behind her death.

A young man wakes in his basement. His face and arms are scratched and cut. His clothes are blood stained and trails of blood flow across the basement floor to his very large freezer. Though he can’t recall what happened to him, he knows something horrible lies waiting in the freezer. The idea of opening the freezer’s lid terrify him, but he also knows his mother will return home at any moment and she may be the scariest thing of all.

Peter Goode wants nothing more than to meet the woman of his dreams and find a little rest and relaxation in the rolling hills of Northern New York. Unfortunately, Peter will encounter an enemy who can appear to be anyone at any time. If this supernatural entity gets its way, Peter’s best friend, Dan, and Dan’s cousin, Josie, will die along with a lot of other people. Peter is a quiet man who lived through a childhood dominated by his alcoholic mother, her physical and emotional abuse, and some special abilities.