Joel Arnold: 25 books

Fetal Bait Apocalypse; 3 Collections contain all three of Joel Arnold's short story collections in one volume:Bait and Other StoriesBedtime Stories for the ApocalypseFetal Position and Other StoriesThis one volume holds over 120,000 words of fiction that will haunt and terrify you...

BRANCHES contains three short stories about family relationships by award winning author Joel Arnold.In 'Korean Mother is Dying' a divorced mother deals with the difficulties of raising a teenage daughter while coming to grips with her own past.In 'A Hand to Hold'...

In the Midwest, the saying goes, “Revenge is a hot-dish best served cold” – or something to that effect. In Joel Arnold’s new short story collection A WRINKLE IN CRIME, revenge is also served at a lakeside resort, in an outhouse, at a state fair, on a camping trip in the Gallatin Mountains,...

Ever heard the legend of the Apple Tree Man? You're supposed to leave him the last apple of the season or else next year's crop will go bad. In this short story by award winning author Joel Arnold, the legend of the Apple Tree Man turns sinister when a group of childhood friends get even with...

A man journeys with a pregnant stranger, while unseen aliens deal out punishment from above.A priest's skin oozes a healing elixir.A self-absorbed husband monitors the end of his existence over the internet.A teenager digs through a deep crust of waste and bone to win his freedom.These, plus...

On a very hot day in a remote park, Brenda Chapman takes a jog, trying to keep in shape for her upcoming wedding. When she crosses paths with a knife wielding maniac, however, Brenda takes refuge in the first place she finds – the Biffy Palace, a pre-fab, sweltering, green outhouse. Unfortunately,...

Meet Mr. Varney and Mr. Johnson, two old men who run the Arrow Point Resort in central Minnesota. Situated on a chain of lakes, this quaint resort offers the usual amenities; shuffleboard, night crawlers, cabins for rent, and gas for passing boaters. Best of all, they offer the things that money can't...

Deep in the north woods, two sisters become lost; one stalked by a murderous ex-husband, the other unable to rid herself of the leeches that appear mysteriously on her skin. All are drawn to an old, dilapidated cabin. Inside lives an old man with awful urges, accompanied by a Rottweiler...

You'll never look at birth quite the same after reading Joel Arnold's 'Fetal Position and Other Stories'.With seventeen tales (and two poems) of horror, suspense, and terror, you'll find:A high-wire act from Hell.A children's game gone terribly wrong.A man...

At first there was Bedtime Stories for the Apocalypse – a collection of stories to keep you entertained while the world falls apart around you. Now there is More Bedtime Stories for the Apocalypse – a new collection to keep you up at night as chaos engulfs the planet!With ten brand new...

All three volumes of Joel Arnold's popular BEDTIME STORIES FOR THE APOCALYPSE series gathered together in ONE omnibus edition! Over thirty stories of horror and sci-fi, including bonus stories by Daniel Pyle and H.P. Lovecrabbe!These are the kind of bedtime stories that will keep you reading...

You survived the first two volumes of Joel Arnold’s BEDTIME STORIES FOR THE APOCALYPSE…barely. Are you ready for volume 3?In this collection of 10 short stories you’ll meet:A herd of cows protecting a dead woman from her abusive husband.A beached mermaid on the shores of Lake Superior.A...

Jared just wants to be a normal kid; play in the woods, climb trees, build forts... But there are the awful unbidden seizures that rack his body, the strangers who meet in secret with his father, the cache of firearms that fill the basement……and the bees.When his house is surrounded by...

It’s the kind of calendar you don’t see much of anymore, hanging on grimy backroom walls, a pin-up model posed over each month of the year showing a little skin.But there was something different about this calendar.Something…frightening.The old-timers at Morton’s Service...