Be afraid. Be very afraid.

That noise in the dead of night. The shadow that slips by almost unnoticed. The fear that pulverizes your sense of reasoning and pushes you deep down under seven layers of covers. There is no escaping it, and when the dark forces of the universe come after you, the world will know exactly what you are made of. Will you run? Will you fight? Maybe you’ll join forces with the darkness that rips through your quiet little life. Everyone’s dying to find out.  

The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!

With stories by R.E. Sargent, Steven Pajak, Jane Alvey Harris, Red Lagoe, Kayla Krantz, RJ Roles, Peter Rocha, Mike Duke, Cassandra Angler, Matthew A Clarke, Gerald Dean Rice, Alan Derosby and L.K. Pinaire.

In our spine-chilling homage to the late, great Dennis Wheatley and the inimitable Hammer Horror films spawned from his works, HellBound Books presents twenty superlatively satanic stories guaranteed to have you fearing for your very soul?

A whole host of Hell's denizens skulk within these pages, waiting with growing impatience for brave of heart - or the relentlessly foolhardy - to make their otherworldly acquaintance, so please, do venture inside.If you dare?

Featuring hellish tales from: L. G. Merrick, Henry Myllylä, Alan Derosby, A.K. McCarthy, Brian James Lewis, C. C. Parker, Chisto Healy, Leo J. Winters, R.C. Mulhare, Henry Myllylä, J.B. Toner, Glen Damien Campbell, Nathan Blake, Gerald Dean Rice, Ricki Whatley, Carlton Herzog, Len M. Ruth, Vivian Kasley, Carson Demmans, Mark Towse, and Alexander Marais

1930’s Germany:

Present Day – Rhode Island:

Choices. Every decision we make has consequences.

It sets off a chain reaction that can lead to greatness, or—in the case of many characters in the stories on these pages—it can lead to pain, heartbreak, and even death.

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About Ink Stains

Ink Stains, a dark fiction literary anthology series is a horror story collection that is sure to keep you up at night…

Thirty-nine terrifying stories that will keep you up all night and make you want to call in sick to work!

This amazing collection contains all stories from Volumes 1-3 of If I Die Before I Wake: The Better Off Dead Series. Enjoy stories of karma, fear, supernatural horror, deadly women and retribution.

The Better Off Dead series delves into the farthest corners of your mind, where your deepest, darkest fears lurk. These masters of horror will haunt your dreams and stalk your nightmares, taking you to the edge of sanity before pushing you to the brink of madness!

Contains stories by Cassandra Angler, Chris Contreras Bahnsen, Claire Brown, Matthew A. Clarke, Alan Derosby, Mike Duke, Cara Fox, Scott Harper, Jane Alvey Harris, Nikkolas James, Kayla Krantz, Renee M.P.T. Kray, Red Lagoe, Eleanor Merry, Scotty Milder, J.H. Moncrieff, Charlotte Munro, Bridgett Nelson, Steven Pajak, L.K. Pinaire, Gerald Dean Rice, Spencer Richard, Peter Rocha, RJ Roles, Lee Rozelle, R.E. Sargent, Natalie Sierra, Chris Wilkerson, and Mark Young.

The other side exists. You can't always see it, but you can feel it.
It calls you. A touch, and it shatters. It unveils.
Can you bear the other side?

Shattered Veil is a collection of 20 chilling stories that explore this other side of existence, in ways that are haunting and tragic, or comforting and blissful.

THE SILHOUETTES by Sam M. Phillips
AND DARKNESS SHALL REIGN by Frederick Pangbourne
THE RESTORATOR by Patricia Scott
SIRENA HERMANA by J. Agombar
I HEARD FOOTSTEPS by C. Marry Hultman
ENCUENTRO EN LA MALHORA by Carmen Baca
1906 REMINGTON by Chisto Healy
CEREMONIES by David Powell
HALLOWEEN NIGHT by Alan Derosby
WHAT THE DICKENS by Marcus Cook
FUN LAND MONSTERS by R. A. Goli
GHOSTED MAILMAN by Carlton Herzog
THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE by Candace Meredith
WHY SHE LEFT ME by Robert Mackey
IN THE EVENT OF MY DEATH by Stephanie Scissom
SNOWBROTH by Vonnie Winslow Crist
DIRT by Tom Garback
WHEN SHADOWS COME by Ken Goldman
THE BOUDOIR OF THE SECOND EMPIRE by Wag
PRE-OWNED JEANS by James Dorr

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