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100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories by Michael A. Arnzen {Raw Dog Screaming Press} 2005 Stoker nominee
100 Jolts features one hundred short shots of fiction guaranteed to stun. Arnzen has honed his craft to deliver the highest voltage using the fewest words. As a recipient of both the Bram Stoker and the International Horror Guild awards, Arnzen knows the electric current of fear like no other.
"100 Jolts delivers far more than is promised by its title; with this magnificent collection of literate and disturbing short-shorts, some which are among the darkly funniest I've ever read, Arnzen can rightfully claim his place as the Donald Barthelme of horror. This book is a remarkable achievement." —Gary A. Braunbeck, author of In Silent Graves and Graveyard People
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After Magic by Bruce Boston (chapbook) {Dark Regions Press}
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Ascendant by H. David Blalock {Sam's Dot Publishing}
Welcome back to Atlantis!
In the time before the sinking of Atlantis, the government of the southernmost island, Adylonis, is fractured among eight great Houses. Each is a sovereign entity jealous of its power and eager to exercise its ambitions over the rest of the island. However, the greatest city, Moorkai, is ruled by a neutral faction called the University, and the Atlantean Emperor’s presence on the island, represented by the priestly order of the Tialsar, maintains the balance of power through esoteric and political manuevering.
House Thran, in exile on the mainland for centuries for its support of the non-human races the Kel and Telmet, returns to claim its own after Andalarn Thran, Jarl (or ruler) of the House, appeals personally to the Emperor. The Tialsar, who had been in control of House Thran’s resources and secular position, are displaced and resent Andalarn’s return.
House Suum, blood enemy of House Thran even before the exile, is even more resentful of its return, as the two Houses are traditional opponents in the struggle for the Ascendancy, a title conferred only by the University on the pre-eminent House that equates to King of Adylonis.
So let the fur [and scales and skin] fly!
Oh, and did I mention there's a Wyrm in it the size of Wyoming?
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As the Crow Flies by Lorraine Brown {Sam's Dot Publishing}
Sara's empathy with animals takes its cue from Francis of Assisi, but her husband Isaiah regards her as backward and in need of guidance--administered physically as often as necessary. Sara is a good witch with a good heart, and willing to tolerate Evil. But how much can she take?
Lorraine Brown's "As The Crow Flies" is a battle between the mundane and the arcane. Evil has the advantage of weapons and physical strength. But Sara has lots of little friends . . .
This story chapbook includes illustrations by Marge Simon.
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The Battle for Newhome by Terry Hickman {Sam's Dot Publishing}
The Battle For Newhome is a tale of heroism and conflict on a world inhabited by murderous creatures called slitters, whose very name says it all. This science fiction novella introduces the reader to Feren, the heroine of a terrible battle at Crippled Guard who must now find a way to forge an alliance between the human colonists and the slitters. Illustrations by Faith Taylor.
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Blood Coven by Christopher Fulbright and Angeline Hawkes {Dead Letter Press}
Limited to 100 copies. Saddle-stitched softcover chapbook. Published by Dead Letter Press.
On the filthy streets of Victorian London’s East End, a centuries-old evil is amassing its forces.
Only one man stands its way: a legendary vampire killer called the Catcher.
He’s been trained from childhood by a secret society within the Holy Church. He’s fast, efficient and totally professional. He’s also totally on his own … working undercover in the darkest quarter of the city … outside the law.
Can he succeed where those before him have failed? Not even he knows for sure.
Advance Praise for BLOOD COVEN:
“BLOOD COVEN is a grand, ghoulish tale of vampires and vampire hunters set in the seedy underground world of late 19th century England. It's an action packed ride as good battles evil and fangs fight knives in a last-man-standing free-for-all between the brood of an ancient vampire queen and the deadliest vampire killer in all London. Lots of fun for those with a taste for bloody adventure. My only complaint was that the story ended too quickly!”
