A dark collection of 12 horror stories, one for each month of the year.
CROW MANOR (January) - A young couple struggling with their finances gets an amazing opportunity to house-sit at a strange mansion where something horrible waits for them.
FEARS OF TORTURE (February) - A new twist on the hitman and an assassination.
SQUISH (March) - After a man stages a deadly accident, the dead come back to haunt him in a peculiar way.
PURGATORY (April) - After a car accident, a family and their injured daughter are chased by the truck that hit them to a seemingly deserted town.
A KNOCK IN THE NIGHT (May) - A young couple staying the night in a remote cabin is terrorized by a stranger.
THE CLOSET MONSTER (June) - A young boy tries to convince his parents that there really is a monster in his closet.
THE TANK (July) - A man wakes up trapped inside a metal tank. He's not sure who put him there or why, he just knows that he needs to escape.
WELCOME TO PARADISE (August) - A young woman with psychic powers and her three friends become stranded in a town where the people won't let them leave.
VOODOO ASSASSIN (September) - A woman seeking revenge for the death of her sister finds her answer in a strange assassin.
THE SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN (October) - Three friends try to outdo each other with frights on Halloween night.
RATTRAP (November) - A young couple believes they have rats in the walls of their house, but their pest problem is much worse than they ever imagined.
THE VENDING MACHINE (December) - Nine-year-old Sammy discovers a broken vending machine that seems to grant his wishes, but he must be very careful what he wishes for.
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Review
"A Dark Collection: 12 Scary Stories by Mark Lukens provides a year's supply of unique and eclectic stories for the discriminating reader of short fiction ... The 12 tales herein run the gamut from merely creepy to horrifyingly realistic, but with one common thread: each is very well written, and will not let you go until you've reached the end ... If you've not read any of Lukens' work, A Dark Collection: 12 Scary Stories will have you searching for more fiction by this talented author." - Lee Ashford, ReadersFavorite.com
About the Author
Mark Lukens is an author and a screenwriter. He lives with his wife and family near Tampa, Florida.
Description:
A dark collection of 12 horror stories, one for each month of the year.
CROW MANOR (January) - A young couple struggling with their finances gets an amazing opportunity to house-sit at a strange mansion where something horrible waits for them.
FEARS OF TORTURE (February) - A new twist on the hitman and an assassination.
SQUISH (March) - After a man stages a deadly accident, the dead come back to haunt him in a peculiar way.
PURGATORY (April) - After a car accident, a family and their injured daughter are chased by the truck that hit them to a seemingly deserted town.
A KNOCK IN THE NIGHT (May) - A young couple staying the night in a remote cabin is terrorized by a stranger.
THE CLOSET MONSTER (June) - A young boy tries to convince his parents that there really is a monster in his closet.
THE TANK (July) - A man wakes up trapped inside a metal tank. He's not sure who put him there or why, he just knows that he needs to escape.
WELCOME TO PARADISE (August) - A young woman with psychic powers and her three friends become stranded in a town where the people won't let them leave.
VOODOO ASSASSIN (September) - A woman seeking revenge for the death of her sister finds her answer in a strange assassin.
THE SPIRIT OF HALLOWEEN (October) - Three friends try to outdo each other with frights on Halloween night.
RATTRAP (November) - A young couple believes they have rats in the walls of their house, but their pest problem is much worse than they ever imagined.
THE VENDING MACHINE (December) - Nine-year-old Sammy discovers a broken vending machine that seems to grant his wishes, but he must be very careful what he wishes for. **
Review
"A Dark Collection: 12 Scary Stories by Mark Lukens provides a year's supply of unique and eclectic stories for the discriminating reader of short fiction ... The 12 tales herein run the gamut from merely creepy to horrifyingly realistic, but with one common thread: each is very well written, and will not let you go until you've reached the end ... If you've not read any of Lukens' work, A Dark Collection: 12 Scary Stories will have you searching for more fiction by this talented author." - Lee Ashford, ReadersFavorite.com
About the Author
Mark Lukens is an author and a screenwriter. He lives with his wife and family near Tampa, Florida.