Something that will send Charlie Campion and his wife and daughter fleeing in the middle of the night. Unfortunately for the Campion family--and the rest of America--they are unaware that all three of them are carrying a deadly cargo: A virus that will spread from person to person like wildfire, triggering a massive wave of disease and death, prefacing humanity's last stand! Be there as writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa teams with artist Mike Perkins for the first arc in the next great Stephen King event!

    There is a Stonehenge-like arrangement of seven stones with a horrifying EYE in the center. And whatever dwells there in that strange, windswept setting may have brought about the suicide of one man...and harbor death for the OCD afflicted "N.," whose visits to the field have passed beyond compulsion into the realm of obsession. Based on the chilling short story from the recent Stephen King collection, JUST AFTER SUNSET, this adaptation will provide nightmares aplenty. Just keep counting the stories...keep counting...counting COLLECTING: Stephen King's N. #1-4

    P. Lovecraft's astonishing tales blend elements of horror, science fiction, and cosmology that are as powerful today as they were when first published. This tome presents original versions of many of his most harrowing stories, including the complete Cthulhu Mythos cycle, in order of publication.

    Sent to keep an eye on Sarah Nail, a young girl hiding from the curse of her family, Hellboy becomes entangled in the blood debt of evil mystical preacher, Brother Jester. Stuck between human malice and the mysteries of the occult, Hellboy comes up against an intrigue of ghosts, demon trees, talking bullfrogs, and a race of lost mutant children.An all-new Hellboy novel!

    Home to a hate-filled and relentless creature that will not rest until it forces open the most terrible door of them all...

    Victor Frankenstein brought his notorious creation to life, but a horrible turn of events forced him to abandon it and slip away from the public eye. Two centuries later, a serial killer is on the loose in New Orleans, gruesomely salvaging body parts from each of his victims, as if trying to assemble a perfect human being. Detective Carson O’Connor is cool, cynical, and every bit as tough as she looks. Her partner, Michael Maddison, would back her up all the way to Hell itself–and that just may be where their new case leads. For as they investigate the strange killings, O’Connor and Madison find themselves drawn into a weird underworld of deception and secrets where a man named Victor Helios has created an entire race of perfectly engineered people who are meant to take humankind’s place one day. But something is happening to some of Helios’s creations, and it may be that this bizarre serial killer is the least of the detectives’ worries.From the masterly pen of New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz–and featuring an adaptation by legendary comic book writer Chuck Dixon and gorgeous illustrations by acclaimed artist Brett Booth–Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein: Prodigal Son is a story filled with fast-paced action, gripping horror, and thrilling adventure.

    The PUV James Keeling, a warship that does things that no other ship can do. It is a weapon, and a liability. The rumor is that eighty percent of the people assigned to the Keeling die before their two-year stint is up. That rumor is the reason for the ship’s nickname — they call the Keeling “the Crypt,” because it is full of the dead.Those with a promising career, those with connections, those that can can avoid service on the Keeling do just that.But still, the ship must fight, and for that, it needs a crew. The navy assigns the worst of the worst: cowards, thieves, murderers, rapists or those with nowhere else to go, no way to opt out. Your choice is simple: be executed for your crimes, or serve two years on the keeling.If you make it out alive, your record is wiped clean and you get a fresh start.For this crew of just over 100 souls, it will be the longest two years they have ever faced. What is this ship? Where did it come from? And why, oh, why, won’t everyone stop screaming …

    the world of angels and devils, of Lucifer and Lucifer's son, the world of temptation and seduction in his latest masterpiece of deviltry and suspense. In a world of horror and fear that is almost too realistic to be fiction, Mavrodi's characters burst from the pages, come alive and open up their innermost beings... revelations that will shock and astound the reader, who--while filled with fear and anxiety--will be unable to put LUCIFER'S SON down until the last terrifying scene.

    Some of Howard’s best-known characters–Solomon Kane, Bran Mak Morn, and sailor Steve Costigan among them–roam the forbidding locales of the author’s fevered imagination, from the swamps and bayous of the Deep South to the fiend-haunted woods outside Paris to remote jungles in Africa.The collection includes Howard’s masterpiece “Pigeons from Hell,” which Stephen King calls “one of the finest horror stories of [the twentieth] century,” a tale of two travelers who stumble upon the ruins of a Southern plantation–and into the maw of its fatal secret. In “Black Canaan” even the best warrior has little chance of taking down the evil voodoo man with unholy powers–and none at all against his wily mistress, the diabolical High Priestess of Damballah. In these and other lavishly illustrated classics, such as the revenge nightmare “Worms of the Earth” and “The Cairn on the Headland,” Howard spins tales of unrelenting terror, the legacy of one of the world’s great masters of the macabre.

    But if rabid leprechauns and inter-dimensional travel isn't enough to get your head spinning, enter the Squidmen, a terrifying collective of "gatherers," hell bent on ingesting everything they can get their tentacles on!

    When they learn that their grandmother's quiet Vermont inn, where they re spending the summer, has a history of ghost sightings, they decide to do a little haunting of their own. Before long, their supernatural pranks have tourists flocking to the inn, and business booms. But Travis and Corey soon find out that they aren't the only ghosts at Fox Hill Inn. Their thoughtless games have awakened something dangerous, something that should have stayed asleep. Restless, spiteful spirits swarm the inn, while a dark and terrifying presence stalks the halls and the old oak grove on the inn s grounds. Only Travis and Corey can lay to rest the ghosts they've stirred. This means discovering the secret of Fox Hill and the horrors visited on its inhabitants years before... Once again, Mary Downing Hahn has created a chilling and gripping ghost story in the tradition of The Old Willis Place, Witch Catcher, and Deep and Dark and Dangerous.

    You'll meet his mother and father, big sister Kate and his bully of a brother Tom. While aimed for young adults, F. Paul Wilson doesn't write down and the book is as enjoyable for adults as it is for teens. And, as you can see from the above description there's plenty of foreshadowing of events that were to overtake Jack as an adult (i.e. An old woman with a dog making herself known to Jack when he's just fourteen!)

    Dark Horse Comics further corners the market on high quality horror storytelling with one of the most anticipated releases of the decade, a hardcover archive collection of legendary Creepy Magazine.This groundbreaking material turned the world of graphic storytelling on its head in the early 1960s, as phenomenal young artists like Bernie Wrightson and Neal Adams reached new artistic heights with their fascinating explorations of classic and modern horror stories.*Brilliant, classic Creepy stories from 1964-1966 raised from the dead after twenty-five years.*Featuring work by such comics luminaries as Joe Orlando, Al Williamson, Alex Toth, and Frank Frazetta.* Archive editions of Creepy will be the cornerstone of any comic-book library.*Volume One reprints the first five terrifying issues of the magazine's original run, reprinted in the original magazine size!

    But you don't want to read them.So if you're looking to laugh, gasp, gag, or do all three at the same time, making sort of a weird sound that hurts your lungs and elicits odd glances from nearby pedestrians, don't miss Gleefully Macabre Tales!

    Originally published in 1952 and 1953, this volume of Gemstone''s EC Archives series reprints issues #13-18 of Tales from the Crypt! Creators include writers Bill Gaines and Al Feldstein, and artists Jack Davis, Jack Kamen, Graham Ingels, Al Williamson, Joe Orlando, and George Evans.

