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ISBN: 9780843960761

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ISBN: 9780843961997

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ISBN: 9781416584087

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Summary: Stephen King -- who has written more than fifty books, dozens of number one "New York Times" bestsellers, and many unforgettable movies -- delivers an astonishing collection of short stories, his first since "Everything's Eventual" six years ago. As guest editor of the bestselling "Best American Short Stories 2007", King spent over a year reading hundreds of stories. His renewed passion for the form is evident on every page of "Just After Sunset". The stories in this collection have appeared in "The New Yorker", "Playboy", "McSweeney's", "The Paris Review", "Esquire", and other publications. Who but Stephen King would turn a Port-O-San into a slimy birth canal, or a roadside honky-tonk into a place for endless love? A book salesman with a grievance might pick up a mute hitchhiker, not knowing the silent man in the passenger seat listens altogether too well. Or an exercise routine on a stationary bicycle, begun to reduce bad cholesterol, might take its rider on a captivating -- and then terrifying -- journey. Set on a remote key in Florida, "The Gingerbread Girl" is a riveting tale featuring a young woman as vulnerable -- and resourceful -- as Audrey Hepburn's character in "Wait Until Dark". In "Ayana," a blind girl works a miracle with a kiss and the touch of her hand. For King, the line between the living and the dead is often blurry, and the seams that hold our reality intact might tear apart at any moment. In one of the longer stories here, "N.," which recently broke new ground when it was adapted as a graphic digital entertainment, a psychiatric patient's irrational thinking might create an apocalyptic threat in the Maine countryside...or keep the world from falling victim to it. "Just After Sunset" -- call it dusk, call it twilight, it's a time when human intercourse takes on an unnatural cast, when nothing is quite as it appears, when the imagination begins to reach for shadows as they dissipate to darkness and living daylight can be scared right out of you. It's the perfect time for Stephen King.

ISBN: 9780843961645

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Dimensions: 1.00 x 6.25 x 4.25 in

Summary: It reminded me of a cheesy, B-horror movie with really good special effects. I consider myself a seasoned Horror afficionado. I have read a lot of disrturbingly violent books in my time and I actually had to look away from the pages of this one, it was that disturbing. It is the story of college junior Joseph Miles. He was the only survivor of a serial killer when he was a young boy and beleives that the killer passed on a virus to to him and it is turning him into a killer. I originally thought that the whole book would be about him going deeper and deeper into a psychotic rage and finally snapping at the end. I was wrong on that because he loses controll fairly early on in the book. He is not an ordinary killer either, he is a huge hulking man who eats people alive literally. The scenes in the book when he is doing so is so graphic and violent I had to look away. I had no idea the book would be this violent (Which is not a bad thing). That is not the problem though. The problem is the uneven writing by new comer White. Joe's character is all over the place. He is a calm student one minute and in the same paragraph he is litterally ripping someone open to eat their heart. There were times where I felt like I missed some things as well. The characters of Proffesor Locke was not what I would expect from a profiler. The professor is an ex-FBI profiler and he is letting some two-bit detective from San Fransisco walk all over him and talk down to him like he is a child. If I was ex-FBI, I would have told the detective to shove it where the sun dont shine and to call my old SAIC (special agent in charge). The character of Dectective Montgomery was just as flawed , he has a few very intelligent conversations with the professor about brain behavior and Mythology but doesnt know what Stockholm Syndrome is? I dont know, I just wasn't buying it. Maybe I was too conerned with flaws of the book to really enjoy it but overall it was pretty decent and violent which is what I look for in a horror novel. 3 out of 5!

ISBN: 9780843960211

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Edition: First Edition

Dimensions: 1.00 x 6.50 x 4.10 in

Summary: Awesome read. The characters, details are described so well it is truly like a movie playing in your head. The storyline is gripping, Jess (the main character) is a very likeable person and the best part is that you really never know what Sarah will do next..so it keeps you reading. Anyone who reads this will be waiting for another to see where it takes us and how these characters develop. Five stars and highly recommended!

ISBN: 9780385522830

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Edition: First Edition

Dimensions: 1.40 x 9.30 x 6.00 in

Summary: From the incomparable master of horror and suspense comes an electrifying collection of contemporary literary horror, with stories from twenty-five writers representing today’s most talented voices in the genre. Horror writing is usually associated with formulaic gore, but New Wave horror writers have more in common with the wildly inventive, evocative spookiness of Edgar Allan Poe than with the sometimes-predictable hallmarks of their peers. Showcasing this cutting-edge talent, "Poe’s Children "now brings the best of the genre’s stories to a wider audience. Featuring tales from such writers as Neil Gaiman and Jonathan Carroll," Poe’s Children "is Peter Straub’s tribute to the imaginative power of storytelling. Each previously published story has been selected by Straub to represent what he thinks is the most interesting development in our literature during the last two decades. Selections range from the early Stephen King psychological thriller “The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet,” in which an editor confronts an author’s belief that his typewriter is inhabited by supernatural creatures, to “The Man on the Ceiling,” Melanie and Steve Rasnic Tem’s award-winning surreal tale of night terrors, woven with daylight fears that haunt a family. Other selections include National Book Award finalist Dan Chaon’s “The Bees”; Peter Straub’s “Little Red’s Tango,” the legend of a music aficionado whose past is as mysterious as the ghostly visitors to his Manhattan apartment; Elizabeth Hand’s visionary and shocking “Cleopatra Brimstone”; Thomas Ligotti’s brilliant, mind-stretching “Notes on the Writing of Horror: A Story”; and “Body,” Brian Evenson’s disturbing twist on correctional facilities. Crossing boundaries and packed with imaginative chills, "Poe’s Children "bears all the telltale signs of fearless, addictive fiction.

ISBN: 9780753513743

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Edition: First Edition

Dimensions: 0.79 x 7.56 x 5.12 in

Summary: Thomas Ligotti is often cited as the most curious and remarkable figure in horror since H P Lovecraft. His work is noted by critics for its display of an exceptionally grotesque imagination and accomplished prose style. In his stories, Ligotti has followed a tradition that began with Edgar Allan Poe, portraying characters that are outside of what might be called “normal life” and rendering a grim vision of human existence as a perpetual nightmare. The stories collected in Teatro Grottesco feature tormented individuals who play out their doom in various odd little towns as well as in dark sectors frequented by sinister and often blackly comical eccentrics.

ISBN: 9780843961379

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Edition: Reprint

Dimensions: 1.30 x 6.60 x 4.10 in

Summary: I don't know about you, but to vision... fingers coming from nowhere and suddenly clutching your ankle while your in the dark -pretty much did it for me! One of the many themes, is that someonewho has the ability (can't tell you how) to be invisible! But, the fun part is when & how the other characters find out! This book was unlike any of his others! I've always been a Laymon fan, and even when you think you know what is coming it's always a pleasure to see how he's going to get you there. (as I'm sure you know if you've read any of his other books - his characters never go about things the easy way.) BEWARE... was an easy read. However, it was amazing to see just how many plot twists and challenges he had occur in such a short amount of time. I think that if you've read Laymon before, you should check out BEWARE. It's not like any of his others and it will surprise you. If you haven't read Laymon before BEWARE is a nice short one to start out with. But beware, as BEWARE quickly becomes a book you will not want to put down.

ISBN: 9780843961652

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Summary: THE PINES Robert Dunbar Delirium Books (2006) $50.00 (Note: This is the author's unabridged edition of the original Leisure edition from 1989) The end of the 80s saw the implosion of horror as a power in the market place, with the exception of the heavy hitters, like King, Rice, and Koontz. At one point in 1989 there were no less than 45 new horror titles in less than a month from various publishers and imprints hitting the sagging shelves. There were copycats of copycats, and the market was glutted with the bad to worse that horror fiction had to offer. One book that made it under the closing flap of the 'death of horror' pronouncement from the all-knowing gurus of NYC Publisher's Row was Robert Dunbar's THE PINES (1989 Leisure). It's slow, tense buildup of how four people come together on a dark and windblown night to confront the terror known as The Jersey Devil. Sounds like a simple enough setup, right? Well, yes and no, because Dunbar did it with such power that it defied its own simplicity. And even during this final desperate onslaught of horror regurgitation, THE PINES caused many to sit up and take notice. The book was dark, bleak, and maybe one of the twenty best books to come out of that explosive period in horror fiction. But it wasn't without its flaws. Pages of scenes had been cut, and characters subtracted, for the sake of word count. Now Dunbar, with the fine folks at Delirium Books, has done what he's always wanted to do with THE PINES: He's given us the book as it was originally intended in all its profundity. The missing pages have been added back in; storylines have been properly ripened for the book's final chapters. Simply put, THE PINES is the demented lovechild of Faulkner and King. With its tableau of honest characters, full of depth, flaws, and the need for redemption, an unswerving buildup of terror that defies logic, and Dunbar's deft descriptive powers that makes the New Jersey Pine Barrens come to life, this is the way great horror should be written. There is an underlying Southern Gothic sensibility to Dunbar's horror, one that speaks volumes about the nature of violence, and the casual way in which it ensnares good people and warps them. There are no missteps in THE PINES. The editing is managed with such masterly skill that the author is able to pull together divergent storylines into a heady brew, and by book's end one feels the sweat and terror dripping from the page. I was in awe at how much storytelling he was able to do in short bursts, and how he was able to make you feel the grit and despair of the people who call The Pine Barrens home, The Pineys. For those who do not know, there's a reason why THE PINES comes off with such power. Robert Dunbar is one of the world's leading authorities on the legend of The Jersey Devil. He's appeared in dozens of cable documentaries and done interviews for several magazines on the subject. His background in the field of amateur cryptozoology and Jersey mythos makes him uniquely suited to give the story a backbone of believability, and he holds nothing back in this unabridged version. So for those of you who have read the original version, take that and times ten with this Delirium Books edition. Word is Dunbar has a sequel coming down the pike: THE SHORES, also from Delirium Books. And I hear it is even more horrifying than THE PINES. And let me give a quick kudos to the cover artist, Mike Bohatch, for he has truly captured the black and uneasy sense of THE PINES story with his artwork. I would buy a framed print of that cover, folks. Very nice, indeed, Mike. Good job. --Nickolas Cook.

ISBN: 9780843960396

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Edition: First Edition

Dimensions: 1.00 x 6.60 x 4.10 in

Summary: How does a normal woman get along when she has a supernatural ability? Say you have a sixth finger on your left hand and it really likes helping you find things? Things like missing cats or oil hidden underground... suddenly people look at you in a new light, as an object to help them amass their fortunes. So you hide away in your little house in Texas, thinking everything is going to be fine until your sister in Louisiana calls... suddenly you are flying to the bayou to help look for two missing children who are in a lot more trouble than anyone expects. Water Witch is a very fast read, at just under 300 pages, you will fly through it in only a few hours. Leblanc's prose is clean, crisp, to the point and ridiculously easy to read. Though I wouldn't call this a YA novel, I don't see any reason why the 13 and up crew shouldn't be able to read this apart from a few profanities. This is one of the few Leisure Books that I have read which has not drifted into the realms of sex and gore... not that it felt like Leblanc was holding back... instead her tale was tight enough not to ever need to go there. I won't say that the book ever scared me... because for some reason you feel from the beginning that the characters we are encouraged to love as readers, will all be okay in the end. I will say that there were some perplexing bits that were left unexplained in the end, but it really didn't bother me. I would have liked a little more explanation on where the shoes were going... but in the end it was still a satisfying read. I would recommend this more to the female reader than the male reader. I'm not 100% sure why I feel this way, I can only say that the prose seems to be the type that will connect more with a female audience. The characters feel real enough, even though we really don't have the opportunity to really get to know any of them. Even the people down at the local bar/diner/bait and tackle shop seem real enough. The only one that I was never able to get a true handle on was our bad guy. Perhaps we feel that we don't really know them because we don't get a whole lot of history on anyone. I don't believe that the book suffered from this aspect, but it read so fast that perhaps a bit more history would have slowed the reader down a bit. On the whole this was a very solid and fun book to read, you have the supernatural touch, the unwilling hero, the crazy old grandma who knows more than she's letting on, the swamps, snakes, alligators, kidnapped children, crazy preachers, and the big baddie who has foul plans for the little ones. Though I won't say this was one of my favorite books, this was a fun read that has encouraged me to pick up more books by Leblanc in the future.

ISBN: 9780843961102

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Edition: First Edition

Dimensions: 1.00 x 6.60 x 4.20 in

Summary: Though there is no indication on the front, back or anywhere else that this is a sequel, let me tell you - it is. This is the sequel to the book "The Hollower" and if the quality of its sequel is any indication, "The Hollower" is probably a darn fine book. I have not read "the Hollower" so I was a bit disappointed in the fact that I was reading them out of order... but since there was really no recap of the first, I feel pretty comfortable going back and reading it... although I do know who lives or dies in it since the survivors all re-appear in the sequel. Short Summary: There is a big nasty being... faceless but wearing a black trench coat and fedora... it stalks you and twists your mind against you, using your fears, your doubts, and your worst memories against you, twisting your reality until you cannot take it anymore. Those being stalked have killed one before, long ago... but this one is different, can they band together to defeat it? Or will it tear them apart through their own weaknesses and self doubt? Each of the characters is very flawed in their own way, making them multidimensional in their flaws, but still loveable to the reader. Dorrie was by far my favorite even though she was not a main character. It is hard not to love a big girl that is so insecure in herself but has such a huge heart. The Hollower was a creepy foe, and I have to admit, I didn't expect everyone to make it out of this trap alive... I'm not going to spoil it by telling you whether they do or not, but you will get that feeling too... that perhaps one or more of the six will have to make the ultimate sacrifice to save those that they love. With this being a sequel, I would have to advise reading "The Hollower" first... even though I didn't. If it is at least the same quality as this book then it should be a very good read. I intend to tear through it just as soon as I can get my hands on it. This is a fun and pretty quick read, it won't change your life in any profound way, but if you are looking for a good October book, this is it.

ISBN: 9781597801430

ListPrice: $15.95

Edition: First Edition

Dimensions: 1.60 x 8.80 x 6.00 in

Summary: "When there's no more room in hell, the dead will walk the earth!" From White Zombie to Dawn of the Dead, Resident Evil to World War Z, zombies have invaded popular culture, becoming the monsters that best express the fears and anxieties of the modern west. Gathering together the best zombie literature of the last three decades from many of today's most renowned authors of fantasy, speculative fiction, and horror, including Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, George R. R. Martin, Clive Barker, Poppy Z. Brite, Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, Laurell K. Hamilton, and Joe R. Lansdale, The Living Dead covers the broad spectrum of zombie fiction.

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Summary: Before she had ever heard the name of Harrow, the legendary house of horrors of the Hudson Valley, she had already been possessed by the spirits of the dead. Her name is Isis Claviger, and when she was nineteen, a highwayman from Hell came for her soul and took her away into a dark realm of psyche and ecstasy. An original novelette by Douglas Clegg, "Isis" is the first tale of Isis Claviger, the oracle of Harrow. "Isis" will be a unique Cemetery Dance book, with a smaller hardcover design unlike anything we've done before. Please note that this is a novelette so the story will be shorter than our novellas. Consider this a "mini-hardcover" signed Limited Edition! More details will be posted closer to publication, but given the small print run, we expect these to go fast!

ISBN: 1587671514

ListPrice: 35.00

Edition: Lettered Edition

Illustrator: Keith Minnion

Summary: Detective Bill Grant has seen it all in Orangefield -- and always around Halloween. For that is when Samhain, the Celtic Lord of the Dead who has made this pumpkin-growing upstate New York town his home, plies his trade. But this year when Autumn rolls around, Grant is confronted with something brand new -- and even more horrifying than anything he has seen before. For when Marianne Carlin finally gets the gift she has been waiting for, a child from her husband Jack, it turns out that the baby was conceived after Jack's sudden death in an automobile accident. Which means the child may not belong to this world at all....

ISBN: 9780843958072

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Edition: Reprint

Dimensions: 1.00 x 6.60 x 4.10 in

Summary: Internationally published horror novelist Edward Lee unleashes his 37th book and his very first vampire novel! When a new couple moves into a New York brownstone, they find their ultimate dream house...until they go into the basement. Suddenly, a macabre nun is seen lurking about, with an entourage of lewd and gibbering homeless women who seem to KNOW what evil secret lurks in the bowels of the old house. As the couples' dreams turn to lust-stained nightmares, and the bodies of missing persons are found impaled, the basement's secret is revealed at last: the remnants of Dracula himself...

ISBN: 9780843960181

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Edition: Reprint

Dimensions: 1.10 x 6.60 x 3.90 in

Summary: Joe Kieran has found that unearthing the truth for a newspaper can be painful, and telling it, heartbreaking. Hiding from his past big city exposés in the quiet coastal town of Terrel, he stumbles upon a web of mysterious teen suicides that somehow connect a ring of five women. Is there really a malevolent presence inside Terrel Cliff that holds all of the town in thrall as Angelica, a fortune teller, suggests? Or is there a murderous covenant between five women to sacrifice their first-born? When Angelica is kidnapped right under his nose, Joe suspects that there is more at work in Terrel than a dark, tragic streak. Deep beneath the remains of a long-demolished lighthouse on its tragic cliff, Joe discovers Terrel's secret history and salvation. And in his desperate bid to save two women, he forges a new covenant, one that puts his own soul in deadly danger.

