But be warned, fellow traveler… this is not just a book—it is a journey into the very life of Death.

Listen to the tales of the afterlife: Halloween, vampires, Heaven, Hell, Armageddon, zombies, death-bringing angels, ghosts, cults, ritual killings, nightmares from Vietnam... The lists goes on and on.

Ever wondered if it was possible to cheat death? To kill Death?
Did you know Death was a girl?
Or that it’s possible to escape and even become death?

The fear of death is as real as you and I.

You’ll be forced to answer the hard questions, and find out the answers to so much more. Like why you’re really here. Or the secret behind our fascination with the afterlife, not to mention the horrors of the actual event. These are not just stories but horrific experiences of pain and death: the deaths of lonely people, famous people, entire worlds, the death of innocence, and the pain of those left behind as they await their turn, wondering what it will be like.

No one is safe from the Reaper!

For your reading pleasure, we have assembled the following souls to share with you their grave stories: Gary A. Braunbeck, Joe McKinney, Rick Hautala, Gary Fry, Ross Warren, Marty Young, Stephen Bacon, Dean M Drinkel, Richard Thomas, Sam Stone, Eric S Brown, Mark Sheldon, Steve Lockley, Robert S. Wilson, Jeremy C Shipp, Jeff Strand, Lawrence Santoro, E.C. McMullen Jr., Rena Mason, John Kenny, and Taylor Grant. And even a bit of poetic justice from Adam Lowe.

Includes artwork by fellow travelers Ben Baldwin and Will Jacques, and an introduction by Gary McMahon.

So sit back and enjoy twenty thrillingly suspenseful horror stories that will allow you to stare into the eyes of the Grim Reaper:

• The Life of Death by Mark Sheldon
• Stumps by Jeff Strand
• Death Squared by Rena Mason
• Rapid Eye Movement by Stephen Bacon
  
• The Final Room by John Kenny
• The Culling by Richard Thomas
• Crow by Steve Lockley
• Instructions on the Use of The M-57 Clacker by Lawrence Santoro
• The Death Catcher by Robert S. Wilson
• Cedo Looked like people by E.C. McMullen Jr.
• Spectres by Taylor Grant
• The Tubes by Jeremy C. Shipp
• A Life in Five Objects by Ross Warren
• Death Comes for us All by Eric S. Brown
• The Last Resort by Sam Stone
• At the ‘Pay Here, Please’ Table by Gary A. Braunbeck
• Der Engel der Liebe by Dean M Drinkel
• The Frequency of Death by Marty Young
• The Final Peace by Gary Fry
• Do No Harm by Joe McKinney
• Non-Returnable by Rick Hautala

This book is dedicated to posthumously to Rick Hautala and Lawrence Santoro. May their stories never be forgotten.

Proudly represented by Crystal Lake Publishing—Tales from the Darkest Depths

Fear the Reaper eBook categories:

• Horror Anthology
• Horror Short Stories
• US Horror Fiction
• Supernatural Thriller
• Dark Fantasy Horror
• Horror Suspense
• Horror Poetry
• Disturbing Suspense
• Dark Humor
• Metaphysical Horror
• Apocalyptic Science Fiction

Welcome to the world of shadows, cloaked in perpetual starlight; its denizens are a mysterious and frightening breed. And sometimes, just sometimes, their eldritch whispers and murmurs can cross the boundaries of reality and enter our darkest dreams.

Richard Groller and his troupe of dead and living poets pull back the veil in The Book of Night, revealing the terrifying denizens of the shadows. Eerie and hypnotic artwork by some of today’s most chilling artists illuminates the vivid imaginings of the poets.

If you dare, open this tome of Macabre Eerie Tales of the Supernatural, this King of Rhyming Horror Books for Adults, filled with Dark Tales of the Darkest Depth of Your Soul, Nightmare Scenarios Hiding in The Dark, Hidden Fates, Halloween Treats, and Midnight Poetry. This is the Poetry Slam of Chilling Creatures of Passage, and the Ultimate in Frightening Fortunes Spoken Word Poetry. Welcome to Dark Poetry from the Creepypasta Masters of Horror.

Apparitions—things seen and unseen at the edge of our vision, or embedded in the corners of our nightmares.

Sweet Sorrow—the pain and poignancy of loss, love unrequited, visions from afar, the pangs of memory, or the last breaths of mortals.

The Autumn People—denizens of the night welcome the Fall and its All Hallows promises.

Through A Glass Darkly—peer through the gloom seeking the moment of revelation, and all becomes clear—or not.

Come, the Night awaits...

Authors-Living:

• Louis Agresta
• Larry Atchley, Jr.
• Jeff Barnes
• Dean M. Drinkel
• Richard D. Evans
• Jack William Finley
• Allan Gilbreath
• Richard Groller
• Michael Hanson
• Lori Martin
• Chris Morris
• Janet Morris
• Kurt Newton
• Jillian Perkins
• Kimberly Richardson
• Bill Snider
• Angel Weaver

Authors-Deceased:

• Ambrose Bierce (1842-1913)
• Rupert Brooke (1887-1915)
• Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564)
• George Gordon (Lord) Byron (1788-1824)
• Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
• Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
• Robert Frost (1874-1963)
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
• William Ernest Henley (1849-1903)
• Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
• Edward J.M.D. Plunkett, (Lord Dunsany) (1878-1957)
• Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
• Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Artists:

• Michael Bielaczyc
• Paul Bielaczyc
• Bob Giadrosich
• Liz Holland
• Chris Mars