Hooker

Product Description


Beauty can be only skin deep. Horror can go right through to the bone.
Nigel Fawson is down on his luck - he's lost both his job and his family -  so he sets out to get drunk in a seedy bar. Soon Fawson is comforted by a beautiful girl named Valerie. When he discovers that his new friend is a prostitute, he decides to throw caution to the wind and return to her apartment with her... And that's when his night turns from awful to utterly lethal.
Valerie has a hideous secret. She really isn’t what she appears to be. Worse still, she’s very, very hungry.
‘Hooker’ is the second in a new series of Short Horror Tales - quick reads written to captivate readers with thrills, chills and unexpected twists.


Review


From Reader Reviews for Short Horror Tales:

 

"This story has a beginning introduction that is a superb insight into the character and endearing him to us. The action comes swiftly and just as you think it's over the author, Ian Thompson, gives us a fresh and exciting twist. The end is satisfying and brings the story back around to where it begun, in terms of the theme and focus of the character. This is thoroughly spooky, enticing and well written from start to finish." - Katie Lewington

 

"Damn scary 5-Star story"

 

"Great short story..."

 

"I could feel the fear..."

 

 (see full reviews on my website)


From the Author


So what's special about Short Horror Tales?

 

The vision for each Short Horror Tale is to create a short movie in the reader's mind - usually around sixty minutes long, fast-paced, with vivid characters, disturbing threats and desperate action. The exact type of story will vary - perhaps it will be a supernatural mystery, a deadly hunt, a battle or a very personal drama. Always, there will be something sinister lurking in the darkness.

 

These are tales I hope you will want to enjoy again and again.

 

Do all these stories take place in the same creative world?

 

Most of them do, and readers will see references in stories to events, people and places from other tales. Mr Slowly, a lethal assassin, is the leading character in a number of the stories so far. Think of the world of these Short Horror Tales as our own modern-day world... with a much darker side.

 

Occasionally, some stories will play out in their own private 'sandbox' - tales, for instance, with catastrophic or apocalyptic themes.


About the Author


Ian Thompson is the author of fast-paced, action-packed, unpredictable novels and short stories. His writing style focuses upon vivid characterization, thrilling situations and twisted plots. As a cross-genre author, he has written mystery thrillers, fantasy epics, horror chillers and science fiction.

 

Ian loves to be entertained by stories that set his mind racing (whether in books, movies, TV shows, comics or video games) - well-written, exciting adventures with great characters, plenty of conflict and intrigue, and twists he wasn't expecting.
Being taken away into the realm of someone's imagination has always appealed to him and drove him to create realms of his own.

 

The author's works include: the Ray Hammett Thriller series (beginning with Paradise Exhumed); two action-packed fantasy saga series - Era Of Darkness and Hector Reborn; the chilling horror novel God Of War; his quick-read Short Horror Tales; and a zombie apocalypse series The Earth Bleeds.

 

Visit his website for more information. Sign up for his Newsletter there to receive all the latest news on upcoming releases - plus four free books!

 

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