Vengeance Of The Manananggal (Short Horror Tales)

If you saw someone being attacked, would you stop to help them?A salesman driving on a late-night errand sees a thug assaulting a woman on the side of a forest road. The driver is an ordinary guy, he's no hero, but he can't just allow the victim to be hurt or killed – so he stops his car and rushes to her defence...After a fight, he finds the woman wounded and unconscious. She needs hospital treatment soon or she might die. Scared and close to panic, the man drives the victim towards Clarrington Hospital... Unaware that her attacker will stop at nothing to reclaim his prey. A desperate chase begins...Suddenly things get far, far worse. The reluctant rescuer finds himself facing an enemy beyond the limits of his understanding: something grotesque, with an insatiable appetite for human flesh. A supernatural abomination which is almost unkillable...Can he survive the vengeance of the Manananggal?This is the fifteenth in the series of Short Horror Tales - quick reads written to captivate the reader with thrills, chills and unexpected twists.Reviews from this author’s horror releases:“...thoroughly spooky, enticing and well written from start to finish.”“...great... I could feel the fear...”“…shows true mastery of the short horror story… a wildly imaginative antagonist unlike anything I’ve read before... a quick, captivating read full of horror and thrills. The tense action and suspense of Glancing Blow make it incredibly hard to put down…”(Glancing Blow – Short Horror Tales #1)“…When the blood starts to splatter, Nigel’s day gets really rough. Thompson has devised a brilliantly brutal creature to sic on his leading man. Creative and twisted, the monster is a total terror… Hooker is an absolutely insane, blood-pumping ride… With a wicked cool monster and a page-turning climax, this is one Creature Feature you won’t want to miss out on…”(Hooker – Short Horror Tales #2)“Great short story...”(Ignition Source – Short Horror Tales #4)“...well-written, descriptive and enthralling page-turner, that’s not for the faint-hearted... The twists and turns kept me on the edge of my seat...”(God Of War)“...extremely well written and very dark. The author did a great job of creating a palpable sense of doom that surrounds the main character from the beginning, and then creating more tension and horror as the story went on...”(Into The Hole)

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