ISBN: 9780446580311

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Edition: First Edition

Summary: Felix Castor has reluctantly returned to exorcism after a successful case convinces him that he really can do some good with his abilities---"good," of course, being a relative term when dealing with the undead. His friend Rafi is still possessed, the succubus Ajulutsikael (Juliet to her friends) still technically has a contract on him, and he's still dirt poor. Doing some consulting for the local cops helps pay the bills, but Castor needs a big private job to really fill the hole in his bank account. That's what he needs. What he gets is a seemingly insignificant "missing ghost" case that inexorably drags him and his loved ones into the middle of a horrific plot to raise one of hell's fiercest demons. When satanists, stolen spirits, sacrifice farms, and haunted churches all appear on the same police report, the name Felix Castor can't be too far behind...

ISBN: 9781587671241

ListPrice: 175.00

Edition: Lettered Edition

Summary: These twenty-two all new short stories contributed by members of the Horror Writers Association lives up to the title as these well written tales showcase the DARK ARTS. The compilation contains new stories that somewhat capture the genre's range, but most are some form of psychological terror that can be summed up from a quote in Lorelei Shannon's Kodechrome: "When you photograph a road accident in black and white. ... The image is stark. Real. Details are crisp and true. A corpse has no color ...". This recaps the basic theme of this superb anthology as the writers provide stark grim exhilarating tales that grip readers as the arts are treated quite a bit differently in this thrilling collection. The audience will fully appreciate these dark entries as long as the lights remain on though that will probably not keep out the creeping shadows oozing from this strong collection playing havoc with the reader's mind.

ISBN: 9781587671555

ListPrice: 150.00

Edition: Lettered Edition

Illustrator: Alex McVay

Summary: Hal Dillon collects strange pieces of art -- odd paintings and drawings, quirky sculptures. When he stumbles upon the bizarre crucifix in a curio shop, he decides to take it home and add it to his collection. On the wooden cross is a hideous figure of Christ -- it looks angry and hateful, and its teeth have been filed down to sharp points. But this piece is unlike anything else in Hal's collection. It behaves in very un-Christ-like ways, and turns Hal's life into a living nightmare. This is a controversial religious horror story as only Ray Garton can write: dark, thought-provoking, and gruesome... Praise: "For its length, Graven Image covers an amazing amount of emotional territory. Curiosity, insecurity, love, rapture, terror, disbelief, rage, and despair float through this story, each registered carefully and well. When the horrors kick in, as they powerfully do, Ray Garton demonstrates a master's capacity for extending and maximizing the good old tension/fear affect so necessary in a story of this kind. His ending introduces a very satisfying ambiguity. Why did nice, attractive Jacquie wake up screaming in darkened rooms? Now, there's a question to haunt the reader of Graven Image, all the more so since the answer may never be given." Peter Straub, author of Ghost Story and In the Night Room

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Summary: The Shell Collector (Novella #18) by Christopher Golden It's October in Gloucester, Massachusetts, where Richie Feehan was born and raised and has lived his whole life. He's a part-time lobsterman and full-time painter who sells his art at galleries in Rockport and Newburyport. Between the two jobs he makes enough money to get by, living in an in-law apartment in the family home owned by his brother Jim. Jim runs Feehan & Sons Funeral Home, a business started by their grandfather in 1921. All in all, despite the tension with his brother, and despite the grumbling of his friends, whose business has suffered because of a lengthy red tide and a spectacularly bad overall fishing season, Richie enjoys his life very much. He's content, and believes that's pretty much all a man can ask from his life. That is, until a horrible mystery begins to unfold in Gloucester. Out lobstering, Richie sees something nightmarish in the surf one day, catches a bare glimpse of it beneath the surface. He doesn't dare speak of it for fear of what others might say-he doesn't want to become the town crazy. But he's having a hard time sleeping at night, and several days later, while out hauling in his traps for the winter, Richie finds one of them stuck on something. When he finally hauls it up, there's a corpse attached, a corpse that has been eaten at by sea creatures, including something large . . . the corpse of Greta Wagner, a woman who had been waked at Feehan & Sons two weeks earlier and buried a couple of days later. Someone stole her corpse from the ground. And her grave won't be the only one disturbed. Reviews & Praise: "Golden vividly evokes life in a small fishing town and builds the suspense to a terrifyingly vivid conclusion."—Booklist Available in two states: itemLimited edition of 750 signed copies ($30) itemTraycased Lettered Edition of 26 signed and lettered copies bound in leather with a satin ribbon page marker ($125)

ISBN: 9781587671500

ListPrice: 175.00

Edition: Lettered Edition

Summary: Do you ever think that the human world is hopelessly out of balance, blighted, off track, and the only hope is some kind of apocalypse, some sort of end of the world that would allow the human race a new beginning, a fresh start without...ah...certain people? You know you don't want and can't believe in the usual "End Times" scenarios that are predicted and ballyhooed by hysterical, superstitious people. But when you look around at the world as it stands you see Darfur, you see Somalia and the Congo, you see the modern slavery of indentured servitude, you see children sold into prostitution, you see millions starving, you see mindless wars, you see people you care about dying of Alzheimer's and children dying of cancer and millions of others trapped in schizophrenia or living lives of media-hypnotized desperation... You see a planet beset by a loss of biodiversity, a depleted ozone layer, slash-and-burn destruction of rainforests, and the onset of global warming... And you know that because the population of the Earth is increasing, it's only going to get worse. This can't go on; something has to change. What if you could change it? What if you could design your own Judgment Day? What if there were another end rather than one based on childish interpretations of religion, bias, bigotry, exclusion, and cultural narrowness? What if Judgment Day came for the whole world and offered true justice? It would be THE OTHER END.

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ListPrice: 175.00

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Summary: he days are getting shorter, and the wind blows cold from the north. After the maple and oak leaves turn from green to bright reds, golds, and oranges, they wither, fall, and die, clattering like old bones as they blow down the street in the twilight. The sun isn't as bright as it used to be, and the nights are dark and cold and long. This is the time of the harvest … the time of Hallowe'en … and a time for reminiscences of the summer just past and of other summers, now long gone. This is a time of mystery and expectation as the earth prepares for the frigid onslaught of winter. Four Octobers collects for the first time four loosely interconnected novellas from the vivid imagination of best-selling author Rick Hautala. Each story is set in October, the month of pumpkins and trick or treat, of skeletons and haunted graveyards, and each story is filled with nostalgia for times past … for summers and youth now gone … for chances not taken … for opportunities now lost forever. "Tin Can Telephone," set in 1957, tells the story of a young boy and his friend who, in the pre-dawn darkness while waiting to see the Russian satellite Sputnik speed by overhead, experience a mystery and fear far more terrifying than the threat of Soviets in space. "Miss Henry's Bottles," perhaps Hautala's best story to date, tells how the simple act of discarding two empty soda bottles on a neighbor's lawn brings to light secrets that should have remained buried … but like all secrets, this one eventually is revealed with devastating consequences. "Blood Ledge," set in an Indian Summer of 1971, tells the tale of a young boy who discovers a dark family secret that leads him to accept a family inheritance that has horrifying results. And finally, "Cold River" is the story of a man so lost in loneliness and depression following the death of his wife that he faces a horror worse … much worse than drowning in the cold, dark river that flows by his house. Taken together, these stories show Rick Hautala writing at the top of his game, telling stories that will not only chill you when you read them, but will leave you with an icy dread in your heart … a dread much colder than any October wind blowing down the street at night. About the author: Rick Hautala, writing under his own name and the pseudonym A. J. Matthews, is the acclaimed international best-selling author of more than thirty books, including the million copy best seller Nightstone and Untcigahunk: The Complete Stories and Tales of the Little Brothers, and more than fifty short stories in such anthologies as 999 and magazines such as Cemetery Dance. His most recent books include the short story collection Occasional Demons and Follow (by A. J. Matthews). In the spring of 2007, Berkley Books will publish another A. J. Matthews novel, Unbroken. Hautala lives in southern Maine with author Holly Newstein and Keira the Wonder Dog. Available in two states: itemLimited Edition of 750 signed copies ($40) itemTraycased Lettered Edition of 26 signed and lettered copies bound in leather and with a satin ribbon page marker ($175)

ISBN: 9781587671258

ListPrice: 175.00

Edition: Lettered Edition

Summary: Featured Artist: Alex McVey The Cemetery Dance Signature Series will kick off with a collaborative effort called LOOKING GLASS -- the first print publication of the Round Robin story that was previously only available to Cemetery Dance Insider newsletter subscribers. This book features writing from nearly a dozen great authors, all of whom will be signing the signature sheets, too. We're working with an artist to create an amazing collectible based around this surreal tale of mystery and horror so place your order now or you might miss out on the first book in this exciting new series! Table of Contents: Ray Garton Tom Piccirilli Brian Keene Gary A. Braunbeck Tim Lebbon Al Sarrantonio Bev Vincent Thomas F. Monteleone Joe Hill John Skipp Dominick Cancilla Kealan Patrick Burke Robert Morrish Available in two states: ItemLimited Edition of 550 signed and numbered copies ($35) ItemTraycased Lettered Edition of 26 signed and lettered copies ($175)

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Edition: Lettered Edition

Summary: Featured Artist: Glenn Chadbourne Finch liked to watch people when they didn't know they were being watched. He thought people were more interesting when they thought no one could see them. Then one night, he saw something that was never meant to be seen by anyone -- and suddenly, all eyes were on him... Available in two states: ItemLimited Edition of 550 signed and numbered copies ($35) ItemTraycased Lettered Edition of 26 signed and lettered copies ($175)

ISBN: 9781587670992

ListPrice: 150.0

Edition: Lettered Edition

Summary: F. Paul Wilson, a practicing physician as well as the bestselling author of the Repairman Jack series, turns his attention to the day after tomorrow and shows us how genetic engineering might change the world. Just a few hundred genes separate humans from chimpanzees. Imagine someone altering the chimp genome, splicing in human genes to increase the size of the cranium, reduce the amount of body hair, enable speech. What sort of creature would result? "Sims "takes place in the very near future, when the science of genetics is fulfilling its vaunted potential. It's a world where genetically transmitted diseases are being eliminated. A world where dangerous or boring manual labor is gradually being transferred to "sims," genetically altered chimps who occupy a gray zone between simian and human. The chief innovator in this world is SimGen, which owns the patent on the sim genome and has begun leasing the creatures worldwide. But SimGen is not quite what it seems. It has secrets . . . secrets beyond patents and proprietary processes . . . secrets it will go to any lengths to protect. Sims explores this brave new world as it is turned upside down and torn apart when lawyer Patrick Sullivan decides to try to unionize the sims. Right now, as you read these words, some company somewhere in the world is toying with the chimp genome. That is not fiction, it is fact. "Sims "is a science thriller that will come true. One way or another.

ISBN: 9781593079444

ListPrice: $14.95

Edition: First Edition

Summary: And you thought Hell was weird... ! Long-time contributor to the Hellboy mythos, Christopher Golden brings together a crew of luminaries including Bram Stoker Award winners Joe R. Lansdale (Bubba Ho-Tep) and China Mieville (King Rat), cross-genre 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 and pay homage to Mike Mignola's Hellboy!

ISBN: 9781892389916

ListPrice: $25.00

Edition: First Edition

Summary: The year is nineteen-sixty-something, and after endless millennia of watery sleep, the stars are finally right. Old R'lyeh rises out of the Pacific, ready to cast its damned shadow over the primitive human world. The first to see its peaks: an alcoholic, paranoid, and frightened Jack Kerouac, who had been drinking off a nervous breakdown up in Big Sur. Now Jack must get back on the road to find Neal Cassady, the holy fool whose rambling letters hint of a world brought to its knees in worship of the Elder God Cthulhu. Together with pistol-packin' junkie William S. Burroughs, Jack and Neal make their way across the continent to face down the murderous Lovecraftian cult that has spread its darkness to the heart of the American Dream. But is Neal along for the ride to help save the world, or does he want to destroy it just so that he'll have an ending for his book? "It's Kerouac vs. Cthulhu as the most human of writers tangles with the most inhuman horror. Move Under Ground is a wild, weird ride, and Nick Mamatas shows awesome chops as well as some sad and funky soul." - Stewart O'Nan, author of The Night Country and A Prayer for the Dying. "An intense, inspired crossbred bastard homage-cum-critique-cum-vision." - China Mieville, author of The Scar and Iron Council. "Nick's style is wickedly satirical.... His writing has bite, but it also has meaning." - The Green Man Review "Nick Mamatas is one of the liveliest and most exciting new writers around." - Thomas Beller, author of The Sleep-Over Artist "Mamatas's fiction showcases his sense of humor and fiery imagination" - Rain Taxi Review Of Books

ISBN: 9781935006022

ListPrice: $45.00

Edition: Limited Edition

Summary: This is a signed limited edition hardcover of only 400 signed and numbered copies. This is #6 in Bloodletting Books novella series. Adelle Smith has lived her entire life for the betterment of mankind. A Civil Rights Activist in the Sixties and Seventies, she has spent most of her adult life attending marches, giving speeches, and lending a hand to anyone in need. But on the very evening she is to be acknowledged with a Lifetime Achievement Award for her humanitarian efforts, a stroke leaves her partially paralyzed and unable to speak. Now Adelle's in the care of a ruthless hospice nurse, who sees not a hero before her, but the cause of her many hardships growing up as a child of interracial parents, someone who decides to give Adelle her very own brand of Physical Therapy; consisting of pain and suffering, mental cruelty and torture. And now, after a lifetime of helping others, Adelle needs help, quickly, before another round of brutal treatment snuffs out her life.

ISBN: 9781935006015

ListPrice: $11.95

Edition: Signed Limited Edition Trade Paperback

Summary: One of only 500 signed and numbered copies. Where does inspiration come from? What secrets lie at the heart of an author s stories and novels? What is written on the invisible ink between the lines of dialogue and description? Most writers will never tell you, will leave you to guess at the connections between their fiction and their lives. Jack Ketchum gives a rare and intimate look into his world and into some of the people who have influenced his life in this collection of essays. Idols and friends, lovers and strangers are revealed, examined, adored and lamented as only Jack Ketchum can.

ISBN: 9780843956450

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Edition: First Edition

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ISBN: 9780843960525

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Summary: It doesn't exactly take a rocket scientist to notice that the field of horror is male dominated, probably more so than mysteries or science fiction. The biggest female name in the genre is Anne Rice, and even she is not so much a horror writer as an author who uses the trappings of horror (vampires, witches, etc.) to tell dark fantasy stories. It isn't really fair, because a woman can write just as well (or just as poorly) as a man. Sarah Pinborough is hardly a household name, but her book Tower Hill is an example of a horror novel comparable to many other mid-tier writers of the genre, regardless of gender. In a way, Tower Hill is a buddy novel. Unfortunately, in this case, the buddies are a pair of murderous thugs who have a plan to take over the small Maine college town called Tower Hill. One becomes the new town priest (after disposing of the real one), while the other becomes a professor who also leads a club delving into the paranormal. Between the church and the club, most will be drawn in, where they will be slowly transformed into a sort of pod people. Liz and Steve are a couple apartment-mates who are also part of the freshman class at the university. Liz has grown up in a repressed highly-devout environment which gives her a skepticism about the new priest. Steve is a kid from Detroit whose poverty will put work ahead of any gatherings. Together, they are a couple of the few who realize that something sinister is going on, but even they don't realize that these evil doings have a supernatural quality; the priest and professor are using Tower Hill to transform themselves into something more than human. Pinborough's writing style makes this a fast-moving story which is good for around 85% of the book. The ending - as in many horror novels by many authors - is rather flaky, though there a couple nice twists too. Overall, this is worth reading. If you read a lot of horror, you won't find anything exceptionally different about Tower Hill, but you also won't find anything all that bad either.

ISBN: 9780061235023

ListPrice: $24.95

Edition: First Edition

Summary: The bestselling author of "The Straw Men" makes his American hardcover debut with a searing, atmospheric tale that ratchets up the suspense, page by page, until its shocking end For Jack Whalen, it all starts with a visit from a childhood friend, now a lawyer, who asks for his help on an odd case. The family members of a scientist have been brutally murdered, and the scientist—who may have had something to hide—is nowhere to be found. But Jack has more pressing matters on his mind. His wife has told him that she's on a routine business trip to Seattle, yet she hasn't checked into her hotel. Calls to her cell phone go unanswered, and when Jack travels to Seattle to investigate, she's vanished. And in Oregon a little girl goes missing. She's found miles away, but it soon becomes clear that she's not an innocent victim, and is far from defenseless. Unusual events, all leading to the same place. As a former patrol cop who left the force under difficult circumstances, Jack is determined to find some answers. Yet the more he digs, the more the intrigue grows. Searching into the dark secrets of a past that still haunts him, Jack discovers that the truth has roots deeper and more evil than he ever feared.

