JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU COULD VENTURE OUT OF YOUR HIDING PLACES, HERE COMES ANOTHER HORDE OF HORRORS Slithering, wriggling, lurking, and creeping. Leaving slick trails of pustulent slime behind them. These aren’t your run-of-the-mill monsters populating the pages of this tome. No, these critters feed on the fear that bubbles up inside you when all appears lost and the scent of blood is on the wind. Now is the time to face these demons and read on. NOT YOUR AVERAGE MONSTER, VOL. 2: A MENAGERIE OF VILE BEASTS 19 more creatures gestated in the sick minds of: Jared Oliver Adams Richard Farren Barber Shawn Francis Marlena Frank Wednesday Lee Friday Leigh Harlen Erin Michelle Jendras B.T. Joy Patrick Lacey Sallie McDaniel Logan Noble Jenny Orosel Michael Picco Betty Rocksteady Nisi Shawl Meryl Stenhouse John F.D. Taff Johann Thorssen Aaron Worth THIS NIGHTMARE HAS JUST BEGUN!

Not Your Average Monster, Vol. 2: A Menagerie of Vile Beasts

Literature & Fiction

Shawl, Nisi

Frank, Marlena

Lacey, Patrick

Taff, John F.D.

Barber, Richard Farren

Thorsson, Johann

Kahle, Pete

Worth, Aaron

Harlen, Leigh

Friday, Wednesday Lee

Genre Fiction

Bloodshot Books

From the publishers who brought you the multiple Bram Stoker Award® nominated Horror Library anthology series, now comes Cutting Block Single Slices, Volume 1 -- a new collection of slightly longer short stories that will make it hard to sleep with the light off.  From a classic possessed puppets story, to mysterious green mists and gods wreaking havoc, to an old-style Hollywood ghost and other supernatural horrors, this collection brings you stories you'll enjoy from skilled horror fabulists such as Marsheila Rockwell & Jeffrey J. Mariotte, John F.D. Taff, Tom Johnstone and others.  Some chills are best served in Slices!

Cutting Block Single Slices, Volume 1

Marzioli, Samuel

Mariotte, Jeffrey J.

Rockwell, Marsheila

Johnstone, Tom

Dearborn, Kristin

Wyckoff, Jason A.

Bundschuh, Mason Ian

Lillie, Brian

Cutting Block Books

You know this place. Seems normal enough. But you know better, don’t you? You've heard rumors of strange histories. You've seen hints of dark deeds.  Turns out you can go home again, and the shadows will be waiting for you. Bram Stoker Award® nominated editors Doug Murano and D. Alexander Ward bring you the next installment of their best selling, critically acclaimed small-town Lovecraftian anthology series: Shadows Over Main Street, Volume 2. Within these pages, you'll discover:  * America's pastime awakening dark secrets buried deep within the earth.  * Vietnam War heroes who glimpse something worse than war and return home to discover a new kind of hell waiting for them.  * The music of a generation—of many generations—revealed as something older, hungrier and more insidious than a bad acid trip.  * A war-widow who rediscovers love and passion… only to cultivate the world’s end.  Featuring stories by: Joyce Carol Oates, Joe R. Lansdale, Gary A. Braunbeck, John F.D. Taff, Lucy A. Snyder, William Meikle, Ronald Malfi, Damien Angelica Walters, and others. With a foreword by Laird Barron and stunning illustrations by Luke Spooner.   Every turn you take leads back to Main Street. We've been waiting. Welcome home.

Shadows Over Main Street, Volume 2

Royce, Eden

Madron, Suzanne

Wynne, Douglas

Booth III, Max

Wehunt, Michael

Wilburn, Jay

Braunbeck, Gary A.

Kemper, Erinn L.

LaSart, C. W.

