Off the Rails and Other Tales

Award winning director, Jason Liquori, has written and directed independent suspense movies like “Stopped Dead” and “Savaged”. Early in his career he brought home-video audiences vampires and werewolves with “The Lunar Pack”. In the pages of this book he has been able to let his imagination run free without the restrictions of low budgets and short production schedules. In this collection he has assembled tales of monsters, aliens, lunatics, cowboys, a caveman, a Nazi and more. Each story tackles horror or science fiction through the eyes of different characters and in different ways, but throughout the book the feeling of isolation and facing danger “alone,” cut off from the world, prevails. "Banker's Hours" - when bank robbers decide to take down a small town bank they run into more than a watchdog. "Night Crawl" - Giant insects are over running the Southern coast of North America. A group of three young people decides to head to a colder climate to try and wait out the threat, but the bugs aren't the only thing to worry about after the sun goes down. "Front Window: An Alien Vengeance Tale" : The alien from the "Alien Vengeance" feature films is up to his old tricks, but Deputy Lawrence is still on his...or is it her, tail and he means to get his man...um, woman, er...blob of gelatinous alien monster flesh. "The Whole of Time" : A group of people from varying points in Earth's history (and pre-history) find themselves trapped together in a cave. Some of them seem to be natural enemies, but there is a greater threat and only solving the mystery of how they came to be in this trap can save their lives. "Off the Rails" : When a train carrying lunatics being brought to an asylum "Back East", the surviving passengers must survive a night in the desert and pray that help arrives before they are overrun.

About the Author

Jason L. Liquori has been writing stories he puts on the small screen for more than 20 years. Founder of Hocus Focus Productions, Jason brings his stories to life, mostly in the sci-fi and horror genres. This is his first collection of short stories to be published in written only form. Several of his short films have been critically and/or audience acclaimed at film festivals. In 2011, Jason received an award for "Best Film Work" for "Alien Vengeance: Roadside" from Art Sunday's Underground Film Festival and a Florida Reel Award in 2009 for "Alien Vengeance: The First Encounter." Actress Debbie Rochon, also won a Golden Cob for Best Scream Queen for her work on "Alien Vengeance." Jason is the creator and editor for Cult Goddess Magazine, a webzine, blog and online web series. His other online creations include the sci-fi comedy series, "The Simplest Things," and Johnny Pitchman's parody infomercials. A graduate of the College of Mount Saint Vincent in New York City, Jason studied film and video production. He and his wife, Nancy, currently live in Florida with their two dogs, Val and Xena (often featured in his films and shows).

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