There?s a serious problem in the realm. Royal families still practice the tradition of locking away their first born daughters in the booby-trapped lairs of monsters?all in the hopes that brave knights will rescue them. Prince Francis and his trusted companion Gavin, a wise-cracking pig, aim...  more

There?s a serious problem in the realm. Royal families still practice the tradition of locking away their first born daughters in the booby-trapped lairs of monsters?all in the hopes that brave knights will rescue them. Prince Francis and his trusted companion Gavin, a wise-cracking pig, aim to end this barbaric tradition. Now they travel the realm promoting P.E.T.P?Princes for the Ethical Treatment of Princesses. They set their sights on Pretty, the most beautiful princess and one that no knight has yet been able to rescue. But saving Pretty from a prison made of the strongest goblin stone is only the beginning. The princess is not what she seems! Join our heroes on a hilarious?and dysfunctional?journey. But remember, this isn?t your child?s fairy tale. Prepare yourself for flamboyant princes, shameless pig sex, and untold armies of rats and flies. Snuggle up and get ready for your bedtime story.

LIVE IN THE SADDLE. DIE ON THE HOG. Such is the creed of the half-orcs dwelling in the Lot Lands. Sworn to hardened brotherhoods known as hoofs, these former slaves patrol their unforgiving country astride massive swine bred for war. They are all that stand between the decadent heart of noble...  more

LIVE IN THE SADDLE. DIE ON THE HOG. Such is the creed of the half-orcs dwelling in the Lot Lands. Sworn to hardened brotherhoods known as hoofs, these former slaves patrol their unforgiving country astride massive swine bred for war. They are all that stand between the decadent heart of noble Hispartha and marauding bands of full-blood orcs. Jackal rides with the Grey Bastards, one of eight hoofs that have survived the harsh embrace of the Lots. Young, cunning and ambitious, he schemes to unseat the increasingly tyrannical founder of the Bastards, a plague-ridden warlord called the Claymaster. Supporting Jackal?s dangerous bid for leadership are Oats, a hulking mongrel with more orc than human blood, and Fetching, the only female rider in all the hoofs. When the troubling appearance of a foreign sorcerer comes upon the heels of a faceless betrayal, Jackal?s plans are thrown into turmoil. He finds himself saddled with a captive elf girl whose very presence begins to unravel his alliances. With the anarchic blood rite of the Betrayer Moon close at hand, Jackal must decide where his loyalties truly lie, and carve out his place in a world that rewards only the vicious.

The black magic of bad living only looks hideous to honest eyes. Welcome to Scrape, Texas, a nowhere town near the Mexican border. Few people ever visit Scrape, and the unlucky ones who live there never seem to escape. They fill their days with fish fries, cheap beer, tobacco, firearms, and sex....  more

The black magic of bad living only looks hideous to honest eyes. Welcome to Scrape, Texas, a nowhere town near the Mexican border. Few people ever visit Scrape, and the unlucky ones who live there never seem to escape. They fill their days with fish fries, cheap beer, tobacco, firearms, and sex. But Scrape is about to be invaded by a plague of monsters unlike anything ever seen in the history of the world. First there's La Llorona -- the screaming woman in white -- and her horde of ghost children. Then come the black, hairy hands. Thousands, millions, scurrying on fingers like spiders or crabs. But the hands are nothing to El Abuelo, a wicked creature with a magical bullwhip, and even El Abuelo don't mean shit when the devil comes to town.

Justice watches from the shadows in this unique and suspenseful twist on a serial killer manhunt...Throughout history, the world has witnessed cruel, gruesome, and twisted murders at the hands of the most notorious serial killers. For those who were never caught--Jack the Ripper, the Atlanta...  more

Justice watches from the shadows in this unique and suspenseful twist on a serial killer manhunt...Throughout history, the world has witnessed cruel, gruesome, and twisted murders at the hands of the most notorious serial killers. For those who were never caught--Jack the Ripper, the Atlanta Ripper, and the Cleveland Torso Murderer--their crimes will live on in infamy as their identities are forever chased, but never revealed.It's 1947 in Washington, D.C. and a dangerous murderer has boldly discarded two headless bodies nearby the White House and the Jefferson Memorial. With no leads, Detective Clive O'Reilly is feeling desperate. When a stranger convinces O'Reilly to join him at a local pub, he is treated to a wild tale about Prudence Blackwood, an immortal who seeks vengeance for those murdered by history's most notorious serial killers.Initially in disbelief over her existence, O'Reilly is surprised to discover that she's very real and she'll be assisting in the investigation.But Prudence has unorthodox methods. With the body count rising, O'Reilly will have to find a way to work with her to stop the most brutal killer in D.C.'s history before more victims are added to the list.

With his second effort, William Ollie has made a quantum leap beyond the promise of his excellent debut novel The Damned, revealing to his readers a mysterious Ferris wheel and carnival recreating ominous feelings once produced by the classic Something Wicked This Way Comes; and a handling of...  more

With his second effort, William Ollie has made a quantum leap beyond the promise of his excellent debut novel The Damned, revealing to his readers a mysterious Ferris wheel and carnival recreating ominous feelings once produced by the classic Something Wicked This Way Comes; and a handling of viewpoints of two young boys every bit as deftly as the best of Stephen King. Chills and thrills abound in Hannibal Cobb's Kanasas City Carnival, a place of magic and mystery you won't soon forget. Sideshow has my highest recommendation." -- Gene O'Neill, author of Doc Good's Traveling Show The smoke ring rose, higher and higher, changing shape as it went, until it disappeared into a cloud that moments ago had looked like the caboose of a train, a cloud that now began to change, to mold and meld, to twist and turn and take on the shape of the thing that had entered it. This thing, this dark entity, hung frozen in the sky, calling those chosen few out from their houses, their bars and their factories, calling them forth to face what waited in that dark and foreboding night. Justin Henry didn't believe his friend had seen a Ferris wheel rise up from the ground like a runaway vine. But he followed Mickey Reardon out to the overgrown field at the edge of their little country community anyway. Now two thirteen-year-old boys have seen something they couldn't have, and neither of their lives will ever be the same again. The carnival is in town, a very different kind of carnival this year. One no one will be coming back from.