    On a train in the London Underground, a young couple is terrorized by a demon. In a suburb, a poltergeist forces a family to flee their home.Hellboy has his hands full.While the supernatural is on a rampage in London, a series of brutal "Torso Murders" turns up at various sites around the city. All of the corpses are headless, limbless, and drained of their blood.Called in to investigate the killings, B.P.R.D. agents Abe Sapien and Liz Sherman discover a wellspring of black magic under the London streets. They also find a sack of heads. Hellboy descends into the dark underworld of London, encountering demons who prophesy the coming of plague and the opening of an Eye to the otherworld, bringing forth death and destruction upon the land.* "Mark Morris is one of the finest horror writers at work today"Clive Barker

    It supports both Pulp (for Indiana Jones, Robert E. Howard, thrilling locations sorts of games) and Purist styles of play(for intellectual horror and cosmic dread). HP Lovecrafts work combined both, sometimes in the same story. It includes a new take on the creatures, cults and gods of the Lovecrafts literature, and addresses their use in gaming. It adds new player backgrounds, and bulk out the GUMSHOE system to give intensive support for sanity, incorporating into the rule set the PCs desire to explore at the risk of going mad. Trail of Cthulhu won two Ennie awards for Best Rules and Best Writing, as well as receiving an honourable mention for Product of the Year.

    . .Longtime contributor to the Hellboy mythos Christopher Golden brings together a crew of luminaries including Joe R. Lansdale (Bubba HoTep) and China Miéville (King Rat), crossgenre sensation Barbara Hambly (The Windrose Chronicles), celebrated mystery writer Ken Bruen (The Dramatist), bestselling science fiction and fantasy novelist Tad Williams (Otherland), and a bevy of other skilled storytellers eager to spin a tale or two about the world's greatest paranormal detective, as some of the biggest names in horror, mystery, and fantasy come together to pay homage to Mike Mignola's Hellboy!

    This comprehensive eBook is spiced with numerous illustrations, rare and forgotten texts, concise introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Bierce's life and works.* Concise introductions to the collections and other texts* The rare novella THE DANCE OF DEATH appears here for the first time in digital print* ALL the short story collections, with individual contents tables* Featuring 475 tales, many appearing for the first time in digital print* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts* Excellent formatting of the texts* Famous works such as COBWEBS FROM AN EMPTY SKULLare fully illustrated with their original artwork* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry, essays and the short stories* Easily locate the works you want to read* The complete non-fiction, with many scarce essays and newspaper articles* Includes Bierce's letters - spend hours exploring the author’s personal correspondence* Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Bierce’s contribution to literature* Also provides a unique ‘Biercian Texts’ section with interesting articles on the works and disappearance of Ambrose Bierce* Features a bonus full-length biography - discover Bierce's literary life* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genresCONTENTS:The NovellasTHE DANCE OF DEATHTHE MONK AND THE HANGMAN’S DAUGHTERTHE LAND BEYOND THE BLOWThe Short Story CollectionsTHE FIEND’S DELIGHTCOBWEBS FROM AN EMPTY SKULLPRESENT AT A HANGING, AND OTHER GHOST STORIESIN THE MIDST OF LIFE: TALES OF SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANSCAN SUCH THINGS BE?FANTASTIC FABLESNEGLIGIBLE TALESTHE PARENTICIDE CLUBTHE FOURTH ESTATETHE OCEAN WAVEKINGS OF BEASTSTWO ADMINISTRATIONSMISCELLANEOUS TALESThe Short StoriesLIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERLIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERThe Poetry CollectionsBLACK BEETLES IN AMBERSHAPES OF CLAYFABLES IN RHYMESOME ANTE-MORTEM EPITAPHSTHE SCRAP HEAPThe PoemsLIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDERLIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDERThe Non-FictionTHE SHADOW ON THE DIAL, AND OTHER ESSAYSTHE DEVIL’S DICTIONARYWRITE IT RIGHTASHES OF THE BEACON“ON WITH THE DANCE!”: A REVIEWA CYNIC LOOKS AT LIFETANGENTIAL VIEWSBITS OF AUTOBIOGRAPHYMISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES AND REVIEWSUNCOLLECTED ESSAYSThe EssaysLIST OF ESSA

    The battles with creatures from beyond time are dangerous; however, it’s the subsequent bureaucratic paperwork that actually breaks men’s souls.  Now, in “Down on the Farm,” Laundry veteran Bob Howard must investigate strange doings at another obscure, moth-eaten government agency—evidently a rest home for Laundry agents whose minds have snapped… Charles Stross is the Hugo-winning author of some of the most acclaimed novels and stories of the last ten years, including Singularity Sky, Accelerando, Halting State, the "Merchant Princes" series beginning with The Family Trade, and the story collections Toast and Wireless. In 2010, his Laundry story “Overtime,” published on Tor.com, is a finalist for science fiction’s Hugo Award.

    Intelligence specialists have discovered elements of the Iraqi insurgency may be demonically possessed. No one in the intelligence agencies is qualified to handle this problem, and that means a private contractor must be employed. Databases identify only one potential candidate: John Constantine. Constantine is taken from the comfort of his London home to the brutal climates of Iraq due to military coercion, but also because of his interest in a mysterious, beautiful Iraqi agent whose true allegiances are kept in shadow.

    ----- From the mind of pulp great, H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds and that the universe is fundamentally alien. He's developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of Enlightenment, Romanticism, and Christian humanism. -----48 Stories included in this volume: The Beast in the Cave; The Alchemist; The Tomb; Dagon; A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson; Sweet Ermengarde; Polaris; The Green Meadow; Beyond the Wall of Sleep; Memory; Old Bugs; The Transition of Juan Romero; The White Ship; The Doom that Came to Sarnath; The Statement of Randolph Carter; The Terrible Old Man; The Tree; The Cats of Ulthar; The Temple; Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn; The Street; Poetry and the Gods; Celephais; From Beyond; Nyarlathotep; The Picture in the House; The Crawling Chaos; Ex Oblivione; The Nameless City; The Quest of Iranon; The Moon-Bog; The Outsider; The Other Gods; The Music of Erich Zann; Herbet West: Reanimator; Hypnos; What the Moon Brings; Azathoth; The Horror at Martin's Beach; The Hound; The Lurking Fear; The Rats in the Walls; The Unnamable; The Festival; The Shunned House; The Horror at Red Hook; He; In the Vault ---- Full of intrigue, romance and adventure, this collection is a must for pulp literature fans!

    A journalist makes the mistake of visiting a website where real-life executions are the order of the day... At the foot of an old tree, an insidious evil awaits two boys digging for treasure... A browbeaten salesman finds hope and a possible escape from the banality of his world when he returns home to find a fairytale beanstalk sprouting from his garden... A man resists the social pressure to quit smoking and puts himself at an unimaginable risk... A high school student accepts a dare to ask out the ugliest girl in school and enters a world of pain and violence... A comedian finds himself faced with a most peculiar and deadly audience...The pariah of a village accepts an offer of peace at his mother's funeral, but the olive branch may have hidden thorns...A bunch of barflies doomed to murder sinners get together for one last drink in a dying town...These are just some of the passengers, headed for a ride through the dark uncharted regions of the heart and mind...on The Number 121 to Pennsylvania.Includes such reader favorites as "Empathy", "Mr. Goodnight", "Underneath", "The Grief Frequency" and "Peekers"."In 14 dark fantasies collected here, Burke creates characters whose angst opens them up to uncanny incidents and ghostly encounters that seem an extension of their own spiritual malaise... Burke shows skill at imagining expressive supernatural experiences appropriate for his well-developed characters and their agitated emotions." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY"Don't read it late at night." - BOOKLIST"Each tale grabs you within the first few sentences and never lets go, resulting in a collection guaranteed to take you on one of the scariest rides of your life." - RUE MORGUEContents:IntroductionThe Grief FrequencyThe Number 121 to PennsylvaniaMr. GoodnightEmpathyPeekersHigh on the VineTonight the Moon is OursProhibitedUnderneathSnowmenWill You Tell Them I Died Quietly?The Last LaughCobwebsSaturday Night at Eddie'sStory Notes

    A HORIZON LINE, MAYBE, BUT ALSO A SLOT FOR BLACKNESS TO POUR THROUGH . . . A terrible construction site accident takes Edgar Freemantle's right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation. A marriage that produced two lovely daughters suddenly ends, and Edgar begins to wish he hadn't survived the injuries that could have killed him. He wants out. His psychologist, Dr. Kamen, suggests a "geographic cure," a new life distant from the Twin Cities and the building business Edgar grew from scratch. And Kamen suggests something else. "Edgar does anything make you happy?" "I used to sketch." "Take it up again. You need hedges . . . hedges against the night."Edgar leaves Minnesota for a rented house on Duma Key, a stunningly beautiful, eerily undeveloped splinter of the Florida coast. The sun setting into the Gulf of Mexico and the tidal rattling of shells on the beach call out to him, and Edgar draws. A visit from Ilse, the daughter he dotes on, starts his movement out of solitude. He meets a kindred spirit in Wireman, a man reluctant to reveal his own wounds, and then Elizabeth Eastlake, a sick old woman whose roots are tangled deep in Duma Key. Now Edgar paints, sometimes feverishly, his exploding talent both a wonder and a weapon. Many of his paintings have a power that cannot be controlled. When Elizabeth's past unfolds and the ghosts of her childhood begin to appear, the damage of which they are capable is truly devastating.The tenacity of love, the perils of creativity, the mysteries of memory and the nature of the supernatural--Stephen King gives us a novel as fascinating as it is gripping and terrifying.

