Bad News

Literature & Fiction

Cross, Amy

Genre Fiction

Independently published

Today is supposed to be Rachel Blaine's big day. She's going to marry the man of her dreams, in an idyllic location next to a large lake. Everything has been planned, down to the tiniest detail.But there's one thing Rachel could never have expected.As she prepares for the night before her wedding, Rachel notices strange things happening at the hotel. A mysterious figure watches her from afar. A seemingly freak accident almost kills her. And finally, a horrific secret rises from the depths and threatens to derail everything.Is Rachel's wedding day doomed by a vengeful ghost, or has her own past come back to haunt her?The Wedding of Rachel Blaine is a horror story about love, hope, death, and the perils of not being able to believe what you think you see.

The Wedding of Rachel Blaine

A girl takes a strange job, copying an obscure and ancient manuscript that's said to be guarded by a terrifying wraith.A London grave robber gets more than he bargained for when an old friend comes to visit.A grieving mother is offered a chance to bring her child back from the dead, but there's a deadly catch.A woman notices something unusual about her boyfriend, but what will he say when she asks him to tell her the truth?Dark Little Wonders and Other Stories contains the new short stories The Curious Case of Jonathan White, Poor Clara, The Fabricci Manuscript, The Long Dream of Colin Abernathy, Why Did You Leave Me?, and Dark Little Wonders, as well as revised versions of A Single Blade of Grass and The Ghost of Creele Abbey.

Dark Little Wonders and Other Stories

What would you do if you had to live with an exact copy of yourself?Ann Garland lives alone, avoiding human contact wherever possible. She's perfectly happy. She just doesn't like being around people. And then an inter-dimensional portal opens, allowing two billion survivors to flood through from a post-apocalyptic alternate reality.As humanity struggles to cope, governments worldwide implement a new law. Under the terms of the Rutherford Act, all citizens now have a duty to take in their doppelgangers from the other world. And that includes Ann.Ann's double is like her in every way, except that she's lived through World War 3 in a parallel world. Soon, Ann begins to suspect that her double is hiding something. Her suspicions grow, until finally she comes to believe that the other Ann is out to kill her. Is Ann merely paranoid, or is her double aiming to take over her entire life and replace her?The Other Ann is a psychological horror story about a woman who has to face her double, and about the dangers that lurk within us all.

The Other Ann

The Purchase

The battle for Boston is over, but there are still dangers lurking in the city. And as Elizabeth and Thomas arrive, they discover that old enemies are waiting to strike back.Desperate to find her father, Elizabeth sets out to see if anyone knows whether he survived the battle. She soon learns, however, that the city's new rulers don't take kindly to people digging into the past. Before long, she's thrust into the middle of a deadly power struggle, and she's forced to take a role in a fight she doesn't even understand.Meanwhile, Thomas and Carter encounter a familiar face. The dead are still walking, and a cure for the sickness is about to fall into dangerous hands. But what is the mysterious Project Atherius, and why are powerful people willing to do whatever it takes to become part of the project's main plan?Days 109 to 116 is the eighth book in the Mass Extinction Event series. The book ends with a cliffhanger, and readers are advised to start with the first part of the series.

Days 109 to 116 (Mass Extinction Event)

When Sophie Hart is rescued from a mugging by a mysterious, silent vampire, she discovers that she is part of a dark prophecy. Patrick is the last vampire on Earth, having killed the rest of his species at the end of a bloody war, and he has plans for Sophie. But will she survive? This volume collects the first 8 Dark Season books, covering the entire first series. Along the way, Sophie encounters not only a vampire but also werewolves, ghosts, evil maids with sharp teeth, crazed psychiatrists and dream-sucking Tenderlings. She travels to Gothos, the ancestral home of the vampires. She discovers a secret hidden inside the body of an old woman, and later she finds another dark secret hidden inside her own body.

Dark Season: The Complete First Series

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

As the third series of Mass Extinction Event begins, Elizabeth faces a horrific injury while Thomas is taken to a mysterious new community that initially seems too good to be true.

Mass Extinction Event: The Complete Third Series (Days 46 to 53)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Twenty years ago, eight-year-old Charlotte Abernathy vanished while playing near her family's house. Despite a frantic search, no trace of her was found until a year later, when the little girl turned up on the doorstep with no memory of where she'd been. Today, Charlotte has put her mysterious ordeal behind her, even though she's never learned where she was during that missing year. However, when her eight-year-old niece vanishes in similar circumstances, a fully-grown Charlotte is forced to make a fresh attempt to uncover the truth. The Girl Who Never Came Back is a psychological thriller about a woman who is forced to confront her family's dark past. In the process, she begins to unravel the secret surrounding her disappearance, the horrific truth about her niece's fate, and the identity of the ghostly figure that seems to haunt the family.

The Girl Who Never Came Back

Sophie Hart's relationship with Patrick, the last vampire, continues to take a series of dark twists and turns. But this time, there's the life of a child at stake. A mysterious stranger named Nimrod offers to help Sophie, but can he be trusted? Meanwhile, an ancient prophecy says that Patrick will eventually kill Sophie. Determined to fight that prophecy, Patrick risks unleashing dark forces from a war that end centuries ago. Along the way, there are giant spiders, genetically-engineered killers, desperate ghosts and former vampires, plus a sequel to The Civil Dead from the first series in which the Tenderlings show their true powers. From modern-day Dedston to the trenches of the First World War, and from an ancient ballroom filled with spiders to the bottom of a haunted well, this volume collects together the 8 books from Dark Season's second series, plus the prequel volume 20th Century Vampire. Please note: This book contains violence, swearing and sexual scenes. Also, the end of the whole book finishes on a cliffhanger, which is resolved in Dark Season: The Complete Third Series.

Dark Season: The Complete Second Series

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