Apocalyptic

[close] The world is coming to an end, and "Crazy Kerrigan" has a front-row seat.

Centuries ago, scrolls calling forth the four horsemen of the apocalypse were discovered, sealed until their rightful heirs were born. Now, those scrolls are being opened.

When her small town crumbles during her stay in an institution for troubled teens, eighteen-year-old Kerrigan Monroe is one of the few left standing. She and a handful of other survivors take cover as everything they've ever known is reduced to rubble. When the smooth voice behind a cryptic radio broadcast beckons her to a safe house, she and the others abandon their temporary haven, and embark on a cross-country journey toward refuge.

Upon discovering the identity of the man behind the voice, Kerrigan is smacked with the revelation that he's not the only heir to these scrolls. Now, she must make a choice: join this dark stranger and lead the New World by his side, or fight for what's left of humanity.

Either decision will bring power. Either decision will bring death. [close]

[close] A Film About Billy is a 250p hybrid novel that alternates between comics and prose to tell the story of Collin Heart—a 17-year-old editing a documentary about his dead friend during an international suicide epidemic.

“Dan McCloskey is one of these new creators whose craft and level of talent increases with each successive page. It’s a pleasure to watch him grow right before my eyes.”
Ed Piskor -Brain Rot, Wizzywig

“An honest, scary, and exciting prose/comics hybrid.”
Jim Rugg -The P.L.A.I.N. Janes, Afrodisac, Street Angel

"Dan McCloskey's debut novel is a surprise; a rollercoaster; a caustic, bitter, and honest work. What begins as one boy's journey to make sense of a friend's suicide unravels in unforeseen directions, a paranoid dystopia of shadow governments, rebellion, fragile hope...and horror. With breathless pacing, delirious graphic images and razor-sharp metaphor, McCloskey crafts a deeply human vision of Armageddon that I could not put down."
Elwin Cotman -The Jack Daniels Sessions EP [close]

[close] Win one of five signed copies of this book of dark short stories.

These six tales span the genres of ghost story, mystery, horror, and suspense.

Some look back on dark times, others look forward to an apocalyptic future, and still others dwell on a terrible present – but they have one thing in common: they are all dark.

Don’t expect happy endings or pleasant characters here, for there is something dark lurking in the shadows of each tale waiting to get out.

This book is suitable for all those who have a love of dark, twisted, sinister, stories.

Contents

The Lighthouse
A young girl trapped in a flooding Lighthouse begins to wonder why her parents left...

Snap
How do you photograph the last moments of a dying species?

The Picture
A dead man’s home is haunted by the living and the memories they disturb...

Out of Order
What do you do when the lights go out and the screaming starts?

The Promise
Never make a promise you can’t keep...

Inside
Something scratching behind the walls is dying to get out...

It's Dark Inside was released as an ebook in October 2012, where it reached the top ten for horror short stories during Halloween.

Enter this competition to get one of the early printed editions. [close]