Survival Horror

A sharply personal and expansive essay collection dedicated to the strange and absurd beauty of horror films, exploring the complications of gender, the insidiousness of class ascension, and the latent violence hidden in our own uncanny reflections.

In the dense, untamed forests of the Pacific Northwest, 1855 marked a turning point in American frontier history. Strange and terrifying events began to haunt a remote settlement: livestock slaughtered, massive footprints in the mud, and eerie howls in the night. As tension spread, whispers of a monstrous presence became impossible to ignore.

Riley "Crash" Martinez has made a career of defying death on two wheels, but the invitation to compete in the "Ultimate Extreme Games" at abandoned Wonderland Park is different. This time, she's not risking her life for fame or thrills—she's doing it to free her imprisoned sister Emma. Alongside six other elite athletes—from an underground fighter to a teenage BMX prodigy—Riley discovers that the Initiative's tournament isn't about showcasing talent. It's about creating the ultimate blood sport, where viewers bet on how contestants will break, both physically and psychologically. As ...

A virulent virus of unknown origins has decimated the UK, turning the majority of the population into monsters hungry for human flesh. Through luck and a sheer bloodymindedness to make the right decisions for everyone, Warren has survived. Not everyone has been so lucky, however, and he is now desperate to reunite with his family and find somewhere safe for them all to exist. Warren enters the Community; a collection of organised survivors in a gated safe-haven.

In the chilling shadow of Cleveland’s skyline, a near-future apocalypse has transformed the once-bustling city into a frozen wasteland. Rising waters from an unforgiving climate have reshaped the world, and the harsh winters of this new era are relentless. Amidst this desolate backdrop, Katy, a once-revered doctor, emerges as an unlikely beacon of hope. Katy’s world is overturned when a ferocious storm wrecks her boat, propelling her into the heart of a city she had long forsaken. Here, amidst the icy ruins, the horrors she encounters surpass the darkest recesses of the imagination. The...

Cora Parker is a successful writer who has retreated to her oasis in the mountains of Colorado to finish her next work-in-progress. Unfortunately, for the first time in her career, Cora is struggling from a severe case of writer's block, and panic has set in that she won't meet her publisher's strict deadline. But high up in the isolated mountain pass, what Cora doesn't expect is to be fighting for her life when her quiet mountain escape is violently interrupted. This book is a series of short stories within a standalone thriller. Recommended for readers 18+.

After escaping near-death, Kelly Danvers, a famed writer with a dark past retreats to a remote, off-the-grid fire lookout in northern Idaho to finish her novel. But when a freak and hostile snowstorm blows in and a lost forest ranger turns up, shivering, and claiming an EMP has destroyed the power grid, trouble soon follows. As Kelly tries to make sense of the danger and make contact with the outside, she quickly finds herself at odds with the stranger, and fighting for survival.

Best friends Jack and Conner can’t stay away from Marbury. It’s partly because of their obsession with this alternate world and the unresolved war that still wages there. But it’s also because forces in Marbury - including the darkest of the dark, who were not revealed in The Marbury Lens - are beckoning the boys back in order to save their friends… and themselves.

When Sarah escapes from her brutal abductors, she promises to return to rescue her twin sister, but with the walking dead invading Fort Worth, TX, she is forced to rely on a competitive coworker who made her work life hell for years. With her coworker weakened by cancer treatments, her sister still imprisoned, and zombies looking for an easy meal, Sarah's only plan, if she can pull it off, is survival.

The Land of Tomorrow Series Continues... Nathan and the new nation his friends have built has defeated the aggressive dictator to their south, but new challenges loom. A predatory and ambitious slave nation to the west has designs on their source of power while internal intrigue simmers. Meanwhile, the spymaster and master manipulator Ethan continues to pursue his secret agendas. Filled with suspense, action, and an horrifically realistic picture of post-apocalyptic tomorrow, Children of Wrath does not disappoint.

