Crypts & Cannibals: A Collection of Short Horror Stories

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Darkness. Terror. Monsters. Ghosts. Demons. When you close your eyes, what do you fear?

Escape to a place where reality is twisted and demented to serve the purpose of evil. Look in the mirror and a sinister spirit stares back at you. Uncouple yourself from reality and dive into the twists of fate that steal your soul.

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Prolog

Prologue & Introduction

Welcome to my collection of short horror stories. Each of these stories is also published here on Booksie as an independent "Short Story."

This book is a convenient way to read through my stories.
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Chapter 1

Bloodlust: Regret and Redemption

A vampire loses his immortality and faces the reality of taking the life of his lover and drinking her blood.
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Chapter 2

The Cannibal in the Morgue

The medical examiner's unusual taste for the corpses creates a serious issue when one dead victim brings more than just exotic flavors.
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Chapter 3

With Me Forever

Thomas Magee's longing for his missing lover brings her spirit back to him, but her plans include both a reunion and revenge.
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Chapter 4

A New Friend for Darius

Father rarely comes home from the city. Mother's affair keeps her away. What's a teenager to do when the only other person at home isn't exactly alive anymore?
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Chapter 5

Blood Sacrifice

They always diagnosed me with the same mental disorder. However, this shrink listened to my entire story, but her approach to treatment wasn't something that I ever expected.
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Recent Comments

Celtic-Scribe63

A very well written story
Great detail and atmosphere
You took the reader into the mind of the Vampire and made them feel sympathetic for their plight.
I really enjoyed this.

Mon, March 25th, 2019 5:19pm

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Thank you! It was fun to try to be the vampire and experience what he might be feeling.

Mon, March 25th, 2019 10:30am

Dr. Acula

Nicely done, Shea ! A very cool read !
Looking forward to more, in this series.

Mon, March 25th, 2019 7:54pm

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Thank you!!! I'm posting the first two parts of a six-part story starting shortly called The Cannibal in the Crypt.

Mon, March 25th, 2019 1:16pm

Robert Helliger

A great new interpretation on the vampire story.
I liked it.

Tue, April 30th, 2019 4:59am

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Thanks Robert!

Tue, April 30th, 2019 5:11am

jadedangel

Wow! I actually felt pity for the vampire! Then he resumed his role as a fiend. Excellent!

Mon, June 3rd, 2019 5:38pm

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Thank you!!! It was a fun story to write.

Mon, June 3rd, 2019 1:44pm

CreativeMarauder

Beautifully written - inspiring even - with a great twist at the end.

Vampires are one of my favorite tropes... Alas modern romanticization of the archetypal monster that I think is more fact then faction has largely neutered them and turned them into mundane Mary and Gary S(t)ue's. This was an excellent and tragic return to form.

We get what we deserve... What I got from the end of the story was that he had the opportunity to incorporate the monster, his Jungian shadow, but instead he allowed it to once again control him in favor of short term physical gratification. A tragic story as old as man and I am intimately familiar with though I've never murdered anyone, aside from perhaps myself. He learned nothing as most of us learn nothing in the rare moments of clarity we have in between sins.

Whatever you meant with this story... Great execution.

Sun, January 16th, 2022 12:29pm