Nine Frights

Janey in Amber: A woman visiting her mother’s house encounters some uncomfortable realities about her own life.

Santos del Infierno: In a tale set in the world of Clive Barker’s “Hellbound Hearts” (Hellraiser), a man loses his family and gains a new friend — one with a dark agenda.

The Strip: At the edge of a city plagued by zombies, a small community gathers to try to watch out for one another’s humanity. But when it goes, it’s gone...

Nine short works of terror by award-winning novelist and comic book writer Jeffrey J. Mariotte (The Slab, The Devil’s Bait, the Dark Vengeance Quartet, Missing White Girl, River Runs Red, Cold Black Hearts, four 30 Days of Night novels, and more). Some of these stories have appeared in Hellbound Hearts, The Stories in Between, and Zombie Cop, while others are published here for the first time.

Reviewer TT Zuma, writing in Horror World, called Mariotte, “one of the most talented horror writers plying his trade today.” Bestselling author Don Winslow (Savages) said, “Mariotte can flat-out write.” Christopher Golden (Waking Nightmares) said, “Mariotte’s a hell of a writer,” and Brian Keene (The Last Zombie) called him “One of the best storytellers in the business.” Download this e-book exclusive collection of 50,000+ words of terrifying and spellbinding fiction and see why the stars of contemporary horror are raving about his work.

Contents:

• Introduction: Toward a Theory of Terror
• Janey in Amber
• Santos del Infierno
• The Strip
• Walkaway
• The Sick Doll
• The Cloud
• Staking a Claim
• The Unpleasantness at the Circle P
• World O'Books