Michael Taylor

James Flynn

Cameron Chaney

Marie McWilliams

Nicholas Gray

Kevin David Anderson

R. Saint Claire

Dane Cobain

Ryan Stroud

CJ Wright

Andrew Lyall

Ken Poirier

Mihalis Georgostathis

Cam Wolfe

D.L. Tillery

Lydia Peever

Matt Wall

E.D. Lewis

Jason White

Nineteen twisted tales from a vibrant, online community of horror enthusiasts! What’s HorrorTube? A creepy, new carnival ride combining a water slide park with a haunted funhouse? Not quite, although that sounds like a blast. A subset of BookTube, HorrorTube is an online community of horror enthusiasts who regularly post YouTube videos about horror-related topics, including books, films, and fiction writing. Some of the writers included in this anthology cover horror exclusively. You’ll find them posting creepy photos on Instagram or waxing poetic about the seventies drive-in flick that kept them up all night. Some read widely, only delving into the horror genre occasionally. All are passionate about books and writing. Joined together by this vibrant, online community of readers and writers, these nineteen authors bring you scary stories from all parts of the globe, proving that fear is universal. Local Haunts has taken the horror BookTube community’s global influence and shrunk it down into one village of horror and mayhem you’ll not soon forget. Inside these pages are frightening stories from around the globe, telling tales of haunts, monsters, and other terrible things local to each author’s place of residence. Within these pages you’ll find terrifying tales from North America, my own included, joined by terrible happenings in the Australian bushlands, ghosts haunting an old Greek mansion, an abandoned Vietnamese hospital, and a creepy museum, among many other eldritch encounters. From the foreword by Jason White A Stone’s Throw by Dane Cobain The Gentleman by Ryan Stroud The Salt Hag by CJ Wright Crowthorne by Andrew Lyall Mount Gilead by R. Saint Claire Screen Eight by Michael Taylor Drive Like Hell by Ken Poirier The Mount of Death by Kevin David Anderson The Drifter by James Flynn The Blocked Cellar by Mihalis Georgostathis The Night Watchman by Marie McWilliams Alone Among the Gum Trees by Cam Wolfe Highway to Hell by Nicholas Gray The Room Within by D.L. Tillery Fading Applause in Quintland by Lydia Peever A Full Moon Over Black Star Canyon by Matt Wall Long Buried by E.D. Lewis Darkness Descends by Jason White At the End of the Rope by Cameron Chaney Cover art by Cameron Roubique

Local Haunts: a HorrorTube Anthology

The rise and fall of a social network

Former.ly

Meet private detective James Leipfold, computer whizzkid Maile O'Hara and good-natured cop Jack Cholmondeley in the Leipfold series. Putting their differences aside, and brought together by a shared love of crosswords and busting bad guys, Maile and Leipfold investigate. But not all is as it seems, as they soon find out to their peril.

The Tower Hill Terror

Jacob Peyton

Janine Pipe

N.M. Brown

Donnie Goodman

Steve Donoghue

A.B. Frank

Alfie Tobutt

Mers Sumida

Mike DeFrench

Aphrodite Lee

Madison Estes

Gloria McNeely

Served Cold: A HorrorTube Anthology Twenty-two teeth-chattering tales! Wrap yourself in your favorite blanket, curl up by a fireside or in a warm bed, and enjoy these tales of sub-zero terror brought to you by some of the many voices of HorrorTube. Foreword by Steve Donoghue Karakoncolos by Cameron Chaney The Rescue by Janine Pipe Red Albums by Cam Wolfe Magic in the Hat by Donnie Goodman Isolation by N.M. Brown Sweep in the Sidestreet by A.B. Frank Frostbite by Alfie Tobutt Black Wood by Marie McWilliams The Cold Traps by Steve Donoghue This Grey Winter by Mihalis Georgostathis Orpheus Descends by Andrew Lyall Thou by Mers Sumida The Walk-in by Mike DeFrench Ensnared by Aphrodite Lee Cold Crossing by Jacob Peyton Snow Boy by Ryan Stroud The Woods and Mister Softee by R. Saint Claire Revival by Madison Estes Lake Alice by Michael Taylor Fractals by D.L. Tillery Water of Life by Gloria McNeely Black Solstice by Dane Cobain Praise for Local Haunts: A HorrorTube Anthology "An excellent collection of stories from authors around the world." Alex from The Bookubus "This was such a fun collection to read." Rachel from The Shades of Orange Edited by R.Saint Claire and Steve Donoghue Cover art by Cameron Roubique Additional editing by Black Quill Editing

