Bøker av Mark Cassell

From Mark Cassell, author of the Shadow Fabric mythos, comes SIX! Volume 2 A varied collection of dark tales.RIVER OF NINE TAILSA British traveller desperate to escape his past finds himself at the heart of a Vietnamese legend.REANIMATION CHANNELA regular parcel collection from a neighbour becomes a descent into terror through an online game.SANTA'S ELITEWhile human population fast approaches eight billion, it's up to Santa's special branch to lessen his seasonal workload.HACKEDLessons do not always have to be taught in school.THE INCIDENT AT TRENT HOMEReceiving help from a grandparent is not usually this involved.THE THING INSIDEThe survivor of a sea disaster unknowingly brings something else to shore.

SINISTER STITCHES - by Mark Cassell, author of the best-selling British Horror Novel The Shadow Fabric. This paperback edition contains a BONUS STORY. Thirteen horror stories weave truths you do not want to hear. The collection includes: INTENSIVE SCARE - Three teenagers dabble in the occult and learn there's a good reason to be afraid of the dark.RED, WHITE AND BLACK - When a clinical trial goes horribly wrong, a lone survivor finds herself fleeing from a sentient infection.MEETING MUM - Introducing a new girlfriend to your parents has never been so problematic.>Each story binds the Shadow Fabric mythos tighter, revealing that everything around us is entwined with a deep-rooted darkness. And sometimes that darkness - the fabric - tears.

Shy accountant Anne returns to the village of Mabley Holt to piece together her life after a family tragedy. When her cat vanishes, and a neighbour claims to speak with his dead wife, she soon learns there's more to the village than any resident dares admit. In search of her beloved pet, she discovers not only family secrets but also revelations of a local legend. As she treads an unsteady path between folklore and fact, her confidence in where she grew up begins to crumble ... Into hell. Set in the bestselling Shadow Fabric mythos, Hell Cat of the Holt is not just a ghost story, and is much more than a black cat sighting.A Supernatural Suspense ThrillerFrom Mark Cassell, author of the best-selling supernatural horror novel The Shadow Fabric, this novella further explores his expanding occult mythos. His work has been compared with British horror authors such as James Herbert, Clive Barker, Dennis Wheatley, and Brian Lumley. Also, his influences spread over to the US where he admits to having been first inspired by Dean Koontz, Stephen King, Dan Simmons, and H P Lovecraft.

Pull a thread ... and you'll be dead.Ten standalone tales in the best-selling Shadow Fabric Mythos. Each story of ghosts, of demons, of the occult, weaves the mythos tighter and proves we all have the power to see in the dark. Both an introduction to the Shadow Fabric and a companion book, this collection of horror stories contains the following: "Dust Devils">"A Story of Amber">"Claimed">"The Rebirth">"Dead Lines">"Pile of Dirt">"The Commission">"Diagonal Dead">"Demon Alcohol">"A Sunset Companion">Most of the stories featured in this collection have been previously published in anthologies. What the reviewers say.Dust Devils (first published in Tales from the Lake Vol.4 (Crystal Lake Publishing, 2017): "When a driving instructor went to pick up his last learner, he did not expect to get involved in a mystical monster attack. Having read other work by this author I was not disappointed with the story. An ancient monster, a deranged man and bloody death scenes, all things that I love..." - Amazon reviewer A Story of Amber (first published in Collected Halloween Horror Shorts (KJK Publications, 2017): "Brothers Chuck and Dillion were farm kids who experienced an unexplainable freakish event in their fields one Halloween. They are all grown up now and have unfortunately drifted apart. You've heard of gemstones having healing properties, well, what if the opposite was true... Oh that antagonistic Amber, a beauty to be wary of as it unifies and evades. So damn unique, I had NO idea what was going on here I just knew that I was digging it. Mark is a very highly regarded indie author with quite a few highly regarded works out there. I have only read two short stories of his, so far, but I can totally see why. His writing is like alternate (yet not bizarro) dimension kind of stuff, multi layered with precise attention to detail. I really need to check out more from him. His Shadow Fabric Mythos series is....yep, you guessed it, very highly regarded." - Goodreads review Book categories: Supernatural HorrorOccult HorrorDemons and DevilsGhosts and Spirits and HauntingsMystery and SuspenseShort StoriesTales of TerrorShadow Fabric MythosShadows and DarknessGood Versus EvilHaunted House StoriesDemonic Possession

