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Mae Bishop took a hammer to her marriage and became a national headline. Now, she’s a fugitive on a highway through the dark heart of the Midwest, guided by the one person she never wanted to see again: the ghost of the man she killed. Wade isn’t just haunting her for revenge—he’s a supernatural navigator leading her straight into the path of predators far more depraved than he ever was.

But the law isn’t the only force tracking her. A “neutral celestial faction” is looking for a contractor—someone with a history of violence and nothing left to lose. They offer Mae a “clean slate” in exchange for a baptism by blood, but the real hook is the one thing that could make her stop running: a chance to be reunited with the soul of the daughter Wade took from her with a single, brutal fist.

The rage inside Mae is a cold, living thing, fueled by years of abuse and the memory of a child she never got to hold. She’s ready to be a blade for the divine, but in a world where angels act like CIA handlers and the dead give the orders, the price of redemption might be her own humanity.

Mae has already killed for her freedom. Now she has to decide: how much blood is her daughter’s soul worth?

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Ghost stories that make you shiver. Haunted houses that cling to your mind. Characters you root for… even if they’re dead.

Meet Veronica Wilson — ghost hunter turned ghost. With her neck broken and her memory wiped clean, she awakes in a house that doesn’t want her to leave. The air tastes of regret, the walls hum with secrets, and every step could be her last.

She’s not the only one here. Other lost souls wander the manor’s halls: some friendly, some dangerously unstable — all victims of the same malevolent force. Together, they uncover fragments of past lives, stolen futures, and a darkness that feeds on souls.

Funny banter collides with ghostly dread. Sisterly love fights despair. And in the midst of it all, Ron may discover that being dead doesn’t mean she’s powerless — it just means she has nothing left to lose.

Restless Spirits is a cozy horror-mystery with heart, humor, ghosts, and more than a few surprises. If you love haunted-house tales with a twist, this is your next midnight read.

Ghosts don’t scare Chris Wilson. Murderers do.

When a haunting investigation turns into a cold-case revival, Chris is thrust into the most dangerous work of her career. Jimmy Brandt, a teenage ghost trapped in his brother’s house, wants one thing: the truth. He was killed, and his murderer walked away clean.

Chris and her ghost sister, Ron, agree to help him—whether Jimmy’s brother is ready or not.

Derek Brandt built a career tearing apart the paranormal, not partnering with it. But when objects fly through his kitchen and his dead brother starts communicating through a medium he once publicly mocked, Derek has no choice but to face the impossible…and confront a past he’s tried for years to bury.

As Chris and Derek reluctantly join forces, their investigation uncovers buried evidence, dangerous leads, and a connection between them neither expected. Their uneasy alliance sparks into something more—but the deeper they dig, the closer they get to a truth someone is desperate to keep hidden.

Because their search doesn’t just stir up memories. It wakes a predator.

Kindred Spirits is a paranormal mystery thriller about unfinished business, fragile trust, and the danger of bringing the dead’s secrets into the light. A medium, her ghost sister, and a hardened skeptic must solve a murder with a killer who’s still at large—and watching their every move.

Some hauntings start with unfinished business. This one ends with a fight for the living.

Some ghosts cling to unfinished business.
Others cling to the living.

Christine Wilson isn’t thrilled about her father’s upcoming wedding—and she’s even less thrilled about smiling through it as maid of honor. Her ghostly sister, Ron, is struggling too. Every step toward the ceremony is a reminder of the mother they lost…and the guilt Ron still carries into the afterlife.

But when a woman in white begins terrorizing the wedding preparations—shattering glass, causing accidents, and stalking Chris’s future stepmother—Chris finds herself almost grateful for the distraction.

Almost.

Because when Marsha, the bride-to-be, insists the vengeful spirit is Chris and Ron’s mother, both sisters know something is terribly wrong. Their mom was loving, gentle, protective. Whatever this is… it’s something far older. Far darker. And far more interested in Marsha than coincidence can explain.

As Chris, Ron, and their partners unravel the haunting, they uncover buried secrets, a tragic death, and a truth with roots far deeper than their own family’s grief. But the spirit in white isn’t done—and she won’t rest until she gets what she came for.

Some bonds survive death.
Others die hard.
And some… were never meant to be broken.

Spring break was supposed to be about baby showers, not bunker births and burials.

Now Hannah’s family is gone, her world is ash, and the only lullaby her newborn brother hears is the moan of the undead outside.

When she finally leaves her shelter, she discovers the truth: the zombies aren’t in charge anymore. Vampires are. They’ve turned the apocalypse into a new world order—one built on slavery and blood.

