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No Shelter by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 97,120. Language: English. Published: March 11, 2024 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
(Previously published as Frankenstorm) A storm of epic proportions is brewing off the coast of northern California. Residents have been warned to prepare for disaster. It's a false hope in the face of what's coming…In a secret government lab, virologist Fara McManus tries to stop an experiment out of control—before more human subjects are infected. No one will find shelter from this storm.
Loveless by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 46,730. Language: English. Published: October 20, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
For sixteen years, Amy Grady has been married to a man who slaps, punches, and kicks her. His anger is unpredictable and violence can explode at any moment. Except for the love of her son, Danny, Amy’s life is lonely and cold. Walter Loveless, who has just moved in next door, is lonely, too. He has secrets and a past that haunts him. Someone from that past is still pursuing him. Someone deadly.
Trailer Park Noir by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 75,620. Language: English. Published: October 20, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Thriller & Suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Crime thriller
Welcome to Riverside Mobile Home Park, where there is plenty of shade but no escape from the heat. Marcus Reznick watched the love of his life blow her brains out and then dove to the bottom of a bottle of vodka. Now he’s living in Riverside Mobile Home Park and trying to pull his life together ... until a powerful temptation comes his way.
Trade Secrets by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 91,600. Language: English. Published: September 24, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
One rainy night, Gerry Brady discovers a beautiful woman with heartbreaking eyes hiding in his garage. The moment he sees her, he is struck by an involuntary thought he does not understand: I’ve found you. She is a woman in danger. He does not understand why he feels so drawn to her, but he feels compelled to help her, even though doing so puts his life and the lives of his friends in jeopardy.
Sex and Violence in Hollywood by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 156,550. Language: English. Published: September 13, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General
This blockbuster is a chilling combination of thrills, terror, black humor, plot reversals, and a climax so shocking it will leave you shaken. Adam Julian, son of a Hollywood screenwriter, has a life many would kill for ... and some would kill to keep. He is tangled in a web of forced sex, coerced into robbery, and it is only a short step to killing as a choice.
Seductions by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 80,170. Language: English. Published: September 13, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Donald Ellis is in a bad place. On a forced leave of absence from work, his personal life has also collapsed. But he’s certain that something else is going on—something dreadfully wrong with his town. People are disappearing, leaving inexplicable traces of what might have happened to them. And then there are the dreams—horrifying nightmares seeping slowly into even more troubling daytime visions.
Murder Was My Alibi by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 56,520. Language: English. Published: September 11, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Thriller & Suspense, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled
Myron Foote is a private detective on the wrong side of the tracks who does not like to be on the receiving end of violence but is sometimes a little too quick to hand it out to others. From his dumpy little office on the edge of the red light district, he works bottom‑of‑the‑barrel divorce cases ... until a gorgeous redhead walks into his life and offers him $105,000 to pose as her uncle Percy.
The Loveliest Dead by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 100,780. Language: English. Published: September 11, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Ghost, Fiction » Horror » General
After the sudden death of their youngest child, Josh, Jenna and David Kellar need a fresh and healing new start. When Jenna is bequeathed her estranged father’s home in the coastal town of Eureka, California, it’s the opportunity the Kellars, their son Miles, and Jenna’s elderly mother have been looking for. And the last thing they expected. The house has been waiting for them.
Methods of Madness by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 82,690. Language: English. Published: August 31, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Ray Garton exposes himself as a master storyteller in METHODS OF MADNESS, with six stories centered on the psychotic, twisted deviations in human nature. Anchored by the short novel, “Dr. Krusadian’s Method,” Garton’s style is so real, so believable, he could be describing people you encounter every day. Includes the stories “Fat,” “Active Member,” Something Kinky,” “Sinema,” and “Shock Radio.”
Night Life by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 74,400. Language: English. Published: August 28, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Nearly two decades after battling the vampires of the Midnight Club in New York City, Davey is a marked man. He lives a quiet life in Los Angeles with the love of his life, Casey Thorne. The vampires he did not destroy back then have been hunting him ever since, eager to take their revenge—and now they have found him. For what he did to them, they are determined to make him pay.
Lot Lizards by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 58,900. Language: English. Published: August 17, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Occult, Fiction » Horror » Undead
A “lot lizard” is a female hooker who works a highway truck stop as her territory. When trucker Bill Ketter looks for a little relaxation and release, he discovers, too late, that he has bitten off more than he can chew. In fact, his lot lizard is the one who does the biting—she is a vampire, one of a number who move from one truck stop to the next.