Stranded in the desert, the last of mankind is kept safe by a large border fence ... Until the fence falls. Squid is a young orphan living under the oppressive rule of his uncle in the outskirts of the Territory. Lynn is a headstrong girl with an influential father who has spent her entire...  more

Stranded in the desert, the last of mankind is kept safe by a large border fence ... Until the fence falls. Squid is a young orphan living under the oppressive rule of his uncle in the outskirts of the Territory. Lynn is a headstrong girl with an influential father who has spent her entire life within the walled city of Alice. When the border fence is breached, the Territory is invaded by the largest horde of undead ghouls seen in two hundred years. Squid is soon conscripted into the Diggers-the armed forces of the Territory. And after Lynn finds herself at odds with the Territory's powerful church, she too escapes to join the Diggers. Together Squid and Lynn form an unlikely friendship as they march to battle against the ghouls. Their journey will take them further than they ever imagined, leading them closer to discovering secrets about themselves, their world, and a conspiracy that may spell the end of the Territory as they know it.

Below the town of Tyndale, the King of the Wood feels threatened. His power is waning and his minions are abandoning him. He is determined to retain control and destroy the usurper: Tom Bender. But exactly who is The King of the Wood? Unlike previous pranks, the latest student hazing in Tom...  more

Below the town of Tyndale, the King of the Wood feels threatened. His power is waning and his minions are abandoning him. He is determined to retain control and destroy the usurper: Tom Bender. But exactly who is The King of the Wood? Unlike previous pranks, the latest student hazing in Tom Bender?s back yard proved fatal. Animals begin to obey him. Crows seem to understand what he says and pass along cryptic messages. Then everything in the garden starts to grow and keeps growing long past its natural season. Tom thinks this is wonderful until he discovers that the deck is growing too. Brother James knows of the coming conflict. He is sure that he can defeat both the King and any human opposition. Brother James is confident he will assure the ascendance of man over nature. However, his spy in Tyndale has another target: Tom. 

Joey, Laura, Christopher, Michael, and Kristy are twelve-year-olds with unique abilities. Michael is strong, Joey is fast, Kristy can heal others, and Christopher and Laura can move things just by thinking about them. Yet they are unaware of the power that germinates inside them and why they can...  more

Joey, Laura, Christopher, Michael, and Kristy are twelve-year-olds with unique abilities. Michael is strong, Joey is fast, Kristy can heal others, and Christopher and Laura can move things just by thinking about them. Yet they are unaware of the power that germinates inside them and why they can do special things. Deep within the earth, however, are creatures who know why they have incredible abilities. One evil group of these creatures, the Demoneyes, will stop at nothing to possess them. After tragically falling into the inner-earth one morning, the children find themselves welcomed into a dangerous and fascinating world by the Changeons, decent ancient beings who have anticipated their arrival for centuries. As the Changeons teach the youngsters how to survive and grow, the Demoneyes work to capture them. While experiencing adventures and challenges, the children become stronger. When they are finally sent back to the earths surface, they are no longer the same. They are Earth Force Five, protectors of all who righteously inhabit the planet. But just as their destiny officially begins, the Demoneyes become more determined than ever in their pursuit. In this young adult novel, five children with unique abilities fall into a strange new realm where they learn their destinies are mysteriously linked.

A world once destroyed by a godwar and now healing since the arrival of the young gods who imprisoned the hellgod. A world seething with danger, intrigue, and wild magic, its lands scarred by the wars waged by both men and Gods. These are the lands that Chimquar the Lionhawk travels. A woman...  more

A world once destroyed by a godwar and now healing since the arrival of the young gods who imprisoned the hellgod. A world seething with danger, intrigue, and wild magic, its lands scarred by the wars waged by both men and Gods. These are the lands that Chimquar the Lionhawk travels. A woman who passes for a man. A priest. A parent. A soldier. Fighting against that which would devour her simply for chosing to live her life on its own terms. Chimquar the Lionhawk first appeared in the World Fantasy Award Winning Anthology AMAZONS! edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson. Now, in this collected volume of her tales, find out why Chimquar has been called the most complex character to exist in Heroic Fantasy and one of the first female-passing-for-male protagonists to exist in the genre.

Locked in his dark cell, Greg lay awake in bed, fidgeting with the small cassette recorder, pressing the rewind and stop buttons to listen to the heavy click and spring-loaded clank that initiated and punctuated the faint whirring mechanics. He knew well enough no one was going to come looking...  more

Locked in his dark cell, Greg lay awake in bed, fidgeting with the small cassette recorder, pressing the rewind and stop buttons to listen to the heavy click and spring-loaded clank that initiated and punctuated the faint whirring mechanics. He knew well enough no one was going to come looking for him -- not while he was in between jobs, living in a four-door pickup truck, and had traveled to an undisclosed location without telling anyone. What brought him here were rumors of an abandoned building there that was said to be part of a black site -- rumors that were circulated amongst truckers and drifters: some exaggerated the sinister aspect of the place, detailing with morbid relish the methods of enhanced interrogation that were being developed or deployed there, while others assumed the contrarian position and downplayed the horrors, if not downright dismissed the whole story as hyperbole. Questionable as the lead was, the story seemed too good for an amateur journalist like Greg to pass up. All the same, he did not expect there would be some truth to those rumors, that the building is not quite derelict as he had imagined. And that, thanks to a case of mistaken identity, he was now incarcerated there as an inmate. Greg stopped the rewinding mechanism when he detected rustling and soft thumps coming through the ceiling vent -- or thought he did, since the quirky nature of unidentified noise is that they usually cease whenever one stops to listen to them. Like a living body, no running building is without its small, unaccountable bumps and muffled clanks; yet even if they're mostly benign noise, at night, they're magnified by the ever-present hush, and their unfamiliarity never fails to inflame the imagination of the sleepless newcomer.

