Kristopher Triana

Kim White is a very popular cheerleader. She’s pretty, healthy, and comes from a well-off family. She has everything a girl of sixteen is supposed to want. And she’s sick to death of it.

Having escaped from prison, serial killer Edmund Cox returns to his hometown of Killen....

Down on his luck and moving back in with his mother, Asher Benton receives a death bed letter from an estranged relative. Uncle Rex is leaving his most prized possessions to his nephew—a collection of heavy metal records and a vintage stereo. In need of money, Asher plans to sell them, but is...

These people will give anything for the idols they worship, be they rock stars, actors or authors. Or even serial killers. Lori is just such a fanatic. Her obsession is with Edmund Cox, a man of sadistic cruelty who butchered more than 20 women....

It’s called The Scream.... Once you get it, you simply cannot stop screaming. You can’t eat or sleep. It drives you more and more insane until you can’t stand to be alive a second longer. When the phenomenon hits Chuck's city, the chronically unemployed pervert joins a band of misfits to...

When Jackie is released from prison, his boss Pino sends a limo to pick him up. Even fresh out of the joint, ruthless Jackie is ready to work, collecting money for the mob and using his special training to take care of bad accounts—permanently. But when a drunk driver kills Pino’s young son...

Warning: This book contains hazardous material. Handle with extreme caution. Exposure to its contents can cause severe damage to one’s health. When you’re 45, getting divorced, and disillusioned from years of soul-sucking work in corporate America, there isn’t much to look forward to. With...

Attention shoppers! The employees of the Freshway grocery store aren’t too happy about having to do an overnight shift, but they’re about to be even unhappier. Their rival store, Devil’s Food, is about to lay siege upon them with extreme prejudice. This is no ordinary grocery chain...

HE’S NOT FREDDY, HE’S NOT JASON…HE’S ALL WASHED UP. As Nicky Hector—the unstoppable slasher from the Lunatic horror movie franchise—Jonathan Zain reached levels of fame once unimaginable to a young actor. On top of headlining fifteen films, he appeared on MTV, had his own 976 number...

The Silence of the Lambs meets Hellraiser in this terrifying novel by the indie horror sensation and Splatterpunk Award–winning author Kristopher Triana. Lori is lucky. Her obsession, Edmund Cox, is also her penpal. While most people don’t realize what an honor that is, Lori will do anything...

When Comet Press put out the call for submissions for Stiff Things, we said we were ready to ratchet up the eroticism and visceral intensity with hardcore stories....

When Joe and Danny take on the job of house-sitting Snowden Manor, they fail to realize that they won't be in the house alone. Inside the walls swarms a specter made of equal parts ghost, succubus, and witch, and she uses the manse as a prison for souls....

On Christmas Eve, a reformed criminal is pulled into one last job by his cousin, and finds that his past will always haunt him. GIVING FROM THE BOTTOM is one of ten stories in Kristopher Triana's short story collection GROWING DARK.

A small town is ruined by black rain, and two police officers find themselves face to face with the creatures lurking in the flooded streets. In the wild west, an aging gunslinger returns to his favorite brothel, only to encounter a fathomless black tar that's devouring everyone within....

Jake Leonard has more than his share of trouble. He’s close to 40 now and still suffers from bipolar disorder and the painful memories of the psychotic episodes that derailed his life and sent him behind bars....

Splatterpunk Award-winning author Kristopher Triana returns to the story of Edmund Cox in this thrilling sequel to the indie horror sensation Gone to See the River Man. Serial killer Edmund Cox returns to his hometown of Killen after escaping from prison. With his "darlings" in his pocket, he...

Tom Hargrave is a Vermont rancher with a love for animals and a special affection for his granddaughter, Paige. After the untimely death of his daughter, Paige is left in his care, and Tom sees raising her as a chance to redeem himself for his failures as a parent. Paige is a quiet and withdrawn...

Y’ALL AIN’T RIGHT is an anthology of Southern Extreme Horror stories featuring 17 of the best extreme horror authors in the genre. From gator infested swamps to the overgrown backwoods, be careful how far you venture off of the main road. And if you hear banjos… well, you better paddle...

As two police officers search for survivors in a town flooded by black rain, they discover strange creatures lurking beneath the water. FROM THE STORMS, A DAUGHTER is one of ten stories in Kristopher Triana's short story collection GROWING DARK.