Beyond the Veil
by Clifton Brown
Love haunts. Legacy bites. And monsters don’t always hide in the dark.
From the depths of heartbreak to the edge of apocalypse, Wicked Shadow Whispers plunges readers into twisted worlds where grief lingers beyond the grave, the climate crisis births a new race, and East Texas forests hide more than ghost stories.
These are soul stories. And every soul comes with a price.
Seven stories. Two truths:
-Love and terror make strange bedfellows.
-The line between salvation and damnation is heartbreak-thin.
In this haunting anthology, souls are tested, timelines bent, and darkness finds new shape in the ones we love most.
A man is saved by the lover he rejected—now risen from the dead.
A climate-altered future births a misunderstood species… and a monstrous rebellion.
An alien vampire risks everything for redemption.
And a prank in the woods unleashes an ancient, umbral evil.
Demons, ghosts, and ancient gods collide in tales where grief becomes a weapon, redemption costs blood, and nothing stays buried—not even memories.
Set across timelines and genres, these stories carry a common thread:
The past always hunts the present… and sometimes, it wins.
Wicked Shadow Whispers: Beyond the Veil isn’t just a collection—it’s a gauntlet of chills, loss, redemption, and revelation.
Romance. Ruin. Resurrection. Repeat.
Some survive. Some don’t.
You’ve been warned.
I bring my dreams (nightmares) to the page, with a little bit of romance.
Clifton Brown is an author who draws deeply from his experiences in the U.S. Navy, weaving them into dark, evocative stories that explore the boundaries between light and shadow. With several published short stories and a debut fiction novel, an anthology, and two nonfiction works, Clifton has found writing to be a powerful way to navigate his past, honoring his service while exploring the catharsis of storytelling, self-healing, and discovery. His fiction often deals with the struggle for hope amid darkness, guiding characters through love and loss in unpredictable ways. As he crafts tales of demons, extraterrestrial forces, and the supernatural, Clifton brings to life flawed, yet resilient characters, pushing them toward growth even when the path is painful. His stories delve into dark fantasy, horror, sci-fi, and romance, creating a space where the mysterious and the mundane collide.
by Clifton Brown
First in the award-winning Shadow Core Saga, In the Ghost’s Shadow is a genre-blending romantic suspense with a sci-fi twist that asks the question:
Can two flawed people—one forged as a weapon, the other tempered by love—learn to use an impossible power without becoming the catastrophe they were designed to stop?