Tim Ritter Books

Acrid smoke filled the valley with the odors of burnt home, burnt hopes, burnt dreams, burnt flesh.On a cold night, in the short span of less than five minutes, the Ritter family crossed a threshold from which there was no return. Peaceful slumber in the early morning hours of October 27th, 1959, quickly became madness and horror.Cruel blue, orange and yellow flames leapt high into the air casting an eerie glow on three blackened and blistered survivors huddled on the ground under a towering oak. Barely visible, save for the ever-present mist emanating from their nostrils as they panted and shivered, they suffered together in a singular wailing cry.Nearby, barely conscious, broken and bleeding in the bottom of the overgrown and thorny ravine, lay another blackened and burned survivor. Worst of all, among the horrifying demise of the once-proud simple farmhouse, somewhere beneath the blaze and collapsed beams, lay two burning bodies. Their screams at last silenced.How do you continue with life when you’ve lost everything? How do you face each day when you know it means more pain from the burns? How do you get past the guilt, knowing you lived, and others died? How do you silence the echo in your head; the sound of him screaming your name as he burned alive?After more than 60 years, the story of the survivors is ready to be told…You’re invited to learn the history of this real-life tragedy, within the pages of Sarah Burning .

How "HOLIDAY THRILLERS" became "HOLIDAY HORRORS" as old St. Nick went from jolly gift-giver to punishing ax slasher in the movies. Everything from SHOT ON VIDEO Splatter Flicks to Hollywood Blockbusters... from Foreign Christmas Nightmares to Illegal Copyright Infringers - they're all here. Killer Christmas Trees! Bloody Beheadings! Bow-tied Prostitutes! Slaughtered Teens! And of course, gore-filled stockings bursting with crazed flesh-eating critters. OVER 200 FILMS!!PLUS! The exclusive behind-the-scenes story of the making of "GIFTWRAPPED & GUTTED!" The new feature length film from W.A.V.E. Productions!And because you've been good all year...24 OF HORROR'S BIGGEST CELEBRITIES SHARE THEIR PERSONAL HOLIDAY MEMORIES WITH YOU! Tim Ritter! Mark Polonia! Richard W. Haines! Dave Castiglione! Phil Herman! Gary Whitson! Mark Torgl! Jack Sholder! Doug Stone! Eric Stanze! Sasha Graham! Hugh Gallagher! Shannon Stockin! Brad Twigg! John Ward! Laura Giglio Bongiovanni! Jimmie Gonzalez! Matt Hill! Bob Dennis! Alex DiSanto! Ron Ford! David Black! Kevin Lindenmuth! Sean Donohue!

Have you ever ached so badly for someone special, you whispered their name to feel better? Have you ever been so overflowing with anger that you wanted to scream in your back yard? Have you ever felt so deliriously happy, you burst out laughing? And through it all, did you wonder if you were the only one who ever felt that way? Soul Sketches, 2nd Edition is, quite simply, an exploration of the human experience. Starting in 1986 while in college, Tim Ritter began writing poems and short stories which chronicled events in his life. Honest, poignant, and at times jarring writings filled the pages of his journals as he spent the next three decades pouring out his soul through his pen, exploring such subjects as love, marriage, divorce, death, depression, and sexuality. His short stories touch upon a variety of subjects, from childhood memories of a first crush, to facing a bully, to a humorous account of the first date with his wife. To read the pages of Soul Sketches, 2nd Edition is to find a bit of yourself, and a reassurance that whatever you have experienced, you are not alone.