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The Perfect Betrayal by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMike and his squad launch a rescue for Trip, but nefarious forces have aligned against them. He marshals his team together, but will it be enough? Etna Station and everything Mike cares about is on the brink of collapse. All will be lost unless Mike can convince his team to heed the crazed warnings of an old friend... -
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The Trembling Path by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsControl of Etna Station is balanced on a knife’s edge. A daring mission to rescue a hostage will shake the foundations of the already crumbling command structure, making way for enemies to emerge from outside, and from within... -
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Those Left Behind by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsOne fateful decision - that is all it takes to either unravel all the Talbot clan has achieved or fulfill their desire for safety. Many are lost though others return, this is the story of their struggle to survive and in remembrance for those left behind... -
![Mimic & Me 2 by Cassius Lange, Ryan Tang]()
Mimic & Me 2 by Cassius Lange, Ryan Tang
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’ve escaped from a nest of backbiting nobles…only to fall into a whole city of them!The Baron Sherazad sent me as far away from Eslant as possible. Now I’m stuck in the middle of nowhere, in a nest full of enemies, with only a demented mimic and a renegade elf to watch my back.Arrdeam’s rulers are determined to keep their civilians weak and under control, but that won’t work for me... -
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Hiraeth by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHiraeth: A feeling of longing for a home that no longer exists or for one that never was. Mike and the crew fight for their right to survive, to carve out a new home, even though Mike cannot help but carry with him all the group has lost. He now wonders if he can continue to sacrifice his own for the sake of others... -
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This Book Is Full of Spiders by David Wong, Jason Pargin
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsOriginally released as an online serial where itreceivedmore than 70,000 downloads,John Dies at the End has been described as a"Horrortacular", an epic of "spectacular" horror that combines the laugh out loud humor of the best R-rated comedy, with the darkest terror of H.P. Lovecraft. The book went on to sell an additional60,000 copies in all formats... -
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A Plague Upon Your Family by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThis story picks up exactly where book one left off. The Talbot family is evacuating their home amidst a zombie apocalypse. Mankind is on the edge of extinction as a new dominant, mindless opponent scours in search of food, which happens to be non-infected humans.In these pages are the journal entries of Michael Talbot, his wife Tracy, their kids Nicole, Justin and Travis... -
![This time it's Personnel by Heide Goody, Iain Grant]()
This time it's Personnel by Heide Goody, Iain Grant
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Venislarn. Vastly intelligent aliens from another dimension or dribbling insane gods from a distant realm? It’s impossible to tell. What’s certain is that they’re here and they’re going to destroy our world... -
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Whistlers by Mark Tufo, John O'Brien
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhat happens when two worlds collide? Jack Walker and Michael Talbot come from two worlds; the same, yet different. They both find themselves transported into an alien one, where things aren’t as they seem. While it appears similar to the ones they come from, there are some terrifying differences... -
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Etna Station by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGetting to Etna Station is all that matters, with the world rapidly collapsing around them, Mike and company make a desperate trek to reach what they believe to be a safe haven. Can they out run the demons that chase them? Will they succumb to Knox and his tyrannical army or Payne, a revenge-bent vampire? New friends will be made along the way while some old ones will fall... -
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Sifting Through The Ashes by Mark Tufo
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEtna is in disarray and ripe for the picking. Will the zombies destroy the base and everything inside or will the destruction come from within? Michael is desperate to save his family and friends, will help come from an unforeseen quarter? Everything rides on the head of an unstable needle and one gunshot will change everything... -
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Undead Ultra by Camille Picott
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUndead: a reanimated corpse with a craving for human flesh.Ultramarathon: any footrace longer than a traditional marathon (26.2 miles).For ultrarunners Kate and Frederico, a typical Saturday morning is spent pounding out a twenty- to thirty-mile “fun run.” It’s during one of their runs that an insidious illness descends upon northern California, turning humans into flesh-shredding zombies... -
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The Bleeding Heartland by Jake Bible
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe American Midwest- a bucolic ideal that hasn’t quite translated to the zombie apocalypse. Instead of open arms and welcoming faces, there are now open mouths and ravenous Zs. The blue collar drive to work hard is now a red-mouthed hunger for flesh... -
