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The witches who populate these 100 delightfully scary stories include practitioners of white witchcraft and devotees of black magic. Most are female, some are male, and a few are thoroughly unclassifiable. They can be born witches or made witches, and may mix simple love potions or volatile concoctions that threaten all we hold dear. Some resent not receiving the treatment they feel they deserve from lesser mortals; yet other witches don't even realize that they wield any special influence at all. The many writers who take on this ever-fascinating character (so fundamentally human unlike her more paranormal, ghostly brethren) include Juleen Brantingham ("Burning in the Light"), Joe R. Landsdale ("By the Hair of the Head"), Simon McCaffery ("Blood Mary"), Terry Campbell ("Retrocurses"), Lawrence Shimel ("Coming Out of the Broom Closet"), and a coven of others.
Fear the Fever, the seventh of the provocative Hot Blood anthology series, is the hottest yet. Your blood will boil as you peruse P.J. Cacek’s Bram Stoker award-winning story “Metalica” and Graham Masterton’s Stoker- nominated story “The Secret Shih Tan.” Emmy and Nebula Award winning writer Alan Brennert brings “Fantasies” to the Hot Blood series, while Jack Ketchum and Edward Lee join forces for the unforgettable “Love Letters from the Rain Forest.” Lucy Taylor and Bruce Jones are among the other contributors. 17 steaming, sizzling, brilliant pieces of original erotic horror fiction.
Joyce Carol Oates, Lawrence Block, Ramsey Campbell, and others blur the lines between terror and temptation in fourteen hedonistic tales of horror. Crimes of Passion , ninth in the award–winning Hot Blood series of erotic horror, has a criminally good array of talent—fourteen stories by authors as diverse as literary giant Joyce Carol Oates, mystery giant Lawrence Block, horror giant Ramsey Campbell, musician Greg Kihn, and Brian Hodge, who pens the stunning Bram Stoker Award finalist “Madame Babylon.” It’s “like a powerful handgun being cocked in your ear” (award-winning author Edward Bryant for Locus ) and “should serve to warm your veins quite nicely during the long winters night” ( Booklovers ). You’ll find yourself cuffed to the page until you finish this inescapable, essential volume. With some of the biggest authors and best stories, Crimes of Passion is erotic horror at its sinful, wonderful best. Praise for the Hot Blood series “Read Hot Blood late at night when the wind is blowing hard and the moon is full.” — Playboy “Outstanding . . . A daring combination of sex and terror.” — Cemetery Dance “Will appeal to your every kink.” — Locus “Seek out this one (or its predecessors) for some naughty fun.” — Booklovers
The horror short-short isn't easy to master, but more than 100 of the genre's critically acclaimed authors & hottest up-&-comers have taken a stab at it in Horrors! 365 Scary Stories , an anthology that contains a short tale for every day of the year. Steve Rasnic Tem, Wm F. Nolan, Tom Piccirilli, Yvonne Navarro, Peter Atkins, Brian Hodge, Martin Mundt & 166 others give you short, sharp shocks. Who got the most slots? The final scorecard: 13: Brian McNaughton 9: Tim Waggoner 8: Benjamin Adams, Wm Marden 7: David Niall Wilson, DonD'Ammassa, Linda J. Dunn, Steve Rasnic Tem 6: Adam-Troy Castro, Del Stone Jr, John Gregory Betancourt, Phyllis Eisenstein, Tom Piccirilli 5: Adam Niswander, Brian Hodge, Hugh B. Cave, John B. Rosenmann, Peter Atkins, Terry Campbell 4: Don Webb, Gary Jonas, Lawrence Schimel, Lisa Lepovetsky, Lisa Morton, Wayne Allen Sallee, Yvonne Navarro, Scott M. Brents 3: Martin Mundt, David Annandale, Donald R. Burleson, Greg McElhatton, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Joe Meno, Judith Post, Juleen Brantingham, Lawrence C. Connolly, Michael Mardis, Michael Scott Bricker, Nancy Kilpatrick, Richard Gilliam, S. May Amarinth, Scott David Aniolowski, Stephen Dedman, Tina L. Jens 2: Andrew Sands, Blythe Ayne, Brian A. Hopkins, Brian Craig, Brian Stableford, Dawn Dunn, Francis Amery, Gordon Linzner, Greg van Eekhout, James Robert Smith, Joel S. Ross, John Maclay, Kay Reynolds, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Lillian Csernica, Kevin Shadle, Larry Segriff, Lawrence Greenberg, Lisa John Bothell, Lisa S. Silverthorne, Lois H. Gresh, Mark Hannah, Michael Gillis, Michael Grisi, Randy Miller, Robert Devereaux, Scott Edelman, Steve Eller, Thomas M. Sipos
These 19 stories by the masters of Western fiction—including Louis L’Amour, John Jakes, and Elmer Kelton—recreate the hardships and heartbreaks of settling and surviving on the American frontier in the 19th century.
