Johnny Compton is the Bram Stoker Award nominated author of The Spite House, Devils Kill Devils, Chimera Skin, Dead First, and the short story collection, Midnight Somewhere. His fascination with frightening fiction started when he was introduced to the ghost story “The Golden Arm” as a child.
From the Bram Stoker award-nominated author of The Spite House comes a bone-chilling new novel for mystery and horror lovers alike.
Private investigator Shyla Sinclair is hired to find out why mysterious billionaire Saxton Braith can’t die. The case brings her face to face with the supernatural, her own grim past, and a secret that threatens everything she loves.
Bold, atmospheric, and utterly frightening, Johnny Compton’s Dead First is spine-chilling supernatural horror about the pursuit of power and the undying need for reckoning.
“Shyla Sinclair is my favorite horror detective since Clive Barker’s Harry D’Amour. A gory, rollicking ride.” —Paul Tremblay New York Times bestselling author of Horror Movie
“Gripping to the final word, this is my favorite kind of supernatural thriller.” —Erin E. Adams, author of Jackal“
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A man gets into a car that can take him anywhere he can imagine—including the past, into the worst mistake of his life, a memory he does not want to relive, cannot escape, and is even more afraid to alter.
A film about “alien hand syndrome” inspires a wave of self-harm among viewers—and even stranger things for those who become obsessed with it.
A woman tries to bring her dead lover to life through a macabre ritual that requires attacking his corpse. Is it because she longs to be with him again, or because the two of them have unfinished business?
The characters in this collection encounter horrors that range from mysterious to murderous, and discover that darkness can find anyone, anywhere, at any hour of the day. Because it’s always–
Midnight Somewhere
A desperate father on the run with his daughters.
A powerful woman driven by her intense fear of death.
A house built purely out of spite.
The Masson House is haunted, hungry, and restless, but Eric Ross is less afraid of ghosts than of what the world might do to his girls if they people discover why they’ve fled their home. He agrees to stay in the house and document what he sees, but the house is also watching him, discovering his secrets, and learning how to use him to lure others in.
What if you had a guardian angel?
One you’ve trusted since you were a child. One you’ve had complete faith in, until they did something horrible.
What if your guardian angel killed someone you loved?
On her wedding night, Sarita’s guardian angel appears and brutally murders her husband. Soon she discovers unholy forces have targeted her all her life, and her supernatural protector was saving her for a fate darker than death.
What if your guardian angel was a devil in disguise?
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