A brand-new collection of the Eisner Award-winning series!      This award-winning compendium of English and Scottish fairy tales and folklore returns to print in a sumptuous new collection! Beautifully illustrated by Charles Vess and featuring adaptations by Neil Gaiman - Vess' collaborator...  more

A brand-new collection of the Eisner Award-winning series!      This award-winning compendium of English and Scottish fairy tales and folklore returns to print in a sumptuous new collection! Beautifully illustrated by Charles Vess and featuring adaptations by Neil Gaiman - Vess' collaborator on the hugely successful Stardust - and a host of famous fantasy writers, this new edition also boasts never-before-seen art and an amazing gallery of sketches!    ? Charles Vess and legendary fantasy author Neil Gaiman were artist and writer respectively on Stardust, the acclaimed illustrated novel turned into a hugely successful movie starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro.    ? Includes contributions from World Fantasy Award winner Charles de Lint (Moonheart; The Cats of Tanglewood Forest [illustrated by Charles Vess]); acclaimed fantasy writer Emma Bull (War for the Oaks; Bone Dance) and New York Times bestselling author Sharyn McCrumb (The Ballad of Frankie Silver; St. Dale; She Walks These Hills)    ? Includes an extensive gallery of never-before-seen sketches and colour art by Charles Vess.    ? Outsized special Art Edition of the collection also available! "Each ballad is a little gem sparkling with restored vitality. It is all here: lust and humor, ghosts and demons, passion and terror, all the things that keep us up at night. What more could the fantasy reader desire?" - SciFiDimensions "Here Vess reaches the peak of his art, standing proudly with the 19th- and early 20th-century illustrators who influence him." - Publishers Weekly

Pray it's only paranoia. Twenty years ago, journalist Joel Walker wrote a book about a ritual killing. It exploded into a bestseller and became part of the mass Satanic hysteria of the 1980s. However, his story and the evil he investigated were real and left him the victim of a nervous...  more

Pray it's only paranoia. Twenty years ago, journalist Joel Walker wrote a book about a ritual killing. It exploded into a bestseller and became part of the mass Satanic hysteria of the 1980s. However, his story and the evil he investigated were real and left him the victim of a nervous breakdown. For the last two decades, his has been a quiet existence far from his former home in Massachusetts. But when one of his childhood friends is brutally murdered and rumored to have been involved in bizarre medical experiments, Joel is lured back to find out what really happened. Joel must delve deep into the darkness once more, investigating all the way back to his own childhood, and the secrets he and his old friends buried there years ago. But where do paranoia and madness end and real evil begin? With the Orphans of Wonderland.

It takes guys as simple as the Squid and Ogre to make a story this complicated... and they’d really rather be trucking. Good old boys, the Squid and Ogre are trucking cross country when a UFO crashes right in front of them. Against his better judgment, the Squid lets Ogre load it onto...  more

It takes guys as simple as the Squid and Ogre to make a story this complicated... and they’d really rather be trucking. Good old boys, the Squid and Ogre are trucking cross country when a UFO crashes right in front of them. Against his better judgment, the Squid lets Ogre load it onto his flatbed, then the feds in black helicopters show up. Life gets a whole lot weirder when they find themselves on the run not only from the law but also from every manner of Lovecraftian horror imaginable. To top it off they also get a beautiful stowaway, named Shaurna, who may not be from their own universe. One way or the other, they are gonna have to finish their run, even if it takes them right through the Dreamlands and into the clutches of the Crawling Chaos himself, Nyarlathotep! If you like to laugh in the face of unspeakable danger, this is the book for you. If you don't like to, this is probably exactly the kind of book you need to bring you around.

Someone is hunting Landon Miller and his family.Solving the President's murder is the only way to make it stop.There's been an incident at the jail. An inmate hung himself. Landon is certain there was no suicide. Landon knows that Brick murdered the dead inmate. He knew before it...  more

Someone is hunting Landon Miller and his family.Solving the President's murder is the only way to make it stop.There's been an incident at the jail. An inmate hung himself. Landon is certain there was no suicide. Landon knows that Brick murdered the dead inmate. He knew before it happened.Landon Miller is a small town lawyer with three kids and a picket fence. He represents the County Jail and he knows what Brick did. Now he is sitting alone in his firm's conference room with Brick, a trained killer who's serving sixty years in Alabama State Prison. Brick is uncuffed and unshackled. Landon's phone buzzes with a text from a man he's never met. It tells him to check his email and watch the video. The link is a recording of an undercover drug deal with the President of the United States. The video ends and the President is dead. His phone buzzes again. Another message. His family is not safe. He doesn't have time to call the police. He doesn't have time to think. He only has time to fight. And Brick knows how to fight. Landon and Brick will criss-cross the United States and uncover secrets kept hidden since the end of the American civil war. They will piece together the puzzle of the President's death only to find that an inescapable terror is controlling the board. You can't see it. You can't hear it. You can't hide from it. OSIRIS will rise. And no one can stop it.