Served Cold: A HorrorTube Anthology

Veterinarian Tom Copeland takes a job at a factory farm called Sunnyvale after a scandal at his suburban practice. His job is to keep the animals alive for long enough to get them to slaughter.But there are rumours of a strange creature living beneath the complex, accidents waiting to happen on brutal production lines and the threat of zoonotic disease from the pigs, sheep, cows, chickens and fish that the complex houses.Suddenly, disaster rocks Sunnyvale and cleaners, butchers, security guards and clerical staff alike must come together under the ruthless leadership of CEO John MacDonald. Together, they'll learn what happens when there's a sudden change to the food chain.Bon appétit.

Meat

Meet private detective James Leipfold, computer whizz-kid Maile O’Hara and good-natured cop Jack Cholmondeley in the first book of the Leipfold series. A car strikes in the middle of the night and a young actress lies dead in the road. The police force thinks it’s an accident, but Maile and Leipfold aren’t so sure. Putting their differences aside, and brought together by a shared love of crosswords and busting bad guys, Maile and Leipfold investigate. But not all is as it seems, as they soon find out to their peril..

Driven

"I hope when I die that it may be said: His sins were scarlet but his books were read." - Hillaire BellocScarlet Sins is a collection of short stories and songs spanning two decades and taking the reader from the English countryside during the outbreak of World War I to the flower markets of Amsterdam and the depths of the infinite cosmos.Discover what likes the darkness, why the clouds were mad when the sun came out and why the ghost of little Suki haunts the George and Dragon. Meet magician Durian Pink and his corpse plant, celebrate a black solstice with the Reid twins and see Kate lose her mind from fatal familial insomnia.Scarlet Sins: Stories and Songs is Cobain's first collection of songs and stories and his tenth published work.

Stories and Songs

Scarlet Sins

Lexicologist Pronunciation: Lec-sic-ol-oh-jist Type: Noun Definition: A student of language, particularly the components of language such as the nature or meaning of words. Also, a compiler or writer of a dictionary. Example: The lexicologist was overjoyed to discover that lugubrious+ is a word. Whether you're an author, a poet, a songwriter or a student, The Lexicologist's Handbook will introduce you to words that you've never heard before and change the way that you look at language. Like a traditional dictionary but with the boring words left out, The Lexicologist's Handbook will help you to broaden your vocabulary and impress your friends while entertaining you along the way. It's the perfect book for all lexophiles.

A Dictionary of Unusual Words

The Lexicologist's Handbook

Social networking sites can be scary places. When the whole world is connected, anything can happen and it can happen at lightning speed. Social paranoia is the feeling you get when you hesitate before posting an update. It's the feeling you get on a Saturday morning after drunkenly texting your ex the night before. The feeling you get when your friends won't stop posting about their perfect lives, making your own life look boring in comparison. Social Paranoia: How Consumers and Brands Can Stay Safe in a Connected World is the true story of how sometimes the updates that you post come back to haunt you. Filled with real case studies and practical advice, it's a guidebook for everyone who has an online presence from consumers to massive corporations. Sometimes, people really are out to get you. Be afraid. Be very afraid.

How Consumers and Brands Can Stay Safe in a Connected World

Social Paranoia

Dane Cobain

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