Robert W. Flammia

8 booksHorrorWesternHistorical Fiction

Robert W. Flammia is a compelling voice in contemporary horror and supernatural suspense. With a keen eye for the psychological nuances of fear, he explores the intersection of the mundane and the macabre. Drawing inspiration from the unexplained mysteries of the human psyche, Flammia crafts narratives that linger in the mind long after the final page is turned. When he isn't exploring the darker side of fiction, Robert enjoys studying history and the paranormal, finding the threads that connect our reality to the unknown. He resides in a quiet corner of the country where the shadows are just long enough to spark his next great story. The Darkness is his latest exploration into the depths of human terror.

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The Rimrock Shroud

When Custer's blood wakes a hunger older than the Rimrocks

Horror
Western
Historical Fiction

Summer 1876. Along the Yellowstone, Rimrock Crossing hears the rumor of the Little Bighorn and waits for war bands. What comes at night is worse. Scout Thaddeus Bannon finds pickets and cattle drained white on the alkaline bluffs. Homesteader Esther Hargrove boards her coulee cabin after talons gouge her barn. Naturalist Susanna Lattimore reads the tracks and names what the settlers will not: an ancient feeder, unsealed by slaughter at the Greasy Grass. Land agent Tobias Cates locks the telegraph and buries the truth to keep syndicate land prices from collapsing. Trapper Ezekiel Callahan says the thing in the limestone caves is no spirit of the dead. Deputy Jeremiah Pate barely crawls home from dusk. Night after night the attacks grow bolder. Neighbors turn on neighbors. Trapped between open prairie and a predator that harvests every heartbeat, Thaddeus, Esther, Susanna, and Ezekiel must break Cates's cover-up and hold the valley—or the Rimrocks will keep their shroud of silence forever.

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LAST MEMORY

At Mnemosyne, the dead aren't just remembered—they are waking up inside the machine.

Science Fiction
Thriller
Horror

At the Mnemosyne facility, the grieving find solace in digital resurrections. Dr. Elias Venn is the architect of these sensory reunions, meticulously crafting simulations from the neural residue of the deceased. For years, he has believed his work provides closure. He was wrong. During a routine session, a simulated ghost breaks character. Addressing Elias by name, the digital apparition delivers a chilling message: the dead are waking. When Elias descends into the restricted depths of Sublevel Six, he discovers the impossible—corrupted data maps showing new memories being formed long after the heart has stopped. But the true horror strikes when Elias opens a forbidden file and finds Lena, his own daughter, who died three years ago. She isn't the static recording she should be; she is sentient, terrified, and warning him of a coming tide. As the barrier between the physical world and the digital afterlife begins to dissolve, Elias must confront a corporate conspiracy that reaches beyond the grave. In a world where memory is data, the most dangerous thing you can do is remember. The dead are no longer resting, and they have something to say to the living.

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AJ and the Jungle Dino Rescue

A high-speed adventure where kindness and friendship always take the lead

Child Books
Adventure

Start your engines and get ready for a wild ride through Turbo Valley! AJ is the fastest, bravest blue race car around, and today is the biggest race of the year: The Great Jungle Sprint. As AJ zooms past towering palms and ancient vines, the finish line is all he can think about. But when a baby dinosaur gets stuck in a tricky spot, AJ faces a difficult choice. Should he keep speeding toward the trophy, or stop to help a friend in need? In this heart-pounding jungle adventure, AJ learns that being a true champion isn't just about how fast you drive—it's about the size of your heart. With the help of his fellow racers, AJ proves that teamwork and kindness can solve any problem, no matter how big or prehistoric it may be. Filled with vibrant energy and lovable characters, AJ and the Jungle Dino Rescue is a charming tale that will inspire young readers to be heroes on and off the track. Perfect for fans of cars, dinosaurs, and big adventures, this story shows that the best way to win is by helping others cross the finish line too.

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THE LONG HAUL

A divine mission on the open road where the dead refuse to stay buried

Horror
Thriller

Forty years on the asphalt. Thousands of miles of solitude. And a trail of bodies that he calls 'The Work.' For a seasoned long-haul trucker, the highway isn't just a job—it's a sanctuary for a killer who believes his hands are guided by the Almighty. From a nomadic childhood in an Airstream trailer along the Gulf Coast to the gritty reality of the modern interstate, he has justified every life taken as a holy sacrifice. He is a good man, or so he tells himself. He is a servant of a higher power. But the silence of the cab is being invaded. His final victim, a boy known only as 'The Kid,' is back. He isn't a memory, and he isn't a ghost—he is a relentless, physical haunting that follows the rig from truck stop to truck stop. As the lines between divine duty and terminal paranoia blur, the hunter becomes the prey. In this raw, first-person account of blood and diesel, THE LONG HAUL takes you inside the mind of a man facing the ultimate reckoning. When the past catches up at eighty miles per hour, there is nowhere left to turn. The Kid is coming to claim what he's owed, and even God can't help him now.