Meds by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 112,700. Language: English. Published: August 15, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Thriller & Suspense, Fiction » Horror » General
One hot summer day, a man in a business suit running wildly down a busy street attacks a woman and her toddler... Something is making people become violent and murderous ... something they all have in common. When Eli Dunbar discovers what it is, he becomes afraid, because it is something he has in common with them—a drug prescribed to him by his psychiatrist. And now Eli is a ticking time bomb.
Crucifax by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 118,630. Language: English. Published: August 15, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Something has come to the San Fernando Valley ... something horrible. But this horror is not confined to only the dark hours. It walks in daylight with impunity, grinning, smirking. This horror can not be stopped with a crucifix; it wears one ... a very unusual one. It has no heart, so a wooden stake is useless. It has many names, many faces, has always been and will never die.
The New Neighbor by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 82,020. Language: English. Published: August 14, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
The Pritchard family is content enough in their home on Deerfield Avenue—until Lorelle Dupree moves in across the street. Their new neighbor is pleasant, and also astonishingly beautiful. Something about Lorelle’s seduction leaves them spent, even sick. Her influence begins to change them in shocking ways. This new neighbor doesn’t just want their bodies; she wants their souls ...
Scissors by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 98,650. Language: English. Published: August 14, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » General, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
When he was a boy, Stuart Mullond’s mother held him down while his urologist Dr. Ferguson performed a medical procedure on him that was so traumatizing and humiliating that its painful memory stayed with him for decades. For his entire life, his nightmares have been haunted by the snick-snick-snick of the doctor’s scissors.
Darklings by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 93,400. Language: English. Published: August 10, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Are you safe in your house? Look around you. Is your world familiar? Comfortable? Does it seem the same today as it was yesterday? It isn't. Something is loose in your world that wasn't there before. Something terrible. It is born of the devil, nurtured in evil, and set loose to do its vile work. It moves its foul form with a sleek, sudden, malevolent grace. It comes, it touches, it takes over.
Dark Channel by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 159,860. Language: English. Published: August 7, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Hester Thorne is the beautiful and charismatic leader of the Universal Enlightened Alliance—and the channel for a centuries-old spirit named Orrin... From across the country and around the world, thousands gather at her retreat in northern California, to hear Orrin's soothing message of peace and love. Most donate only their money but a chosen few will make a much greater contribution...
Shackled by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 199,310. Language: English. Published: August 6, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Thriller & Suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
Children disappear all the time—but where do they go? While covering a missing-child case for a tabloid newspaper, reporter Bentley Noble accidentally stumbles upon a horrifying lead. What he thought was a single kidnapping leads him to discover a human trafficking ring, specializing in sexually obedient children. Noble slowly uncovers a society so depraved it can only be classified as evil.
Ravenous by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 95,150. Language: English. Published: August 5, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
When Emily Crane’s car breaks down on a dark, lonely road at night, she is attacked and raped by a man she kills in self-defense. That night, the dead rapist walks out of the morgue. Later, Emily begins to experience strange cravings and her body undergoes terrifying changes. Brutal killings begin, leaving victims partially eaten in the northern California coastal town of Big Rock.
The Girl in the Basement by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 34,020. Language: English. Published: July 31, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural
Foster care is like Russian roulette, says fifteen-year-old Ryan Kettering, who’s spent most of his young life in largely abusive homes. Living with the Prestons in a rambling two-story house in Shasta County, the chores are split between Ryan and five other foster kids. Not counting nine-year-old Maddy. Not much is expected of her. She stays in the basement.
'Nids by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 36,690. Language: English. Published: July 30, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Medical research? Genetic experiments? No one knows exactly what goes on inside the sprawling BioGenTech building on the edge of town. But after an enormous explosion at the facility, people in town start turning up dead ... and in pieces. Something is loose in Hope Valley. Something big ... and fast ... and hungry. It has a lot of legs, a nasty disposition and a big appetite.
Bestial by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 99,790. Language: English. Published: July 29, 2022 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Something dark and sinister is spreading through the California town of Big Rock. Something more brutal and animalistic than normally lurks in the shadows of our daily lives. And its numbers are growing exponentially. Werewolves have arrived like an epidemic. This time, though, the outbreak is careful, planned by the hungry monsters themselves. The werewolves continue to grow ever more powerful.