Classic novellas, never-before-published stories, essays on the history, literature, and films of Halloween, and real-life memories of October 31st-from today's best practitioners of fear: Dean Koontz * Peter Straub * Poppy Z. Brite * Rick Hautala * Steve Rasnic Tem * Elizabeth Engstrom * Thomas Ligotti * Gary A. Braunbeck * Jack Ketchum * Thomas F. Monteleone * Hugh B. Cave * Simon Clark * Christopher Golden * Ray Bradbury * Jack Ketchum * Alan M. Clark * Gahan Wilson * Paula Guran * John Shirley * Tom Piccirilli * Jack Cady * David B. Silva * Robert Morrish * William F. Nolan * Michael Cadnum * Richard Laymon * Douglas Clegg * Douglas E. Winter * Stanley Wiater * Caitlín R. Kiernan * Lewis Shiner * Yvonne Navarro * Tim Lebbon * Kim Newman * F. Paul Wilson * Owl Goingback * Dennis Etchison * Stephen Mark Rainey * Charles L. Grant * Kelly Laymon * Dominick Cancilla * Kristine Kathryn Rusch * Michael Marshall Smith * Wayne Allen Sallee * Ramsey Campbell * Ed Gorman * Stefan Dziemianowicz * Peter Crowther
"Poetry is the devil's wine." -- St. Augustine THE DEVIL'S WINE features contributions from Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Peter Straub, Graham Masterton, Charles De Lint, Jack Ketchum, Joe Haldeman, Michael Bishop, Jack Cady, Steve Rasnic Tem, Melanie Tem, Peter Crowther, TM Wright, Brian Hodge, Edward Lee, Elizabeth Massie, Jay Bonansinga, and Tamara Thorne. The Cemetery Dance hardcover is the only edition for this title, and many of the nearly 200 poems have never appeared anywhere else. Stephen King's amazing contributions were originally published in small venues during his college years and these publications now resell for thousands of dollars due to their scarcity. The King poems haven't seen print in over 30 years--this is the only time they have ever been reprinted! The poetry found within THE DEVIL'S WINE is deeply moving, affecting, and deals with the human condition in a way that only those who've danced along the edge of the abyss are capable of understanding. One of the contributors, Jay Bonansinga, calls THE DEVIL'S WINE "a unique compendium of thriller writers moonlighting in the world of dark verse" and that's about the best description we've heard yet.
Action-packed tales of the frontier by some of the West's finest storytellers include short fiction by Louis L'Amour, Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini, Bill Crider, Gary Lovisi, James Reasoner, Gary Phillips, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Judy Alter, R. C. House, and other notable authors. Original.
Four modern horror masters--Bentley Little, Douglas Clegg, Christopher Golden, and Tom Piccirilli--present a nightmarish collection of novellas, each taking place during one dreadful night, that vividly brings to life the terrifying things that lurk in the darkness. Original.