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Karen's First Day by Joseph Zuko
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRaising kids is tough. Keeping them alive as the zombie apocalypse begins is tougher. But that's exactly what stay-at-home mom Karen needs to do: fight fiercely to keep her young daughters safe as her husband Jim battles his way across the city, so they can escape the carnage together... -
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Rocky Mountain Die by Jake Bible
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Asheville to Knoxville, Cannibal Road to the Tomb, Jace Stanford and the Whispering Pines survivors have been on the run and fighting for their lives non-stop. Now, with the plains to their backs, the crew are just steps from their destination: The Stronghold of Boulder, CO. All they have to do is make it through the nightmare that is Denver, CO... -
![Dawn of Chaos: Age Of Madness - A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Daniel Willcocks, Michael Anderle]()
Dawn of Chaos: Age Of Madness - A Kurtherian Gambit Series by Daniel Willcocks, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Governor she trusted to protect her wants her dead. The vampire she was sent to capture wants to help her live. When Caitlin finally gets the chance to join her brother on a mission outside of the walls of the town she has been trapped inside all of her life, her entire reality is shaken.Enemies appear in the strangest of places. The zombie-like ‘Mad’ roam the forests... -
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Dorm Life by Camille Picott
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow do you survive the apocalypse when the only things your companions care about are pot, video games, and beer? This is the predicament Kate finds herself in after running two hundred miles to find her son. Holed up in a dorm with Carter and his friends, she is surrounded by college kids who have no interest in gathering supplies, fortifying their home, or even taking out the trash... -
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Vigor Mortis: Book 2 by Natalie Maher
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs Vita's humanity slowly drips away, monsters fallen from an island above spread throughout her home. While she fights fellow horrors outside the city's walls, her family suffers threats from within them. Yet surely, there's no problem enough power can't solve... and if there's one thing eating souls is good for, it's power... -
![The Best of Joe R. Lansdale by Joe R. Lansdale]()
The Best of Joe R. Lansdale by Joe R. Lansdale
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGodzilla’s in a twelve-step program. A soul-sucking Mummy stalks Elvis and John F. Kennedy. Joe Bob Briggs has a moral dilemma: If your girlfriend turns zombie on you, what do you do?And that’s the tame stuff.In this red-hot collection from world-champion Mojo storyteller Joe R. Lansdale, you’ll find his best, most outrageous stories... -
![The Seaquel by Mo O'Hara]()
The Seaquel by Mo O'Hara
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Tom's big brother decides to become an Evil Scientist, his first experiment involves dunking Frankie the goldfish into toxic green gunk. Tom knows that there is only one thing to do: Zap the fish with a battery and bring him back to life! But there's something weird about the new Frankie. He's now a BIG FAT ZOMBIE GOLDFISH with hypnotic powers . . -
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Terminal Uprising by Jim C. Hines
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’s been four months since Marion “Mops” Adamopoulos learned the truth. Four months since she and her team of hygiene and sanitation specialists stole the EMCS Pufferfish and stopped a bioterrorism attack against the Krakau homeworld. Four months since she set out to find proof of what really happened on Earth all those years ago... -
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The Graveyard Shift by D.M. Guay
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA frightfully funny novel for fans of Tom Holt and Christopher Moore.Lloyd Wallace is the most clueless crossing guard the intersection of hell and earth has ever seen. So clueless, that he doesn't even realize the beer cave in the corner store where he works is the gateway to hell.The gate needs a hero, but Lloyd's a zero, a loser with a capital L... -
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The Monster Hunter Files by Larry Correia, Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor well over a century, Monster Hunter International has kept the world safe from supernatural threats small and large—and in some cases very, very large. Now, join us as MHI opens their archives for the first time... -
![Grunge by Larry Correia, John Ringo]()
Grunge by Larry Correia, John Ringo
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsWhen Marine Private Oliver Chadwick Gardenier is killed in the Marine barrack bombing in Beirut, somebody who might be Saint Peter gives him a choice: Go to Heaven, which while nice might be a little boring, or return to Earth. The Boss has a mission for him and he's to look for a sign. He's a Marine: He'll choose the mission. Unfortunately, the sign he's to look for is "57... -
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![Raven Revivals by Amy Cross]()
Raven Revivals by Amy Cross
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeep beneath the village of Rippon, the Devil's body still rests in its tomb. But powerful forces are determined to break in and steal the body, and only one thing stands between those forces and total world domination.Her name is Sam and she's a gardener.One year after Grave Girl, Sam is still working at the cemetery in Rippon... -