Captured. Separated from her brother.
Hannah’s about to learn that surviving the end of the world was the easy part.

Hannah Jordan is no longer the girl who hid in a bunker.
She’s the future—and everyone wants a piece of her.

Neither fully human nor fully vampire, Hannah is proof that the apocalypse didn’t stop evolving. Her blood carries the impossible—a weapon that could end the zombie plague and break the vampires’ grip on humanity. But power like that doesn’t come without a cost. Allies are scarce. Trust is fragile. And betrayal lurks on every side.

Hunted by those who want her cure and those who want her dead, Hannah must master her new abilities before time runs out. With Alek at her side and her baby brother’s life on the line, she’s preparing to strike back at the vampire regime from the inside.

Because in a world ruled by monsters, the most dangerous thing of all might be what Hannah is becoming.

The vampires believe they’ve already won.
They’re about to be proven wrong.

With humanity marked for extinction and Alek Konstantin held captive by the Vampire High Council, Hannah Jordan launches a final, desperate assault on the empire that rose from the apocalypse. Zombies roam the wasteland. Vampires hunt the rebels. And betrayal lurks everywhere.

As Alek fights from inside the system meant to destroy him, Hannah races toward a final confrontation that will decide who inherits the ruined world.

Because this time, survival isn’t enough.
It’s time to end the dominion of the damned.

Satisfaction is a cold dish.

From Jean Marie Bauhaus, the author of Dominion of the Damned and Restless Spirits, comes Midnight Snacks—a collection of four bite-sized tales of terror that prove the scariest things happen after dark.

Step into a mesmerizing world where:

• Monsters scavenge through the post-apocalyptic ruins of New York City.
• The vending machine down the hall develops a sinister appetite.
• Cold-blooded vengeance finds an unlikely companion in compassion.

The Main Course: Eucha Falls 

Also included is the haunting novelette, Eucha Falls. One year after her brother Scottie vanished at an abandoned theme park, Melanie Fisher returns to the scene of his disappearance. What she finds on a discarded video camera isn’t just evidence of Scottie’s descent into madness—it’s a spellbinding descent into Lovecraftian horror that suggests something far older, and far more hungry, is waiting in the shadows.

Hungry for a scare? Grab a snack.

What if making first contact takes a dangerous or deadly turn?

That’s a question posed by the stories of Ripples in Space from the first page to the last. Fourteen talented authors each provide an answer through suspenseful, engrossing tales that will keep you turning the pages and thinking about what you’ve read long after the story is finished.

Today is the official release date for Ripples in Space — a new science fiction anthology from Samak Press. Fourteen stories detail first contact scenarios that are truly out of this world. From sinister aliens to rogue artificial intelligence, these first contact stories will take readers to unexpected destinations where they will meet truly strange creatures who fit the definition of alien perfectly.

Featured authors for Ripples in Space include Jean Marie Bauhaus, Phillip Carter, David Castlewitz, Charles Chin, Sarah Connell, John Coon, Angelique Fawns, Katherine Kerestman, Winston Malone, Christopher W. McGuiness, K.L. Mill, Mike Morgan, Brian Reindel 👾⚔️, and Darren Todd.

Revised Anniversary Edition with Author Commentary

Three vampires walk into a bar…

A suicidal widower is talked down by a mysterious, chain-smoking stranger with an ulterior motive…

A picturesque sea-side chalet harbors a disturbing secret beneath its serene waters…

A kindly grandmother runs a pie shop that is a gateway to time and space…

A mysterious house with a dark reputation tempts one bored little girl…

Angels, vampires, ghosts and faeries mingle with the lovelorn, the desperate, the weary and the brave in this collection of quick-fire stories spanning horror, dark fantasy and speculative fiction from the author of Restless Spirits and the Dominion of the Damned trilogy.

A woman’s work is never done… and sometimes, it’s deadly.

Experience two haunting tales of urban fantasy and psychological horror from Jean Marie Bauhaus, the author of Restless Spirits and Midnight Snacks. In this collection, survival requires more than just hard work—it requires a killer instinct.

The Box

Keely Brewster is a retired monster slayer trying to trade her silver blades for a quiet life as a single mom. She thinks she’s finally found peace in a sleepy small town, but the past has a way of finding its targets. When a mysterious package appears on her doorstep, Keely must decide if she can truly keep her old life in the box—or if she’ll have to become a predator once again to protect her daughter.

