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"Always surprises and always entertains." --Jonathan Maberry, ROT AND RUIN A fantasy and paranormal collection. Contains the Writers of the Future Award-winning story "The Vampire Shortstop" and 11 other tales of magic, romance, and the supernatural, including the Makers series in which children control the essential forces of the world. Includes "The Boy Who Saw Fire," "In The Heart of November," and "Invisible Friend." Nicholson is the author of 12 novels, including The Red Church, Drummer Boy, Disintegration, and The Skull Ring. With J.R. Rain, he wrote the urban fantasy Cursed! Look for his other story collections THE FIRST, MURDERMOUTH: ZOMBIE BITS, CURTAINS: MYSTERY STORIES, and ASHES. As L.C. Glazebrook, he writes the paranormal romance series OCTOBER GIRLS. -------------------------- "Scott Nicholson is a very entertaining writer." -World Fantasy Award winner Tim Powers "A fresh and true voice that will affect you, disturb you, enrage you, and make you laugh."-Kevin J. Anderson, NYT best-selling author

"Keep both hands on your pants, because Nicholson is about to scare them off."--JA Konrath/Jack Kilborn, author of Origin and Endurance ASHES A collection of six supernatural stories by bestselling Kindle author Scott Nicholson, including "Homecoming," "The Three-Dollar Corpse" and "She Climbs a Winding Stair." From the author of THE RED CHURCH, SPEED DATING WITH THE DEAD, LIQUID FEAR, DISINTEGRATION, DRUMMER BOY, and the collections FLOWERS, CURTAINS, and THE FIRST, these stories visit haunted islands, disturbed families, and forgotten pasts as Nicholson serves up chills, thrills, ghosts stories, and paranormal fantasy. Collected from the pages of Cemetery Dance Magazine, The Book of Dark Wisdom, Black Static, and more. Exclusive introduction by Jonathan Maberry, author of THE DRAGON FACTORY and GHOST ROAD BLUES. The afterword explores the origins of the stories. Visit Scott Nicholson at Author Central. ----------- "Always surprises and always entertains."--Jonathon Maberry, The Dragon Factory "Nicholson's Southern Gothic stories are beautiful, at times lyrical, and all the more eerie for it."--Steven Savile, Silver "Lovecraft may have invented cosmic horror, but Nicholson brings it up close and personal."--Deborah Leblanc, Water Witch "Scott Nicholson is a terrific writer. Like Stephen King, he has an eye and ear for the rhythms of rural America, and like King, he knows how to summon serious scares."--Bentley Little, His Father's Son "He has moved into that literary shadowland between Neil Gaiman and Ray Bradbury."--Sharyn McCrumb, the Ballad novels "Scott Nicholson writes with a mixture of H.P. Lovecraft, Manly Wade Wellman, and Clive Barker."--Kevin J. Anderson, Saga of the Seven Suns

A graphic novel collection of eight illustrated tales from bestselling author Scott Nicholson. Covering dark fantasy and the supernatural, these tales are adapted from Nicholson's short stories and drawn by Kewber (CHAOS CAMPUS, SLEEPRUNNERS). In the tradition of TALES FROM THE CRYPT, CREEPIE, and EERIE, Nicholson and Kewber take you through haunted cars, talking mailboxes, invisible friends, and zombie churchyards. Nicholson is the author of 10 novels, including SPEED DATING WITH THE DEAD, THE SKULL RING, and DRUMMER BOY, as well as the comic series GRAVE CONDITIONS. Learn more about the project at www.hauntedcomputer.com.

CURTAINS: MYSTERY STORIES A collection of 13 tales of mystery, crime, and suspense from the pages of Cemetery Dance, Blue Murder, The Third Alternative, Crimewave, and more. From tales of vengeful mobsters to dark family secrets, from psychotic killers to reluctant heroes, the stories tap the dark recesses of the human heart and the temptations that bring out the worst and best in all of us. Features the 2006 Year's Best Fantasy & Horror selection "Dog Person." You'll never look at fruit the same way again after experiencing "Watermelon." And junk mail takes a sinister turn in "Letters and Lies." Includes bonus stories from award-winning writers J.A. Konrath (Origin, the Jack Daniels series) and Simon Wood (Working Stiffs), totaling 57,000 words of digital-pulp thrills. Nicholson is author of 12 novels, including the bestselling mystery and suspense thrillers DISINTEGRATION, THE RED CHURCH, THE SKULL RING, AS I DIE LYING, and SPEED DATING WITH THE DEAD. His other story collections include ASHES, THE FIRST, FLOWERS, and MURDERMOUTH: ZOMBIE BITS. Visit him at Author Central ---------------- "Always surprises and always entertains."--Jonathan Maberry, Patient Zero "Buy everything he writes. He's the real deal."-- Bentley Little, The Disappearance "This is one author who aims to kill and never misses."--Jeremy Robinson, Instinct

The pen is mightier than the sword...for the ink used to tell the thirteen tales within is more devastating than any earthly weapon... Meet the Christian Soldiers, eager to show a new and terrifying path to Salvation for those who would dare cast the first stone... A reporter finds the scoop of the century when a fellow newshound returns from the grave, but struggles to meet the Deadline... A timeshare is a far tougher sale than its realtor could ever imagine, but the house's haunting is the least of his problems... In a cathedral that defies gravity, hymns of agony are sung to pay for the sins of others... And a mother gives birth to new life from a womb that knows only the remnants of the dead... Drawn with blood... Written with ink...