You need to read this zombie apocalypse novel because it's not only a really great zombie story, but it also explains the science involved in the dead coming to life. This is the continuing story of an unlikely group of survivors in the Zombie Apocalypse. Their story follows their attempt to find the person responsible for the disaster and to create a way to liberate the world of the parasitic contagion. Sorry guys, no fire trucks in this one. One reviewer wrote this about Symbiote So very good. Action packed Zombielious package of words. Faster paced than part one and shorter. Enjoyable to...

"An ancient alien star map, a boat held together with spit and [Hope (Conceptual & Literal)], and a sky full of constellations that look like a drunk artist's fever dream. Yeah, this voyage is going to be smooth sailing." – Alex Thorne Alex Thorne and his companions thought surviving on a monster-infested island was tough. Now, with a cryptic alien star map as their only guide, they're taking their barely seaworthy vessel, the Hope, into an ocean vast, unknown, and teeming with new dangers. Book Three of The Castaway System plunges Alex into a relentless LitRPG grind across bizarre alien ...

UNA NUEVA ESPECIE DE ZOMBI Un niño inocente, herido. Una familia, en peligro. The Fantasy Lines es conocida en todo Estados Unidos como una de las mejores formas de disfrutar de unas vacaciones en familia. ¿Por qué no sería una elección perfecta? Un viaje al mar, paradas en lugares exóticos, degustando gastronomías de todo el mundo... todo mientras navegas en aguas cristalinas y disfrutas de un entretenimiento de primer nivel. Belice, famosa por su impresionante vida marina y exuberantes paisajes, es una selección obvia como parada de Fantasy Lines. Hasta ahora. Un extraño ...

"The Last Broadcast" isn't just an audiobook - it's a mind-melting descent into cosmic madness that will leave you breathless and question your very existence! FEEL THE TERROR grip your heart as Billy Wood's frantic voice cuts through the static, desperately fighting against horrors beyond human comprehension. Your cozy world is about to be RIPPED APART at the seams!

Bloody Monday isn't just a title, it's a hauntingly accurate description. Book 6 continues the chaos, the mayhem, and the hell unleashed. Don't forget these dead never get satisfied, their rage knows no end. The lucky will see another day as the living, while the less fortunate will roam the Earth full of hunger and rage. A zombie no one expected and no one was ready for.

When a human team is sent to scout a few hundred light-years in front of the death wave, it encounters a civilization far in advance of our own, a civilization of machine intelligences.These sentient, intelligent machines have existed for eons and have survived earlier "death waves" - gamma-ray bursts from the core of the galaxy. They are totally self-sufficient, completely certain that the death wave cannot harm them, and utterly uninterested in helping to save other civilizations.

Brianna was content. Life was good. Until she caught her husband doing the unthinkable. Now, Brianna's best friend drags her off on a vacation to get away from life and put herself back together. But their beautiful island resort holds something else in store for Brianna. Something more amazing than she ever thought possible, but even more dangerous. And when someone begins to attack women at the resort, Brianna finds herself at the top of their list. Brianna's life is in jeopardy, and she needs help. Help only the island can provide. The island has a secret.

After an epic battle, the weapon is lost, but Atlas won’t succumb so easily. He’s vanished with the key to humanity’s survival, and David Bryce is left to fight on his own. Atlas finds himself in the middle of a hornet’s nest, amid an alien people that he can hardly comprehend. But their motivations are clear, and that’s enough to keep him focused on retrieving the prize.

The world is dying. An abhorrent epidemic is sweeping the globe, destroying everything it touches. Contact with even a single drop of contaminated blood or saliva is enough to spread the disease. Within hours, even the healthiest people are transformed into hideous, germ-spewing creatures. They hunt out the uninfected in their tens of thousands, their sole purpose to continue spreading the infection. On a recently-built housing development on the outskirts of a large city, one man will stop at nothing to protect his family from the coming storm.

They have traveled north and survived the chaos of the big city. Shortly after arriving in Battle Ground, Jim's hometown, everything went completely wrong. Their group is now scattered to the wind, and a reunion seems completely impossible. Jim and Karen are forced to fight harder than they imagined possible to save what truly matters. Brother Paul and his people managed to escape the clutches of a massive zombie horde, and as they flee north toward Battle Ground, he has one thing on his mind: Finding Jim Blackmore, and getting his revenge.