The moment of the demons defeat became their greatest victory.
In the carnage after the last great battle against the demons, a doomed general discovers their hidden victory. Instead of being annihilated, unspeakable evil escaped into many unsuspecting worlds. To fight them, the men and women of the Crimson Pact must sacrifice everythingincluding their own lives. 
Explore 26 stories based on the world created in “The Failed Crusade,” by Patrick M. Tracy and included in The Crimson Pact Volume 1, about the valiant men and women who refuse to let the demons win, and those unfortunate souls caught in the epic struggle raging across the multiverse.
New York Times Bestselling author and Campbell award nominee, Larry Correia, and many urban fantasy, steampunk, sci-fi, horror, and fantasy writers tell the tales in this diverse collection of short stories, flash fiction, and novellas.
With stories by Patrick M. Tracy, Richard Lee Byers, Jess Hartley, Donald J. Bingle, Chris Pierson, Barbara J. Webb, Kelly Swails, Sarah Hans, Patrick S. Tomlinson, Sarah Kanning, Isaac Bell, Elaine Blose, Kathy Watness, Daniel Myers, Justin Swapp, Rebecca L. Brown, Gloria Weber, Garrett Piglia, T.S. Rhodes, Lester Smith, Chanté McCoy, Suzzane Myers, EA Younker, Craig Nybo, and Larry Correia.
Join the pact. Fight the demons now.*
* Note: The proceeds from the sale of this book go to the continued eradication of every red-eyed, soul-stealing, shadow-lurking, flesh-eating, baby-stealing demon in the entire multiverse.

The Crimson Pact

Literature & Fiction

Richard Lee Byers

Donald J. Bingle

Jess Hartley

Patrick S Tomlinson

Patrick M Tracy

Barbara J Webb

Kelly Swails

Sarah Hans

Sarah Kanning

Short Stories & Anthologies

Alliteration Ink

Dick Thornby is not Hollywood's idea of a spy.  In his rough and tumble job there are no tailored Italian suits, no bimbos eager to please, and no massive underground fortresses built by evil overlords seeking world domination—just an endless series of sinister threats to the safety and security of the billions of mundane citizens of the planet.  Sure, Dick's tough and he knows a few tricks to help him get out of a tight spot, even if his boss accuses him of over-reliance on an abundance of explosives.  But he's also got a mortgage, a wife upset by his frequent absences on "business" trips, and an increasingly alienated teen-age son who spends way too much time playing in gaming worlds on the computer.  When a mission to bust up an arms exchange in New Zealand goes spectacularly bad, ending with the showy destruction of the Dunedin port facility, Dick is thrown into a maze of conflict involving Hong Kong arms dealers, cyber-criminals, Chinese government goons attempting to suppress computer access by dissidents, and even militant Maoris seeking rocket launchers to shoot down tourist-laden jumbo jets.  Then a young computer expert back at the Philadelphia headquarters for The Subsidiary, an international espionage agency created in the aftermath of 9/11, discovers that the bad guys are involved in a vast conspiracy.  Dick is forced to partner with the espionage neophyte to battle evil on multiple fronts, leading to a final confrontation that incorporates real-world conspiracy theories and cutting-edge technology.  In the end, Dick can save his partner, save his marriage, save his son, or save the world, but he can't do it all.

Net Impact

Bingle, Donald J.

The Pact is back and demons are as devious as ever in The Crimson Pact Volume 2. Read 28 original stories (over 500 pages in print!), including many sequels to stories in volume one. Suzzanne Myers's powerful flash fiction piece, "Withered Tree" continues with the exceptional short story, "Seven Dogs." Chanté McCoy's "Inside Monastic Walls" is followed by the literally gut-wrenching follow-up short story, "Body and Soul." Urban fantasy mayhem is off the charts with rising star Patrick Tomlinson's "Monsters in the Closet" and D. Robert Hamm's "Karma." Steampunk your thing? EA Younker's steampunk apocalypse tale "Stand," Sarah Hans' sequel about professor Campion, "A More Ideal Vessel," and Elaine Blose's steampunk Western "Wayward Brother" will whet your appetite. The dark fantasy and adventure continues in "Dark Archive," Sarah Kanning writes how Danielle from "Hidden Collection" must deal with the lingering effects of being possessed by a demon. Volume two mixes sequels from Gloria Weber, Justin Swapp, and Isaac Bell with new stories from Lester Smith, K.E. McGee, Adam Israel, Valerie Dircks, T.S. Rhodes, Elizabeth Shack, Daniel Alonso, and Nayad Monroe. New York Times Bestselling author and Campbell award nominee Larry Correia presents an exclusive short story, "Son of Fire, Son of Thunder" co-authored by Steven Diamond, about an FBI paranormal investigator and a bad ass marine who knows the exact moment of his own death. Travel to the alternate history Earth of the "Red Bandanna Boys" by Patrick M. Tracy and find out how ruthless you have to be to survive the slums of St. Nikolayev. Follow "The Trail of Blood" by Alex Haig, a horrifying Western about a bounty hunter who wants vengeance, not money. Hunt for Nazis in a disturbing 1950's America in "Hunters Incorporated" by Kelly Swails. Patrol the steaming jungles of Vietnam with a squad of soldiers in Lon Prater's "Last Rites in the Big Green Empty." Then enter the mind of a godlike demon in Donald J. Bingle's ambitions tale, "Dark Garden," or visit the creepy shadow world created by Richard Lee Byers in "Light and Dark." Watch your back, the demons are coming.

