Mount Terror: Short Reads, #7

By E.L. Giles

"Do not come here. We are all doomed."

The words haunt Henry Chapelton as he braves the unwelcoming waters of the Austral sea, heading toward Antarctica to save Captain Ernst Land and his ill-fated crew. What's supposed to be a rescue mission quickly turns into a fight for survival, a battle against Nature, the elements, and forces of unknown origins.

Something has been unearthed in this desert of ice and madness. Something terrible and ancient, living within the guts of Mount Terror. A threat to Chapelton's crew who might never come back from this voyage.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Black Hare Press
• Release date: Jan 21, 2021
• ISBN: 9798223882619

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MOUNT

TERROR

E.L. GILES

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SHORT READS

WARDENCLYFFE by GREGG CUNNINGHAM

HADES 11 by PAUL WARMERDAM

BLOOD AND SILK by ZOEY XOLTON

AS ABOVE, SO BENEATH by JOSHUA D. TAYLOR

THE RISE OF THE GREAT OLD ONE by JASMINE JARVIS

DEAD MAN WALKING by DAVID GREEN

CHRYSALIS by KIMBERLY REI

MOUNT TERROR by E.L. GILES

HELL HATH NO FURY by CHISTO HEALY

THE RECKONING by STEPHANIE SCISSOM

UNDERGROUND

MIRACLE GROWTH by TIM MENDEES

THE RETURN by GABRIELLA BALCOM

UNDERGROUND by STEVEN STREETER

WHISPERS IN THE DARK by K.B. ELIJAH

SWIRLING DARKNESS by SAM M. PHILLIPS

THE GATE TO THE UNDERWORLD by E.L. GILES

COLD AS HELL by NEEN COHEN

THOSE OF THE LIGHT by NICOLA CURRIE

TIME’S ABYSS by JAMES PYLES

UNDERWORLD GAMES by JONATHAN D. STIFFY

PLACE OF CAVES by CHARLOTTE O’FARRELL

AFTER THE FALL by STEPHEN HERCZEG

BEYOND HUMAN by MATHEW CLARKE

THE FALL OF PACIFICA by M. SYDNOR JR.

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Copyright © 2021 E.L. Giles

First published in Australia in January 2021 by Black Hare Press

The author retains the copyright of the works featured in this publication

All characters and events in this publication, other than those clearly in the public domain, are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

All rights reserved. No part of this production may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher and copyright owner.

ISBN 978-1-925809-86-2

Edited by D. Kershaw

Formatting by Brandi Hudson

Cover design by Dawn Burdett

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For the pneumonia that kept my girlfriend bedded and allowed me to finish this story (kidding. I love you, babe.)

E.L. Giles, January 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

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CHAPTER I

THIS IS CAPTAIN ERNST Land. Do you copy? The Dawn is sinking. I repeat: our ship is sinking. We are trapped on Ross Island... Conditions have become impossible... We were coming back from the Markham Plateau...took us all unaware... McMurdo Sound’s base camp destroyed... Expect to lose communication in a moment. Can’t seem to find refuge... Prisoner of this desert of ice and madness... It was a mistake. Oh, my God! I shouldn’t have come here... We’ve unearthed...something...terrible... I realise my mistake. If you are receiving this message, do not