****}}36 So much screaming.Roger Huntington is home from college for the summer, and he and his best friend, Tooth, can’t wait to start having fun. It’s going to be a summer full of beer, comic books, movies, laughs, parties and maybe even girls.So much pain.The sun is high and the sky is clear as Roger and Tooth set out to shoot beer cans at Bobcat Mountain. Just two friends catching up on lost time, two friends thinking about their futures, two friends—So much blood.—suddenly thrust in the middle of a nightmare. Forced to fight for their lives against a sadistic killer. A killer with an arsenal of razor-sharp blades and a hungry dog.So much death.If they are to survive, they must decide: are heroes born, or are they made? Or is something more powerful happening to them? And more importantly, how do you survive when all roads lead to . . . death!Review"A tense, bloody ride!" - Brian Keene "A down and dirty drive-in splatfest, 70s style!" - HorrorDrive-In.com"This book is everything you wish Hostel was!" - Horrorwatch.com"Thomas may very well be the next big name in extreme horror." - Hellnotes"This book hooked me in hard. I blazed through it, loving every minute of it." - Creature Corner.com"The Summer I Died is one wicked trip through man-made hell and I was glad I hitched a ride." - Insidious Reflections"This novel takes us deep into the bowels of hell where Thomas doesn�t hold any punches." - SciFiHorrorBooks.com"Keeps you in suspense and keeps the pages flying." - Horror-Web.com "Sharp and ingenious and a whole lot of fun. Ryan C. Thomas is not just a writer to watch, but one that has already hit a stride that most others at their own game should envy." - HorrorDrive-In.com"I loved this book . . . it makes an Eli Roth film look like Sesame Street." - OzHorrorScope.com"A hell of a promising beginning from a hell of a writer." - WretchedAndViolent.com"My muscles were actually sore the day after I finished reading this book because I was so tensed up." - Multiverse Reviews"The most brutal story I've experienced since Poppy Brite's Exquisite Corpse. When you think the author can't wring any more raw energy out of a situation, just turn the page and things spiral even deeper into anguished pain." - John Sunseri, editor/author"I have never flinched so much while reading a book. An excellent, nasty little book. I loved it!" - Desmond Reddick, Dread-Media.com (podcast 72)

In the small town of Castor, it’s the last weekend of summer break. In just two days four teenage friends will begin their high school careers. Dating, who to sit with at the lunch table, and what to wear seem to be the most important decisions facing them. But as Connor, Seth, Amanita and Nicole venture to the most popular end-of-summer high school party in town, they soon discover there are even more important decisions to be made. Life and death decisions. Namely, how to outrun the massive wave of mutated undead that have suddenly crashed the party. It’s The Breakfast Club meets Resident Evil as the teens of Castor fight to stay alive. And for this group of friends, growing up never seemed so urgent. “Fresh, bold and frightening. There are scarier things than a fast moving, flesh eating corpse. Open this book and see for yourself.” —J.L. Bourne, author of DAY BY DAY ARMAGEDDON “One of the best stories I’ve read this year... equal parts touching, compelling and gruesome.”—Nate Kenyon, award-winning author of THE REACH and SPARROW ROCK “Ryan C. Thomas is not just a writer to watch, but one that has hit a stride that most others at their own game should envy.”—HorrorDrive-in.com

When a plane crashed in the quaint town of Castor, it unleashed a virus that turned everyone into hissing, blood-thirsty, undead monsters. Monsters that could transmit their plague in seconds, that could run as fast as dogs, and that could fuse themselves together to create massive mutated beasts. Four teens—Connor, Seth, Amanita, and Nicole—fought for their lives to secure vital data from the plane wreckage, some of them making the ultimate sacrifice. Now they need to get to San Diego with their secret, but the plague is spreading too fast. They have no friends or family, nowhere to hide, and death lurks behind every corner. Worse, the hissers are evolving, and it may be impossible to stop them at all. Hissers II: Death March is the exciting sequel to Hissers (Permuted Press, 2010), written by the author of The Summer I Died and Salticidae. “Fresh, bold and frightening!" —J.L. Bourne, author of DAY BY DAY ARMAGEDDON “Hissers is one of the best stories I’ve read this year... equal parts touching, compelling and gruesome.” —Nate Kenyon, award-winning author of THE REACH and SPARROW ROCK “A unique approach to the walking dead…I promise that you'll love it.” —HorrorDrive-in.com

A collection of (mostly) previously unpublished stories by award-winning journalist and cult horror author Ryan C. Thomas. From zombies to monsters to ghosts and more, Thomas weaves unique tales that will send a chill up your spine. "Ryan C. Thomas builds and drives tension like a screaming dream in broad daylight, and throws in whipsaw moments of staccato shock that’ll wring a nervous laugh out of you, before they start to really hurt." - Cody Goodfellow, author of Jake's Wake and Spores"Thomas may be the next big name in extreme horror" - Hellnotes.com"Thomas has hit a stride that most others at their own game should envy." - HorrorDrive-In.com