As I continue my search for the ultimate zombie novel, I heard that David Bernstein's debut novel, Machines of the Dead, was a zombie novel unlike any that I've ever read before. That piqued my curiosity and I knew I had to check it out. Having read some of Bernstein's short stories, I knew the g...
The bars were human bone—tibias, femurs and humeri—and held together by severed human hands, the hands and bones hardened by goblin magic. The floor was a patchwork of human flesh that had been sewn together with human hair and treated with boiled tongue oils and vaginal secretions. . ...
Their eyes met, the chill cutting him to the bone like ice-cold filet knives. Detective Kilner was present, sitting in a chair at her bedside. “Ah, Aaron,” Detective Kilner said. The man stood and tucked his notepad in his jacket. This is it, Aaron ...
Of course, it had been a month or so since the military had come around telling people to head to the base. Anything could have happened to the place since then. Maybe the base was up and operational, everyone inside doing well. Maybe they’d flown the survivors somewhere else, somewhere safe. Or ...
“What the hell was that?” Gwen asked. She was kneeling next to Melinda now, making sure the girl was all right. Darren had shoved her pretty hard. She stood and saw Shay coming from the brush, pieces of forest debris clinging to her hair. She looked okay. “How’s Paul?” Gwen asked. “Mel’s going to...
Trust had always been an issue for her, but the Milners proved to be good people and she was able to relax physically as well as mentally. Allowing herself to open up was a novel and difficult venture. She’d spent numerous nights alone in her new room, weeping quietly, making sure no ...
It was only a moment, but the image would stay in his mind forever, as if branded there. The creature had dark olive colored scales, large bulbous black eyes and gills down its sides. Billy wasn’t supposed to go near the lake. His mother told him it was dangerous, especially without an adult. No ...
Two days later she found herself in his office. She explained that she wasn’t sleeping, hadn’t been for weeks. He checked her over, telling her she looked run down. Her blood pressure was too high, especially for a woman her age. He was concerned. “You’ve always been the e...
Karen brought up the broken window and dented roof, telling the vampire that the car had been recently vandalized. “The bastards even urinated in the backseat,” she said. “I doused it with bleach. I wasn’t about to take any chances with disease, you know?”“Yes, and that’s too bad,” he said. “The ...