    . . a corpse?! Or what about the magic school where one student in every class is never allowed to leave? Or the beautiful red-haired maiden whose hair is actually serpents? Many of these tales go back hundreds of years and to the farthest corners of the earth, but as diverse as they are, they also reveal one important truth: everyone loves a scary story. The authors have dug deeply?from Egypt to Iceland?to find the spookiest stories for More Bones. Listen! Can you hear the bones beginning to rattle?

    A collection of Gris Grimley's seldom-seen personal and gallery art, 'Where Madness Reigns' delves far beneath the surface of Grimly's well-known macabre illustration work and uncovers a wealth of humorous, emotional, satirical and thought-provoking imagery.

    Six dead children. A garden of statues.With every step he takes around the carefully manicured grounds of Minerva Hall, Jim is haunted by the ghosts of children, long dead, whom no one else can see. Urging him to "find the Seventh," the children leave him cryptic clues pointing to a devastating ancient prophecy that only he can stop from being fulfilled.Jim befriends another boy--Einstein, who lives at the Hall. Einstein is autistic and very, very smart. If anyone can help Jim find the Seventh, perhaps he can--Einstein clearly knows more than he is saying. At the same time, the dead children seem to be leaving Jim some sort of macabre treasure trail.If Jim doesn't figure out the clues, innocent people will die. But how can Jim find the answers while the dangers of the Hall grow ever more threatening? And even if he can, the real question is--is Jim already too late?Linking ancient rites with modern mystery, Christine Morton-Shaw has crafted an eerie thriller that will keep readers guessing until its startling conclusion.

    His earliest stories, the ones that made his name a quarter of a century ago, were set in the jungles of South America and filled with creatures dark and fantastical. Stories like “Salvador,” “The Jaguar Hunter,” and the excoriatingly brilliant “R&R” deconstructed war and peace in South America, in both the past and the future, like no other writer of the fantastic.A writer of great talent and equally great scope, Shepard has also written of the seamier side of the United States at home in classic stories like “Life of Buddha” and “Dead Money,” and in “Only Partly Here” has written one of the finest post-9/11 stories yet. Perhaps strangest of all, Shepard created one of the greatest sequences of “dragon” stories we’ve seen in the tales featuring the enormous dragon Griaule.The Best of Lucius Shepard is the first ever career retrospective collection from one of the finest writers of the fantastic to emerge in the United States over the past quarter century. It contains nearly 300,000 words of his best short fiction and is destined to be recognized as a true classic of the field.

    Mike Mignola teams up with artist Ben Stenbeck (B.P.R.D.: The Ectoplasmic Man) for a look into one of the Hellboy universe's greatest enigmas: nineteenth-century occult investigator Edward Grey In one of Grey's first cases as an agent of the queen, he goes from the sparkling echelons of Victorian London to its dark underbelly, facing occult conspiracies, a rampaging monster, and the city's most infamous secret society: the Heliopic Brotherhood of Ra.

    He lives his life in reverse, from the day he died back to the day he was born. It's hard to make friends when you're travelling in the wrong direction of time. In fact the only true friend he had his little dog, Doof. Until one day, Michael meets Miranda, and his life changes for ever.* From the paperback edition

    from dozens of the biggest names in horror! Personal, moving, and wildly entertaining -- this over-sized hardcover is a collection that Richard Laymon would be very proud of! We will post contributor and content details as it becomes available!Table of Contents:"Out with a Bang: Bare Feet and Bloody Gunshot Wounds" by Kelly Laymon "The Most Important Things" by Richard Chizmar "Dick Laymon dot com" by Steve GerlachPart One: Stories and Remembrances "A Kind Word At the Right Time" by Don D'Auria "Second Chance" by Norman Partridge "Gotcha! Remembering Dick Laymon" by Norman Partridge "Meeting Joanne" by Bentley Little "A Laymon Remembrance" by Jack Ketchum "Hotline" by Jack Ketchum "A Laymon Remembrance" by Regina Mitchell "The Pack" by Regina Mitchell "Not Guilty By Reason Of Sanity" by Alan Beatts "The Dick Would Be Pleased" by Brian Keene "Castaways" by Brian Keene "Meeting Richard Laymon" by Brian Freeman "Loving Roger" by Brian Freeman "A Tribute to Richard Laymon" by Ryan Harding "Development" by Ryan Harding "A Brief Memory" by John Urbancik "Fauxville North" by John Urbancik "Remembering Richard Laymon" by Jacqueline Mitchell "Daddy Wound" by Jacqueline Mitchell "A Laymon Remembrance" by Gary Brandner "Campfire Story" by Gary Brander "A Writer's Tale in Praise of Truth: An Appreciation of Richard Laymon" by Simon Clark "Ham's Not There" by Simon Clark "I Don't Know Dick" by Gina Osnovich "Edge of Town" by Gina Osnovich "A Laymon Remembrance" by Michael T. Huyck "Deep Dawn's Jongleur" by Michael T. Huyck "Secret Admirers and Pseudonyms" by Sheri White "New York Comes to the Desert" by Tom Piccirilli "A Laymon Remembrance" by Adam Pepper "The Lonely Room" by Adam PepperPart Two: Rarities And Fan Favorites Dick's College Poems — scanned from the original typewritten documents (1960s) "Desert Pickup" by Richard Laymon (1970) "Smoker's Blend" — scans of two issues written, designed, and edited by Richard Laymon (1971) "Immediate Opening" by Richard Laymon (1979) "Cuts!" by Richard Laymon — a novelette (1985) "Mystery Scene Interview With Author Richard Laymon" by Ed Gorman (July/Aug 1995) "Herman" by Richard Laymon (1996) "Boo" by Richard Laymon (2000) "Pick-Up on Highway One" by Richard Laymon (2001) "On The Set of Vampire Night" by Richard Laymon (2001) 17 Page Photo Album collected by Ann Laymon from the family's personal albumsPart Three: More Stories and Remembrances "Aaron Spelling Would Be Proud" by Matt Schwartz "A Laymon Remembrance" by Steve Gerlach "The Dead of Night" by Steve Gerlach "A Laymon Remembrance" by James Futch "Cover" by James Futch "A Laymon Remembrance" by Mike Oliveri "Behavior Therapy" by Mike Oliveri "Richard Laymon, in Memoriam" by Rain Graves "Wild Card" by Rain Graves "A Laymon Remembrance" by John Pelan "Another Saturday Night" by John Pelan "Inspiration, Determination, & Mutilation by Robert Freese "Pushing Buttons" by Donn Gash "A Laymon Remembrance" by William D. Carl "Dig" by William D. Carl "A Laymon Remembrance" by Holly Newstein & Ralph Bieber II "Prayers" by Holly Newstein & Ralph Bieber II "A Laymon Remembrance" by Mark Justice "The Red Kingdom" by Mark Justice "A Laymon Remembrance" by Bryan Smith "Pizza Face" by Bryan Smith "Remembering Richard Laymon" by Kimberley Hill "The Real Genius of a Sick Mind: A Richard Laymon Remembrance" by Brett McBean "The Genius of a Sick Mind" by Brett McBean "My Thoughts on Richard Laymon" by Sébastien Pharand "Little Monsters" by Sébastien Pharand "A Laymon Remembrance" by Jonathan Torres "Bestiality" by Jonathan Torres "A Laymon Remembrance" by Ron R. Clinton "The Diner" by Ron R. Clinton "Remembering Dick Laymon" by Troy Taylor "The Keepsake" by Troy Taylor "A Laymon Remembrance" by Brent Zirnheld "Coastal Pickup" by Brent Zirnheld "Gorgeous! Beguiling! Lethal!" by Nicole Cushing "Scabby Nipples and Sharp Teeth" by Nicole Cushing "A Laymon Remembrance" by Weston Ochse "Crashing Down" by Weston Ochse "A Laymon Remembrance" by Michael McCarty & Mark McLaughlin "From the Bowels of the Earth" by Michael McCarty & Mark McLaughlin "Still Life, With Mother" by Robert Morrish "Laymon's Legacy" by Roger Range "Scavengers" by Roger Range "A Laymon Remembrance" by Patricia Lee Macomber "Past Tense" by Patricia Lee Macomber "My Laymon Remembrance" by Philip Robinson "Occupied" by Philip Robinson "A Laymon Remembrance" by Jim Hillman "For the Light" by Jim Hillman "Trying To Keep This Under Three-Quarters-Of-A-Million Words" by Geoff Cooper "Strangers: Good Friends and a Bottle of Wine" by Geoff Cooper "A Laymon Remembrance" by Edward Lee "Chef" by Edward Lee "A Dream" by Matt Johnson