ISBN: 9780843957501

ListPrice: $7.99

Edition: Revised

Summary: In typical Laymon fashion, this book starts out with a bang. One minute the characters are in a comfortable, familiar setting and before the first chapter is over they have dropped into a ghastly world populated by monsters and seemingly normal folks (who's in charge of whom?). As the story unwinds the motivations and origins of these ghoulish beings becomes clear and makes sense. The pace of the story is unrelenting. the horror never stops. There are no slow passages to tempt you to set this book down and catch your breath. The twists and turns pull you along to the last page. This is as good as the best of Laymon's writing.

ISBN: 9780843957501

ListPrice: $7.99

Edition: Revised

Summary: In typical Laymon fashion, this book starts out with a bang. One minute the characters are in a comfortable, familiar setting and before the first chapter is over they have dropped into a ghastly world populated by monsters and seemingly normal folks (who's in charge of whom?). As the story unwinds the motivations and origins of these ghoulish beings becomes clear and makes sense. The pace of the story is unrelenting. the horror never stops. There are no slow passages to tempt you to set this book down and catch your breath. The twists and turns pull you along to the last page. This is as good as the best of Laymon's writing.

ISBN: 9780843960501

ListPrice: $7.99

Edition: First Edition

Summary: This is a complex tale spanning about 200 years worth of history in Braunbeck's oft revisited, fictional locale of Cedar Hill, Ohio. The epigraph page invokes the tragic shootings at University of Texas, San Ysidro, Columbine, and Virginia Tech alongside several passages about madness, selflessness and love... This novel is an attempt to understand chaos and the sort of violence committed at those four locales (among others) by introducing similar acts to large town/small city Cedar Hill... While the actual violence is, for the most part, kept off stage, the work does not shy away from the aftermath. At turns startling, depressing, provocative, stomach churning, thoughtful, and reprehensible, the book communicates its grim meditations in beautiful prose. I find myself conflicted. Part of me absolutely despises the work's cosmological conceit (which I feel runs the dangerous line of trivializing the aforementioned tragedies), and yet the book has done what Kafka tells us books should do. It got my mind turning, even as it horrified me; this horror is not the simplistic "Boo!" or "Ewww, Gross!" or creepy atmosphere, but something far less enjoyable, something that hit me on a deeper level. While it did not quite make me nauseous (as the amoral underpinning of David J. Schow's "Bad Guy Hats" did, when I first read it; BGH is the only piece of fiction that brought me close to actually puking), Coffin County certainly shook me up. There were times I seriously wanted to throw the book against the wall for what it had to say about violence and those who perform it, yet I read through to the end. I doubt I will ever read this one again, and yet I will keep it on my shelf. This book has teeth. The novel itself is short (270 of the 334 pages). It is followed by two short stories, also set in Cedar Hill... This book makes me wonder if I am losing my spine for real horror.

ISBN: 9780843959994

ListPrice: $7.99

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Old Flames contains two novellas, the title piece, and a reprinting of Ketchum's harrowing "Right to Life." Both feature strong women in central roles, but that's where the similarities end, as each piece veers off in its own unique direction. Ketchum's heroines are a study in contrasts. Both are tough, and not to be trifled with, but each expresses that toughness in radically different ways. Dora, the focus of the novella "Old Flames," is by the far the most fearsome of the two, a veritable force of nature, a woman you don't want as an enemy--Dora knows what she wants and does whatever she needs to do to get it. Although her aggressive nature has served her well over the years, it leads her astray in "Old Flames," as she discovers that what she desperately wants is to hook up with a former lover. There's only one problem--he's happily married. Deciding that her goal is worth any cost, Dora embarks on a dark path, one which leads to deception and murder. Sara, the protagonist of the grueling second piece, displays a quieter strength, brought out by the trauma of being kidnapped as she is about to visit an abortion clinic. Imprisoned and subjected to physical and mental abuse, she endures, holding on by the slightest of threads as her captors seek to break her will, and, ultimately, take her baby for their own. Although she finds herself in an intolerable, oppressive environment, she never loses her dignity, and never gives up on herself. She marshals her anger and strength, waiting for one decisive, explosive moment to seek her freedom, surprising readers only a little more than she surprises herself. In both novellas, Ketchum continues his tradition of focusing on people's reactions to extreme situations, and of building to violent crescendos. In "Old Flames," Dora initiates the action, and mesmerized readers can only watch as she and the supporting cast struggle to deal with the fallout. "Right to Life" provides a compelling, character study of a woman in jeopardy, leaving readers to ponder how they would cope in a similar situation. The first a tragedy, the second more uplifting, each novella provides ample evidence of precisely why Ketchum's work is so highly prized by his peers and fans.

ISBN: 9780843960204

ListPrice: $7.99

Edition: Reprint

Summary: In the tradition of "Salem's Lot" and "The Exorcist" comes a mesmerizing novel of murder, possession and twisted family secrets. A recovering alcoholic on the run from his past, all Billy Smith wants is to be left alone. But commanded by the voices in his head to commit acts of violence he does not understand, he kidnaps a prostitute known only as Angel and heads north to a bucolic little New England town called White Falls. Something monstrous has taken root in White Falls, and has waited centuries for the right time to awaken. Psyches begin to unravel and violence erupts. The fate of the living ultimately rests on the back of one man. For the dead are watching . . . and they are hungry. Nate Kenyon and his family reside in Boston, Massachusetts. (20021201)

ISBN: 9780843957907

ListPrice: $7.99

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Short Summary: The three main mafia/gang lords of Los Angeles have suddenly found new girlfriends, and they aren't afraid to use them. They have apparently shipped in witches from across the globe who are willing to act as their personal magical bodyguards. Much to the dismay of the police, innocent bystanders and restaurant guests who now find themselves in extremely dangerous situations... like spontaneously combusting. It's up to one down and out cop and his "white witch" neighbor to figure out how to stop them. This was a very fast read, I started and finished it in the Emergency Room waiting area before we even got to go back to the second holding tank. I read the back of the book to my husband and he laughed "Witches and gangsters, I can't imagine why THAT hasn't been done before." But ignoring his scoffing I plunged ahead anyway and from the start, this book was promising. Crazy deaths right from the beginning, police baffled, powerful witches on the arms of gang lords... it sounds a bit off when said outloud, but it was going very well. I was drawn in, curious and eager to continue. The beginning is by far the very best part of this book, it's down hill from there but thankfully the slope is gradual. It isn't until you get to the last 50 pages that you realize that Masterton is running out of room to wrap this tale up, and unfortunately the ending feels like a real rush job. Still, the ending was okay, not great, but tolerable. My biggest issue (which also seems to be a recurring theme in Masterton books... the few I have read at least) is the lack of time passing. Everything occurs in a flash, no one seems overly concerned other than the main characters and the resolution is disturbingly easy. I never found myself worried over our main characters because nothing they did seemed overly hard or stressful. There really weren't any nail biting moments or pages where you find yourself checking your armpits to see if the sweat has soaked through your shirt. I guess that's it... it doesn't evoke any emotion. If you're on a plane or have a long car ride this book will do nicely, but it won't change your world or turn you into a raving Masterton fan.

ISBN: 9780553383287

ListPrice: $12.00

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Bestselling author Christopher Golden brings his epic, innovative trilogy, the Veil, to an astonishing conclusion as the mythic realm of heroes and monsters becomes the site of humanity’s last—and greatest—showdown. In the world of the legendary, every myth and folktale is real. That is what Oliver Bascombe learned on the other side of the Veil, where humanity's legends have hidden away for centuries. But even legends have legends, and Oliver has learned of a prophecy that many believe he and his sister, Collette, have come to the Two Kingdoms to fulfill. Before they can discover the truth, the Bascombe siblings must help to stop an apocalyptic war that threatens to destroy the Two Kingdoms, unravel a conspiracy, and prevent a powerful sorcerer from severing the world of humans from the realm of the legendary forever. But first Oliver will have to plot an escape from an impregnable palace dungeon where he and his allies have been imprisoned . . . for regicide. As old heroes and friends ally themselves for one last battle, even older enemies stand arrayed against them. Is humanity ready to face its legends head-on? For Oliver Bascombe, the price may be dearer than even he could ever imagine.

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Edition: Limited Edition

Summary: In Delirium II is a sequel to the original In Delirium, which was edited by Brian Keene. As with the first volume, this second one is a tribute anthology to Delirium’s proprietor, Shane Staley, and is composed of stories written by authors who have been previously published by Delirium. The project was conceived and put together by John Everson. This book is signed by ALL contributors! Three signature sheets full of autographs! Contents: Introduction: Coming Home Again / John Everson Surgery / Tananarive Due The Garbage Man / Brett McBean The Dancing Doll / Melanie Tem Still Life With Walls / Martin Mundt The Night Three Dead Rock and Rollers Saved the World From Hunter S. Thompson / Patrick Lestewka High Rise / Robert Dunbar TV Eye / John Pelan Chopper’s Hands / Gord Rollo Quincunx / Michael T. Huyck, Jr. Black Iron / Rick Hautala Drunk with Lust, Sick From the Taste / Bryan Eytcheson Garbage / Steve Rasnic Tem Tricks of Light / Sandy DeLuca Concrete Gods / Kealan Patrick Burke & Harry Shannon I Am Yesterday and I Am Today / Brett Alexander Savory & David Niall Wilson Forever / Tim Lebbon The Stars Shine Without Me / Matt Cardin Joy / Wrath James White Crazy for You / Brian Keene & Michael Oliveri Delirium Books 1999-2006 Bibliography & History of Firsts / Brian Keene, H Michael Casper, Matt Schwartz

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Edition: Limited Edition

Summary: DARK RIDE features 23 stories, over 90,000 words of short horror fiction, personal introductions to each story, and a special introduction by horror novelist Brian Keene. This is one of only 450 signed and numbered hardcover copies.

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Edition: Limited Edition

Summary: Bloodletting Press is announcing the first title in our all new Novelette Series called APOCALYPSE GREEN by Brian Knight. Each book in this series will be limited to 300 signed and numbered perfect bound editions and 52 hardcover slipcased lettered editions. (Lettered edition will be shipping in May.) KG 200 was a secret, specialized branch of the German Luftwaffe formed before World War 2 for espionage and reconnaissance. Though most of the documents detailing their most secret missions were destroyed before allied powers could seize them, some did survive. One of these missions, code named Apocalypse, was the first known attempt at advanced biological warfare on humans. Though the records of Apocalypse are incomplete, the evidence confirms the horrific effects that Apocalypse had on one small farming village in Poland. Only now, decades later, is the evidence being released to the public. Please chose the edition you want below: Available editions are: 300-copy softcover perfect bound signed limited edition 52-copy hardcover lettered edition in slipcase (ships in May) Please use the drop down box below to chose which edition you want when ordering.

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Summary: If you purchased Love Lies Dying through BLP we'll be able to match your numbers. This edition will include five short stories and an interview along with the novella "Hunting Zoe." She’s beautiful. She’s sexy. And she’s very dangerous... They cracked the code, and were on the road to their destiny... Glen and Mark know the story behind Zoe. The real story. They've figured it out, they've done the research, they've found all the clues. They're on the hunt—the hunt for Zoe. Glen knows he's right. He knows she's waiting out there for him. Nothing will stop him. No one will get in his way. He'll be the first... But will he be the last? The hunt is on. Because Legends Never Die... HUNTING ZOE Seek and ye shall find. Legends Never Die... Table of Contents: When Fantasy Met Reality (introduction by Brett McBean) Hunting Zoe Broken Cookie (short story) Schism (short story) CellCaNdy (short story) Dead of Night (German version, first English release short story) Jungle (short story, first time printing) Steve Gerlach On The Edge (FULL and UPDATED Gerlach interview with Ron Clinton) Hunting Zoe is an entirely new spin on the idea of a "sequel". Set in the real life world, where Love Lies Dying is a work of fiction, Hunting Zoe blurs the lines between reality and fiction. "With Hunting Zoe, Steve Gerlach moves into full throttle. Intense and gripping--don't plan on doing anything else once you start reading this one. Gerlach is a master storyteller, and he is in high form. If you liked Love Lies Dying, you'll love Hunting Zoe." —Brian Keene, author of The Rising, Terminal and Fear of Gravity.

ISBN: 0977968626

ListPrice: $17.95

Edition: First Edition

Summary: The third Dark Arts Books release is "Sins of the Sirens", a compilation of 14 new tales and rare reprints from four of horror's most provocative authors: Maria Alexander, Christa Faust, Loren Rhoads and Mehitobel Wilson. The seduction of an angel; the lure of the lash; the touch of psychic hands; living ropes that wind and bind... 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...

ISBN: 0977968618

ListPrice: $14.95

Edition: First Edition

Illustrator: John Everson

Summary: The second Dark Arts Books release is "Waiting for October", a compilation of 12 new tales and rare reprints by four of horror's most evocative authors: Adam Pepper, Sarah Pinborough, Jeff Strand and Jeffrey Thomas. From body parts gone missing to body parts inexplicably arriving, from parasitic children to dead grammas, "Waiting for October" is filled with the harvest of four tantalizingly twisted imaginations.

ISBN: 9780977968633

ListPrice: $17.95

Edition: First Edition

Illustrator: John Everson

Summary: Unusual, weird and wonderful, herein are twelve stories from the minds of four supremely talented - and twisted - authors. From the curse of the living dead to vengeance from beyond the grave, from the darkest corner of Africa to the bowels of the local cemetery, these tales are as unique and as mysterious as...well, "a Chinese Tattoo!"

ISBN: 9781934501023

ListPrice: $15.95

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Hoist the anchor and set sail for the High Seas! Discover a time when tall ships ranged the oceans and creatures lurked in the dark depths. Journey across the world from the reign of pirates to the Age of Napoleon to the present. All hands on deck, ready the cannon, and prepare to engage terrors unknown!

ISBN: 0778325202

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Edition: Reprint

Summary: A year ago, archaeologist Leslie MacIntyre barely survived an explosion that took the life of her fiancé, Matt Connolly. Since then she's slowly come to terms with both her loss and an unsettling ability to communicate with ghosts, a "gift" received in the wake of her brush with death. Now she's returned to lower Manhattan, site of the explosion, to investigate a newly discovered burial ground. In this place restless spirits hold the secrets not only of past injustice but of a deadly conspiracy against the city's women—including Leslie herself. By night Matt visits her in dreams, warning her and offering clues to the truth. By day she finds herself helped by—and attracted to—his flesh-and-blood cousin Joe. Torn by her feelings for both men, caught between the worlds of the living and the dead, Leslie struggles against the encroaching danger. As she is drawn closer to the darkness, she must ultimately face the power of an evil mind, alone in a place where not even the men she loves can save her.

ISBN: 9780843958201

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Summary: Though much better then his last Leisure publication, "Night Life", Ray Garton's latest novel deals with a werewolf infection spreading across a small, mid-western town. I won't go into details on the specific plot points, but I will say that the author uses a unique approach on how the virus is spread. Overall, the story is fast-paced, gory, and somewhat suspenseful, though it really doesn't add much bite to the werewolf mythology. If you're a Garton fan, then by all means pick this one up. If you're new to his work though, start with his earlier works, "Live Girls" or "The Loveliest Dead."

ISBN: 9780843960617

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Edition: First Edition

Summary: I found Queen Of Blood to be a fast paced tale of murder and madness, chocked full of enough mayhem to keep the action junkie happily flipping the pages. I read it in two sittings and thoroughly enjoyed it. If you dig the likes of Laymon, Ketchum, Keene, you'll have a great time with this book.

ISBN: 9780843960648

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ISBN: 9780843957525

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Edition: Reissue

Summary: CUTS is a different Laymon novel; it's subtle, succinct and slow. In typical Laymon fashion, we start the novel during an abbreviated sex act. Albert Prince is trying to lose his virginity, but the girl he's with wants more money than he currently has so Albert leaves her. On his way home Albert has an encounter that makes us understand he's not a nice boy. And that he will return...with hatred. Janet Arthur wakes up next to her boyfriend, Dave. She tells him a secret, he kicks her out. Janet moves in with Meg. Lester and Helen are married, in words only. Helen's a "cold fish" and Lester has resorted to an affair. Emily Jean is an older woman with a daughter who is just starting to catch her break in the movie business. Ian's a writer. All of these people are put together through work, circumstances or nefarious ways. CUTS is set in 1975 and the book has the slow, pot-induced, haziness aspect to the narrative. Laymon takes a bit more time than usual to flesh out all the characters and giving them enough life so I could get a good feel for each's idiosyncracies. I knew how they should act, react and deal with each other and in dire circumstances. The genius in this book is the patience Laymon had to roll these characters out, not hurry them to join them all together, and let circumstance take over and let be what is to be. It's a bit frustrating, trying to figure out what all of these people are doing in this novel: but Laymon's deft skill of pulling you in is addictive and you can't stop reading. You need to know what happens next. Laymon's a master of subtlety when it comes to understanding the way humans deal with each other. Many times, during a dialogue scene, Laymon will have the characters think sexy thoughts about one and all, even if they aren't in the direct conversation. This makes the characters more human and believable. CUTS is a step in the right direction for Richard Laymon. It is a novel that hits you in places untouched. It doesn't make you feel good because there is almost no cause for the terror that is being wrought. Laymon has delivered a subtle horror story with a fairly high body count. And he's only beginning, heh heh. Be afraid...be very afraid! Highest Recommendation.

