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

"Mommy," Sherry was standing at the door in her teddy bear pj's. "Can I sleep with you?"


"Sure, Honey," I said and snuggled up closer to Bubba. Sherry crawled under the blanket and latched on to me.


"Try to fill the scary places with good things."


"I try, but the monsters keep coming. I try to save the kittens, but they keep coming and my stick breaks..." She buried her head in my shoulder and I hugged her tight.


There had been no nightmares until after we'd destroyed Medea. Now she slept with us every night. Normally I would have called up one of my friends with children and they would have given me advice, but my friends probably thought I was dead. We didn't have access to the internet and we interacted as little as possible with the townspeople.


Chapter 48: Strange Carnivores