-- Bob Weinberg, author of Vampire Diary: The Embrace, Vampire: The Masquerade of the Red Death and Vampire: The Machiavelli Conundrum
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Blood Journey by Henry Lewis Sanders & Terrie Leigh Relf {Sam's Dot Publishing}
Blood Journey is an intricately constructed tale of love and revenge among the undead. The beheading of the evil Baroness Andora by Count Vasilie sets off a chain of events among the followers of the Church of the Dark Mother that threatens to destroy the vampire community. Relf and Sanders follow the trail of blood and darkness that began long ago and far away as they weave an erotic path through the exotic nights of London, Athens, and Seattle. Blood Journey has enough sex, blood, lust, and mayhem to slake the thirst of even the most avid readers of the Dark Side.
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Charlotte Cauldron and the Prince of Nevermore by John M. Lance {Sam's Dot Publishing}
What if you were the hero of a book and your author was kidnapped? Who would you turn to for help?
Charlotte Cauldron loves reading about Prince Peter’s adventures and knows everything there is to know about the Prince and his friends, the sorceress Juno Vanderspell and Frizzleroot the will-o-wisp. So when the Prince’s arch nemesis, Spartan Arrow, escapes the confines of the page and kidnaps the author, Horatio Alkazar, the Prince asks Charlotte to help rescue him. Now all they need to do is get some pirates’ cooperation, outwit goblins, slip past a dragon, and find Spartan’s tower (which would be a lot easier to do if he didn’t keep moving it).
Oh, and then there’s the little matter of defeating Spartan himself…
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Chemical Gardens by Gina Ranalli {Afterbirth Books}
It's a night like any other for punk rock band Green is the Enemy. Having just completed a gig in their hometown of Seattle, they pile into their van, headed for San Francisco to open for their idols Peroxide and with any luck, get signed to Withering Skin Records.
Unfortunately, things don't go exactly as planned. They travel no more than a few blocks when an 8.5 earthquake strikes the city, tumbling buildings and opening streets, and sending the van crashing down into a huge crevasse.
Beneath the city of Seattle is another long buried city, known to locals as The Underground and it is here that the band find themselves, trapped and somehow vastly changed.
Join Ro, Pawn, Dose and Whey as they fight to make it back in time for their gig, encounter strange creatures called Kreepkins, a surfer-dude warlock, a vengeful demon and a Metal Priestess who holds the key to their escape from the bizarre subterranean nightmare that is now their lives.
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Children of the Old Stars by David Lee Summers {LBF/Hadrosaur Productions}
The Cluster is a vast alien machine that destroys starships indiscriminately in its quest for something or someone. Commander John Mark Ellis, disgraced and booted out of the service when he fails to save a merchant ship, believes the key to stopping the Cluster is communication. Clyde McClintlock believes the Cluster is God incarnate. G'Liat is an alien warrior whose own starship was destroyed by the Cluster. All together these three set out to solve the mystery of the Cluster before it finds the object of its quest.
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Christina's World by Marge B. Simon {Sam's Dot Publishing}
Christina's World by Marge B. Simon is a themed sequence of speculative short stories inspired by Andrew Wyeth's painting of the same title. Here's what Mary Turzillo had to say about it:
“If you’re unfamiliar with the fiction of Marge Simon, you’re in for a treat with Christina’s World. And if you’re already a fan of her poetry and flash fiction, you’ll be delighted with this new experiment in narrative, where individual linked stories build to their own resolution, and yet form a brilliantly fulfilling story arc.
“Christina’s World recalls classic Bradbury and Murakami with a touch of Norman Rockwell’s homespun wisdom and Tim Burton’s weirdness thrown in; an unfurling of sweet homey narrative, dreamlike yet compellingly realistic in intensity.
“And her illustrations are much more than frosting on the cake. This book is a gem you’ll read and reread.”
~ Mary Turzillo, Your Cat & Other Space Aliens
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Cloudburst by Tyree Campbell {Sam's Dot Publishing}
In the future the Earth is warmer, and the oceans have all but dried up. In small settlements on the ocean floor, the remnants of humanity survive— traders and raiders. The few remaining books feed the campfires. Monstrous lungfish inhabit the salt marshes and snare the unwary. Saltstorms across the salt flats destroy everything in their paths. Social divisions remain intact— men hunt and steal, women breed and struggle to preserve what little knowledge remains— and act as translators for the traders.
