Nightmares Before Bedtime
(2023)(The first book in the Chilling Horror Short Stories series)
A collection of stories by Tim O'Rourke
Give yourself nightmares before bedtime with this series of short horror stories by author Tim O’Rourke.
This series includes ten nightmarish tales of gruesome murders, serial killers, ghosts, spiders, evil hands, time travel, the supernatural, toxic snails, and other bizarre tales to keep you awake way past bedtime!
Stories included:
The Underground Ripper: A serial killer has been stalking the London Underground…carving up his victims and leaving behind a nightmarish trail of blood.
Dead In The Basement: In a fit of rage Brain murders his wife. Desperate to cover up his crime Brain hides his wife’s dead body in the basement.
Dead Doll: As Clara boxes up her dead father’s possessions in the attic at her old family home, she discovers a doll that she was sure she had sold at a yard sale many years before. But now that the doll has returned, so have Clara’s nightmares...
Dead Hands: When John wakes up in hospital after a near fatal accident, he’s terrified to discover that his hands are no longer his own. But his new hands seem to have a life of their own…
Toxic Snails: Toxic waste has leaked from a chemical plant into a nearby river and all the local residents are being forced to move as what rises from its murky waters is a mutant species of snail that only wants one thing…human flesh and bones!
Chapel Girl: Jessica has a secret and Zach wants to know what it is. So, on one wet and stormy night, he follows the girl who consumes his every waking thought into the chapel desperate to discover her secrets. But what Zach discovers is so terrifying he will never leave the chapel again!
The Man Who Ate Himself To Death: Joeseph’s lifelong habit of biting his fingernails has become something far more sinister and destructive. The taste of his own flesh and blood is just too damn good to resist.
The Girl Who Was Struck By Lightning: When Dave meets and falls in love with Nikki, a young woman who seems to be able to tap into the unseen power of ancient crystals and stones, he begins to wonder if there isn��t more to this world than meets the eye.
The Human Farm: Lana lives a life of captivity on a farm owned by aliens, and she knows that when she reaches adulthood, she will be slaughtered for her human flesh for the aliens to feed on. But Lana has made a promise to herself…a promise not to be slaughtered without putting up a fight...not only for herself but for all of humanity.
The Christmas Present: Business has been slow this year for Colin, who is a traveling salesman - so slow that he hardly has enough money to buy his wife and young son a Christmas present. But things change when Colin stumbles across an old curiosity shop that seems to be beckoning him to enter. Once inside, the witch-like shop keeper offers Colin a free gift - a gift that will change not only his life but the lives of his wife and son too.
***This collection of short horrors stories contains scenes of gore***
Genre: Horror
This series includes ten nightmarish tales of gruesome murders, serial killers, ghosts, spiders, evil hands, time travel, the supernatural, toxic snails, and other bizarre tales to keep you awake way past bedtime!
Stories included:
The Underground Ripper: A serial killer has been stalking the London Underground…carving up his victims and leaving behind a nightmarish trail of blood.
Dead In The Basement: In a fit of rage Brain murders his wife. Desperate to cover up his crime Brain hides his wife’s dead body in the basement.
Dead Doll: As Clara boxes up her dead father’s possessions in the attic at her old family home, she discovers a doll that she was sure she had sold at a yard sale many years before. But now that the doll has returned, so have Clara’s nightmares...
Dead Hands: When John wakes up in hospital after a near fatal accident, he’s terrified to discover that his hands are no longer his own. But his new hands seem to have a life of their own…
Toxic Snails: Toxic waste has leaked from a chemical plant into a nearby river and all the local residents are being forced to move as what rises from its murky waters is a mutant species of snail that only wants one thing…human flesh and bones!
Chapel Girl: Jessica has a secret and Zach wants to know what it is. So, on one wet and stormy night, he follows the girl who consumes his every waking thought into the chapel desperate to discover her secrets. But what Zach discovers is so terrifying he will never leave the chapel again!
The Man Who Ate Himself To Death: Joeseph’s lifelong habit of biting his fingernails has become something far more sinister and destructive. The taste of his own flesh and blood is just too damn good to resist.
The Girl Who Was Struck By Lightning: When Dave meets and falls in love with Nikki, a young woman who seems to be able to tap into the unseen power of ancient crystals and stones, he begins to wonder if there isn��t more to this world than meets the eye.
The Human Farm: Lana lives a life of captivity on a farm owned by aliens, and she knows that when she reaches adulthood, she will be slaughtered for her human flesh for the aliens to feed on. But Lana has made a promise to herself…a promise not to be slaughtered without putting up a fight...not only for herself but for all of humanity.
The Christmas Present: Business has been slow this year for Colin, who is a traveling salesman - so slow that he hardly has enough money to buy his wife and young son a Christmas present. But things change when Colin stumbles across an old curiosity shop that seems to be beckoning him to enter. Once inside, the witch-like shop keeper offers Colin a free gift - a gift that will change not only his life but the lives of his wife and son too.
***This collection of short horrors stories contains scenes of gore***
Genre: Horror
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