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A Great Horror Story With A Dark Comedic Edge! Overview: Newly deceased software tester and family man, Arnold Leadbetter, digs himself out of his grave with the intention of returning to his former life. But, things will never be the same... Especially with Arnold being dead and all. Author Greg Krojac writes a creative and unique dark comedy around Norse traditions and the standard folklores of zombies, vampires, and werewolves when a poor soul rises from his grave and disc

An Occult Horror With Plenty Of Dark Humor! Overview: Looking to increase their powers thirteen-fold, thirteen teenage vampires kidnap Emily, a thirteen-year-old girl whom they plan to sacrifice to Satan during The Thirteenth Hour, on All Hallows’ Eve. Author Alan Zacher puts his best detective, James Hurts—a familiar protagonist to his fans—on the case when Emily’s friend, Amanda, learns about the teen vampires’ gruesome plan and convinces him to launch a rescue. What ensues

One Dangerously Sexy, Truly Magical, & Ultimately Climactic Supernatural Adventure! Overview: A Scottish vampire and a sassy shifter come together to fight a common threat from their past in Aliya DalRae’s first chapter in her Fallen Cross Legion Series, “Fallen Prey”. In “Fallen Prey”, the author winds an intriguing plotline that presents select characters from her popular Jessica Sweet Series with her short story collection based on this series, including “Bittersweet” and

A Sumptuous, Tantalizing, & Frightening Dark Fantasy! New twists on vampire lore, stunning revelations, and tense romantic situations make for a highly stimulating read in “Calico”—Kade Cook’s dark fantasy thriller and sequel to the first book in The Covenant Of Shadows Series, “Grey”. Laced between layers of sumptuously descriptive text, Cook’s vision of a young woman who is newly aware of the supernatural powers she now possesses is both tantalizing and frightening. Even as

The Beginning Of A Promising New Paranormal Thriller Series! What’s a nun to do when she finds herself pregnant after what she believes was a possible alien abduction? Sister Leona learns that one fateful night with the paranormal can change her entire future in Author SK Wee’s “Nun Worth Having”. Wee’s story is a driven paranormal fantasy that skims the surface of reality, making it a somewhat plausible tale as she eases her main characters’ transitions from a typical urban

Photo credit: Jaredd Craig for UnSplash October is the spookiest month of the year! It’s the time when witches and warlocks, vampires and werewolves, shifters and changelings, and all sorts of dark creatures of the night take over our wildest imaginations, turning a simple evening walk to the corner store with Lucky into a monster-around-every-corner, life-threatening situation! In honor of this month’s frightful airs, we’ve put together our favorite Indies Helping Indies Boo

A Marvelous Dark Fantasy Thriller! In “Faeries Rising”, Author A.E. Lowan introduces a cast of unique characters whose flaws capture the essence of humanity without being completely human themselves. The author challenges her characters to rise above extreme and dire circumstances and overcome their weaknesses in order to realize their destinies. While her main protagonist, Winter, acts as a sole caretaker for her incapacitated father, Lowan also presses her into dealing with

A Unique Look Into A Vampire’s Personal Life! Have you ever wondered how many ways there are to make a vampire? How do vampires feel about being vampires? Do vampires have families? How do they reconcile feeding on humans with their religious beliefs? Do they (Ahem...) “go to the bathroom”? Author Daryl J Ball does a remarkable job explaining all the various and minute aspects of being a vampire, along with providing a window into their history and culture, in “The Tannis Pro

More Than A Few Terrors & Many More Laughs! This macabre but humorous collection of 3 short horror stories by Alan Zacher—two of which are associated with the Halloween and Christmas holidays—is entertaining and fun to read. All told in the first-person, each story spills the details of how an unusual series of circumstances can change one’s perspective on life and reality forever. “Murder, Vampires and Leprechauns” contains adult language and themes that I would not advise f

A WTFudge Shockingly Great Read! Brilliantly conceived and told, with plenty of surprises in store for fans, the culmination of the Jessica Sweet Trilogy in “Sweet Destiny” is, quite literally, the proverbial cherry on the top of the sundae, served up in classic DalRae style with just the right touch of romance, angst, and vengeance meted out between Jessica, Raven, and the ever-present packs of vamps and shifters who influence their relationship. This is an edge-of-your-seat