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 he came into the house, he carried a box with an ice cream maker. Sherry squealed and hugged him and we had to immediately make some ice cream. Fortunately, I'd bought fresh milk and cream as a treat and had it in a cooler all day. It had to set overnight, so Sherry went off to bed talking about ice cream for breakfast.


"I'll pick up the cattle tomorrow," Bubba said, "and there should be some fertilizer delivered for me as well. I'm a recluse, but some of the world leaks in. That should be a big enough boom."


"So am I, but if we'd dealt with the frogs earlier, it wouldn't have been necessary." He sighed deeply. "It's just a truck, but it is the first really modern thing I've made for myself."


"We can build another one," I said and kissed him. One thing led to another and we ended up in bed early, though we got to sleep late.


Sherry woke us in the morning with ice cream.


Chapter 53: Strange Carnivores