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ISBN: 9780061430220

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Edition: First Edition

Summary: With Sharp Teeth, Toby Barlow has written one of the most stunning, compelling and at once violent and compassionate books that I can ever recall reading. Filled with passion, wrenched apart by unrequited love, written in plain verse that reads as effortlessly as breathing (or as a graphic novel without the graphics), it is almost surprising that the tale of Sharp Teeth is so contemporary and so real - especially when you consider the fact that it concerns rival gangs in Los Angeles (but think Robert De Niro's intelligently structured gang in the movie, Heat, not some bunch of fools) who just happen to be able to transform themselves into wolves and wild dogs who run in the canyons and arroyos of Southern California's nighttime wilderness. To call this a werewolf story is to reduce it to a pointless and totally insufficient label. Lark, its central character, is a man of finely tailored clothes and still more finely tailored thoughts and emotions. The Girl (for she is never named, nor should she be) that he loves is damaged and wild and finds feeling and brief solace in the arms of one Mexican-American dog catcher named Anthony, whose own soul is as complex and driven by passion as both the woman he loves and the man (Lark) who so completely and unconditionally loves her. There is savagery here, in the transformations from human to animal, and surprises, whether it be the iconic Surfer Pack, with its seductive Annie (filled with the warm innocence of a summer night, yet every bit as primal as those with whom she runs), or the Bridge Tournament in Pasadena, attended by the perfectly-named (like every single character in the book) gang members Cutter and Blue, which strikes echoes of Chandler and Hammett at their sly, dry, sardonic best. Or, for the sheer joy of the prose, take this, from when The Girl first meets Lark ("She's leaned on Lark for so long now/you'd think it was love"): "The talk went on until the moon disappeared and she bit her lip and looked down and knew that whatever it was, she would agree. But he kept talking, until she finally wanted it so bad, she could feel the night's darkness vibrating inside her." The intelligence and intent of the book can be sensed in the epigraphs that open each section of the narrative. For example, at the start of Book One, Walter Benjamin's "There is no document of civilization that is not at the same time a document of barbarism," transposed with Warren Zevon's (RIP) "His hair was perfect." But perhaps the love and loss, the power plays and empathy and sheer manic energy of this explosive, wholly original modern day myth, are best captured by the quiet simplicity of this quotation from Plato, which appends Book Four: "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." Toby Barlow has done what all writers, not least all new writers, dream of doing: he has redefined a literary form and made it his own. And created magic in doing so.

ISBN: 1416552510

ListPrice: $28.00

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Summary: Amazon Significant Seven, January 2008: It would be impossible to convey the wonder and the horror of Stephen King's latest novel in just a few words. Suffice it to say that "Duma Key", the story of Edgar Freemantle and his recovery from the terrible nightmare-inducing accident that stole his arm and ended his marriage, is Stephen King's most brilliant novel to date (outside of the "Dark Tower" novels, in which case "each" is arguably his best work). "Duma Key" is as rich and rewarding as "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption" (yes, "that" "Shawshank Redemption"), and as truly scary as anything King has written (and that's saying a lot). Readers who have "always wanted to try Stephen King" but never known where to start should try a few pages of "Duma Key"--the frankness with which Edgar reveals his desperate, sputtering rages and thoughts of suicide is King at the top of his game. And that's just the first thirty pages... "--Daphne Durham" "Duma Key": Where It All Began A Note from Chuck Verrill, the Longtime Editor of Stephen King In the spring of 2006 Stephen King told me he was working on a Florida story that was beginning to grow on him. "I'm thinking of calling it "Duma Key"," he offered. I liked the sound of that--the title was like a drumbeat of dread. "You know how "Lisey's Story" is a story about marriage?" he said. "Sure," I answered. The novel hadn't yet been published, but I knew its story well: Lisey and Scott Landon--what a marriage that was. Then he dropped the other shoe: "I think "Duma Key" might be my story of divorce." Pretty soon I received a slim package from a familiar address in Maine. Inside was a short story titled "Memory"--a story of divorce, all right, but set in Minnesota. By the end of the summer, when "Tin House" published "Memory," Stephen had completed a draft of "Duma Key", and it became clear to me how "Memory" and its narrator, Edgar Freemantle, had moved from Minnesota to Florida, and how a story of divorce had turned into something more complex, more strange, and much more terrifying. If you read the following two texts side by side--"Memory" as it was published by "Tin House" and the opening chapter of "Duma Key" in final form--you'll see a writer at work, and how stories can both contract and expand. Whether "Duma Key" is an expansion of "Memory" or "Memory" a contraction of "Duma Key", I can't really say. Can you? "--Chuck Verrill" "Memory" Memories are contrary things; if you quit chasing them and turn your back, they often return on their own. That's what Kamen says. I tell him I never chased the memory of my accident. Some things, I say, are better forgotten. Maybe, but that doesn't matter, either. That's what Kamen says. My name is Edgar Freemantle. I used to be a big deal in building and construction. This was in Minnesota, in my other life. I was a genuine American-boy success in that life, worked my way up like a motherf---er, and for me, everything worked out. When Minneapolis-St. Paul boomed, The Freemantle Company boomed. When things tightened up, I never tried to force things. But I played my hunches, and most of them played out well. By the time I was fifty, Pam and I were worth about forty million dollars. And what we had together still worked. I looked at other women from time to time but never strayed. At the end of our particular Golden Age, one of our girls was at Brown and the other was teaching in a foreign exchange program. Just before things went wrong, my wife and I were planning to go and visit her. I had an accident at a job site. That's what happened. I was in my pickup truck. The right side of my skull was crushed. My ribs were broken. My right hip was shattered. And although I retained sixty percent of the sight in my right eye (more, on a good day), I lost almost all of my right arm. I was supposed to lose my life, but I didn't. Then I was supposed to become one of the Vegetable Simpsons, a Coma Homer, but that didn't happen, either. I was one confused American when I came around, but the worst of that passed. By the time it did, my wife had passed, too. She's remarried to a fellow who owns bowling alleys. My older daughter likes him. My younger daughter thinks he's a yank-off. My wife says she'll come around. Maybe "sí", maybe "no". That's what Kamen says. When I say I was confused, I mean that at first I didn't know who people were, or what had happened, or why I was in such awful pain. I can't remember the quality and pitch of that pain now. I know it was excruciating, but it's all pretty academic. Like a picture of a mountain in "National Geographic" magazine. It wasn't academic at the time. At the time it was more like climbing a mountain. Continue Reading "Memory" "Duma Key" How to Draw a Picture "Start with a blank surface. It doesn't have to be paper or canvas, but I feel it should be white. We call it white because we need a word, but its true name is nothing. Black is the absence of light, but white is the absence of memory, the color of can't remember." "How do we remember to remember? That's a question I've asked myself often since my time on Duma Key, often in the small hours of the morning, looking up into the absence of light, remembering absent friends. Sometimes in those little hours I think about the horizon. You have to establish the horizon. You have to mark the white. A simple enough act, you might say, but any act that re-makes the world is heroic. Or so I've come to believe." "Imagine a little girl, hardly more than a baby. She fell from a carriage almost ninety years ago, struck her head on a stone, and forgot everything. Not just her name; everything! And then one day she recalled just enough to pick up a pencil and make that first hesitant mark across the white. A horizon-line, sure. But also a slot for blackness to pour through." "Still, imagine that small hand lifting the pencil... hesitating... and then marking the white. Imagine the courage of that first effort to re-establish the world by picturing it. I will always love that little girl, in spite of all she has cost me. I must. I have no choice. Pictures are magic, as you know." My Other Life My name is Edgar Freemantle. I used to be a big deal in the building and contracting business. This was in Minnesota, in my other life. I learned that my-other-life thing from Wireman. I want to tell you about Wireman, but first let's get through the Minnesota part. Gotta say it: I was a genuine American-boy success there. Worked my way up in the company where I started, and when I couldn't work my way any higher there, I went out and started my own. The boss of the company I left laughed at me, said I'd be broke in a year. I think that's what most bosses say when some hot young pocket-rocket goes off on his own. For me, everything worked out. When Minneapolis-St. Paul boomed, The Freemantle Company boomed. When things tightened up, I never tried to play big. But I did play my hunches, and most played out well. By the time I was fifty, Pam and I were worth forty million dollars. And we were still tight. We had two girls, and at the end of our particular Golden Age, Ilse was at Brown and Melinda was teaching in France, as part of a foreign exchange program. At the time things went wrong, my wife and I were planning to go and visit her. Continue Reading "Duma Key" More from Stephen King "Blaze" "Lisey's Story" "The Mist" "Cell" "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born"

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Summary: As stated in her introduction to Inferno, Ellen Datlow asked her favorite authors for stories that would 'provide the reader with a frisson of shock, or a moment of dread so powerful it might cause the reader outright physical discomfort; or a sensation of fear so palpable that the reader feels compelled to turn on the bright lights and play music or seek the company of others to dispel the fear.'Mission accomplished. Datlow has produced a collection filled with some of the most powerful voices in the field: Pat Cadigan, Terry Dowling, Jeffrey Ford, Christopher Fowler, Glen Hirshberg, K. W. Jeter, Joyce Carol Oates, and Lucius Shepard, to name a few. Each author approaches fear in a different way, but all of the stories' characters toil within their own hell. An aptly titled anthology, Inferno will scare the pants off readers and further secure Ellen Datlow's standing as a preeminent editor of modern horror.

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Summary: Pelan's novella has a lot of familiar elements that Lovecraft fans will enjoy, and has added his own spin with a refreshing backstory that ties together history's real life mass murderers to the Great Old Ones. The main story moves a little too quickly for my taste and loses some needed atmosphere and character development, but it's still a lot of fun with plentiful helpings of sex, violence, gore, and of course, tentacles. It's a solid entry in Cemetery Dance's continuing novella series.

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Summary: "A brilliant novel of supernatural suspense that reminded me of the early classics.... Kept me turning the pages long after I should have gone to bed. This one's a keeper." —Stephen King “Golden is one of the most hard-working, smartest, and talented writers of his generation…Everything he writes glows with imagination.” —Peter Straub "May be Golden's best.... a haunted house tale, restrained and adult." —Kirkus Reviews "From the Trade Paperback edition."

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Summary: Looking for evil is one thing. Finding is another. When Patricia White re-visits her backwoods home, an atrocious secret from her past isn't the only thing that begins to haunt her. Creepy, erotic, and relentless, THE BACKWOODS delivers up a new kind of horror in a foreboding terrain of reclusive hillfolk, demented murder mysteries, and soul-searing horror. Has the town Patricia calls home really been cursed? No, it's been blessed. By an unspeakable evil older than sin.

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Summary: New stories by Edgar Allan Poe? Impossible, you say? Not at all. Admittedly, Mr. Poe is in no condition to be writing much these days—which is why in this anthology he's getting a little help from his friends. Friends like Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. Carole Nelson Douglas. John Shirley. Mike Resnick. Some two dozen in all. These writers were given a task: to take a little-known, unfinished story fragment which Poe wrote near the end of his life and turn it into a complete story—in any way they wished. The only rule was that they use Poe's language, his images, his ideas—that they truly work together with the master. Today's best authors. Joining forces with Edgar Allan Poe himself. Posthumous collaborations for the ages—collected here in this extraordinary anthology. Since the Poe fragment's original publication some sixty years ago, a few authors have attempted to complete it—but this collection marks the first sustained gathering of talent to work on the piece. Editor Christopher Conlon provides an Introduction which explains the background of Poe's unfinished tale and includes its original, unaltered text, while the completed stories reflect the amazing variety of the writers themselves—from lighthearted fantasy to gothic horror, from romantic adventure to hard-edged science fiction. This book, then, is a celebration of the art of storytelling—hosted by two dozen dazzling talents, with Mr. Edgar Allan Poe as Guest of Honor. Care to join the party? The lamp is lit. The door is open. Step in… Welcome to Poe's Lighthouse.

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Summary: A riveting exploration of lycanthropy and insanity, The Nightwalker has several things going for it, among them Tessier's lucid prose, expert plotting, and a remarkable evocation of the city of London. The novel tells the story of US expatriate Bobby Ives, an aimless Vietnam veteran living in London with his girlfriend. The extremely volatile Ives is obsessed with two strange events in his past: the fact that he was declared dead in Vietnam via administrative error, and the time he experienced a vivid waking dream, in which he became a zombie. Ives finds himself becoming more susceptible to uncontrolled rage; he also experiences quasi-fugue states where he lets that rage overwhelm him. In the midst of such a fugue state, he's capable of great violence. His girlfriend dies as the result of one of his rages; other victims soon follow. At first, he perversely revels in the changes that have occurred. Then, realizing that he is swiftly losing control, he seeks help from a clairvoyant who seems to have insight into his condition. She initially refuses, and his rampages continue. Eventually, she relents, and tries to help him by imprisoning him. Her efforts prove unsuccessful, as he escapes confinement, forcing her to take more drastic action. Effective and disturbing , The Nightwalker is a compelling fictional study of one man's descent into madness, exploring the chaos that results when a troubled individual gives in to his inner rage. Whether viewed as a terrifying novel of the supernatural or as a gripping psychological study, The Nightwalker, to paraphrase Stephen King's words in praise of the book (see Danse Macabre for his full evaluation), is perhaps the finest werewolf novel of the past forty years.

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Summary: This is a signed limited edition hardback of only 400 copies They are out there, waiting in the shadows even in the highest places. The predators who stalk the weakest, most vulnerable members of society. A burned out tabloid reporter and a bestselling true crime writer are about to stumble upon a dark conspiracy.... and a man who thought he believed in nothing discovers how high a price he will pay to save the innocent...the damned...the Shackled.

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Summary: Famine, Death, War, and Pestilence: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the harbingers of Armageddon - these are our guides through the Wastelands... From the Book of Revelations to The Road Warrior; from A Canticle for Leibowitz to The Road, storytellers have long imagined the end of the world, weaving tales of catastrophe, chaos, and calamity. Gathering together the best post-apocalyptic literature of the last two decades from many of today's most renowned authors of speculative fiction, including George R.R. Martin, Gene Wolfe, Orson Scott Card, Carol Emshwiller, Jonathan Lethem, Octavia E. Butler, and Stephen King, Wastelands explores the scientific, psychological, and philosophical questions of what it means to remain human in the wake of Armageddon.

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Summary: Excellent premise for a book with 3 novellas. Richard Laymon and Jack Ketchum write terrific stories and both should be highly rated. Edward Lee's story is the weakest of the group. As usual Richard Laymon goes for the straight forward punch, while Jack Ketchum gives us something a little different. This book is worth the money and it deserves a larger following.

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Summary: Mark Wiseman has been living with the curse for years. He thought he had it under control. He thought he had kept it secret from everybody. Until Bernard Roberts, a powerful, influential man, came into his life. Bernard knows about the curse that runs through Mark's veins. He knows how Mark's parents were killed eight years ago. He knows Mark was officially cleared in their deaths, but is holding the card that could cast Mark as a serious suspect in their murders. And if Mark wants Bernard to keep these things secret he must do what Bernard tells him. He must use his curse to kill. For Mark is a Shapeshifter, a werewolf, who must yield to the primal instinct buried deep within him on every lunar cycle...

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Summary: 'Ladies and Gentlemen...I have to state that Mrs Lovett's pies are made of human flesh!' This shocking announcement provides the stunning d'enouement to a narrative first published over a period of four months in the winter of 1846-7. The revelation marked only the beginning, however, of the notorious career of Sweeney Todd, soon known to legend as the 'Demon Barber' of London's Fleet Street. The story of Todd's entrepreneurial partnership with neighbouring pie-maker Margery Lovett - at once inconceivably unpalatable and undeniably compelling - has subsequently provided the substance for a seemingly endless series of successful dramatic adaptations, popular songs and ballads, novellas, radio plays, graphic novels, ballets, films, and musicals. Both gleeful and ghoulish, the original tale of Sweeney Todd, first published under the title The String of Pearls, is an early classic of British horror writing. It combines the story of Todd's grisly method of robbing and dispatching his victims with a romantic sub-plot involving deception, disguise, and detective work, set against the backdrop of London's dark and unsavoury streets. This edition provides an authoritative text of the first version of the story ever to be published, as well as a lively introduction to its history and reputation.

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Summary: This is still available in England, go to Amazon.co.uk if you don't have luck with the US Amazon. This book is an amazing collection of fantasy and horror by a woman who had an amazing imagination paired with a real skill for writing. The title story is where Hitchcock got the theme and title for the film, and little else. The Birds takes place on an English farm, and is a great tale of isolation and terror. The Old Man is marvellous, with a terrific twist that makes me envy those who are to read it for the first time. Kiss Me Again, Stranger gave me nightmares, even though the horror is only implied. There's not a weak story in the bunch, and this is definitely du Maurier's strongest collection of short fiction.

