The CreepyGram Chronicles (half the series, winter and spring) and their story synopses

 

Half of the CreepyGram Chronicles are now available to read. Summer and Fall are just around the corner, as well.

You can find the series as it stands on Amazon.com. The volumes are available in both digital and print formats.

Here are story synopses from those books:

The CreepyGram Chronicles Volume One: The Dead of Winter

   Desert of Despair (a meta-CreepyGram)

    SPECTRAL SURPRISES

        The Ghost of Jogger's Hill (a Colorado ghost story)

        Semi-Live Coverage (news report of a deadly traffic accident)

        The Ghost Who Solved Her Own Murder (a true West Virginia ghost story)

    FRIGHTS OF FANTASY

        Breadcrumbs (a twisted fairy tale)

        Death Stops for Directions (even the Grim Reaper can get lost)

        The Barbershop from Hell (sometimes, work is Hell)

    PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES

        The Last Flight Out (a cautionary tale)

        Don't Get Off Track (birth of an urban legend)

        Rubbernecker (witness to another deadly traffic accident)

    MAKING A KILLING IN BUSINESS

        Focus Group (data gathering at an evil corporation)

        Field Test (more evil corporation shenannigans)

        The Wrong Place at the Wrong Time (sandwich delivery to the evil corporation)

    CAT-ASTROPHY

        The Cyclops Kitten (a cursed animal wreaks havoc)

        The Cat in the Road (waiting for prey)

        Well Check (a crazy cat lady story)

    VOICE OF UNREASON 

        Dial-a-Fright (a call in horror story before the Internet)

        Recital Practice (violin lessons can be murder)

        Call Control (even evil corporations need customer support)

    YULE BE SORRY 

        The Family Portrait (a cursed canvas calamity)

        Christmas Village (a decoration come to life)

        We Witch You a Merry Christmas (even witches love the holidays)

    YEAR'S END

        Unboxing day (nothing says the holidays quite like zombies)

        Mirror Ball (terrifying reflections in a New Year's Eve ball)

        The Countdown (prophetic visions at the end of a year)

    MOLD LANG SYNE

        Resolution (A New Year's resolution)

        The Suicide Bridge (a creepy legend)

        Don't Wine About It (New Year's libations)

    FROZEN FRIGHTS

        Footprints (a babysitter alone in a snowstorm)

        Dead Line (a man tries to find help in a blizzard)

        Snow Angel (two friends are lost in the mountains)

    WINTER OF DISCONTENT

        Selbyville Swamp Monster (a cryptid from Delaware)

        Snow Job (three young boys conspire to play in the snow without their parents' permission)

        A Long Night's Wait (a Loup garou legend)

    WORST LAID PLANS

        Ice Fishing (its cold, frozen, thin ice - what could go wrong?)

        A Thousand Words (an evil curse story)

        Aunt Becky (be aware of your surroundings)

    FOREWARNED IS FOREARMED

        Don't Let the Boo Hag Ride Ya (a Gullah urban legend from South Carolina)

        Jonah's Lament (a familiar science fiction fable)

        Things Would Be Different (horrors at the Great Salt Flats in Utah)

    DISHONOR BOUND

        Low Tide at Monument Cemetery (a horrific true story from Pennsylvania)

        Neon Moon (murder in a country tavern)

        Lou Carcolh (a French cryptid and horror urban legend)

    CHANGE FOR THE WORSE

        Spare Change (a creepy candy store tale)

        Law of Salvage (vampires at a shipwreck)

        Hell Fire of the Palatine (an urban legend from Rhode Island)

    SPEAK OF THE DEVIL

        Date with the Devil (for the girls who like bad boys)

        The Due Owed Ole Slew Foot (the Devil needs a bride)

        Robert Johnson's Barter (a true story from Mississippi about the birth of the blues, rock and roll, and Club 27)

    FAMILY MATTERS

        Sins of the Father (the apple doesn't fall far from the tree)

        The Guest Room (a horrific monster's origin story)

        Family Meal (families that eat together slay together)

    SIDELINED SHADOWS

        Groundhog Dave (a legend of a ghost on Groundhog's Day)

        Something Exotic (a girl vows to make her ex-boyfriend regret dumping her)

        Spectator Sport (before football became popular, there was the blood sport)

    POST APOCALYPSO

        Bottom of the Sixth Event (baseball during the post-apocalypse)

        The Post-Apocalyptic Psychiatrist (head shrinking after nuclear war)

        Birthday Surprise (the last man on earth after Armageddon celebrates a milestone)

    CURSES, FOILED AGAIN

        Still Life and Death (more cursed canvas calamity)

        The Gravestone Cutter's Apprentice (what if you could write any name on a tombstone and that person would die?)

