The hunter is now the hunted. Mr Slowly, a lethal assassin turned monster slayer, is recovering from his latest battle against supernatural forces. Injured, exhausted and in constant pain, he is only alive thanks to the care of his companion Pearl. She has them hidden in a remote derelict house – a place where no one should be able to find them... But vampires have discovered the pair, and seek revenge for Slowly’s execution of an undead Lord. A kill team of monsters, supported by human snipers, arrives at the building... When night falls, the vampires will lay siege, determined to capture their prey and torture them to death. Slowly and Pearl have two hours to prepare for assault. They have few weapons – mainly just what the crumbling house contains. Seventeen blood-hungry horrors against one untrained woman and an ailing assassin are lousy odds. There can be no escape, only a desperate fight to the death... Luckily, death is Mr Slowly’s trade. And business will be very good tonight. Can he overcome his weakness and the nightmarish numbers to defeat the unholy invasion..? His greatest threat will be the Vampire Lieutenant Valen Stokier. A century-old, seven-foot-tall mass of raw destructive power, fuelled by rage and hatred. Even if Mr Slowly was in peak condition, he might not be able to stop this inhuman fiend. Reviews from this author’s horror “...thoroughly spooky, enticing and well written from start to finish.” “...great... I could feel the fear...” “…shows true mastery of the short horror story… a wildly imaginative antagonist unlike anything I’ve read before... a quick, captivating read full of horror and thrills. The tense action and suspense of Glancing Blow make it incredibly hard to put down…” (Glancing Blow – Short Horror Tales #1) “…When the blood starts to splatter, Nigel’s day gets really rough. Thompson has devised a brilliantly brutal creature to sic on his leading man. Creative and twisted, the monster is a total terror… Hooker is an absolutely insane, blood-pumping ride… With a wicked cool monster and a page-turning climax, this is one Creature Feature you won’t want to miss out on…” (Hooker – Short Horror Tales #2) “Great short story...” (Ignition Source – Short Horror Tales #4) “...well-written, descriptive and enthralling page-turner, that’s not for the faint-hearted... The twists and turns kept me on the edge of my seat...” (God Of War) “...extremely well written and very dark. The author did a great job of creating a palpable sense of doom that surrounds the main character from the beginning, and then creating more tension and horror as the story went on...” (Into The Hole)