99 CENT BOOK FIND: Survive The Day by H.J. Lawson

Available for JUST 99 CENTS is Survive The Day: War Kids Thriller Series 2 by H.J. Lawson (Click for UK, Australia, Canada or India purchase).  Why not grab a copy before it goes back to full price?

BOOK DESCRIPTION

Jada and her friends have been living in America for over a year now. At school she blends in with the other children, but she knows that she is different. They didn’t have to kill for their freedom.

The memories of her past haunt her each time Gerard takes her to visit someone from her father’s list as they try to find out where he is being held. But what they don’t realize is they would have been safer in Syria… A hidden enemy is attacking America from the inside, and no one is safe…

Annabel dreams of a happier life. One with a normal family instead of one that chooses heroin and the Wild Boar Riders biker over her. The only person she can trust is Brandon, another person living on the streets. They bond over their hatred towards Troy, a pimp and drug dealer who takes great pleasure in ruining lives. 

As the passion grows between Brandon and Annabel, so does the chaos in New York City as it is now under attack. They are forced to flee to an unknown hideout beneath the heart of the City.

Ethan is scarred by his father’s death. He has spent his entire life planning for revenge.
…And the day has finally come...

Read what others are saying about this young adult War Kids Thriller Series:

I was totally absorbed in this read that I lost track of time. I finished reading this at 3Am! This second book lived up to my expectation of more action-packed scenes. There should be film adaptation from this book! I know I will be having that book hangover from this read for days....
This is a highly recommending read to anyone especially those who wants an adrenaline rush of a book. ~ Goodreads

I definitely wasn't expecting the new war and how apocalyptic the story became. ~ Goodreads

It was great, I 'm looking forward to read part 3!!! ~ Goodreads 

FLASH FICTION AT FIVE: Dark Black Red by Bethany Chester

Dark.

When we walk in it’s like passing out, falling into darkness and then falling some more.

“Brett.”

Danni isn’t happy. She wants me to be suitably impressed. She slams the door, sealing us in.

“Let go of my sleeve,” she says.

“But it’s dark. I can’t see.”

“There are lights.”

But they’re red, I don’t say. She would ask me why it mattered.

“When can we go?”

“We’re not going for ages, stupid. I’ve got a full roll to do. I need to do them all by tomorrow.”

“Why?”

“What do you mean, why? Because I do, OK? Pass the scissors.”

“How long will this take?”

“Probably an hour or so, and then I’ll have to wait for them to dry.”

My head starts to spin at the thought of a whole hour spent in this strange room with the hellish red lights that turn my sister into a demon. I look for the door, but it’s disappeared into the blackness.

Trapped.

Danni adjusts the equipment, like she’s preparing a torture chamber for its next victim. She dips the strange shiny paper into swirling potions, removing them with another torture instrument.

She sees me watching.

“What?” she says. “They’re just tongs.”

Think of the damage you could do with those.

“Why the hell did I bring you along?” she grumbles. “Stop staring at me, will you?”

“It was your idea.”

“You agreed to it.”

“I didn’t have a choice.”

“Sure you didn’t.”

Danni can say what she likes, but she did make me come with her. She wanted to show off to someone, and I was the only one who wasn’t busy. I said I had homework, but she laughed and said nine-year-olds didn’t know what homework was. She thinks she’s above me because she’s three years older.

My palms start to sweat, quickly followed by the rest of me. When I reach up to touch my forehead, my hand comes away slick with moisture.

The walls are moving inwards.

“This room is getting smaller,” I say.

Danni rolls her eyes. “I always said you had an overactive imagination.”

But it’s true.

“Let me out!”

“I can’t open the door, the light would ruin everything. Calm down, will you?”

She pins the dripping paper on strings that run from wall to wall. The red light colours the droplets. They make gruesome puddles on the floor.

Gruesome. I learnt that word yesterday. Mrs Collins said it wasn’t a nice word. I don’t care, though, because it’s a good one. It sounds like what it means. And those puddles are definitely gruesome.

Danni is going back and forth between the torture equipment and the potions. Back and forth, back and forth, like a pendulum.