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Summary: Hundreds of thousands of people around the world have read—and reread—Christopher Moore's irreverent, iconoclastic, and divinely funny tale of the early life of Jesus Christ as witnessed by his boyhood pal Levi bar Alphaeus (a.k.a. Biff). Now, in this special (check out the cool red ribbon marker, gilt-edged pages, and gold lettering) gift edition of Christopher Moore's bestselling "Lamb", you, too, can find out what really happened between the manger and the Sermon on the Mount. And, in a new afterword written expressly for this edition, Christopher Moore addresses some of the most frequently asked questions he's received from readers since Lamb's initial publication, about the book and himself. Fresh, funny, poignant, and wise, this special gift edition of "Lamb" is cause for rejoicing among readers everywhere.

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Summary: This is book #6 in our chapbook series. This is one of only 300 signed and numbered softcover copies. There are secrets held within the earth that should never even be whispered, secrets that only the darkest minds of our kind entertain or record. One such archaic tablet was stolen from the British museum and with it something from the deepest catacombs of the earth has been released. It has been whispered in occult circles that the tablet holds the secret to discovering the location of the Catamine Stair, the endless spiral that descends all the way into the hollow heart of the earth. Days later a demonic looking corpse is found crucified on the cupola of St Paul's Cathedral. Something has been let lose… Challinor and Millington, adventurers from the fabled Greyfriar's Club in old London Town, are hell bent on finding out the truth before it is too late . .

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Summary: Mister B. Gone marks the long-awaited return of Clive Barker, the great master of the macabre, to the classic horror story. This bone-chilling novel, in which a medieval devil speaks directly to his reader—his tone murderous one moment, seductive the next—is a never-before-published memoir allegedly penned in the year 1438. The demon has embedded himself in the very words of this tale of terror, turning the book itself into a dangerous object, laced with menace only too ready to break free and exert its power. A brilliant and truly unsettling tour de force of the supernatural, "Mister B. Gone" escorts the reader on an intimate and revelatory journey to uncover the shocking truth of the battle between Good and Evil.

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Summary: "Imogene" is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . . "Arthur Roth" is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . . "Francis" is unhappy. Francis was human once, but that was then. Now he's an eight-foot-tall locust and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing. . . . "John Finney" is locked in a basement that's stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children. In the cellar with him is an antique telephone, long since disconnected, but which rings at night with calls from the dead. . . .

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Summary: "Frankenstein," loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered "doppelgänger" themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image … but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates.

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Summary: Savage tells the story of Trevor Bentley, a young man forced to flee England after accidentally witnessing Jack the Ripper's final recorded killing. Mistakenly blamed for the crime, Trevor seeks escape from the authorities and the Ripper on a yacht moored in the Thames. Tragically, the Ripper tracks him to the boat, commandeers it, and forces the owner to sail for America. Trevor is drafted to help man the boat, and can only watch helplessly as the Ripper holds a female passenger captive. After an arduous voyage, they reach the United States. Trevor escapes from the boat before the Ripper can kill him and manages to establish himself in America. Despite the fact that the Ripper is still at large, Trevor allows himself to believe that his nightmare is over. The young man is mistaken, however. One day he reads of a multiple slaying in Tombstone, Arizona--three women, horribly mutilated, were found dead in their home. The local authorities attribute the massacre to Indians, but Trevor recognizes the Ripper's handiwork. Blaming himself for allowing the fiend to reach America, Trevor vows to seek the madman out and kill him. The rest of the novel describes Trevor's odyssey across America, leading to his final confrontation with his nemesis. Savage will probably surprise a lot of Laymon's fans. On the surface, one might pick this novel up expecting an outright gore fest--after all, it's Laymon writing about Jack the Ripper. But the book defies expectations--instead, readers are treated to a happy combination of traditional western and a bildungsroman. Laymon delivers a well wrought tale of suspense, where the violence, although prevalent, is secondary to the main thrust of the story--that is, the unique rite of passage Trevor must undergo before he can be at peace with himself. Imagine Great Expectations, with blood and guts mixed in.

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Summary: The bestselling author of "The Straw Men" makes his American hardcover debut with a searing, atmospheric tale that ratchets up the suspense, page by page, until its shocking end For Jack Whalen, it all starts with a visit from a childhood friend, now a lawyer, who asks for his help on an odd case. The family members of a scientist have been brutally murdered, and the scientist—who may have had something to hide—is nowhere to be found. But Jack has more pressing matters on his mind. His wife has told him that she's on a routine business trip to Seattle, yet she hasn't checked into her hotel. Calls to her cell phone go unanswered, and when Jack travels to Seattle to investigate, she's vanished. And in Oregon a little girl goes missing. She's found miles away, but it soon becomes clear that she's not an innocent victim, and is far from defenseless. Unusual events, all leading to the same place. As a former patrol cop who left the force under difficult circumstances, Jack is determined to find some answers. Yet the more he digs, the more the intrigue grows. Searching into the dark secrets of a past that still haunts him, Jack discovers that the truth has roots deeper and more evil than he ever feared.

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Summary: The bestselling author of Ilium and Olympos transforms the true story of a legendary Arctic expedition into a thriller worthy of Stephen King or Patrick O'Brian. Their captain's insane vision of a Northwest Passage has kept the crewmen of The Terror trapped in Arctic ice for two years without a thaw. But the real threat to their survival isn't the ever-shifting landscape of white, the provisions that have turned to poison before they open them, or the ship slowly buckling in the grip of the frozen ocean. The real threat is whatever is out in the frigid darkness, stalking their ship, snatching one seaman at a time or whole crews, leaving bodies mangled horribly or missing forever. Captain Crozier takes over the expedition after the creature kills its original leader, Sir John Franklin. Drawing equally on his own strengths as a seaman and the mystical beliefs of the Eskimo woman he's rescued, Crozier sets a course on foot out of the Arctic and away from the insatiable beast. But every day the dwindling crew becomes more deranged and mutinous, until Crozier begins to fear there is no escape from an ever-more-inconceivable nightmare.

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Summary: A true masterwork of storytelling, "Dracula" has transcended generation, language, and culture to become one of the most popular novels ever written. It is a quintessential tale of suspense and horror, boasting one of the most terrifying characters ever born in literature: Count Dracula, a tragic, night-dwelling specter who feeds upon the blood of the living, and whose diabolical passions prey upon the innocent, the helpless, and the beautiful. But "Dracula" also stands as a bleak allegorical saga of an eternally cursed being whose nocturnal atrocities reflect the dark underside of the supremely moralistic age in which it was originally written -- and the corrupt desires that continue to plague the modern human condition. Pocket Books Enriched Classics present the great works of world literature enhanced for the contemporary reader. This edition of "Dracula" was prepared by Joseph Valente, Professor of English at the University of Illinois and the author of "Dracula's Crypt: Bram Stoker, Irishness, and the Question of Blood," who provides insight into the racial connotations of this enduring masterpiece.

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Summary: Never-before-published vampire stories by Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Kelley Armstrong, and many others. Suspenseful, surprising, sometimes dark, sometimes humorous-these all-new stories will ensure that readers never think of vampires (or birthdays) in quite the same way again. In "New York Times" bestselling author Charlaine Harris's "Dracula Night," Sookie Stackhouse is the only human at the annual commemoration of Dracula's birth. But this year, the Prince of Darkness actually shows up-and finds Sookie to be a tasty-looking present. "New York Times" bestselling author Jim Butcher's crime-solving wizard Harry Dresden, of the Dresden Files novels, heads to a role-playing party to give his vampire brother a birthday present in "It's My Birthday Too," only to discover there are some bloodthirsty party crashers who don't share their brotherly love. In "Twilight," Cassandra DuCharme, who appeared in "New York Times" bestselling author Kelley Armstrong's "Dime Store Magic", knows she has to kill to live as a vampire another year-but finds herself disturbingly disinterested in the hunt. Plus ten more bloody good birthday stories that take the cake.

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Summary: Offered for the first time in a collected format, this selection of short stories features five gripping tales by one of the horror genre's most literate and endlessly inventive writers, Peter Straub - "Little Red's Tango," "Lapland, or Film Noir," "The Geezers," "Donald Duck," and "Mr. Aickman's Air Rifle."

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Summary: From "The Ash Tree": Everyone who has traveled over Eastern England knows the smaller country-houses with which it is studded -- the rather dank little buildings, usually in the Italian style, surrounded with parks of some eighty to a hundred acres. . . . I have to tell you of a curious series of events which happened in such a house as I have tried to describe. It is Castringham Hall in Suffolk. I think a good deal has been done to the building since the period of my story, but the essential features I have sketched are still there -- Italian portico, square block of white house, older inside than out, park with fringe of woods, and mere. The one feature that marked out the house from a score of others is gone. As you looked at it from the park, you saw on the right a great old ash tree growing within half a dozen yards of the wall, and almost or quite touching the building with its branches. I suppose it had stood there ever since Castringham ceased to be a fortified place, and since the moat was filled in and the Elizabethan dwelling-house built. At any rate, it had well-nigh attained its full dimensions in the year 1690. In that year the district in which the Hall is situated was the scene of a number of witch-trials. * Also includes the classic M.R. James tales, "Canon Alberic's Scrapbook," "Lost Hearts," "The Mezzotint," "Number 13," "Count Magnus," "'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'," and "The Treasure of Abbot Thomas."

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Summary: From celebrated comic artist Mike Mignola and award-winning novelist Christopher Golden comes a work of gothic storytelling like no other. Reminiscent of the illustrated tales of old, here is a lyrical, atmospheric novel of the paranormal—and a chilling allegory for the nature of war. "“Why do dead men rise up to torment the living?” Captain Henry Baltimore asks the malevolent winged creature. The vampire shakes its head. “It was you called us. All of you, with your war. The roar of your cannons shook us from our quiet graves…. You killers. You berserkers…. You will never be rid of us now.” "When Lord Henry Baltimore awakens the wrath of a vampire on the hellish battlefields of World War I, the world is forever changed. For a virulent plague has been unleashed—a plague that even death cannot end. Now the lone soldier in an eternal struggle against darkness, Baltimore summons three old friends to a lonely inn—men whose travels and fantastical experiences incline them to fully believe in the evil that is devouring the soul of mankind. As the men await their old friend, they share their tales of terror and misadventure, and contemplate what part they will play in Baltimore’s timeless battle. Before the night is through, they will learn what is required to banish the plague—and the creature who named Baltimore his nemesis—once and for all.

ISBN: 0765317052

ListPrice: $24.95

Edition: First Edition

Summary: A novel of love, redemption, and second chances. "Lily died the day we signed the escrow papers," Theo Parker writes of his bride and of Monroe House, the bed-and-breakfast they'd just bought in the picturesque coastal town of Cambria. Theo soon learns he can no more bring his beautiful wife back than he can kill the thing that haunts his new home. Riddled with guilt but making the best of his recuperation from the car accident that killed Lily, Theo and his property manager, dowdy Eleanor Glacy, begin to investigate strange occurrences in Monroe House. And as they do, both Theo and Eleanor begin to see a bit of hope for a second chance at love and redemption.

ISBN: 0553804715

ListPrice: $50.00

Edition: Special Edition

Summary: From celebrated comic artist Mike Mignola and award-winning novelist Christopher Golden comes a work of gothic storytelling like no other. Reminiscent of the illustrated tales of old, here is a lyrical, atmospheric novel of the paranormal—and a chilling allegory for the nature of war. "“Why do dead men rise up to torment the living?” Captain Henry Baltimore asks the malevolent winged creature. The vampire shakes its head. “It was you called us. All of you, with your war. The roar of your cannons shook us from our quiet graves…. You killers. You berserkers…. You will never be rid of us now.” "When Lord Henry Baltimore awakens the wrath of a vampire on the hellish battlefields of World War I, the world is forever changed. For a virulent plague has been unleashed—a plague that even death cannot end. Now the lone soldier in an eternal struggle against darkness, Baltimore summons three old friends to a lonely inn—men whose travels and fantastical experiences incline them to fully believe in the evil that is devouring the soul of mankind. As the men await their old friend, they share their tales of terror and misadventure, and contemplate what part they will play in Baltimore’s timeless battle. Before the night is through, they will learn what is required to banish the plague—and the creature who named Baltimore his nemesis—once and for all.

ISBN: 1880325959

ListPrice: $100.00

Edition: Limited Edition

Summary: I read this book many years ago, it was passed around between family members. To this day, I have not read a book that has so powerfully depicted the tumultuous events involving Americans and Japanese during World War II. In fact, I was so dismayed that the book was out of print! This beautifully written historical epic is riveting, the kind that makes you cry and gets you all choked up, and the characters are admirable and true to life. F. Paul Wilson brilliantly weaves in historical details, native superstition and cultural differences around an unforgettable love triangle, and gives some very lasting (not to mention haunting) images of the war. Steven Spielberg should have made a movie out of it!

ISBN: 084395843X

ListPrice: $7.99

Edition: Reprint

Summary: IT'S THE DEGRADEST SHOW ON EARTH! It's closing time at a backwoods strip club, somewhere in America. Business as usual, until an elegant stranger comes onto the scene: chumming the waters with a briefcase full of cash, and a dark agenda all his own. Because he is no mere human being. He is a walking repository for all of the anger and hate that men and women feel toward each other. And every scum-soaked dollar he hands out only serves to up the voltage on the war between the sexes. The have and have-nots. The lovers and the haters. The result is a blood-soaked, horny and horrifying monster-bash - THE DEGRADEST SHOW ON EARTH - that builds to a shocking and soul-stopping grand finale.

ISBN: 0843959746

ListPrice: $6.99

Edition: First Edition

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ISBN: 1587670305

ListPrice: $40.00

Edition: Limited Edition

Summary: I am a fan of Simon Clark, but this is not one of his best efforts. He has a good premise for his story, he starts well and basically ends well, but the middle is pretty boring and a little confusing. This book could easily have been 100 pages shorter and would probably have been better. Richard Young, his wife and daughter are about to embark on a dark journey full of mystery and horror. While their son is away on a camping trip, they are persuaded by a frantic stranger to help him get away from an invisible force that threatens all of their lives if they don't outrun it. Their 4 year old daughter has some special abilities that the madman is looking for and he will stop at nothing to use them. The story gets bogged down in their fleeing from the invisible force. It catches up to them, kills a few people, they get away, narrowly, and it all starts over again. About half way through the book you find yourself wanting to scream,"enough already, we get it, let's move on!" While this book is not a total waste of your time, and it is exciting enough in the beginning and ending to capture your attention, please just understand that you will have to slog through some fairly boring, repetitious chapters to get to the final reward. If you have something else you've been dying to read, go ahead, you won't miss anything if you pass this one up.

ISBN:

ListPrice: 59.00

Edition: Collector's Edition

Summary: The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House" has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a “haunting”; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its powers—and soon it will choose one of them to make its own.

ISBN: 1587671298

ListPrice: $20.00

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Cemetery Dance Publications is proud to announce the fourth entry in this award nominated and bestselling anthology series! Shivers IV contains over twenty short stories from today's hottest writers, including William F. Nolan, Ed Gorman, Brian Hodge, Tim Lebbon, Al Sarrantonio, Ray Garton, T.M. Wright, Brian Keene, Kealan Patrick Burke, and many others! Featuring original dark fiction with a handful of rare reprints, Shivers IV is available only as a beautiful perfect-bound trade paperback! Table of Contents: Item "Prohibited" by Kealan Patrick Burke Item "Last Exit For The Lost" by Tim Lebbon Item "The Screamers at the Window" by T.M. Wright Item "The Man in the Palace Theater" by Ray Garton Item "Pumpkin-Witch" by Tim Curran Item "LZ-116: Das Fliegenschloss" by Stephen Mark Rainey Item "Something to Be Said For the Waiting" by Brian Freeman Item "Jack-Knife" by Gemma Files Item "The Spook" by Randy Chandler Item "Ever After" by John R. Little Item "The Bittersweet Deafening Sound of Nothing at All" by Robert Morrish Item "Up in the Boneyard" by Keith Minnion Item "Mom and Dad At Home" by Ed Gorman Item "Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot" by Bill Walker Item "In the Best Stories" by Norman Prentiss Item "Poetic Justice" by William F. Nolan Item "Dust" by Brian Keene Item "The Deer of St. Bart's" by Bev Vincent Item "The Man in the Other Car" by Al Sarrantonio Item "Liturgical Music For Nihilists" a novella by Brian Hodge

ISBN: 1593500114

ListPrice: $24.95

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Lee Thomas burst onto the literary scene with his Bram Stoker Award-winning first novel, Stained. Now, the promise of that remarkable debut has come to fruition with this compulsively readable tale of past sin and present-day redemption. History is dust, he reminded himself. No matter how thoroughly you wipe it away, it always returns to settle. Past and present were coming together. That which had passed, that which should have been dead. The dust had returned. Welcome back . . . to Wonderland. Ken Nicholson never saw himself returning to New Orleans, but the attack on his college-age son has drawn him. Not just to his home and to his family, but to the mistakes of his own tortured life. Divorced and now fully admitting to his homosexuality, Ken must now confront an evil he thought was long buried. A killer has taken his son and has threatened to take even more: his ex-wife, his former lover, and the very notion of his past. Years ago, the mysterious owner of a club named Wonderland claimed Ken as his own, only to die in violent fashion. Today, a killer knows far too much about that tragic night at Wonderland, leaving Ken desperate for answers, desperate to stay alive. With its unsettling sense of menace, The Dust of Wonderland will seduce you with its Southern charms as it frightens you to your core.

