Terrafide - by Hyatt (Paperback)

About the Book

Ordinary people collide with the bizarre, the terrifying, and the darkly funny in this genre-bending sci-fi and horror collection. Every story twists reality-and reveals just how strange our world might truly be.

Book Synopsis

Reality is already strange. Terrafide pushes it over the edge.

In Terrafide: Tales from the Edge of Sci-Fi, Horror, & Humor, everyday lives collide with the bizarre, the terrifying, and the absurd. This genre-bending collection explores a universe that looks unsettlingly like our own-until it doesn't.

A burned-out checkout clerk caring for her senile mother rethinks retail hell. A haunted police officer confronts an alien invasion he can't outrun. A scientist fighting to save her marriage may also be humanity's last hope. A washed-up punk band reunites in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. A tourist app matches two strangers with a murder to solve. An exterminator plots to restore his hometown's radioactive "glory days." A humanlike machine balances a headache with control of the solar system. And a used car dealership's cutthroat sales tactics turn lethally real.

Part Black Mirror, part Stranger Things, part Saturday Night Live, Hyatt delivers sharp, darkly funny stories that thrill, unsettle, and linger-proving why Fanbase Press calls him "one of the greatest new authors of dystopian fiction."

Review Quotes

"Ryan Hyatt has been making a name for himself as a modern agent provocateur of unsettling fiction." - Tony Caballero, Reviewer, Fanbase Press

"In Terrafide, Ryan Hyatt blends sci-fi, horror, and dark humor to reveal a world where rigid systems devastate humanity. These stories are viciously smart and expose the quiet terror of efficiency mistaken for progress." - Jon Bassoff, Author, The Memory Ward

"Smart sci-fi/horror mashups are always a delight to read. Ryan Hyatt weaves relevant topics into action-packed stories with relatable characters, whimsy, and carnage, proving thinking can be fun." - Lucy Leitner, Author, Outrage: Level 10

"A monstrosity of timeless storytelling and a thrilling blend of genres. Ryan Hyatt manages to weave so many commentaries, so many ideas, into a single, powerful collection." -Matt Joseph Misetich, Partner, Pipeline Media Group

"With suspense that pulls like undertow and characters you'll feel you're having a conversation with, Hyatt's fiction glows." - Joseph Hurtgen, Literature Professor and Author, Tower Defender

"Ryan Hyatt's Terrafide universe is a multi-facted landscape filled with futurism, horror, and absurdity. A perfect appetizer of his work with a little something for everyone." - Justin Bowers, Reviewer, 23rd Legion

"Terrafide is a collection of Ryan Hyatt's greatest hits, along with some new releases you don't want to miss!" - Erica, Reviewer, The Reading Wife