Welcome to Thursday Theatre
Here is where I’ll be posting video clips about books and movies and fun stuff.
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Remember how terrifying Strangers was?
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Well check out You’re Next!
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Hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading
To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?
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What are you currently reading?
As The World Dies
Untold Tales #2
by Rhiannon Frater
THE FIRST DAYS: AS THE WORLD DIES introduced Jenni and Katie and their harrowing journey to the makeshift fort in the Texas Hill Country. FIGHTING TO SURVIVE: AS THE WORLD DIES continued their story as the two women joined the members of the makeshift fort in Ashley Oaks in the fight for survival against not only zombies, but the evil designs of bandits.
But theirs is not the only tale to be told.
In the second volume of the AS THE WORLD DIES UNTOLD TALES experience three terrifying tales of those who are forced to face the unrelenting and hungry walking dead.
In a nearby town Ken and Lenore have started their regular routine at Ken’s Beauty Salon. A terrible accident brings the undead plague to their front door and soon the best friends are scrambling to escape their overrun town…
Katarina is just finishing her shift at a roadside café when a badly injured man stumbles through the front door. She quickly realizes that to survive she must learn to kill…
And finally, a trapped family must face the fearsome truth that sometimes zombies are not the worst monster they have to fear as the world dies…
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What did you recently finish reading?
As The World Dies
Untold Tales #1
by Rhiannon Frater
THE FIRST DAYS: AS THE WORLD DIES introduced Jenni and Katie and their harrowing journey to the makeshift fort in the Texas Hill Country. But theirs is not the only tale to be told. In the first volume of the AS THE WORLD DIES UNTOLD TALES experience three terrifying tales of those who are forced to face the unrelenting and hungry walking dead.
Deep in the Texas Hill Country, a man and his little dog takes refuge in a bed and breakfast located in the hills above a doomed town where an infested rescue center might unleash the hungry undead…
On a deserted highway slicing through the desolation of West Texas, a woman struggles to survive as she faces the horrifying aftermath of the rise of the zombies…
And finally, discover what happens on the first day to Katie’s beloved wife, Lydia, as the world dies…
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What do you think you’ll read next?
As The World Dies
Untold Tales #3
by Rhiannon Frater
So, whatcha readin?
Welcome to My Monday Minis.
This is where I review very short stories and flash fiction.
For today I’ll be telling you about The Devil’s Walk
by Brian Harmon
Carl Delsh is dying. He’s lived a long time and he’s ready to join his love who went 20 years ago.
His granddaughter and great granddaughter sit vigil as his time draws near.
In one of his last lucid moments, he tells his granddaughter, Amanda, about the tall man with long white hair who murdered his best friend Lonnie so many years ago.
This would be the perfect story to tell late at night, sitting in the woods, surrounded by trees, and the only light comes from the sputtering fire you sit around.
You’d be looking over your shoulder, squinting into the darkness.
Did something linger in the dark? Is someone peering back at you?
You’d be waiting from someone to yell Boo! You’d just want the suspense to end.
That’s how this story unfolds. Slowly gaining momentum and building in suspense.
This is not a ghost story. It’s a cautionary tale. And a really creepy one.
4 Stars
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I’ve also read another short story by Brian
In the six years Allan has owned his house, it has never been even remotely haunted. But after his wife is startled by an unknown noise, he begins to notice very strange activity throughout the house. At first, he’s excited by the idea of a ghostly visitor, but his enthusiasm quickly turns to dread as he realizes that his phantom guest has also begun to notice him.
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And on my next Monday Minis I’ll be reviewing another one of Brian’s short stories.
The Man in the Fire took everything Daniel ever held dear. Now Daniel sets out for one final confrontation.
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Brian Harmon
Brian Harmon is a writer of horror fiction, suspense and dark adventure. He grew up in Missouri and currently lives in Southern Wisconsin with his wife, Guinevere, and their two children.
You can find Brian and all of his books HERE.
I learned about this new author from Sherry at Fundinmental.
From Such Small Things was FREE at the time of my posting.
I had such fun I grabbed more books by Brian Harmon and have already read three of them.
Go HERE to get yours. They may still be free!
Strange noises. Phantom footsteps. Wrapping on the walls. Ear blasting shrieks. And a closet door that won’t stay closed.
This and more is happening at Allen and Selena’s house.
At first, they put it off as the house settling. But as more strange things happen, they have to face facts.
For some reason. after all the years they’ve lived in their house, it is haunted.
Whatever is haunting them is getting stronger, more territorial, and dangerous.
Something has to give.
I know what I’d do. I’d be out of there.
I’m not easily scared, but I don’t think I could handle what happens in this house.
Something that can reach out from beyond and hurt you is not to be messed with.
As the entity got stronger and more vicious, my shoulders tightened up, my head drew in to my shoulders, my elbows tucked snug against my body, and I braced myself as I kept on reading.
The author had me connecting with Allen and Selena , wondering why in the world they didn’t just leave. I was afraid each time I turned a page that the worst was waiting for me.
So much dread from so few words. I recommend you read this after dark, preferably on a stormy night. It’s meant to scare you and the mood should be set. Just keep a flashlight handy. Wouldn’t want to be left sitting in the dark.
What’s that noise? Nope, sitting in the dark, our mind will imagine all kinds of things. Is the closet door closed?
I was very lucky and got this as a free download. Thanks Brian. I can’t think of a better way to discover new authors.