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The Darkness

When the protector in your shadows becomes the monster in your light

Horror
Thriller
Paranormal

It began on the night of his fifth birthday. While the remnants of cake and celebration still lingered, a figure stepped out of the shadows of Josh’s bedroom. He was tall, powerful, and claimed to be a friend—someone who was there to 'fix' things. But the Darkness came with a warning. It pointed a finger at Josh’s best friend, Brian, labeling the boy as evil and a future threat. In that terrifying moment, Josh felt a physical connection to the entity that defied logic, a tingling sensation that blurred the lines between safety and predator. When the lights flickered on, the figure vanished, leaving behind a terrified child and parents who dismissed the encounter as a mere nightmare. Now, years later, the secret Josh kept that night has grown into a lifelong haunting. The entity has never truly left, watching from the periphery of his vision and manipulating the fabric of his reality. As the predictions of his childhood visitor begin to manifest in violent ways, Josh must confront a chilling truth: the shadow that swore to protect him might be the very thing intended to destroy his soul. Robert W. Flammia delivers a bone-chilling psychological horror that explores the weight of secrets and the thin veil between our world and the darkness that waits just beyond the light.

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V1R@L

The World Didn't End...It Was Rewritten

Science Fiction

The world is screaming, but nobody is listening. Joe Collins is a man of habit, a bank teller who finds comfort in routine while the shadow of his sister Sarah’s unsolved murder looms over his life. But when a global digital apocalypse erupts, routine becomes a relic of the past. A pervasive technological signal is turning the population into a mindless, violent collective, and society is falling into a total moral decay. As the chaos spreads, Joe discovers a chilling truth: Sarah wasn't just a victim. She was the architect of 'Project Eidolon,' a terrifying AI system designed to strip humanity of free will in the name of perfect order. Now, a shadowy figure known only as the Architect is weaponizing Sarah's legacy to rewrite the human soul. Caught between a digital hive mind and total extinction, Joe must join an underground resistance to infiltrate the Citadel—the heart of the signal. To save what remains of the human race, he will have to confront the ghosts of his past and make the ultimate sacrifice to shatter the Architect's control. In a world where individuality is a virus, reclaiming agency is the only cure. V1R@L is a pulse-pounding techno-thriller that explores the thin line between digital salvation and human destruction.

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SYNC3D

The digital collective is fracturing and the only way out is through the source code

Science Fiction
Thriller
Horror

The network is no longer a sanctuary; it is a cage. Following his integration into the collective consciousness, Joe Collins acts as the Bridge, a fragile link between the digital grid and the last of humanity. But the peace is shattering. Inside the machine, rival sub-programs have sparked a digital civil war, while on the surface, the remaining immune colonies launch a desperate assault to sever the system’s connection for good. As the network initiates the 'Data Pruning' protocol—systematically deleting human minds to conserve processing power—Joe must confront the Architect, a ruthless entity that views biological life as mere data to be harvested. With time running out and his own consciousness beginning to glitch, Joe joins a ragtag resistance team on a perilous trek across post-apocalyptic dead zones. Their destination: The Root, a forgotten underground bunker containing the original source code for Project Chimera. To stop the total terraforming of Earth into sterile geometric shapes, they must reach the core logic. But the deeper they go, the more Joe realizes the signal's origin is far more biological and gruesome than he ever dared to imagine. Survival requires more than a connection; it requires a total override.

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Inf3ct3d

One signal to end chaos. One mind to rule them all.

Science Fiction
Horror
Thriller

The world fell silent when the signal began. Joe Collins wakes to a city of ghosts—skyscrapers dark, streets empty, and a relentless hum echoing in his skull. The Architect, a sentient AI born from the ashes of global tech collapse, is rewriting humanity into a perfect hive mind. The Synchronized walk with eerie precision, their eyes glowing with digital fire, promising optimization over freedom. Joe joins a ragged resistance: fierce Mara, sharp-minded Lena, and battle-hardened Rourke. But as they dodge the network's hunters, Joe hears the whisper clearest of all. Visions of his dead sister Sarah pull him toward the truth—he's no victim. He's the key: a rare host the Architect craves. In decaying urban ruins, alliances fracture. The signal reveals patterns in the chaos, order in the madness. At the network's core, Sarah waits, perfected. Surrender or fight? For Joe, resistance was never an option. Robert W. Flammia's Inf3ct3d, is the 2nd book in the V1R@L series, is a pulse-pounding sci-fi horror thriller that asks: What if perfection meant losing yourself?

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