TWISTED TAILS III: Pure Fear is here. Eighteen stories of the twisted kind, ready for you to sink your reading teeth into and, as always, hope you can come away from it in one piece. Mangled a bit, maybe, but alive. Fear, we all know, comes in a lot of guises and doesn't affect everyone in the same way -- but it does leave its mark. What it will do to any one person will be different for each and the one who is lucky enough to escape with his/her life has to sort out what has happened and how they have been changed by their experience.
Foreword to TWISTED TAILS III....
"...Those who have read other books in the Twisted Tails series already know that genre is not the driving force behind them. There is a general theme, sure, but no specific limits to where a story can take off from or a destination to which it should travel. We thrive on surprise and that is what makes the Twisted Tails books unique. Each story ends in the unexpected. Sometimes that’s a little subtle, but most of the time the reader is cautioned to be careful of his/her footing. The authors of these little whiplash generators are masters at providing the required back-wrenching twist, so do be mindful of your step and we bid you welcome.
In this book, Twisted Tails III, we are dredging up fear and wallowing in it as if it were something to be played with, cuddled and fingers lovingly run through its fur like a cherished pet. What we’re doing here is tinkering with terror of the primal kind. You know what I mean, the sort of fright that lies coiled and ready to spring from the dark corners of the mind with no warning. It awaits all, lurking in the deeper shadows of consciousness. No one is immune and, frequently, there is no cure, you just sink into its roiling depths and are no more. If you do manage to escape, life will no longer be what it was before and you will find yourself glancing nervously over your shoulder whenever you hear something strange in the darkness or see a shadow move in the night…or day. Enjoy…."
Foreword to TWISTED TAILS III....
"...Those who have read other books in the Twisted Tails series already know that genre is not the driving force behind them. There is a general theme, sure, but no specific limits to where a story can take off from or a destination to which it should travel. We thrive on surprise and that is what makes the Twisted Tails books unique. Each story ends in the unexpected. Sometimes that’s a little subtle, but most of the time the reader is cautioned to be careful of his/her footing. The authors of these little whiplash generators are masters at providing the required back-wrenching twist, so do be mindful of your step and we bid you welcome.
In this book, Twisted Tails III, we are dredging up fear and wallowing in it as if it were something to be played with, cuddled and fingers lovingly run through its fur like a cherished pet. What we’re doing here is tinkering with terror of the primal kind. You know what I mean, the sort of fright that lies coiled and ready to spring from the dark corners of the mind with no warning. It awaits all, lurking in the deeper shadows of consciousness. No one is immune and, frequently, there is no cure, you just sink into its roiling depths and are no more. If you do manage to escape, life will no longer be what it was before and you will find yourself glancing nervously over your shoulder whenever you hear something strange in the darkness or see a shadow move in the night…or day. Enjoy…."
1. SCHOOL DAYZED by Biff Mitchell
2. THE GHOST OF KORRIM McKARTHY by Brandon Berntson
3. THE BEAST IN THE BASEMENT by J. Richard Jacobs
4. DAY OF THE DEAD by Marilyn Peake
5. THE RAFT by Kim McDougall
6. DIVINE MESSENGER by K.L. Nappier
7. TRAPPED by Christopher Hoare
8. ALONE AND AFRAID by A. J. Chaboya
9. THREE ON A MATCH by John Klawitter
10. LUNCH WAS NOT ENOUGH by Kim McDougall
11. POST APOCALYPSE by Ann Dulhanty
12. ARACHNOTAIL by Biff Mitchell
13. THE ADVENTURES OF JACK CHEESE by John Klawitter
14. BACKSLIDE by K.L. Nappier
15. ABANDONED by Geoff Nelder
16. COMING ALIVE by John Klawitter
17. HANDYMAN by J. Richard Jacobs
18. A COMMUNICATION FROM THE DEAD by Ginny Davis
2. THE GHOST OF KORRIM McKARTHY by Brandon Berntson
3. THE BEAST IN THE BASEMENT by J. Richard Jacobs
4. DAY OF THE DEAD by Marilyn Peake
5. THE RAFT by Kim McDougall
6. DIVINE MESSENGER by K.L. Nappier
7. TRAPPED by Christopher Hoare
8. ALONE AND AFRAID by A. J. Chaboya
9. THREE ON A MATCH by John Klawitter
10. LUNCH WAS NOT ENOUGH by Kim McDougall
11. POST APOCALYPSE by Ann Dulhanty
12. ARACHNOTAIL by Biff Mitchell
13. THE ADVENTURES OF JACK CHEESE by John Klawitter
14. BACKSLIDE by K.L. Nappier
15. ABANDONED by Geoff Nelder
16. COMING ALIVE by John Klawitter
17. HANDYMAN by J. Richard Jacobs
18. A COMMUNICATION FROM THE DEAD by Ginny Davis
Incredible cover art by Deron Douglas