About the Author\nJohn F.D. Taff is a Bram Stoker Award short-listed horror and dark fiction author with more than 25 years experience, and more than 100 short stories and seven novels in print. He has appeared in Cemetery Dance, Eldritch Tales, Unnerving, Deathrealm, Big Pulp and One Buck Horror. Recent anthology contributions include The Seven Deadliest and I Can Hear the Shadows. Taff's novella collection, The End in All Beginnings, was called one of the best novella collections by Jack Ketchum and was a Stoker Award Finalist.\nDark Stars, edited by John F.D. Taff, is a tribute to horror’s longstanding short fiction legacy, featuring 12 terrifying original stories from today's most noteworthy authors.\nWithin these pages you’ll find tales of dead men walking, an insidious secret summer fling, an island harboring unspeakable power, and a dark hallway that beckons. You’ll encounter terrible monsters―both human and supernatural―and be forever changed. The stories in Dark Stars run the gamut from traditional to modern, from dark fantasy to neo-noir, from explorations of beloved horror tropes to the unknown―possibly unknowable―threats.\nIt’s all in here because it’s all out there, now, in horror.\nDark Stars features all-new stories from the following award-winning authors and up-and-coming voices: Chesya Burke, Ramsey Campbell, Gemma Files, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu, Caroline Kepnes, John Langan, Livia Llewellyn, Josh Malerman, Usman T. Malik, Priya Sharma, and John F.D. Taff. Created as an homage to the 1980 classic horror anthology Dark Forces, edited by Kirby McCauley, Dark Stars features an afterword from original contributor Ramsey Campbell―a poignant finale to this bone-chilling collection.

Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror

United States

Tor Nightfire

Plastic Space House

Trepidatio Publishing

Throughout history, there have been certain moral evils so entangling, so alluring, that they routinely give birth to countless other evils in the hearts of human beings. From antiquity, these "capital vices" have been known as the seven deadly sins. Now, from the editors who brought you Cutting Block Single Slices and Shadows Over Main Street, comes an all-new novella anthology featuring seven dark fiction authors at the top of their games, each writing passionately about one of The Seven Deadliest sins. Inside these pages: John C. Foster spins "Gilda," a yarn about Avarice; Bracken MacLeod takes us on the road to Wrath with "A Short Madness"; Kasey Lansdale's "Cap Diamant" teaches us the steep cost of Pride; Brian Kirk lays bare the Jealousy hidden beneath affluence in "Chisel and Stone"; Rena Mason reveals a new and terrifying guise of Sloth in "Clevengers of the Carrion Sea"; Richard Thomas examines Lust in his dystopian "Ring of Fire"; and John F.D. Taff feeds us the darker aspects of Gluttony in "All You Care to Eat." These dark tales from a cabal of highly regarded and award-winning authors hold nothing back, so turn the pages and feast your eyes. The Seven Deadliest sins await you.

The Seven Deadliest

Thomas, Richard

Kirk, Brian

MacLeod, Bracken

Foster, John C.

Mason, Rena

Lansdale, Kasey

The Bell Witch by John F.D. Taff is an historical horror novel/ghost story based on what is perhaps the most well-documented poltergeist case to occur in the United States. It tells the story of the Bells, an early 19th-century Tennessee farm family who begin to notice strange occurrences-odd noises, bangings, gurglings. Eventually, an entity reveals itself to the family, calling itself, simply, the Witch, and makes it clear from the outset that it was sent to kill the patriarch of the family, John Bell, for a reason it never makes quite clear.     The Witch's antics, while not exactly endearing it to the Bells, make the spirit somewhat of a novelty. Word of its existence spreads, first through the Bell's slaves, then through the rest of the community. It tells jokes, makes predictions, offers unwanted advice and even sings. It shows an intimate knowledge of The Bible and of history and politics.     It harasses those who annoy it most, saving its ire for John Bell and his teenage daughter, Betsy. These two people become the focus of the apparition's attacks, both verbal and physical. Ultimately, the Witch fulfills its promise of killing John Bell, while also forcing Betsy and her mother, Lucy, into considering their own roles in what created the spirit.     The Bell Witch is, at once, a historical novel, a ghost story, a horror story and a love story all rolled into one.     "An outstanding read by one of my favorite horror writers of all time."  ~ Rhiannon Elizabeth Irons, TrulyDisturbing.com     "A compelling ghost story like no other, which will haunt you long after the last page."  ~ John Milton, Horror Reviewer at AndyErupts.com     "A classic ghost story full of creepy sounds, scary nights, and top-notch dialogue. Fans of great ghost stories now have cause for celebration."  ~ Gabino Iglesias, HorrorTalk.com     "If you enjoy scares and surprises, skillfully wrought human drama, and dark secrets, you must read The Bell Witch."  ~ Award-Winning Author, Erik T. Johnson.     "An American Haunting meets Casper. Kept me entertained the whole time!"  ~ Ann Hale, Pop-Break.com     "I enjoyed it quite a bit. The Bell Witch will haunt you long after you finish this well-crafted, all-American ghost story."  ~ Rob Errera, Author of Hangman's Jam

