“This story is scary sauce with a side order of quirky. Pure Entertainment.” ~ Lighthouse Reviews

Stella has an injured hip, but she’s hardly ready for a retirement home. At seventy-two, she’s enjoying life on her own for the first time. But when Stella’s daughter—Jennifer—begins to question Stella’s mental state, Stella must hide the happenings in her own house, or face being sent to a home for the elderly.Jennifer sees Stella’s mind slipping away. There’s no other explanation for her mother’s behavior--claiming to hear mysterious voices, carelessly destroying household items, and believing that someone has threatened to cut off her fingers.Can Stella cohabitate with the original ghostly owner of the house and keep her home? Or is her daughter correct, that Stella is losing her mind? As a lonely widow finds comfort in a new friend, danger is brewing. And not just for Stella. Her granddaughter becomes entangled in the web of deception, putting all of Stella’s family in harm’s way.

Other Books in this series -- Snatched (A Ghost Story): Lights Out Series Book #2

In the deepest, darkest jungles of Indochina, an ancient evil is waiting in a forgotten, primeval valley. It is patient, monstrous, and bloodthirsty. Perfectly adapted to its hot, steaming environment, it strikes silent and stealthy, it chosen prey: human. Now Michael Spiers, a Marine sniper, the only survivor of a previous encounter with the beast, is going after it again. Against his better judgement, he is made part of a Marine Force Recon team that will hunt it down and destroy it.The hunters are about to become the hunted.

The dead have risen, and they are hungry.

Slow and plodding, they are Legion. The undead hunt the living. Stop and they will catch you. Hide and they will find you. If you have a heartbeat you do the only thing you can: You run.

Survivors escape to an island stronghold: A cop and his daughter, a computer nerd, a garbage man with a piece of rebar, and an escapee from a mental hospital with a life-saving secret. After reaching Alcatraz, the ever expanding group of survivors realize that the infected are not the only threat.
Caught between the viciousness of the undead, and the heartlessness of the living, what choice is there? Run.

Months after the dead rise up to challenge the living for control of the earth, Steve Wendell and the survivors who fled with him by sailboat from Clearwater, Florida find themselves becalmed in the Gulf of Mexico.
As their chances for survival dwindle, they come across a cruise ship drifting in the current. Seeing that the living dead only occupy parts of the ship, they decide to go aboard. Searching through an eerie, deserted opulence, they find a brother and sister in hiding.
But not just from the dead.
A religious charlatan has taken control of the ship and is promising his followers that the rapture is coming soon…If only they believe in him. He’s using his faithful in a quest for power, but after Steve and his people arrive, he wants something else.
(Dead Calm has been fixed through amazon and there will be no more problems with downloads. If you received a corrupt download prior to 4/12/2013, contact me at jonscat1@aol.com and I will correct the problem immediately.)

From USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author Jeremy Bates comes the latest book in the bestselling WORLD'S SCARIEST LEGENDS series.

A renowned marine biologist’s search for creatures known only in myths and legends turns deadly when the hunters become the hunted.

"Merfolk (World’s Scariest Legends) is a chilling novel that might make the head of the master of horror, Stephen King, do a three-sixty."—Reader Views

"Jeremy Bates knows how to sneak up on readers and scare them senseless. In Merfolk Bates unleashes a chilling adventure tale that's loaded to the gills with suspense, mystery, and scientific terror. If you love old-school movie monsters, don't miss out—Merfolk is Creature from the Black Lagoon for the Netflix generation."—Brandon McNulty, author of BAD PARTS and ENTRY WOUNDS"Merfolk: World's Scariest Legends 4 is a study in horror thriller experiences that will delight those who like nautical intrigue and tension. It joins other "World's Scariest" collections by Bates, yet stands on its own as a powerful saga of literary terror and intrigue."—Midwest Book Review“A terrifying page-turner, Merfolk gives readers yet another reason not to swim in the ocean. Jeremy Bates is the real deal.”—Flint Maxwell, author of THE DARK WINTER

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Although in a series, this is a STAND-ALONE novel. For fans of Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Richard Laymon, Bentley Little, as well as other horror and mystery authors such as Dan Simmons, Jack Ketchum, Robert McCammon, Brian Keene, Darcy Coates, Amy Cross, Jeff Strand, Ambrose Ibsen, Jeremy Robinson, Nick Cutter, Blake Crouch, Joe Hill, Iain Rob Wright, Jeff Menapace, Matt Shaw, Heather Graham, Jack Kilborn, James Herbert. We hope you enjoy!