Scott Nicholson

"Like Stephen King, he knows how to summon serious scares." - Bentley Little, The Haunting Stoker Award finalist THE RED CHURCH For 13-year-old Ronnie Day, life is full of problems: Mom and Dad have separated, his brother Tim is a constant pest, Melanie Ward either loves him or hates him, and Jesus Christ won't stay in his heart. Plus he has to walk past the red church every day, where the Bell Monster hides with its wings and claws and livers for eyes. But the biggest problem is that Archer McFall is the new preacher at the church, and Mom wants Ronnie to attend midnight services with her. Sheriff Frank Littlefield hates the red church for a different reason. His little brother died in a freak accident at the church twenty years ago, and now Frank is starting to see his brother's ghost. And the ghost keeps demanding, "Free me." People are dying in Whispering Pines, and the murders coincide with McFall's return. The Days, the Littlefields, and the McFalls are descendants of the original families that settled the rural Appalachian community. Those old families share a secret of betrayal and guilt, and McFall wants his congregation to prove its faith. Because he believes he is the Second Son of God, and that the cleansing of sin must be done in blood. "Sacrifice is the currency of God," McFall preaches, and unless Frank and Ronnie stop him, everybody pays. --------------------------- "Scott Nicholson understands that the best horror novels achieve primal fear through a combination of sustained atmosphere, richly drawn characters, and believable if uncanny evils that draw unholy power from everyday lives." --Christopher Ransom, author of The Birthing House "Keep both hands on your pants, because Nicholson is about to scare them off."--J.A. Konrath, Origin "Scott Nicholson is the kind of writer who always surprises and always entertains."--Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero "Scott Nicholson writes with a mixture of H.P. Lovecraft, Manly Wade Wellman, and Clive Barker." - Kevin J. Anderson Keywords: Stephen King, Joe Hill, horror fiction, paranormal, suspense, mystery, supernatural thriller, ghost story, haunted house story, scary google books, spooky ebooks, Dean Koontz, James Herbert, John Saul, Edgar Allan Poe, Blake Crouch, J.A. Konrath, Jonathan Maberry, Peter Straub, Brian Keene, ghosts

A Supernatural Thriller

The Red Church

The Shock

Survival tips for 21st century writers, from best-selling authors Kevin J. Anderson, M.J. Rose, Heather Graham, J.A. Konrath, Gayle Lynds, Alexandra Sokoloff, Jonathan Maberry, and more. How to develop your craft, improve your writing, get an agent, promote your work, embrace the digital age, and prepare yourself for the coming changes in the publishing industry. Edited by Scott Nicholson.

Survival Tips for the 21st Century

Write Good Or Die

"One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril." - Blake Crouch, Dark Matter A near-future spinoff of the bestselling AFTER post-apocalyptic thriller series. NEXT #1: AFTERBURN Five years after a devastating solar storm wipes out civilization and spawns a strange race of mutants, Rachel Wheeler and her misfit family must choose whether to hide away or fight to join other survivors. As their food supply dwindles in the military bunker they’ve occupied, radiation from abandoned nuclear plants is altering the world around them. Not only are the mutants building their own cities and weapons, the remaining dregs of the U.S. military are massing for an attack. As the environment decays, hostile new creatures crawl out from the crevices and up from the waterways to threaten them all. But as a half-mutant, Rachel’s choice isn’t as simple as mere survival—the mutant way of life might be more promising than anything humans could hope to restore. And Rachel’s next decision could tear apart her family and the entire world. --------------------------------------- "Always surprises and always entertains." - Jonathan Maberry, the Joe Ledger series "Like Stephen King, he summons serious scares." - Bentley Little, The Mailman "Nobody thrills like Nicholson does. Nobody." - J.A. Konrath, the Jack Daniels series keywords: free book, freebie, action ebooks, Guillermo del Toro, Justin Cronin, Edward W. Robertson, T.W. Piperbrook, Bobby Adair, post-apocalyptic horror, zombies, mutants, radioactive monsters, military action, dystopian adventure, Hugh Howey wool, John Scalzi, Scott Sigler, David Moody, science fiction survival horror, doomsday end times suspense fiction, H.P. Lovecraft, Walking Dead, alien contact, A.G. Riddle, Matthew Mather, J.L. Bourne, Richard Matheson, zombie books, Sylvain Neuvel, Brian Keene, Daniel Arenson

Afterburn: A Free Post-Apocalyptic Thriller

Jonathan Maberry

Yvonne Navarro

Nancy Holder

James A. Moore

John Everson

Presents reports from the frontlines after a thousand-year-old bacteria is uncovered during an archeological expedition that unleashes a zombie epidemic and war.

