If you haven't read my work before, there's never been a better time to give it a try! Lots of my titles are currently available in various editions, including e-books and audio books. I hope you find something here that will scare the pants off you!*


          

*Sorry, but I cannot be held responsible for your pants.
 

Now Available from Crossroad Press!
WEST VIRGINIA: LAIR OF THE MOTHMAN
An exciting entry in Elizabeth Massie's Ameri-Scares series for young readers, ages 8–14.

Vance Archer and Marybeth Wilkins, a pair of adventurous seventh graders, have discovered an exciting activity called geocaching—a kind of scavenger hunt using GPS technology—which leads them after hidden treasures in the woods around their community. On one of their outings, they encounter a frightening, half-seen creature with glowing red eyes watching them from the shadows. Soon, Vance receives mysterious messages on his phone from a caller named Indrid Cold. He learns that this name is associated with the legendary Mothman, a strange, unearthly being that is said to appear when some terrible event is about to occur. Believing that they—as well as their friends and loved ones—may soon face mortal danger, Vance and Marybeth try to solve the increasingly strange clues before disaster strikes.

Each Ameri-Scares novel is based on or inspired by an historical event, folktale, legend, or myth unique to that particular state.

Check out West Virginia: Lair of the Mothman here.

Now Available From Crossroad Press!
BLUE DEVIL ISLAND
The war that never ends has begun....

AUTUMN, 1943: The beginning of the American offensive against the Japanese in the South Pacific. Just west of the Solomon Islands lies a remote, desert island called Conquest, where the U.S. Navy stations a new fighting squadron, led by Lieutenant Commander Drew McLachlan, an ace pilot and veteran of the Battle of Coral Sea.

With his group of air warriors, who call themselves the Blue Devils, McLachlan soars into frequent combat with the Japanese, inflicting serious casualties upon the enemy. However, on the squadron's island home, signs appear that it may not be entirely alone, for in nearby volcanic caves, McLachlan finds evidence of habitation by unknown natives-natives that resemble no known living race, and that may yet exist in the mysterious subterranean catacombs. As the tension on the island mounts, McLachlan is forced to fight on two fronts: against their known enemy, the Japanese, and an unknown, predatory force that leaves mutilated victims as the only evidence of its presence.

As the Solomons campaign enters into its final skirmishes, the Japanese at last turn their attention to Conquest Island. In the final conflict, the Blue Devils find themselves the target of an overwhelming assault by the desperate Imperial Japanese forces-and McLachlan must face the reality that the key to his men's survival lies deep in the dark and deadly caves of Conquest Island itself.

"...An enjoyable World War II adventure with a science-fiction plot twist. Readers nostalgic for the era's war movies and pulp fiction will enjoy the ride."-Publisher's Weekly

Check out Blue Devil Island here.

Paperback, ebook, and audiobook...
From Crossroad Press
THE MONARCHS
Lost in the Dismal Swamp....

 Check out The Monarchs, including an exerpt, here.

Now available for Kindle!
THE GODS OF MOAB
Start reading The Gods of Moab on your Kindle in under a minute at Amazon.com.

A pleasant New Year's Eve outing becomes an experience in otherworldly horror when two close-knit couples discover a shocking secret in the darkest corners of the Appalachian mountains. At an opulent mountain inn, Warren Burr, his fiancee Anne, and their friends, Roger and Kristin Leverman, encounter a religious zealot named John Hanger, who attempts to induct them into his bizarre sect. His efforts rebuffed, Hanger insidiously assumes control of the couples' technological devices, leading them to stumble into surreal landscapes...landscapes inhabited by nightmarish, murderous entities. To return to their familiar reality, Warren and his friends must not only escape the deadly creatures that pursue them but somehow stop John Hanger's nightmare-plague from spreading to our world.

Check out The Gods of Moab here.

In paperback from Dark Regions...
THE GAKI & OTHER HUNGRY SPIRITS
Trade paperback as well as signed, lettered, and numbered hardback editions from Dark Regions.

Strange shapes hiding in the shadows cast by the moonlight. Eerie noises drifting out of the forest and rising into the night. The sound of inhuman footsteps approaching from somewhere in the darkness. A pair of gleaming eyes peering in through your window at midnight....

This is the nightmarish, haunted world you will enter in this new collection of 17 tales-including six never before published-by Stephen Mark Rainey, longtime editor of Deathrealm magazine and author of such acclaimed works as Balak, The Lebo Coven, Blue Devil Island, The Last Trumpet, and Other Gods. Enter willingly…and prepare yourself for a chilling journey through some of the most frightening literary landscapes you have ever experienced.

Check out The Gaki here.

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"Damned Rodan!" Author photograph by Stephen Mark Rainey
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Last revised: January 14, 2019.