?Tolerance is an act of humanity, which we must nurture and enact each in our own lives every day, to rejoice in the diversity that makes us strong and the values that bring us together.? ? UNESCO Director-General Audrey AzoulayDenounced by her own father and charged with crimes against the...  more

?Tolerance is an act of humanity, which we must nurture and enact each in our own lives every day, to rejoice in the diversity that makes us strong and the values that bring us together.? ? UNESCO Director-General Audrey AzoulayDenounced by her own father and charged with crimes against the state, Kali Titian ? pilot, soldier, and engineer ? is sentenced to Erbärmlich prison camp, where she must somehow survive among her fellow inmates the Vary, a race she has been raised to consider sub-human; a race who until recently she was murdering to order. In Erbärmlich she encounters Mohab, the Speaker?s son, and stumbles upon two ancient energy sources which may just bring redemption to an oppressed people. A story told from the heart, a book released to coincide with the United Nation?s International Day of Tolerance (November 16th); Rise is a potent tale of courage against the odds and the power of hope in the face of racial intolerance, from the author of the critically acclaimed Cyber Circus.?A searing portrayal of redemption and compassion in the face of prejudice and brutality. Kim Lakin-Smith is one hell of a damn fine writer.? ? Gareth L. Powell, author of Embers of War  

The Apocalypse has come, leaving in its wake small pockets of survivors battling to stay alive; each carving out a new beginning for mankind. The ten stories in Carnage: After the End ? Volume 1 are the terrifyingly harsh and brutal realities those survivors must face. Each one takes us to a...  more

The Apocalypse has come, leaving in its wake small pockets of survivors battling to stay alive; each carving out a new beginning for mankind. The ten stories in Carnage: After the End ? Volume 1 are the terrifyingly harsh and brutal realities those survivors must face. Each one takes us to a place where humanity?s stragglers are forced to battle with enemies outside of their control; mutant beasts, groups of depraved and desperate people, and the terrifying threat of a dwindling food supply. Their fight for survival gets even more difficult as they search among the tatters of civilization for the will to carry on. In a world where society has collapsed and terror lurks around every corner, no one can be trusted and nothing can be taken for granted. Hell has invaded and happy endings are a thing of the past?

Surviving the plague that ended the world was only the beginning. When mankind is decimated by an unstoppable virus, the vampires who once stalked humanity from the shadows begin to starve. Tom Woodford wakes from a coma to find he's the only living human left, now surrounded by...  more

Surviving the plague that ended the world was only the beginning. When mankind is decimated by an unstoppable virus, the vampires who once stalked humanity from the shadows begin to starve. Tom Woodford wakes from a coma to find he's the only living human left, now surrounded by plague-tainted monsters and ravenous predators who've been without a proper feeding for years. As if being the last decent meal around isn't bad enough, he's soon caught in a power struggle between ambitious leaders of rival factions who believe his blood holds the key to saving them all. Facing grim threats from every side, Tom must find a way to play the vampires against each other in order to stand on his own in a world where he's the only one without fangs.

Therapist Mary Kinsella's life was mundane -- until her first session with Jackson Shepherd. He confesses to committing horrible acts of torture and murder, in what Mary believes are lucid fantasies as metaphors for his anger. Then one night, Jackson sends her a picture of a fresh, dead...  more

Therapist Mary Kinsella's life was mundane -- until her first session with Jackson Shepherd. He confesses to committing horrible acts of torture and murder, in what Mary believes are lucid fantasies as metaphors for his anger. Then one night, Jackson sends her a picture of a fresh, dead body. Against her better judgement, Mary believes she can still help Jackson. Instead she opens the door to a world of death, chaos, and mayhem. Jackson and his friends are cold and ruthless, but also self-reflective and aware. By the time they are done with Mary, she will either have Nobel Prize winning research, or lethal injection. What will happen in Mary’s own program of Serial Killer Anonymous?

What happens when a small town drag queen gets sucked into a realm of sword and sorcery and forced to do much more than lip-sync for her life? After a weird wizard transports Sleazella LaRuse to the realm of Houmak, Green Bay's number one diva must battle to save her life and protect the...  more

What happens when a small town drag queen gets sucked into a realm of sword and sorcery and forced to do much more than lip-sync for her life? After a weird wizard transports Sleazella LaRuse to the realm of Houmak, Green Bay's number one diva must battle to save her life and protect the lip-syncing, potty-mouthed persona she's worked so hard to cultivate. Will her bones be devoured by the gnawing nipple-mouths of slavwolves or crushed by the brutal Blada Femma? Worse yet, will she find love amongst the scum sailors and slopulating sky serpents? Will she win this glamorous game of thrones? The answer is clear in the most fierce and fabulous fantasy epic ever.

Descend into the depths of the undercity and embroil yourself in the political struggles of colonialist gnomes and indigenous goblins. Fly in air balloons, drink mysterious and pleasant cocktails, smoke opium with the dregs of gnomish society. Or dream and speak of liberation for all the races....  more

Descend into the depths of the undercity and embroil yourself in the political struggles of colonialist gnomes and indigenous goblins. Fly in air balloons, drink mysterious and pleasant cocktails, smoke opium with the dregs of gnomish society. Or dream and speak of liberation for all the races. Fall in love and abscond into the caverns. It s up to you, because this is an adventure of your own choosing. From the founder of SteamPunk Magazine and editor of Mythmakers & Lawbreakers (AK Press, 2009) comes this interactive novel of danger, drugs, and revolution.

Fifty years have passed since the so-called Zombie Uprising. The coasts of the United States have recovered to become thriving metropolises while the interior still struggles with the day to day zombie problem. The last thing Edward Schuett remembers was a zombie attack on his family on the...  more

Fifty years have passed since the so-called Zombie Uprising. The coasts of the United States have recovered to become thriving metropolises while the interior still struggles with the day to day zombie problem. The last thing Edward Schuett remembers was a zombie attack on his family on the Fourth of July. When he wakes up, things are different. He is different. He can once again think and talk, but he still carries the zombie virus in his system. While some react to him with curiosity, the rest act with hostility. Now Edward is on the run across the country, searching for his answers with a series of unlikely allies. His journey will take him from futuristic scientific labs to the burned-out ruins of small-town America, looking for the people who can tell him why he is different. But there are those who will not stop until he is destroyed--especially when it is discovered that Edward possesses a unique ability that may just make him the most powerful biological weapon in history.

