Chisto Healy

Sarah, an Asian-American college student moves into Sunnycrest Apartments because it’s a rare, affordable place. Strange things show up in her closet that don’t belong to her. Stranger still, they seem to come from the past. With the help of her psychiatrist, the girl she’s dating, and the quirky gay boy she met at a restaurant, Sarah realizes that her closet is actually a gateway to another time. Another world. A place where the same apartment belonged to the boyfriend of the final murder victim of a notorious serial killer that was never caught.

Sometimes the doorway takes her to another floor in the building, to the apartment the girl herself—Regina—lived in on the 11th floor, the apartment where the murder actually happened, but it always takes her to 1987. The two people connected to her through the gateway in her closet are the owners of the initials carved into the tree out in front of Sunnycrest.

Sarah’s girlfriend, Felicia, has been at Sunnycrest longer and helps her to understand that the whole building is haunted.
There is something strange about the place they live.
The dead are everywhere and some of them are dangerous. The living are not to be trusted, either. Sarah gets drawn in further and can’t let go. She wants to understand what Regina’s spirit is trying to tell her, what she needs, and how to turn her closet back into a closet. One thing she needs to remember though, is that there is a killer in 1987.

Can he still hurt her? Is any of it even real? Where will the gateway in Apartment 8 actually lead her?

The Gateway in Apartment 8

Everyone knows about workplace drama. We all know that miserable guy that hates everyone because they're too blonde, too attractive, good at their job, well-liked and queer...But what if that guy was a serial killer?Things could get messy. What if the coworker he directed his anger towards that was too blonde, attractive, good at his job, well-liked and queer...Was also a serial killer?Things could get even messier. And they do.Gerald hates everything and everyone at the hospital where he works... especially nurse Chadwick with his charisma and likeability. Gerald knows he can't kill his coworker or he could lose his ability to continue his hobby doubling as the killer the world knows as the Skin Shaver, so he decides to target Chadwick's family instead, hoping to get Chadwick out of his life a different way. What he doesn't know...Is that Chadwick is also a serial killer. They're two of a kind and they're about to butt heads in a brutal, gory, cuss-filled extravaganza full of torture and depravity. Warning: this is Extreme Horror. This book is not for everyone. Please read the trigger warning page and exclude yourself if it applies to you.

Two of a Kind

A battle to avenge the past is also a fight to protect the future. Twelve years ago, Marista, warrior for the royal guard of Avaron, was given the sworn duty of protecting her fallen kingdom's infant prince, Derrin. Marista was hidden away with the prince while her people fought and died at the hands of the Vorcan raiders. Now... Lord Vorcan is hunting them to eliminate what remains of his enemy. With no one to oppose him he could replace the Lands' many cultures with a one world dictatorship ruled by his own iron fist. Avaron lives on in Marista's heart and now she has more than a fallen kingdom to fight for. Derrin is no longer just her king, he is her son, and she will do anything to keep him safe. This means taking on slave traders, pirates, and the Vorcan Empire itself, and this is just the beginning. All of the Lands are about to discover that there is no greater fight than the one driven by love. For Avaron.

The Journey Begins

The Guardian

Kayla Krantz

R. E. Sargent

Jon Miller

Steven Pajak

Mark Young

Matthew A. Clarke

Claire Brown

Bridgett Nelson

T. M. Brown

T. M. Morgan

Chris Wilkerson

A Collaborative Horror Experience

Devil's Gulch

Mark Ryan

Mark Towse

Joshua Marsella

River Dixon

Tristan Drue Rogers

Sarah Anne Rogers

Lou Rasmus

Darren Diarmuid

Robert Birkhofer

Jeremiah Fox

Nine houses. Eleven authors. One week. - The neighborhood of west Hawthorne Drive in quiet Greenfield Wisconsin is filled with dark stories and darker rumors. There's the haunting by a faceless creature. They've all seen it. They've all experienced its presence. On the one hand, it seems to desire the life of mortals, on the other, it befriends a small boy. It both mocks and assists. Runs away and stands face-to-faceless face. - And not to mention the mysterious death of the street's namesake, Jim Hawthorne. His strange and reclusive widow peers from behind her drawn curtains, rarely leaving her home, but to walk her little dog or tend her manicured gardens... yet she's not one for giving up any of the cul-de-sac's secrets. - But in the days leading up to Halloween, events take a more sinister turn, including strange visitations, an eerie violet haze in the sky, attempting murder, breaking-and-entering, and multiple police check-ins... until not one of the residents can deny: something or someone is here to stay. - Featuring stories by River Dixon, Chisto Healy, Tristan Drue Rogers & Sarah Anne Rogers, Lou Rasmus, Mark Ryan, Mark Towse, Joshua Marsella, Darren Diarmuid, Robert Birkhofer, and Jeremiah Fox.

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