The Bell Witch

Books of the Dead

Somewhere just beyond the veil of human perception lies a darkened plane where terrible things reside. Weaving their horrifying visions, they pull the strings on our lives and lure us into a comfortable reality. But it's a web of lies... DARK VISIONS: A COLLECTION OF MODERN HORROR is their instruction manual. DARK VISIONS - VOLUME ONE includes thirteen disturbing tales of dread from some of the most visionary minds writing horror, SciFi and speculative fiction. From twisted accounts of the false understanding of our own existence to the harsh psychological torture that inherent evil forces us to endure, DARK VISIONS uncovers the truth behind our own misguided concepts of reality. Featuring the work of New York Times bestselling authors, Bram Stoker award winners and nominees, and a selection of the finest work from the brightest new voices in dark fiction, DARK VISIONS: A COLLECTION OF MODERN HORROR - VOLUME ONE takes readers on a spell-binding journey that doesn't let up even long after the book has been closed.

Dark Visions: A Collection of Modern Horror - Volume One

MABERRY, JONATHAN

Garton, Ray.

Grey Matter Press

ENTER DARKNESS IN THIS BRAM STOKER AWARD®-NOMINATED VOLUME OF HORROR.Just beyond the veil of perception is a darkened plane where ultimate evil resides. DARK VISIONS: A COLLECTION OF MODERN HORROR - Volume One is thirteen critically acclaimed tales of terror written by some of the most visionary authors writing genre fiction today.-- A boy comes face-to-face with evil in 'the most haunted town in America'...-- A series of gruesome murders are linked to religious fanaticism...-- Boyhood friends on an English estate battling malevolent forces of the occult...-- A down-on-his-luck author faces the most terrifying decision of his life...-- A mysterious tapestry in a historic hotel may be the doorway into darkness...-- A man with a deadly disease resorts to unthinkable options...-- And so much more.Proudly presented by Grey Matter Press, the multiple Bram Stoker Award-nominated independent publisher.Grey Matter Press: Where Dark Thoughts ThriveFEATURING:-- Mister Pockets: A Pine Deep Story by Jonathan Maberry-- Collage by Jay Caselberg-- The Weight of Paradise by Jeff Hemenway-- Three Minutes by Sarah L. Johnson-- Second Opinion by Ray Garton-- The Last Ice Cream Kiss by Jason S. Ridler-- Scrap by David A. Riley-- What Do You Need? by Milo James Fowler-- The Troll by Jonathan Balog-- Delicate Spaces by Brian Fatah Steele-- Raining Stones by Sean Logan-- Show Me by John F.D. Taff-- Thanatos Park by Charles Austin Muir

Dark Visions: A Collection of Modern Horror - Volume One (Dark Visions: A Collection of Modern Horror - Volume Two)

Muir, Charles Austin

Riley, David A.

Fowler, Milo James

Ridler, Jason S.

Balog, Jonathan

Steele, Brian Fatah

Logn, Sean

Dare to enter the world of the paranormal to engage the spirits of those that once lived and monstrosities once believed never to exist. It’s here in the realm of death where the living engage in the unspeakable with souls of the dead in sixteen disquieting tales of the supernatural from horror’s modern masters. From hellish specters summoned from beyond the veil with treacherous intent for humankind, to a young boy whose special powers seem governed from beyond the grave, Death’s Realm delves into the abnormal, the ghostly and the infernal.It’s only here that a grieving son’s demon can beckon him to a secluded cemetery plot in the dead of night, where a preternatural murder-for-hire has extreme repercussions, and when the revenant of a dead mother seeks vengeance on her dying daughter.Welcome to Death’s Realm. You may be alone now, but not for long.With horror fiction from Stephen Graham Jones, Hank Schwaeble, John F.D. Taff , JG Faherty, Rhoads Brazos, Aaron Polson, Jay Caselberg, Paul Michael Anderson, Gregory L. Norris, Brian Fatah Steele, Karen Runge, Simon Dewar, Martin Rose, Jay O'Shea, John C. Foster, Jane Brooks and Matthew Pegg.

Death's Realm

Jones, Stephen Graham

Polson, Aaron

Faherty, JG

Caselberg, Jay

Schwaeble, Hank

Norris, Gregory L.

Anderson, Paul Michael

Brazos, Rhoads

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