Author:
Alex McGilvery has been reading since before he can remember, and writing almost that long. He has published 18 books and is author and editor at his imprint Celticfrog Publishing. He lives in Kamloops with his dog and the stories clawing their way out of his head.

Sparkles and Blood is a collection of four horror stories.

Frost and Stone: Siobhan accidentally releases evil into the world, now she must find the strength to defeat it.

The Thing in the Hall: Wolf arrives at Rolph’s Hall to test himself against the Thing which invades and kills Rolph’s men. Yet facing the Thing may be the least of his challenges.

Strange Carnivores: Something was eating the gators in the swamp. Bubba was going to help her get pictures of whatever it was. She didn’t expect vampires or carnivorous frogs.

Sparkles and Blood: Martin is a special effects guy. He’s used to blood, but only when it is fake. Now something is hunting on the set of the newest smash vampire movie.

Sparkles and Blood, and other stories

"When you're done," Bubba said, "come on in and we'll talk." He climbed the steps to the porch and walked between the dogs to go back into the house. I heard some clanking of pots and decided I'd give him a little more time to clean up. There was an interesting looking flower just a little way under the trees, but when I went to photograph it I felt a hot breath on my hand and the bitch dog stood between me and the trees.


OK," I said to the dog, and scratched her behind the ears, "thanks for the warning." She padded away around the cabin, so I followed her. The pig was there; a big sow with a litter of weanlings. She huffed at me, but the fence around her looked much stronger than the garden fence so I ignored her. The dog was sniffing at another of the flowers I'd seen. This one was in the sun. I was soon lost in getting macro shots of the flower and the astonishing assortment of insects that crawled all over it. 


Chapter 33: Strange Carnivores