    These stories bewitch and transport the reader. Though you may not know where Shipp will travel next, each story is an unforgettable thrill-ride and you'll be glad you took the trip. Shipp's novel Vacation established him as one of the foremost authors in the "bizarro fiction" movement. Now he turns his attention to short fiction and literary horror. The themes of alienation and cultural homogenization on a global scale are explored in closer detail. Shipp notes, "This intimacy makes Sheep and Wolves much darker than its predecessor. Because now, the darkness is invading your homes, your dreams, your lives." The author's trademark quirky characters populate an otherwise bleak landscape, this time around facing horrors at home rather than evils abroad.

    When patients and staff hear the tortured voice of a little girl crying through the halls, they are dismissive of any suggestion of mysticism or unseen powers -- but at their own peril.

    There he uncovers horrors beyond his worst imaginings, barely escaping with his life and sanity.Lovecraft wrote the story in 1931 after a visit to Newburyport and the surrounding region. Long considered one of Lovecraft's most popular tales, the Dark Adventure Radio Theatre edition brings it to life in all its monstrous and malodorous glory. This old-time radio adaptation features a cast of more than a dozen professional actors, exciting sound effects and a thrilling original musical score by Troy Sterling Nies (composer for The Call of Cthulhu). Sit down, dim the lights, fire up the wireless and enjoy 77 minutes of exciting Lovecraftian drama, suspense and cosmic horror.

    In Brandon Massey's "The Patriarch," a young writer travels to the hushed backwoods of Mississippi, where dangerous secrets surface as a generations-old feud comes to bone-chilling new life. . .Buried.The souls of the mistreated always find a way to be heard. In L.A. Banks's "Ev'ry Shut Eye Ain't Sleep," violent visions haunt a man--until he's handed an opportunity to right the wrongs of the past and prevent unspeakable acts from occurring once again. . .Forgotten.When horrors are covered up and lost, our ancestors must find a way--even in death--to tell their tales. In Tananarive Due's "Ghost Summer," ancestors haunt the nights of two children. And when a grisly discovery is made, these ancestors will make their mark on both the dead and the living. . .

    Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968) is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential horror films of all time.  Shot on a low budget on black and white film, Night depicts an America under siege from reanimated corpses.  The action centres around a motley group of survivors holed up in a suburb of Pittsburgh, besieged by flesh-eating ghouls.  Romero’s focus on tensions between members of this makeshift community resonates with contemporary racial and gender conflicts and, in addition to its shockingly visceral content, the film’s impact lay in its engagement with contemporary social upheaval – Vietnam and the peace movement, the civil rights struggle, assassinations and escalating urban tensions.Benjamin Hervey’s study of the film is the first to provide a close analysis of the film and an in-depth account of its reception. Drawing on original archival research, Hervey traces how the film quickly gained cult status, while at the same time it was hailed as a piece of art cinema and as a deep political allegory.  Hervey analyses the film scene-by-scene, detailing how the scoring, editing, photography and lighting came together to overall powerful effect.  He provides a richly detailed historical context for his reading of the film, showing, for example, how scenes in Night directly relate to contemporary news coverage of Vietnam.

    Includes The Ghoul, Hunters from Beyond, Ubbo-Sathla, Vulthoom, The Infernal Star, and others. Selected and introduced by Robert M. Price. This book is part of an expanding collection of Cthulhu Mythos horror fiction and related topics. Call of Cthulhu fiction focuses on single entities, concepts, or authors significant to readers and fans of H.P. Lovecraft.

    But when her little brother, Henry, begins to act strangely, it's clear that these creatures exist beyond a madwoman's imagination, and Reggie finds out what happens when fears come to life.To save the people she loves, Reggie must learn to survive in a world of nightmares. Can she devour her own fears before they devour her?The Devouring is an engrossing tale of terror that will have you wondering: what if your worst fears became your living nightmare?

    It is indexed alphabetically, chronologically and by category, making it easier to access individual books, stories and poems. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter in your digital library. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents and footnotes. The collection is complimented by an author biography. Table of Contents List of Works by Genre and TitleList of Works in Alphabetical OrderH. P. Lovecraft BiographyBibliography Short Stories The AlchemistAzathoth The Beast in the CaveBeyond the Wall of Sleep The Cats of Ulthar CelephaisThe Crawling ChaosDagon The Doom That Came to Sarnath The Dream Quest of Unknown KadathEx Oblivione Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His FamilyFrom BeyondHerbert West: ReanimatorThe Horror at Martin's BeachThe HoundHypnos Imprisoned with the PharaohsThe Lurking FearMemory The Nameless CityNyarlathotepOld BugsThe Other Gods The Outsider The Picture in the House Poetry of the GodsPolarisThe Quest of IranonA Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson The Statement of Randolph CarterThe Street The Temple The Terrible Old ManThe Tomb The Transition of Juan Romero The TreeThe White ShipWhat the Moon BringsSweet ErmengardeEssaysThe Allowable RhymeAt the Root The Despised Pastoral Metrical Regularity Poems

    And that's a scary place to be. Volume One consists of 15 stories.

     You'll meet all of these and more in People Are Strange, an eclectic compilation of short fiction by James Newman. People Are Strange is a collection of tales that are as weirdly humorous as they are disturbing, stories that will make you laugh even as you shudder.

    Its people depend on meat for their survival, meat supplied by the processing plant on the edge of town.Meat is sanctified in Abyrne, a precious commodity eaten with devout solemnity by everyone except for a handful of people who won't, who suspect that the town is evil, rotten to its core.A feud smoulders between the town's religious and secular powers - whoever controls the meat supply controls everything,But the townsfolk are hungry, they must be fed...They must be fed.

    The cases in Haunted Wirral confirm the old adage that truth really is stranger than fiction. Most ghost story books about Wirral include the same old weathered yarns about Mother Redcap's ghost and the spectres of smugglers, but the mysterious peninsula proved to be a stranger place than even Tom Slemen took it to be, with tales weirder than anything found within the books of Stephen King, or Rod Serling's Twilight Zone. Take the intriguing case of the girl born to Wirral parents who became so infatuated with a long-dead crusader, that she ended up being whisked back in time to the 14th century to become his fiancee. There are the ghostly tales about a haunted wardrobe, which is still out there and could be in your bedroom; a black obsidian mirror, which allows unwise dabblers into the occult to summon forth any dead person, and the dead man who turned up at a school reunion in Leasowe...