Cemetery Dance Publications is proud to announce SHIVERS II, the sequel to last year's award nominated and bestselling anthology! SHIVERS II is a brand new anthology of terror, containing almost two dozen short stories from today's hottest writers, including Bentley Little, Douglas Clegg, Edward Lee, Ray Garton, Graham Masterton, Tom Piccirilli, Thomas Tessier, F. Paul Wilson, Rick Hautala, and many others! Featuring original dark fiction with a handful of rare reprints, SHIVERS II is available only as a beautiful perfect-bound trade paperback! Table of Contents: Item Anna -- F. Paul Wilson Item MO3:16 -- Geoff Cooper Item The Machinery of Night -- Douglas Clegg Item Will You Tell Them I Died Quietly? -- Kealan Patrick Burke Item Marking the Passage of Time -- Brian Freeman Item Schoolhouse -- Rick Hautala Item Weakness -- Tom Piccirilli Item When Worlds Collide -- David Niall Wilson Item Slouching in Bethlehem -- Brian Keene Item Riding the Storm Out -- J.F. Gonzalez Item Fine Until You Called -- Thomas Tessier The Box Man -- Gary A. Braunbeck Something in Store -- Bev Vincent Can You Dig It? -- Garrett Peck The New Kid -- Al Sarrantonio Xipe -- Edward Lee A Better Man -- David G. Barnett A Night Out With the Boys -- Ray Garton Living in the Cemetery, Dancing the Dance -- Kelly Laymon The House of Dust -- Thomas F. Monteleone & Elizabeth E. Monteleone How Dead Is That Doggie In The Window? -- Patricia Lee Macomber Junkyard of the Damned -- Robert Morrish Last Wish -- Bentley Little The Burgers of Calais -- Graham Masterton
Alan M. Clark has had his own artwork interpreted by writers in two previous Imagination Fully Dilated volumes. Now, Fairwood Press brings you the third installment of this important anthology series. Sixteen tales by experienced as well as up-and-coming writers tell the stories behind Clark's SF artwork.
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A gruesome collection of stories delves into the mysterious creatures and dark forces that lurk in the shadows, featuring contributions from such noted horror authors as Don Tumasonis, Lee Thomas, Mark Samuels, and Joseph A. Ezzo. Original.
Introduction by Joseph Nassise Bentley Little tells of a trucker's obsessive search for his less-than-human father. Nuclear armageddon is only the beginning for the teenage reject crafted by Nick Mamatas. In Ramsey Campbell's tale, a journey to the woods of his youth reveals a man's dementia... and some sinister secrets. A sensory kaleidoscope of deadpan insanity, is presented by Bev Vincent, author of The Road to the Dark Tower. The terrible truth of a mother's choice is revealed through a dozen fragmented perspectives by Gary A. Braunbeck, author of In Silent Graves. Tom Piccirilli, author of The Midnight Road, spins a somber tale of one man's last desperate fight to redeem a squandered life. A reporter's sanity unravels after viewing a video never meant to be seen in a terrifying and topical novelette by Kealan Patrick Burke, author of The Hides. Scott Nicholson, author of The Home and The Manor, explores the tragedy of infant death and the fragility of a new mother's mind. Corpse Blossoms presents an array of specters and shadows, creatures and catastrophes, but the focus of each story is ultimately the human factor. The frailty, the ignorance, the conceit; these are the dread elements that shape our decisions and often doom us. Featuring original stories by: Ward Parker -- White Shrouds of Memory Kealan Patrick Burke -- Empathy Ramsey Campbell -- Skeleton Woods Lee Clark Zumpe -- The Chatterer in the Darkness Darren Speegle -- Hexerei Steve Vernon -- The Last Few Curls of Gut Rope Gary A. Braunbeck -- Need Steve Rasnic Tem -- Mysteries of the Colon Tom Piccirilli -- An Average Insanity, A Common Agony Larry Tritten -- Whatever Happened to Shangri-La? Eric Shapiro -- The Man in the Corner Michael Canfield -- Wednesday Marion Pitman -- Disposal of the Body Steve Wedel -- The God of Discord Athena Workman -- Victrola's Way to Pay Clifford Brooks -- Because Afterwards, They Pull the Shades Scott Nicholson -- The Weight of Silence Bev Vincent -- The Smell of Fear Brian Freeman -- Running Rain Patricia Russo -- Feed Them Bentley Little -- Finding Father Erin MacKay -- Windows Nick Mamatas -- All That's Left After the Big One Drops Michail Velichansky -- A Ragnarok Without Gods
Hell on earth. Dangerous visions of incarnate damnation visited upon our delicate world by some of today's most imaginative authors, including William F. Nolan, Poppy Z. Brite, Tom Piccirilli, Randy Chandler, Weston Ochse, and more. All new, never before published stories.