A trio of festive terror!>SANTA'S ELITE>AWAY IN A MANGLER>HO HO HOLLOW>"Turning up the heat is Santa's Elite ... A more casual style to this story [and] I wasn't sure exactly what I was expecting from this but in true Cassell style he brought it in. Reference to some fairly close to home stuff for many, this story manages to be respectful in it's endeavour to entertain it's audience. If you want a gritty festive tale of mutiny you've got it."- Rebbie Reviews on Santa's Elite Original publications: SANTA'S ELITE (originally published in The Horror Collection: White Edition anthology by KJK Publishing, 2019)AWAY IN A MANGLER (originally published in Bah! Humbug! anthology by Matt Shaw Publications, 2016)HO HO HOLLOW (originally published in Collected Christmas Horror: Vol. 2 anthology by KJK Publishing, 2018)

Monster Double Feature - a duo of abominationsFrom the author of the Shadow Fabric mythos comes this 78-page chapbook featuring two stories. A British traveller desperate to escape his past finds himself at the heart of a Vietnamese legend, and learns why the Mekong Delta is known as "River of Nine Tails." And a regular parcel collection from a neighbour becomes a descent into terror through the online game, "Reanimation Channel." RIVER OF NINE TAILS (originally published in In Darkness, Delight: Creatures of the Night anthology by Corpus Press, 2019) "I got a BAD case of the heebie jeebies from this one."- Char's Corner "Vietnamese river setting, world travellers, a little DiCaprio The Beach feel for me, river monsters, ritual sacrifice, and evolutionary themes."- Well Read Beard "This was an adventure tale filled with some gory fun and there were even some tentacles! You can't ever go wrong with added tentacles if you ask me."- Bark Reviews REANIMATION CHANNEL (originally published in The Black Room Manuscripts Vol.4 anthology by The Sinister Horror Company, 2018) "A tale pulsing with raw tension and twisted-as-holy-hell horror. There's no hanging around in this adrenaline-pumping descent into messed-up sci-fi horror. Akin to Richard Stanley's cult film 'Hardware' (1990), the story pumps the fast and furious action into its narrative like there's no tomorrow, exploring the disturbing possibilities of the dark web, with the corruption of biotechnology and the horrific consequences it could cause. But it's the pounding, unrelenting drive of the story that ultimately makes it such an intense and captivating read. There's no putting the book down once you've started reading the tale. It cranks up the blood-greased gears at an alarming rate, hurtling us through a chaotic storm of chaos and monstrous carnage. Cassell doesn't hold back one bit in upping the ante at every opportunity. Creating a story that reaches catastrophic proportions far quicker than you would have thought possible. This my friends is how you deliver grisly sci-fi horror."- DLS Reviews

Three Sussex authors ... Twelve horror stories. Take a terrifying journey to a coastline associated with candyfloss and amusement arcades, and see it stripped to the bone. Whether it's seagulls that prove to be more than a nuisance, the mysterious inhabitants of a forgotten village, or a fisherman whose Easter eggs are not for consumption, the horrors are always there ... and much closer than we care to admit. Stories include: Mark Cassell's- The Rebirth- The Commission- Demon Alcohol>Jonathan Broughton's- The Stealth of Spiders- You Have One Message- Furzby Holt>Rayne Hall's- Seagulls- Normal, Considering the Weather- Scruples>Please note: This book is FICTION.

A study of two successful divestment agencies - the US Resolution Trust Corporation and the German Treuhandanstalt - that presents a complex understanding of the two agencies' performance in privatizing hundreds of billions of dollars of assets following two very different crises, the savings and loan debacle in the US and unification in Germany.