Grimoire

by A.R. Braun

Get ready for the most insidious, extreme short-story collection from A. R. Braun yet, tales to keep you awake, traumatize you, and make you wish you’d not been born.

After Cannes and Sundance, a filmmaker and martial artist shares his local premiere with friends and family, assuring his parents he’ll disarm any shooter . . . until a blackened stranger with satanic powers intrudes.

A man goes on the dark web to prove his manhood, only to have his life turn into a wide-awake nightmare.

A woman can’t even raise her children in peace for the woodland creatures that haunt she and her family.

The truth about God is revealed, that He was going crazy until He created this cosmic joke of a universe, and His state of mind hasn’t changed much.

After he’s lost his wife, a man battles hypocrites until a black mass of demons makes him turn against his family.

A teenage boy comes face-to-face with the Devil after his friend becomes possessed.

Twenty-three tales from Hell that will not only disturb you, but also damn your soul. Don’t read these alone, and for God’s sake, keep the lights on!

274 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 13, 2020

About the author

A. R. Braun is the author of the horror novella, 66SICK, and the horror novels, Book of Set, Book of Sprites, Book of Shadows, Dogman of Illinois, Heaven's Witches, Autonomy, The Not, and Only Women in Hell, as well as the short-story collections Phantom World, Insanity, Grimoire, and Horrorbook. He became interested in horror when he read “The Telltale Heart” as an assignment in high school. By the time he was eighteen, he had the whole Stephen King collection and started writing short stories for friends and family. His main goal was to put together a heavy metal band, and he spent many years working blue collar jobs and seeking out musicians, but never fell in with the right kind of guys.

He has numerous publication credits, including “NREM Sleep” in the D.O.A. anthology; “Freaks” in Downstate Story magazine; “The Unwanted Visitors” in the Vermin anthology; “Coven” in the Heavy Metal Horror anthology; “Remember Me?” in Horror Bound magazine; “Shades of Gray (the Symbiosis of Light and Dark)” in Micro Horror magazine; "Little Ghoul" in the Mad Men anthology and “The Interloper” in the Bonded by Blood 2: a Romance in Red anthology. Weightlifting, mixed martial arts, and audio comedy are a few of his current interests.