Joel Arnold

• Dec-2017
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In the Midwest, the saying goes, Revenge is a hot-dish best served cold – or something to that effect. In Joel Arnold's new short story collection A WRINKLE IN CRIME, revenge is also served at a lakeside resort, in an outhouse, at a state fair...

• May-2015
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All three volumes of Joel Arnold's popular BEDTIME STORIES FOR THE APOCALYPSE series gathered together in ONE omnibus edition! Over thirty stories of horror and sci-fi, including bonus stories by Daniel Pyle and H.P. Lovecrabbe! These a...

• Feb-2015
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Sometimes your only hope is to embrace the darkness."It's pretty much a guarantee that every issue of Black Static is going to house at least one powerhouse story, and this one is no different with the inclusion of Joel Arnold's 'The Toyol'...

• Dec-2014
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It’s the kind of calendar you don’t see much of anymore, hanging on grimy backroom walls, a pin-up model posed over each month of the year showing a little skin.But there was something different about this calendar. Something…frightening.The ol...

• Dec-2014
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You survived the first two volumes of Joel Arnold's BEDTIME STORIES FOR THE APOCALYPSE…barely. Are you ready for volume 3?In this collection of 10 short stories you'll meet:A herd of cows protecting a dead woman from her abusive husb...

• Dec-2014
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In the Midwest, the saying goes, "Revenge is a hot-dish best served cold" -- or something to that effect. In Joel Arnold's new short story collection A WRINKLE IN CRIME, revenge is also served at a lakeside resort, in an outhouse, at a state fair, ...

• Dec-2014
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In the Midwest, the saying goes, "Revenge is a hot-dish best served cold" - or something to that effect. In Joel Arnold's new short story collection A WRINKLE IN CRIME, revenge is also served at a lakeside resort, in an outhouse, at a state fair,...

• Nov-2014
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Jared just wants to be a normal kid; play in the woods, climb trees, build forts... But there are the awful unbidden seizures that rack his body, the strangers who meet in secret with his father, the cache of firearms that fill the basement……and ...

• Jul-2014
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Four college friends go inner-tubing down the Wakkamungus River after a forest fire has devastated the surrounding landscape. As they float through an eerie silence, they can't help but feel that there's something else out there...something watching ...

• Jul-2014
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Mr. Varney and Mr. Johnson are on vacation out west, travelling in an old school bus they’ve converted into an RV. When thirteen-year old Kelly befriends them at a campground in Gallatin Canyon, they suspect that her guardian is up to no good. Is s...

• Oct-2013
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12-year old Connor and his friends, Pavel and Gabe, decide to make this Halloween all about the candy. They map out the most efficient route through their neighborhood, carry large pillowcases for their stash, and agree to dress up in the simplicity ...

• Mar-2013
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Andrew Byrd figured his mother had been over-protective; the way she stood in his doorway at night, watching him fall asleep, the way she'd call him her baby doll, even after he was much too old for that sort of thing.But sometimes madness is buried ...

• Oct-2012
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At first there was Bedtime Stories for the Apocalypse �" a collection of stories to keep you entertained while the world falls apart around you. Now comes More Bedtime Stories for the Apocalypse �" a new collection to keep you up at night as chaos ...

• Aug-2012
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Ever heard the legend of the Apple Tree Man? You're supposed to leave him the last apple of the season or else next year's crop will go bad.In this short story by award winning author Joel Arnold, the legend of the Apple Tree Man turns sinister when ...

• Aug-2012
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BRANCHES contains three short stories about family relationships by award winning author Joel Arnold. In 'Korean Mother is Dying' a divorced mother deals with the difficulties of raising a teenage daughter while coming to grips with her own past.In '...

• Aug-2012
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In this award winning short story, Kelly Holmsted finds a huge Mississippi pearl while wading in a river. Refusing to sell it, she keeps it with her at all times until she loses it during a traumatic incident that she refuses to talk about.Many years...

• Aug-2012
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On a very hot day in a remote park, Brenda Chapman takes a jog, trying to keep in shape for her upcoming wedding. When she crosses paths with a knife wielding maniac, however, Brenda takes refuge in the first place she finds -- the Biffy Palace, a ...

• Sep-2011
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Upgraded to second edition on 9/3/2011.Psychics. Aliens. The occult. Zombies. Starships.This baroque collection of stories explores the darkness that waits ahead of us, from the monster lurking around the next corner to sweeping dystopian visions...

• Jun-2011
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Deep in the north woods, two sisters become lost; one stalked by a murderous ex-husband, the other unable to rid herself of the leeches that appear mysteriously on her skin. All are drawn to an old, dilapidated cabin. Inside lives an old man with awf...

• Feb-2011
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Meet Mr. Varney and Mr. Johnson, two old men who run the Arrow Point Resort in central Minnesota. Situated on a chain of lakes, this quaint resort offers the usual amenities; shuffleboard, night crawlers, cabins for rent, and gas for passing boaters....

• Oct-2010
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You'll never look at birth quite the same after reading Joel Arnold's 'Fetal Position and Other Stories'.With seventeen tales (and two poems) of horror, suspense, and terror, you'll find:A high-wire act from Hell.A children's game gone terribly wrong...

• Oct-2010
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Fetal Bait Apocalypse; 3 Collections contain all three of Joel Arnold's short story collections in one volume: Bait and Other StoriesBedtime Stories for the ApocalypseFetal Position and Other StoriesThis one volume ho...

• Sep-2010
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Seventeen-year old Tommy Connell knows he's in trouble when he goes winter camping with his friend Vince Nguyen without telling his folks. But when they're caught in a sudden blizzard, and the man they rescue from freezing to death turns out to be an...

• Jun-2010
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Welcome to the deep north woods. Here you'll meet:A father whose intense longing for his dead son lead to disturbing consequences.A group of college students tubing down a river through a burnt forest who encounter terrifying creatures.A man seeking ...

• Jun-2010
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Join author Joel Arnold as he takes you on a potentially murderous ride through the pronto pup stands, mini-donuts, fairway rides, carnival games, corn kernel art, and porkchops-on-a-stick of Minnesota’s ‘Great Get Together’ �" the Minnesota S...

• Jun-2010
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A man journeys with a pregnant stranger, while unseen aliens deal out punishment from above.A priest's skin oozes a healing elixir.A self-absorbed husband monitors the end of his existence over the internet.A teenager digs t...