From the author of Dungeons & Drag Queens comes a fierce bizarro tale of dinosaur-riding realness. Ivanna Deflower?s chance at drag superstardom passed her by long ago. She has resigned herself to a normal life raising her son with her ex-wife while occasionally hosting Sunday morning drag...  more

From the author of Dungeons & Drag Queens comes a fierce bizarro tale of dinosaur-riding realness. Ivanna Deflower?s chance at drag superstardom passed her by long ago. She has resigned herself to a normal life raising her son with her ex-wife while occasionally hosting Sunday morning drag queen bingo. And she?s fine with that. She really is. Until her life is turned upside down by the one thing that?s guaranteed to give a past-her-prime drag queen another shot at the big time: a baby triceratops that can out-dance even the youngest and most sickening divas in Los Angeles. But the climb to the top isn?t going to be easy. Not only does she have to contend with her shade-throwing former friends, there?s a certain big game-hunting drag king with a vendetta and access to cybernetic technology. And what about all those bright lights in the sky and the shaking ground? Even if she can sashay around all of these obstacles, what is she going to do about her own family? Drag Queen Dino Fighters is a fun and fabulous high-heeled adventure story that further proves why Wonderland Book Award winner MP Johnson is considered one of the most exciting rising stars in the bizarro fiction genre. 

Tom Clay is an average American guy--he's a school teacher with a normal life, a wonderful wife and kid. Until the day the mysterious Mondo Vixens bust down his door. There's punk vixens, bikini vixens, devil vixens, clown vixens, preppie vixens, pirate vixens and a sadistic nurse vixen. They...  more

Tom Clay is an average American guy--he's a school teacher with a normal life, a wonderful wife and kid. Until the day the mysterious Mondo Vixens bust down his door. There's punk vixens, bikini vixens, devil vixens, clown vixens, preppie vixens, pirate vixens and a sadistic nurse vixen. They whip out the cat 'o nine tails, torture Tom for mysterious reasons and kidnap his wife -- brainwashing her into joining the vixens. Dying and with only hours to live, Tom enlists the help of a rogue vixen to go on one last bloody rampage, destroying any vixen that gets in his way. He's going to avenge his family, rescue his wife, and solve the mystery of the mondo vixen massacre.

A boy's eleventh birthday heralds the arrival of a bizarre new entourage, a suicidal diva just can't seem to die, and a washed up wrestler goes toe-to-toe with a strange new foe. All of these queer marvels and more can be found at the Nightmare Carnival! Hugo and Bram Stoker...  more

A boy's eleventh birthday heralds the arrival of a bizarre new entourage, a suicidal diva just can't seem to die, and a washed up wrestler goes toe-to-toe with a strange new foe. All of these queer marvels and more can be found at the Nightmare Carnival! Hugo and Bram Stoker award-winning editor Ellen Datlow (Lovecraft Unbound, Supernatural Noir) presents a new anthology of insidious and shocking tales in the horrific and irresistible Nightmare Carnival! Dark Horse is proud to bring you this masterwork of terror from such incredible creative talents as Terry Dowling, Joel Lane, Priya Sharma, Dennis Danvers, and Nick Mamatas!

I have this dream where I?m floating in outer space, sniffing stardust off the rings of Saturn, and Helene?one of Saturn?s sixty-something moons?hangs over my head, its surface cracking in a horizontal line and splitting open like a mouth with sharp rocks for teeth. The noise Helene makes when...  more

I have this dream where I?m floating in outer space, sniffing stardust off the rings of Saturn, and Helene?one of Saturn?s sixty-something moons?hangs over my head, its surface cracking in a horizontal line and splitting open like a mouth with sharp rocks for teeth. The noise Helene makes when she inhales is the soundtrack of a head-on collision played backwards. She breathes me in and shuts her mouth. It?s like a cave inside of her. I see everything in infrared night vision. I see myself sitting on a rock and when I notice me noticing myself, I look up from the rock with eyes that are all pupils and I speak in two voices at once: one voice dropped thirty octaves below normal, like chopped and screwed tone, the other a whispering echo. I tell myself, the world as you know it is in your hands. The end of you is the end of it all. I watch myself vanish off the rock and I jerk awake with the feeling of falling.

"Alene makes you feel the wistfulness, the longing, the heart-skipping magic of encountering your true love... as skillfully - MORE skillfully than many writers who work with strictly human characters." - Jeffrey Thomas, author of Punktown and Deadstock

An uneasiness festers upon the city streets, threatening the peace and safety of law-abiding citizens. A war is escalating, and it seems as though the good and righteous are being crushed beneath the unholy weight of evil’s onslaught. Organized crime is spreading in an unchecked reign of...  more

An uneasiness festers upon the city streets, threatening the peace and safety of law-abiding citizens. A war is escalating, and it seems as though the good and righteous are being crushed beneath the unholy weight of evil’s onslaught. Organized crime is spreading in an unchecked reign of terror. Until a mysterious agent of retribution rises up from the shadows to challenge the villains. A lone figure, clad in a slouch hat and clothes seemingly stitched from the blackest shadows, masked in the guise of a skull-faced death†-- a Grim Death -- ۥemerges with guns blazing. With him, a wronged ex-con clad in the striped costume of his misfortune -- ۥBill the Electrocuted Criminal. In this beautifully illustrated 1930s-pulp-style novel, two dark new characters by Thomas E. Sniegoski and Mike Mignola take to the street to fight the growing infection of organized crime. Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal are not your average heroes, but they want justice.

In the middle ages, it was thought that insanity was contagious. Centuries on, we label such ideas as superstitious ignorance. But when John Doe begins to speak after decades of silence, the staff and patients at the Golden Canyon Behavioral Health center begin to realize that behind every...  more

In the middle ages, it was thought that insanity was contagious. Centuries on, we label such ideas as superstitious ignorance. But when John Doe begins to speak after decades of silence, the staff and patients at the Golden Canyon Behavioral Health center begin to realize that behind every superstition lies a horrid truth. On the night that a vicious sandstorm closes the roads and seals the doors, a plague of madness spreads through the hospital. Two staff members try desperately to hold onto their sanity while searching for the cause - and, hopefully, the cure - of the outbreak. But they're not alone. In this shared world anthology edited by Brad C. Hodson and Bram Stoker Award® winner Benjamin Kane Ethridge, some of the genre's most talented authors present their own sanity shattering tales. With fiction by John Skipp, Jeff Strand, Scott Nicholson, Lisa Morton, John Palisano, and many others, the horrible truth is revealed bit by awful bit. Step inside and find out what it's truly like in the MADHOUSE.

