Common themes are parsed out in their various forms across fifteen stories, with each one displaying its offering in a unique way. Characters modelled after ordinary people contend with the banality of their lives; occasionally, pockets of chaos or unpredictability attach themselves to the monotony, demanding the unwavering attention of the protagonists they have chosen to inconvenience.
The notes of music released into the world born from instinct alone constructs the common theme that resonates in each of the ten short stories contained within this book.
Stephen Tallevi’s An Imprint of Evil and Other Hauntings is a horror short story collection that embraces a more classic style of storytelling. Spread across multiple tales and settings, the book delivers haunted houses, occult secrets, unsettling discoveries, and sinister turns of fate in a format that keeps things sharp and fast-moving. Rather than aiming for one large connected narrative, Tallevi offers readers a variety of dark scenarios, each with its own hook, atmosphere, and sting. For readers who enjoy old-school horror with a Gothic edge, this collection has a lot to offer.
Fear isn’t always loud, it creeps in quietly, hiding in the ordinary, waiting for you to notice something is off. An Ocean and A Desert is a collection of spine-chilling short horror stories by Rachel Roth author of the vampire spine chilling Book Undead Redhead: The Girl in the Mall.
A dragon moulded from sand bears witness to the display before its fiery soulful eyes. A homeless man turned messiah taps into the bleeding heart of a Madonna from which a miracle was packaged and sold to the masses. Poetic Mandarin spills from the mouth of a lover in the throes of passion, only to vanish with him without a trace.
Altiplano and Other Short Stories is a collection of stories about people traveling while struggling with memories of their past and trying to find the meaning of life.