A Chronicle of the Vampire Wars

V Wars

First Light

When Roland Doyle wakes up in an unfamiliar motel room with a strange man's wallet in his pocket and a woman's dead body in the bathroom, he fears the worst...and that's before he finds the vial of pills labeled "take one every 4 hrs or else." Or else what? Ten years ago, Dr. Sebastian Briggs's clinical drug trial for a cutting-edge fear-response drug went horribly wrong -- or did it? It's true that one trial participant died and five others were left with no memory of what happened to them. But now several interested parties, including a major pharmaceutical company and an ambitious U.S. senator, are willing to back Briggs's continued research. All he has to do is recall his five surviving "volunteers," whose addiction to a mysterious drug has left them largely at his disposal. They will do anything necessary to keep the pills coming and to stave off the creeping phobias, intense sexual impulses, and all-consuming madness that lurk on the edges of their minds. It's easy enough for the good doctor to lure the survivors back to the remote Monkey House, where the original trials took place. But when the pills finally run out...that's when the real show begins.

Liquid Fear

A massive solar storm erases the world's technological infrastructure and kills billions. While the remaining humans are struggling to adapt and survive, they notice that some among them have...changed. Rachel Wheeler finds herself alone in the city, where violent survivors known as "Zapheads" roam the streets, killing and destroying. Her only hope is to reach the mountains, where her grandfather, a legendary survivalist, established a compound in preparation for Doomsday. Other survivors are fleeing the city, but Zapheads aren't the only danger. Rogue bands of military soldiers want to impose their own order in the crumbling ruins of civilization. When Rachel discovers a 10-year-old boy, she vows to care for him even if it means her own chances of escaping are lower. And the Zapheads that were once simple to evade are evolving, developing communal skills even as they lay waste to the society they will eventually replace.

After, the Shock

"One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril." - Blake Crouch, Wayward Pines An experimental rafting expedition, an FBI manhunt for a delusional killer, and the worst storm in decades collide in the remote mountain wilderness...and then THEY come out. THE GORGE Bowie Whitlock and a team of celebrity athletes is commissioned to test two experimental rafts in the rugged Unegama Wilderness Gorge in the remote Appalachian Mountains, considered the most dangerous whitewater rapids in the eastern United States. Photographer Dove Krueger, Bowie's occasional lover, is there to document the journey. The expedition is tense from the start as jealousy, romance, and money are riding on the mission's success. FBI agent Jim Castle and his partner are in the gorge looking for Ace Goodall, a deranged abortion clinic bomber. Ace, accompanied by a fragile young woman, is having visions that guide his murderous behavior. A trip-wire around his camp detonates a rigged explosive, tearing apart part of a cliff wall and exposing a long-hidden vampire species to the world. The race is on as dark storm clouds gather, the river is swollen, and Ace hijacks the rafting expedition to make his escape. But the bloodthirsty creatures swooping down from the high cliffs have been too long without prey. Ace has one more bomb. God is talking to him. It's raining again, and his young companion is pregnant. And killing isn't what it used to be, because the dead no longer stay dead. Illustrated version adapted from the original 2007 novel. ---- "Like Stephen King, he knows how to summon serious scares. Buy everything he writes. This guy's the real deal."-- Bentley Little, The Disappearance "Always surprises and always entertains."-- Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero "Keep both hands on your pants, because Nicholson is about to scare them off."-- J.A. Konrath / Jack Kilborn, Origin and Draculas "This is one author who aims for the kill and never misses."- Jeremy Robinson, Instinct Keywords: action horror thriller, bone-chilling suspense, thrilling horror books, vampire book, creature fiction, bloodthirsty monsters, Stephen King, Clive Barker, Joe Hill, Guillermo del Toro, supernatural fiction, paranormal vampires, adventure thrills, fangs, FBI manhunt, serial killer, Preston & Child, Jon Merz, Brian Keene