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The Triumph of Death by Jason Henderson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWithin months of discovering he’s next in a long line of vampire hunters, Alex Van Helsing has already defeated two powerful vampire leaders. Not bad for a fourteen-year-old.But when a newly risen vampire queen threatens the fate of the world, Alex faces his deadliest challenge yet... -
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The Lost by Michael John Grist
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings7 billion zombies. 1 little girl.When the zombie apocalypse claims America, only 1 in 10 million survive.Anna is one of them. She's 5 years old. She likes banana milkshakes and Alice in Wonderland. She's alone in a world full of danger that she cannot understand... -
![Fins of Fury by Mo O'Hara]()
Fins of Fury by Mo O'Hara
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Tom zapped Frankie the goldfish back to life with a battery, he certainly didn’t expect him to become a BIG FAT ZOMBIE GOLDFISH with incredible hypnotic powers. But it turns out that a zombie goldfish is a great pet to have on your side when your big brother is an evil scientist whose plans need to be thwarted... -
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Jim's First Day by Joseph Zuko
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOn a day like any other, Jim Blackmore finds himself at ground zero of the zombie apocalypse. He is forced to run a blood-soaked gauntlet through a city overrun by an insurmountable horde of the dead in a desperate attempt to reach his wife and two small children. As he fights to get home he discovers that the living are just as dangerous as the dead... -
![Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland]()
Even White Trash Zombies Get the Blues by Diana Rowland
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAngel Crawford is finally starting to get used to life as a brain-eating zombie, but her problems are far from over. Her felony record is coming back to haunt her, more zombie hunters are popping up, and she’s beginning to wonder if her hunky cop-boyfriend is involved with the zombie mafia. Yeah, that’s right—the zombie mafia... -
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Zombie by Chuck Palahniuk
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn 'Zombies', the absurdity of both life and death are on full display as the best and brightest of a high school prep school become tragically addicted to the latest drug craze - electronic shocks from cardiac defibrillators.Funny, caustic, bizarre, poignant - this story represents everything listeners have come to love and expect from Chuck Palahniuk.©2015 Chuck Palahniuk (P)2016 W.F. Howes Ltd... -
![Warrior Wolf Women of the Wasteland by Carlton Mellick III]()
Warrior Wolf Women of the Wasteland by Carlton Mellick III
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRoad Warrior Werewolves versus McDonaldland Mutants...post-apocalyptic fiction has never been quite like this. They call themselves the Warriors, their enemies call them the Bitches. They are a gang of man-eating, motorcycle-riding, war-hungry werewolf women, and they are the rulers of the wasteland. A century after the fall of civilization, only one city remains standing... -
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Voice of the Undead by Jason Henderson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNow that Alex is in the know about the deadly vampires that live—and hunt—around his boarding school, everything is different. Putting his talents to use, Alex is training with the Polidorium to become a vampire hunter, just like his Van Helsing ancestors. Sure, he’s only fourteen, but c’mon: This runs in his blood.But Alex is wondering if he’ll live long enough to succeed... -
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![Punk Land by Carlton Mellick III]()
Punk Land by Carlton Mellick III
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReturning to his avant-punk style introduced in the international cult hit, SATAN BURGER, Carlton Mellick III takes us on a journey into an absurd afterlife called PUNK LAND: the punk version of Heaven... -
![Zombie Lake by Javan Bonds]()
Zombie Lake by Javan Bonds
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe world has gone to hell but Mo Collins and his shipmate, Crow, are still alive. Every night hordes of naked, blue, biting zombies flood the now dead Alabama lake town. While on board their replica pirate ship, the Viva Ancora, they fish and watch the monsters roam the night; seeking untainted flesh and leaving a disgusting mess in their wake…just like a horror show... -
![An Apocalypse of Our Own by Jeff Strand]()
An Apocalypse of Our Own by Jeff Strand
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMissy and Kevin are friends. Just friends. They’d never actually date each other, because they’ve been friends since childhood that would be weird.Now it’s the apocalypse. People are leaking blood from their eyeballs and turning into homicidal oozing mutants. Fortunately, Kevin has access to an underground shelter, and he and Missy make it there before they die a horrible death... -
![The Renegades by Jack Hunt]()
The Renegades by Jack Hunt
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a deadly virus overruns the small town of Castle Rock, Nevada, a group of misfits must band together to defend their town from Zombies. This is a full standalone novel. Book 2 AFTERMATH and Book 3 FORTRESS are now available... -
![The World Is Dead by Kim Paffenroth, Mark Onspaugh]()
The World Is Dead by Kim Paffenroth, Mark Onspaugh