“Quick,” she says, “this is the last one. Come and see how I do it.”

I stand on tiptoes and peek into the first potion. Danni lowers the blank paper into it, pushing it under the surface.

Drowning it, like this room tried to drown me.

“Look,” she says.

Something is appearing on the paper. A face begins to form, grinning evilly. The monster is watching me.

I scream and stagger backwards.

“For God’s sake, Brett, what is it?”

“There’s a monster on the paper, can’t you see?”

“That’s Louise! My friend!”

I look back and the monster is just a girl, smiling unthreateningly at the camera. I try to speak, but no sound comes out.

“What’s got into you?” Danni demands. “Just a few minutes more, that’s all. Then we can go. OK?”

“OK.”

I try to steady my breathing. A few minutes more - that’s not long. I close my eyes so I can’t see the darkness. It helps a little.

“Brett,” Danni says.

I stay very still. Maybe she’ll forget what she wants to tell me. Whatever it is, I’m almost certain I don’t want to know.

“Brett! Open your eyes.”

Maybe it’s time to go. If I don’t open my eyes, she might leave me here in the torture chamber. I snap my eyes open, alarmed by the thought.

“Good,” she says. There’s a click. I scream again. Is it a gun?

A blinding flash freezes my face in place.

“I was only taking a picture!” Danni says, but I hardly hear her. My head is spinning again. I fall backwards and crack my head on some torture equipment, and that’s the last I remember of that day.

That one hour is preserved for all the world to see – like I could ever have forgotten it. When Danni developed the film, my screaming face appeared on the paper, which must have been quite a shock for her. At least she knows now how I felt when I first saw the ‘monster’ materialise in front of me.

I still have that photograph, twenty years later. I keep it in the drawer next to my bed. I finally got over the claustrophobia when I was sixteen or so, and the picture helped me get through it. It still helps me to this day.

Look – you were afraid then, but you aren’t anymore.

And it feels good, not being afraid. Danni is a professional photographer now; she still uses film. Digital photography just isn’t the same, or so she says. Sometimes I go with her to the darkroom just so I can watch her, and smile, and feel fearless.

--
Bethany Chester
http://about.me/chesterbethany

FREE BOOK FIND: THE EVERTO ADDO by Quinten Cody

FREE to download TODAY is THE EVERTO ADDO  by Quinten Cody  (Click here for UK Download).  Why not download it before it goes back to full price?

BOOK DESCRIPTION

On the night of an evil’s imminent reign those who suffer beyond and again will be the only ones who can stop it.

And so the countdown to our end begins...

Reeling in the wake of tragic devastation, the Willers family travels to isolated Concave Mountain, miles away from the nearest town, in an avid effort to heal the scars etched deep on the front of their hearts. But never in their darkest nightmares could they have imagined their unsettling encounter with two unusual strangers – one naïve, withholding a secret of dread, and the other a voice-filled madman acting on behalf of destiny – would bring forth disaster and reveal the lurking harbinger of doom impending upon our world.

Under the watchful eyes of the night, the agonized family and unsuspecting others find themselves thrust into the final act of an ancient pact to decide the fate of eternity. And though their terror continues to mount, they have not yet witnessed...The Everto Addo.

Will we be saved from its soul-shackling reign?

FREE BOOK FIND: THE EVERTO ADDO by Quinten Cody

FREE to download TODAY is THE EVERTO ADDO  by Quinten Cody  (Click here for UK Download).  Why not download it before it goes back to full price?

BOOK DESCRIPTION

On the night of an evil’s imminent reign those who suffer beyond and again will be the only ones who can stop it.

And so the countdown to our end begins...

Reeling in the wake of tragic devastation, the Willers family travels to isolated Concave Mountain, miles away from the nearest town, in an avid effort to heal the scars etched deep on the front of their hearts. But never in their darkest nightmares could they have imagined their unsettling encounter with two unusual strangers – one naïve, withholding a secret of dread, and the other a voice-filled madman acting on behalf of destiny – would bring forth disaster and reveal the lurking harbinger of doom impending upon our world.