Biofire by
Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 153,980. Language: English. Published: December 5, 2020 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Action & suspense, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural
What would you do if the person you loved could kill you with an accidental thought? A man: At the end of his rope, running from his own mistakes… A woman: Running from a husband who wants to kill her and a man who wants to own her. Each has lost everything. Together, they have nothing to lose… but their lives. Drawn together by loneliness and desperation… and a secret project called… Biofire.
The Folks 2: No Place Like Home by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 29,670. Language: English. Published: October 14, 2019 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Weird fiction
Andy Sayer is a new man. His external scars, left over from being badly burned as a child, are gone, and he has fallen in love. But he still lives with the Bollinger family, and Matthew Bollinger keeps a close eye on what Andy does with his life—and on who he loves. While Andy's outer scars have been surgically removed, his internal scars never heal. Andy's hunger for revenge is about to return.
Vortex by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 34,590. Language: English. Published: September 23, 2019 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Karen Moffett and Gavin Keoph have investigated vampires in Los Angeles in Night Life and werewolves on the northern California coast in Bestial, but this time they face something utterly baffling… and deadly. Strange things are happening in the small town at the foot of the mountain, things that have remained invisible to most, but not all, of the residents.
Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 98,110. Language: English. Published: September 9, 2019 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Previously released as a special limited edition for Cemetery Dance Collectors Club members and long out of print, this collection features Ray Garton's most controversial religious horror stories that are sure to get him in trouble with someone. Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth is too over-the-top for a mass market publisher. Be warned: This book is not for everyone particularly the easily offended.
Crawlers by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 32,540. Language: English. Published: October 22, 2018 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
The morning after a strange meteor shower, the residents of Mount Crag awaken to find a new breed of flower blooming everywhere. They are beautiful, unlike any other flower anyone has seen. And there are so many of them! But before long, the large flowers begin to pop off their stems … and crawl around … and hunt. The people of Mount Crag soon realize that they are the prey.
The Man in the Palace Theater by
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 5,620. Language: English. Published: October 13, 2018 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Supernatural, Fiction » Horror » General
The old Palace Theater has been closed and abandoned for nearly two decades. Fallen into disarray and completely dilapidated, something amazing is going on within the building. John Bellows, a former entertainment writer, had been missing. When he reappears at his old place of employment, he urges his ex-fellow employee and friend, Carol, to follow him to the old Palace Theater.
Serpent Girl by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 31,540. Language: English. Published: October 13, 2018 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Steve Benedetti has a dark and lonely job from which he has decided to retire. On his way home from what he intends to be his final assignment, he stops at a carnival to kill some time. There he meets the Serpent Girl, a woman who mesmerizes him as no other woman has … and stirs in him desires that blind his own better judgment. They each have a dangerous secret.
The Folks by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 29,700. Language: English. Published: October 12, 2018 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Horror » Occult
Andy Sayer knows what it’s like to feel like a freak. Ever since he was badly burned in a fire started by his drunken mother, the horrible scars on his face have set him apart from others, isolated him. Now, the patriarch of a prominent but mysterious family, Matthew Bollinger, has taken an interest in Andy. In the Bollingers, Andy finds acceptance … and the deepest kind of corruption and evil.
Pieces of Hate by
Price: $3.99 USD. Words: 79,730. Language: English. Published: July 11, 2018 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » General, Fiction » Anthologies » Short stories - single author
Pieces of terror, pieces of suspense, pieces of darkness combine to create Pieces of Hate, master storyteller Ray Garton's short story collection. Nine works, including A Gift From Above, a new novel that will surely hit you from below, are here compiled for the sole purpose of scaring you onto the next page. Garton illuminates the dark corners in us all.
Live Girls by
Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 86,330. Language: English. Published: January 15, 2018 by Crossroad Press. Categories: Fiction » Horror » Undead, Fiction » Horror » General
The garish neon lights of New York City’s Times Square can be very seductive. And so can the promises of dark pleasures on the seedier side streets. To Davey Owen, the lure of a glowing sign advertising “Live Girls” was too hard to resist. He was looking for a little entertainment. He found instead a nightmare in the form of a beautiful but strangely pale woman who offers him eternal life.

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