Short Story Collections

From internationally-bestselling author Michaelbrent Collings come four heroines, four stories that will take you from darkness to light and back again. PETER & WENDY: A TALE OF THE LOST - Eve lives a terrible life: bullied at school, alcoholic mother, no-show father. But one day, a boy shows up and sweeps her off her feet. The only problem is that he wants to kill her. Because his name is Peter Pan, and he's far darker a creature than the tales would have you believe. Now, the only person who can save her is Captain Hook, vampire hunter and sworn protector of Eve's family line... THE RIDEALONG - It's been a month since Melissa's father, an LAPD cop, was shot. Afraid something will happen, she doesn't want him to go back - so her dad offers to let her come on a ridealong. She'll go with him on his shift. No big deal; she's done it a thousand times. Only this time is different. She and her father have been framed for murder, and must find the killer before they are caught. With a shocking twist you won't see coming, The Ridealong is the only indie novel ever to be a Finalist for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a YA Novel. KILLING TIME - It sounds like just another urban legend -- a clock appears in your home, ticking backward to midnight, and when the twelfth chime rings, the recipient is gruesomely murdered. But when Kristen receives a clock of her own, ticking backward to her doom, she must unravel its mysteries. Mysteries that have their roots in her family, and that will lead her through generations of madness. Life or death, it's only a matter of time... THE SWORD CHRONICLES: CHILD OF THE EMPIRE - She is a Dog - one of the many children and teens across the empire of Ansborn who have been sentenced to fight in the arenas. There they fight in battle after battle until they die for the sport of the people of Ansborn - an empire built atop the peaks of five mountains. But one day she picks up a knife... and everything changes.She is a Greater Gift - one of a handful of magic users with powers so great they have only two choices: to join the Empire as one of its premier assassins, or die as a threat to the Empire itself. She is no longer a Dog. Now, she is Sword.

#1 Horror Bestseller and multiple Bram Stoker finalist Michaelbrent Collings brings you tales of darkling brightness... A family that wins tablet computers at a deal to good to be believed... A man who is sent across the universe, only to discover the most dangerous world in existence... A hitman who realizes that his greatest contract is going to be himself... A man whose child has been targeted by a cult, and must decide what he is willing to do to save those he loves... Michaelbrent Collings brings you eight tales of people whose lives -- and sometimes deaths -- have fallen into decay. Tales of the ordinary and the extraordinary, the outrageous and the banal. Tales of lives bright, lives dim. Stories of a universe fallen, where every happiness has its opposite, and every smile will be inevitably darkled ... Amazon readers rave: "A fantastic collection" - Heather Escobedo "A Must-Have Book for Michaelbrent Collings fans" - D. Hilton "I was blown away by this collection of stories." "I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves surprise endings and twisted tales." - Jeffrey C. "Stories that will haunt your dreams." - Kimberly A "I couldn't put it down." - Shirley "If you enjoy horror, you'll love this book." - Jason "You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll scream! What more can you want?" - E. Taylor

Worldwide bestseller and master of terror Michaelbrent Collings invites you to peer into the future, to uncover things long hidden, and to experience worlds of a Future Tense… A world where suicide is illegal – unless you agree to kill yourself over and over again... Collings (Malignant) chills in nine horror shorts that consistently twist and turn, never going in the direction the reader expects." – Publishers Weekly A place where childhood games turn back the clock – and bring with them monsters long forgotten... “A must-read!” – Readers’ Favorite A home where secrets abound – until the killing begins... “Collings delivers another excellent read!” – The Reading Nook A reality where a writer's dreams can make her rich – if she's willing to sacrifice the universe... “A delight.” – The Avid Reader All these, and more: stories of darkness and of light. “Thrills, gore, and thought-provoking terror.” – Horror World Stories of despair, and lingering hope. “Spectacular!” – Char’s Horror Corner Stories of a future unknown, where ignorance feeds our souls, and where the only hope that remains in a world gone dim… resides in Tales of Apocalyptic Vision ! Michaelbrent Collings, a double Bram Stoker Award finalist and voted one of the Top 100 All-Time Greatest Horror Writers by Ranker, invites you to brave a future unlike any you have experienced. Because the future is what we make of it… and we have made a monster. Tap the link and grab your copy today!