Under the watchful eyes of the night, the agonized family and unsuspecting others find themselves thrust into the final act of an ancient pact to decide the fate of eternity. And though their terror continues to mount, they have not yet witnessed...The Everto Addo.

Will we be saved from its soul-shackling reign?

FREE BOOK FIND: THE EVERTO ADDO by Quinten Cody

FREE to download TODAY is THE EVERTO ADDO  by Quinten Cody  (Click here for UK Download).  Why not download it before it goes back to full price?

BOOK DESCRIPTION

On the night of an evil’s imminent reign those who suffer beyond and again will be the only ones who can stop it.

And so the countdown to our end begins...

Reeling in the wake of tragic devastation, the Willers family travels to isolated Concave Mountain, miles away from the nearest town, in an avid effort to heal the scars etched deep on the front of their hearts. But never in their darkest nightmares could they have imagined their unsettling encounter with two unusual strangers – one naïve, withholding a secret of dread, and the other a voice-filled madman acting on behalf of destiny – would bring forth disaster and reveal the lurking harbinger of doom impending upon our world.

Under the watchful eyes of the night, the agonized family and unsuspecting others find themselves thrust into the final act of an ancient pact to decide the fate of eternity. And though their terror continues to mount, they have not yet witnessed...The Everto Addo.

Will we be saved from its soul-shackling reign?

FREE BOOK FIND: THE LOON BY MICHAELBRENT COLLINS

FREE to download TODAY over at Amazon is The Loon by Michaelbrent Collins (Click here for UK download).  Why not check out this novel of terror and suspense while it's free?

BOOK DESCRIPTION
A doctor who has lost his child. A woman in an abusive relationship. A man who thinks he is god. A madman who lives only to kill. These are the people who will come together and find that they are not alone. Cut off by a freak storm, they will discover the meaning of terror...in The Loon.

NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: The Gate 2: 13 Tales of Isolation and Despair

Just released today is The Gate 2: 13 Tales of Isolation and Despair edited by Robert Duperre (click here for UK purchasing). This compendium of short stories written by 13 different authors focuses on the macabre.  Definitely worth a look!

BOOK DESCRIPTION
…a young man tries to build a better life while trapped in a mall after a plague has killed off most of humanity…

…zombies overrun a world gone mad, leaving a boy with no choice but to rely on possibly mystical means of escape…

…Halloween night brings out a darkness so threatening that a young couple’s only hope of survival may be a procession of strange, ghostly children…

…when the world is given a brief glimpse of divinity, a formerly disabled man must come to grips with the fact that not everything is as good as it seems…

These tales and many more await in The Gate 2: 13 Tales of Isolation and Despair, the new collection edited by Robert J. Duperre. Thirteen talented authors have been assembled, bringing with them the best they have to offer in a wide range of horror, be it slice-of-life or paranormal in nature. Also included are two bonus stories by the editor.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction
Plastic by J.L. Bryan
The Indian Rope Trick by D.P. Prior
Night Night by Daniel Pyle
Dead Things by Michael Crane
Does Laura Like Elephants? by Steven Pirie
39 Days by Robert J. Duperre
The Candle Eaters by K. Allen Wood
Black Mary by Mercedes M. Yardley
Exhibit C by David McAfee
The Canoe by Joel Arnold
Destination by Benjamin X. Wretlind
The Ghastly Bath by Dawn McCullough-White
Worldwide Event by David Dalglish
2 Bonus stories by Robert J. Duperre
Traipsing Through the Dark: The Stories Behind the Stories

$0.99 Book Find: The Midnight Men by Lee Moan

The Kindle edition of Midnight Men and Other Stories by Lee Moan is available for download over at Amazon for just 99 cents (£0.77 in the UK).  Why not check out this collection of terror stories at a great price?

BOOK DESCRIPTION
Men in black calling at your door on the stroke of midnight . . .

Three pieces of human flesh with the power to kill . . .

A devoted wife who just won't die . . .

A bag of bones that should never EVER be touched . . .

These are just some of the tales in this gripping collection, taking the reader from supernatural suburban terror to the far future where the fate of mankind rests in the hands of an innocent.