Spells, Salt, & Steel Books

"When all else fails, the ass end of a carp makes a damn fine weapon." Your new favorite monster hunter has arrived! Bubba the Monster Hunter has some competition in this horror comedy collection from best-selling author duo Gail Z. & Larry N. Martin! By day, Marck Wojcik can be found elbow-deep in engine grease, making cars and trucks safe for the highway. By night, he can be found traipsing through the wilds of Pennsylvania, making the world safe for humans. He's more than just a mechanic, he's a New Templar Knight. He travels the backroads and byways fighting weresquonks, ningen, selkies, ghosts, and...gnomes? Is that gnome...naked? (sigh). Season One collects the first four novellas in the Spells, Salt, & Steel series - Spells, Salt, & Steel Open Season Deep Trouble Close Encounters

The carp-slapping, grenade-launching son of a gun Mark Wojcik is back, and this time he's going hunting! When there's trouble in the Pennsylvania wilds, there's only one person to call. It's out of Bubba's jurisdiction, so the monster mashing falls on part-time mechanic, part-time cryptid killer Mark Wojcik. He's got a gun, a cast of supporting characters you won't believe, and more ammunition than you can shake a stick at. This time, there's something funky happening in the woods, and Mark is about to learn more about hunting, and The Hunt, than he ever wanted to! Set in the popular Bubba the Monster Hunter universe, the New Templar Knights novellas are comedic horror/urban fantasy tales of ordinary men and women battling to keep the world safe against the things that go bump in the night, often trying to balance normal lives with extraordinary side gigs. Fans of Bubba, Mason Dixon Monster Hunter, and the Monster Hunter Mom Jess Friedman will enjoy Mark Wojcik's hilarious adventures.

Mark Wojcik is back, and this time there are ghosts, gnomes, dragons, and way more than you ever wanted to know about a gnome's fiddly bits! When there's trouble in the Pennsylvania wilds, there's only one person to call. It's out of Bubba's jurisdiction, so the monster mashing falls on part-time mechanic, part-time cryptid killer Mark Wojcik. He's got a gun, a cast of supporting characters you won't believe, and more ammunition than you can shake a stick at. This time, Mark's not sure what's more dangerous, a haunted hotel, or the live guests at his girlfriend's work soiree! Set in the popular Bubba the Monster Hunter universe, the New Templar Knights novellas are comedic horror/urban fantasy tales of ordinary men and women battling to keep the world safe against the things that go bump in the night, often trying to balance normal lives with extraordinary side gigs. Fans of Bubba, Mason Dixon Monster Hunter, and the Monster Hunter Mom Jess Friedman will enjoy Mark Wojcik's hilarious adventures.

There's a drunk werewolf passed out on his porch, a monster mistaken for a mammoth stalking the nearby woods, zombies at an abandoned sanitarium, and his niece has been kidnapped by a haunted hotel that makes the Overlook resemble the Waldorf Astoria. For Mark Wojcik, it's just another week in the wild backwoods of Pennsylvania. That's right, Mark Wojcik is back, with more monsters, more one-liners, more action, more mysteries, and now with added shady government conspiracies! This time old family ghosts come calling when his dead brother's widow calls to tell him his niece has gone missing, Mark knows she'd rather cut off her arm than ever speak to him again, so if his sister-in-law is calling, it's gotta be serious. Mark finds out just how serious when he realizes that his niece has vanished into a haunted hotel that only appears once every few decades, so if he's going to get her home safe, he'd better haul some serious ass! Can Mark save his niece when he couldn't save his brother? Set in the popular Bubba the Monster Hunter universe, the New Templar Knights novellas are comedic horror/urban fantasy tales of ordinary men and women battling to keep the world safe against the things that go bump in the night, often trying to balance normal lives with extraordinary side gigs. Fans of Bubba, Mason Dixon Monster Hunter, and the Monster Hunter Mom Jess Friedman will enjoy Mark Wojcik's hilarious adventures.

