HORROR NOVELS
MIRROR IMAGE
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PRAISE FOR MIRROR IMAGE
"Horror the way it should be written…” author Brian Lumley "Might be the best book you’ll read all year... a strong, engaging read." www.horrornovelreviews.com "Mirror Image is a suspense-thriller worthy of Stephen King and Alfred Hitchcock." September Spolight Electric Review “Fast-paced and dynamic…” “Fantastic read. I couldn’t put it down…” “Very cleverly written with brilliant characters…” Amazon “Like a horror movie with a pace that got deadlier and more intense as it went along…” Book-Swoon “A true masterpiece on horror and suspense…“ “Mirror Image will have you reading until dawn…“ “The tension builds nicely to a cracking conclusion…” Goodreads |
A mirror that feeds on human souls wreaks destruction on those around it in Mirror Image, the new novel from internationally bestselling author Michael Scott and Melanie Ruth Rose.
In an auction house in London, there is a mirror no one will buy. Standing seven feet tall and reaching four feet across, its size makes it unusual. Its horrific powers make it extraordinary. For centuries, the mirror has fed off of the lives of humans, giving them agonizing deaths and sucking their souls into its hellish world.
When Jonathan Frazer, the wealthy owner of a furniture and antiques shop in Los Angeles, buys the mirror at an auction, he believes he is getting the bargain of a lifetime. With its age and size, it is easily worth eight times what he paid for it. At this point, the mirror has sat dormant for years. But within days of Jonathan’s purchase, the deaths begin again. One employee is crushed when the mirror falls on top of him. A few days later, the corpse of another is found in front of the mirror, brutally stabbed. A third is burned beyond all recognition. All the while, an enormous man with a scarred face is following Jonathan, demanding that he give him the mirror and killing any police officer that gets in his way.
The police are becoming desperate. As the death toll rises, Jonathan himself becomes a suspect. He knows there is something wrong with the mirror. He knows it’s dangerous. But he cannot bring himself to get rid of it. Everyday he becomes more captivated by the mirror.
For the mirror is awakening, and its powers are resurfacing.
In an auction house in London, there is a mirror no one will buy. Standing seven feet tall and reaching four feet across, its size makes it unusual. Its horrific powers make it extraordinary. For centuries, the mirror has fed off of the lives of humans, giving them agonizing deaths and sucking their souls into its hellish world.
When Jonathan Frazer, the wealthy owner of a furniture and antiques shop in Los Angeles, buys the mirror at an auction, he believes he is getting the bargain of a lifetime. With its age and size, it is easily worth eight times what he paid for it. At this point, the mirror has sat dormant for years. But within days of Jonathan’s purchase, the deaths begin again. One employee is crushed when the mirror falls on top of him. A few days later, the corpse of another is found in front of the mirror, brutally stabbed. A third is burned beyond all recognition. All the while, an enormous man with a scarred face is following Jonathan, demanding that he give him the mirror and killing any police officer that gets in his way.
The police are becoming desperate. As the death toll rises, Jonathan himself becomes a suspect. He knows there is something wrong with the mirror. He knows it’s dangerous. But he cannot bring himself to get rid of it. Everyday he becomes more captivated by the mirror.
For the mirror is awakening, and its powers are resurfacing.
THE THIRTEEN HALLOWS
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PRAISE FOR THIRTEEN HALLOWS
"Relentless pacing and a richly detailed story line replete with historical references and bombshell revelations give this fantasy tremendous mainstream crossover potential." Publishers Weekly "I was actually blown away by this book. It’s incredibly well written for a horror book and the pacing is probably the best I’ve ever enjoyed." Goodreads "A fast paced thriller full of plot twists and turns, it is also a cleverly crafted fantasy, creating a view into a world that lurks just beneath the surface of our every day existence." Goodreads “This tale is fast-paced… Filled with twists and a vile villain, readers will enjoy touring London with Sarah and Owen as their guides.” Baryon Magazine |
The Hallows. Ancient artifacts imbued with a primal and deadly power. But are they protectors of this world, or the keys to its destruction?
A gruesome murder in London reveals a sinister plot to uncover a two-thousand-year-old secret.
For decades, the Keepers guarded these Hallows, keeping them safe and hidden and apart from each other. But now the Keepers are being brutally murdered, their prizes stolen, the ancient objects bathed in their blood.Now, only a few remain.
With her dying breath, one of the Keepers convinces Sarah Miller, a practical stranger, to deliver her Hallow—a broken sword with devastating powers—to her American nephew, Owen. The duo quickly become suspects in a series of murders as they are chased by both the police and the sadistic Dark Man and his nubile mistress.
As Sarah and Owen search for the surviving Keepers, they unravel the deadly secret the Keepers were charged to protect. The mystery leads Sarah and Owen on a cat-and-mouse chase through England and Wales, and history itself, as they discover that the sword may be the only thing standing between the world… and a horror beyond imagining.
