April 7, 2021
Stray
Bone-chilling gay horror from dark fiction author Lee Allen Howard.
Tad has a problem: he ran away from home only to find he has no place to stay in the big city. After selling his abusive father’s comics collection, the sixteen-year-old twink hasn’t near enough money for a bus ticket home.
Two days without food and two nights in an alley force him to do what he swore he wouldn’t: trick for cash. But trick he must–just this once–to get back home, lest he end up living on the streets of Pittsburgh.
At Lucky’s Lounge, the thirty-something with the reptilian tattoos seems to be his ticket home. Bruce is a kind man, a generous man, a spiritual man who takes in strays of all kinds. But Bruce needs a different kind of fix, and Tad is his only way to get it.
What will Tad forfeit for a bus ticket home?
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A husband denies his wife a simple pleasure and ends up succumbing to her nightmares…
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Pauly needs cash—NOW—for a fix. When he encounters Belia Demkakova, he negotiates to do yardwork for her. But the old woman has something that can erase his withdrawal symptoms. At a price. What will Pauly give to be free of his addiction? More than he bargained for!
Writing about “The Elixir,” author Lee Allen Howard said: “The story is about desperation and what people will do to free themselves from addiction. I’d had the idea of an old woman asking a young man to do her a favor. As part of an online writing class, I developed the idea into the story… I wanted [it] to have somewhat of a gritty, noir feel to it. My challenge was to keep readers interested and include a nice twist at the end. I hope I’ve been successful.”
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Ever broken one of God’s “Big Ten”? Of course you have. We all have.
Except for murder and adultery—the consequences of which are obvious—what were the results? A little guilt? Did you disappoint yourself or someone else? Or did no one even notice?
THOU SHALT NOT… is an anthology of horror and crime fiction where someone breaks one of the Ten Commandments with dire, deadly, or disastrous results.
1. Worshiping false gods
2. Engaging in idolatry
3. Misusing God’s name
4. Violating the day of rest
5. Dishonoring parents
6. Murdering
7. Committing adultery
8. Stealing
9. Bearing false testimony
10. Coveting what belongs to your neighbor
Two tablets, ten commandments. They’ve all been broken…
Let’s break them again!
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We all know what blood is. It’s spilled accidentally. Or worse, on purpose—often ending in death. But squalor… a quality or state marked by filthiness and degradation from neglect or poverty. Sordid, wretched, seamy, seedy.
A short fiction anthology of horror and psychological thrillers, Tales of Blood and Squalor depicts wretched, low-class characters living in filth and poverty. With misery and blood.
A novelist a tad too committed to realism in her craft, a tourist thirsting for blood, the king of a trailer park dungeon… These fourteen stories from Dark Cloud Press will scare you, shock you, and make you reel.
Anthology authors include Sarah Gribble, Joshua Bartolome, Rob Francis, Lee Forsythe, C.W. Blackwell, Rainie Zenith, James Edward O’Brien, Lee Allen Howard, Gab Halasz, B.D. Prince, Lela E. Buis, Jay Seate, Rachel Verkade, and Bryan Dyke.
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In “The Summer House,” because Greg is haunted by what happened thirteen years ago, he returns to his family’s summer house where he lost his little sister
He finds her again—with a nasty surprise.
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In “Keeping Cool,” after a late night at work helping hospitals handle the strange flu sweeping Pittsburgh, Terry misses the last bus home.
Searching for a working phone to call his wife, he encounters a deserted diner—and the end result of the disease.
Chilling!
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Are you experiencing paranormal activity that you believe is spirit contact from the other side? If so, what’s the best way to handle it?
The “show yourself and get out!” approach popularized on many ghost-hunting programs fails to consider that, in this world or the next, “spirits are still people, and they want to be recognized, remembered, understood, and respected” (from the book). If someone’s visitor was your grandmother, how would you want them to treat her?
This short treatise on how to handle hauntings and spiritual contact takes a humane and practical approach to:
- Determining whether the activity is paranormal in origin
- Gauging whether the activity is interactive and increasing
- Deciding if the interaction is malicious
- Contacting the spirit
- Getting the spirit to move on
If you desire to know more about contacting the spirit realm or freeing your home of unwanted spirit visitors, this practical guide is a must.
Includes bonus material: What happens when you die, Where do we go when we die?, Will you know it when you die?, How to help the newly departed, Prayers and meditation.
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