Monster Pit
by D.K. Ryan
Price: $0.99 USD. 4260 words.
Published on November 9, 2011. Fiction.
"Sitting on the same bench, looking at the same slide, and the same swings, all on top of the same white sand, make everything that happened back then seem like a bad dream. Perhaps… no, not perhaps… that was the reason they put me where they did. I was a child for god’s sake, not even my parents believed me."
Location: Australia
Member Since: Oct. 10, 2011
D.K. Ryan
Biography
I didn't pick up my first book until I was nineteen years old, and having now reached the ripe old age of thirty eight, I think that I've made up for all those lost years by reading every single horror novel I could get my hands on. From Stephen King's IT to The Doll Who Ate His Mother, by Ramsey Campbell.
I've devoured them all. I can't get enough. Names of those authors became part of my everyday conversation, Edward Lee, Jack Ketchum, Graham Masterton, Richard Laymon, Robert McCammon, Bentley Little and Lisa Tuttle. It got to a point where I thought that I knew these people personally, and they all left a horrific taste in my mouth.
So a year ago I decided to try my hand at writing. What happened was that now I have a number of self published short stories and an 85,000 word manuscript which I'm currently editing along with a head full of many more stories screaming to get out.
I've never been one to take things too seriously but I will defend horror to my dying breath. I love reading horror almost as much as writing and hope through constant learning and feedback I can make the genre proud.
D.K. Ryan.
I've devoured them all. I can't get enough. Names of those authors became part of my everyday conversation, Edward Lee, Jack Ketchum, Graham Masterton, Richard Laymon, Robert McCammon, Bentley Little and Lisa Tuttle. It got to a point where I thought that I knew these people personally, and they all left a horrific taste in my mouth.
So a year ago I decided to try my hand at writing. What happened was that now I have a number of self published short stories and an 85,000 word manuscript which I'm currently editing along with a head full of many more stories screaming to get out.
I've never been one to take things too seriously but I will defend horror to my dying breath. I love reading horror almost as much as writing and hope through constant learning and feedback I can make the genre proud.
D.K. Ryan.
Where to find D.K. Ryan online
Twitter: davidkryan
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Books
Egor The Rat
by D.K. Ryan
Price: $0.99 USD. 6970 words. Published on November 9, 2011. Fiction.
Warning! Full of blood and gore, if squeamish stay away. "Egor is a rat, a big fat dirty smelly scavenging scary rat. But, as rats go, Egor, and he had no idea whatsoever how he had come across that name, was not a normal rat, you see - he was dead".
Price: $0.99 USD. 6970 words. Published on November 9, 2011. Fiction.
Warning! Full of blood and gore, if squeamish stay away. "Egor is a rat, a big fat dirty smelly scavenging scary rat. But, as rats go, Egor, and he had no idea whatsoever how he had come across that name, was not a normal rat, you see - he was dead".
The Demon and Me
by D.K. Ryan
Price: Free! 880 words. Published on November 8, 2011. Fiction.
"I’m woken from a blurry slumber with the demon whispering in my ear. Soft soothing tones put a smile on my whiskered face. The other is asleep. “Come” it says, and lets go for a walk." We all have demons... come and meet the one who used to live with me.
Price: Free! 880 words. Published on November 8, 2011. Fiction.
"I’m woken from a blurry slumber with the demon whispering in my ear. Soft soothing tones put a smile on my whiskered face. The other is asleep. “Come” it says, and lets go for a walk." We all have demons... come and meet the one who used to live with me.
Useless Monster
by D.K. Ryan
Price: Free! 1200 words. Published on November 8, 2011. Fiction.
“He would stand in the shadows and watch me sleep and I have this aching feeling he knew I was awake, and he would whisper “useless monster” over and over until I dreamt it night after night.” Useless Monster is the story told through the eyes of a child who can do nothing to please his parents.
Price: Free! 1200 words. Published on November 8, 2011. Fiction.
“He would stand in the shadows and watch me sleep and I have this aching feeling he knew I was awake, and he would whisper “useless monster” over and over until I dreamt it night after night.” Useless Monster is the story told through the eyes of a child who can do nothing to please his parents.
The Nosy Neighbour
by D.K. Ryan
Price: Free! 1930 words. Published on November 8, 2011. Fiction.
How well do you know your neighbours?
Price: Free! 1930 words. Published on November 8, 2011. Fiction.
How well do you know your neighbours?
Dastardly Deeds of Horror and Mayhem
by D.K. Ryan
Price: $0.99 USD. 16060 words. Published on October 10, 2011. Fiction.
17 short horror story's to tantalize your horror tastebuds... prepare to be entertained. Author recommends: The Little Man, Reality Bytes, The Dark Man and I'm Old and They Know It.
Price: $0.99 USD. 16060 words. Published on October 10, 2011. Fiction.
17 short horror story's to tantalize your horror tastebuds... prepare to be entertained. Author recommends: The Little Man, Reality Bytes, The Dark Man and I'm Old and They Know It.