The Burning Rider

Product Description



The Burning Rider: a childish legend or a merciless supernatural executioner?
For over three centuries, no one has entered the village of Lydchurch at night and survived. There have been over six hundred reports of the apparition, and untold numbers of deaths and disappearances.
Modern-day investors don’t want to believe the old legend. They want to quickly prove that the apparition doesn't exist and start developing the land...
When a small team investigates the abandoned village at night, their task begins with grisly discoveries and evolves into nightmarish horror. Soon the survivors are trying desperately to escape the molten wrath of the Burning Rider...
‘The Burning Rider’ is the eighth in the series of Short Horror Tales - quick reads written to captivate the reader 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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