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Horror Stories: A Short Story Collection [Kindle Edition]

Jack Kilborn , J. A. Konrath
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This collection features a menagerie of horror stories. Some are scary. Some are disturbing. Some are funny. Meet werewolves, vampires, zombies, psychopaths, aliens, cannibals, ghosts, and various things that go bump in the night.

Previously published in dozens of anthologies and magazines, some of these tales are mild, but some are extreme. Let the reader beware...

The stories include:

Finicky Eater - It's after a nuclear war, and a mother and her son are in a fallout shelter, the food long long...

The Screaming - Van Helsing and vampires, in 1960s England.

Mr. Pull Ups - A body modification tale taken to the extreme.

The Shed - Two burglars find the door to hell.

Them’s Good Eats - Rednecks vs. aliens, on a spaceship ride of horrors.

First Time - A coming of age tale where all may not be what it seems.

Forgiveness - A dying serial killer asks for a priest to hear his last confession.

Redux - Ghost story noir, about a private eye and a deadly haunting.

The Bag - What's in the bag? You really don't want to know...

Careful, He Bites - Lycanthrope flash fiction.

Symbios - A sci-fi novella about man's first encounter with alien life, and how things can quickly turn bad.

A Matter of Taste - Zombie flash fiction.

Embrace - A bit of gothic horror.

Trailer Sucks - Some trailer park jerks kidnap a vampire.

Markey - Flash fiction, from a twisted point of view.

Punishment Room - A horrific suspense tale about a not-so-distant future.

The Confession - Terrible crimes, told entirely in dialog.

Basketcase - Hardboiled noir with a horrific twist.

The Agreement - A gambler pays the ultimate price to get out of a debt.

Well Balanced Meal - The worst restaurant you've ever been in.

S.A. - A werewolf novella about a Shapshifters Anonymous group that must battle Santa Claus.

Dear Diary - A very twisted pom pon girl reveals the secret of her inner strength.

Mr. Spaceman - We've come to mate with earth women.

Appalachian Lullaby - What do you do with a radioactive monkey?

This 70,000 word collection also includes an excerpt from Afraid by Jack Kilborn, and Truck Stop by J.A. Konrath and Jack Kilborn. It also features a navigable table of contents, optimized for Kindle.



About the Author
J.A. Konrath is the author of seven novels in the Lt. Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels thriller series. The latest is SHAKEN, published by AmazonEncore. He also wrote the horror novels AFRAID, TRAPPED, ENDURANCE, and DRACULAS under the name Jack Kilborn, and the sci-fi novel TIMECASTER under the name Joe Kimball. (featuring Jack Daniels's grandson as the hero, coming out in 2011.)

About the Author

Jack Kilborn is the pen name for J.A. Konrath, author of seven Jack Daniels thrillers (Whiskey Sour, Bloody Mary, Rusty Nail, Dirty Martini, Fuzzy Navel, Cherry Bomb, and Shaken.) Under the name Jack Kilborn, he wrote the horror novels Afraid, Trapped, Endurance, and Draculas, and under the name Joe Kimball, he wrote the sci-fi novel Timecaster.

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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 743 KB
  • Print Length: 296 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 145388579X
  • Publisher: Joe Konrath; 2 edition (1 Mar 2010)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B003AOA6BG
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #15,823 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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A well written book with some great stories in... the first one is not to be read while eating. The second story should be avoided at all costs by anyone who is or knows Britain. Not because of the scary content but because it is so full of errors it will have you screaming at the book or kindle and you may be tempted to throw it out of the window.
Just a few snippets... everyone says 'ello even though it's set in Liverpool and they sound like Dick Van Dyke's chimneysweep after he's spent a while in Scotland! A man hears a wolf howl and the sound of a tree frog and is surprisingly happy about it!!! It's set in 1965 but they have miraculously changed to 'quid and p' 6 years earlier than anyone else, no pounds by the way... just quid. The list is endless so please read with tongue in cheek but not between your teeth in case you bite it when laughing or in anger. To make it worse the author has put a preface to say he has tried to make the language authentic to the time... yes and I'm the tooth fairy.
But don't let that put you off, the rest is great.
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Twisted and scary 19 Mar 2012
By Rayne
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Great horror stories. They're seriously scary. Some are shocking. The trademark of these stories is that each has several twists which change the plot in totally unexpected ways several times. They're well written, too.
I recommend this collection to lovers of the horror genre.
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Horror Stories 3 Dec 2011
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Some decent stories and some not so decent ones. I didn't really find any of them creepy, a lot of them relied on blood and gore rather than suspense. However it was enjoyable and, for the price, worth a purchase. I enjoyed the authors novels much more than I enjoyed this collection.
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