The finest of the translators is Praise, a woman of the Scarpers. Centime, of the Dobers, is her student. If the Scarpers and Dobers unite, there will be no need for translators, and Praise will lose what little independence her abilities command. She would rather commit suicide and die free . . . but Centime has another idea: to return up to the land, and to the stars that had been humanity's destiny.
Thus begins an impossible journey, fighting the raging tribes and the fury of the elements . . . for the very Earth itself seems to oppose the two women and the little band they have gathered
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The Curse of Blackhawk Bay by Erin Fanning {Sam's Dot Publishing}
Around Lake Trillium strange events occur. Children disappear, ghosts appear, and a man bursts into flames. The lake itself is inhabited by something vast and dark. With each event there appears a crow--but what does it want? Who will be next to confront the secret of the lake and of Blackhawk Bay?
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Darkness, Darkness by Jane Gwaltney {Sam's Dot Publishing}
They say you are what you eat. What if you are also what you read? And what if the one you love is a dead ringer for the author?
Jane Gwaltney’s novella takes you into a maelstrom of madness where, just as the singer becomes the song, so too does the writer become the story . . . and the story of madness becomes the writer. Heavy with the flavor of Poe, this tale is a must-read on a dark night.
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The DeadWalk by Stephanie Bedwell-Grime {Sam's Dot Publishing}
Classic sword & sorcery that will keep you turning pages until the wee hours of the morning. The protagonist, Riordan, has two missions in life: find the mythical Sword of Zal-Azaar, and use it to remove Prince Rau's what's-is [she doesn't like him, or the horse he rode in on]. Riordan is not quite a chick in chain mail--she has compassion and sensitivity, and courage . . . she's a whole character, and Bedwell-Grime's depiction of her makes us wish that truth was at least the equal to fiction.
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Death Metal by Armand Rosamilia {Sam's Dot Publishing}
Death Metal is a dark fantasy/horror novella published in trade paperback format.
No one had ever connected Daniel as the brains behind seven brutal concept albums about Satanism and the dark figure Natas, but when a teenager quotes lyrics from his literary work, Daniel fears his 10-year old daughter, Missy, is in trouble. His fears are founded when she is kidnapped. The kidnappers want Daniel to complete the last three albums for his former band--and return him to the demons he had tried to escape. Daniel can save her, but can he save himself?
"Rosamilia jams the E-major of dark crime in Death Metal. That scream you hear is the electric-soaked feedback of scorching prose." ~ Scott Nicholson, author of Scattered Ashes and multiple Stoker winner
Death Metal is a sharply written tale that starts quick and works its way to an edge-of-the seat ending you won't forget. It's one of those stories you just can't stop reading. Bravo! Or should I say Rock and Roll! ~ Laura J. Underwood, Author of The King's Wind and The Green Women
With Death Metal, Rosamilia keeps you anxious to turn each page, and leaves you wanting more. A spectacular read that will not disappoint. ~ C. S. Johnson, author of The Watching
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The Devil's Due by David Riley
The Devil's Due by David B. Riley is a fun romp through the Wild West with
Miles O'Malley and his horse, Paul. Miles resumes his battle with his arch
nemesis, Ah Puch, the Mayan God of Death, who has returned to resume his
battle to take over the State of California for his personal domain. Along
the way, Miles has an uncanny knack for running into everything from
shipwrecked ghosts looking for a good time to wayward fallen angels in this
totally entertaining adventure. This book follows The Two Devils (also
available from LBF Books) in featuring these delightful characters.
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A Dirge for the Temporal by Darren Speegle {Raw Dog Screaming Press}
Prepare for a decadant feast. A Dirge for the Temporal, Darren Speegle's second collection of fiction, bursts with sensations. Like Baroque architecture, plush velvet furnishings or the richest chocolate truffle dessert, Speegle's prose delights all the senses.
This collection heralds the return of the subtly crafted horror tale. A Dirge lingers on the dark mystery of the supernatural, creates the giddy feeling of fear mixed with excitement, that only comes from partial revelations, things half-glimpsed and misty.