Night Driving

Mae has always found solace in the open road at night. But tonight, the rhythmic hum of the engine is the only thing keeping her calm as she executes the most important drive of her life. She’s leaving her violent husband behind for good, and by the time the sun comes up, this will be his very last ride.

Two stories. Two women. No mercy.

Something lingers in the woods of Lake Eucha… something that refuses to be forgotten.

A year after her brother Scottie vanished without a trace, Melanie Fisher is returning to the scene of his disappearance: an abandoned lakeside amusement park rotting in the Oklahoma woods.

When she finds a discarded video camera among the ruins, it contains more than just the final moments of Scottie’s sanity. It holds proof of a truth Melanie has tried to bury—impossible memories of visiting the park years after it was destroyed by a devastating fire.

Melanie isn’t the only one haunted by these “ghost” memories. As the local authorities and her own boyfriend urge her to let the past go, Melanie realizes that common sense won’t save her. To find her brother, she must surrender to the same madness that took him and face the ancient, hungry forces drawing her back to the water’s edge.

Fans of H.P. Lovecraft, Marble Hornets, and unsettling creepypasta will love this atmospheric descent into cosmic horror.

Michael Latimer has the perfect life. Until the night he can’t move.

As the head of a prestigious English department with a beautiful wife and a stellar career, Michael is a man of logic and science. But when he finds himself pinned to his bed, immobile and tormented by ghastly visions, his rational world begins to fracture.

He clings to the medical diagnosis of sleep paralysis—a safe, clinical explanation for the darkness pressing down on his chest. But as the terrifying night visits intensify, Michael’s research leads him away from science and down a paranormal rabbit hole. He begins to question the nature of evil, the reality of the world, and the true identity of his wife, Kathy.

Hoping to save their crumbling marriage, Kathy takes Michael to her parents’ remote cabin in the Ozarks for rest. But the isolation only feeds his hostility. Convinced he’s having an affair, Kathy checks his phone—only to find a horror far more disturbing than infidelity.

In the deep woods of the Ozarks, the “Old Hag” isn’t just a medical phenomenon. She’s a nightmare that’s finally come home.

“There’s a witch buried in the cellar.”

When a young boy and his family move onto a remote plot of land in rural Oklahoma, they aren’t looking for ghosts. Their goal is simple: live in a double-wide trailer while they build their dream home from the ground up.

But the land has a memory. The only thing left of the house that once stood there is a lone, crumbling storm cellar. Local legend says a curse haunts the property, and everyone who has tried to build there since has met a dark, unexplained fate.

As strange, inexplicable events begin to plague the family, the line between childhood pranks and ancient evil starts to blur. Is the neighbor boy just trying to scare them off with tall tales? Or is something sinister—and very much alive—waiting beneath the red dirt?

A chilling tale of rural folk horror and urban legends that will make you think twice before stepping into the dark.

Curiosity might have changed her forever, but it’s sacrifice that will define her.

Meg the pixie has always found humans drab and predictable—until she spies the impossible: skin of gleaming brass hidden beneath the sleeve of reclusive inventor Phineas Farnsworth. Intrigued by the man who is more machine than flesh, she follows him into a world of clockwork wonders and hidden dangers.

When a disastrous encounter with Phineas’s cat leaves Meg irrevocably changed, she finds herself caught in the gears of a life she never imagined. What begins as a pixie’s inquisitive whim quickly transforms into a profound journey of selflessness and loyalty.

The Pixie and the Professor is a charming gearpunk fairytale that explores the thin line between man and machine, and the enduring power of a love that transcends species and steel.

Reagan Dunn’s life has gone to the dogs—literally.

Still recovering from a marriage that left her world upside down, Reagan has traded a permanent address for the life of a traveling pet sitter. When she arrives in the small town of Redbud, Oklahoma, she’s only looking for a hot shower and a temporary home. She didn’t count on meeting Josh Baker.

Josh is everything Reagan’s ex-husband wasn’t: kind, hardworking, and fiercely loyal. There’s just one problem—he’s already engaged to the woman of his dreams. Or at least, the woman he thinks is right for him. As Josh’s fiancée gets colder feet, Reagan finds herself drawn into his life and his family in ways she never expected.

But as Reagan witnesses the manipulative behavior of Josh’s fiancée, she recognizes the same patterns of emotional abuse that destroyed her own past. Standing up for the truth could mean saving Josh from a life of misery—or it could mean losing her chance at a new beginning in Redbud forever.

A heartwarming sweet romance about second chances, finding where you belong, and the courage to choose love over comfort.