A Vampire Horror Thriller

The Gorge

Umbruch

Julia Stone will remember, even if it kills her. Dr. Pamela Forrest is determined to bring Julia's memories to the surface, hoping to heal Julia's panic disorder. The therapist keeps returning Julia to a night twenty-three years ago when Julia was four. A night of hooded figures, strange chants, pain, and blood. The night her father disappeared from the face of the earth. Julia rebuilds the past a piece at a time during the mind-wrenching therapy sessions. But the line between the past and the present begins to blur. Julia finds a silver skull ring that bears the name "Judas Stone." The same ring had been worn by one of the hooded figures who scarred her both mentally and physically on that long-ago night. Someone is leaving strange messages inside her house, even though the door is locked. The handyman, who has a key, spends a lot of time in the woods behind her house. Her boyfriend Mitchell becomes distant and violent. And the cop who investigated her father's disappearance has followed her to the small Appalachian town of Elkwood. Now she has a head full of memories, but she doesn't know which are real and which are the creations of Dr. Forrest. The shadows of Julia's panic are growing larger and darker. But succumbing to madness seems safer than heeding the whispers that claim ownership of her body and soul.

The Skull Ring by Scott Nicholson

Crime doesn't pay...but neither does journalism. CRIME BEAT A novella by Scott Nicholson When John Moretz takes a reporter job in the Appalachian town of Sycamore Shade, a crime spree erupts that boosts circulation and unsettles the people. Then a body is discovered, and Moretz happens to be one of the first on the scene. As police discover more murder victims, Moretz comes under suspicion while his editor struggles between cashing in on sensational news and sidelining Moretz until the crime wave is over. When police suspect a serial killer is at work, the newspaper gains wide acclaim and more reporters come to cover the crimes. The editor falls in love with one of those reporters, who wants inside information on Moretz. But John Moretz stays one step ahead of the other reporters, the police, and seemingly even the killer himself. A novella of about 21,000 words, the equivalent of 100 book pages. keywords: murder mystery, crime ebook, James Patterson, suspense, Dean Koontz, Lawrence Block, Michael Connelly, thriller ebooks,

A Dark Crime Novella

Crime Beat

“One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril.” – Blake Crouch, The Wayward Pines Trilogy SOFT ROBOTS (MIM*X #1) After bloody civil unrest, environmental disaster, and the Third World War, benevolent corporations have replaced governments and delivered peace, prosperity, and equality to a grateful human race. Max Carmichael is an agent in the Cryptics Bureau, whose duty is to protect the corporations that govern the world. But when he’s given a secret mission to find a mysterious woman linked to acts of sabotage, he discovers she was part of a MIM*X experiment that links human brains to artificial intelligence. Evan Lord, the enigmatic and powerful CEO of the MIM*X corporation, wants to shape society into a harmonious blend of humans and robots using neural implants. Carmichael soon realizes his involvement is no accident, and he’s forced to choose between duty and humanity as rogue outliers plot to take down MIM*X. And the woman he is ordered to destroy causes him to question not only his own existence, but that of the entire global society as well. Look for the next book in the series, DARK MACHINES. --------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Nicholson is the author of more than 30 thrillers, including the AFTER and NEXT post-apocalyptic series, The Harvest, and The Red Church. He lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. His website is AuthorScottNicholson.com. "Always surprises and always entertains." - Jonathan Maberry "Nobody thrills like Nicholson does. Nobody." - J.A. Konrath keywords: A.I. artificial intelligence, robots, science fiction, technothriller, military sci-fi, action adventure, futuristic thriller, cyborgs

