Books

Sometimes you see them. Sometimes you hear them. Sometimes they touch you. But you know they are there.

Ghosts, phantoms, spirits. Whatever you call them, however you think of them, they have haunted us since people first sat around the safety of a fire, sharing speculative stories of the afterlife and what might happen when we shuffle off this...

Not For The Faint of Heart!

Something wicked and slightly erotic this way comes.

Four short horror tales infused with erotica result in tales designed to simultaneously arouse and disturb, to both amuse and abuse your senses.

Feel an eager shiver of anticipation as you plunge into riveting tales of sex mingled with terror and marvel at the duality...

6 Speculative Tales by 3 Sudbury Authors

Sudbury is not only in our blood, but it also courses through our veins, is a part of the very breaths we inhale and exhale, the way that those deposits of nickel, gold, copper, and platinum, which slammed into the earth via a crashing meteorite some 1.8 million years ago enrich the very bedrock of the...

What is too macabre for Montreal? Are you sure you really want to know?

When working on the book MACABRE MONTREAL, the authors ended up with a few chapters that ended up being cut from the original manuscript because they were felt to be a little too dark, a little too disturbing, perhaps too close to home, and too controversial, to include in...

Are you ready to be infected?

The walking dead take center stage in these three decidedly different takes on the reanimated corpses of the recently deceased. These original tales are about mindless, flesh-seeking shells of former humans, about the still sentient undead, and about a unique and daring bet made on a boys’ night out.

THE ZOMBIE...

This collaborative sampler from Kevin Tumlinson and Mark Leslie combines a “Dan Kotler” archeological thriller with a “Canadian Werewolf” humorous thriller. These 15,000+ words are meant to introduce you to two different characters from two different thriller universes.

The Brass Hall - Kevin Tumlinson

What is a Celtic tomb doing in Egypt?

Dan...

Something Strange This Way Comes!

We have been told, from the earliest days of our childhood, to be wary of strangers.

From a fear of strangers who stalk their prey in their homes as darkness descends, and one mother’s valiant attempt to protect her family, to an eerie encounter of two strangers in a seemingly innocent chance meeting on a lonely...

Some are born to save the world. Most of us just dream about it.

What makes a hero?

Is a hero someone who puts on a mask and costume and rushes to the rescue? Is a hero someone who lands a crippled airplane? Is a hero someone who finds a cure to a wasting disease? Is a hero someone who uses their supernatural powers to help others? Is a hero...

You might never build another snowman again!

If you ever cast an uncomfortable glance over your shoulder when passing the silent snowy sentinels that stand looking at you as you pass on the icy sidewalk, if you’ve ever questioned what might really happen if the old silk hat placed on Frosty the Snowman’s head was truly magic, then these two dark...

A collection of ghost stories, eerie encounters, and gruesome tales from one of Canada’s most interesting cities.



Montreal is a city steeped in history and culture, but just beneath the pristine surface of this world-class city lie unsettling tales of uncanny phenomena, dark deeds, haunted buildings, and forgotten graveyards. The dark of...

The echo of screams haunt the night in this fourth collection in a series of short horror tales from the dark mind of Mark Leslie.

SPIRITS: People who haven’t died can still leave their spirit behind, tied to a place. Sally and Rob, two young lovers, are caught up in the legend of The Phoenix Baby, the ghostly crying that haunts a repertory...

THERE IS NO ESCAPING YOUR OWN SHADOW

Dark shadows hide some of the horrors, but not all of the screams in this third collection in a series of short horror tales from the dark mind of Mark Leslie.

THE SHADOW MEN: The bogeymen of the New Hampshire wilderness known as “The Shadow Men” lurk in the shadows of the trees and only come out at night in...

THE MOST TERRIFYING THINGS HAPPEN IN THE DARK

Screams echo through the thick darkness of night in this collection of three short horror tales from the dark mind of Mark Leslie.

Taste of Darkness: Sensory deprivation takes on a new meaning when you let the darkness completely consume your senses of sight, sound, touch and smell, leaving you with...

CAUGHT BETWEEN THE MOON AND NEW YORK CITY

Being a werewolf isn’t all about howling at the moon.

Or running carelessly through boundless fields feeling the wind in your fur.

Not when you live in the most populous city in the US.

For Michael Andrews, a Canadian living in Manhattan and afflicted with lycanthropy, there are odd side effects to being a...

Decades after his death, renowned Shakespearean scholar Dr. Marshall Emerson returns from the grave to seek vengeance on those who dared disturb his fitful sleep.

Emerson, whose specialty was the bard’s The Tempest and was nicknamed “Professor Prospero” could never be spotted walking the grounds of McMaster University without the precious 1861...

Fans of Black Mirror, The Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine are in for a treat in this collection of short horror tales.

If you enjoy fun & eerie jaunts into worlds where darkness mingles with the echoes of cries in the night, you’ll love these 12 stories.

VOLUME 1: Dark Cries

TASTE OF DARKNESS: Sensory deprivation takes on a...

A look inside the hospitals, asylums, and sanatoriums in which formal spectral residents refuse to move on.Hospitals are supposed to be places of healing, places of birth, and places of hope. But with all of the varying highs and lows that are experienced in these buildings, is it any wonder when echoes linger indefinitely? How about asylums,...

“People who haven’t died can still leave their spirit in a place.”

Sally’s words set the tone for “Spirits” which is part ghost story, part mystery and partly about the undying passion between two souls.

Fascinated by the ghostly crying of The Phoenix Baby which haunts a repertory theatre house, Sally and Rob begin to unravel the mystery behind...

It’s not “boy meets girl, boy loses girl,” but rather “Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy’s friends begin dropping like flies.” - Peter O’Mallick isn’t just having a bad day; he’s having a bad life.It’s bad enough when your girlfriend suddenly casts you a cold shoulder, your grades are slipping and those around you no longer understand what it’...