The Crimson Pact: Volume 2

Byers, Richard Lee

GENESSE, PAUL

Myers, Suzzanne

McCoy, Chanté

Tomlinson, Patrick

Younker, EA

Hans, Sarah

Blose, Elaine

Kanning, Sarah

Weber, Gloria

This second collection of short and flash fiction works by Steven Saus lets us peek into the lives of monsters, balloon animals, saints, sinners, and the occasional normal person.

Bought Love is a Salaried Position: Paragraphs to Read Aloud

Saus, Steven

A picture is worth a thousand words.A story can be worth a thousand pictures.Each of the sixty flash stories - each only a page in length - is a glimpse into another life. Monsters and saints, homemakers and warriors, goblins and astronauts; each gives us a brief look into the things and events that make us who and what we are.

Pencils Made This Scar

We set them free, now we have to take them down.
The Crimson Pact Volume 3 features fifteen action packed and frightening short stories, including, “That Which We Fear” by New York Times bestselling author Larry Correia, and Steven Diamond, which features Diego Santos, a bad ass marine who knows the exact time of his death, and Jarvis “Lazarus” Tombs, a federal agent who investigates the paranormal, and has the strange habit of coming come back from the dead. 
“The Ronin’s Mark” by Donald Darling is a story from an arch demon’s point of view and provides a fascinating study of what happens when a demon becomes too close to the world he is trying to destroy. “Whispers in the Code” by Patrick M. Tracy uncovers the sinister truth about the secrets found inside the internet, and those trying to stop the end of days. “Stumble and Fall” by Isaac Bell tells a tale of his famous character, John Olshoe, who recalls a time when he failed to be the hero.
 “Singe, Smolder, Torch, Whither” by Eric M. Bosarge is a creepy tale Stephen King could have written if he decided to write a story with a more literary style. “The Jar of Needs” by Patrick M. Tracy is about a depraved customer who will do anything for the sullen barrista he’s fallen in lust with. “Monsters on the Trail” by Patrick S. Tomlinson shows us what happens when investigators find out a demon may be involved with a political campaign. 
“David in Disguise” by Kelly Swails takes us to a 1960’s Chicago protest march where a young woman, who wants to be a journalist, finds out she may have to join the family business after all . . . and hunt demons. “Fallout from My Former Life” by Valerie Dircks proves that a young woman can never escape her past, especially at her high school prom. “The Recruit” by Craig Nybo profiles the boxing champion, Micky Atlas, in what may be his last fight . . . on Earth.
EA Younker gives us a steampunk apocalypse story, “Fight” where the rebels steal an airship and take the battle to the demon-possessed bots who have destroyed their world. “The Third Eye” by Chanté McCoy tells the tragic story of a failed Greek Orthodox priest in the early 1900’s, who is unable to convince his countrymen that the demons are indeed coming. “A Contract Between Thieves” by Stephanie M. Lorée is one of the most entertaining stories in the anthology and is set in a “Italian Renaissance steampunk meets traditional sword &amp; sorcery world” and features a rogue named Feni, and her lover, Raf, and their travails after Feni accepts the absolutely wrong job—that feels so right. “Shen Llamo’s Daughters,” takes us on a trip to Tibet in a time when the old customs of the mountain people, typified by pragmatic Yumi, battle with the new religion of Buddhism, and demonic spirits roam a haunted valley in the Himalayas. “The Scarlet Cloak” by Karen Bovenmyer, which book-ends this collection and will not soon be forgotten, is about a young woman who takes revenge on her enemies by using an artifact of terrible power that may consume her in the end, or perhaps it will set her true self free.

The Crimson Pact: Volume Three

Diamond, Steven

Correia, Larry

Lorée, Stephanie

Bovenmeyer, Karen

Curtis, Lucy

Darling, Donald

TRACY, PATRICK M.

