Die Laughing - Softcover

A monster from Portuguese folklore crosses countries and oceans to hunt the child who escaped it years ago. The dead rise throughout Britain, leading a teenaged boy into a decision which will be either the easiest or hardest of his life. In a pleasant suburbia, a young couple find a link full of terrible possibilities between their new home and Jack the Ripper’s horrendous crimes. Three friends lost on a hiking weekend in the Pennines discover the way home means facing a monstrous god from the freezing void beyond the world. In the near future, anti-social behaviour isn't met with anger or complaint. It's met with a gun. And after a voyeur bulldozes her privacy on the daily commute, a young woman fights back, leading to bloody consequences. In these stories and more, you are invited to face the cold horrors of restless spirits and the ugly reality of future nightmares. You are invited to look them in eye and make your choice. Will you die laughing or live screaming?

Luke Walker has been writing horror, fantasy and dark thrillers for most of his life. The new novella The Mirror Of The Nameless has recently been published and will be followed by the prequel novel The Day Of The New Gods. The horrors The Unredeemed and Hometown are also available as are Die Laughing, a collection of short horror, and the dark fantasy Dead Sun. Ascent and The Dead Room will be published by Hellbound Books in 2018/9. Several of his short stories have been published online and in magazines/books. Luke welcomes comments at his blog which can be read at www.lukewalkerwriter.com and his Twitter page is @lukewalkerbooks. Sign up to his newsletter at www.tinyletter.com/LukeWalkerWriter He is forty and lives in England with his wife and two cats.