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A routine high school field trip to the Briggs and Sons Funeral Home goes awry when the dead cease to adhere to the rules of the living. Is it safer to stay where the dead go for their final preparation, or to run into the streets to a quickly changing world that none can recover from. The short story, Chicago Undead 3: A Bad Way To Start Your Day. In combination with the novella, Chicago Undead 4: Field Trip. Create the novel, Chicago Undead Encounters. Read alone, or combined, to take a glimpse inside the last days of Chicago.

The undead have taken over the streets of Chicago while Robin Briggs slept. Unaware of the changing world, he starts his day only to find himself trapped on the eleventh floor of his apartment building. Through his windows he sees the world go to hell as the world famous Navy Pier is overrun with the dead. But he’s not alone. There’s something on the eleventh floor with him. Walking the halls and in the other apartments. Is Robin is the last of the living? Will he survive what’s beyond the door to his apartment? Or will he succumb to the teeth of the dead?

Every twenty-five years women go missing in Plainfield, Wisconsin. A city haunted by the legend of the deranged murderer Ed Gein. On the fiftieth anniversary of the destruction of homestead where Gein did his despicable deeds, paranormal investigators Kay Stanley and Anita Harper set out on a day time investigation just to see what evidence they could collect. That is, if any souls still haunted the graveyards and places that Ed Gein did his dirty work. Little do they know that the shocking photographic evidence that they accumulated would lead them on a trail of fear and a realization that...

After the Union's devastating loss at Chancellorsville, the few surviving men of the 23 Illinois Regiment find themselves separated from the bulk of the Union army and behind Confederate lines. Alone and tired, this ragged band desperately try to make it back into friendly territory. With danger at every crossroad, they find themselves hunkered down at an old farmhouse, unaware the prior tenants have not moved on. One-by-one, the men of the 23 Regiment are cut down by beasts only spoken of in campfire stories. Within hours, the remainder of the regiment is decimated and only Johnathan ...

Two classic Creature Tales from one of Americas ‘Top 100 All Time Greatest Horror Authors’ www.Ranker.comWolves in Springfield: After the Union’s devastating loss at Chancellorsville, the few surviving men of the 23 Illinois Regiments find themselves separated from the bulk of the Union army and behind Confederate lines. Alone and tired, this ragged band desperately tries to make it back into friendly territory. With danger at every crossroad, they find themselves hunkered down at an old farmhouse unaware that the prior tenants had not yet moved on. One-by-one, the men of the 23 ...

Two Classic Tales of Supernatural Horror from one of Americas ‘Top 100 All Time Greatest Horror Authors’ www.Ranker.com Resident Writer: Every story is part of a writer’s soul, and Ted Hayden quickly finds that out as he starts his new job as a nurse’s aide at the Greenwood Living Center and discovers that legendary author, J.S. Hill, is residing there. Then comes, Pam Bernette, daughter of Greenwood’s resident writer, and Ted finds himself falling for this unexpected beauty. A writer himself, Ted is caught in the dreaded vice of writer’s block and cannot find a way out until he...

Devastated by his failed sneak attack against a powerful mage in the Valley of Kenosh, Lord Jason Tolbridge finds himself behind enemy lines. With only weeks to spare before winter sets in. He must make his way across ruthless mountains to get back to the kingdom of Ishtabar. Along the way, he finds himself on the outskirts of a devastated town, surrounded by the tombstones of the unfortunate victims of Rose Marie. Worn and beaten, Jason soon finds himself on the wrong end of Marie’s claws, and is left for dead in the center of town. Rescued by an old couple, Jason is torn between leaving...

The entire "Ripper Trilogy" in one volume. London - 1888 The infamous Jack the Ripper makes headlines when he brutally murders women on the streets of Whitechapel. The papers claim these women to be the innocent victims of a madman, but if the world only knew the truth behind the grisly executions, perhaps they would understand… Jack the Ripper knows that a dangerous Vampire clan inhabits Whitechapel, and he is determined to destroy them to avenge the death of his fiancée who died at their hands and now languishes in Purgatory. Fueled by a deep passion to free his love, The Ripper will ...

Welcome to Grown Man Grace. Shawn Thomas and Isaiah Weaver are your hosts. We are 2 friends living in Tulsa, Oklahoma yet from Detroit Michigan. We talk about life, manhood, marriage, fatherhood and how God's grace ties it all together. Thank you for taking this journey with us.

Winter has fallen over Chicago and the dead blanket the land. Survival for most was counted by mere hours. Except for one teen who has been on the run since the first attack, just a few months ago. Now just outside of Chicago. She must hold up before the worst of winter sets in. Short of food, shelter and companionship, she finds that there is something worse than the dead wandering the streets. Something that want’s more than to devour her flesh. Will she make it to spring, or will the dead be the only thing escaping the city.