        The Clawfoot Bathtub (an unusual cursed object)

    MATTERS OF THE DISHEART

        Moonlight and Roses (a Valentine's Day horror story)

        The Salt Lake City Grave Robber (a true tale about a grave robber in Utah)

        The Queen of VooDoo (a true urban legend from New Orleans, Louisiana about Marie Laveau)

    DEAD OF NIGHT

        Night of the Jiangshi (Chinese New Year and an Asian legend)

        The Wreck of the Rivermouth Express (a haunted train story)

        Spring-Heeled Jack and Son (two urban legends for the price of one)

    OLD WEST ANGST

        A Mite Peckish (a fur trader from out of the fog tells a tale of western horror)

        Fever Dreams (haunted nightmares from days gone by)

        Wanted Dead, Not Alive (from Oklahoma, this is the actually true story of Elmer McCurdy who became a television and movie star after his death)

    FEARFUL FOLKLORIC FIGURES

        Take Heed of the Gray Man (an urban legend from North Carolina)

        The Unfortunate Consequence of the Dover Demon (a cryptid from Massachusetts)

        Hanging from the Bunny Man Bridge (a terrifying urban legend straight from Virginia)

    LEGEND HAS IT

        Any Port in a Storm (a Lovecraft-esque story)

        Wrath of the Pig Woman (urban legend from Maryland)

        Where Did You Bury Me? (the true ghost story of Goody Cole, a witch from New Hampsire)

  Interstates of Fear (a meta-CreepyGram)

The CreepyGram Chronicles Volume Two: Spring Scares

 The Baleful Ballad of Charlie Barker (a poem)

  Cabin in the Woods (a meta-CreepyGram)

    KILLER INSTINCTS

        Keep it on Ice (a serial killer's handiwork)

        The Legend of Gory Gary and Scorched Sarah (an urban legend about a murderous couple)

        The Finger Tree (a Canadian urban legend)

    PARANORMAL DISTRIBUTION

        Board Stiffs (a haunted table top game store)

        Use Your Cranium (a college university urban legend)

        The Turn Inn Terror (a horrifying hotel story)

    STITCHES IN TIME

        Memory Reimagined (a clandestine government agency re-writes memories)

        Eerie Edition (a newspaper foretells horror)

        Spring Forward (time travel)

    FAVORITE HAUNTS

        The Haunted Pillar (an urban legend from Georgia)

        The Haunting of Aisle 13 (a South-African urban legend)

        Sleep Paralysis (urban legend of shadow people)

    ST. PADDY WAGON

        The Banshee Wails (an Irish fairy story)

        The Tides of March (Irish urban legend)

        Worked Like a Charm (the un-luck of the Irish)

    MONSTROUS CIRCUMSTANCES

        Jenny Haniver (a monster from cryptozoology)

        Frost Bite (a frozen vampire story)

        Lair of the Mandrake (another cryptid tale)

    CHANCE OF A GHOST

        The Magnificent Tailfins (a rock & roll tragedy)

        The Lonesome Ghosts of Central Park (an urban ghost story from New York)

        The Haunting of Happy Hollow (a Kentucky urban legend)

    URBAN LEGENDS

        Something Stinks (underneath a hotel room bed)

        The One Dollar Horror Club (cheap to join, impossible to quit)

        The Cursed Audio Cassette (a heavy metal horror)

    WITCH SIDE IS YOUR BREAD BUTTERED ON?

