William Meikle Books

Exploring the perils of dark places, both external and internal, this collection features a diverse array of characters and elements, including ghosts, Scotsmen, a Mothman, and even a shoggoth. William Meikle weaves together tales that blend horror with rich storytelling, showcasing his ability to create atmospheric narratives filled with unexpected twists. Critics praise his craftsmanship and the blend of beauty and nightmare in his writing, highlighting his significant contributions to modern horror fiction.

The adventurers from THE LAND BELOW return to the cavern under the Austrian Alps. At first it is a rescue mission, but soon Danny, Stefan, Ed and Elsa find themselves in a fight for survival. A perilous journey across an underground sea brings them to a lost island and fresh adventures, but their attempts to return to the surface only serve to make their situation worse. Now they must flee for their lives, with all the denizens of that strange island at their heels.

Exploring the enduring power of storytelling, this book delves into how the narratives crafted by writers continue to resonate and evoke fear long after their creators are gone. It emphasizes the idea that stories possess a life of their own, waiting to be rediscovered and retold, capturing the imagination of new audiences. Through this lens, the book reflects on the timeless impact of literature and the haunting nature of tales that linger in the collective consciousness.

A remote high valley in the Canadian Rockies hides an ecosystem that has been lost in time. A small team of prospectors and their local guides are looking for gold. What they find is blood and terror and death.The valley's monstrous inhabitants are not about to let go of its secrets lightly.

In this latest in the popular S-Squad series the team are sent into a remote area of the Libyan desert to rescue a team of researchers who have gone missing. When their search leads them to a lost city in a high desert canyon they find that they are also following in the footsteps of a previous Scottish squad, a team from the Victorian era. The city is overrun with an infestation and soon the squad are separated and under siege. Can they avoid the fate that befell their predecessors and find their way to safety?

When the end came, it wasn't zombies, asteroids, global warming or nuclear winter. It was something that escaped from a lab. Something small, and very hungry.It starts with deadly rain that delivers death where it falls, but soon the whole planet is under threat as the infection spreads, consuming everything before it.A band of survivors on the Eastern coast of Canada watch as their world falls and crumbles to ruin. The infection seems relentless. More than that, it seems to be learning, adapting and evolving faster than they can fight it. Worse still-it is infecting not just their bodies, but is creeping into their minds, dancing in their dreams.Can they stop it before it takes them?Or must they all join in the final dance of death?

A small group of industrial archaeologists head into the center of Newfoundland, investigating a rumor of a lost prospecting team of Irish miners in the late Nineteenth century. They find the remains of a mining operation, and a journal and papers detailing the extent of the miners' activities. But there is something else on the site, something older than the miners, as old as the rock itself. Soon the archaeologists are coming under assault, from a strange infection that spreads like wildfire through mind and body, one that doctors seem powerless to define let alone control. The survivors only have one option. They must return to the mine, and face what waits for them, down in the deep dark places, where the green meets the black.

Sometimes the monsters are real...For Tor and Skald this is their first viking raid, and their minds are full of thoughts of honor and glory. What awaits them are beasts - huge, hairy and fanged, the Alma will not suffer intruders in their domain. When the Vikings slaughter a female Alma they soon find themselves in the middle of a bloody revenge. Now they must stand and be counted, for their destinies await in the mountains, where the hairy ones dance.

There are houses like this all over the world. Most people only know of them from whispered stories over campfires; tall tales told to scare the unwary. But some-those who suffer-know better. They are drawn to these places to ease their pain. If you have the will, the fortitude, you can peer into another life, where the dead are not gone, where your love might live forever. But that's not the case for the residents of the Edinburgh house, for something has disturbed the quiet reflection in that old building. A creature has slipped through, sniffling and snuffling in all the dark places, disrupting the balance of time and space. And it's John's job to fix it...by any means necessary.