17 year old Ember Denning has made an art of isolating herself. She prefers the dead. She spends her days skipping school in old cemeteries and her nights hiding from her alcoholic father at the funeral home where she works. When her own father dies, Ember learns her whole life is a lie....  more

17 year old Ember Denning has made an art of isolating herself. She prefers the dead. She spends her days skipping school in old cemeteries and her nights hiding from her alcoholic father at the funeral home where she works. When her own father dies, Ember learns her whole life is a lie. Standing in the cemetery that?s been her sanctuary, she?s threatened by the most beautiful boy she?s ever seen and rescued by two people who claim to be her family. They say she?s special, that she has a supernatural gift like them?they just don?t know exactly what it is. They take her to a small Florida town, where Ember?s life takes a turn for the weird. She?s living with her reaper cousins, an orphaned werewolf pack, a faery and a human genius. Ember?s powers are growing stronger, morphing into something bigger than anything anybody anticipated. Ember has questions but nobody has answers. Nobody knows what she is. They only know her mysterious magical gift is trying to kill them and that beautiful dangerous boy from the cemetery may be the only thing standing between her and death. As Ember?s talents are revealed so are the secrets her father hid and those in power who would seek to destroy her. What?s worse, saving Ember has put her cousins in danger and turned her friend?s lives upside down. Ember must learn to embrace her magic or risk losing the family she?s pieced together.

Iris (or balletgirl_42 as she's known on the Internet dating circuit) is a zookeeper looking for love when she is diagnosed with breast cancer. Overnight, her life becomes populated by a carnival of daunting hospital characters. Despite the attempts of her friends--Maud, Grandma Suggs, Larry the...  more

Iris (or balletgirl_42 as she's known on the Internet dating circuit) is a zookeeper looking for love when she is diagnosed with breast cancer. Overnight, her life becomes populated by a carnival of daunting hospital characters. Despite the attempts of her friends--Maud, Grandma Suggs, Larry the Monkey, and a group of singing penguins--to comfort her, her fears begin to encircle her, and she clings to the attention of a lighthouse keeper called sailor_buoy_39. The Inflatable Woman combines magical realism with the grit of everyday life to create a poignant and surreal journey inside the human psyche.

Dietrich Schiederer is a disturbed man. Somewhere between his past and his future, he has lost himself. Absorbed by his delusions of grandeur, Dietrich is a prisoner of his own mind, a warder of his own soul. In this exciting psychological thriller, the reader is taken into Dietrich's world. It...  more

Dietrich Schiederer is a disturbed man. Somewhere between his past and his future, he has lost himself. Absorbed by his delusions of grandeur, Dietrich is a prisoner of his own mind, a warder of his own soul. In this exciting psychological thriller, the reader is taken into Dietrich's world. It is a disturbing and yet instigating experience. Dietrich's mind is a maze into which one walks with no idea of what will be found. Is he a delusional man, a sick man with no clue of what is going on in the world right now? Or is he the only one who can actually see the truth? Dietrich wants to convince you that his version of the story is the only one that matters. He will let you enter the darkest side of his personality and lure you into his world of suspicion and manipulation. His personal story will change the very course of History. In this journey, you'll see the rise and fall of the New Nazi Empire, you'll meet the Devil and his followers, and you'll fall in love with the story of a man, an ordinary man, who ends up crossing every line in the name of love. A love he didn't know was possible... a love that doesn't know any limits.

A massive fantasy omnibus containing all three novels in the Obsidian and Blood series: SERVANT OF THE UNDERWORLD Year One-Knife, Tenochtitlan -- the capital of the Aztecs. The end of the world is kept at bay only by the magic of human sacrifice. A priestess disappears from an empty room...  more

A massive fantasy omnibus containing all three novels in the Obsidian and Blood series: SERVANT OF THE UNDERWORLD Year One-Knife, Tenochtitlan -- the capital of the Aztecs. The end of the world is kept at bay only by the magic of human sacrifice. A priestess disappears from an empty room drenched in blood. Acatl, high priest, must find her, or break the boundaries between the worlds of the living and the dead. HARBINGER OF THE STORM The year is Two House and the Mexica Empire teeters on the brink of destruction, lying vulnerable to the flesh-eating star-demons -- and to the return of their creator, a malevolent goddess only held in check by the Protector God's power. The council is convening to choose a new emperor, but when a councilman is found dead, only Acatl, High Priest of the Dead, can solve the mystery. MASTER OF THE HOUSE OF DARTS The year is Three Rabbit, and the storm is coming... The coronation war for the new Emperor has just ended in a failure, the armies retreating with a mere forty prisoners of war -- not near enough sacrifices to ensure the favor of the gods. When one of those prisoners of war dies of a magical illness, ACATL, High Priest for the Dead, is summoned to investigate.

The Sky hates Kyle. He's not sure exactly what he did to anger The Sky, but now, Kyle's life is a nightmare. He loses his job, his girlfriend leaves him, not to mention he's assaulted by hail, rain, flying condoms and anything the sky can possibly throw at him. Trees fall on his house, and...  more

The Sky hates Kyle. He's not sure exactly what he did to anger The Sky, but now, Kyle's life is a nightmare. He loses his job, his girlfriend leaves him, not to mention he's assaulted by hail, rain, flying condoms and anything the sky can possibly throw at him. Trees fall on his house, and hurricanes are sent after him. And that's just the beginning. Enigmatic emissaries of The Sky come and lend their brand of aid, which only succeeds in sending Kyle on a journey into madness, crime, redemption, sexual indiscretions and despair. Can Kyle make peace with The Sky, or will the entire world always conspire against him? ABOUT THIS SERIES For eight years, the New Bizarro Author Series has highlighted up-and-coming voices in the Bizarro Fiction genre with annual releases by new authors. For many of these writers, it is their first book ever published. We invite you to take a chance on an author you may never have heard of and we hope you enjoy what you find. If you like what you read here and want more from this writer, go to www.eraserheadpress.com and let us know.

