Böcker av Jay Smith

Seven dark stories from seven sleepless weekshaunted by unanswerable questions.These are seven tales written during a time of emotional pain and uncertainty exploring what it means to be alive but unaware of one's final destiny. Meet Dominick Row who believes he's won a cosmic lottery and a trip away from a sick and dying world. Mr. Norman Stoker will scan the newspaper for evidence to support his view that the world is a miserable place while scenes of vibrant life pay out around him. A survivor of a zombie uprising will explain how great it is to live without the shackles of modern society. Social media reunites a widower with an old friend, revealing dark secrets in the process. Why does a stuffed lion have its own bedroom in a man's lonely apartment?A housewife married over half a century struggles to make sure every morning plays out exactly the same way for fear it might be her last. And Lobsters. They are mean, evil creatures that must be stopped at all costs.

Welcome to Aeternus Online! Every day, 50 million people log into the most immersive role-playing experience ever developed. Thousands more wake up in a Las Vegas paradise built around the themes of the game, where the rich profit from producing virtual merchandise and real estate and members escape their mundane lives to live as warriors, wizards, or woodland elves in a sprawling Vegas playground resort. But while Aeternus can be an exciting and bizarre experience, it conceals an underworld of fetish porn, drugs, and human trafficking. When a decorated soldier dies trying to uncover the dark secrets at the core of the global criminal empire, he can only trust one person to finish his investigation. Unfortunately, Winston Casey is just an unremarkable suburbanite dealing with a divorce, a miserable job, and remission from the leukemia that nearly killed him. He is still mourning the loss of his old friend when a message from beyond the grave inspires him to embark on what he believes will be a harmless, well-deserved adventure. Out of his depth in a world of decadence and excess, can Winston rise to the challenge, save thousands of innocent strangers, and expose the conspiracy? Or will he succumb to the pleasures and vices offered by the Cult of Aeternus? The Resurrection Pact is the first of five Geek Noir thrillers following Winston Casey through mysteries and adventures involving comic conventions, rock and roll tours, weird cults, underground movements, conspiracies, and murder.

TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION!Set in the universe of the original audio horror series HG WORLD, PATIENT XERO is the story of a young journalist struggling with college life and personal identity as the dead begin to rise and tear the world down. Left on her own, Jill finds herself sheltered in a massive hardware warehouse. More than just a shelter from the hungry dead, Jill discovers a larger world of lies that may connect its leaders to the cause of the outbreak itself. JILL WOODBINE is equal parts rebel and truth-seeker. Her courage and wit help her face deadly threats and complex challenges as she seeks the truth about her protectors and captors, compromised only by her growing infatuation with the mysterious and beautiful RED MOLLY, who may be a part of the conspiracy that reaches far beyond thewalls of HOUSE & GARDEN WORLD SITE 2110. PATIENT XERO is a story of survival and the fight to be true to one's self even at the expense of safety and security in a world where the real monsters still have a pulse.

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