Dark Tide 21: 24 Frames a Second from Crystal Lake Publishing is out now! Three movie-themed horror novellas from Andrew Naldony (“I am the Rainbringer”), Gary A. Braunbeck (“This is Not My Movie”), and Tim Waggoner (“The Last Cannibal Movie”)! Available in Kindle, paperback, hardcover, and KU.
A new extreme horror novella!
Welcome to the meat room.
At first, it’s a whisper on the edge of your consciousness.
As it gets louder, you begin to make out words—dark, sharp, dangerous words… You clap your hands over your ears to shut them out, but you can’t escape what comes from inside you.
The voice tells you to do things to yourself. Bad things. Awful things…
The longer you listen, the more they seem reasonable. Desirable.
Inevitable.
And as you reach for the nearest knife, gun, or rope, the voice speaks the last four words you’ll ever hear:
All hail the Unhigh.
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Her dream was to be a star…but Hollywood can be a killer. In 1985… Adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break… But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past…
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