Insanity

by A.R. Braun

The Green Man invades a farmer’s dreams, commanding a human sacrifice for the growth of his crops.

Aliens murder a sixteen-year-old girl’s whole family, and she goes on the run, only to find she’s the sole survivor. Will she be able to keep her sanity?

The H5 Avian Bird Flu kills an old man’s wife, then he catches it and commits suicide. Yet his spirit is not able to leave his body, and Killer, his black Labrador, needs to eat.

A detective must find a street that doesn’t exist to stop a group of murderous teenagers who worship Cthulhu.

Animals return from the grave to terrorize a young boy mourning Midnight, his pet cat; he's not mourning him for long, however.

A rock singer betrays his co-worker and friend at the command of his late girlfriend, who’s received clemency from hell.

Insanity contains twenty-two tales of terror, where deformed freaks, serial killers, aliens, church hypocrites, witches, and bloodsuckers all share center stage...in hell-on-earth.

ebook

First published August 23, 2014

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.

Reviews

[A.R.]

I'm thankful to all those involved in helping this dream become a reality: Debbie Bright (thecovercollection.com) did a good job on the cover; Debbie Williams (thepedanticpunctuator.com) did a great job with the formatting; and Samantha of Invisible Ink (invisibleink.com) did an amazing job with the freelance edit.

[mark feenan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great collection of stories.