Enjoy The Walking Dead, World War Z, and Dawn of the Dead? Then you?ll love Hunger! Lies aren?t just dangerous. They?re deadly. John is a loving husband and father. He takes his daughter swimming every weekend. He tells her stories to coax her to sleep every night. He often buys his wife wine...  more

Enjoy The Walking Dead, World War Z, and Dawn of the Dead? Then you?ll love Hunger! Lies aren?t just dangerous. They?re deadly. John is a loving husband and father. He takes his daughter swimming every weekend. He tells her stories to coax her to sleep every night. He often buys his wife wine and bouquets of flowers? All to disguise the guilt. John is secretly living two lives. And this time, it?s going to bite him on the ass. Literally. He?s with his bit-on-the-side when victims of a deadly virus spill across the entrance of his hotel. Trapped, he has no way to get back to his family to protect them. Can he escape and get to them before it?s too late? Or will he remain trapped with his mistress? A mistress with a dark and sinister secret? Enjoy this thrilling page-turner FREE now. **Includes an exclusive behind-the-scenes peek at the best-selling post-apocalyptic series Resistant!**

The enchanting Zatanna Zatara has the hottest stage act in Las Vegas. And unlike the parlor tricks peddled by other would-be Houdinis around town, Zatanna?s magic is no illusion. It?s real. The dazzling Mistress of Magic can warp reality with just a few backwards words.   But the supernatural...  more

The enchanting Zatanna Zatara has the hottest stage act in Las Vegas. And unlike the parlor tricks peddled by other would-be Houdinis around town, Zatanna?s magic is no illusion. It?s real. The dazzling Mistress of Magic can warp reality with just a few backwards words.   But the supernatural is powerful?and in the wrong hands, it?s deadly. So when mystical menaces start causing trouble, Zee steps in to stop them?from the evil sorcerer Brother Night to possessed puppets to nightmare demons. But things get complicated fast when the foe is the ghost of someone she loves!   Superstar writer Paul Dini (Batman: The Animated Series) works his magic on this fan-favorite series, with the help of Adam Beechen (BATMAN BEYOND), Jamal Igle (SUPERGIRL), Stephane Roux (BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE), Chad Hardin (HARLEY QUINN), Cliff Chiang (WONDER WOMAN) and more. Collects ZATANNA #1-16 and ZATANNA: EVERYDAY MAGIC #1.

Krick isn't very good at being a giant monster. His brother and sister tease him because it seems like he wants to save the city more than destroy it. His incompetence brings so much shame and embarrassment to his family that his father disowns him. In an act of desperation, his mother takes him...  more

Krick isn't very good at being a giant monster. His brother and sister tease him because it seems like he wants to save the city more than destroy it. His incompetence brings so much shame and embarrassment to his family that his father disowns him. In an act of desperation, his mother takes him to meet his grandfather, a legendary Kaiju, in the hope he can teach him to be a real monster.With the help of his grandfather, Krick discovers his hidden special ability that might be the key to destroying not just any city but Eternal City, the only city in the entire world that monsters fear.From the twisted mind of Shane McKenzie, author of Wet & Screaming and Muerte Con Carne comes a unique coming of age tale of a young kaiju on his path to greatness.

Exiled to the mines of Mars... Silvariah Frandelle, a brilliant and beautiful business woman, falls from wealth and success into exile and poverty, indentured--barely one step above slavery--as an off-world laborer to escape prison. Her last calculated risk as a free woman, paid for with years...  more

Exiled to the mines of Mars... Silvariah Frandelle, a brilliant and beautiful business woman, falls from wealth and success into exile and poverty, indentured--barely one step above slavery--as an off-world laborer to escape prison. Her last calculated risk as a free woman, paid for with years of service, becomes the key to surviving hostile environments. Space, gravity, and Mars wastelands were expected. Intrusive AIs, obscure experiments and shadowy foes were not. Escaping with her life will require more than intuition, wits or nerve, as the intrigue unravels from both ends, and she's forced to decide who to believe, and who to trust. "BODY SUIT" explores the development of personality and the shaping of character--human or otherwise--external pressures, competing ideals, and battles for control. A well-paced drama that builds tension to the last page and concludes with a harrowing climax.

All Gil wanted to do during the summer of his fifty-fifth year was to see Canada by crossing it by bicycle. Heavy headwinds and a prevailing major rain storm had him stopping for the night in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan twenty-five daysinto this journey. Fate had him meeting and helping an alien who...  more

All Gil wanted to do during the summer of his fifty-fifth year was to see Canada by crossing it by bicycle. Heavy headwinds and a prevailing major rain storm had him stopping for the night in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan twenty-five daysinto this journey. Fate had him meeting and helping an alien who was discharged from a UFO which had landed at the local airport. As Gil and the alien now called Norman headed east, they are pursued first by the RCMP and then by agents from the USA, China and Russia. During their journey, Norman is attempting to learn more about and understand humans. The builders of the UFO are not content to have just onepoint of view, so they secretly dispatch another alien to also travel about and mingle with people. This one does not have any human assistance who couldhelp it avoid troubles. The adventures of these two aliens take them to a Native American Reserve, has one working ina carnival and later interacting with a motor-cycle club along with other adventures.

Based on a mixture of demonology and witchcraft, The Book of Malachi Carvanive is a story introducing readers into a world of magic and mischief. The story revolves around Malachi Carvanive, who is sacrificing his sister for immortality in a contract with a demon named Belial Valentine. All the...  more

Based on a mixture of demonology and witchcraft, The Book of Malachi Carvanive is a story introducing readers into a world of magic and mischief. The story revolves around Malachi Carvanive, who is sacrificing his sister for immortality in a contract with a demon named Belial Valentine. All the while, a war is on the brink of total mass destruction between two legions of demons and angels. Malachi and Amos Blood, a demon phoenix, must first deliver the Vegvisir compass to the demon Belial as part of their contract. Then they will have to track and face the seventy-two demons that threaten the world while simultaneously prevent the uprising of a new king of the underworld. Find out what happens when the antagonist reveals himself to Malachi and threatens his plans for immortality, a new life, and happiness.