        Spoiled (a witch's feast has gone bad)

        Something Familiar (a nursing home horror)

        The Warlock's Garden (even evil sorcerers need a hobby)

    HARDSHIP OF FOOLS

        Mountweazel’s Journey to Paper Town (a weird story)

        The Mystery of the Monkey Candle Stick Holder (one of those 'item grants your wish' cautionary tales)

        April Fools (April Fools Day isn't fun for everyone)

    JUST DESSERTS

        Yellow Car (a family copes with an abusive father)

        Identity Theft (an identity thief picks the wrong person to emulate)

        Spring Thaw (silver spoons don't always avoid wolves)

    MALPRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

        The Measure of a Monster (what is the value of life for a monster?)

        The Organ (a secret surgery is unveiled)

        Outpatient (working for evil corporations has a price)

    EYE SPY

        Traffic Cam (a freeway camera captures something scary)

        View from the Tree Fort (children in a tree fort witness something terrifying)

        Dragon Breath (listen to the child when he says the dragon is going to get you)

    MYTHICAL MONSTROSITIES

        Monster of the Pine Barrens (the cryptid urban legend from New Jersey)

        Djinn Rummy (who you play cards with a genie?)

        Finish the Story, Grandpa (their only chance at survival is if grandpa can complete his tale)

    MIND GAMES

        The Face is Familiar (the story of a man in an insane asylum)

        Descent into Madness (an urban legend from Maine)

        The Phantom Wrecker (do you believe the story of the haunted tow truck?)

    FEARSOME FABLES

        Hooky Jack (the urban legend representing South Dakota)

        Chief Export (the horrific tale of a dying town)

        The Bottomless Pit (Washington state's urban legend)

    UNNATURAL DISASTERS

        Going Down (people are stuck in an elevator after an earthquake)

        The Legend of Miniwashitu, River Monster of the Missouri (North Dakota's urban legend)

        The Kingdom Lost (an old adage gone wrong)

    THAT'S JUST BEASTLY

        After Midnight Dairy (a monstrous tale)

        Nooks and Crannies (another monster story)

        Mexican Standoff (the Chupacabra story)

    ¡YA LO CARGO EL PAYASO! 

        The Hairy Hand (an Hispanic horror legend)

        Window Dressing (another south of the border horror)

        La Mala Hora (an urban legend from New Mexico)

    FIENDS IN HIGH PLACES

        Raiding Party (more monsters, this time north of the border)

        Closed for Repairs (a Japanese monster story)

        Return to Norley Manor (coming home)

    ‘M’ IS FOR THE MANY THINGS

        All for the Taking (a Mother's Day horror story)

        Checking In (another tale of motherhood)

        The Grave Mother (a third Mother's Day scary story)

    FIT TO KILL

        Duplex (realtors uncover a ghastly secret)

        Avid Listener (a serial killer likes a radio show)

        Killing Time (a murderous movie marathon)

    SOME SACRIFICES HAVE TO BE MADE

        The Clearing in the Woods (is a terrible place for a picnic)

        Big Leap into Big Sky (a Montana urban legend)

        By the Light of the Honey Moon (newlyweds at a bed & breakfast find horror instead of a honeymoon)

    OUT OF THIS WORLD

        Panacea (aliens in the old west find a traveling snake-oil salesman)

        The Little Gray Cattle Rustlers (cattle mutilation in the old west)

        Bridging the Technology Gap (reverse engineering technology salvaged from Area 51 and Roswell)

    FINAL UNRESTING PLACE

        The Horrific History of Brattleboro Retreat (a Vermont urban legend)

        The Portland Shanghai Tunnels (Oregon's urban legend)

        The Helltown Horrors (several scary urban legends at one locale in Ohio)

    SOMETHING TO REMEMBER ME BY

        Tribute of the Jenny Lee (a Memorial Day myth)

        Momentary Distraction (let Frankenstein work, won't you?)

        And a Dollar Short (an all-terrain terror tale)

    STRANGER THAN FRICTION

        Something in the Water (Stranger Things have happened)

        The Death Fruit (a Colombian horror story)

        The Droste Effect (a multiverse of madness predating Marvel)

  Beware the Bewildering Bog (a meta-CreepyGram)

 

And as I stated earlier, this is just half of the year of CreepyGrams. Up next are the summer tales and then autumn stories. Until next time the circus comes to town. Fare thee well.