Like H.P. Lovecraft or Edgar Allen Poe, Speegle's stories belong to the twilight hour, just after the glorious reds and golds of sunset have slipped away giving warning that total darkness is quickly approaching. Old world legend and gothic sensibilities lurk behind every corner. A world of aching beauty and impending doom awaits. Speegle's work is a rare treat to be savored.
"There is fantasy here, and horror to be sure, but there is also wonder, and a beauty of language that a lot of the fiction attributed to those genres lacks…there is a lot of bang-for-the-buck between the covers. A Dirge For the Temporal is a strong collection of surreal, literate fiction. Highly recommended." —David Niall Wilson, Cemetery Dance
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The Dog at the Foot of the Bed by Tyree Campbell {Sam's Dot Publishing}
Sixteen years ago the Shannen children were attacked and their home was destroyed. The oldest--twins Ovin and Siobhan--barely managed to whisk their siblings away to safety on a remote planet. Seeking revenge for the attack, Ovin became a hired assassin, while Siobhan entered corporate security service to bring about law and order--and to bring Ovin to justice.
Now someone is trying to kill the Shannens again. And another threat has surfaced: a terrible new weapon is cracking planets open like nuts and destroying them--a weapon that could be used on the Shannens' new home. Ovin has to find out who is behind these murderous projects, and stop them--but in order to find out who, he first has to discover why . . . and he's going to need Siobhan's help to do it.
But if he succeeds, he could lose his twin forever.
"Campbell's novel is a guessing game that will keep you wrong-footed until the very last page." - Edward Cox, [UK] Reviewer
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Dragon Ring by Lettie Prell {Flying Pen Press}
Dragon Ring by Lettie Prell is a science fiction novel set in the near future.
Nadine is a special young woman. She is the daughter of the man who transformed the small nation of Guatemala into the world’s largest and most powerful corporation. Nadine is an expert at virtual-reality applications, and when she goes undercover to find her father’s killers, she discovers a power within the Earth that can transform civilization — or destroy entire cities. She must face the juggernaut of corporate greed and secrecy to stop an experiment that could have cataclysmic consequences.
Although she is a skeptic, Nadine is finding that the magic claimed by mystics for centuries has real roots, and combining this mystical energy with virtual-reality control gives her the only tool that can stop the impending catastrophe … but at a great cost. She has awakened a beast within her own spirit that threatens to consume her.
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Dragon Sight by Penny Lockwood Ehrenkranz Chapbook {Sam's Dot Publishing}
Boy loathes girl. Girl avoids dragon. Dragon loves boy. Dragon loathes girl. Girl loves boy. Boy loves dragon. Consider the possibilities . . . oh, and did I mention the curse? "Dragon Sight" is illustrated by 7ARS.
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The Drive-in That Dripped Blood by Robert Freese (signed novelette) {Robert Freese}
It's Saturday night at the Galaxy Vue Drive-in movie theater. The slasher movie double feature is playing on the big screen. Unknown to the moviegoers and theater staff, a madman with an insatiable bloodlust prowls the passion pits for victims. Who will be next? Will anyone survive?
THE DRIVE-IN THAT DRIPPED BLOOD, where the price of admission is your life!
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Drowning Atlantis by David C. Kopaska-Merkel {Spec House of Poetry}
Illustrations by Martin Blanco
Flash Fiction collection from David C. Kopaska-Merkel, winner of the 2006 Rhysling Award for Long Form Poetry (with Kendall Evans). Fifteen flash fiction pieces, including fourteen new stories, exploring ideas and characters like only Kopaska-Merkel can. First Edition Pressing, Hand Numbered, 100 Copies.
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Egg of the Damned by April French Chapbook {Sam's Dot Publishing}
In the land of Alish, murder is illegal but assassination is not. Tarn seeks the Philosopher's Egg in a fantasy murder mystery. Highly, highly recommended reading, this original novella skillfully blends fantasy, Gothic horror, and murder mystery a la Conan Doyle. Published in trade paperback format, Egg Of The Damned is illustrated by Marcia A. Borell.