5 Stars
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Brian Harmon
Brian Harmon is a writer of horror fiction, suspense and dark adventure. He grew up in Missouri and currently lives in Southern Wisconsin with his wife, Guinevere, and their two children.
You can find Brian and all of his books HERE.
Hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading
To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?
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What are you currently reading?
Trudy, Madly, Deeply
by Wendy Delaney
Human lie detector Charmaine Digby is having a bad year. After eating her way through a divorce, she’s out of work and up to her eyeballs in debt. In need of a life makeover Char comes home to the senior citizen haven of Port Merritt, Washington, and is ecstatic when she parlays her eye for lies into a job as the County Coroner’s new assistant. But her joy is short-lived when a hunky doctor at the hospital reports the suspicious death of Trudy, Port Merritt’s beloved Story Lady. Even more stunning, Trudy isn’t the only recent patient whose heart mysteriously stopped.
Is it mad to think that dear old Trudy could be the latest victim of a serial killer?
With no physical evidence of foul play, Char’s on the case, much to the irritation of Detective Steve Sixkiller, who doesn’t want her to stick her pretty nose for trouble in his investigation. But she’s a woman on a mission to uncover the truth, and she’d better keep her eyes open or the next body on the way to the morgue could be hers….
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What did you recently finish reading?
Marin’s Dale
by Evan Bollinger
Something has infiltrated the quiet airs of Marin’s Dale. Something that has never been seen. Something that mere human minds will never fathom…
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What do you think you’ll read next?
Twisted
by Uvi Poznansky
So, whatcha readin?
Hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading
To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?
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What are you currently reading?
Zombie Cruise by Janiera Eldridge
Brenda Lawson signed up for a relaxing cruise but never thought she would be sharing the sea with the undead! As Brenda’s paradise turns into a nightmare, she must care for a little girl who lost her mother to the darkness. Will Brenda be able to save her life and the life of a precious child or will the new monsters of the sea have two new members?
Zombie Cruise is the first short story in the Zombie Vacations serial series, which features relaxing vacations that quickly turn into zombie hells!
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What did you recently finish reading?
Piercing Undead by T L Decay
“So you think you know how the world ends? Think again! With Piercing Undead, T.L.Decay offers an alternative look at a very different apocalypse scenario. Tom and Melisa return from a week long camping trip to discover a world very different from the one they left behind. Narrowly escaping the claws of the Undead, they find themselves at a local Race track where they meet fellow survivors, Shawn and Kara. And it is here that they begin to realise that, in order to stay one step ahead of the piercing claws of death, they need to band together in order to survive…
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What do you think you’ll read next?
Rizen: Tales of the Zombie Apocalypse
by Kirk Anderson
So, whatcha readin?
Welcome to My Monday Minis.
This is where I review very short stories and flash fiction.
For today I’ll be telling you about Morning Warning
by A.M. Sawyer
I’m not sure if this would be categorized as suspense, horror, or paranormal. I would say all three as it has some of each.
Young Anthony drags himself out of bed and gets ready for school. It’s Friday and one week closer to the summer break.
After the usual race to beat his older sister, Rachel, to the bathroom, which he lost, and the fight over the TV remote with his big brother, Alex, which he also lost, it’s time to meet the school bus.
As usual, his sister and brother leave him at the door and he runs to catch up with them.
As they wait for the bus, Anthony notices how quiet it is, how still it is. He looks back up the long driveway to his house and sees the heavy green clouds. They cover the sky, hanging low to the ground.
Living in a tornado prone area, he’s so used to the tornado sirens going off all the time, he wonders if he should be worried by this calm. There are no sirens, but he becomes uneasy, then fearful. He really wants to go back to his house.
The author’s description of the weather is dead on. I’ve been through a few tornadoes, and how he describes the greenish clouds and the sense of foreboding they cause, brought back some vivid memories.
The family dynamics, with the older brother and sister teasing their little brother rings true. I am the youngest of six and was at my older siblings mercy.
As the weather takes an ominous turn, the author creates a sense of apprehension, of fear. It builds just like the storm does.
Morning Warning made me shiver.
Though a short story, the writing is powerful, and the author gave me quite a surprise with the conclusion.
I’m not sure what I was expecting, but the ending was a twister!
5 Stars
About the author
A. M. Sawyer has written several books, delving in poetry, humor, science fiction, and fantasy.
You can find out more at these links:
Want to know what’s in Waverly Chasm?
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Description
When war photographer Mark Simmons is sent to do a promo on Waverly Chasm, he assumes it’s a puff piece, a waste of his talents. Widow Marsha Lake brings her son, Lyle, to help him heal after his father’s death. Donald Adams, aka H.R. Chatmon, joins the tour to get away from a sticky situation. Justine McCarthy consents to the hike to placate her boyfriend, Trevor. For Jaleel Warner, the tour guide, walking the chasm is just part of his job. Each of these people must face their darkest memories in order to discover and defeat the secret buried in Waverly Chasm.
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Other books I’ve read by Edward Lorn
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Where you can purchase Life After Dane.
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Description
A mother’s love is undying… and so is Dane.
After the state of Arkansas executes serial killer Dane Peters, the Rest Stop Dentist, his mother discovers that life is darker and more dangerous than she ever expected.
The driving force behind his ghostly return lies buried in his family’s dark past. As Ella desperately seeks a way to lay her son’s troubled soul to rest, she comes face to face with her own failings.
If Ella cannot learn why her son has returned and what he seeks, then the reach of his power will destroy the innocent, and not even his mother will be able to stop him.
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I’ve read other books by Edward and loved them.
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