ISBN: 1930997531

ListPrice: $15.00

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Considering the lack of reviews and plain packaging for this novel, it's not surprising that it's been overlooked by so many readers. However, I would suggest that any fan of horror novels give it a chance, because it's one of the best works to appear in that genre over the past several years. Taking the "evil comes to a small town" premise and twisting it in a wonderful way, Thomas manages to avoid put a terrific spin on the story. The evil at the basis of this story is never given its own face, remaining an unknown entity. And what truly lifts this book above so much else out there is the manner in which Thomas uses the entity of evil to examine the bad things that lurk inside everyone. This is a true treat for any horror fan, and Thomas is definitely an author to watch. This story grips you from its horrible beginning and keeps you guessing until the end. There's very little in the way of cardboard characterizition, and the novel's hero isn't infallible himself. Highly recommended, and I can't say enough about this one.

ISBN: 0974174076

ListPrice: $15.95

Edition: First Edition

Summary: With Spring, the tides of the universe grow stronger. The sap from the trees runs again, and life stirs again; but it's all life: physical, mental, psychic... good, evil. The old power returns, but the power, like the tides themselves, can be for good or evil. Can Matricaria and her coven save Alicia from the vampire -- again?

ISBN: 0553384082

ListPrice: $6.99

Edition: First Edition

Summary: From the moment he saw the girl in the snowstorm, Flynn had less than an hour to live. But he’ll remember his last fifty minutes long after he’s dead. As an investigator for Suffolk County Child Protective Services, Flynn has seen more than his share of misery, but nothing could prepare him for the nightmare inside the Shepards’ million-dollar Long Island home. In less than an hour, that nightmare will send him plunging into a frozen harbor—and awaken him to a reality even more terrifying. They’ve nicknamed Flynn “The Miracle Man” because few have ever been resuscitated after being dead so long. But a determined homicide detective and a beautiful, inquisitive reporter have questions about what really happened at the Shepard house—and why the people around Flynn are suddenly being murdered. Flynn has questions of his own, especially when one of the victims dies while handing him a note: THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT. Flynn has returned from the Midnight Road—and someone wants to send him back.

ISBN: 042521480X

ListPrice: $7.99

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Kiera David is haunted by dark memories and terrible headaches. Her friends-and enemies-are dying. At each murder scene, witnesses report seeing a woman resembling her. She can't possibly be responsible. But if she isn't-who is?

ISBN: 0843956100

ListPrice: $6.99

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Braunbeck is a master of the evocative dark fantasy novel. Few authors are as capable of generating as much emotion as he is in a genre that is too often frowned upon for over-the-top gore or simplistic storylines. Braunbeck is willing to take his themes to the max, with no simple solutions or easy answers. In MR. HANDS we are introduced to a young man with psychic abilities who can use his supernatural skills to seek out pain and evil and destroy it. However, those in the greatest pain are children without hope and destined to awful ends, and in providing mercy killings, the young man is dubbed a serial killer. After many years of following his calling, and gathering the ghosts of these children inside himself, his power has grown much stronger. Eventually this mystical power comes in contact with a mother whose missing daughter is feared the victim of a sexual predator. Her rage and pain are able to call upon this energy and give it the face and body of a small wooden doll. It's also given a name. MR. HANDS. Now MR. HANDS is on a mission of vengeance and offers absolutely no mercy to those he is set in motion against. Not even when a mistake is made and an innocent might have to suffer. Braunbeck makes us feel all the driving forces of his characters. The confusion, fear, anger, misunderstandings, and unresolved hurts. His characters are fully human, with all the frailties and faults the rest of us have. His wonderfully imaginative story is gripping, horrifying, and provocative, with enough blood to satisfy the gorehounds but also strengthened by a superior writing style. The fantastical elements in the novel all serve the purpose of underscoring the conflicted nature of the human condition. Serious and thoughtful, this is horror at its best.

ISBN: 084395860X

ListPrice: $7.99

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Having read this a month or so ago...(thanks to the 1st reviewer of this book, heh heh) I found DEAD SEA to have strong writing, a very unique main character and a plot that upon first glance seemed too easy, but is more complex as you delve further into this book. Keene delivers another original Zombiefest full of great scenes, original thoughts and an ending no one should have a problem with. All in all I prefer Keene's non-Zombie books but this one rocks and you will have an enjoyable time with DEAD SEA. Come Aboard!

ISBN: 1565048431

ListPrice: $5.99

Edition: First Edition

Summary: I have not read the entire book and am not qualified to give a proffesional review I thought it was a book that reveals the deepest side of manand of nature.Thank you for letting me and others read it.I always like to read a good vampire novel... You never know what's out there.

ISBN: 006087290X

ListPrice: $6.99

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Some believe Bedford, Maine, is cursed. Its bloody past, endless rain, and the decay of its downtown portend a hopeless future. With the death of its paper mill, Bedford's unemployed residents soon find themselves with far too much time to dwell on thoughts of Susan Marley. Once the local beauty, she's now the local whore. Silently prowling the muddy streets, she watches eerily from the shadows, waiting for . . . "something". And haunting the sleep of everyone in town with monstrous visions of violence and horror. Those who are able will leave Bedford before the darkness fully ascends. But those who are trapped herefrom Susan Marley's long-suffering mother and younger sister to her guilt-ridden, alcoholic ex-lover to the destitute and faithless with nowhere else to gowill soon know the fullest and most terrible meaning of nightmare.

ISBN: 0976853159

ListPrice: $45.00

Edition: Limited Edition

Summary: Only 300 signed limited edition hardbacks will be published. Introduction by Brian Keene and an afterword by Steve Gerlach. Publication date is Winter 2005. Publisher: Bloodletting Press Publisher's Description: She was on his sofa, reading a book. She was a complete stranger. And she was naked... Her name was Zoe, and she had survived a horrific ordeal. Fleeing from trouble and the threat of death, Zoe turned to her best friend, Helen. Driving for three days straight, she arrived cold and hungry on Helen s doorstep. But Helen was at work. Leaving Helen s husband, John, and Zoe together...all alone. Having escaped from a life of terror and violence, Zoe was sure she could hide with them for a while. Just long enough to get back on her feet and her life in order again. John s only mistake was to agree she could stay with them... Because Zoe s past was fast catching up with her. And that past would draw them all into a game of life and death. By letting her stay, John had no idea of the horror that would be visited on them all... For someone had a game to finish a game that could turn very deadly indeed. LOVE LIES DYING You always love, The ones you hurt...

ISBN: 9780976853169

ListPrice: US$ 40.00

Edition: Limited Edition

Summary: Number 5 in our novella series Format: This is one of only 400 signed and numbered hardback copies. Publisher: Bloodletting Press Description: There has been a blasphemous desecration at the St. Peter’s Church and with it the doors of hell itself has been thrown open wide. All of humanity, earth and heaven hang in the balance as a war of biblical proportions is about to ensue. As the ultimate struggle between good and evil begins, Father Pilazzo and a band of street people must enter the darkest place on earth to attempt to save all that we’ve come to know, believe and love. If they fail, Satan’s rule begins and the end of times are upon us.

ISBN:

ListPrice: 59.00

Edition: Collector's Edition

Summary: `the ideal reading...for the hours after midnight' Thus Henry James described the style of supernatural tale of which Sheridan Le Fanu was a master. Known in nineteenth-century Dublin as `The Invisible Prince' because of his reclusive and nocturnal habits, Le Fanu was fascinated by the occult. His writings draw on the Gothic tradition, elements of Irish folklore, and even on the social and political anxieties of his Anglo-Irish contemporaries. In exploring sometimes inexplicable terrors, the tales focus on the unease of the haunted men and women who encounter the supernatural, rather than on the origin or purpose of the visitant. This makes for spine-chilling reading. The five stories presented here have been collected by Dr Hesselius, a `metaphysical' doctor, the forerunner of the modern psychiatrist, who is willing to consider the ghosts both as real and as hallucinatory obsessions. The reader's doubtful anxiety mimics that of the protagonist, and each story thus creates that atmosphere of mystery which is the supernatural experience.

ISBN: 0446580309

ListPrice: $24.99

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Felix Castor used to cast out demons for a living, and London was his stamping ground. But in a time when the supernatural realm is in upheaval and spilling over in the mundane world of the living, his skills are in renewed demand. With old debts to pay, Castor is left with no choice but to accept one final, well-paying assignment; a seemingly simple exorcism. Trouble is, the more he discovers about the ghost in the archive, the more things refuse to add up--and the more deeply he's dragged into a world he wants no part of. What should have been a perfectly straightforward job is rapidly turning into a "who can kill Castor first" competition with demons, were-beings, and ghosts all keen to claim the big prize. But that's O.K. Castor knows how to deal with the dead. It's the living who piss him off.

ISBN: 0976249898

ListPrice: $11.95

Edition: Limt

Summary: NOMINATED FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD Angie Smith and Curtis Loew are having dreams they can't shake. At the heart of each is Angie's daughter, Kaya. Angie's dreams end in death, the spreading of hand-shaped bruises across her daughter's throat. Curtis' dreams end in something else, something closer to obsession than love. Angie is worlds away, trying to keep her drug-shattered mind from falling apart, traveling through an American underbelly filled with inhuman shapes, dark whispers and old friends with empty eyes. Curtis is Kaya's new neighbor. He's getting closer to her, and her mentally unstable grandmother, Colleen. He's had families before, but he'd always made mistakes. Mistakes that led to new names, new towns. But this one time, he swears, things will all work out. He's got so much love to give. Siren Promised Featuring an introduction from author Simon Clark, over thirty illustrations by Alan M. Clark and an afterword by the book's creators, Siren Promised sets a new benchmark in visual and written storytelling.

ISBN: 0972085998

ListPrice: $45.00

Edition: Limited Edition

Summary: Chase is a performance poet with a history of mental illness who's spent time in jail and hospitals while trying to deal with traumas from his past. A cult figure in New York City, he's as well known for his mania as he is for his poetry. During a reading, Chase sees a woman he believed had died on the ward due to the cruelty of a brutal guard—is she a hallucination, a ghost, or a killer who faked her own murder? Chase tries to battle his own demons, dementia, and insane desires long enough to face up to his heinous enemies before they destroy what's left of his mind.

ISBN:

ListPrice: $14.00

Edition: Limited Edition

Summary: Could Serial killers be the victims of a communicable disease? Could it be the same virus that spawned the vampire and werewolf legends? Could it be cured? Fifteen years ago Joseph Miles was attacked by a serial child murdered with an appetite for human blood. He was the only victim to have escaped alive. Now he is a tall, handsome, intelligent, well-built, Psychology student who is slowly turning into a murderer. He believes that the man who attacked him as a child passed a virus on to him that is changing him into a serial killer and if he doesn't find a cure the woman he loves will soon become his next victim, the woman who is now locked up in his apartment chained to his bed. Fast-paced, disturbingly erotic, hardcore horror at its most extreme.

ISBN: 0972085955

ListPrice: $30.00

Edition: Limited Edition

Summary: BONELAND by Jeffrey Thomas will be limited to 400 signed and numbered hardback copies. The cover art and illustrations will be by Caniglia. Publisher: Bloodletting Press Publishers description: In 1893, the Guests attempt their first contact with the human race. Families go mad. Parents commit suicide. A president is assassinated. By 1918, in the bleak boneland of the 20th Century, human assassins commit atrocities and global wars are waged to sate the appetites of the Guests. John Board is a crime scene photographer, whose nightmarish images of human destruction are used as titillating entertainment. Board's future is tied in with these unseen, unfathomable forces -- and so is his past. America is drowning in a sea of blood as flashbulbs click and movie cameras roll. The Guests are here to stay. BONELAND is a tale of a not-so-alternate history...a story of horror, science fiction, and the surreal by Jeffrey Thomas, acclaimed author of LETTERS FROM HADES, PUNKTOWN and MONSTROCITY.

ISBN: 0976853132

ListPrice: $45.00

Edition: Limited Edition

Summary: Only 400 signed limited edition hardbacks will be published. Publisher: Bloodletting Press On a remote island off the coast of Ireland, an unpiloted boat drifts ashore, watched by a man to whom the dead are something to be feared... In a small stone chapel that stands hunkered against the vicious island winds, a woman whispers a frantic prayer to the gathering dark as something pale and dreadful scratches at the window. A young girl in love races to the shore to meet her lover and finds something monstrous instead... And in a confessional, a dead man waits to tell his sins... A gunshot in a church in Los Angeles leads Tim Quinn halfway around the world and into a nightmare, for on Blackrock Island, he will find love, murder and madness, and discover an earth-shattering truth about the Curtain, and those who hide behind it.

ISBN: 1587671344

ListPrice: 200.00

Edition: Lettered Edition

Summary: Development Hell by Mick Garris Cemetery Dance Publications is proud to announce the first-ever novel from Mick Garris, acclaimed director of Desperation, Riding The Bullet, The Shining, The Stand, and many others! About the Novel: Hollywood, California: the Bermuda Triangle of art, sex, and commerce. The beautiful people make their daily deals with the devil on the sun-dappled patio at the Ivy, not in a fiery underground cavern. Nobodies become somebodies in the blink of an eye, but the flash of heady success can be fleeting. The rocket that shoots you into the atmosphere can be carrying weapons of mass destruction that can send you just as quickly and efficiently to Hell. And back to Heaven again. Development Hell is a wicked Hollywood satire, disguised as an extreme erotic horror novel. It is told knowingly from an inside perspective, tracking the career trajectory of a young film school hotshot into the annals of the Big Studio. This arrogant young director leads us through his own set of unique experiences, starting with his explosive and disastrous first Hollywood movie; his discovery of a mutant baby in the arms of a Mexican news dealer in downtown Los Angeles that will be his ticket back to the top of the heap; into the arms of a re-animated glamorous star who died in the 1930s; and body-hopping through the most glamorous sheaths of human flesh on the planet. It is a side of Hollywood rarely seen from beneath its unvarnished, Botox-free, crinkling, wrinkling flesh, and features a supporting cast of characters you will surely recognize. Development Hell welcomes you into a behind-the-scenes peek unlike any other you have witnessed before.

ISBN: 1587670852

ListPrice: 250.00

Edition: Lettered Edition

Summary: Gary Braunbeck may still not be known much yet outside of the small press, but DESTINATIONS UNKNOWN is one more piece of evidence that he's rapidly becoming one of our finest modern fantasists. The short novel that opens this collection, "The Ballad of Road Mama and Daddy Bliss", is like the flipside of J. G. Ballard's "Crash", a wry and outlandish look at car culture. Braunbeck starts with a story of an average Joe working off community service hours by driving an ambulance, but soon turns our protagonist's world upside-down, when he finds himself in a community where both cars and people are recycled, and "The Road" is a living, breathing thing. Like a great road trip, this tale takes plenty of entertaining side trips, but they all point the way to an ending full of action, comedy and horror. Probably no author since R. A. Lafferty has been able to pull off a mix like that, although comparisons to the emotional punch of Theodore Sturgeon are apt as well. The collection is rounded out with two shorter works, "Congestion", an uncomfortable piece about a man suffering a heart attack while stuck in a traffic jam; and "Merge Right", a serious left turn into the dreadful surrealism that has marked much of the author's other work. The volume is also graced by the fine cover art of Deena Warner. One could have wished for an introduction, perhaps discussing Braunbeck's own forays into car culture, but the excellent fiction should be enough for anyone.

ISBN: 1587671107

ListPrice: 150.00

Edition: Lettered Edition

Summary: It's been twenty years since the friends known as the Lightning Five visited the Summer Place together. Twenty years spent living in the shadow of something they did in high school, an event that defined them forever in the minds of everyone in their small town. Now they're returning for what should be a relaxing weekend of hunting and fishing, a chance to reminisce about old times and forget their troubles... but mother nature has other plans in mind. There's a storm brewing. A meteor shower is in the forecast, but it's going to be unlike any event in recorded history. This meteor shower is bringing change to the world, it's awakening the creatures of the forest from their quiet slumber... and before long, the Lightning Five are going to find themselves trapped on the roof of their cabin, with their numbers dwindling and supplies running low... Trapped with no means of escape, the men will have to make some hard choices... like who gets to live and who has to die.

