In his essay “Supernatural Horror in Literature,” H.P. Lovecraft famously noted that “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” Dark Hall Press is proud to present our Cosmic Horror Anthology, ten tales of nameless terror from some of the most exciting voices in the field. It’s all here, from stories of subtle, invasive menace to tales of full-fledged cyclopean horrors; from alien worlds to the yawning holes in perception where strange forces lurk; where nature takes on a terrifying sentience and one is not safe even in dreams. We at Dark Hall invite you to join us in celebration of the modern weird tale, to cast off the veil of reason and see the universe for what it truly is – frightening and uncontrollable.

Dark Hall Press Cosmic Horror Anthology

Literature & Fiction

Kennedy, Darin

Tyrer, DJ

Pratt, James

Smith, Oliver

Weiter, Bear

Carroll-Bradd, Shenoa

Jeffreys, Tim

Strnad, Josh

Pieloor, Mike

Pinter, Johannes

Genre Fiction

Dark Hall Press

Steven Bauer always thought chess was just a game… Until the sultry brunette in the little black dress did her best to incinerate him. Yesterday, he was just an ordinary guy. Today, he is the White Pawn, a combatant in a nightmarish game of chess where people are the pieces, and the world is at stake. To survive the deadly Black Queen, Steven must pull together the rest of his Pieces. The Knight, a grieving teenage boy caught up in a web of gang violence. The Queen, a young woman at death’s door, her body ravaged by leukemia. The Bishop, a disgraced priest haunted by visions of the Game. The Rook, a suicidal drunk reeling atop a storm-ridden skyscraper. But Steven isn’t the only one looking for his team, because the Black Queen already has her Pieces assembled… Pawn’s Gambit is the first book in The Pawn Strategem, a new contemporary fantasy series from author Darin Kennedy (The Mussorgsky Riddle).

Pawn's Gambit (The Pawn Stratagem Book 1) (Volume 1)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Psychic Mira Tejedor possesses unique talents that enable her to find anything and anyone, but now she must find a comatose boy wandering lost inside the labyrinth of his own mind. Thirteen-year-old Anthony Faircloth hasn't spoken a word in almost a month and with each passing day, his near catatonic state worsens. No doctor, test, or scan can tell Anthony's distraught mother what has happened to her already troubled son. In desperation, she turns to Mira for answers, hoping her unique abilities might succeed where science has failed. At their first encounter, Mira is pulled into Anthony's mind and finds the child's psyche shattered into the various movements of Modest Mussorgsky's classical music suite, Pictures at an Exhibition. As she navigates this magical dreamscape drawn from Anthony's twin loves of Russian composers and classical mythology, Mira must contend with gnomes, troubadours, and witches in her search for the truth behind Anthony's mysterious malady. The real world, however, holds its own dangers. The onset of Anthony's condition coincides with the disappearance of his older brother's girlfriend, a missing persons case that threatens to tear the city apart. Mira discovers that in order to save Anthony, she will have to catch a murderer who will stop at nothing to keep the secrets contained in Anthony's unique mind from ever seeing the light.

The Mussorgsky Riddle

Curiosity Quills Press

Pawn's Gambit

Falstaff Books, LLC

THE GAME CONTINUES in the thrilling sequel to Pawn's Gambit, from the author of Fugue & Fable!SURVIVING THE GAMBIT PROVED ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE…Now the Black King has dispersed Steven Bauer and his friends through time.The gathered White have spent weeks delivering innocents across North America from the destructive forces of the latest universal correction, all the while waiting for the inevitable moment when the Game summons them all to a checkered battlefield to fight for their lives.Powerless and scattered across the centuries with no way to return to their own time, they wrestle with their fates:Steven and Niklaus, banished to the Florida coast of 1945 as a deadly hurricane threatens to tear the state apart.Archie and Emilio, struggling to survive the bitter winter and flying bullets of 1890 Wyoming.Audrey and Lena, entangled in the mob violence of 1930s Chicago as a specter from the past makes an ominous return.In every time and at every turn, a familiar face, some friendly, others not.And where is Grey, the immortal wizard who wears the White crown?

Queen's Peril: Book 2 (The Pawn Stratagem)

Falstaff Books

The thrilling sequel to Pawn's Gambit finds the white pawn's pieces scattered to the four corners of the world and throughout time as well as the Black Queen tries to tip the scales in her favor.

Queen's Peril

THE ENDGAME HAS BEGUN... 
Returned from their banishment across the centuries, Steven Bauer and the forces of the White must now rescue their abducted loved ones from the forces of darkness. 
Across North America, the Black have come out of hiding, occupying one national landmark after another with hostages certain to attract their enemies' attention. 
Backed into a corner, Steven and his friends have no other choice but to fight for their lives and the lives of everyone they love: 
Atop Hoover Dam, Niklaus and Steven face off against Magdalene, the merciless Black Queen. 
At the apex of St. Louis' Gateway Arch, Audrey and a trio of Pawns confront the cruel arrows of Wahnahtah, the Black Pawn. 
On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Emilio, Lena, Archie and the remainder of Steven's phalanx encounter a new yet strikingly familiar Black Knight. 
Lives hang in the balance as Steven and the others struggle with a strategy meant to divide and conquer. 
And even if they succeed in saving their friends and families from the Black King and his ruthless minions, a checkered battlefield still awaits them all...

King's Crisis

King's Crisis (The Pawn Stratagem)

Nine months have passed since psychic Mira Tejedor last walked the halls of Anthony Faircloth's adolescent mind. All but family now, Mira is relocating to Charlotte, NC, not only for a much-needed change of scenery, but to further her burgeoning relationship with Dr. Thomas Archer. On the eve of her move, however, a new threat emerges. Young girls from every corner of Charlotte are falling catatonic, a condition eerily similar to the illness from which Mira rescued Anthony the previous fall. Mira reluctantly agrees to help Detective Calvin Sterling with the case and soon finds herself pulled into a new pair of fantasy worlds, both borne from the brilliant mind of Igor Stravinsky. In the world of The Firebird, Mira becomes the warrior Ivanovna and battles an immortal evil threatening to steal the girls' souls for all eternity. In the Russian fair from Petrushka, she assumes the role of Ballerina, one of three magical puppets who dance at the whim of a cruel Charlatan. Torn between Moor and Clown, bizarre doppelgangers of the two vastly different men in her life, and threatened at every turn by a sorcerer who craves her very essence, Mira must navigate the cruel deceptions of both worlds and win, or her life and the lives of a dozen innocents will be forfeit.

The Stravinsky Intrigue (Fugue & Fable, 2)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

Witches, Warriors, and Wise Women celebratesdiversity through urban fantasy stories featuring less-heardvoices and overlooked heroes. This, the first volume of the Concrete Dreams series, brings womento the fore with stories of witches solving murders and rightingwrongs, warriors battling evil, and wise women finding the truth andsettling scores.

Witches, Warriors, and Wise Women (Concrete Dreams)

Nye, Jody Lynn

Berger, Michele Tracy

Martin, Gail Z.

Kurtz, Nicole Givens

Walden-West, Janet

Blackrose, J.D.

Wynick, Rebecca

Christian, Alexandra

Christie, Paige L.

Short Stories & Anthologies

Prospective Press

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