Bøger af Jeff Strand

Frank knows that he's creepy. There's nothing he can do about it. His creepiness--along with the fact that his father once killed eleven people in an office shooting-has kept him from ever having a girlfriend. When he finally works up the nerve to ask Abigail out on a date, after buying flowers from her every day for the past three months, he's sure she'll say no. Maybe she'll even recoil or spit in his face. But she accepts his invitation. He's sure it must be a cruel prank. It's not. These two kind-hearted but weird souls have found each other, and Frank thinks his life is about to change for the better.But this is not a love story. This is a tale of revenge and madness. From the author of PRESSURE, BLISTER, and SICK HOUSE comes Jeff Strand's darkest novel yet. "BRING HER BACK is like a Jack Ketchum novel packed with dark humor." - Michael McBride, author of SUBHUMAN

From the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of THE HAUNTED FOREST TOUR and WOLF HUNT comes another action-packed over-the-top creature feature!Rusty Moss has raised his niece Mia since she was a baby. Now that she's almost eighteen, he's worried that the life he's given her-living off the grid in a cabin deep in the woods-is holding her back from her full potential. But that angst gets pushed aside when the undead forest animals arrive.At first it's just a squirrel-shockingly violent and almost impossible to kill. Followed by a grizzly bear, also aggressive and resilient, even when point-blank shotgun blasts to the face are involved. Now the cabin is surrounded by all manner of zombie creatures. They have no way to call for help. The truck that could take them to safety is three miles away, stuck in the mud. But Rusty and Mia have their courage. They have their wits. And, most importantly, they have an axe and a fully fueled chainsaw...

Horror/comedy master Jeff Strand returns with a collection of twenty-six gleefully macabre tales!A cheerful snack mascot who snaps under the pressure. The nightmarish effects of the most depressing holiday song of all time. A virtual reality environment that allows you to enact your most depraved fantasies...sort of. A cheerful snack mascot who snaps under the pressure. Giant mutant cockroaches doing battle with zombies in the Old West. An unnerving discovery in the Book of Revelation. The true secret of silent comedian Buster Keaton's success. Plus a Halloween curse, a lot of psychopaths, and much more!Often hilarious, frequently gruesome, and sometimes just flat-out wrong to the point where laughing at them presents a moral quandary, Candy Coated Madness is Strand at his demented best!Table of contents...Virtual Reality Kill ZoneGood DeedsCaptain Pistachio's Charming RampageThe Last Thing You Want To BeLab Experiment Turf WarNo TomatoClyde the NecrophileDon't Make Fun of the Haunted HouseIvan's Night OutPointy CanesGiant Mutant Cockroaches in the Old West Vs. ZombiesOutpouringSmashing JacksFaerieGreen SuitsThe FraudHostileThe Great Stone Face Vs. The GargoylesParodyAwakeningDismemberment FraudBeware! The! Beverage!Rotten EggsGave Up The GhostDecember BirthdayMy Werewolf Neighbor

FORBIDDEN FUTURES has never shied away from controversial subject matter, but for this special issue, we tack recklessly into the riptide of controversy, trawling for taboos to smash. And if you think there's nothing left out there that needs smashing, step into our orifice...Slide into the daring, dangerous world of Forbidden Futures, are you ready to join us in our wild and wicked ride?Prepare to be turned to stone by Kim Vodicka's reversal of the male gaze in "Plaster Caster," or be taken on a journey of queer surrealism and tortured romance in Craig L. Gidney's (K)naivety. Greg Bossert perverts the classic tropes of sword and sorcery in The Damsel of Desire, while Brendan Vidito rewrites the DNA of body horror in Mother's Mark.Michael Allen Rose will take you on a wild ride to Heaven with his orgy-inciting Incubus, Succubus, Iambus, while Ed Kurtz conjures up impish perversity and shows how smoke can be stronger than stone in The Imp and the Smoke Angel. Jeff Strand's Green Suits demonstrates exactly how not to rob a bank, and Matthew Bartlett boldly ventures into new taboo territory in The Kinghole Chronicles Vol. 8 Installment 2: The New King.Finally, Edward Lee takes us to Innsmouth and proves that Humanoids From The Deep are nothing compared to The Statement of Sgt Justin Jessop of the Innsmouth Police Department. Blasting away every last trace of a familiar fantasy cliché, this one will remind you, as if for the first time, what weird feels like. Only in Forbidden Futures!

