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A short story written and submitted to Clive Barker on Deviant Art.

It speaks to me in my dreams. I must answer the Call. Adapted from Frank Belknap Long's "The Hounds of Tindalos" Word Count: 1,258

A backpacker finds an escape from reality. Happy Halloween! Word Count: 1,279

Globe was happy with her life as a Device in the Kingdom. It was a place where Devices and Users got along as equals, a place with no disease, no hunger, and no gods. She brought rain to the fields and was content to live out there five year lifespan and be fed to the Machine, to be reincarnated infinitely with all the other Users and Devices when it was their time. Or she was, until one feast day a starship is brought down in the nearby tunnels, and the survivors are round up and captured. The survivors are a band of humans, dangerous creatures that mimic the appearance of Users. From their captivity they immediately try to convince the Users that they are all trapped in some sort of prison. Globe doesn't like them, they don't treat her like a person, and she isn't sure if they are worthy to be fed to the Machine. However despite her best efforts to ignore them, she can't deny that something about what they're saying fills her with a deep sense of dread, and though she tries to suppress it, that dread only grows as she comes closest to the day that it's her turn to get fed to the Machine.

West and East must unite in a battle spanning millennia, one which will determine the fate of the human race. Contains many internal references that (hopefully) no one will understand. Word Count: 3,461

The discovery of the Mariner's Codex-an indestructible, 12,000-year-old crystalline manuscript found in a non-Euclidean chamber beneath the Atlantic-shatters the line between history and cosmic truth. For skeptical historian Lia Vance and brilliant physicist Marcus Chen, the ancient text is a beacon. It transmits frequencies that wake dormant evolutionary consciousness, selecting them and six other students (The Seven Frequencies) for an irreversible transformation. But studying the forbidden knowledge attracts the things that guard the boundaries of reality: the hostile Daemons (beings of smokeless fire) and the personalized, psychological torment of the Doppelgangers. When their professor vanishes, the Seven are forced into the university's hidden catacombs, realizing the "invasion" is a devastating Exodus. 34,000 refugees from a collapsing parallel dimension are seeking asylum, fleeing a terrifying cosmic entity known as The Consumption-a conscious impulse that dissolves dimensions into formless rest. The stakes are absolute: Lia and the Seven must risk their minds and identities to merge consciousness with the refugees, pioneering the Hybrid Awareness that will create a new human species. They have eight days to make the civilization-defining choice between mercy and caution, knowing their compassion could save 34,000 souls... or doom their own world to consumption. The Second Attempt has begun. Success means irreversible evolution. Failure means universal dissolution.

A young girl named Chiara discovers a cursed book in the village library. As she reads the book, strange things begin to happen in the village.

It seems like every Spring she has a visitor. A creature appears intend on tormenting her. Is her husband right and she's loosing her mind? Could the creature be something more?

A camel out of place, a world out of time; settings inverted, roles reversed in 100 words, no more no less.

Jackson Wilburs is the first human to set foot on the moon in centuries, long after space exploration was outlawed. In 3003, he discovers the Battle Station of Infinite, a proposed city-project for mankind to live on the moon that was never completed. However, the station is not what it seems, and Jack finds himself trapped in a twisted labyrinth of doors and traps at every corner. As Jack struggles to survive and unravel the mysteries of the station, he discovers a new understanding of the universe that will change the course of space history forever. With each step he takes, he uncovers shocking secrets about the project and realizes that everything he thought he knew about the universe is not what it seems. In this thrilling science fiction adventure, Jack must fight for his life and for the fate of humanity as he navigates a maze of deception and danger on the lunar surface.

A collection of short stories inspired by the Inktober 2023 prompt list. A mix of fantasy, sci-fi and cosmic horror.

The first book in the Anchietas saga. On an ordinary night in Brazil, there was an abduction. Fábio Anchieta's arms were transformed. And soon the world too. He must fight and learn how to use his powers to survive in the face of alien special forces, clandestine mercenaries and supernatural creatures as he faces facts from the past and events that lead the entire world to an impending disaster.

A collection of short stories inspired by the Inktober52 2025 prompt list. A mix of fantasy, sci-fi and cosmic horror. Cover Art by SabrinaNox on DeviantArt: https://www.deviantart.com/sabrinanox/art/Gate-to-Carcosa-938727764 Used under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives Works 3.0 License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

Written and released under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Watch me shatter! A deeply personal story. Word Count: 2,142

In an unknown year, six individuals are stuck together in a place that seemingly never ends. They work, eat and read all at once making it the perfect life. Every day, every individual has different jobs to do. One day, one of the individuals discovers a way out. One day, they discover that they will have a certain conflict amongst them. One day, they will discover that they aren't exactly who they say they are. One day, they will find the inevitable. One day, they will repeat... until something breaks. Are they in heaven? Are they test subjects for a weird project? Are they simply normal beings who live in this odd, but normal world? Are they on earth or in another realm? Who exactly are they? Status: ON HOLD Due to Studies (Writing Chapter 4, recording audio tapes)

This short story is an attempt to capture the "New Weird" genre style most notably established by author Jeff Vandermeer in "Annihilation" and other recent works.

THEY SWARM, THEY MULTIPLY, THEY BREED . . . High amounts of radiation can mutate a species-a fact that holds devastating consequences for the crew onboard the Nostrodamus. Now, as the spaceship journeys back to Earth, an unknown species is creeping and crawling in the ventilation shafts. As the radiation levels rise, the colony begins to hunt. The mineworkers must fight the onslaught to stay alive. Management was supposed to protect them from radiation and from an extraterrestrial infestation. But maybe they were lying all along. Now the crew must face the consequences. THE HALF BREED offers a nightmarish blend of sci-fi horror and thriller by bestselling author Nathan Harker. Behind the paranoia of an alien infestation and genetic mutation, this story is a homage to giants of the genre: Alan Dean Foster's Aliens, Prometheus, and Predator; H.P. Lovecraft's "The Call of Cthulhu"; and Stephen King's The Mist. Inspired by H.R. Giger, iGraphics Global created unsettling artwork for the series, encapsulating the phobia of alienation. This novel marks the debut of a franchise that explores extraterrestrial life, space travel, and the devilishly creepy horrors of outer space that chill the marrow in your bones and twist your mind.

Cassy didn't know what to think about the bridge, but her family and friends certainly did not believe it to be anything she was starting to believe it was. More families are going missing, can Cassy save them or is it all too late? [Originally written | May 20, 2015] [Edited and split into seven parts, for easier reading | July 26, 2022]

A short story of a bleak future in which humanity is ruled by an unknown force and only true monsters can save them.

"In the space of a breath, in a moment between this and the next, everything can change." Ever Black's life is forever altered when she is attacked on the train by a man that no one can find, and no one else can see. Increasingly strange events lead her, and those she loves, down a dark path that will see her broken and remade. As she struggles to hold onto reality, she will be forced to fight for her life while trying to understand what she has become. Neon Black is book one of The Dark Descent trilogy. Writing on hold for now. Will resume in late October 2017! Please feel free to comment and vote if you like it! Cover and painting by me! Heath