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Long Dead Before Dying

Long Dead Before Dying

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Single-author Collection
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October 13, 2015
Book Description:
Life, death and transformation can be viewed as those stages of reality most unavoidable; or as the very different rooms we must enter one after the other. Long Dead Before Dying is a collection of eighteen short stories which examine what happens when the transition from one to the other is disrupted or even foregone. What becomes of those who die badly, or not at all? What’s the fate of human beings who continue to grow after the heart stops beating? What lives in the liminal spaces between waking and sleep? In a journey that will take you from medieval Russia to 1890s London, and from the slums of Haiti to the vineyards of Italy, Long Dead paints a vivid and often horrific view of a world haunted by the mistakes and roads not taken that lead on inevitably to unknown vistas beyond life and imagination.
The Face of Fear & Other Stories

The Face of Fear & Other Stories

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Single-author Collection
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October 16, 2014
Book Description:
In the throes of a heart attack, a man finds himself trapped in a log cabin, set upon by the evil which lurks in Blackwood forest; a mother takes the last bus home, only to be confronted by an unearthly hooded passenger; and a serial killer finds his world crumbling with each shambling step of a nightly visitor. 12 stories exploring terror in all its incarnations can be found within these pages, as the reader is asked to gather their courage, to open the door to the night, to breathe the icy air, and to stare firmly into The Face of Fear.
Daylight Dims: Volume 2

Daylight Dims: Volume 2

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Anthology, Series
πŸ“ Author(s):
Stanley B. Webb
πŸ“… Release Date:
October 1, 2014
Book Description:
Darkness descends Again. Daylight Dims: Volume 2 features thirteen stories that cross the genres of surreal, dark fantasy, and heart-pounding dread. This annual horror anthology is guaranteed to twist your perception of the horror. From the common, comfortable tropes, to the more taboo, these handpicked tales have a literary aspect designed to showcase what true horror can be. Daylight Dims is bigger and better than ever. New authors and artists have joined our team, and this year's edition includes two bonus stories from the editors! FEATURING: R. K. KOMBRINCK, CHRISTINE MORGAN, REBECCA FUNG, STANLEY B. WEBB, MATT WEDGE, DALE ELSTER, JASON PARENT, RHOADS BRAZOS, HUNTER LOWE, JAMES PARK, JACK MADDOX, and PATRICK MEEGAN.
The Untold

The Untold

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Novel
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April 12, 2014
Book Description:
Karl Heimdall journeys from New Orleans to Allegheny View, New York, where stands the remote 1860s Victorian from which his parents vanished eight months ago. Karl no longer can endure the eerie mystery, nor his guilt over dismissing his father's desperateβ€”and finalβ€”telephone call wherein he claimed the house and surrounding landscape haunted by an unknown force both vicious and incomprehensible. Allegheny View soon proves, despite Karl's skepticism, host to an otherworldly presence. Meanwhile, the View is besieged by a paramilitary black-ops team bent on exploiting the malign phenomenon. If they succeed, Americaβ€”and perhaps the very fabric of realityβ€”will fall.
On a Hill

On a Hill

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Short Story, Novella
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November 18, 2013
Book Description:
Stranded for the night in a remote village, a writer takes refuge in a small inn, warming himself by the fire with a bottle of wine, waiting for the morning. When he is joined by another of the inn's guests, he is captivated and shocked by the superstitious tale he hears; of a place which looms large nearby, where things which should not be walk at night, and of a shadow which casts its foul darkness on all below. Prepare for the terror which awaits you, "On a Hill"...
Daylight Dims: Volume One

Daylight Dims: Volume One

πŸ”– Format:
Anthology, Series
πŸ“ Author(s):
Stanley B. Webb
πŸ“… Release Date:
October 28, 2013
Book Description:
Darkness descends when Daylight Dims. This book features thirteen stories that cross the genres of surreal horror, dark fantasy, and heart pounding dread. This debut horror anthology is guaranteed to twist your perception. From the common, comfortable tropes, to the more taboo, these handpicked tales have a literary aspect designed to showcase what horror can be. Also featuring: LEON CHAN, DANIEL WEATHERER, JASON NORTON, DANIEL DAVIS, DUSTIN GILLESPIE, SHENOA CARROLL-BRADD, BENNIE L. NEWSOME
The Mountain and The City: The Complete Series