    ----- From the mind of pulp great, H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds and that the universe is fundamentally alien. He's developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of Enlightenment, Romanticism, and Christian humanism. -----Eight Stories included in this volume: At the Mountains of Madness; Medusa's Coil; The Electric Executioner; The Dunwich Horror; The Mound; The Whisperer in Darkness; The Shadow over Innsmouth; The Trap ---- Full of intrigue, romance and adventure, this collection is a must for pulp literature fans!

    His major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds and that the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. He has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of Enlightenment, Romanticist, and Christian humanism. Lovecraft's protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality. Although Lovecraft's readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades, and he is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe.

    ----- From the mind of pulp great, H.P. Lovecraft. Lovecraft's major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds and that the universe is fundamentally alien. He's developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of Enlightenment, Romanticism, and Christian humanism. -----16 Stories included in this volume: The Call of Cthulhu; History of the Necronomicon; The Colour Out of Space; The Curse of Yig; The Descendant; Cool Air; Two Black Bottles; Pickman's Model; The Silver Key; The Strange High House in the Mist; The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath; The Case of Charles Dextar Ward; The Very Old Folk; The Thing in the Moonlight; The Last Test; Ibid ---- Full of intrigue, romance and adventure, this collection is a must for pulp literature fans!

    Over 590 pages long, this collection features all of Shea’s best award-winning horror, fantasy, science fiction, and Cthulhu Mythos tales, with two complete novels and several stories that have never been collected.Laird Barron’s insightful introduction provides a unique look at this remarkable, visionary storyteller. Combined with the illustrations of John Stewart, as well as several color photographs and devices, this marks the most important collection yet from an undisputed master of the short story.

    It is a dreary place populated by the dispirited and the disillusioned, where the young nurture desperate dreams of escape. And Kate is no different. But her plans to run away to the city are crushed one very ordinary morning when the quiet in Brent Prior is shattered by an inexplicable act of violence.In the wake of the tragedy, Kate's beloved father is stricken by a strange illness, and she and her brother fall under the care of the manor's caretaker and maid.Then, as if attuned to the melancholy that has stricken Mansfield House, a fog rolls in. Villagers begin to vanish. Lithe fleeting shadows are glimpsed in the mist, and a disfigured man arrives in Brent Prior.A man who has come back to settle an old score.A man who calls himself the Master of the Moors.

    Donihe is the best kept secret of the bizarro fiction genre." - Carlton Mellick III, author of Adolf in Wonderland There once was an odd reclusive little man who was in love with his house. He loved this house not in the way that normal people love their homes. His was a more intimate love, like the love between two humans. He loved his house so much that he asked it to marry him, and he believed that his house happily replied with a yes. Unfortunately, their love was to be torn apart the day before their wedding, on the day of the great house holocaust. On this day, every house in the world collapsed for no explainable reason. It was as if they killed themselves, and took many of their occupants with them. Distraught and despairing over the death of his fiance, this man must go on a quest to find out what happened to his beloved home. On his quest: He will meet Tony, a self-declared superhero, who looks kind of like a black Man-At-Arms from the old He-Man cartoons and claims to protect the world from quasi-dimensional psychopomps with his powerful sexpounding abilities. He will meet Manhaus, who seems to be part man and part house. And, finally, he will venture to House Heaven, a world where houses live inside of bigger houses made of people.

    But the people of this town must be warned. Everyone must be aware of the Danger lurking in the dark, waiting."Samhane. Just a sleepy town in the rolling hills of northern England. A nice place to live.Few people know the truth.Donald Patterson travels to Samhane in pursuit of a sadistic murderer and rapist. Unless Donald reaches Orchard House by midnight, his fiancee will be the star of the next torturous broadcast....Brian Rathbone and his son are already in Samhane, hired by the mayor. Specialist exterminators, their talents have helped to deal with the 'little problems' that have begun to massacre the residents. But as events take a more sinister turn, Brian wonders about the true reason they are there....Blood and carnage. Pain and suffering. Desire and sweet chaos. Welcome to Samhane.

    Fifteen dark tales expose the depths of human depravity and the realms of macabre.

    Inside this book you will find weird things indeed, not least the likes of:The fungus-riddled mannequin in the lunatic asylumThe reconstruction company that works with life and deathThe legal nightmare where the sane are guiltyA horror writing convention taken over by black magic cannibalsThe Punch and Judy show broadcast live after deathThe strange fate of the reincarnation of H.P. Lovecraft

    Pleasure. The sensation of touch.we feel everything through our skin, that delicate membrane separating "I" from "other," protecting the very essence of self.Until it breaks. Or changes. Or burns.What would you do if you were the one called on to save humanity, and the price you had to pay was becoming something other than human? Or if healing your body meant losing the only person you've ever loved?Wander through worlds where a woman craves even a poisonous touch.a man's deformities become a society's fashion.genetic regeneration keeps the fires of Hell away.and painted lovers risk everything to break the boundaries of their caste system down. Separate your mind from your flesh and come in. Welcome.

    Snippets of our own lives can be found between the moments of brutality, a reminder of our younger years when we were bullied apathetically, almost as an afterthought, by bosses, teachers, and others. Recalling silly, failed romances and hours wasted in style with friends who had nothing to lose or gain. And in those brief moments of recognition the lowlifes become underdogs who, though seriously misguided, never stop fighting

    Short story collection

    Illustrated by World Fantasy Award-winner Allen Koszowski.From the publisher:A disillusioned journalist searches for a missing girl in a midnight world of illegal coffee dens and black market books.An insomniac haunted by the death of his wife volunteers to take part in a bizarre research experiment.A wealthy bibliophile hires a thief to recover a book that has the power to change literary history.A bestselling writer confronts a menacing character from his past—the protagonist of his forgotten first novel.A shortsighted engineer stumbles across a book that’s not supposed to actually exist—a book that will forever alter the face of the earth.Just a few of the tales that await you in this mammoth anthology: 66 ingenious stories of lost knowledge and restless ghosts, secret libraries and forbidden texts, alternate worlds and ancient gods, by 59 acclaimed writers including Ramsey Campbell, Fred Chappell, H.P. Lovecraft, Jeffrey Thomas, Rhys Hughes, Gary McMahon, M.R. James, Lavie Tidhar, and Kurt Newton.

    Romero's 2008 release Diary of the Dead this thorough, uproarious guide traces the evolution of one of horror cinema's most popular and terrifying creations. Fans will learn exactly what makes a zombie a zombie, go behind the scenes with a chilling production diary from Land of the Dead, peruse a bizarre list of the oddest things ever seen in undead cinema, and immerse themselves in a detailed rundown of the 25 greatest zombie films ever made. Containing an illustrated zombie rating system, ranging from "Highly Recommended" to "Avoid at All Costs" and "So Bad It's Good," the book also features lengthy interviews with numerous talents from in front of and behind the camera.Features chronological reviews of more than 300 zombie films.

    Five years later, he awakes with no recollection of the intervening time. He launches an investigation and discovers the horrifying reality behind his affliction, making a discovery that reverberates with cosmic horror.Many scholars consider The Shadow Out of Time to be one of HPL's highest achievements in weird fiction. Here the scope of the horror reaches across the cosmos and through the vast essence of time itself. Dark Adventure Radio Theatre brings the weird tale to life as it might have been broadcast during Lovecraft's lifetime. This old-time radio adaptation features a cast of more than a dozen professional actors, exciting sound effects and a thrilling original musical score by Troy Sterling Nies (composer for The Call of Cthulhu). Sit down, dim the lights, fire up the wireless and enjoy 77 minutes of exciting Lovecraftian drama, suspense and cosmic horror.