A.I. Dystopian Thriller

Soft Robots

L'anello col teschio

"Like Stephen King, he summons serious scares." - Bentley Little, The Handyman "Nobody thrills like Nicholson does. Nobody." - J.A. Konrath, Afraid SOLOM BOX SET Complete trilogy of the Solom supernatural thriller series. SOLOM: THE SCARECROW When Katy Logan moves her troubled teen daughter Jett to the Appalachian community of Solom, she envisions a peaceful rural lifestyle on her new husband's farm. But there's more to Solom than she ever imagined. Gordon Smith's first wife Rebecca died under mysterious circumstances, and Katy believes her spirit is still in the house. Gordon's great-grandfather was a horseback preacher who vanished while on a mission one wintry night, and local lore holds that he returns from time to time seeking vengeance. And Gordon teases Katy and Jett with a story about a wicked scarecrow that comes in from the fields at night to slake an unnatural thirst. When the legends come to life, Katy and Jett discover the Smith family secrets cut deep. And they must face the supernatural menace together or become part of Solom's legends forever. SOLOM: THE NARROW GATE After the violent death of Katy Logan’s psychopathic husband, she inherits a farm in the Appalachian Mountain town of Solom. Determined to protect her teen daughter Jett and not surrender to fear, she builds a new life in the wake of the tragedy. However, the dark forces that drove her husband to madness still lurk in Solom, and a horseback preacher has returned from the grave with a sinister mission. Solom’s slumbering spirits are stirring, the herds of goats are restless, and the townspeople are banding together to ward off the sinister force that threatens to destroy them. Katy and Jett discover an unexpected ally as they are drawn into the supernatural showdown, but is anyone--or anything--powerful enough to walk away from Solom’s final battleground? SOLOM: THE PREACHER In the aftermath of a chilling supernatural showdown, Katy Logan is determined to protect the farm she’s inherited in the rural Appalachian community of Solom. But Solom’s mysterious past won’t rest in peace. More than a century after his death, the Reverend Harmon Smith, known to locals as “the Horseback Preacher,” has one final round to make atop his faithful horse Old Saint. He’s seeking someone to carry on his eternal quest of bloody retribution, and several of Solom’s holy men are eager to take the reins. But the Horseback Preacher has his dark gaze on one special disciple: Katy’s teen daughter Jett. Can Katy uncover Solom’s final secret and send the Horseback Preacher to his grave at last, or will she lose everything, including her soul? -------------------------------- Scott Nicholson is the international bestselling author of more than two dozen thrillers, including the After and Next post-apocalyptic series, The Red Church, and Speed Dating with the Dead. His ghost thriller The Home is in development as a feature film. Visit him at authorscottnicholson.com and sign up for his newsletter for exclusive giveaways and release news: eepurl.com/tOE89.

Three Supernatural Thrillers

Solom Box Set

Mysterious government agencies want to revive the Seethe and Halcyon experiments, and Dr. Alexis Morgan suspects presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Daniel Burchfield of a power play to control the use of the drugs. Alexis has carried out secret research of her own in an attempt to save her husband, Mark, who is afflicted with unpredictable bouts of rage or paranoia. When her work with an underground chemist yields a new version of Halcyon, the net of intrigue widens.

Chronic Fear

"One of the most thrilling writers working today. Miss him at your peril." - Blake Crouch, Wayward Pines "Always surprises and always entertains." - Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero A box set of three books in the bestselling AFTER post-apocalyptic thriller series The After Series: Books 4-6 The exciting conclusion to the bestselling series. When devastating solar storms wipe out the technological infrastructure and kill billions, the few survivors struggle to adapt. But some among them have changed, becoming primal and violent. But the mutants quickly evolve into something even more dangerous to the future of the human race. Rachel Wheeler and her group of friends find themselves caught between the mysterious new tribe, roving bands of scavengers, and rogue military units as they carve out a home in the new world. After #4: Whiteout- A military platoon plans to seize Rachel's compound and control her small band of survivors. But as the humans fight among themselves, the mutant Zapheads are adapting and learning, intent on establishing a new society. After #5: Red Scare- Rachel is caught between who she is and who she's becoming. A bizarre mutation has her humanity hanging by a thread as the mutation inside her wants to kill her friends and lover. After #6: Dying Light- To save Rachel, a group of survivors must find a missing baby—a hyperintelligent Zaphead with mysterious healing powers. The remaining Zapheads have reverted to mindless, violent savages who want to wipe out the human race. Only Rachel holds the key to understanding them and ending the devastating war. See what happens five years later in the NEXT series, and explore another group's struggles in the ZAPHEADS series. ------------------------- Scott Nicholson is the bestselling author of more than 30 thrillers, including MIM*X and THE HARVEST. His first novel THE RED CHURCH was a Stoker Award finalist. He lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

