Josh Hilden

This short piece of nonfiction is important to me. As a writer, I have been influenced by many things, none of which more than "Star Trek"....

In the 19th century, Frank and Allison take a ride on the Orient Express on a mission to secure information that will help in the coming war. While on the voyage, they make new friends and learn more about the Order of the Black Light....

One year after the Shattering and the great collapse, survivors in Columbus, Ohio, are barely holding things together. Then, on December 24, when all seemed lost, a new hero appears....

Following the war with Ast-Murath, Meg Carson finds herself at a crossroads. Losing the woman she loved and the man she considered a brother, she goes on a journey of growth and exploration....

Twin brother and sister Hugo and Lila sit on the corner of Main Street....

Welcome to the 1881 Trials, the first in Preserve Number Six. It's a complicated set of Trials in a hastily assembled playing field and overseen personally by the Director. This is when everything changed....

When the dead rose, society collapsed. First went the landlines, then went the cell service. The power died and with it went television, radio, and the internet. In all but the luckiest of areas communications beyond the level of hand-delivered mail and smoke signals were the norms....

Some said the world would end in the cold. Some said the world would end in a fire. Some said when there was no more room in hell the dead would rise up to devour the living. Listen to unravel the mystery....

A Bahamian Cruise. A dysfunctional family. An out of this world occurrence. (This short story is a vignette that will one day be the basis for a novel)....

Half a century after Harwick slammed into the Earth and nearly ended human civilization humanity is getting back on its feet. In the rebuilding city of Atlanta. A young grad student presents his mentor with the diary of the traveler....

What really happened when the first man and the first woman were expelled from paradise? Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to The Garden, part of the expansive Hildenverse of stories....

When the time comes, and the world lies on the brink of extinction, who will stand with humanity against the Old Gods and their minions? On the eve of the Apocalypse, a small parish priest comes face to face with a creature as old as time....

Humanity lives in the sunlit world of what we believe to be reality. Unknown to most there is, unseen by most, another world, possibly many other worlds, running side by side with our own....

Shattered Earth is the tale of Meg Carson, a woman jerked from her place in time and space and thrust into a horrific future....

What ancient evils live beneath the waters of the great Lakes of North America? During a massive snow storm in a small diner, we get a glimpse of the terror below....

This novella is a story of love, loss, and the attempt by Meg Carson to finally grieve the loss of her true love....

It's the first Christmas following the rise of the dead, and all little Caleb wants is to see his parents again....

While the kids at the camp hurry to raise a defense against the approaching bandits, Bob and the rest race to reach the island of safety ahead of an approaching hoard of the hungry dead....

They arrived without warning, raining death and chaos across the surface of the Earth. Humanity fought back, and although we didn't win, we did cripple them....

The Dark Musings Collection contains six stories of horror and suspense....