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Ersatz Nation by Tim Kenyon (novel) {Tim Kenyon}
Patrick Dolan walks among us. His mission: abduct people from Earth and return them to the Unation, a totalitarian yet strangely familiar parallel world. Dolan’s true identity has been safe for years until it, and his sanity, become threatened. Mother Necessity, the Unation’s supreme ruler, has sent him on his most challenging assignment yet, the one that may end his life. He must bring back three children, all whom have committed murder.
Meanwhile, Selmar Rayburne, son of a former rebel against Mother, is paying the price for his father’s futile cause. He endures an embarrassing social status, a lackluster marriage and a tenth year in a dead-end job. That is until one day destiny pays him a visit in the form of an unexpected and long overdue promotion—the same day his wife mysteriously disappears with a founder of the Unation.
Now forces are at work that may end Mother’s rule, or perpetuate it forever. The stories of Dolan and Rayburne intertwine in a gripping narrative that not only provides adventure and great reading, but explores themes of illusion versus reality, environmental degradation and the true limits of freedom.
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Everybody Scream! by Jeffrey Thomas {Raw Dog Screaming Press}
Jeffrey Thomas first seduced readers to the world of Punktown through a short story collection of the same name, bending time and technology to create a futuristic world which felt more real than our own. Everybody Scream! continues the seduction with characters every bit as vibrant only this time each person's story collides with the others in a dizzying thrill-ride of a novel. This roller coaster tale builds to a peak of expectation then plummets, twisting and turning, a breathtaking juggernaut to the final chapters with plenty of screams and giggles along the way.
"The results are alternately hilarious and terrifying…As in his earlier works, Thomas uses techniques and ideas pioneered by Lovecraft to make caustic social observations about humanity, in particular our exploitation of other species." —Publishers Weekly
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Ewaipanoma by Mary Turzillo {Sam's Dot Publishing}
Ellen Klages, Nebula award winner and author of The Green Glass Sea, says: "Mary Turzillo is a renaissance woman. Who else could pull off a tale of Elizabethan glory, forbidden love, and strange beings from beyond the stars! Prithee, reader! Take up this tale of forbidden love and alien visitors to the realm of the Virgin Queen. Thou shalt not put it down!"
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Eye of the Undead by Deborah Solice {Emerald Falcon Press}
The Eye of the Undead is the first in a series of books that transports young readers to ‘real’ historical places and introduces them to figures that have changed our world. The two main characters, Tiffany and Daniel are hurled back in time through a computer program and find themselves trapped inside one of the most mysterious and spookiest places in Egypt... Imhotep’s Step Pyramid. Inside the tombs cold embrace lurks an ancient evil. Still wrapped in the strips of its burial cloth the wicked mummy pursues Tiffany and Daniel trying to keep them within the stones of the pyramid. Hidden within every dark shadow, around every sharp corner or within the sacred burial chamber itself could be the answer they so desperately seek... or it could bring them closer to the mummy.
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Eyes Everywhere by Matthew Warner {Raw Dog Screaming Press}
I See You . . .
They follow him home from work. They monitor his e-mails. They may even be reading his mind.
I Spy . . .
Charlie Fields, a young father in a dead-end secretarial job in Washington, DC, has uncovered a conspiracy of historic proportions. A family friend, Philip Duke, heads a secret organization bent on controlling the world-or so it seems. Is Charlie crazy, as his wife claims? Or is Duke's "Gestapo" now stalking them?
Do You See What I See? . . .
The neighbors beat on his walls at night, chanting his name. Spy cameras watch his every move. And now he's experiencing strange memory gaps.
Time runs out as Charlie learns the Gestapo is experimenting on his small children. Worse, his wife is helping them.
They're everywhere, watching him...studying him. It's time to take action, and if he has to abduct his own kids to save them, then so be it.
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The Fall of Never by Ronald Damien Malfi {Raw Dog Screaming Press}
Kelly Rich, long estranged from her family, is forced to return home when her sister is involved in a mysterious accident. After years of suppressing the events that drove her away she must struggle to unlock the mystery of her past in order to save her sister. But nothing is as it seems in the foreboding Spires, her ancestral home, where cold hearts rule the hearth and deadly secrets lurk in the forest. Plunged back into the dreamworld of her youth Kelly is faced with the reality of her own role in the tragedies afflicting her family.