eaturing Jack Ketchum, Gary Braunbeck, Thomas F. Monteleone, Ray Garton, Brian Hodge, Ed Gorman, Al Sarrantonio, Mick Garris, and many others, these eighteen original tales celebrate Hollywood and the horror movie-going experience with affection, devotion, and fear. In Midnight Premiere you'll discover how many of these authors have worked in film as screenwriters, actors, and directors and put their particular experiences to use in showing you the dark underside of the Hollyweird dream and the LaLa Land facade. The opening credits are about to roll. Prepare yourself for the shocking and the illuminating, the strange and the fanciful...the real and the lies of celluloid that may well mean more to you than the truth. And remember All the many screaming folks they torment up on the big screen and across these pages...? The leering mad smiles, yowling creatures, and the brandishing of sharp weapons...? All the havoc and mayhem and anguish and horrors...? They do it because they LOVE you. Join a cast including Mick Garris (director of Stephen King's THE STAND and DESPERATION), Patrick Lussier (director of WHITE NOISE: THE LIGHT, DRACULA 2000), William Smith (actor in hundreds of classic B-films including RUN ANGEL RUN and GRAVE OF THE VAMPIRE), Kyra Schon (zombie-girl extraordinaire from NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD), the number one scream queen of all time Linnea Quigley, and many others as they return to the
This edition of Shroud features thrilling dark fiction from horror authors Nate Kenyon, Kealan Patrick Burke, Steve Vernon, Marie Brennan, Tom Piccirilli with Ken Bruen, Christa Miller, Nathaniel Lambert, Maura McHugh, I.E. Lester, Shawn Oetzel, and Tim Deal!
This collection features the most comprehensive yearly overview of horror around the world in all its incarnations, an impressively researched necrology, and a list of indispensable contact addresses for the dedicated reader and budding writer alike. This is the very best of new short stories and novellas by today's masters of the macabre. Contributors include such names as Neil Gaiman, Gene Wolfe, Brian Keene, Michael Marshall Smith, Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, Elizabeth Massie, Glen Hirshberg, Peter Atkins, and Tanith Lee. This is required reading for any fan of ghoulish fiction.
Limited Edition of this fantasy, horror, and science fiction anthology. Signed by the editor and many of the authors including Nancy A. Collins, Ed Gorman, Terry Lamsley, Norman Partridge, Peter Crowther, James Lovegrove, Ray Garton and many others. A new book with dust jacket and slipcase.
This massive, oversized tribute anthology for Richard Laymon features short fiction and personal remembrances from dozens and dozens of the biggest names in horror and Laymon's biggest fans. In addition, there are more than on hundred pages of "Rarities and Fan Favorites" from Richard Laymon's personal files stories, interviews, and more, including a 17 page photo album personally selected by Ann Laymon. Several of these rare pieces were scanned directly from Laymon's original manuscripts and contain his handwritten corrections. Featuring more than 600 pages of fiction and essays written in honor of the man, author, and friend, In Laymon's Terms is personal, moving, and wildly entertaining. This is a unique hardcover that would have made Richard Laymon proud.
The Death Panel: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness features 13 stories from authors of crime, suspense, and horror. Sadistic serial killers, German war criminals, cops and zombies, the mob and monsters, detectives and were-creatures, all rolled up into one roller coaster ride of an anthology. Ultra violent, hardboiled, with an unhealthy dose of the macabre, The Death Panel is a no-holds-barred, in-your-face hard ride to hell. EDITORIAL REVIEWS HORROR WORLD "...if you’re looking for something a little different to read in your horror fiction, a book with stories that are edgy and cool as all hell, then pick up The Death Panel, and then be prepared to be blown away by some of the best genre short story fiction written in the last few years. Yes, this book is that good." BOOKGASM "With sharp writing and a crisp design to match, the anthology makes a strong case for 2009's best. It's only Comet Press' third release, but already, the small-press label has distinguished itself as a reliable name brand. Pick it up, if you've got the balls." MONSTER LIBRARIAN "If you are a horror fan who wants to expand your horizons, I highly recommend picking up The Death Panel." TABLE OF CONTENTS Lipstick Swastika by Randy Chandler Blood Sacrifices & The Catatonic Kid byTom Piccirilli What Makes an Angel Cry by Kelly M. Hudson The Neighbor by Brandon Ford The Name Game by Scott Nicholson Fly by Night by Tim Curran Detail by Fred Venturini Parental Guidance by Simon Wood Rindelstein's Monsters by David Tallerman The Hooker in the Backseat by Erik Williams The Mouth by John Everson Nine Cops Killed For A Goldfish Cracker by David James Keaton Board The House Up by Zach Sherwood
Here is the first-ever collection of brand-new poems written expressly for the Orange-and-Black holiday, edited by horror master Al Sarrantonio! Halloween: New Poems contains original poetic gems by some of today's best horror writers including the first poems ever published (a total of six!) by Joe R. Lansdale. Along with Lansdale find such horror greats as Tom Disch, Gary Braunbeck, T.M. Wright, Elizabeth Massie, Tom Piccirilli, Steve Rasnic Tem and Brian Freeman, as well as poetry by Al Sarrantonio himself. This is a book you will take down from your shelf every Halloween season a real keepsake and one-of-a-kind volume, with a beautiful cover by Alan Clark and fantastic interior art by Keith Minnion. Halloween: New Poems is sure to become a collectible, so be sure to order your copy today!