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe end of the world has come and gone. The dead have risen, and they've won. No more rallying of the troops. No miracle cure or weapon. Just lots of dead people walking around. If the living dead won, what would the world be like? This collection of eighteen tales-including entries from David Wellington, Jack Ketchum, and Gary A. Braunbeck-take up the call to answer that question... -
![Gods of the Dead by Tracey Ward]()
Gods of the Dead by Tracey Ward
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTHE WORLD IS A FADED MEMORY The Fever took hold of Portland first. They tried to contain it. They built barriers, brought in experts, promised cures. But the day they flew in bombers and burned Portland to the ground, the rest of the world knew the truth. There was no containing it. Soon panic spreads with the Fever, consuming everyone and everything in its path... -
![Dusty's Diary: One Frustrated Man's Zombie Apocalypse Story by Bobby Adair]()
Dusty's Diary: One Frustrated Man's Zombie Apocalypse Story by Bobby Adair
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne Frustrated Man's Zombie Apocalypse Story I played all those cool video games. I watched all those movies. I read all those books. In most of those, the hero of the story kills all the zombies, drives a sweet car, has plenty to eat, and always seems to get laid by the end. Yeah. Whatever... -
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A Bad Day for Voodoo by Jeff Strand
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen your best friend is just a tiny bit psychotic, you should never actually believe him when he says, "Trust me. This is gonna be awesome."Of course, you probably wouldn't believe a voodoo doll could work either. Or that it could cause someone's leg to blow clean off with one quick prick. But I've seen it. It can happen... -
![My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland, Daniel Dos Santos]()
My Life as a White Trash Zombie by Diana Rowland, Daniel Dos Santos
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsAngel Crawford is a loser.Living with her alcoholic deadbeat dad in the swamps of southern Louisiana, she's a high school dropout with a pill habit and a criminal record who's been fired from more crap jobs than she can count. Now on probation for a felony, it seems that Angel will never pull herself out of the downward spiral her life has taken... -
![Mandibles by Jeff Strand]()
Mandibles by Jeff Strand
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWHEN OVERSIZED FIRE ANTS GO BAD!The demented mind behind Graverobbers Wanted (No Experience Necessary) and Single White Psychopath Seeks Same is back with another outrageous blend of the humorous and the horrific... -
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I Saw Zombies Eating Santa Claus: A Breathers Christmas Carol by S.G. Browne
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“One of America’s best satiric novelists” (Kirkus Reviews), S. G. Browne seamlessly gift wraps this horrific and hilarious sequel to his “extremely strong” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) zombie novel Breathers.He sees you when you’re sleeping...he knows when you’re undead... -
![Dead Leprechauns & Devil Cats: Strange Tales of the White Street Society by Grady Hendrix]()
Dead Leprechauns & Devil Cats: Strange Tales of the White Street Society by Grady Hendrix
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times-bestselling author, Grady Hendrix (Horrorstör, Paperbacks from Hell), savagely satirizes Victorian adventure fiction in this steampunk smackdown full of decapitated heads that sing, Tong wars, bacon sex, German holiday demons, and the Potato Homunculus! Some of the most popular stories ever released on audio fiction platform Pseudopod, the White Street Society tells the tales of a... -
![Fangboy by Jeff Strand]()
Fangboy by Jeff Strand
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNathan Pepper seemed like an ordinary baby…except for a mouth full of scary sharp teeth. Because his life began with his grandmother strongly recommending that he be destroyed as soon as possible, it's safe to say that Nathan was not destined for a typical existence.He hated the nickname “Fangboy,” but nobody could deny that he was the most frightening little boy in town... -
![The War of the Worlds: H.G. Wells's Classic Plus Blood, Guts and Zombies by Eric S. Brown, H.G. Wells]()
The War of the Worlds: H.G. Wells's Classic Plus Blood, Guts and Zombies by Eric S. Brown, H.G. Wells
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe invasion begins . . . and the dead start to rise. There's panic in the streets of London as invaders from Mars wreak havoc on the living, slaying the populace with Heat-Rays and poisonous clouds of black smoke. Humanity struggles to survive against technology far beyond its own, meeting fear and death at every turn. But that's not the only struggle mankind must face... -
![Fantastic Orgy by Carlton Mellick III]()
Fantastic Orgy by Carlton Mellick III
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShark women, mutant cats, and strange sexually transmitted diseases. Over the past few decades, sexually transmitted diseases have evolved in unusual ways. Herpes, AIDS, Gonorrhea; these are all STDs of the past. These days, sexually transmitted diseases are more extreme and bizarre. Not exactly diseases anymore, they are more like sexually transmitted body modifications... -
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Death in a Northern Town by Peter Mckeirnon
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFollow the zombie outbreak as it happens in the small Northern English town of Runcorn, whilst journal entries of survivor John Diant bring you the apocalypse from his perspective, detailing his struggles as he tries to protect his daughter from hordes of the undead...
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