    Hodgson is probably best known for HOUSE ON THE BORDERLAND. The story follows two gentlemen, Messrs Tonnison and Berreggnog, who head into Ireland to spend a week fishing. There they discover in the ruins of a very curious house a diary of the man who had once owned it. Its torn pages seem to hint at an evil beyond anything imaginable. H. P. Lovecraft lists this and other works by Hodgson among his greatest influences.ContentsThe House on the BorderlandThe Night LandThe Ghost PiratesCarnacki, the Ghost FinderThe Boats of the ‘Glen Carrig’The Case of the Curio DealerThe Drum of SaccharineMen of the Deep WatersThe Red HerringThe Stone ShipThe Voice in the Night

    Welcome her. As if it knew her. The light had faded, and dark, bilious clouds had taken its place. In the three short weeks I'd spent in Cornwall, I'd learned two things: that the weather was not to be trusted, and that the wind never ceased to blow. Fair weather or foul, it whistled and murmured and moaned, like a living, breathing, tortured being. It had risen since it played innocently among the foxglove blooms earlier stirring the mists along the graveyard gate. Now it was angry, driving the black clouds inland from the sea. Waterfowl raced before it dotting the sky like a blizzard over the mighty house, and I'd scarcely pulled the car to a stop when the rain came. It was just as I remembered it from my drive-by earlier, like a creature of myth silhouetted against the storm-a huge, rambling, turreted structure of stone and timbers defying its existence in such a setting. Yet, aside from a wounded turret, a few missing boards, and a good deal of broken glass, Cragmoor approached the dawn of another century remarkably intact. I tried to imagine the house as it once must have been, ablaze with light and life, surrounded by manicured lawns and courtyards and lush, fragrant gardens. Now it rose from a tangled snarl of briar, thorn, and desolation. Row upon row of darkened windows, catching stray glints of the fading light, shuddered in the wind as the gale bore down upon it. The house was asleep, and I was about to wake it.

    In the final battle, the last remaining humans will take on Death himself . . . but will they survive?

    If there's a line between the real and the digital, between meat and the game, between past and present, then hold this book close to your mouth and whisper it into the pages. Please. Maybe the kid in there'll hear you. His name is Nolan Dugatti. He's lost, see, running down hall after hall, something both ancient and not-yet born galloping up behind him on a hundred legs, each individual footfall a sound he knows, a way of shuffling that he's always known. His father? Except it can't be. Unless of course this is another novel from Stephen Graham Jones. Not quite horror, not quite science fiction, but like his five or six other books, a story trembling at some pupal stage between meat and the game, where words will sometimes stop their crawl across the page and crane their neck around at the sky, nod about what they see there--you--then unfold their wings, drift up into another world altogether.

    Welcome to the Pit-Stop Grill, a roadside attraction along Arizona's Route 66 where travellers kick up their feet while sipping a nice cup of joe. It's a cool oasis in an unforgiving desert landscape. It's also the last stop on the road to Hell. When ten people find themselves inside the eerie diner, unable to get out or remember how they arrived, all they know is what their waitress, Holly, tells them: a bus is coming. It will take them the rest of the way to a destination of unspeakable horrors. Led by highway patrolman, Officer Scott Alders, the group of strangers unite with a common goal--escape. Each of them holds dark secrets, but personal demons are no match for the wraithlike bus driver who arrives bearing the nametag RAMSEY. Driving an oily black bus with ghostly headlights and exhaust that smells of brimstone, Ramsey wastes no time picking them off one by one. As their number dwindles and the terror mounts, Scott Alders realizes it will take more than a police-issued sidearm to stop the evil that tracks them. But is there enough power in their battered spirits to combat a crimson-eyed driver with a schedule to keep? One thing is clear: you'll think twice before you make your next Pit-Stop.

    This anthology contains thirteen tales of terror, covering a vast array of horror themes involving living gargoyles, creepy dolls, dark urban legends, secret societies, and murderous madmen. The main story is a novella based on Nox Arcana's nightmarish concept album, Darklore Manor. When a team of ghost hunters sets out to investigate a legendary haunted house, they encounter several spirits of the restless dead and awaken an ancient evil that hungers for human souls. Years later, they are plagued by nightmares and the survivors return to the house to confront their darkest fears. This eerie and horrific tale is reminiscent of classic ghost stories like The Legend of Hell House and The Haunting.

    But, in their immodest comfort, the Prince and his guests are not as safe as they hope from the horrors of the outside world ...

    She dies young, and with so much left to give. He does not understand. He cannot let her go. After the funeral, his father begins talking to a large wooden box that he keeps beneath his bed. And when Daniel whispers to the box one day when his father goes out … it answers back. It’s a voice he does not know. But this voice knows so much.

    Within the pages of this volume the reader will find a barn that has the strange and terrifying ability to digest things that get trapped inside. They will stop at a way station where the dead briefly linger before continuing on to the afterlife. The reader will become involved in a poker game where the chips represent time that the gambler has left to live and to win is to gain life, but to lose could mean instant death. They will meet an anorexic woman who knows a disturbing truth that prevents her from eating and a hospital photographer will take a picture that will haunt him for the rest of his life. These are just a few of the stories in this book and it is one of the best anthologies that I have had the pleasure to read all year. Within the pages of Horror Library III the reader will find very few of the canned monsters we all have come to know, such as vampires and werewolves. No, this volume holds several new nightmares that will draw the reader in and keep them wondering until it is too late. I would certainly recommend this 3rd volume of the Horror Library to anyone who likes well written tales of horror. Contains: Violence, mild pedophilia, gore.

    Here, a man searches for truth in a universe that has forsaken him and pays the price for that knowledge, and a woman with out hope travels northward to find the place where her life fell to pieces and discovers of what she truly is made. They say no man is an island, no matter how much he wishes to be, but what then is that ship that sails toward him, and what pray tell is that lashed to its bow. These are tales that infect our dreams, tales of things that live beyond our understanding and watch us with malignant indifference. They are tales of grief, of loneliness, of guilt. Tales of the liminal places that separate our world from that other world, the world to which our souls are merely a gateway. Come inside and witness what resides in us all, deep down beneath the surface.Table of ContentsForeword To Beneath The Surface by Matt CardinA Shadow in God's EyeIt Runs Beneath the SurfaceThe Constant Encroaching of a Tumultuous SeaA Thing of LoveOff the HookMore to LearnBehind GlassIn the AirYou Are HereThe Autumnal CityThe Wound So DeepThoughtlessLeather, Dark and ColdDrowned Deep Inside of MeAfterword: Excerpts from a Writer's Journal"One of the most important debut short story collection in the genre." -- Stephen Jones

    Why did the people leave? Visit the deserted towns and discover the secrets hidden there.

    P. Lovecraft of Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951). The preeminent British supernaturalist of the twentieth century, Blackwood combined elements of philosophy and modern psychology to introduce a new sophistication to a genre formerly dominated by traditional ghost stories. His tales of terror, occult detective stories, fantasies, and other thrillers possess an unprecedented degree of subtlety and finesse.This trio of tales showcases Blackwood's best and most gripping work. An idyllic camping trip along the Danube goes horribly wrong in "The Willows," as supplies start to disappear, trees begin to move, and a hole inexplicably forms in the bottom of the canoe. The dark terror of "The Wendigo" unfolds in the remote Canadian wilderness, where a hunting party encounters a creature from Algonquin myth. "The Listener," a ghost yarn set in a rundown house in London, recounts a struggling writer's dawning realization of the chilling connection between his headaches, a mysterious sound of footsteps, and the sensation of being watched while he sleeps. All three of these stories feature Blackwood's characteristically high level of sustained suspense and offer readers a refined supernatural experience.