Creativity is something like magic. One form might feed the other, providing inspiration, sparking ideas, fueling the creative juices. For the authors contained within this unique anthology, the source of inspiration was the music of Bruce Springsteen. Themes, lines, song titles . . . whatever it took to draw these stories into life. So many of Springsteen's songs bring you close to the edge of a darkness where uncertainty reigns - a darkness not just on the edge of town but of our hearts and minds . . . the darkness between child and adulthood, perhaps; or between courage and fear; marriage and divorce; even confidence and self-doubt. These nineteen authors nudge us closer to an answer . . . and let us see what really is stirring out there in the shadows. From "Nothing Forgiven" by Lee Thomas (Inspired by "Something In the Night") Long ago, you made a promise, swore you'd never return to this place. Now though, with your promise broken and the past's topography rising, they return, joining you in the car like phantom passengers. From "Fire" by Elizabeth Massie (Inspired by "I'm On Fire") Mac put his hand on the wall, willing her to feel his love through the plaster. "Lisa, let me help you." "You? You're kidding, right? How can you help?" Mac was taken aback. She saw him as only the cripple next door, the young man who had nothing to offer but pasta, pie, and a friendly word through the wall. From "Atonement" by Gary A. Braunbeck (Inspired by "My Father's House") Don't tell me you've forgotten? Yes, that's right. Thirty years ago tonight, my father buried us under the floorboards in my bedroom after he came home early from work and caught us in my bed. From "Kneeling in the Darkness" by Lorne Dixon (Inspired by "Point Blank") "Listen." Riddle said, his grip steadying Teddy's hand. A hundred invisible blades punctured his flesh at as many angles, bullets tore chunks of flesh out of his body, he felt himself crushed by stone, suffocated by linen, beaten until his skeleton was nothing but an assembly of shards. "Listen to her." From "The Hungry Heart" by Michael A. Arnzen (Inspired by "Hungry Heart") A recurring snore. A blasted monitor bleep. A terrible spoon pinging porcelain. It was an orchestra conducted by some subsonic sadist intent on keeping him awake. He clutched the heart-shaped pillow against his chest. It was still beating. From "Die Angle" by Lawrence C. Connolly (Inspired by "Murder, Incorporated") Nick took an envelope from the desk. "Call me as soon as you finish." He passed the envelope to Johnny. "I need to know the moment he's dead." From "From the Dark Heart of a Dream" by Tom Piccirilli (Inspired by "Adam Raised a Cain") My father's ghost might be standing in the darkness, watching, evaluating, judging. I bond with a man thirty-five years embalmed. It does things to a person. From "Independence Day" by Sarah Langan (Inspired by "Independence Day" and "The Rising') The doctor has a Cyclops-like eye in the center of his face. It lights up white, and then red. The doctor is a five-foot wide metal box in the curved corner of the room. It's attached to the needles, and her, by worn plastic tubes that over time have turned pink from other peoples' blood. From "Ain't No Angel Gonna Greet Me" by Guy Adams (Inspired by "Maria's Bed") Sitting on the back seat I scrubbed at each foot in turn before pulling on the dead man's socks and boots; a size or so too big, but nothing I couldn't walk in. Finally I popped his snake-eyes cufflinks in place, pulled on the jacket. I closed the trunk lid and got back behind the wheel. I would take the last step of the journey in my dead-man's clothes. From "With These Hands" by Kurt Dinan (Inspired by "Factory" and "Two Faces") When he died three weeks later, I inherited his house, his car, and his bills. Then, like every other son in town eventually does, I took my father's place on the line, my hands continuing his work as if they'd never taken a break.
