Where the Tide Leaves its Dead–– Next Chapter Publishing
COMING SOON!
By night, the sea returns the dead.
By day, the jungle eats the living.
Casey Jones has to survive both.
On a remote Pacific island, the ocean drags its dead ashore—sailors, fishermen, pirates—reanimated as soulless hunters for an ancient sea god. Armed with scavenged weapons and his hell pig, Puaka, Casey fights to stay alive.
But the island offers no refuge. Beyond the beaches lie cannibal caves, volcanic badlands, and desperate survivors praying to carved gods. When Casey and his friend Izzy are drawn to a coastal settlement promising safety, they discover something far worse than the dead.
As the tide rises, so does the army of the dead, and Casey must decide whether to continue his fight for survival by night…or risk everything to challenge the oceans god.
WHERE THE TIDE LEAVES ITS DEAD is a savage, tiki-soaked tale of survival horror packed with mythology and monsters. Dive in—before the tide turns.
Milkshakes, Heartbreak and the Human Machine — Twisted Dreams Press (2025)
At a neon-lit 1958 drive-in, a freak lightning storm transforms a lonely cleaner into a towering machine-monster of scrap and rage. As chaos erupts across the parking lot, a sci-fi obsessed teen must face the very kind of creature he once admired to save the girl he loves. In a night of pulp horror and retro terror, becoming a monster may be the only way to survive heartbreak. https://us.amazon.com/Monster-Monday-Twisted-Dreams-Press-ebook/dp/B0FN1VHJMG/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.s23CsnRUyDTHddvR-iB-5PArrAV4z215KXIhdnkCM0s.1Q-4K1d69GJFCDW-68e_w8CvZPDo0Ge8l5mZJPdYLQA&dib_tag=se&qid=1774864888&refinements=p_27%3ATwisted+Dreams+Press&s=books&sr=1-1
A Bottle of Nails and Bones — Twisted Dreams Press (2024)
While renovating a centuries-old home in the Wicklow Mountains, a couple discovers a sealed bottle hidden within the walls—containing bones, nails, and something far more dangerous than it first appears. When the relic is disturbed on Halloween, an ancient witch awakens, binding them in a waking nightmare and forcing them to uncover the dark history of a curse tied to the house and its former owner. As the past claws its way into the present, they learn that some protections come with a price—and that breaking a ward may invite something that refuses to be buried again.
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1800: Burn Them All — Twisted Dreams Press (2025)
The message plays everywhere. On every screen. In every home. A cheerful chorus of voices singing a number no one can forget—1800—BURN THEM ALL—followed by a cold command.
Ben doesn’t question it at first. Not when the hornets start coming. Not when the stings turn deadly. Not even when the man who answers the hotline shows up with a rifle and starts thinning the skies.
But something is wrong.
The swarms aren’t just multiplying—they’re changing. Learning. Gathering. And the deeper Ben digs into the so-called solution, the more it becomes clear: the extermination isn’t ending the threat. It’s creating something worse.
When the insects begin to move with intent, and the line between hunter and hunted collapses, Ben is left with one impossible question—
what if 1800—BURN THEM ALL was never meant to save them? https://us.amazon.com/Dark-Harvest-Terrifying-Fundraising-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0F5P82GQZ/ref=sr_1_2?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.s23CsnRUyDTHddvR-iB-5PArrAV4z215KXIhdnkCM0s.1Q-4K1d69GJFCDW-68e_w8CvZPDo0Ge8l5mZJPdYLQA&dib_tag=se&qid=1774868370&refinements=p_27%3ATwisted+Dreams+Press&s=books&sr=1-2
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