Twisted Tales from the Torchlight Inn

This 3-novella collection contains the following stories:'Last Night Out' by Ty SchwambergerGabe, Alan and Erin thought one last night out on the town before their junior year of college came to an end would be fitting.  They were the best of friends and not seeing each other for an entire Summer vacation was not something they were looking forward to.  So they did what they always did on a Friday night - they went to a bar.  Only this time they decided to try someplace new - The Torchlight Inn...'Tones of Home' by Thomas A. ErbAshley and Maurice are in love.  The two of them are headed to her hometown for the holidays to share the good news with her family.  Those two things would drive any young man to drink but add the fact that he's from the south and an African-American and they are headed to rural upstate town of Arcadia Falls, NY, where the reputation of toothless and inbred rednecks even scares the streetwise kid from North Carolina.  Nevertheless, they are truly in love and Maurice is sure he's encountered more dangerous things on the gang-filled streets of Durham...'Off Limits' by Dean HarrisonFor spring break, Ellen Campbell is not going to party at the beach--she's taking her new boyfriend, Shawn Farris, home to Miller Falls to meet her parents for the first time. She is very excited about it, but also nervous as to how her father, a famous crime writer, will take to Shawn, her very first boyfriend...

From the Back Cover

College friends walk into a bar...do they walk out? What happens within those walls Welcome to a place where depravity and horror breeds and bleeds within every stone. A place where debauchery and pain are food for the soul and the more you scream the more you feed what lies within. If you dare to lose yourself, open the door and step into... The Torchlight Inn.

About the Author

Ty Schwamberger is a fresh voice in the horror genre.  He is the author of a novel, multiple novellas, collections and editor on several anthologies.  In addition, he's had many short stories published online and in print magazines.  A short story of his, Cake Batter, was optioned for a short film and was released in early 2010.  He hosts a monthly column, 'Ty-ing Up the Genre' on Hellnotes dot com and writes the quarterly column, 'Guidance from the Dark Scribe' in Morpheus Tales magazine.  He is also the Acquisitions Editor at Ambrotos Press, a horror imprint of Dark Quest Books.  You can learn more at:  tyschwamberger.comThomas A. Erb is a writer of dark fiction and suspense. He has short stories in print, "Cutting Class" (Pill Hill Press), "Excitable Boy" (Dark Quest Books) and his first novella, "Tones of Home" (Wicked East Press). He is hard at work on his next novel about foul monsters in the dead of winter.  He also paints and illustrates murals of dark and fantastic imaginings. He lives in upstate New York with his wife Michelle and two dogs, Rask and Duchess. Find out more about the author at thomasaerb.webs.com/ and his blog: taerb.blogspot.com/

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