The destructiveness of passion, both earthly and supernatural, makes cities bleed and souls burn across worlds, through endless time. Experience the spiritual side of the zombie apocalypse in "The Days of Flaming Motorcycles" and transcend both hell and nirvana in "Zen and the Art of Gordon Dratch's Damnation." Look into "The Mad Eyes of the Heron King" to find the beautiful brutality written in the moment of epiphany or "Go and Tell it On the Mountain," where Jesus Christ awaits your last plea to enter heaven-if there is a heaven to enter when all is said and done. Horror's top authors and promising newcomers whisper tales that creep through the mists at night to rattle your soul. Step beyond salvation and damnation with thirty stories and poems that reveal the darkness beneath belief. Place your faith in that darkness; it's always there, just beyond the light.
The Best of Talebones collects 42 of the best and most beloved stories from Talebones magazine. Taken from 39 issues published over 14 years, this anthology includes such writers as Jack Cady, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Marie Brennan, Barb Hendee, Carrie Vaughn, Kay Kenyon, Ken Scholes, James Van Pelt, James Sallis, Paul Melko, Louise Marley, Mary Robinette Kowal, Anne Harris, James C. Glass, Alan DeNiro . . . and many, many more!
A naïve young woman witnesses a brutal murder and discovers the soul-deadening price of being a New Yorker. The family man quits smoking with the sinister assistance of a family-friendly corporation. A truck driver takes a simple shortcut and lands in a living hell and a battle to the death. An aging Hollywood screenwriter’s career is on the wane until he reinvents himself as a less principled man. Crucified Dreams reaches down through the gutters into the shadowy depths of the imagination. These are the savage tales that unite noir with horror and the ordinary with the unfathomable. Combing the urban, the paranormal, and the downright terrifying, these award-winning stories go where your deepest fearsand inner demonsare already realized.
Edited by David Niall Wilson & David Dodd, Tales From the Crossroad Volume 1 brings together ten short stories and five novel excerpts from a talented group of Crossroad Press authors. Consisting of obscure reprints and one original short story, plus chosen excerpts from the authors' novels, this is a great introduction to their work, as well as a valuable resource for locating their books. Each author's complete Crossroad Press catalog is linked in the book for your convenience. Contents: Simple & All Souls Day by AL Sarrantonio This, and That's the End of It & Woman in the Dark by Tom Piccirilli The Three Srangers & NOK (previously unpublished) by Gerard Houarner The Unmasking & How to Survive a Fire at the Greenmark by Steve Rasnic Tem Jeaves & The Deteriorating Relations & "And So Will I Remember You" by Chet Williamson. Exerpts from The Boy With Penny Eyes by Al Sarrantonio, Nightjack by Tom Piccirilli, The Beast That Was Max by Gerard Houarner, The Book of Days by Steve Rasnic Tem and REIGN by Chet Williamson. Walk out onto the Crossroad...take that eBook reader in hand...enter, and read. Look for future volumes of Tales From the Crossroad available soon.
A hit man who kills with coincidence... A detective caught in a war between two worlds... A man whose terrible appetites hide an even darker secret... Dark Horse once again teams up with Hugo and Bram Stoker award-winning editor Ellen Datlow (Lovecraft Unbound) to bring you this masterful marriage of the darkness without and the darkness within. Supernatural Noir is an anthology of original tales of the dark fantastic from twenty modern masters of suspense, including Brian Evenson, Joe R. Lansdale, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Nick Mamatas, Gregory Frost, and Jeffrey Ford.
This anthology could be the most unusual and original collection of stories you'll ever read! Twenty-six literary reflections embody the themed, classical artwork devoted to the spectrum of humanity's intriguing interactions with the Angel of Death in all his/her/its manifestations.