What would anyone give for eternal life?When Martha Budd's adoptive father disowns her, she goes to her friend, Fimber O'Flynn, who is doomed to do the Devil's bidding for eternity.When Martha is accused of witchcraft and drowned, Fimber negotiates again with the Devil and Martha lives, in...  more

What would anyone give for eternal life?When Martha Budd's adoptive father disowns her, she goes to her friend, Fimber O'Flynn, who is doomed to do the Devil's bidding for eternity.When Martha is accused of witchcraft and drowned, Fimber negotiates again with the Devil and Martha lives, in exchange for her soul. Martha, however, has plans of her own: to do what no-one ever has before--to buy her soul back.From Marston Moor to the American Civil War, via the seven seas, Martha travels the centuries with another undead wanderer, her friend, Sunday. Together, they attend the scenes of battle through the ages with Vardan, warrior of the future, awaiting their chance to escape Satan's clutches.With Martha goes a souvenir of her mortal life; the ducking chair on which she died. In her new, endless life, it has a use.What would anyone give for a true death?

A dark and violent tale from avante-garde filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky A king betrayed during wartime. A throne seized upon his return. A horrific love that should never be!

Norman Riley is unhappy with his planetary mission to characterize mundane rock formations on the desolate Hossa. But this is not the first disagreement between Norman and his employer, the young and brash Jason Alcott of Alcott Enterprises. As Norman concludes that his assignment is a...  more

Norman Riley is unhappy with his planetary mission to characterize mundane rock formations on the desolate Hossa. But this is not the first disagreement between Norman and his employer, the young and brash Jason Alcott of Alcott Enterprises. As Norman concludes that his assignment is a convenient way for the Alcott family to put both him and his spaceship out to pasture, he is propelled into a new territory without any idea of what lies in store for him.After making a startling discovery on Hossa, Norman must jump into action to ensure an important secret is kept safe from human exploitation. Unfortunately, Norman soon realizes Jason has different ideas. Convinced by Norman's sudden departure from his company's payroll that he is being tricked out of a valuable ore find, Jason sends his best team to Hossa to reclaim what is rightfully his. Now only time will tell if Norman can pick up the gauntlet and somehow save the day, not just for the universe but also himself.In this science fiction tale, an unlikely hero is propelled on the journey of his life after he makes a shocking discovery on an isolated planet.

They were only following their average male instincts (and girls) when they wound up in the dusty parking lot, but the four young men find themselves guests at the mythical Casa del Cabro. When cult leader Anthony Aquarius makes an appearance, though, the boys are in for more than turndown...  more

They were only following their average male instincts (and girls) when they wound up in the dusty parking lot, but the four young men find themselves guests at the mythical Casa del Cabro. When cult leader Anthony Aquarius makes an appearance, though, the boys are in for more than turndown service and wake-up calls. Rituals. Sacrifice. Incarnation. The hallmarks of Satanic Panic. Master. Dogma. Followers. The perfect recipe for a cult. Sex. Blood. Magic. Power comes in threes... as does terror, in the House of the Goat.

Multiply and train those worthy while sacrificing the lesser ones to me. Keep secret and grow strong while keeping your enemies confused and weak. By this covenant, all you are and will ever be is mine to command, so I set you this first task; fill this hall with worthy forces while still...  more

Multiply and train those worthy while sacrificing the lesser ones to me. Keep secret and grow strong while keeping your enemies confused and weak. By this covenant, all you are and will ever be is mine to command, so I set you this first task; fill this hall with worthy forces while still maintaining those needed to defend this territory I have provided you.  This is the great work to which you will dedicate your lives and the lives of your descendants. I name you Empire, which is what you will achieve in my name when you complete this task, and I shall hold you all as treasured children when I send you forth to bring order to the unworthy. To this end, I grant you three boons: this land of sanctuary in which you will grow strong, the secret of soul forged steel to build your industry as you undermine your foes development, and two of my pet Wyrms for protection and guidance. Never forget that these are not gifts but tools you are to use in a purpose of my devising. Fail me not, or you and your descendants will suffer eternally for my pleasure.

Padraig Sean ODubhagain (pronounced as Seen, dont call him Shaun) has had a hard and unlucky life. His father is unknown, his mother was killed the day he was born, and he was raised by an unloving aunt and uncle who kept him ignorant of his past and worked him near to death,...  more

Padraig Sean ODubhagain (pronounced as Seen, dont call him Shaun) has had a hard and unlucky life. His father is unknown, his mother was killed the day he was born, and he was raised by an unloving aunt and uncle who kept him ignorant of his past and worked him near to death, literally.  Their plans for his trust fund was all that kept him alive. Discovering this, he battles free of his family and heads to Phoenix, Arizona, with his newfound wealth to pursue his dream, stay warm, ride motorcycles, get an education, chase girls, and bid a fond screw you to his past life and fishing in particular. For once in his life, things are looking up. Until one night, he's kidnapped -- but not for his money.  A madman claiming to be a mage wants to enslave him to make use of Seans special abilities. A pendulum swings both ways. So if magic is on one side and normal is in the middle, what's on the other end of the arc? Sean finds out the hard way and thus starts the ride of rescues and reabductions, fights and friendship, magic and monsters, girls and guns, clans and conclaves, bonds forged and betrayals concluded, lawyers, lackeys, and lies, oh my. Everyone wants a piece of him in one fashion or another. Everyone tells him things arent what they seem, a lesson they themselves will relearn. Life outside the mundane is exciting, but it can be brutal and messy, only more so when its played for the highest stakes of allsurvival and possession of ones own soul.