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Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer is a Michigan writer. Since starting out as a 17 year-old, with a weekly newspaper, he has authored the novels The Lighthouse, Fire Sale, The Sisigwad Papers and the Last Big Hit. He has also written a number of short stories that have been featured in various publications. A lifelong Waterford resident, he and his wife Colleen have three children.

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Dark Harbors

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If you liked the spine-tingling, Stoker-inspired terror of Shadows In the Dark, then you will love the collection of related stories that takes place around the same point at the turn of the 19th century around the Great Lakes. The Great Lakes have always been filled with beauty, awe and mystery. Now they offer up waves of frightening tales of suspense and terror. Also available in Ebook here:  Dark Harbors [su_list icon="icon: book"]
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  • Paperback: 270 pages
  • Publisher: Black Bed Sheet Books; 1st edition (April 7, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.7 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
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From Paradise to Hell

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From motorcycle zombies to enigmatic vampires, bloodthirsty beasts, vengeful specters, “skinwalkers,” hauntings, killer Walking Dolls to ghost stories straight from the author's past, let author Tom Sawyer take you on an exciting and perilous road trip/exploration of the darker shadows and what lurks within them throughout the otherwise “Pleasant Peninsula” of the Great Lakes: Michigan! Also available in Ebook here:  From Paradise to Hell [su_list icon="icon: book"]
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  • Paperback: 346 pages
  • Publisher: Black Bed Sheet Books; 1st edition (March 1, 2016)
  • Language: English
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.9 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.8 ounces
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In Rod We Trust

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There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. This is a dimension of imagination. In the case of these stories, it is where author Tom Sawyer’s imagination takes flight. Mr. Sawyer, as a popular Michigan horror fiction author of many delights ( From Paradise to Hell, Dark Harbors), pays an ultimate tribute to Rod Serling’s own imagination, which influenced viewers around the world since its inception decades ago with The Twilight Zone TV series. Here, Sawyer continues the tradition seamlessly on these pages. So sit back, relax, and cross over into the sight and sound and of mind which is.....The Twilight Zone. Also available in Ebook here: [su_list icon="icon: book"]
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  • Paperback: 220 pages
  • Publisher: Black Bed Sheet Books; 1st edition (May, 2020)
  • Language: English
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.6 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces
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In Rod We Trust Again

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There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. You should all know that by now. This is a dimension which began, on national television, with Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Here, Michigan horror writer Tom Sawyer (White Out) presents to you even further provocative and eerie tales as a follow-up to his first two collections in his series In Rod We Trust. Also available in Ebook here: [su_list icon="icon: book"]
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Black Bed Sheet Books; 1st edition (June, 2023)
  • Language: English
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.64 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13 ounces
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In Rod We Trust Some More

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Michigan horror writer Tom Sawyer (White Out, Dark Harbors) presents his fourth collection inspired by Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone television series and every thrilling tale in this collection portrays many captivating characters from many time periods told in the unique and original way only the author can convey, Also available in Ebook here: [su_list icon="icon: book"]
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  • Paperback: 426 pages
  • Publisher: Black Bed Sheet Books; 1st edition (March 2024)
  • Language: English
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x .61 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight:  9.6 ounces
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In Rod We Trust Too

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There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man.  This is a dimension of imagination.  In the case of these stories, it is THE 2nd TIME where author Tom Sawyer’s imagination takes flight in an explosive follow-up to IN ROD WE TRUST, a collection of stories uniquely inspired by Rod Serling's THE TWILIGHT ZONE television series.   Also available in Ebook here: [su_list icon="icon: book"]
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  • Paperback: 250 pages
  • Publisher: Black Bed Sheet Books; 1st edition (July, 2020)
  • Language: English
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.6 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces
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Read Us or Die

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The first official publisher's anthology featuring the exemplary talents of the authors of BLACK BED SHEET BOOKS! "Black Bed Sheet is not only a publisher of fantastically creative horror books but knows the meaning of heart and integrity....Grabowsky has taken BBS to heights that few could have imagined with his drive, determination and talent, along with the talent in his stable. If you haven't read anything from BBS, it's past time you did but it's never too late!" --- Gene Tipton, A SHOT IN THE DARK COMICS Also available in Ebook here:  Read Us or Die [su_list icon="icon: book"]
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  • Paperback: 426 pages
  • Publisher: Black Bed Sheet Books; 1st edition (August 10, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 25.6 ounces
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Shadows in the Dark