ISBN: 1587671093

ListPrice: $150

Edition: Lettered Edition

Summary: From award-winning author Gary A. Braunbeck comes Prodigal Blues, his first foray into non-supernatural horror. After he finds himself stranded at a truck stop in Missouri, Mark Sieber gets one of the biggest shocks of his life when he recognizes the face of a little girl on a Missing poster as belonging to the same little girl he saw only a few minutes before. Looking around for some sign of her, he comes back to his table in the restaurant to find the little sitting there, waiting for him. "I'm sorry, mister," is all she seems capable of saying. As the police and media begin to converge on the truck stop, Mark retreats back to his hotel room to call his wife and let her know what's going on, only to be taken hostage by the same people who released the little girl. But his abductors are little more than children themselves. Ranging in ages from 12 to 19, Mark's abductors are in the process of escaping from a sadistic pedophile known to them only as "Grendel" — a man whose practices include torture and mutilation — specifically, mutilation of the face. Mark's abductors have all been mutilated by Grendel — who may be very close behind them — and need someone with a "normal face" to help them carry out their plan for justice and returning home. For the next few days, Mark will come to understand not only the inhuman horror that these children have suffered, but how they eventually learned to fight back — and how they discovered that Grendel and his practices are at the center of a very complex network catering to those who tastes run toward the molestation and mutilation of children. Prodigal Blues is perhaps Braunbeck's most suspenseful and emotionally powerful work to date; a story of suffering, depravity, redemption, and — in the end — the individual's compassion for his or her fellow human beings that can lead some people to finding reserves of courage and determination they never thought they possessed. Terrifying, suspenseful, sometimes surprisingly funny, and ultimately moving, Prodigal Blues is quintessential Braunbeck.

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ListPrice: $175.00

Edition: Lettered Edition

Summary: IT'S THE DEGRADEST SHOW ON EARTH! It's closing time at a backwoods strip club, somewhere in America. Business as usual, until an elegant stranger comes onto the scene: chumming the waters with a briefcase full of cash, and a dark agenda all his own. Because he is no mere human being. He is a walking repository for all of the anger and hate that men and women feel toward each other. And every scum-soaked dollar he hands out only serves to up the voltage on the war between the sexes. The have and have-nots. The lovers and the haters. The result is a blood-soaked, horny and horrifying monster-bash - THE DEGRADEST SHOW ON EARTH - that builds to a shocking and soul-stopping grand finale.

ISBN: 1587670828

ListPrice: 400.00

Edition: Lettered Edition

Summary: Let me tell you a secret not so well kept - I love horror novels and I love addiction novels. Rarely do the two combine into such a spectacular triumph as 'Taverns Of The Dead'. With such famous contributors such as Ramsey Campbell, Neil Gaiman, Gary Braunbeck, Peter Straub, David Morrell, Tim Lebbon, Tom Piccirilli, Jeff VanderMeer, and Edward Lee, how can such a book possibly go wrong? Here's a glimpse: Table Of Contents: · The Lingering Scent Of Apples by P.D. Cacek · The Winner by Ramsey Campbell · The Souls Of Drowning Mountain by Jack Cady · Kristine's Kwiet Korner by Melanie Tem · Shoggoth's Old Peculiar by Neil Gaiman · Gas Station Carnivals by Tomas Ligotti · Bucket Of Blood by Norman Partridge · The King Of Rotten Wood by Gary A. Braunbeck · Front-Page McGuffin And The Greatest Story Ever Told by Peter Crowther · Des Lors by Roberta Lannes · At Home In The Pubs Of Old London by Christopher Fowler · Spirited by Steve Rasnic Tem · Times Of Atonement Yvonne Navarro · That Was Radio Clash by Charles de Lint · Friday Night At The Wicked Swan by Charles L. Grant · Bar Talk by Peter Straub · Time Was by David Morrell · Shades Of The Past by C. Bruce Hunter · Luke: Homeward Angel by Chaz Brenchley · The Last Good Times by Tim Lebbon · Two In The Eyes by Tom Piccirilli · Welcome To The Masque by Jeff VanderMeer · The Order Of Nature by Edward Lee · A Fine And Private Place by Thomas F. Monteleone · The Family Room by Nicholas Royle · The Smoke From Mooney's Pub by Chet Williamson · The Snug by Terry Lamsley There's an introduction by F. Paul Wilson and a foreword by Kealan Patrick Burke. Also, artwork is embellished on the edge of each page, and the publishers used an easy-to-read font. The cover art by Alan M. Clark is fantastic. Each tale, or chapter, has a quick bio of the author, often including links to author's websites. A few of my favorites would be 'The Lingering Scent Of Apples' by P.D. Cacek, a ghostly story of the smell of apples pulling a long overdue customer in from the cold. Ghosts of the past gather to stop the future wave of strip-mining in the Kentucky hills in Jack Cady's 'The Souls Of Drowning Mountain'. Visit a town where speech of any kind isn't allowed in 'Kristine's Kwiet Korner' by Melanie Tem. In Neil Gaiman's 'Shoggoth's Old Peculiar', a strange town named Innsmouth appears where an American traveler finds himself inside a pub called The Book Of Dead Names. There's a surreal vision of The Showman in 'Gas Station Carnivals' by Thomas Ligotti. 'The King Of Rotten Wood' by the fantastic Gary Braunbeck tells of a man trying to do right by the dead but eventually becoming absorbed by them in Yesterday's Pub. Experience the homey feel of The Land At The End Of The Working Day tavern and meet a visitor who is dead but can't find his place among the passed, in 'Front-Page McGuffin And The Greatest Story Ever Told' by Peter Crowther. Meet your perfect mate in 'Des Lors' by Roberta Lannes. David Morrell's excellent 'Time Was' takes dimension traveling to new, and terrifying heights as Sam digs for his freedom from the present. Jeff VanderMeer's strange visitor in a 1900's Inn, a bottled horror of a brother inside his pocket, is found in 'Welcome To The Masque'. Edward Lee's "Dark and unflinchingly brutal" tale 'The Order Of Nature', in which chaos erupts in a bar filled with hate. And lastly, enter a truly haunted tavern in Terry Lamsley's 'The Snug', where a room is more than just a room. I can't say enough good things about this anthology. Rarely do I recommend purchasing such a high-priced book, but if you love horror anthologies as much as I do, then consider it money well spent. I give it a solid ten stars. Enjoy!

ISBN: 0843958286

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Edition: First Edition

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ISBN: 0843957530

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Edition: Reprint

Summary: Other reviews have already told the plot of this book and the fact that it belongs in a series of books, so I won't rehash that. I will say that I did enjoy the book, but then I usually do enjoy Laymon's brand of horror. I have only read The Cellar, from the series and I did enjoy that one as well. Both are left a little open but you still get enough of an idea of the conclusion to be satisfied. As usual Laymon's books are violent, gory and fast paced, but these are the good qualities. I have read about 30 of his books and I try to get my hands on anything else I can of his. The only fault I have with his books is that I find his female characters (although strong and capable which is nice because they aren't the typical damsels in distress) to be a tad unrealistic. I don't know exactly what it is but usually the actions and reactions of the women always confuse me and I feel they aren't plausible. Other than that I love his writing, it's very thrilling and it never takes long for the story to get going and never stop. I liked Midnight Tour very much and anyone can read this book even if you're unfamiliar with the Beast House series. The book gives you all the required information so you can read it alone or out of order with the other books.

ISBN: 1401360203

ListPrice: $13.95

Edition: First Edition

Summary: The second book in the internationally bestselling fantasy series, "Day Watch" begins where "Night Watch" left off, set in a modern-day Moscow where the 1,000-year-old treaty between Light and Dark maintains its uneasy balance through careful vigilance from the Others. The forces of darkness keep an eye during the day, the Day Watch, while the agents of Light monitor the nighttime. Very senior Others called the Inquisitors are the impartial judges insisting on the essential compact. When a very potent artifact is stolen from them, the consequences are dire and drastic for all sides. "Day Watch" introduces the perspective of the Dark Ones, as it is told in part by a young witch who bolsters her evil power by leeching fear from children's nightmares as a counselor at a girls' summer camp. When she falls in love with a handsome young Light One, the balance is threatened and a death must be avenged. "Day Watch" is replete with the thrilling action and intricate plotting of the first tale, fuelled by cunning, cruelty, violence, and magic. It is a fast paced, darkly humorous, haunting world that will take root in the shadows of your mind and live there forever.

ISBN: 1401360211

ListPrice: $14.95

Edition: First Edition

Summary: "Night Watch" and "Day Watch", the first two books in this remarkable series, established Sergei Lukyanenko as a breathtakingly bold talent. Part fantasy, part vampire story, and part detective potboiler, this is the most successful science fiction series of all time in Russia and a true international sensation. In America, Fox Searchlight released the film adaptation of "Night Watch" to rapturous reviews, and adaptations of the next two books are in production. The world of Lukyanenko is as elaborate and imaginative as Tolkien or the best Asimov: Living among us are the "Others," an ancient race of humans with supernatural powers who swear allegiance to either the Dark or the Light. A thousand-year treaty has maintained the balance of power, and the two sides coexist in an uneasy truce. In "Dusk Watch", the Others face their greatest threat yet. A renegade Other, his identity as yet unknown, has absconded with a fabled spell-book of untold power and appears bent on attacking the entire earth. Now forces of the Light and the Dark -- the Night Watch and the Day Watch -- must cooperate to stop him. Anton, the hero from "Night Watch", is back, but when the culprit turns out to be none other than his partner, the race against time becomes more urgent than ever. In a world where reality and magic commingle, and where different degrees of existence are layered one atop the other, nothing is ever quite what it seems.

ISBN: 141655484X

ListPrice: $25.00

Edition: First Edition

Summary: The last of the Richard Bachman novels, recently recovered and published for the first time. Stephen King's "dark half" may have saved the best for last. A fellow named Richard Bachman wrote "Blaze" in 1973 on an Olivetti typewriter, then turned the machine over to Stephen King, who used it to write "Carrie." Bachman died in 1985 ("cancer of the pseudonym"), but in late 2006 King found the original typescript of "Blaze" among his papers at the University of Maine's Fogler Library ("How did this get here?!"), and decided that with a little revision it ought to be published. "Blaze" is the story of Clayton Blaisdell, Jr. -- of the crimes committed against him and the crimes he commits, including his last, the kidnapping of a baby heir worth millions. Blaze has been a slow thinker since childhood, when his father threw him down the stairs -- and then threw him down again. After escaping an abusive institution for boys when he was a teenager, Blaze hooks up with George, a seasoned criminal who thinks he has all the answers. But then George is killed, and Blaze, though haunted by his partner, is on his own. He becomes one of the most sympathetic criminals in all of literature. This is a crime story of surprising strength and sadness, with a suspenseful current sustained by the classic workings of fate and character -- as taut and riveting as Stephen King's "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon."

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Edition: Collector's Edition

Summary: Many people have encountered the story "The Monkey's Paw," anthologized nearly 70 times in horror collections alone. Most do not know, however, that its author, W.W. Jacobs, was an immensely popular writer from the 1890s through the Second World War, selling many tens of thousands of copies of his 13 short story collections. His craftsmanship was admired by such authors as G.K. Chesterton and Evelyn Waugh. Jacobs mostly wrote humorous short stories about humble seafaring folk, but "The Monkey's Paw" is by no means his only tale of the macabre. This collection contains 18 stories with subjects including haunted houses, vengeful ghosts, guilty murderers and people faking supernatural phenomena. "The Monkey's Paw" is, of course, a moral tale about how there's always a price to pay if you interfere with what's natural. It's not a mere object lesson, though: the powerful mood of mourning and despair is what makes it so memorable. Jacobs also emphasizes the dangers of mocking the supernatural. In the superb tale "The Toll House," for example, four men pull the familiar stunt of staying in a supposedly haunted house overnight. They tease each other while drinking whiskey and playing cards to while away the time, and one of them tugs on the servants' bell as a joke. Later on the man who pulled the bell is all alone in the dark, pursued by ominous footsteps, rushing about in a panicky search for the stairs. And in "Jerry Bundler," an actor tries to pull a prank on a man who is fearful of ghosts by dressing up as a renowned local spirit. He pays for his impudence in a way that is not supernatural, but the reader's left wondering what forces contrived the tragic chain of events. It's a delightful collection of stories, distinguished by Jacobs's ability to infuse horror into the simplest, most prosaic of situations, his excellent sense of pacing in the short story form, and his sardonic sense of humor. "--Fiona Webster"

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Summary: It’s the mid-1990s and F. Paul Wilson is making a big splash in the medical thriller category. But an idea for a different kind of thriller – a religious thriller, sparked by reading Thomas F. Monteleone’s Blood of the Lamb – takes hold. He can’t shake the idea. It demands to be written. So Wilson follows the credo that has made his career such a rollercoaster ride: Write the next book, no matter what it is. The result is Virgin. He loves it, he’s proud of it, but he knows publishing it under his own name at this point will confound the growing audience for his medical thrillers. The solution: Put his wife’s maiden name on the cover. And so, in 1996, Virgin by Mary Elizabeth Murphy was published as a paperback original. It suffered the nasty, brutish, and short life of most paperback originals and has not been seen or heard from since. Until now. Borderlands Press announces the first-ever hardcover edition of Virgin, with revised text and for the first time, F. Paul Wilson’s name on the cover. Virgin is also now available as a Trade Paperback, too! Signed | Numbered | Limited to 350 $50.00 plus S&H Lettered Edition | Signed | Limited to 26 $250.00 plus S&H Trade Paperback $16.95 plus S&H

ISBN: 1880325683

ListPrice: $20.00

Edition: Limited Edition

Summary: This a collection of short stories about guns. The author is the editor of two bestselling anthologies - Prime Evil and Revelations, and the author of the novel, Run. He is a World Fantasy award winner.

ISBN: 1880325705

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Summary: FEARS UNNAMED is a collection of four longer stories by Tim Lebbon, one of which appears here for the first time. In "Remnants," the new story, an archaeologist is convinced he has located a lost city of the dead beneath the Ethiopian desert. He's not simply interested in finding ruins and artifacts, however. This story ends without a satisfying resolution, and it was my least favorite of the lot. "White," the first of two end-of-the-world stories in this volume, concerns a handful of people stranded in a remote manor on the coast of Britain. The earth has suffered a threefold apocalypse - plague is rampant, human society has all but collapsed, and it won't stop snowing. And now there's something out there in the blizzard that is picking them off one by one. I had already read "The Unfortunate" in a different anthology, but I didn't mind reading it again. The sole survivor of an airplane disaster finds that his luck is not a gift but a terrible curse. This is one of the more frightening stories I have read. In "Naming of Parts," a family desperately makes their way across the English countryside to be reunited with their estranged daughter after most everyone else has succumbed to a disease that has turned them into zombies. In at least two of the stories, Lebbon turns what might be the stuff of b-movies into something much more by making it about the characters as much as (if not more than) their situation. When one of the protagonists is forced to take the only escape available to her, you really feel it. This is a worthwhile collection overall, but in my opinion only the second and third stories are exceptional. If you're able to spend a bit more, I'd suggest picking up WHITE AND OTHER TALES OF RUIN and AS THE SUN GOES DOWN, both published by NightShade Books in hardcover, and which contain "White" and "The Unfortunate," respectively.

ISBN: 0979505402

ListPrice: 75.00

Edition: Limited Edition

Summary: SYNOPSIS: Things are unreliable. Things break. Things fall apart. Even at 11 years old, Mark knows this all too well. By the time he moves out of London to a wintery seaside town, things are already bad. His mother is sick, and Mark doesn’t get along with his new stepfather. Although he finds an ally in an elderly neighbor, it still doesn’t feel like home, and shadows are soon gathering as things slowly start to get worse. Mark knows he has to do something, but he doesn’t know what. And the only people who might be able to help him . . . may not exist. A modern fantasy novel from the International Horror Guild award-winning author of SPARES and the STRAW MEN trilogy. The first original novel by Smith in almost a decade! (ONE OF US was published 9 years ago.)

ISBN: 0929480376

ListPrice: $650

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Ralph Roberts hasn't been sleeping well lately. Every morning he wakes just a little bit earlier until pretty soon, he isn't sleeping at all. It wouldn't be so bad if not for the strange hallucinations--and the nightmares that keep coming to life.

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Edition: First Edition

Summary: This is the true first edition. It is limited to 1520 signed copies. Signed by both authors and the artist

ISBN: 0843955600

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ISBN: 0843958642

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Summary: Thanks to Overlook Connection Press for releasing this signed, limited hardcover edition of one of Ketchum's out of print novels. This sequel to Off Season is a fast paced follow-up to the original with some of the same characters returning to fight against some more nasty cannibals. Sure, parts of it seem like more of the same, but Laymon's "Woods Are Dark" cannibal novels had four in the series plus mentions in other stories and all of those were good as well. Isn't that how most sequels go? Haven't you seen all of those Chainsaw movies that are virtual remakes of each other? Bonuses for the limited edition of Offspring include the unexpurgated text and two afterwords by Ketchum. I would recommend this one for your Ketchum collection. I'm glad it's back in print again, and hope to see Leisure release a mass market edition.