Hugo and World Fantasy Award nominated editor Warren Lapine celebrates twenty years in genre publishing with his latest effort, Fantastic Stories of the Imagination. This anthology contains fourteen nicely varied stories by some of the top names in genre publishing and several new up-and-comers. Included are Harlan Ellison, Mike Resnick, Barry B. Longyear, Kelly McCullough, Shariann Lewitt, Tom Piccirilli, Trent Zelazny, Sharon Lee, Steve Miller, and many others. The stories range from edgy cyberpunk to urban fantasy, and they'll stay with you long after you've closed the book. Explore what it means to be human and experience the depth of despair and heights of joy that come along it. These stories do not disappoint.-SF Scope
From the pages of The Horror Zine-the critically acclaimed online horror magazine-comes A FEAST OF FRIGHTS FROM THE HORROR ZINE edited by Jeani Rector. Featuring dark fantasy, mystery, pure suspense and classic horror, this book from The Horror Zine is relentless in its approach to basic fears and has twisted, unexpected endings. Come and find out what terrifying things can creep out of The Horror Zine to make your skin crawl. A FEAST OF FRIGHTS FROM THE HORROR ZINE contains fiction from such renowned masters of the macabre as Simon Clark, Graham Masterton, Joe R. Lansdale, Scott Nicholson, Cheryl Kaye Tardif, Joe McKinney, Susie Moloney, Tom Piccirilli, Ed Gorman, Trevor Denyer, and Jeff Strand. This book has amazing articles from John Gilmore, Deborah LeBlanc, Earl Hamner, Kasey Lansdale and Tim Lebbon, and a Foreword from horror great Ramsey Campbell. Here you will also find other deliciously dark delights from morbidly creative people who have not yet made the big time…but will soon. Each tale and poem, every article and artful rendering is a dark delicacy of its own, making this a true Feast of Frights!
The second issue of The Big Click, a bimonthly crime fiction magazine, includes gritty crime fiction by Dan Fante and Mar Preston, and nonfiction by Tom Piccirilli.
Where do you get your ideas? It's probably the most common question an author gets asked during his or her career. This anthology isn't meant to answer that question, but it is designed to give readers a glimpse into how the imagination works. These talented authors were shown a haunting piece of artwork by acclaimed artist Alan M. Clark and then asked: "What worlds do you see hidden inside this painting?" The stories collected in this book are their answers.
FEEDERS AND EATERS Neil Gaiman UNDER THE PYLON Graham Joyce A GUY WALKS INTO A BAR Matthew Costello HELL HATH ENLARGED HERSELF Michael Marshall Smith FIGURES IN RAIN Chet Williamson AS YOU HAVE MADE US Elizabeth Massie THOUGHTFUL BREATHS Peter Crowther NEVER BACK AGAIN Matti Hautala A GIRL, SITTING Mark Morris BLOOD BROTHERS Richard Chizmar LITTLE BROTHERS-PORTFOLIO Stephen R. Bissette TIGHT LITTLE STITCHES IN A DEAD MAN'S BACK Joe R. Lansdale CRAVING Yvonne Navarro lXCHEL'S TEARS José R. Nieto LIFE DURING DEATH Duane Swierczynski AFTER THE ELEPHANT BALLET Gary A. Braunbeck OVERNIGHT GUEST Craig Shaw Gardner SPRINGFIELD REPEATER Jack M. Haringa CONJURER-BOOK I: THE GRIEVE Tom Piccirilli THE YEAR THE MUSIC DIED F. Paul Wilson PROPERTY CONDEMNED-A STORY OF PINE DEEP Jonathan Maberry PLAYING THE HUDDYS John M. McIlveen CRASHING DOWN Weston Ochse
Fiction and non-fiction. Reality and make-believe. Can you draw the line between the two? Do you know where real horror starts? Blurring the Line is a collection of 20 horror short stories by some of the best writers around, plus 10 non-fiction articles to make you think twice about the world we live in - but then again, maybe some of the stories are real, and some of the non-fiction made up... With tales from Tim Lebbon, Lisa Morton, James A. Moore, Kaaron Warren, Tom Piccirilli, Lisa Hannett, and more, plus frightening artwork by Alex Mcvey, Blurring the Line will make you doubt what you thought you knew, and open you up to possibilities you didn't want to consider. But how much of it all is real?
Something illusory, without substance or reality. The sticky threads that communicate the meaningless in a thousand different ways. Collected here are 17 tales of darkness and dread, teetering on the edge of reality and unreality, nightmares and dreams, brought to you by some of the best voices in dark fiction. Tom Piccirilli, Jeffrey Thomas, Barb Lien-Cooper & Park Cooper Lee Allen Howard, Tina Swain, Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., Gerald Hausman, Billie Sue Mosiman, Scott Bradley & Peter Giglio.