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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

Original price was: $15.98.Current price is: $9.98.
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
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.8 x 8 inches
  • 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
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.8 x 8 inches
  • 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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Biters -Ebooks

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They thrive in the shadows, hungry for blood, hungry for human flesh. BITERS, from 5-time Bram Stoker Finalist Michael McCarty, is a thrilling collection of 4 zombie stories and 4 vampire tales! [su_button url="https://blackbedsheetbooks.com/michael-mccarty/" style="3d" background="#80332c" icon="icon: book"]Visit the Author's Page[/su_button] [su_button url="https://blackbedsheetbooks.com/biters/" style="3d" background="#80332c" icon="icon: book"]Want a print paperback? Click here![/su_button] Purchase the Ebook here:

Unholy Repression

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Still living at home with his narcotic-addicted mother, Cole Carney longs to find a way out and begin his career as a school teacher. After a strange incident, the mysterious Father Stanton gives him a job at his old elementary school, but he soon finds that more than just the decor has changed. As he uncovers the atrocities each room of the school presents and solves the mysteries surrounding each inhabitant, he unlocks the dark secrets of his own past. Along with a fellow teacher and a fiery journalist, Cole will try to bring down the murderous history of the school and prays that he will make it out alive. Also available in Ebook here:  Unholy Repression [su_list icon="icon: book"]
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  • Paperback: 102 pages
  • Publisher: Black Bed Sheet Books; 1st edition (November 7, 2014)
  • Language: English
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.3 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.9 ounces
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The Hollow

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Spiders. Spiders everywhere. All sizes and shapes, crawling down the walls and up through the cracks in the floorboards. Then surrounding her feet and leading her in her trance-like state out the door in the middle of the night to the cemetery down the road... This is one of many night terrors and strange urges to visit a certain little girl's grave that Maryanne Rosa has been experiencing for weeks. Someone from beyond is using them to push her towards uncovering horrific secrets about the publisher of the rising political magazine she’s an editor of.... Also available in Ebook here:  The Hollow [su_list icon="icon: book"]
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  • Paperback: 454 pages
  • Publisher: Black Bed Sheet Books; 1st edition (July 16, 2014)
  • Language: English
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 1.1 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 20.8 ounces
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Whistlestop

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In 1826 Millicent Post was burned as a witch.  Before the flames consumed her, she cursed the town of Whistlestop and vowed she would return.  Centuries later, Katie White becomes possessed by Millicent’s spirit and while Katie’s soul is held captive in a clay vessel, the resurrected witch causes havoc upon the town... 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 2021)
  • Language: English
  • Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.78 x 8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15 ounces
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