The Twinmere Beast

An ancient horror, dormant for centuries, awakens when an uncharted village is discovered under the sea off the Suffolk coast. Identified as Southmere, the village was lost to the waves over five hundred years ago and never rebuilt, with only the woodland atop the cliff retaining its name. However, a single, ancient map reveals the village’s true name: Twinmere.As a campaign to restore the original name gains traction, a retired priest is filled with dread, knowing the horrors that will be unleashed if the name is changed. Desperate to warn the public, he finds himself unable to reveal the true reason behind his fears, and his warnings are dismissed as the ravings of a senile old man.Now, with the campaign to change the name gathering momentum, the priest must find a way to stop the impending doom before the ancient evil is unleashed upon the world once more.

The Ghost of Glencoe

The story of the Massacre of Glencoe in 1692 is still widely told around the Highlands of Scotland. The Campbell Dragoons came, asking for shelter from the Glencoe MacDonalds. They were fed and housed for two weeks before they arose one night and butchered their hosts in their beds.

Anna takes her two small sons to a cottage in Glencoe for the summer. She meets Calum, who is dealing with a crazed ex-girlfriend, Helena, but there is something more sinister lurking around Anna’s cottage. Her six-year-old son is talking to ghosts and Anna is having violent dreams, reliving the night of the massacre as Kirstin MacDonald, who died horribly from frostbite, screaming for her missing son, two weeks after the massacre.

With the help of an eccentric local historian and his sidekick, they try to save Anna’s son from Kirstin’s ghost, but things are not what they seem.

Spooks Lodge

Come to Spooks Lodge, come if you dare

Search for the secrets that are hidden there!

NOBODY you meet, you hold his hand.

Isn’t life wonderful? Isn’t it grand?

But turn a wrong corner, tread where spiders abide,

And it could be Rosie who walks by your side.

Stop for a chat, drink a warm cup of tea,

That blueberry muffin, was it really from me?

Frederick Saaler

The Awakening

Rockdale in Nebraska is an ordinary town with an extraordinary secret, a secret that is unwittingly uncovered when local intern archaeologist Ash Wakehurst and Professor Hopkins discover a new chamber in the caverns behind Rockdale Falls. They can never imagine the catastrophic events that will follow, events that will impact Ash and the lives of everyone in Rockdale as they are caught up in an epic struggle between good and evil. When the truth about his past is unravelled, Ash must come to terms with his role in preventing a certain apocalypse while trying to keep those he cares about safe from harm. As the ancient prophecy threatens to come to pass and he becomes the hunted, Ash's fate is intertwined with that of the beautiful homicide detective Anya Chemarov and Rana, his mysterious new lover. Both women are prepared to fight to protect him, but it is a fight that threatens to cost them everything as evil sweeps across the town. It is a fight where choices must be made and sides chosen.

The Inheritor

An unknown inheritance can be a dream come true. But for Callum Hopkins, this dream descended into a dark nightmare.

Callum is conflicted. He can either seize a chance to find happiness, belonging and power or follow his family’s vows on a path of brutal consequences where only the strong will be left standing.

The Inheritor is a story about a family sworn to protect and serve a secret society and a village determined to avenge a cruel dark past.

Elaine

17-Year-old Elaine was looking forward to a romantic weekend with her boyfriend at the lake. Instead, she sits devastated in her parents’ cabin in the woods, with grief her only companion.

A catastrophic supernatural event of unknown origin forces her to call for help, and she finds herself relentlessly pursued by a quick and agile lizard-like creature. Using her intelligence and sheer willpower, she manages to narrowly escape death.

Her relief is short-lived as the supernatural event keeps occurring, and she is forced to figure out what is going on so she can try and stop it as more of the creatures join in hunting her.

Will her determination to survive be enough to stay alive until help arrives?

The Evil Inside II

The green latex image of a rotting skull hung tightly to Frank Graham’s skin, his face a long since forgotten memory. A trickle of blood escaped from his dehydrated lips, a sign of organ failure and internal bleeding. There appeared no intake of oxygen, no rise and fall of inflating lungs. Inside the mask, two black pits hid demonic eyes, cold, merciless eyes, clamped shut.

Until a flicker, a single twitch, steadily, gradually...

Winter Tales

Threatening, gloomy skies. Dark, chilly days and even darker, colder nights. Whispering from the corner or the rustle of dead leaves? A vision of the future or your worst nightmare come true? A silly game or a portal into the unknown? Was that a creak on the stairs or just the wind whistling in the eaves? You don’t have to believe in ghosts to enjoy a ghost story. Between these pages, you will find ghosts of all kinds. Not all ghosts are scary as I set out to prove in some of these stories. Some of the spirits within are indeed dark and vengeful, while others are playful and helpful and one wants to be forgiven for a past sin, despite the cruelty and injustice he himself suffered. All the stories within are set during winter, at or near Christmas, when in many homes it is traditional to read or listen to ghost stories, so curl up by the fireside and read on. I hope you enjoy the ghostly tales inside this cover. Sweet dreams and sleep well!