Donna Burgess

• Nov-2023
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In the quaint, snow-laden town of Eldridge, where Christmas lights twinkle like stars fallen to earth and festive cheer permeates the air, a veil of darkness looms. Shadows of Eldridge invites you into a chilling world of holiday horror, where each t...

• Nov-2023
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Step beyond the veil of reality and into a twisted realm where fairy tales are reimagined in darkness and the line between the horrific and the sublime is paper-thin. This collection presents three gut-wrenching stories that excavate the deep terrors...

• Sep-2023
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In the dead of night, when the world is hushed and the moon casts its silvery glow, Eva finds her sanctuary. A transformed woman, she's shed her past insecurities to embrace a life of freedom and night runs. But even as she revels in her newfound str...

• Jul-2015
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When Anton was a young man, his grandfather gave him a magical elixir called "The Dancing Water," guaranteed to cure any ailment. But when the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred, Anton was forced to leave everything behind in his home in Pripyat...

• Sep-2014
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High school is supposed to be the best years of a girl’s life, but when a pandemic breaks out, turning victims into flesh-hungry cannibals, Cindy Scott realizes she’s witnessing what may be the end of the world. As the N-Virus spreads, it becomes...

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• May-2012
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Do you like things that go bump in the night? Are you drawn to the strange and unusual? Do you find beauty in the grotesque? This collection of over 100 poems examines the darkest recesses of human (and non-human) nature. Many of these pieces have pr...

• May-2012
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On the eve of winter Solstice, a massive flash envelopes the Earth and then there is nothing. The sun no longer shines and civilization is plunged into unending darkness. Those exposed to the mysterious flash have changed -- they have become bloodthi...

• Dec-2011
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Bill Andrews always ran the north end of the beach on Wednesdays, but this morning starfish littered the sand. Not a few, but thousands. He stood, quietly perplexed, as the winter sun glinted off the Atlantic and the waves lapped gently at the fields...

• Aug-2011
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In the hidden reaches of an old house, there is a secret room where little Dani plays with her imaginary friends. But are those make believe playmates a figment of a childhood imagination or fragments from a sordid past?What lives in "The Naughty Roo...

• Jun-2011
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Get your Halloween on! Download this graphically frightening tale of rural terror for free! Scarecrow John was a heinous child murderer who haunted tiny Summertown for decades. When Casey Beecham returns home to unravel the mystery surrounding his si...

• Jun-2011
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Twilight Poison: a tale of werewolf horror

• May-2011
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Who is Abigail? An angel? A ghost? True love stands the test of time and the boundaries of death in this historical romance short story that spans from the pre-Civil War South to the jungles of war-ravened Vietnam. This is a short story, not a novel...

• Apr-2011
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When a young military officer named Perry (the man who would eventually become known to the literary world as Edgar Allan Poe) meets renegade lady-pirate, Charlotte Law, they are immediately drawn together by their lust for riches. Armed with a map, ...

• Feb-2011
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The Blue Children: Short Vampire Fiction

• "The Abandoned City:" Van and Sara live in a dilapidated city overrun with vampires, which is great for work, since Van ...

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• Dec-2010
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Twenty years ago, Susan Archer witnessed the brutal murder of her beloved twin brother. Now, the murderer, Devin McCree, has returned. Although Devin is a “Deathwalker,” Susan soon discovers that he is not the monster she has feared for so long. ...

• Oct-2010
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Thirty-two tales of horror from acclaimed author Donna Burgess. Enter the world of vampire, zombies, ghosts and people who aren't quite sane. Travel the darkest roads, from the American South to the Chernobyl contamination zone and find out what lies...