"Sweet Mercy! Now that’s what I’m talking about! Malfi keeps you glued to the book. Be it from terror or your own morbid curiosity, you’ll find yourself unable to put it down. In other words, he’ll own you!…My rating? I give it a 5. Get This Book!" —Horror-Web
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Family Tradition by Dev Jarrett {Sam's Dot Publishing}
Horror stays in the family . . . a trip by Wes and Amy to "meet the folks" includes some very spooky rural denizens who have been subscribing to a magazine for quite a few years, have unusual dietary requirements, and seem to be fond of deadly hijinx, especially at the expense of Wes, the prospective son-in-law. Soon enough wes discovers the truth about Amy's family . . . but is it already too late?
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Feeding the Crows by Jude-Marie Green {Sam's Dot Publishing}
Stephanie discovers that the ancient woman who has been funding her Avian influenza research has been trying to commit suicide in order to be reunited with her dead lover. She cannot die until all the crows are dead— thus the research. But there is an alternative . . . if Stephanie will cooperate.
Immortality comes with a price. Stephanie can afford it . . . but does she have a choice?
Jude-Marie Green's Feeding The Crows takes you into a state of existence where death is only an option . . .
Illustrated by Megan Stringfellow
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First Duty by Marva Dasef {Sam's Dot Publishing}
Nyra Hutchings, a young woman born into a life of servitude on a repressive factory planet, is desperate for a different life. When she's accepted into the Space Service Academy, run by the organization that enslaves her planet, she discovers the truth behind generations of rebellion. Now, she must decide what to believe, where her first duty lies, and fight for more than her life against impossible odds.
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The Fisherman by David A. Sutton {Gothic Press}
The coast in the far west of Wales . . . An old fisherman broods for a wife lost in the restless tides . . . A holidaying couple, as disturbed in their relationship as the lonely, thrashing sea riding up the beach, begin to observe something swimming in the bay . . . A tale of ominous uncertainties and apparitions as restless as the eternal ocean tides . . . .
David A. Sutton lives in Birmingham, England. He is the recipient of the World Fantasy Award, the International Horror Guild Award and twelve British Fantasy Awards for editing magazines (Fantasy Tales) and anthologies. His debut short story collection is Clinically Dead & Other Tales of the Supernatural.
Art by Marge B. Simon
40 pp. (2007)
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Flashing the Dark by Bruce Boston {Sam's Dot Publishing}
Flashing The Dark is a collection of 40 short-short stories by Bruce Boston. This trade paperback features five years of Boston stories, from "The Telltale Stomach" to "The Final Fragrance," with stops in between to find out why Charles Dickens got replicated and why you should never trust a Spargan. If you like superb fiction in bite-sized format for easy assimilation, this book is for you. Cover illustration by Marge B. Simon.
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Following Seas by Beth Hudson {Sam's Dot Publishing}
Noemie dresses as a cabin boy and secures a position aboard the Sea Crow in order to be with her lover, who does not recognize her in her disguise. Far along at sea, the ship is assaulted by storms and a monster from the deeps. Noemie acquired magic from a weatherwitch before she came aboard. But will it be enough to hold back the Great Storm? And what can she use to counter the sea monster? All hands on deck! Illustrated by 7ARS, this rollicking fantasy adventure is not for the faint-of-heart.
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Friends in Dark Places by John Bushore {Sam's Dot Publishing}
When fourteen-year-old Brad Wilson's little sister, Becky, is abducted by a strange, white, ape-like creature, he's afraid to chase it into the darkness, even though he has a gun. She's never seen again and he must live with not only his guilt, but the cops think he did something to Becky and then covered it up with a bogus story.
Twenty-odd years later, he returns to his hometown for the funeral of his parents and another young girl goes missing. Brad again becomes a suspect, this time for a series of disappearances. Not to worry, he'll just prove his alibis and he'll be clear, right? Wrong.
His new ladyfriend and her eleven-year-old daughter are taken by a group of those same, strange beings. To save them, he'll have to go into the deepest darkness of all.
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The Ghost People by James Steimle {Sam's Dot Publishing}
What really happened to the Neanderthals? Were they replaced and killed off by modern man? Or are they still living among us, hidden in remote lands?