Mark Wojcik is back and his life is getting weirder than ever! Someone is messing around with the cryptids in his part of the Pennsylvania backwoods, and when he’s called in to deal with a rogue sheepsquatch, Mark has more on his hands than he’s used to! There are rogue government agencies, a coven of witches, the Catholic Church, and a brand new Scooby Gang of magically talented young adults to deal with, all while he tries to figure out who’s bespelling normally peaceful mythical creatures into raging monsters. Mark hasn’t had a week this bad since the last time he had to fight a butt-nekkid gnome. Night Moves is the fifth novella in the Spells, Salt, & Steel series by Gail Z. & Larry N. Martin. This comedy urban fantasy series takes place in the universe of John G. Hartness’ Bubba the Monster Hunter series, and shares crossovers with other Falstaff Books titles by Eric R Asher, J.D. Blackrose, and Theresa Glover. The first volume, Spells, Salt, & Steel Season 1, is available now from Falstaff Books.

Mark Wojcik is back, and his life is weirder than ever! He's hunting an Albatwitch, chasing a Mothman, and dealing with all sorts of rogue cryptids that shouldn't be anywhere near the Pennsylvania backwoods. Why are all these new monsters showing up all of a sudden? Why do some of them look like they've escaped from a medical testing facility or a research laboratory? What in the world is he going to do with all these critters? To get to the bottom of this mystery, he'll call on all his resources - Father Leo, Donny the Werewolf, the Scooby Gang of young supernaturals he mentors, and a few new faces, too. Travis Dominick and Brent Lawson make a visit to help find out what's going on and see if there really are demons involved in the strange happenings. Then the Russian priest shows up and the team investigates a VERY haunted mental hospital. It's more than just a typical monster hunt for Mark Wojcik, and he's going to need every friend and resource he's got to stay alive.

Monster Hunter and mechanic Mark Wojcik has his hands full protecting innocent people from horrible monsters—and protecting innocent monsters from horrible people. When he foils the efforts of an illegal Huntsman to poach one of the creatures he protects, Mark discovers a network of traffickers who capture cryptids and sell them to collectors or for illicit sport hunting. Then he gets pulled into a Mob war between the vampire and werewolf factions of two major Mafia families. But when both the Huntsman and the Mob want to capture a rare firebird and use it against their enemies, Mark and his allies need to act fast before it all goes up in flames.

Monster hunter and mechanic Mark Wojcik has his hands full protecting innocent monsters from horrible people and innocent people from horrible monsters. His corner of rural Pennsylvania used to be relatively quiet—except for the ghosts, trolls, gnomes, and snallygasters. Then the Mob wars between the vampires and werewolves spilled over from the big city, along with supernatural bounty hunters, necromancer narcos, a monster trafficking ring, paranormal bookies, warring secret government agencies, and wicked witches. To rein in the chaos, Mark will need to call on all his resources - Father Leo, Donny the Werewolf, the Scooby Gang of supernaturally-talented young adults he mentors, and other friends with the kind of special talents to handle things that go bump in the night. They're making it up as they go, breaking all the rules, and kicking monster butt. Spells, Salt, and Steel Season 2 is a high-energy, horror-comedy action-packed adventure filled with creepy cryptids, spooky magic, supernatural secrets, paranormal plots, found family, loyal friends, haunted houses, helpful ghosts, sneaky secret agents, and lots of explosions! This comedy urban fantasy series takes place in the universe of John G. Hartness’s Bubba the Monster Hunter series and shares crossovers with other Falstaff Books titles by Eric R Asher, J.D. Blackrose, and Theresa Glover in the New Templar Knights universe. The first volume, Spells, Salt, & Steel Season 1, is also available from Falstaff Books.

Mark Wojcik is back, and this time he has to call in some help! There are ghosts in the abandoned Hillvale Manor Sanitarium and they are definitely not the friendly kind. Mark has to help them find their rest before anymore of the paranormal investigators that flock to the haunted hospital get hurt, and maybe while he's at it, figure out what's up with all the "For Sale" signs popping up in the area, all of them on reportedly haunted properties. It's going to take everything Mark can bring to bear on this case, plus some help from his werewolf friend Donny, his priest friend Father Leo, and maybe a few extra special guests to figure this one out.