Who knew that the crossroads between heaven and hell was a 1950’s diner? Kyle Walker certainly did not. That was until an early morning wreck leaves him on the side of the road in the need of help. Stumbling into a small diner looking for a phone to call for a tow. Kyle finds himself pulled into a conversation with a burly looking cowboy claiming to be the one and only Kit Carson. Time is running short for Kyle, and he only has a few minutes to decide if his life is to go on, or he sees what’s on the other side of the veil. Come, sit down, enjoy a good meal. But make up your mind which ...

The journey continues. After the devastating war in the capital of Ishtabar, and the rise of stone golems in the fields of the halfling village of Snell. Our weary adventures find themselves returning home hoping for rest and recovery before they venture into the Kinn-Marrow Mountains to put a finish to the dragon, Brightwing, before she rains hell down upon them in one final attack that could put an end to all they know.Rest is not what Lord Jason Tolbridge gets. He must venture across the continent to the village of Deadfall in search of a man who holds a magic gem that could help end the...

The dead have begun to rise in the streets of Chicago. Unbeknownst, a school trip to the Briggs and Sons Funeral Home find themselves in caught with the dead inside, and outside, of the building. Quickly they come to realize that their only options are to hold up and wait for help, or try to escape to the local police station. Time is running out, and there is no telling if they will survive the morning. All the while a lone John Doe wakes on the other side of life. And finds himself struggling with what has happened and the need to feed. The novel, Chicago Undead Encounters, is a working ...

The undead have risen and the city of Chicago is their hunting grounds. Within the pages of UNDEAD OMNIBUS you will follow the path of Chicago’s final days with stories of raging horror.Chicago Undead: On the eleventh floor, the first in the groundbreaking story of one man’s journey as he wakes up to a city gone mad.Chicago Undead 2: Deep Freeze, follow the events as a lone survivor in the Chicago’s suburbs tries to survive the first winter after the end of the world.Chicago Undead 3: A Bad Way To Start Your DAY, take a step into the mind of John Khan as he wakes up on the slab in the...

Everyone wants to have a good day. But its early in the morning in Chicago, and all is not right. Things are happening citywide, and as a John Kahn leaves his favorite coffee shop near Chinatown. He finds that being robbed and then attacked is A Bad Way To Start Your Day. Especially after he wakes in a funeral home during a high school field trip. Unable to move and ask for the help that he so desperately needs. He finds that there is there is nothing anyone can do for him. Take a step inside John’s mind as he fights between what he knows is right, and the need to feed. The short story, ...

Jack wanted nothing more than to spend the weekend fishing with his family on the Mississippi River. Little did he know as he returned home after stocking up for the fun weekend ahead, that the world he knew had turned upside down. The dead have risen thrusting him into a fiery clash. Destroying his home and all he loved, leaving him with nothing more than his houseboat and a broken fishing line. Can the safety of the great Mississippi protect Jack, or will the dead follow him along its shores till the world is overrun. Included this this short story are first chapter previews of Shawn ...

Unaware of the vile task his partner in crime has planned during their last heist. Shane Clemis finds himself lost in a maze of darkness. While Don Williams tries to assault the woman who they think is sleeping in a bedroom upstairs. Little does Don know, the woman is not as defenseless as he expects. And when he opens her bedroom door to attack. He finds himself in a world of pain that there is no escaping from. Neither man can resist her. And only one will make it out Before Sunrise.

The circus is coming to Widows Hill. Bringing excitement to a rural Wisconsin town, and the possibility of romance for Paul Phillips and the girl of his dreams, Ja-an Mitchell. But something else is coming. Meteors crash just outside of town. Destroying Mr. Harpers chicken farm, and rapidly mutating spiders across the city. Leaving the unsuspecting citizens of Widows Hill scrambling to survive.

6734 word count short story. Sitting on the back porch of his home in Little Valley, Wisconsin, Chester Low is giving the interview of a lifetime. Speaking of how a lonely janitor ended up with a garden full of toxic waste, and the mutilated bodies of young women. Restless bodies buried deep in the ground asking for revenge. Speaking to Chester every night, calling to him to do what is right.

After the world that he had come to know and love came crashing down around his feet, Lord Jason Tolbridge, former Commander of the Royal Legions of Ishtabar, strove to find himself. This he did as he settled down into the life of a hermit on a lone island far from his homeland, though a force came all too soon that would change Jason's life forever. Steel, a brazen young solider determined to make a mark within Ishtabar's Royal Legions, arrives on the back of a young red dragon. at his father's dying request, Steel seeks out Jason to ask if he will train him in the ways of war for he longs...