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ListPrice: 60.00

Edition: Collector's Edition

Summary: Introduction by China Miéville Long acknowledged as a master of nightmarish visions, H. P. Lovecraft established the genuineness and dignity of his own pioneering fiction in 1931 with his quintessential work of supernatural horror, At the Mountains of Madness. The deliberately told and increasingly chilling recollection of an Antarctic expedition’s uncanny discoveries–and their encounter with untold menace in the ruins of a lost civilization–is a milestone of macabre literature. This exclusive new edition, presents Lovecraft’s masterpiece in fully restored form, and includes his acclaimed scholarly essay “Supernatural Horror in Literature.” This is essential reading for every devotee of classic terror.

ISBN: 141650785X

ListPrice: $7.99

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Hellboy, a bloodred, cloven-hoofed demon raised by the United States government, is a top field agent for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. He questions the unknown -- then beats it into submission. In the upper reaches of the Himalayas, Hellboy's ex-girlfriend, archaeologist Anastasia Bransfield, believes she has found the location of the legendary "Dragon King Pool" -- thought to be the ancient dwelling of an evil dragon who inflicted horrific devastation on the land and its people. Every year the villagers would sacrifice a child to placate the beast, until one day an unlikely hero fought the dragon and won, bringing peace and prosperity to the land. But Anastasia's triumph at her discovery is short-lived. Soon unearthly creatures are seen lurking around the dig site, someone is sabotaging the excavation with dire results, and the young daughter of one of the dig leaders goes missing. It looks like a job for Hellboy -- but his toughest challenge might be putting his past with Anastasia behind him....

ISBN: 0843954264

ListPrice: $7.99

Edition: Reprint

Summary: Lily is asleep when a noise coming from downstairs awakens her; there is someone in the house. When she goes downstairs she finds two men dressed in black and wearing masks waiting for her. They say she is a witch because she didn't treat her ex-husband Jeff right. They set her on fire and take her two children away but Lily is able to break free of the bonds and escape with only some burns. She is told by an FBI agent that she is not the only woman that this happened to and FLAME (Father's League against Mothers) takes the credit. They believe Lily's ex-husband Jeff has the children and a nation wide hunt begins. When three months go by, Lily still doesn't have her children and in desperation she tells her boss Bennie that she is willing to have private help; he recommends John Shooks who suggests George Iron Walker, a Mdewakantin Sioux for the job because he can call up the Wendigo, a hungry spirit who will search for her children until it finds them. She is skeptical until she sees the Wendigo and lily then gives George the go ahead. The Wendigo, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake, finds the children but Lily can't give George the payment he demands. A vindictive man, George will kill everyone Lily loves and then kill her to get what he wants. Graham Masterton is a first rate horror writer whose latest novel take a legend from Native American mythology and gives it life. The Wendigo is a force not human so it has no human values or morals and is guided by the one who has summoned it. Mr. Masterton describes the spirit so well that the readers feel that it actually exists in our world for those who have vision to see it. The action never lets up as the heroine, a strong willed woman, goes to extraordinary lengths to protect those she loves. Harriet Klausner

ISBN: 0843954299

ListPrice: $6.99

Edition: First Edition

Summary: As a youngster Scott spent a lot of time with his grandfather who he calls Papa. Although he didn't know it at the time, Papa imparted a lot of arcane knowledge into Scott's memory so that he will be able to remember it when he needs it. Scott's time with Papa comes to an end when his grandfather kills his best friend Lewis and then kills himself. Scott sees Lewis after his death and asks him for the Chord of Souls. Scott doesn't know what he is talking about and tries to forget the encounter ever happened. Three decades later, happily married to Helen, Scot receives a letter from Papa and Lewis appears and tells him that he must find the Chord of Souls. He kidnaps Helen and takes her into the Wide, a vast passageway to the afterlife. Nina, one of twelve immortals guides Scott on his journey because she wants him to find the Chord of Souls as she wants to learn how to die after living for several millennia. Although he doesn't trust Nina he follows her to a point until he no longer needs her and starts out on his own to find a way to the valley that doesn't exist where the House of Skulls contains the Chord of Souls, danger stalking him every step of way. Tim Lebbon is one of the premiere writers of horror novels. Tucked within the horror storyline is the romantic subplot between Scott and Helen that is critical because it is his love for her that gives him the motive and impulses needed to search for the Chord of Souls while dealing with bad Mojo and immortals who think differently so are undependable. The EVERLASTING is an intellectual horror novel that makes the audience question their own beliefs. Harriet Klausner

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Summary: 3.5 stars. Ghoul follows three boys during their summer vacation in 1984. There's something not quite right at the cemetery and the boys, who have their clubhouse below it (affectionately called the Dugout), will get caught right in the middle of the sordid happenings. Ghoul takes you on a trip down memory lane; the pop culture references to music, comic books, and movies (sometimes a little invasive) of that era reminded me how fun it was to grow up in the `80s. Keene's characterization of Timmy, Doug, and Barry was first-rate, as usual. You really feel like you know these boys by the end of the book. The surroundings and setting of summer vacation contributed to make this a true coming of age story in the tradition of King's The Body (aka Stand by Me) and Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes. The idea of a ghoul being awakened when a sigil is broken is nothing new, but something we haven't read about in a while in horror lit. I must admit that it wasn't a premise that enticed me a whole lot; I only find ghouls slightly interesting, hence my lower grade on this review. I did find that not enough time was spent focusing on the ghoul and his killings; for me, the horror element lacked a bit for that reason. Nevertheless, Keene spent a lot of time with the characters, making this one more of a character-driven story and less of a horror tale until the last part of the book when Barry and Timmy decide to take action in the middle of the night. It's not in the same league as The Rising or The Conqueror Worms (nor does it try to be; this one takes place on a much smaller scale), but it's still a fast, satisfying read. I'd recommend it to aficionados of coming of age stories, ghoul enthusiasts, and Keene fans, obviously. He hasn't lost his touch.

ISBN: 1596060697

ListPrice: $40.00

Edition: Limited Edition

Summary: Welcome to Eddie's Tavern, the only functioning waterhole in a near-dead town. Among the people you'll meet tonight are: Tom, Milestone's haunted lawman, who walks in the shadow of death; Gracie, the barmaid, a wannabe actress, doomed to spend her hours tending bar in a purgatory of her father's making; Flo, the town seductress, who may or may not have murdered her husband; Cobb, a nudist awaiting an apology from the commune who cast him out; Wintry, the mute giant, whose story is told only in cryptic messages scribbled beneath newspaper headlines; Kyle, the kid, who keeps a loaded gun beneath the table; and Cadaver, who looks like a corpse, but smells real nice, and occupies his time counting stacks of pennies. And then there's Reverend Hill, who will be in at eleven, regular as clockwork, to tell them who's going to die, and who's going to drive. Welcome to Eddie's, where tonight, for the first time in three years, nothing will go according to plan.

ISBN: 0843953896

ListPrice: 35.00

Edition: Limited Edition

Summary: I've never heard of James Newman and I picked up MIDNIGHT RAIN on the strong recommendation of a friend. After reading this book, I'm surprised that Mr. Newman isn't better known. This novel is that good. MIDNIGHT RAIN is a relatively simple story of a 12-year old boy who witnesses a terrible crime in a small town, and all the consequences that result. I read the novel in one sitting, and found myself in constant suspense. There were moments when I dreaded turning the page, because I was afraid of what was going to happen next. In a way, this novel reminded me of Stephen King's CARRIE: simply written yet tremendously effective. If Newman can write more books like this, he has a fine future ahead of him. Highly recommended.

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ListPrice: 65.00

Edition: Collector's Edition

Summary: The novel that inspired the Lon Chaney film and the hit musical. "The wildest and most fantastic of tales"."--New York Times Book Review".

ISBN: 1593154410

ListPrice: $24.95

Edition: First Edition

Summary: A high-tech adventure thriller about a life-or-death search for a 100-year-old time capsule. Sometimes the past is buried for a reason. David Morrell's "Creepers" was a publishing event in 2005, a powerful, edgy, dark thriller by a master of the genre. A "New York Times" best-seller, it won the prestigious Bram Stoker Award and earned numerous critical raves. "Scavenger", Morrell's latest novel, takes us in a harrowing new direction: a desperate high-tech scavenger hunt for a 100-year-old time capsule. Frank Balenger, the resolute but damaged hero of "Creepers", now finds himself trapped in a nightmarish game of fear and death. To save himself and the woman he loves, he must play by the rules of a god-like Game Master with an obsession for unearthing the past. But sometimes the past is buried for a reason. "Scavenger" is a brilliant, frightening hunter-hunted tale that layers modern technology over the dusty artifacts of earlier times. The result is a surreal palimpsest, one that contains the secret of survival for Balenger and a handful of unwilling players who race against the game's clock to solve the puzzle of the time capsule, only to discover that time is the true scavenger. Morrell's trademark action sequences are embedded with fascinating historical clues that make "Scavenger" a thrill-a-minute page-turner as well as a mesmerizing literary experience.

ISBN: 0553383272

ListPrice: $12.00

Edition: First Edition

Summary: For centuries they lived amongst us. The frightful and wondrous, the angelic and bloodthirsty. Living in a reality just beyond the Veil, humanity’s myths and legends are caught in a struggle for their very survival—against hunters far more powerful than they are. Into this struggle has stepped a New England lawyer who once wanted to be an actor—a man who both longs for the mortal woman he was to marry and is desperate to rescue the sister who’s been taken hostage. Neither hero nor warrior, Oliver Bascombe now finds himself brandishing a magical sword, walking in the company of a woman who sometimes appears as a fox and a man made of pure ice, and dueling with albino giants and winged killers. For in the world of the Borderkind—and the realms that exist beyond it—Oliver is discovering just how vulnerable are humankind’s myths, the dire consequences of their extinction, and the reason he was chosen to save them.…

ISBN: 0060833270

ListPrice: $13.95

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Felix has survived Operation Iraqi Freedom, being turned into a vampire, and a ravenous horde of nymphomaniacs. Now he faces his toughest task ever—navigating the corrupt world of Los Angeles politics to solve the murder of a distinguished young surgeon turned porn star. But both human and vampire alike have reasons to want the secret to stay buried. . .

ISBN: 000639499X

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Edition: First Edition

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ISBN: 0060572965

ListPrice: $7.99

Edition: Reissue

Summary: " Rachel Morgan keeps Cincinnati civilized, a job that got a lot harder when witches, warlocks, vampires, and werewolves came out of hiding. Luckily, she's also a sexy witch with an attitude, and she'll bring 'em back alive, dead . or undead. All the creatures of the night gather in ""the Hollows"" of Cincinnati, to hide, to prowl, to party ... and to feed. Vampires rule the darkness in a predator-eat-predator world rife with dangers beyond imagining -- and it's Rachel Morgan's job to keep that world civilized. A bounty hunter and witch with serious sex appeal and an attitude, she'll bring 'em back alive, dead ... or undead."

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Summary: Limited to those that attended WHC 2007

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Edition: First Edition

Summary: Limited to 600. Progam book for the WHC 2007.

ISBN: 9781905834174

ListPrice: 25.00

Edition: First Edition

Summary: nce upon a time Tubby Thackeray's silent comedies were hailed as the equal of Chaplin's and Keaton's, but now his name has been deleted from the history of the cinema. Some of his music-hall performances before he went to Hollywood were riotously controversial, and his last film was never released – but why have his entire career and all his films vanished from the record? Simon Lester is a film critic thrown out of a job by a lawsuit against the magazine he helped to found. When he's commissioned to write a book about Thackeray and restore the comedian's reputation, it seems as if his own career is saved. His research takes him from Los Angeles to Amsterdam, from dusty archives to a hardcore movie studio. But his research leads to something far older than the cinema in its latest and most dangerous shape... Ramsey Campbell has found terror in the lore of cinema before – in The Parasite and Ancient Images – and now he turns to the silent era. Lon Chaney once invited us to contemplate opening our door at midnight to be confronted by a clown. Just hope you never find Tubby Thackeray there or, even worse, on your television or your computer.

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Summary: Order now and get a free Bone Island chapbook by John Urbancik! (while supplies last) Teresa Grove lives in Central Florida, owns a bookstore, lives as normal a life as she can. She’s special. She sees things the rest of us cannot. And she tries her best to pretend otherwise. But there are greater forces at work. Watching. Stalking. They seek love, they seek life, or they seek death, and after the Moon shifts her shade, they suspect Teresa will be able to give them what they want. Whether she likes it or not. The Moon is special, but the Moon is at war. And she is weakest when she becomes someone else. She’s about to become Teresa Grove (or vice versa). Teresa stands to inherit the Moon’s strengths and weaknesses, and also her enemies. She’ll also have an uncontrollable power in the form of a kiss: to deliver either life or death. But it’s not for her to decide which. It’s the Breath of the Moon.

ISBN: 1933648015

ListPrice: $15.95

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Written by one of the most important writers of the twentieth century, Lovecraft's 1927 essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature" traces the evolution of the genre from the early Gothic novels through to the work of contemporary American and British authors. Throughout Lovecraft acknowledges those writers and stories that are the very finest that the horror field has to offer: Edgar Allen Poe, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, and Arthur Conan Doyle, among others. This chilling new collection also contains Henry James' wonderfully atmospheric short novel "The Turn of the Screw". Stephen Jones is the winner of three World Fantasy Awards, three Bram Stoker Awards, three International Horror Guild Award, and a fifteen-time recipient of the British Fantasy Award. He lives in London.

ISBN: 0340898933

ListPrice: $300.00

Edition: First UK Edition

Summary: Since his first novel was published in 1974, Stephen King has stretched the boundaries of the written word, not only bringing horror to new heights, but trying his hand at nearly every possible genre, including children's books, graphic novels, serial novels, literary fiction, nonfiction, westerns, fantasy, and even e-books (remember The Plant?). With "Lisey's Story", once again King is trying something different. "Lisey's Story" is as much a romance as it is a supernatural thriller--but don't let us convince you. Who better to tell readers if King has written a romantic thriller than Nora Roberts? We asked Nora to read "Lisey's Story" and give us her take. Check out her review below. "--Daphne Durham" Guest Reviewer: Nora Roberts Nora Roberts, who also writes under the pseudonym J.D. Robb, is the author of way too many bestselling books to name here (over 150!), but some of our favorites include: "Angels Fall", "Born in Death", "Blue Smoke", and "The Reef". Stephen King hooked me about three decades ago with that sharply faceted, blood-stained jewel, "The Shining". Through the years he's bumped my gooses with kiddie vampires, tingled my spine with beloved pets gone rabid, justified my personal fear of clowns and made me think twice about my cell phone. I've always considered "The Stand"--a long-time favorite--a towering tour de force, and have owed its author a debt as this was the first novel I could convince my older son to read from cover to cover. But with "Lisey's Story", King has accomplished one more feat. He broke my heart. "Lisey's Story" is, at its core, a love story--heart-wrenching, passionate, terrifying and tender. It is the multi-layered and expertly crafted tale of a twenty-five year marriage, and a widow's journey through grief, through discovery and--this is King, after all--through a nightmare scape of the ordinary and extraordinary. Through Lisey's mind and heart, the reader is pulled into the intimacies of her marriage to bestselling novelist Scott Landon, and through her we come to know this complicated, troubled and heroic man. Two years after his death, Lisey sorts through her husband's papers and her own shrouded memories. Following the clues Scott left her and her own instincts, she embarks on a journey that risks both her life and her sanity. She will face Scott's demons as well as her own, traveling into the past and into Boo'ya Moon, the seductive and terrifying world he'd shown her. There lives the power to heal, and the power to destroy. Lisey Landon is a richly wrought character of charm and complexity, of realized inner strength and redoubtable humor. As the central figure she drives the story, and the story is so vividly textured, the reader will draw in the perfumed air of Boo'ya Moon, will see the sunlight flood through the windows of the Scott's studio--or the night press against them. Her voice will be clear in your ear as you experience the fear and the wonder. If your heart doesn't hitch at the demons she faces in this world and the other, if it doesn't thrill at her courage and endurance, you're going to need to check with a cardiologist, first chance. "Lisey's Story" is bright and brilliant. It's dark and desperate. While I'll always consider "The Shining", my first ride on King's wild Tilt-A-Whirl, a gorgeous, bloody jewel, I found, on this latest ride, a treasure box heaped with dazzling gems. A few of them have sharp, hungry teeth. "--Nora Roberts"

ISBN: 0743289412

ListPrice: $300.00

Edition: First Edition

Summary: Lisey Debusher Landon lost her husband, Scott, two years ago, after a twenty-five-year marriage of the most profound and sometimes frightening intimacy. Scott was an award-winning, bestselling novelist and a very complicated man. Early in their relationship, before they married, Lisey had to learn from him about books and blood and bools. Later, she understood that there was a place Scott went -- a place that both terrified and healed him, that could eat him alive or give him the ideas he needed in order to live. Now it's Lisey's turn to face Scott's demons, Lisey's turn to go to Boo'ya Moon. What begins as a widow's effort to sort through the papers of her celebrated husband becomes a nearly fatal journey into the darkness he inhabited. Perhaps King's most personal and powerful novel, "Lisey's Story" is about the wellsprings of creativity, the temptations of madness, and the secret language of love.