    Turns out, Adrian was on of the most skilled assassins under Vampire Princess Royce's reign and she is not happy about her loss. As a punishment, Tasmin is forced to convert an old pack of Werewolves into the new lifestyle. Meanwhile, Tasmin's relationship with Spiders has intensified. She is attracting them in vast amounts. Tasmin soon discovers that her connection with the Spiders is in fact a curse and Tasmin could risk losing everything she's ever loved to a giant Spider called the Widow. Can Tasmin make things right with Royce and save her family from the curse of the Widow? Note: This is a Short Story totaling 15,355 words

    Become part of the ghost hunt with select groups of Michigan paranormal investigative teams. Read the stories, review the evidence, decide for yourself

    From 48 Nudes to Zombies vs. Robots, and now Sparrow #0, Mr. Wood remains as indelible as ever.

    His job as a pharmacist is unrewarding. He argues with his girlfriend. He lives in America, where killing has been made legal and serial killers are hot celebrity athletes and have spawned Reap, a demented subculture with millions of fans. Beings from another dimension that only he can see are turning people into terrifying automatons and breeding machines and all he can do to stop them is kill. America has become a scary place for Jeremy Jenkins and it might just get scarier. Can Jeremy reconcile his visions of a dark future with the reality of a twisted present? Jeremy’s earth shattering two-fisted pulp destiny begins.

    Uključuje priče: - Zov Ktulua (The Call of Cthulhu), - Pohodilac mraka (The Haunter of the Dark), - Snovi u veštičjoj kući (The Dreams in the Witch House),- Stvorenje na pragu (The Thing on the Doorstep), - Sena iz drugog vremena (The Shadow out of Time) i - Kroz kapije Srebrnog ključa (Through the Gates of the Silver Key).

    BUT PEOPLE DO... It's never a good sign for the living when the dead rise & leave empty graves behind. In this of zombie tales Murphy & friends face down a jinn's deathwish; Moni the Graveyard Angel tries to close down a brothel offering dead women to their clients; in Camelot, the Infinite Jester learns the cauldron of life is not all it's reputed to be; Agent Karver must face down one of his dead that has left her grave; a vampyre zombie & a tiny necronate cause trouble in the Crimson Midnights; the Council of Thrones calls upon Nemesis to ensure a solider answers for his part in a genocide; in the alternate future of the Mysticaust the honored dead rise to defend Uncle Sam against a traitor; in the past Faerie soldiers forever scar young Terrorbelle & kill her mother for a darker purpose; Zombielicious lets her marital strife spill out onto the streets of New York; a mother asks Hex to kill her baby, but the infant's already dead & eating the neighbors; the Soul for Hire learns the hard way that a bullet for the dead isn't always enough to stop them; & Hell's Detective must capture a demon possessed zombie before it slaughters more innocents. THE PATRONS OF BULFINCHE'S PUB SPEAK OUT ON EMPTY GRAVES "A STUNNING ACHIEVEMENT! IF I HAD TO BE BURIED ON A DESERT ISLAND, THIS IS THE BOOK I'D BRING," - MURPHY'S MOM. "MORE FUN THAN A DIRGE," - MONI, the Graveyard Angel. "ALMOST AS HOT AS ME," - the corpse known as ZOMBIELICIOUS. "NOW THAT I'VE READ THIS, I CAN DIE HAPPY. THAT WAY I'D NEVER HAVE TO READ IT AGAIN," - NEGREL, Hell's Detective PRAISE FOR THE MURPHY'S LORE SERIES: "ENTERTAINING, INVENTIVE AND DELIGHTFULLY CREEPY." -JONATHAN MABERRY, Bram Stoker Award Winning Author of BAD MOON RISING and ZOMBIE CSU: The Forensics of the Living Dead "A GIFTED AND INTELLIGENT WRITER, PATRICK KNOWS HOW TO TAP HIS KNOWLEGDE OF THE HOROR GENRE AND USE IT TO CRAFT UNIGUE AND ENTERTAINING STORIES." -EDWARD DOUGLAS, MIDNIGHT SYNDICATE, Director of THE DEAD MATTER "SUCH IS THOMAS' UNIQUE BLEND OF FANTASY/HORROR/HUMOR THROUGHOUT THE... SERIES, THAT HORROR FANS WILL LOVE THE CAST OF WEIRD CHARACTERS... BULFINCHES PUB IS ALWAYS A FAST FUN READ & A PLACE YOU'LL WANT TO VISIT AGAIN." -Nick Cato, THE HORROR FICTION REVIEW

    these are just a few of the alluring sins of these sirens. Look inside, but be careful they don't lure you in too far...

    He's quiet, polite, solitary. He doesn't call attention to himself. Ever. Reed Waters has a secret.... Mauri Dyson is a teenaged runaway, impetuous and explosive. She lies, she steals, she prostitutes herself. Whatever it takes to survive. Mauri Dyson, too, has a secret.... When Mauri bursts into Reed's life one rain-soaked night she sets in motion a series of events that will spiral out of control, taking the two of them through tears and terror to the brink of madness--and a confrontation that will change them both forever.

    Five classic works have inspired a new generation of twisted authors, tainted them, if you will. Keep the lights on; Tainted is loaded with darkness.

    

    It infests the Dublin neighbourhood with an authentic population of ghosts, ghouls and goblins. Each story is filled with regional history, local atmosphere and architectural details.

    It also includes cover art and five interior illustrations by Hellraiser star Ashley Laurence, and an Introduction by Tim Lebbon.Table of Contents:INTRODUCTION by Tim LebbonCOVER & INTERIOR ART by Ashley LaurenceL O S SStories by Tom Piccirilli * "Loss" * "Bereavement" H A U N T I N G SStories by Gary A. Braunbeck * "Afterward, There Will Be A Hallway" * "The Queen of Talley’s Corner" * "Listening to Hendrix Sing ‘1983 … (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)’ " C U R S E SStories by Deborah LeBlanc * "White-Hot" * "Bottom Feeder" D E M O N SStories by Hank Schwaeble * "Midnight Bogey Blues" * "Bone Daddy" * "Gomorrah" F O L K L O R EStories by Christopher Golden * "Shaft 39" * "Under Cover of Night" * "All Aboard"

    'The Last Great Paladin of Idle Conceit' was a truly remarkable debut, and he followed it with stories like 'Raiders', 'Don't Touch the Blackouts', 'Dying in the Arms of Jean Harlow' and the British Fantasy Award winning 'Black Static'. We decided to publish a later story, 'Islington Crocodiles', in Interzone, which gained Paul a lot of new fans (as well as, it's fair to say, leaving some IZ readers slack-jawed!).All these stories are collected here, along with several others published elsewhere and three that are previously unpublished: 'The Vague', 'The Last Place on Earth for Snow' and 'An Ocean by Handfuls'.Cover art is by Vincent Chong. Introduction is by David Mathew. Foreword is by Graham Joyce.

    Offig is a "gruesome-ist " Visit him in his cluttered and curious office and he will surely tell you one of the wonderfully creepy stories he is famous for-the kind that makes your eyes bug out, your skin shiver and crawl and your tummy wiggle like a very large bowl of incredibly nervous Jell-O. And once in a while they might-just might I say-even make you laugh out loud. But be forewarned, most dearest, charming, intelligent and, might I add, particularly shrewd reader-these stories can also become very, very, very (yes, THAT very) addictive. Once you finish with one of Dr. Offig's stories, you will most certainly want to read another, then another, and then another still. And sometimes that makes it hard to go to sleep with the lights out...

    A story of the survivor of a serial killer attack; the second of an old couple facing Progress.

    His major inspiration and invention was cosmic horror: the idea that life is incomprehensible to human minds and that the universe is fundamentally alien. Those who genuinely reason, like his protagonists, gamble with sanity. He has developed a cult following for his Cthulhu Mythos, a series of loosely interconnected fictions featuring a pantheon of human-nullifying entities, as well as the Necronomicon, a fictional grimoire of magical rites and forbidden lore. His works were deeply pessimistic and cynical, challenging the values of Enlightenment, Romanticist, and Christian humanism. Lovecrafts protagonists usually achieve the mirror-opposite of traditional gnosis and mysticism by momentarily glimpsing the horror of ultimate reality. Although Lovecrafts readership was limited during his life, his reputation has grown over the decades, and he is now commonly regarded as one of the most influential horror writers of the 20th century, exerting widespread and indirect influence, and frequently compared to Edgar Allan Poe.

