Ryan C. Thomas Books in Order

Home from college, Roger Huntington expects a carefree summer with his best friend Tooth. A trip to shoot cans at Bobcat Mountain instead leaves them at the mercy of a sadistic killer, facing impossible choices in their struggle to survive.

Two rival New York news anchors need exclusive stories to protect their jobs and boost their ratings. When each gains access to a different serial killer, their competition for attention helps turn the city into a bloody media spectacle.

Dorothy and Toto arrive in an Oz where the Wicked Witch's curse has raised the dead. Joined by familiar companions, they must survive monsters and hungry corpses on the road to the mysterious Wizard, hoping he can end the nightmare.

Ten years after surviving torture, Roger Huntington has built a quiet life in California, working as a painter and nursing feelings for a colleague. The peace he depends on begins to collapse as new horrors threaten to eclipse his past.

Four friends in a small town expect an end-of-summer party to mark their approaching high school years. Instead, an outbreak of mutated undead forces them to make desperate decisions and fight together for a chance to survive.

A mining explosion in the Congo releases enormous jumping spiders, trapping Janet Beaudette and her crew in dangerous tunnels. As journalists nearby discover signs of the creatures, a violent militia adds another threat to their desperate search for escape.

A neighbor's claims about invisible aliens seem impossible until strange shapes begin appearing at the edge of vision and the town's cats behave oddly. Familiar surroundings become threatening as uncertainty grows about what can be seen or believed.

A scientist joins a technology company and develops a program intended to carry humanity to Mars. When the undead appear and begin killing his colleagues, he discovers that his employers have concealed a dangerous secret behind their ambitious work.

After escaping their infected hometown with vital information, young survivors must reach San Diego before the plague overtakes them. With shelter scarce and the undead developing terrifying new forms, their journey becomes a struggle against an increasingly unstoppable threat.

Roger Huntington travels to Berlin to pursue an elusive serial killer with support from new allies. When their identities and his benefactor's motives become suspect, he must untangle the deception before the hunt claims everyone involved in it.

Rescued from dog fighting, Lucas treasures a peaceful life with his new owner, Paul. When a wizard kidnaps Paul as part of a plan to destroy humanity, the loyal dog must confront violence again to bring him home.

Connor and Amanita reach a southern California military base, but its dwindling supplies and surrounding monsters offer little security. As other nations prepare nuclear retaliation against America, the survivors must search for a cure before humanity runs out of time.

A man fears pursuing entities, a father battles nature to save his daughter, and a woman discovers time travel's dangers. These short stories explore supernatural menace, desperate choices, and madness through people confronting forces that overturn their familiar lives.

Roger Huntington returns to his hometown after the murder of his late best friend's father echoes an old nightmare. Joining Sheriff Teddy's investigation means confronting painful memories and the possibility that another killer is exploiting the town's unresolved wounds.

Wilson, an autistic young man fascinated by insects, becomes a focus of suspicion when people close to him are murdered. Two Rhode Island detectives investigate his history, trying to determine whether he is responsible or another danger lies behind the deaths.

A mysterious cowboy gives Mr. Baker until midnight to kill either his wife or his daughter, threatening both if he refuses. With only hours remaining, Baker must uncover the stranger's motive and find a way to save his family.

On her first field assignment, CIA analyst Rhonda White investigates a stranger associating with New York arms dealers. People he meets die and return as violent killers, drawing her toward a mysterious substance and a threat reaching far beyond the city.

Four teenagers planning a quiet weekend in a New England town awaken an evil summoned more than a century earlier. As strange disturbances become deadly attacks, they have only hours to understand the creature and prevent it from feeding.

Chicago mob brothers Mallory and Kelly face enemies on every side during a blizzard. A giant Viking, a swordsman, mysterious glowing wood, and supernatural violence transform an ordinary criminal job into a struggle against forces far beyond the mob.

Zombies, ghosts, and monstrous encounters populate this collection of short horror fiction. Thomas moves among supernatural threats and disturbing situations in stories that turn ordinary expectations toward danger, bringing together previously published work and tales first collected here.

The world's water vanishes within days, leaving people struggling with thirst and approaching death. In Southern California, an aimless man named Cameron tries to protect his estranged wife and child while seeking an explanation for the impossible disaster.