New Releases by Erik Shein

In the quiet town of Willow Creek, eight-year-old Emily Porter stumbles upon a mysterious well hidden deep in the woods. The ominous inscription—”Be Careful What You Wish For”—does little to deter her from making a simple wish: for her family to be happy forever. But when her wish seems to come true, strange and terrifying events begin to unfold. As shadows flicker unnaturally and whispers fill the air, Emily’s brother, Jake, falls mysteriously ill. The family soon realizes that the well demands a deadly price for every wish granted. Now, as the supernatural presence grows stronger, Emily’s family must confront the ancient evil lurking beneath the well or risk losing everything. Malathor’s Well is a chilling tale of wish fulfillment gone wrong, where the line between hope and horror blurs, and the price of happiness may be too steep to bear.

Maya Scott is just trying to make it home after a long night of studying, but when she misses her usual bus, a strange, decaying vehicle appears at the stop. With no other way home, she boards, only to realize that the passengers—and the driver—are not among the living. Trapped on a route to nowhere, Maya quickly discovers that this isn’t just a late-night bus ride; it’s a journey into the supernatural. As the minutes tick away and the bus draws closer to its final destination, Maya must find a way to escape the clutches of this phantom vehicle before she becomes another soul lost to the Hollow Route. The Hollow Route is a haunting tale of survival, terror, and the dark forces that lurk in the shadows of the night. Maya’s fight to escape the spectral bus becomes a race against time as she faces the ultimate question: Will she find a way out, or will she become another ghostly passenger on this doomed ride?

The Trilogy of Fright invites readers into a world where every turn leads deeper into terror: In Frightwritten, Claire Monroe inherits her aunt’s cottage, only to discover it harbors a dark presence determined to consume her mind and finish a sinister story at any cost. Malathor’s Well follows young Emily Porter, whose innocent wish unleashes a malevolent force from a cursed well, threatening her family with devastating consequences. In The Hollow Route, Maya Scott boards a haunted bus where the dead ride in silence—and the only escape is a race against time. Three chilling tales. One spine-tingling collection. The Trilogy of Fright will leave you questioning the boundary between life and the supernatural. Will you dare to read it?

Claire Monroe’s dreams of becoming a celebrated writer seem out of reach—until she inherits an isolated cottage and the literary estate of her mysterious Aunt Eleanor, a reclusive author who perished under strange circumstances. But as Claire digs into Eleanor’s final, unfinished manuscript, she unearths far more than words on a page. The cottage itself harbors an ancient malevolence, a presence that haunts her every move, twisting her thoughts and consuming her creative energy. Trapped within the walls of the house, Claire must confront the terrifying spirit that claimed her aunt’s life before it claims her own. Frightwritten is a chilling tale of ambition, legacy, and the thin veil between reality and nightmare. As Claire’s grip on her sanity slips, she must finish what Eleanor started—before the story finishes her.

Detective Mara Lawson has seen her share of brutal crimes, but nothing could prepare her for the gruesome murder that would change everything. A lifeless body, carved with strange occult symbols, lies at the center of a mystery that defies logic and reason. As Mara digs deeper, she uncovers a trail of ancient rituals, demonic forces, and a secretive cult known as The Devil’s Greenhouse—one that seeks to unleash unspeakable horrors upon the world. With the help of Hunter Eldritch, a reclusive demonologist, and a priest whose faith has been shaken to its core, Mara must confront her greatest fears. Together, they unravel a conspiracy that reaches back centuries, buried in the shadows of history. As the lines between reality and the supernatural blur, Mara races against time to stop a ritual that could bring about the end of days. But in a world where faith is tested and evil knows no bounds, the cost of failure is unimaginable. With the city—and perhaps the world—on the brink of apocalypse, Mara must decide how far she is willing to go to stop the darkness from consuming everything she holds dear. The Devil''s Greenhouse is a gripping tale of suspense, where ancient horrors collide with modern-day heroism, and the fight for humanity’s soul begins.

Samantha Taylor is not your average teenager. From the moment she could speak, her first words were filled with questions of the way things worked around her. With a father who fostered her love of science, mirroring his own, Sam is fascinated with genetics and computer programming, two things that have been known to get her into trouble from time to time. While her eccentricities might make it difficult to make friends at her school, she does have one friend, a teenage boy named Charlie who dreams of one day becoming a paleontologist due to his obsession with all things primordial. Especially after the two of them discover the fossil of a triceratops in the back of his uncle''s property.Sam''s world seems complete, until one life-altering accident bumps it off its axis, sending her in a tailspin she cannot control. When her best friend Charlie is in a coma, Sam feels the only way to bring him back is to create the one thing he dreamed of seeing his entire life, a living breathing dinosaur. She spends every waking hour, creating a virtual reality program that will help her manipulate the genetic code trapped with the rocks that contained the primordial DNA. The DNA of the triceratops they found that has been preserved far beneath the earth. She knew she could crack the code, but the consequences were never figured into the equation....Sam is catapulted into mass chaos as helicopters fly over her house and she finds that everything she thought was true is tarnished in deception. The consequences of her actions have them fleeing for their lives....

Evil stirs in the darkness. Seraphina Miles can feel it bleeding into the world around her, suffocating the life of every living creature. The shadows become its playground, while it stalks the new Guardian. Evil will not stop until it possesses the magic flowing through her veins.Part of her wants to run as fast as her feet can carry her, but Sera''s destiny prevents her from giving in to her fears. Too much is at stake. Now that she is aligned with the elemental fire rippling just beneath the surface, the fourteen-year-old must learn to control her element without unleashing its rage onto the world around her. With the mythical phoenix at her side, Sera''s next step is to align the winged serpent, Challis, with the next Guardian, so that the golden serpent can rise again. From the very moment Sera gives Maya her amulet, the two girls find themselves on a race against time. Maya must possess the courage to become the next Guardian and harness the elemental winds that whip around her. If the new Guardian cannot master her new powers, all will be lost. With no room for error, the girls must combine their magic to protect the world from Bianca before she unleashes the deadliest creature to ever walk the earth.

Courage has no bounds... A great tusker is in trouble, and destiny calls Thunder again. When a great tusker is captured by the uprights, Tusker''s mate, Thandi, seeks out the legendary Thunder to save her mate. Thunder and Razor are on a rescue mission, and time isn''t on their side. And when a young gifted boy, Jabari, drops from the trees wanting to help, Thunder is unsure what to trust, instinct or his heart. He could use the boy''s help, but uprights got them into this mess in the first place...

When Aurora was born, her destiny was already determined. The legend predicted that the Spirit Bear would become a symbol of peace and hope for the world. Unfortunately, being part of a legend came with a price, one that many humans would pay greatly for. When Aurora and her brother are captured by human trappers, she must find the courage to survive so that she could become the Spirit Bear that others need her to be.