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Route 13: Highway to Hell Kindle Edition
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They try to outdo one another with blood-curdling, spine-chilling tales. Read these riveting, terrifying tales, where the authors themselves become the characters.
Be warned; it is Route 13- a highway to hell. Will you survive the journey?
Trigger warning: This book contains scenes of abuse, violence, death, rape, and swearing. It includes instances of children being harmed.
Note: The stories are written in US and UK English.
Story List
1. The Purple Grave by Jaya Pillai
2. Welcome by Sarveswari Sai Krishna
3. Pastel of the Past by Priya U Bajpai
4. Ill Conceived by Meha Sharma
5. Killing Murakami by Venkataraman Ganesan
6. The Silver Beast by Srivalli Rekha
7. Old Macdonald Had A Farm by Varadharajan Ramesh
8. The Haveli by Anshu B
9. The Artist by Yatindra Tawde
10. The Adventures of a Virgin by Tina Sequeira
11. Macabre Melody by Sreeparna Sen
12. Memory of a Face by Kanika.G
13. The Case of the Seance by Ell P
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication date10 March 2020
- File size1066 KB
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Product details
- ASIN : B085RQ4WM2
- Language : English
- File size : 1066 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 365 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #71,648 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #790 in Horror (Kindle Store)
- #1,240 in Horror (Books)
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About the authors
Tina Sequeira wears many hats, including author, marketer, blogger, founder, and mentor. Winner of the Rashtriya Gaurav Award (2019) in association with the Government of Telangana for Bhumi (2019), the Orange Flower Award (2017) by Women’s Web, Literoma Nari Samman Award (2020), and GrandQueens Leadership Award (2020) by Lions Clubs International, Women Lit of the Year Award by I.N.S.P.I.R.E Beyond Motherhood, and more, Tina has published several short stories and poems in international anthologies and literary journals. She is also the founder of ‘Write Away,’ a creative writing workshop. ‘The Tina Edit’ is among the Top 100 Writing Blogs & Websites for Authors in 2020 in the world and Top 100 Indian Lifestyle Blogs by Feedspot. Find her at http://www.thetinaedit.com or on most social media spaces @thetinaedit.
Varadharajan Ramesh read his first book when he was eight, an unabridged version of Oliver Twist, and has been enamored by the art of storytelling from then. His first attempt at writing was an aborted story about an explorer in the 1800’s Africa, which he wrote when he was ten. Varad wrote his first complete short story when he was thirty-five and he hasn’t looked back after that.
He self-published a collection of short stories called ‘Tales with a Twist’ in 2019 and has written a lot of stories for various online platforms. Presently, he is working on his debut novel.
Varad is an entrepreneur and lives with his wife and two boys in Bangalore.
Ell P (Lakshmi Priya) is a writer, artist and Leadership coach from Bangalore, India. She has over the years studied in thirteen different schools and colleges and moved across India and Europe. With an MBA in Marketing and Finance, she makes her money coaching and training people in Leadership skills.
But really, her true passion has always been spinning a damn good yarn. Her writing career began in August, 2014 when she became an integral part of the Write Club Bangalore. An avid reader and writer since childhood, she rediscovered her calling in writing fiction when Litlatte was born, a publishing platform created by Ell P and four other writers.
Apart from publishing anthologies and books, she regularly writes for the monthly edition of Write Club Magazine.
Ell P also attempts her hand at wall art and lifesize murals through www.m-artini.com.
An MBA graduate, Srivalli Rekha also has an MA in English Literature. She loves to write, blog, cook, take pictures, draw and craft silly things. She hosts a YouTube channel dedicated to vegetarian cooking. Nature is her greatest inspiration.
Her works have been a part of Sweek Flash Fiction Book 1 & 3, SweekStars 2018 Book, Tales From the Cliff, Tales From the Toybox, 72 Hours of Insanity: Anthology of the Games Volume IV, VI, & VII by Writer’s Workout, Hawk’s Nest by ArtoonsInn Room9 Publications, Route 13: Highway To Hell by The Hive. Violets in Hand and The House of Justice, her solo works available on Amazon as ebooks.
Currently living in the ‘city of Joy' Kolkata, Sreeparna Sen is a Banker by profession and finds her solace in writing. A Computer Engineer by education, she is a voracious reader.
She has authored the book Tales of Wizardencil and co authored few anthologies like Hawk's Nest, Sweek Flash fiction Book Part 2 and 4 and Sharing Lipstick.
