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Feeling brave? Skulk down Macabre Alley and witness a blood-curdling monster lurking in every dark corner. Thirteen short horror stories meticulously crafted to terrorize, educate, and entertain.

Alienated from humanity, Oliver Gimble is a self-indulgent sloth who finds vicarious comfort in binge-watching horror movies and gorging on junk food. During sleep, he escapes into a meticulously constructed dream world where he discovers carnal delight with an enigmatic woman called Stella. His bizarre lifestyle begins to unravel when he meets Carmen Weathersby, a lonely woman, who in Oliver’s mind’s eye mysteriously transforms into Stella, the woman of his dreams.

Recently relocated to Prince Edward Island, MacKenzie Adamson starts to feel the isolation of country living. Starving for affection, companionship, and love, the debilitating depression demons begin to sink their teeth into his already damaged psyche. He becomes obsessed with a beautiful woman half his age. Only problem is, Ophelia Sallis won't give him the time of day. 

Haunted by the murderous demons of her past, Kathleen Freeborne rips down her shingle as a paranormal investigator and hammers up a new one as a clairvoyant, hoping to better the lives of her shell-shocked clients. Her dreams of a harmonious life are quickly shattered when she feels a man's terrifying rage coursing through her body. With the help of local police, she investigates disturbing events and learns the shocking truth - a feral animal is infecting locals with a rage virus.

As a strung-out team of paranormal investigators approach the shocking truth surrounding deadly rage-filled attacks in an unassuming small town, dangerous roadblocks quickly emerge. Kathleen Freeborne discovers their inner demons are preventing them from getting to the bottom of the sudden and violent outbursts. Including extensive research from actual paranormal investigations, Poison Rage is a chilling and mind-bending examination of haunted happenings that paranormal investigators - often in the face of life-threatening consequences - choose to confront. 

Drifting from one failed relationship and apartment to another, down-on-her-luck protagonist Dana Vilner decides a peaceful home in the country is exactly what she needs to turn things around. Along with boyfriend Jackson LaPrairie, she packs up her two young daughters and rents what appears to be a paradise on Earth. But it isn't long before terrible things start happening; the landlord's son begins stalking and threatening them; the landlords start behaving oddly and aggressively, and events escalate to the point they fear for their lives and sanity.

Survivors of a post-apocalyptic disaster narrowly escape a man-made utopia only to discover the real horror has just begun. Fighting off uncontrollable rage caused by a drug intended to create super warriors, they’re pursued by a megalomaniac government gone mad. Giant deadly insects; savage, opportunistic tribes; and their own inner demons propel them to want to kill themselves and each other.

Kathleen Freeborne lives a perfectly normal life until the day her team of paranormal investigators visits the reportedly haunted King’s Playhouse Theater on Prince Edward Island. On the morning of the investigation, she suffers a terrifying panic attack, leading her to believe her life is in danger and people are out to malign her.

Matt Green’s successful capitalist lifestyle is shattered when a trusted property management company mismanages his portfolio, leaving him with vacant rental properties, civil litigation, mounting debts, and the threat of criminal charges for harassment. He meets an enigmatic and alluring woman Angelique Augusto on an internet dating site. After two passionate weeks, Angelique begins to show a terrifying side, demanding to know Matt’s whereabouts every hour of every day. 

Clinging to life, two post-apocalyptic disaster survivors are rescued from a chaotic and violent struggle on the East Coast of Canada. Believing they're safe, they are precipitously quarantined on a ship by the government, watched 24/7, and poked and prodded like laboratory animals. Nathan King is assured by chemical biologist Stan Imes that the injections are merely anti-radiation medication, and the quarantine is necessary to insure they aren't infected by a rage virus that has turned much of the population into frenzied, frothing killer zombies.

Nathan King wakes up one day, freezing cold and starving with hunger, on a tattered mattress in a dark cave. He has no idea where or who he is. He meets Edward Sole, evidently his protector, who tells him a nuclear bomb has been dropped and most, if not all of the world, has been destroyed. Slowly, the realization sinks in that in this horrific post-apocalyptic landscape, there are no rules, no laws. 

Cray Lenning’s life as a garbage collector in a small town is reclusive and boring. Burdened with strong feelings of distrust and resentment, he’s content to wallow in lonely self-pity. But when he witnesses a defrocked preacher proclaim, “The end is nigh”, seconds before getting struck by a car, Cray’s world spirals out of control. Initially, Cray dismisses the wayward preacher as a wacko, but ominous signs begin to convince him otherwise.

Saul Climer is a down-on-his-luck alcoholic. Dwindling finances, the isolation of country living, a souring romance, and a lurid love affair with the bottle all drive him into a pit of depression and reckless abandon. As he’s dragged deeper into the black void of despair, he realizes his chilling nightmares are not only becoming more vivid, he’s actually dream-teleporting and witnessing brutal murders. 

When an enigmatic town doctor saves the life of Anisa Worthington’s dying son, she abandons Christianity in favor of devotion to the cult of Santa Muerte - or Saint Death. Some believe the mysterious skeleton saint will protect their loved ones, help in matters of the heart, and provide abundant happiness, health, wealth, and justice. But others, including the Catholic Church, call the cult blasphemous, evil, and satanic.

When Gray Eagleson remembers the strap, it brings back horrific images of pain, suffering and humiliation in the public school system. Financially strapped and broken-hearted, he decides a trip to Ecuador, the most bio-diverse country on the planet, is exactly what he needs to take his mind off his problems.

If you enjoy a nail-biting roller-coaster ride through hell, you’ll love Tales of Damnation, an anthology of short horror stories. This audiobook contains "The Spot", "The Cab Ride", "Fire and Fury", "The Succubus", "Fake Friends", "The Stalker", and much more.