Category: The Shorts Collection

Some doors are not meant to be opened. Robert Mendoza has spent two years studying the dark arts. Tonight, in an abandoned warehouse on the edge of the Pasquotank Basin, he intends to summon a demon. He succeeds beyond his worst nightmares. What answers his call is not the minor spirit he sought, but Ubbar…

In 1873, Kevin Hollingsbeck’s fortune ran out, and he and his companions came face to face with a being whose very essence was corruption, the Great Dissolution.

An eyewitness account of the last days of a dying world, told from the view of a young man in an alien galaxy who sees his life unraveling, and his entire society, after strange signs begin appearing in the night sky, which act as harbingers for what is to come.

Bart returns to his home town to await an evil he can no longer avoid. As he waits, he questions the decisions he has made that have led him to this fate, and he wonders if perhaps he has sacrificed his own happiness and the happiness of those he loves for the sake of a…

Three fierce werewolf hunters corner their prey outside of a ravaged village only to find the beast does not flee from them but calmly waits. The werewolf hungers, but what he hungers for they do not understand. Soon they will learn a lesson about the nature of evil. If they survive, they may well wish…

Walking home from work one night, a man sees an impossible thing: a rip in space. Out of this pours forth a malevolent being, a vampire. The existence of such a thing will challenge not only his sanity but his notions of Good and Evil. Can he resist the calling of oblivion?

A specialist in photographing places that are not supposed to exist, from a safe distance, is enticed by an obscene amount of money into infiltrating an abandoned Research Facility. There he will discover that it is never a good idea to deviate from standard operating procedure. It’s just a job, but sometimes it’s not what…

The Bringer emerges from the shadows to claim another host for his terrible master, the demonic god, Tialith. Tonight is a night of tears and bitterness as the Bringer must not only obey his master but fight against the conscience still alive within him and bring his terrible master an innocent victim.

Five friends, exploring ancient ruins in Greece, find an enormous rock mountain that is not in any of their maps. Imbued with an adventurous spirit they decide to explore it and find a door built into the mountain. The door is slightly ajar. They step through it and find themselves in another world, one which…

Fred the Bartender has heard many wild tales in his time, but the one Jack Matthews is about to tell him will challenge both his credulity and his sanity.