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VAMPYRES OF HOLLYWOOD
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PRAISE FOR VAMPYRES OF HOLLYWOOD
"Briskly paced and full of fang-in-cheek humor, this novel is one of the more entertaining recent works of supernatural noir." Publishers Weekly “Clever, fast-paced and incredibly fresh, VAMPYRES OF HOLLYWOOD is the best novel I've read in years. I can't wait for a sequel.” Lori Handeland, USA Today Bestselling Author, RITA Award Winning Author of ANY GIVEN DOOMSDAY Devastatingly funny and deliciously snarky, VAMPYRES OF HOLLYWOOD is a whirlwind of action and a take on vampyres you will never forget. With a splash of romance and just the right amount of fang-rattling violence, this unique bit of genius will keep you reading all night.” --Cheyenne McCray, New York Times bestselling author of SHADOW MAGIC "This book was exciting and a real page turner. I couldn't put it down. There was lover, action, glamour, horror and mystery. Awesome!" Amazon “Sexy, funny and gory--and that's just the first chapter." John Carpenter, acclaimed Hollywood horror director of Halloween, The Fog, and The Thing |
Hollywood California: Three gruesome deaths within two weeks and every one of them a major star – an Oscar winner, an ingénue, and an action hero. A serial killer is working through the Hollywood A-list and celebrities are running scared.
Each crime scene is worthy of a classic horror movie, and all three victims share a connection to the powerful scream queen Ovsanna Moore. The stunning and formidable Moore is the legendary head of a Hollywood studio, as well as the writer and star of seventeen blockbuster horror films (and a few that went straight to DVD).She’s also a 500-year-old vampyre … but this is Hollywood, after all, and no one ever looks their age.
Beverly Hills police detective Peter King knows a lot about the City of Angels, but he certainly doesn’t know that most of the famous actors in town are actually part of an established network of vampyres. Or that secretive and seductive Ovsanna Moore happens to be their Chatelaine.
Moore and King may be from opposite sides of the Hollywood Hills, but both have something to gain by stopping the killer whom the tabloids have dubbed the Cinema Slayer. Ovsanna must protect both her vampyre legacy and her production schedule, while King just wants to keep his Beverly Hills beat as blood-free as possible. But when the horror queen and the cop with the movie-star looks form an unholy alliance, sparks fly and so do the creatures of the night.
Film, television, and Broadway star Adrienne Barbeau and New York Times bestselling author Michael Scott have teamed up to deliver this sexy, scary, and deliciously clever novel full of Hollywood glamour, behind-the-scenes secrets, and the truly bloodthirsty reality of Tinseltown. So grab some popcorn and some holy water and lose yourself in the high-stakes, backstabbing world of Vampyres of Hollywood.
Each crime scene is worthy of a classic horror movie, and all three victims share a connection to the powerful scream queen Ovsanna Moore. The stunning and formidable Moore is the legendary head of a Hollywood studio, as well as the writer and star of seventeen blockbuster horror films (and a few that went straight to DVD).She’s also a 500-year-old vampyre … but this is Hollywood, after all, and no one ever looks their age.
Beverly Hills police detective Peter King knows a lot about the City of Angels, but he certainly doesn’t know that most of the famous actors in town are actually part of an established network of vampyres. Or that secretive and seductive Ovsanna Moore happens to be their Chatelaine.
Moore and King may be from opposite sides of the Hollywood Hills, but both have something to gain by stopping the killer whom the tabloids have dubbed the Cinema Slayer. Ovsanna must protect both her vampyre legacy and her production schedule, while King just wants to keep his Beverly Hills beat as blood-free as possible. But when the horror queen and the cop with the movie-star looks form an unholy alliance, sparks fly and so do the creatures of the night.
Film, television, and Broadway star Adrienne Barbeau and New York Times bestselling author Michael Scott have teamed up to deliver this sexy, scary, and deliciously clever novel full of Hollywood glamour, behind-the-scenes secrets, and the truly bloodthirsty reality of Tinseltown. So grab some popcorn and some holy water and lose yourself in the high-stakes, backstabbing world of Vampyres of Hollywood.
Additional Horror Novels
IMP
The perfect nightmare takes reality and shifts it only slightly, so that on the surface it is as if nothing has changed…like a perfect fruit which conceals a crawling maggot. To create the perfect nightmare, to blur the dividing line between what is real, and what might be real is the sign of a craftsman…and the Imp is a master craftsman. For ten years Robert Hunter has been a world bestselling horror writer. Katherine Norton, the editor of his latest novel, senses that the work holds something more ominous than horror fiction within it, and her nightmares give voice to her suspicions. But are her fears generated from harmless reading, or are they an enactment of terrifyingly sadistic, occult killings? A series of brutal murders across the city are horrifyingly similar to those in the manuscript…but which comes first: the imagining or the experience? |
REFLECTION
This winter, the most severe on record, people are dying of something infinitely more savage than the cold. They are being brutally murdered; their throats ripped out, and drained of blood. Whispers of Satanism and Black Magic are beginning to circulate It’s all frighteningly reminiscent of the horrors of two years ago, of the satanic scandal that left Emmanuelle Frazer wheelchair-bound and bitter-and the owner of the mirror that has inspired death, destruction, and erotic sacrifice for centuries And now Emmanuelle herself is discovering the secret of the mirror. The image trapped therein is begging to come to life-to be fed and nurtured. With blood… |
BANSHEE
Dr Michael Cullen is the American historian on holiday in Ireland with his wife, Karla, and their two children. They rent the large and secluded Blacklands House for its tranquility and convenience for Cullen to complete his research on Irish folklore. Troubled by persistent dreams of a strange woman dressed in white who combs her hair and screams, Cullen blacks out completely when he seems to meet her for real in the broad light of day. Retrieving only an ancient comb carved from bone, he puts the experience down to an hallucination of his fatigued imagination. But Maeve Quill, the expert on Celtic myth and language who is Cullen’s research assistant, suspects too late that he and his family are being haunted by the supernatural creature whose unearthly cry is the harbinger of death. For when Karla is apparently frozen stiff on a hot summer night, she is merely the first casualty in the horrifying spiral of death and destruction that follows. |