Nominated for an Origins Award (2013).Nominated for an ENnie Award (2013).You want to make a fictional world. Twenty authors want to help.There's a moment when you can close your eyes and see a world of your own making.It might start from a grain of sand, the way light filters through the trees, the feel of satin robes, the smell of cooking soup, or simply a wish for somewhere, somewhen else. It happens for different reasons for different people. Something, anything can pull your mind from the boundaries of our mundane world and set it to creating somewhere else.Featuring Maurice Broaddus, Tim Waggoner, Matthew Wayne Selznick, Donald J. Bingle, Janine Spendlove, Bryan Young, and fifteen more authors, these essays range from crafting believable ecosystems, creatures, and legal systems to the ways you can most effectively share your world with your audience.Eighth Day Genesis is meant to help writers with their worlds. The depth of your world is important…even essential. Worlds should be able to be touched, smelled, seen, and heard. Each of these things is vital to creating reality. The smallest details can illuminate volumes. It is surprising what details with bring forth entire feelings, associations, and images. Stereotypes can be broken, archetypes deviated from, and wonder spilled forth like gossip from an old friend.This book will help you fill in those details and create the world you've always imagined.

Eighth Day Genesis: A Worldbuilding Codex for Writers and Creatives

Reference

Tomlinson, Patrick S.

Selznick, Matthew Wayne

Klein, Sabrina

Lundock, Ramsey

Watness, Kathy

Penkivech, Sue

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

"We think a monster can at least be killed; it's flesh and blood. Therefore it can die. If it doesn't die, it will always be there—lurking in our shadows."
Dangers Untold isn't your normal horror anthology; not a vampire, zombie or werewolf to be found. Filled with unusual monsters and unexpected terror, Dangers Untold is a series of seventeen short stories from horror industry professionals who have a different take on what makes for good horror. From a legend come true to hidden artifacts in the ice to a child's playmate, these tales will creep in through the cracks when you aren't looking to linger in your mind long after you have closed the book. Keep the lights on because you're about to read Dangers Untold.
Featuring stories by Gary Braunbeck, Erik Scott de Bie, Jason V Brock, Lillian Cohen-Moore, Nathan Crowder, and Ryan Macklin.
Haunted by Erik Scott de Bie Absolution of the Fallen Star by Nathan Crowder House of Decay by T. Fox Dunham Black Box by Jason V Brock Innards by Erik Gustafson The Beacon by Ryan Macklin The Madness by Joseph Mulak The Visit by Adrienne Dellwo A Monstrous Touch by Marty Young Mutes by Rob Smales Nuckelavee by David Price Stone Heart, Vinyl Floors by Jeff Parish Peepers by Scott M. Goriscak The Dybbuk Wife by Lily Cohen-Moore The Oracle Bone by BE Scully The Lake by Melissa Stevens The Man With a Canvas Bag by Gary Braunbeck

Dangers Untold

PRICE, DAVID

Smales, Rob

Goriscak, Scott M.

Braunbeck, Gary

Mulak, Joseph

Dellwo, Adrienne

Young, Marty

Parish, Jeff

Cohen-Moore, Lily

Scully, BE

Genre Fiction

Killer Shark? Check.Godzilla? Check.Robots? Check.Bigfoot? Check.Elvis? Check.What more could you want in your poetry? Rhymes?"...some fine examples of speculative poetry that manage to cut a razor's edge between funny and poignant without alienating a reader." - Aaron Polson, SkullSaladReviews"There is good poetry out there. Poetry that does not have its head inserted rectally, yet still possessing the intellect and heart to provide continued interest. Case in point: Matt Betts." - Anton Cancre, HorrorNewsNet

See No Evil, Say No Evil

Humor & Entertainment

Betts, Matt

Humor

By a bullet or a blade, the Pact will have justice.A gunslinger rides down a dark road in an alternate history Old West . . .A lone woman tries to save a distant planet from a diabolical invasion . . .A rogue demon seeks vengeance on his former queen . . .Read the supernatural Western, “Darkness of the Sun,” a novella by Patrick M. Tracy, and sixteen other action packed and terrifying stories that run the gamut of urban fantasy, horror, science fiction and fantasy, with stories by Michaele Jordan, Usman T. Malik Brett Peterson, Sarah Hans, Daniel Myers, Kelly Swails, Sarah Kanning, Valerie Dircks, John Perkins, Elizabeth Shack, Leigh Dragoon, Donald Darling, Steven Diamond, and Suzzanne Myers.Make your mark in blood and join the Crimson Pact!

The Crimson Pact: Volume 4

Usman T. Malik

JM Perkins

Michaele Jordan

Brett Peterson

Leigh Dragoon

Elizabeth Shack

Daniel Myers

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