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After nearly dying in the line of duty, the FBI's top criminal profiler, Genevieve Callow, contemplates a quieter life while struggling with survivor's guilt. She's reminded every day that while she was fighting for her life, another predator was stalking the night in her hometown—the Icebox Killer. She knows now that home isn't safe. But she's haunted, tired, and barely recovered. There are other agents on the killer's tail. They should be able to catch him. Or can it only be her? Now, in one brazen act, the killer has called out to her by name, taunting her―a game of cat and mouse.

Genevieve Callow, the FBI's top criminal profiler, is growing tired of her constant race against the clock. A quieter life seems possible—until a hike in the woods around the town of Roxobel leads to the discovery of a victim's body covered in runes on a bloody altar. Local law enforcement is outmatched and under-equipped, and the townspeople are terrified by the evidence of more rituals to come. First on the scene, Callow and her team are immediately assigned to the case, her short reprieve now interrupted by a cunning and sadistic killer who knows exactly who she is.

In the middle of the apocalypse, school is still in session. Brock is at the helm of a group of survivors, and with the herd gone, things were supposed to be looking up. Unfortunately, the survivors learn that hope has a price, and in their uncertainty they look to Brock to lead them once again.

Brock’s latest decisions have created a mess of things, and his next will most likely do the same. And the surviving townsfolk look to him for answers nonetheless.

Father Noah Godfrey is no stranger to turmoil. A former soldier turned priest and son of an acclaimed exorcist; he struggles to find work. Living life under his father’s shadow is taking its toll on him. He needs money to survive, but with few viable prospects, his chances aren’t looking good. Father Zachariah, a religious zealot, separated St. Agatha’s Church from the church body and reestablished a new physical church in the middle of Texas. His return from a mission trip in Brazil raises questions.

Enter the shadowy corridors of terror with Dead Things in Dark Places, the latest collection from the master of malice, David Viergutz. Renowned for his spine-tingling narratives, Viergutz invites you to brave an anthology of all-new, horrifying tales. Each story will drag you deeper into a world of haunted asylums with echoing screams, cursed possessions whispering in the dead of night, twisted creatures lurking in the shadows, and the darkest corners of your wildest nightmares.

Hope is stamped out under the rule of the new tyrannical king. But buried deep in history lies an answer to his steel grip that nobody wants to unleash…. Risen from death, a warrior emerges—The Arbiter, a demonic sorcerer not seen in 500 years. And he’s pissed.

James’s life is falling apart at the seams. A dysfunctional marriage. Underemployment. Run-ins with the law. He yearns for redemption from what he’s done and from what he’s failed to do for his wife, Rebecca, and son, Jr. But after James’s latest incident, Rebecca attempts an ill-prepared adventure into the Rocky Mountains with Jr. to gather her thoughts. Things quickly escalate as contact is lost in the restricted area of the forest, and James embarks on a rescue mission.

Nearly everyone she trusted is dead; some by her own hand. Weary and exhausted, her body resembles that of a monster. Without order and the loss of the crown, chaos is the new norm. But Avana has a plan. To the east of her beloved kingdom is the land of Kogresh, home to a mystical healer who may have the answers she needs. Hunted, alone, and broken, Avana is once again thrust into an epic quest to rid herself of her demonic companion, clear her name, and bring her kingdom up from ruin.

Hope is stamped out under the rule of the new tyrannical king. But buried deep in history lies an answer to his steel grip that nobody wants to unleash…Risen from death, a warrior emerges — The Arbiter, a demonic sorcerer not seen in 500 years. And he’s pissed.

Newly appointed Queen Avana struggles to hold the very fabric of her kingdom together. She yearns for the days of harmony—the days when her husband, the fallen prince, was by her side. The days when demons were but a legend. But rest is a luxury even the queen can’t afford, and her mistakes weight heavily on her heart.

Brock, a powerful telekinetic, is desperate for peace, and his rest is long overdue after a year of fighting for the United Militarized Front, the last remaining hope against the dead. But the undead are unpredictable, and his humble mountain retreat is no fortress. Soon, he’s forced from his home and travels to Deep Vale, Texas in search of respite, grumbling all the way. Upon his arrival, the dreamy post-apocalyptic town is not all that it seems. Foolish people, hopeful or not, do foolish things when pushed to the edge. A fact that Brock quickly learns the hard way…

John’s life is a living nightmare. Any chance of digging himself out of the abyss disintegrated long ago. Fired, discredited, buried under crippling debt, and isolated in a west-Texas ghost-town, he’s both a pariah and a wanted man. Under an investigation for a crime he didn’t commit, he’s quickly running out of allies, and even more rapidly, losing his grip on reality. Late at night, long after the lights have gone out, it’s there. He doesn’t know where it is and what it wants with him. It lurks in the shadows, biding its time before it strikes. It beckons him.

Welcome to The Nightmare Engine — a weekly show that churns with dread and drips with dark insight. Hosted by David Viergutz, the Master of Malice, this show tears back the curtain on all things horror. From the art of scaring readers to chilling interviews with guests of the macabre—authors, occultists, scholars of the strange—you'll explore the gears that keep the genre grinding.And nestled in the static… notes from The Curator of The Dead Letters, whispering deeper truths from the shadows.This isn’t just a podcast.It’s a transmission from the other side.

Step into the chilling embrace of fear with Dead Things in Dark Places: Season 2, another haunting collection from the maestro of the macabre, David Viergutz. Known for his darkly captivating tales, Viergutz once again lures you into a sinister anthology where terror knows no bounds. Brace yourself as you unravel the mystery of an orphan whose shadow harbors a sinister secret, or traverse the eerie streets of a town shrouded in an impenetrable veil of mist, where the boundary between reality and nightmare blurs.