Kayla Frederick
Raised in Michigan but moved to Texas and has experienced the best and worst of both. Kayla has interests in the dark and macabre. She enjoys '80's music and movies. A little neurotic and a huge lover of Halloween, creepy stories and cats are totally her jam.
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The Residency
Survival Games Horror
8 artists. 1 art residency. 1 chance to leave alive. Art is pain. Or so they say. As a struggling artist in New York City, Ira is desperate to get her shot at the big time. When an invitation to a week long art residency on a private island in the Bahamas drops in her inbox, she leaps at the chance. But something is off about Turquoise Bay and its owner, The Curator. When Ira and seven other artists end up locked in an underground bunker, the only way out is to play the Curator's games. Will they survive? Or will they die for their art? For fans of Puzzle House and the Saw franchise |
Dead by Morning
Psychological Horror/Dark Fantasy
Obsession is deadly. No one learns that better than Luna Ketz, a pessimistic high school senior. Caught between her parents' intentions for her life and her own plans, boys are the last thing on Luna's mind. This fact doesn't detour the mysterious Chance Welfrey from trying to gain her affection. Luna doesn't think twice about him until girls at their high school begin to disappear. Girls who tended to hurt her. Girls she wished would disappear. When she receives a call from a long-lost friend, normalcy goes out the window as she's plunged into the paranormal. There's a world beneath the surface of the unconscious mind, and a murderer who knows how to navigate it. Luna is in danger and although she can avoid the killer in reality, she cannot avoid him in her dreams. *Rated for mature adult themes and depictions of violence |
After the Devil
Contemporary Drama/Horror
It’s our darkest parts that know us best. Alex Alpine is unhappy with her life—a dead-end job, a marriage that’s falling apart, and a failed string of self-published books. In an effort to better her life for her and her daughter, she makes the decision to quit writing in order to get a second job. Jamie, a recovered addict and Alex’s only fan, can’t bring himself to accept her decision. Convinced he can fix her, he kidnaps her and holds her hostage in his home in the woods. As Alex’s captivity extends from weeks to months, Alex finds herself torn between her duties to the daughter she left behind and the life Jamie has made for her. To figure out where her true priorities lie, she must dive into not only her own past traumas but Jamie’s as well. For fans of Stephen King's Misery and the You series by Caroline Kepnes |
Memento Mori: 13 Tales of Terror
Horror Short Stories
Death can come for anyone at anytime. There's no escaping it. There are a million ways to die, not all of them expected. What starts as a peaceful day can end in the worst possible way. So brace yourself for the inevitable. Memento Mori contains thirteen stories filled with curses, monsters, and deteriorating minds that will leave you with the reminder that one day, you too will die. Stories Include: I.O.U.: A serial killer looking for his next victim meets his match. A Concert to Die For: A struggling musician finally gets the opportunity he's dreamed of, but how many lives will he be willing to trade for it? When it Comes: When it comes, never deny it's request. Treat it with kindness or be cursed to a life of regret. Dolls: After an incident at a high school reunion, voodoo dolls start appearing around town. Wherever they go, tragedy follows. Footsteps: When a medium learns the truth of her powers, she meets her biggest challenge yet in an entity that gets its powers from hunting psychics. The Day You Killed Me: When Blythe wakes up in a trash bag, she has to go on a quest to solve her own murder. Secrets of the Quiet Visitor: A burglar breaks into the wrong house. |
Don't Look: The rule is easy: don't look at the monster, and you'll be safe. How long will Lizey survive?
Stockholm Syndrome: Avera wakes in an experimental facility with no memory of who she is or how she got there.
Dreamcatcher: Not all dreamcatchers give good dreams. Some make nightmares.
Mirror image: A creepy mirror in the attic of Clayton and Myra's new home holds a deadly secret.
Fear: A maze full of nightmares and one hour to make it out alive.
Happy Birthday: After a near-death experience on her birthday, Angel finds herself afflicted with an unfortunate curse.
Stockholm Syndrome: Avera wakes in an experimental facility with no memory of who she is or how she got there.
Dreamcatcher: Not all dreamcatchers give good dreams. Some make nightmares.
Mirror image: A creepy mirror in the attic of Clayton and Myra's new home holds a deadly secret.
Fear: A maze full of nightmares and one hour to make it out alive.
Happy Birthday: After a near-death experience on her birthday, Angel finds herself afflicted with an unfortunate curse.
What I Did
Contemporary Psychological Thriller
What would you do to survive? For Jessica, that means going through the motions of life. Doing what’s expected of her. On the surface, she’s a pretty young woman with her future stretched out before her. In reality? Something is off. Something she’s learned is best kept to herself. In her job at the local grocery store, she blends in. Until one day when she’s swept up in the crosshairs of an active shooter situation. Faced with staring death in the eye or letting her darkness free, she takes off her mask. To the survivors of the event, she’s a hero. To Jessica, the danger has only just begun. |
Voices
Ghost Fiction, Horror
Lynn’s always heard voices, but what if she’s not the crazy one? Hell is a real place, and it’s in Michigan. Lynn spent her life trying to escape the tourist trap of her hometown of Hell, Michigan. After a failed semester at college, she had no choice but to return home. Usually, she made a habit of hanging out in the woods around her mother’s home and avoiding the tourists. When a voice calls to her from the woods, she follows it. Hearing voices is nothing new to her but hearing one outside of her regulars isn’t. The voice leads her down a rabbit hole of the town’s secrets. West Gate Hospital was an urban legend she’d heard about since she was a kid. Except legends don’t leave buildings behind. |