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A year after the events in Bram Stoker's Dracula, unrelated but similar diabolical occurrences took place in the Great Lakes area of a young United States. Evil has booked passage aboard the Great American as it sets sail for Chicago. Aware of the ship's dark reputation of death and mysterious mishap, a desperate crew composed of a murderous convict, two priests, a doctor of sorts and able-bodied misfits falls prey one by one to a formidable evil on the open sea. It's old-school vampires inspired by Bram Stoker's original vampire tale as well as the Hammer films, told with originality by a new voice in horror fiction. Also available in Ebook here:  Shadows in the Dark [su_list icon="icon: book"]
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  • Paperback: 338 pages
  • Publisher: Black Bed Sheet Books; 1st edition (May 1, 2013)
  • Language: English
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  • Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
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The Thing from Uranus

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Michigan author Tom Sawyer invites you into a world where, just like his acclaimed line of horror works (From Paradise to Hell, Shadows in the Dark), the reader is plunged into sights and sounds and storylines that stretch the boundaries of imagination into the nightmarish. This solid collection marks the debut of Mr. Sawyer into the realm of Science Fiction with a central alien invasion theme where mysterious dandelion patches, extraterrestrial zoos and otherworldly entities abound, weaving a literary fabric that is altogether enthralling, whimsical, endearing, and from the very start you’re in for a wild and Twilight Zone-inspired ride! Also available in Ebook here:  [su_list icon="icon: book"]
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  • Paperback: 306 pages
  • Publisher: Black Bed Sheet Books; 1st edition (May 18, 2019)
  • Language: English
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  • Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces
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White Out

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The weather outside is frightful. As a monster snowstorm crosses the midwest, it brings with it sub-zero temperatures, snow, ice, fog, and something far deadlier....ancient, and with an unquenchable desire for human flesh: The Windego. [su_button url="https://blackbedsheetbooks.com/tom-sawyer/" style="3d" background="#80332c" icon="icon: book"]Visit the Author's Page[/su_button] [su_button url="https://blackbedsheetbooks.com/white-out-ebooks/" style="3d" background="#80332c" icon="icon: book"]Want White Out Ebooks in any format? View here[/su_button] Purchase the Print Book Here:

Praise for Tom Sawyer

“Sawyer’s character development is sound and leaves one with a firm mental image of who the characters are.”  Wally Woj, from Amazon review

“I loved all the characters in the book and it has a good story line. I would like to read more books by Tom Sawyer.”  Celeste A. White from Amazon review regarding Shadows in the Dark

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Mia’s Tempest –Ebooks

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Mia’s tempest is a long look at what could go wrong if our world could fight back. How that fight might affect individual lives, and how just one person’s unwillingness to take responsibility for their actions could damn us all. In the span of a single year, we walk in the shoes of those people, to try and understand what it is to be human in a world full of horror, magic, and fear of what the next season might bring. [su_button url="https://blackbedsheetbooks.com/l-a-nantz/" style="3d" background="#80332c" icon="icon: book"]Visit the Author's Page[/su_button] Purchase the Ebook here:  

Devil’s Maintenance

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What would the U.S. government do if they actually caught the Devil? Where would they keep him? What would they do with him? If they used him, what would the cost be?  In an abandoned nuclear submarine buried beneath the Greenland ice shelf, the National Security Agency’s new Information Assurance Technical Director, Ray Peterson, is revealed the greatest secret the U.S. government has ever kept. Daniel Edgar Vincent Ivan Liberty, codenamed Devil, has an intellect so vast, there is no puzzle he can't solve, no computer system too complex to create or control, and the thing he enjoys most is manipulating the fleeting lives of human beings. Also available in Ebook here:  Devil's Maintenance [su_list icon="icon: book"]
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  • Paperback: 92 pages
  • Publisher: Black Bed Sheet Books; 1st edition (June 20, 2016)
  • Language: English
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.2 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.4 ounces
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Fright House -Ebooks

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Fright House is waiting to be unlocked.   And she is the key.  Penny Winters can see ghosts. Or she’s insane. Desperate and on the run, she lucks into a job at Fright House. But a one time insane asylum turned Halloween attraction is the last place she should be. Workers start disappearing. The walls move. And Penny's past comes back to haunt her as Fright House's tormented spirits awaken. [su_button url="https://blackbedsheetbooks.com/fred-wiehe/" style="3d" background="#80332c" icon="icon: book"]Visit the Author's Page[/su_button] [su_button url="https://blackbedsheetbooks.com/fright-house/" style="3d" background="#80332c" icon="icon: book"]Want a print paperback? Click here![/su_button] Purchase the Ebook here:

In Rod We Trust Too

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There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man.  This is a dimension of imagination.  In the case of these stories, it is THE 2nd TIME where author Tom Sawyer’s imagination takes flight in an explosive follow-up to IN ROD WE TRUST, a collection of stories uniquely inspired by Rod Serling's THE TWILIGHT ZONE television series.   Also available in Ebook here: [su_list icon="icon: book"]
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  • Paperback: 250 pages
  • Publisher: Black Bed Sheet Books; 1st edition (July, 2020)
  • Language: English
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.6 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces
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