The After Series Box Set (Books 4-6)

"Nobody thrills like Nicholson does. Nobody."–JA Konrath, Shaken MYSTERY DANCE: An omnibus edition containing more than 200,000 words. Features the complete text of the #1 bestselling mystery and suspense novel Disintegration, The Skull Ring, Crime Beat, a short story, a bonus deleted chapter from Disintegration, and an essay about the novels. DISINTEGRATION-- Two brothers view for a family empire built on deceit, dark secrets, and blood, and one woman stands between them while another waits in the shadows. Jacob's life falls apart when his brother Joshua returns to town after a tragic fire and they return to the twisted roles of their childhood. THE SKULL RING-- Julia Stone pieces together her shattered childhood memories, but then the past comes closing in when she finds a mysterious silver ring. Three men want to help her, but choosing the wrong ally can cost not only her heart but her soul. CRIME BEAT-- Crime doesn't pay...but neither does journalism. When a new reporter moves to a small town, a crime spree escalates into serial killing. Also contains "Dead Air" the from collection CURTAINS. DRM free. ---------------- "This is one author that aims to kill and never misses.”–Jeremy Robinson, author of Instinct "Always surprises and always entertains."–Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero "Buy everything he writes. He's the real deal."–Bentley Little, The Disappearance keywords: bargain box set, mystery, mystery box set, crime book, ebook, mystery ebooks, thriller, suspense, action, adventure, crime

Mystery Dance: Three Crime Thrillers

"It's six weeks after the shock. The smoke on the horizon has diminished, and Rachel Wheeler and her two traveling companions head toward the mountains where Rachel's grandfather Franklin has built a survivalist compound. However, the strange mutated people known as Zapheads seem to be changing from bloodthirsty killers into a force far more menacing. A secret military installation may hold the key to rebuilding civilization, but Franklin doesn't trust their intentions. And the Zapheads are adapting to the new world faster than the human survivors, who must fight for their place in a future that may have no room for them."--Back cover.

The Echo

Joshua Simcox

"Always surprises and always entertains." Jonathan Maberry, Rot & Ruin ZAPHEADS #1: BONE AND CINDER A post-apocalyptic thriller set in the world of the bestselling AFTER series. When Mackie Dailey survives a cataclysmic solar storm that wipes out civilization and mutates others into violent killers, he seeks out the one person he cares about most. But when he returns to a college campus looking for Allie, he discovers she is a Zaphead—nearly unrecognizable as the human he once loved. Mackie becomes caught in a power struggle among a small group of survivors who turn the campus into a stronghold against the Zaphead threat. His old nemesis, Lucas Krider, has taken charge, but Krider’s vision of a new world is just as horrifying as the extinction they all face. Will Mackie sacrifice himself so the group has a chance to survive, or will his demons turn out to be more dangerous than the strange, rampaging creatures that nature has unleashed? Look for Zapheads #2: Scars and Ashes. ------------------------------------- keywords: free ebook, freebie, post-apocalyptic horror, survivalists, EMP, supernatural sci-fi, science fiction horror books, zombie fiction, futuristic action and adventure, books like Stephen King, patient zero horror, mutant thriller ebooks, survival military fiction, dystopian zombies, doomsday preppers, D.J. Molles, David Moody, Blake Crouch, G. Michael Hopf, Hugh Howey, J.L. Bourne, David Wellington, Brian Keene, Bobby Adair, T.W. Piperbrook, Nicholas Sansbury Smith

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