SPINE-CHILLING GHOST STORIES TO KEEP YOU UP AT NIGHTIt's been said that there are no haunted places, only haunted people. That's who you'll find here, the haunted ones. A maintenance technician in remote Alaska, an English thief, a young couple on a road trip across America, an astronaut on a one-way ride to Jupiter, an Irish gravedigger, and dozens more. All victims of an otherworldly infection, all tormented by a plague of shadows. In this anthology, you will find tales of horror and suspense fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and mystery. An eclectic collection of ghost stories and hauntings. If you're looking for diversity on the theme, you can't go wrong here. Do you believe in ghosts? You will ... "Without a doubt, this collection of ghost stories is the best anthology I've read in years." -- Tony Tremblay, author of The Moore House and The Seeds of Nightmare "Gloriously dark and gripping, the stories and poems in A Plague of Shadows will burrow under your skin and make themselves at home. Highly recommended!"-- Cristina Sng, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of A Collection of Nightmares "Would send shivers up M.R. James' back and have Poe reaching for extra lamps. I recommend it highly!"-- JG Faherty, author of The Cure, The Burning Time, and Carnival of Fear "The kInd of book writers and readers need. Offers fresh perspectives on complex subjects." --Paul Dale Anderson, author of The Instruments of Death series "A Plague of Shadows is this year's 'don't-miss' anthology." --Shaun Meeks, author of At the Gates of Madness and The Gate at Lake DriveHAUNTS AND THE HAUNTED This anthology includes stories and poetry by the members of the Written Remains Writers Guild, as well as invited, renowned guest authors. Starving Time -- Jane Miller Bark of the Dog-Faced Girl -- Maria Masington The Stories That We Tell -- Billie Sue Mosiman For Number 11 -- Carson Buckingham Bottom of the Hour -- Phil Giunta Powder Burns -- J. Gregory Smith Neighbors From Hell -- Graham Masterton Finding Resolution -- Patrick Derrickson The Fierce Stabbing and Subsequent Post-Death Vengeance of Scooter Brown -- Jeff Strand On the House -- Jacob Jones-Goldstein No Good Deed -- Gail Husch Haunting the Past -- Jasper Bark To Heart's Content -- Shannon Connor Winward Twelve Steps -- Jeff Markowitz Song of the Shark God -- JM Reinbold Dollhouse -- Jennifer Loring The Black Dog of Cabra -- J. Patrick Conlon The Angel's Grave -- Chantal Noordeloos Vindictive -- Weldon Burge A Hanger in the World of Dance -- Stephanie M. Wytovich Edited by JM Reinbold & Weldon Burge The illustration for the cover was created by Tomoki Hayasaka. Cover design by Ju Kim.

"Stories in this new best-of annual anthology feature episodes of graphic gore and violence-- including torture, dismemberment, self-mutilation, and home abortion..."--Back cover.

A Hunger Games-style survival school for teens is about to get deadly serious... or seriously deadly. Take your pick. Henry Lambert is a skinny, completely non-athletic sixteen-year-old who would much rather stay inside playing video games than do anything that requires interacting with nature.

ALONG COMES SCARY Tune in, turn on, and drop in to the rock & roll rabbit hole! Along Comes Scary is set in an alternate spooky '60s where vampires play screaming guitars, hellbound hotrodders start a new trend on AM radio, and there are groupies who will do anything for a piece of their favorite band. Stories include Papa's Got a Brand-New Body Bag, Hell-A Woman, and She's Got a Ticket to Die. 10 stories by Staci Layne Wilson, Jeff Strand, Darren Gordon Smith, Marco Mannone, Renee Mallett, and Shane Bitterling. PRAISE FOR THE ROCK & ROLL NIGHTMARES SERIES >Rock & Roll Nightmares has all the sex, drugs, and broken dreams you can handle without going to rehab, plus musical fun facts interwoven throughout stories that are written by folks who know their music-and clearly love it. (Killer Queens Podcast) Whether you're a Metallica devotee or a Monkees disciple, you're bound to be shocked by something in these books... but if you can't laugh at the idea of pitting Phil Specter against Richard Ramirez in a fight to the death at the Cecil Hotel, then you're not invited to the afterparty! (Classic Rock Memories) Perfect for fans of Rock Stars Do the Dumbest Things and The Dirt-you will be laughing, grossed out, and scared to death all at once. (On Deck Book Review) The anti-Summer of Love! The bands are still crazy after all these years, thanks to the twisted minds behind Rock & Roll Nightmares. Find out how the '27 Club' really got started, discover why writing lyrics on a Ouija board is a bad idea, and if you think disco is dead you ain't seen nothing yet. (Sucking in the '70s Radio, Detroit, MI) AN AMAZON #1 BESTSELLING BOOK IN MULTIPLE CATEGORIES READERS SAY: "Another veritable tour de force.""The stories are not just ghastly but hilarious.""Great fun!"

Rod and his cousin take family rivalry to a new level in this rollicking comedy from Jeff Strand.

Fifteen-year-old Marcus tries to uphold the honor of his beloved great-grandfather, aka Zachary the Stupendous, by performing a daring magic trick involving a disappearing shark.

After producing three horror films that went mostly ignored on YouTube, Justin and his filmmaking buddies decide it's time to make something epic. In fact, they're going to make The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever. They may not have money or a script, but they have passion. And, after a rash text message, they also have the beautiful Alicia Howtz as the lead. Hemmed in by a one-month timeline and a cast of uncooperative extras, but aching to fulfill Alicia's dreams, Justin must face the sad, sad truth: he may, in actuality, be producing The Worst Zombie Movie Ever.