James Steimle's tale, written as H. G. Wells might have approached it, takes you into a world where the past is the present, if we could only recognize it for what it is...a world whose denizens are lavishly illustrated by David L. Transue. Turn these pages, and tumble into a new reality of evolution.
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Goatherds & Gods by Lincoln Bruce, a.k.a. James Baker. (novel) {Sam's Dot Publishing}
This is fantastical history story that follows a man from lowly goatherder to king. As was typical in most of the Baker novels, the protagonist is a man who starts with little, and ends up having it all...much like the life Baker led himself, although he may never have been aware of exactly how much he had.
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The Green Women by Laura J. Underwood {Sam's Dot Publishing}
Green is the leitmotif of this land. The rivers run green and so does the bathwater. The women are green— they have strange teeth and no men. Their song is fearful. And Eithne and Conor have come to be among them. In the keep where they are staying, Eithne soon begins to catch glimmers of shadows, of something with teeth in the water. A wall appears out of nowhere. And the dame of the house, Mistress Greenwater, tells Eithne to "Lock and bar your door this night. Pray that your man sleeps heavy. Come morning, ride from this place. Forget what you have seen here and never come back."
Illustrated by Marcia Borell, The Green Women is a Celtic tale of dark magic that you won't want to miss.
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The Guardener's Tale by Bruce Boston {Sam's Dot Publishing}
"Bruce Boston's tour de force, The Guardener's Tale, a dystopic novel in the flavor of Orwell and Huxley and Zamiatin.
It's a limited edition, numbered and signed by the author.
"Here's what Mary Turzillo, noted science fiction author, had to say about it: A gripping dystopia wickedly extrapolated from our own present. Boston brings to bear his narrative genius on this noir tale of a love triangle in a society gone mad, probing the way technology and science alter our reality. Transcending genre, A Guardener’s Tale combines suspense and breathtaking plot twists with macabre humor. Involving, compelling, a masterwork."
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Heirs of the New Earth by David Lee Summers (novel) {LBF/Hadrosaur Productions}
The Earth has gone silent. John Mark Ellis and the crew of the Sanson are sent to investigate. When they arrive, they find vast alien machines known as Clusters in orbit. Fearing the worst, they land and discover that the once overcrowded, polluted Earth has become a paradise of sorts. The problem is over half the population is dead or missing and the planet’s leaders don’t seem to care. As Ellis works to unravel the mystery, sudden gravitational shifts from the galaxy’s center indicate something even worse is in the offing. Can Ellis save the galaxy from the heirs of the new Earth?
"This is a well-crafted and thoughtful piece of science fiction. Highly recommended." Mark Anthony Brennan, Author, Editor, and Publisher.
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Heroes Fall by Dylan Brody {Sam's Dot Publishing}
Kelsey Darson falls from world to world doing what is needed of him in each new place. He meets a woman who tells him she is his lover, but he doesn't know this yet because they don't fall from world to world in the same order. He wonders why another man who falls from world to world keeps trying to kill him. He will find out in time that the strange man seeks revenge for a wrong not yet done by Kelsey, a wrong that Kelsey has done in revenge for an act the man does not yet know he is to carry out. Good, evil, love and vengeance play out in a complex, non-linear experience that reveals itself by the end to be elegant in its Moebius simplicity.
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Humpback IV by Mark Anthony Brennan (chapbook) {Sam's Dot Publishing}
What happens when whales have the right to bear arms? When dogs and monkeys are injected with gene-splices for intelligence? Find out how a lawyer and the mother of all whales resolve their differences in this exciting tale by one of the genre's fine crafters of science fiction. Humpback IV is a whale of a tale, and swimmingly illustrated by Marcia Borell and 7ARS.
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The Ice Queen by Terrie Leigh Relf (chapbook) {Sam's Dot Publishing}
The Ice Queen is an illustrated story in chapbook format. It is a science fiction/fantasy tale that takes the protagonist on a journey to determine what happened to a missing landing party on a frozen moon...and the discovery of a previously unknown life form on that moon. Lavishly illustrated by Teri Santitoro, Michael Connolly, and Marcia Borell. Contains some intimate language.
