Dreadful: Tales of the Dead and Dying

by L.P. Hernandez

Join LP Hernandez on an exploration of the terrain of haunted worlds and the souls of haunted people.

A man becomes so detached from this world that he is claimed by another. An astronaut picks the worst possible time to leave Earth. A man for whom eternity is just the beginning.

These stories present mankind at its most vulnerable. These are stories of triumph and of succumbing, of the dying and those already dead.

Genres: Horror

196 pages, Hardcover

First published May 19, 2022

About the author

My journey to becoming a writer began with a love of books, Goosebumps to start followed quickly by Stephen King and Dean Koontz. I later found and fell in love with Robert McCammon as well as works outside of the genre. I wrote stories about alien abductions and sentient scarecrows. I still have some of these stories and...wow. Awful! I never stopped writing but my life would only allow it to be a hobby until I was around thirty. I submitted my first story to a competition and was given an honorable mention. That gave me the confidence to submit elsewhere, including The NoSleep Podcast. My fist acceptance barely caused a ripple, but it lit a fire in me. I placed stories with homegrown anthologies, cobbled together my own collection, and eventually became a regular on the Podcast. I am writing this in 2022 in what has been my most gratifying writing year to date. I will share a TOC with New York Times Bestsellers this year, and also was privileged to release my first novella, Stargazers, into the world. This is just the beginning, I hope, because the fire is an inferno now.

When I am not writing you can find me front row of a metal show, getting a tattoo, hanging with my wife and kids, wrestling with our dogs, and giving out crisp high fives. I also serve as a medical officer in the Air Force.

Reviews

[Ryan Bradley · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's shocking that this is L.P. Hernandez's first book. The dude can straight up write. Dreadful is a creepy, emotional, and well written bunch of short stories.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting set of stories. Some better than others and some just didn't keep my attention.