Phillip was born into the Guild, and for the past twenty-five years he has been a Collector. It is his job to keep everyone on earth safe from the creatures they don't even know exist. The Collector is set in the old-world, the image of...

Young Sadie is blind and alone, left to live on the streets in an area called the Gutter. She is poorly equipped for life on the streets and doesn't understand the most basic ideas of the world. Fester literally runs into Sadie one day, and...

The Summoning by Mark Lukens one of those stories it’s easy to lose yourself in. Ryan Freeman awoke in a strange motel room, with absolutely no memory of anything that had happened in his life up until the point at which he awoke. His sole...

Salvation by Alyssa Cooper is about Alec and Maya, falling in love, and how life doesn't always go how one wants it to go. Alec narrates the first part and he tells of meeting Maya and how he falls in love with her. In time,...

Finding Fire by K.R. Robidoux imagines a world where the elemental gods passed gifts on to humans. Of course, this can never just be a happy thing - there also has to be a faction that sees this as evil and wants to destroy any...

Danielle isn’t happy with her life. Her boss is constantly hitting on her for a date, the current boyfriend is a cheater, and she has a house and a car she hates. Add to all of that a secret that constantly haunts every aspect of...

The Genealogist's Guests by Ann Simpson follows a woman named Liz who begins to hear voices in her home. After having dinner with her neighbors, Liz finds out that there are ghosts, her ancestors, in her home and there's a curse that's been plaguing her...

Journey Within a Story by Giovanni Venturi is a short tale about a little boy who is trapped inside a library and is struggling with the real and the imaginary. The story starts by painting the image of the little boy reading a book inside...

When a registered letter arrived at the Hirley residence, requesting the presence of their son Jason at the attorney's office, the family had no idea of the adventure that awaited them. One hundred and twenty-five years ago, Jason's great-great-grandfather left a will with instructions that...

The Gothic Shift: American Gothic Vol. 1 is a macabre collection of novellas by award-winning author B.D. Bruns. This book includes four darkly twisted novellas that are sure to intrigue, thrill, and spook even the bravest reader. In the story “The Ghost of Naked Molly”,...