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Inca Butterflies by Gary Every (novella) {Hadrosaur Productions}
Inca Butterflies is a novella written by Gary Every. In Part 1, Incan
Emperor Huaina Capac comes of age as Alejo Garcia and his band of mutineers
arrive in America carrying a weapon far more devastating than cannons. In
part 2, Huaina's successor, Manco Inca, must lead his remaining people as
bearded men from Europe swarm the countryside like butterflies sweeping the
plains. Set in the last days of the Inca Empire, Inca Butterflies is a tale
for all times.
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Into the Cruel Sea by Rich Ristow {Skullvines Press}
Pages: 52 pages
6 X 9 Perfect Bound Paperback
Beth has an abusive father.
She also has a boyfriend. The problem, however, is that her boyfriend went insane and murdered his parents, becoming a monster in a literal and metaphorical sense.
Now, after having disappeared, he has returned, and he wants Beth to join him. So, Beth faces a choice -- boyfriend or father?
Frankly, both choices suck.
Cover art by Mark McLaughlin with photos from 80's Bermuda throughout.
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Irreconcilable Differences by James R. Strickland {Flying Pen Press}
In Irreconcilable Differences, James R. Strickland returns with his second cyberpunk thriller, once again giving readers a ride for their lives.
Rachel Santana is thirty-six years old. She’s an agent for Interpol Covert Services. Before that, she was an interrogator at the White Sands Reeducation Camp, following the breakup of the United States. Before that, she was a prisoner there. Before that, a Yankee, one of a group of corporate mercenaries trying to extract something like a victory in the Middle East. Before that, she was a United States Marine. She’s a survivor. A cop. A soldier. A destroyer. A killer.
Now, Robert Neil, Rachel’s boss and soon-to-be ex-husband, has implanted a digital copy of Rachel’s mind in Michelle Marie (Micki) Blake, a 16-year-old farmgirl-hacker in rural Kansas. The mission: Learn the local hacker ecology. Locate the dangerous new player prowling the rural networks. Destroy him. Take no prisoners. Leave no incriminating evidence. As covert missions go, it should be pretty simple.
There’s nothing simple, though, about being conjoined at the cortex with someone else.
There’s nothing simple about life on the farm, the life of a high school student, the life of a 16-year-old in post-United States Kansas.
And the rural hacker ecology is unraveling with new forces in play, new powers, new players. It will take all of Rachel’s experience just to survive. All of Micki’s skills as a hacker to dig for the truth. All of their combined abilities to put the pieces together, to find the real threat despite the web of deception and half-truth that surrounds both their operation and Copy-Rachel’s very existence.
And somehow, they have to avoid being grounded.
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Ismene by Christine Emmert {Christine Emmert}
ISMENE is science/fiction fantasy about the youngest daughter of the doomed Oedipus. Left alone after the deaths of her family members she must flee her corrupt uncle, Creon. Her mentor, Tieresias, the blind seer, hides her in the
Kingdom of Death where she falls in love with Hades, the God of Death. Not destined to stay in such a world she must keep in flight through worlds of greek legends, fantasy, and her own reality until she meets her destiny.
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It Came From Below the Belt by Bradley Sands {Afterbirth Books}
Meet Grover Goldstein: Twenty-First Century rascal, trainee provocateur, boy next door who won't stop snickering at you from behind the lawn gnome. Swallowed by a giraffe and regurgitated oodles of years into the future, Grover must satisfy his urge to go home...even if it means going back to high school and helping his severed, and sentient, penis win the presidential election.
Come along to Assumption High as Grover tries to answer the age-old question, "What if I had forgotten then what I don't know now?"
Absurdism at its finest, this highly-anticipated first novel is from the editor of the zine Bust Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens.
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Kella and the Dimensional Mirror by Gavin Salisbury {Sam's Dot Publishing}
Kella is raised around a magic shop. She wants to know what happened to her parents, and she meets a few owls along the way. But the adventure begins when she meets her grandfather in the mirror.
Illustrated by 7ARS, Kella and the Dimensional Mirror is a rollicking fantasy adventure for the next generation of readers--and for this one, too.
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