Twisted Tails III, Pure Fear now available!

[Kim McDougall]

Following on the heels of the award winning Twisted Tails II, Time on Our Hands, the newest anthology compiled by J. Richard Jacobs is finally here. This one is all about the creepy. Stories that curl your toes or make you want to hide under the covers. Each one also has the trademark twist ending that has made these anthologies so popular. Twisted Tails III, Pure Fear is now available from Double Dragon Publishing.


Table of Contents:

1. SCHOOL DAYZED by Biff Mitchell

2. THE GHOST OF KORRIM McKARTHY by Brandon Berntson

3. THE BEAST IN THE BASEMENT by J. Richard Jacobs

4. DAY OF THE DEAD by Marilyn Peake

5. THE RAFT by Kim McDougall

6. DIVINE MESSENGER by K.L. Nappier

7. TRAPPED by Christopher Hoare

8. ALONE AND AFRAID by A. J. Chaboya

9. THREE ON A MATCH by John Klawitter

10. LUNCH WAS NOT ENOUGH by Kim McDougall

11. POST APOCALYPSE by Ann Dulhanty

12. ARACHNOTAIL by Biff Mitchell

13. THE ADVENTURES OF JACK CHEESE by John Klawitter

14. BACKSLIDE by K.L. Nappier

15. ABANDONED by Geoff Nelder

16. COMING ALIVE by John Klawitter

17. HANDYMAN by J. Richard Jacobs

18. A COMMUNICATION FROM THE DEAD by Ginny Davis

Excerpt from "The Raft."

An explosion slammed us both to the deck. The cabin sole tilted skyward.

Screams and shattering glass filled the darkness, punctuated by smoky flashes of light.
The blast tossed me across the compartment like a bit of driftwood. Screams added to
the confusion. A hand clawed at my leg, trying to climb up the sloping surface. I
reached down, clasped it and pulled Melanie onto my chest.

She was breathing hard, and bleeding from a gash on her forehead.

“Jamie,” she said. “I must get—”

“No,” I said, hoping that she understood the rest of my unspoken plea. Jamie
would never forgive me if I let Melanie get hurt. I pulled her to the door, even as she
strained against me, searching the gloom and chaos for her husband. Another body
slammed against us.

“Help me get her to the life boat,” I called. Theo grasped Melanie and I followed
them out into the storm.

The captain’s deck was nearly underwater. Flames shot up from the cabin.
Melanie still shrieked for Jamie. Theo thrust her to me and lowered a life boat into the
water.

“Get her into the boat,” he said over the storm. “I’m going to get the others.”

Melanie was hysterical now, and blood flowed from her head.

“Get in the boat,” I yelled, but she resisted, still trying to get away from me, to run
back inside and find Jamie.

“In the boat.” And, God help me, I pushed her. She fell forever. Her arms
flailed, and her mouth opened in a mockery of a scream. Her eyes—well, I will never
forget the look in her eyes.