Sarveswari Saikrishna is a short story writer, currently working towards her MFA Creative Writing degree from Writer’s Village University. Her stories are published in the literary magazines Third Lane, TMYS Review, Meanpeppervine etc. She was a finalist in the mentorship project offered by Writers Beyond Borders.
She is proud to be a part of several anthologies published by Artoonsinn and Hive and has articles published in The Open Page, The Hindu.
Her stories are available in Artoonsinn website ( https://writers.artoonsinn.com/members/sarveswari-sai-krishna/submissions/ ) .
She lives in Chennai with her family and dreams of a day when she can write without interruptions.
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The Hive is a platform dedicated to publishing anthologies of short stories, a category typically underestimated by traditional publishers. We aim to bring out anthologies of short stories, every year, starting from 2020.
Being ardent readers of short stories, we also realized the dearth good anthologies out there. So, for the love of storytelling, we decided to co-create The Hive, a non – traditional publishing collective, focusing at this point only on anthologies.
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C. D. Kester is an author of fiction who does most of his work in the horror genre. He lives in Kingwood, Texas with his wife and two children. Kester recently published his first full length novel, Chasing Demons with Alien Buddha Press. His first self-published work is a novella titled The Bunker. He has also had many stories published in anthologies, ezines, and read in podcasts and YouTube videos. You can follow him on his blog at cdkester.wordpress.com and twitter @cd_kester (https://twitter.com/CD_Kester) / Instagram @cdkester (https://www.instagram.com/cdkester)
A physicist by training and a mother of two girls, I started writing to entertain my older daughter with stories, thus opening the flood gates on a suppressed passion. Today I have written over 36 children's stories, and I blog on various parenting and feminist issues.
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I knew I was meant to be a story-teller when my best bed-time stories as a child were the ones I made up myself. And I could barely read then! I would just let my vivid imagination take over. Not much has changed. Even today, I enjoy creating fascinating characters and plots.
I find myself drawn to the supernatural and paranormal. I am both scared and fascinated. Who knows, maybe that’s where my next book will come from!
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My idea of a good horror story is one that has you cringing at each turn but has you turning the page nonetheless. It leaves a mark on you in the form of horrific images or an aura of haunting, that your brain throws up when you are alone or it is dark and you are alone. And then there are some stories that give you nightmares in broad daylight or have your mind running on overdrive that your dreams turn into wild adventures to combat unseen forces. This book has all these types of stories.
Also, I really enjoyed the little conversations between the authors that acts as a hook to draw the reader to the next story and makes it difficult to put the book down. The book also features a set of 26 mini tales, which proves that there are a host of writers with wild imaginations.
Each author in the book has their own unique voice, and I think their efforts warrants a few words about each of them.
1. The Purple Grave: The setting contributes towards the mood of this story and story sets up the sombre mood for rest of the anthology.
2. Welcome: A page-turner, a horrific thriller that you will gobble up as fast as you can read.
3. Pastel of the Past: Get ready to get your insides twisted in knots before you read this one.
4. Ill conceived: Loved the play on the title of the story. A horror that features one of India’s prevalent social evils, which is the real horror.
5. Killing Murakami: The title draws you in. You know a horror story had struck its mark when a week after reading it you can recall in intricate detail the moments that made you gag.
6. The Silver Beast: A horror story with an unexpected twist. Read to find out what beast this poet's mind has unleashed.
7. Old MacDonald Had A Farm: An original out-of-the-box story that will never let you view nursery rhymes the same way again. It will leave you will images that will haunt and screw with your dreams. Not for the faint-hearted.
8. Haveli - An Indian setting that we relate to horror stories. It felt like a horror drama series unfolding. Good storytelling.
9.The Artist- You know what is going to happen, but you still cannot stop reading it. Another one that haunts.
10. The Adventures of a Virgin: This plays out like scenes from a horror film with a possessed theme with the Devil, the virgin and a slew of morality lacking/wanting characters thrown into the mix.
11. Macabre Melody: A different take on the haunted bungalow which leaves the reader rooting for the protagonist's fate.
12. Memory of a Face - A story will both a psychological angle as well a social message. Expect the unexpected.
13. The Case of the Seance - This one is twisted with some dollops of gore stirred in. The characterisation of the protagonist was what made this story come to life and then stay with me.
Welcome, Pastel of the past, Ill conceived, The Haveli, The Artist, Macabre Melody & Memory of a face are the stories I liked. The rest were too gory for my taste. The way the writers converse leading to the next story is well written.
Horror story lovers, grab this copy.
The stories were surprisingly gory, with the characters insouciantly chopping off heads and various body parts.
I also loved the prologue and the bits connecting each chapter, that showed a bit of the authors' personalities.
Great job!