Paul S. Huggins

Five more tales of terror from Paul S. Huggins. The horrific legacy of a dark cult, a smuggler falling prey to his own greed, a zombie with a message, a lost child and a chilling nightmare.

In a small East Anglian village, during the storm of a century, a virus is unleashed. Its carriers could be on your street, in your garden, even in your living room. The best way to undermine a society is from the inside. This was cold war ethos, one that went on to remanufacture a virus that was previously wiped out in the UK. Its aim was to infect the animal life of the enemy, turning pets against masters. A strain of Rabies with 100% infection and mortallity rate. Mothballed for years the deadly secret has finally emerged with speed and virulence. One man, a gamekeeper, is alone to tackle it head on. Aman whos fitness, knowledge and experience will be tested to the full in his quest to warn the outside world.

Glances through the eyes of the reaper is an eclectic mix of 13 short stories ranging from 100 word drabbles to a few thousand word stories. Stories take the reader from a lone survivors end of days, a scream in the dead of night to a pair of old soldiers in their Autumn days.

This small anthology is a collection of short stories and drabbles that feature Death and desolation in varying degrees. Whether it is a lonely man travelling through a dead England, a post nuclear journey home, a man in chains, the apocalypse caused by an inocuous plant, hope from the infected or nocturnal visitations, they all offer the loneliness and isolation.

The blurred lines between reality, imagination and the ethereal can be very fine. These six short stories test the limits. A disturbing letter, an extreme phobia, a calculating psychopath, a woodland hunt, a lonely hotel and a search for family all feature in this dark compilation.

A desolate landscape, wracked with upheaval, the uncanny nature of a place once so familiar. A revelation of what was formerly undisclosed, the harbingers of apocalypse are edging ever closer... The wasteland of abandoned memories, the end of the world or a chance for a new beginning. Be it a personal apocalypse, or one of great cataclysm, the stories that arise from the rubble are tales of aftermath and tales of survival. Bridging the gap between Science Fiction and Horror, the gothic overtones of the apocalyptic imagination are explored to their full extent in these short stories. After the Fall: Tales of the Apocalypse is a collection of twenty short stories from some of the best up-and-coming writers of modern science fiction. All apocalyptic or dystopian in nature, some stories bring laughter, while others bring tears, but each is unique in its interpretation of the theme. After the Fall features: Casting off by Robert Holtom (Competition winner) - As I sit in a cafe, waiting for a loved one, so I contemplate the end of the world. Nightshade by Damon DiMarco - Civilization's death rattle as we succumb to the Nightshade virus in a curious and ironic way. In Debt by Javier Moyano Perez - A dystopian story about a fictitious America enslaved for eternity by merciless creditors and artificial age preservation. The Dying and the Desolation by Paul S. Huggins - Drake is alive, man and animal alike have been wiped off the planet by a virilent form of rabies, immune or lucky he must adapt if he wants to survive. Seen and not Heard by Ilana Masad - A mother's fight to retain her sanity and her illegal, secret, son in the post-nuclear dictatorship she lives in. They Turn Red Then Black by Spencer Lawes - In a run-down village dependent on a river of garbage, two boys desperately try to find a way to stop their crippled mother being raped by the inhabitants of nearby villages. Diary of a Zee by Brian LeCluyse - Set in an apocalyptic, dying Austin, Texas and told from the point of view of a vegetarian, pot-smoking, hippie, liberal zombie. The Ambulancemen by Heather Parry - A world turned on its head; a world where the sirens of an Ambulance are to be feared, not respected. You Call This an Apocalypse? by Errick A. Nunnally - Two foster kids more different than alike, from one of the poorest neighborhoods in Boston during the first day of the zombie apocalypse. Also in the collection: Rush Hour by Thomas BrownSale of the Century by Liam BrownWe Don't Go to the River by Jeremy WatssmanAll Clear in the Anderton House by Claire FullerOver the Vanishing City by Toby LloydUp the Road by Andrew Saxsmahe End of Time by Robert LeggStasis by Rebecca Jane GarnerThe Comeback Tour by Andrea MullaneyAnaesthetised by Emma LyskavaThe Remnants of Civilization by Vince Liberato Foreword by Kelly Gardner Cover art: Wanderers of a Poor Town by Edwin Yang All proceeds from this collection go towards running competitions for aspiring writers

This second short story collection features five tales of terror from the pen of Paul S. Huggins. The tales start with a novella length story. In which Jake Hatchers life turns around, with the help of his Grandmothers bequest. Drakes Blitz follows Harry as he thieves through bomb-damaged London during the blitzkrieg of World War 2. Affected Inside is a zombie story where Chris Styles, government investigator, looks into the disappearances of serving prisoners. His undercover investigation reveals a problem far more horrific than he could have imagined. In The Dare, three drinking friends come up with an offer one of their numbers cannot refuse. One hundred pounds to enter a haunted house alone, will he succeed? Finally, in the Last Blood hunter the solitary life of a modern vampire is explored, with startling realisations and finale.

Without warning a virulent manmade disease has unleashed a biblical terror on the World. The United Kingdom is hit particularly hard leaving few places to hide in an overcrowded country. Nine months later the ghouls outnumber the living by thousands. Survivors live an endless toil of searching for food and protecting the living. Some organisation exists, but is collapsing. Jack leads a trio of men hated by the rest of the survivors. Their Job is to protect the integrity of the safe haven by preventing the infection from ever entering. On a reconnaissance trip they come across a woman and her two children. Jack, the leader comes to the realization that children are the key to the survival of the human race. He shifts his allegiance from slaughtering the infected to getting the kids to a possible safe zone.

Whether it's fighting off a horde of zombies from stately home, A brief visit to Hell, a solitary existence in the aftermath of the apocalypse, A frightening ride home from work during the early hours or a bar fight, its all here in bite size chunks. Six short stories of horror, terror and violence.