The Mountain and The City: The Complete Series

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Novel
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November 30, 2012
Book Description:
The virus wiped out mankind in a matter of days. Now the survivors are being hunted by what it left behind. Years after global extinction, a young woman with no name hides in a mountain above a dead city. She lives her life with the door and windows taped shut, because survival comes down to two, simple rules: stay quiet, and protect the air. Anything less means death, or worse: becoming one of them. But one day a curious, little monster comes up the mountain. It's a meeting that leads to a fateful decision, and a sacrifice that will change everything. Collected here for the first time, The Mountain and The City is a post-apocalyptic serial that has kept its faithful readers on the edge of their seats time and time again.
Psychosis

Psychosis

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Single-author Collection
πŸ“ Author(s):
Matt Dymerski
πŸ“… Release Date:
November 15, 2012
Book Description:
Explore the true anatomy of horror through these thirteen tales of despair and terror, each written by the author of the original short story "Psychosis." Includes the following stories: Psychosis ✦ The Bonewalker ✦ The Fire of the Soul ✦ Come Closer ✦ Scribblings ✦ The Lodge ✦ Correspondence ✦ Strangers in a Graveyard ✦ The Lonely Grave ✦ The Basement ✦ Erosion ✦ Strange Things ✦ The Seven Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Song of the Living Dead

Song of the Living Dead

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Novel
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March 23, 2012
Book Description:
The zombies rose and walked, the country went mad, and then the zombies laid down again--all without committing a single act of violence. Song of the Living Dead is a satire and an elegy, a patchwork oral history of the strangest plague in world history. While scholars, politicians, and common citizens share their insights on this fictional madness, the restless dreamer Lionel tells his own story. Traveling randomly across the east with a group of close friends, he witnesses first-hand the nightmarish confusion that the living dead bring upon the land.It's a story of one man's despair over his country's inability to unite in crisis, a tale of sudden, random violence and illusions of America's greatness gone askew. When the zombies rise a second time and become anything but docile, the tale becomes even darker, as Lionel struggles to understand the design of a universe lost in the realm of B-horror movies--and more vivid real-life tragedies.
The Complete Knifepoint Horror

The Complete Knifepoint Horror

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Single-author Collection
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February 28, 2012
Book Description:
These tales of supernatural suspense adhere to the most primal element of storytelling: a single human voice describing events exactly as it experienced them, resulting in taut, uninterrupted confessions. This collection represents the text of all 39 of the stories presented on the Knifepoint Horror podcast.
A Chemical Fire

A Chemical Fire

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Novel
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December 10, 2010
Book Description:
His world ended. Then everyone else's ended, too. John was a beloved science teacher and husband before a car accident turned him into a drug addict. First his job crumbled, then his marriage, as he did nothing to stop it; lost in a haze of chemicals. Then one night a mysterious fire swept through the land, wiping out humankind and leaving behind zombie-like burn victims. John was alone in the world- the next logical step in his self-destruction. Now, one-by-one he meets the few remaining survivors of this new world, including a woman starving herself thin, a combat-obsessed survivalist and a dangerous face from his past. As they travel across the country seeking safety, they face not only the dangers of the dead world around them but of each other, discovering the fateful connection they share along the way. A Chemical Fire is a minimalist, noir vision of the zombie apocalypse, with twists and turns that can't be missed.
Night of the Living Trekkies

Night of the Living Trekkies

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Novel
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πŸ“… Release Date:
September 15, 2010
Book Description:
Journey to the final frontier of sci-fi zombie horror! Jim Pike was the world’s biggest Star Trek fanβ€”until two tours of duty in Afghanistan destroyed his faith in the human race. Now he sleepwalks through life as the assistant manager of a small hotel in downtown Houston. But when hundreds of Trekkies arrive in his lobby for a science-fiction convention, Jim finds himself surrounded by costumed Klingons, Vulcans, and Ferengiβ€”plus a strange virus that transforms its carriers into savage, flesh-eating zombies! As bloody corpses stumble to life and the planet teeters on the brink of total apocalypse, Jim must deliver a ragtag crew of fanboys and fangirls to safety. Dressed in homemade uniforms and armed with prop phasers, their prime directive is to survive. But how long can they last in the ultimate no-win scenario?

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