    Unbeknownst to his admirers, Elliot's got some demons in his past. When he tries to paint them out of his system, his plan backfires. Now Elliot's got some demons in his present and future as well. Spawned by a power of both mind and matter, Elliot's demons are very real, very weird, and very, very angry. The people in Elliot's life called him 'closed off.' So he looked inside himself. Deep inside. What he found, he brought to the surface. Now its violent manifestations are holding him hostage at his beachside cabin. Worst of all, they know how to sing and dance.

    Since being dishonorably discharged after a tour in Vietnam, he's been in and out of prison, moving from town to town, going wherever the wind takes him. He can’t stay in one place too long--every full moon he kills someone.Marlowe Higgins is a werewolf. For years he struggled with his affliction, until he found a way to use this unfortunate curse for good--he only kills really bad people. Settling at last in the small town of Evelyn, Higgins works at a local restaurant and even has a friend, Daniel Pearce, one of Evelyn's two police detectives.One night everything changes. It turns out Marlowe Higgins isn’t the only monster lurking in the area. A fiendish serial killer, known as the Rose Killer, is brutally murdering young girls all around the county. Higgins targets the killer as his next victim, but on the night of the full moon, things go drastically wrong. . . .

    activities, with such stops as the Pool of Blood and the Devil's Heart! Featuring Werewolf by Night and Lilith, Daughter of Dracula! Collects Tomb of Dracula #1-31, Werewolf by Night #15, Giant-Size Chillers #1, Giant-Size Dracula #2-4.

    Quite the opposite; it can and should be one of the most demanding literary forms, with a need for perfectly crafted prose, a complete story arc in a tight space, and an immediately engaging hook. The Best of Every Day Fiction 2008 brings together one hundred flash fiction pieces selected from Every Day Fiction's first year of publication. These stories cross boundaries of genre and geography, with tastes of science fiction, humour, romance, fantasy, horror, and surrealism alongside the more traditional literary pieces, from authors writing in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Finland, India, Israel, Nigeria, the United Kingdom and the United States.

    when the powers of the Gods wane and evil walks the Earth.The Last Days of Kali Yuga is urban fantasy at its darkest. You won’t find traditional vampires or werewolves in Paul Haines’s stories. Instead, you will stare deep into the heart of the cruelest monster of all: man.Paul Haines is one of Australia’s and New Zealand’s leading dark fiction authors. He pioneered the ‘backpacker horror’ sub-genre with stories of Westerners confronted by dark powers and corrupted souls in the developing world. His novellas “The Last Days of Kali Yuga”, “Doorways for the Dispossessed”, and “Wives”—all of which appear in this book—have won Australia’s and New Zealand's highest honours for speculative fiction.The Last Days of Kali Yuga is the definitive collection of Paul Haines’s best work.

    It is a double-sized issue of five short stories featuring Michael Myers, Laurie Strode, and Dr. Loomis. It takes place in the H20 Timeline.

    Ghosts, goblins, witches, and demons lurk in these dangerous places, stalking from the darkest corners. Mysterious noises, rattling chains, strange occurrences, and eerie shadows. These are just some of the spine-tingling oddities we encounter when we dare tread upon forbidden soil. Brace yourself readers. Sinister Landscapes takes you back to the roots of horror through eighteen gothic tales told by a new crop of authors that go straight for the throat. Featuring the genre's newest and finest voices with a foreword by award-winning and bestselling author Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc, including: Thad Linson Sarah Wilson Basore Eric Enck Jessica Lynne Gardner Ryan B. Clark Brandon Ford Jeani Rector David Boyle Gordon Anthony Bean Bret Jordan Alan Draven Stphanie J T. G. Reaper R. Vance Jeff Ezell Charlotte Emma Gledson Charlie Glover Frank E. Bittinger Edited by Alan Draven

    Housed in small settlements that pepper the wasteland, the survivors of the third world war struggle to rebuild amidst the scourge of sickness and disease and the constant threat of attack from the horrors that roam beyond their rudimentary borders. But something much worse has risen from the toxic fog, a menace whose ferocity rivals the legendary wrath of Bloody Mary and her Revenant Clan. People say that this new menace is responsible for the Revenant Clan's sudden disappearance, that Bloody Mary had finally met her match. Or maybe the reports of yellow-red eyes glaring from the darkness were all part of Griff's mind games.

    Stories From the Inkslingers is a collection of short stories by members of the Written Remains writer's group.

    Their families face persecution on a daily basis in Bangladesh, while there are other issues like demographic change in West Bengal, parts of Assam and other North-Eastern states. Men are harassed and killed, their property is confiscated, thanks to Enemy Property Act, and women are kidnapped/ raped leaving the hapless Hindu community ask the question: "Aamago lokera jai koi (Where do my people go)?". The research for this was painstaking and painful for the author, as the authorities remained in near complete denial that a systematic persecution of the Hindu community was and remains, virtually, a daily affair.

    Alluring and provocative, emotive and often amusing, this is storytelling of the highest order. Boston once again demonstrates why he is the undisputed master of of dark poetry." -Michael McBride "Boston's strange landscape of nether worlds and beings invokes a state of mind the reader will gladly be pulled into, even at the risk of discovering a dark truth that threatens one's reality...a fantastic collection!" -Corrine De Winter, Bram Stoker Award author of The Woman at the Funeral "Certain elemnets of craft do transcend the issue of shape and assist the sense of speculation. It doesn't matter whether Boston rhymes, alliterates in free verse, or employs the poetic sentence. There's a strong sense of clarity within The Nightmare Collection. Again, this comes back to Williams famous little dictum. The collections bristles with things. Vivid imager abound, which is fundamentally needed. Speculation is an abstract action. Without grounding the reader, in, say, Boston's "Surreal Office" where the arm rests are arms and the sofa is a lap, the poetry would just be a loose bundle of ideas, and that would be boring - as boring as a collection where the writer was more concerned with communicating their feelings than speaking a language of evocative imagery. Boston does what any successful speculative poet should do. He puts the reader in weird, strange, landscapes; he gives a visual context for his ideas. In the end, it makes for a wild ride." - Rich Ristow, Dark Scribe Magazine

    Where The Deep Ones Are

    His groundbreaking production has become a cornerstone redefinition of the horror- thriller genre through his personal epic style and is emulated by many. This book is a tribute to his astounding career. It contains dazzling rare on-set pics, original movie posters and an exclusive interview with Argento on his collaboration with maestro Ennio Morricone.

    This latest volume presents the chilling work of twenty-six modern practitioners of the supernatural genre.CONTENTS:'The Oram County Whoosit' by Steve Duffy'Cold Reading' by Simon Bestwick'Smugglers' by Guenther Primig'The Old Traditions' by Paul Finch'The Devil's Funeral' by Reggie Oliver'Leaves Brown' by Ian Rogers'In Old Oaks' by Keris McDonald'Thyxxolqu' by Mark Samuels'Flames' by Lawrence C. Connolly'Soft Little Fingers' by David A. Riley'The King of Majorca' by Frances Oliver'Monster' by Melanie Tem'The Children' by Christopher Harman'Cargo' by E. Michael Lewis'A Bit of a Giggle' by Harvey Peter Sucksmith'Archangel' by Peter Bell'Brokenback Isle' by Gary McMahon'Old Man's Pantry' by Simon Kurt Unsworth'A Mouth to Feed' by Joel Lane'In Vitro' by Michael Cox'Out of Season' by Marion Pitman'Under the Overpass' by Simon Strantzas'The Apartment of Bryony Hartwood' by Mark Patrick Lynch'Grauer Hans' by Helen Grant'Back Roads' by Barbara Roden'Esmeralda' by Glen Hirshberg