Dark Fantasy

Daasek is a slave-assassin of the Magician Nyxx. For reasons known only to Nyxx and his patron, all of the other magicians in Daasek's world must be destroyed...

"It illuminates. It demonizes. It pulls the strings of the puppets controlling the strangest of passion plays within a corporate structure. Everyone, every thing, is a target of Mr. Donihe's wit and off-kilter worldview... There are shades of Philip K. Dick's wonderfully inventive The Divine Invasion (minus the lurid pop singer), trading up Zen Buddhism for unconscious Gnosticism. Malachi manifests where Elijah would stand revealed; and the Roald Dahl-like midgets hold the pink laser beam shinin... more info>>

Some Things are Better Left Unplugged is a post-modern fantasy filled with anti-heroes and anti-climaxes. An allegorical tale, the story satirizes many of our everyday obsessions, including: the pursuit of wealth and materialism; the thirst for empty spectacles and violence; and climbing whatever social, political, or economical ladder is before us. Join the man and his Nemesis, the obese tabby, and a host of others for a nightmare roller coaster ride from realm to realm, microcosm to microcosm:... more info>>

A grand epic wasteland of surreal pandemic plague. Pollution quotient in the southern delta nether regions of the state of Louisiana, the dustbin of the Mississippi river and the nation, whose motto is the "Sportsman's Paradise" but is a paradise of colorful denizens all grappling for a slice of lassez bon temps roule, "let the good times roll", but now all are grappling for their very lives. Nature had to fight back sooner or later, and now what will happen to this tourist state gone amuck with... more info>>

One by one they walk to the podium to tell their story. Family members whose relatives became infamous for crimes of unspeakable violence and unbridled insanity. They unweave their tales to an auditorium filled with young medical students tasked with writing extensive essays on the criminally insane mind. The victims of the gene pool step forward, some young and some old, some in good spirits and others solemn and grim, and regale the fascinated group with tales.... Every family has buried skele... more info>>

Marc Sanchez leads you on eighteen trips into mayhem, madness, and the macabre. You'll witness murder by Internet, some very personal demons, some excessively assertive non-smokers, a couple of everyday psychos, a dangerous Goth chick or two, an absinthe brewer that is out of this world, a handful of unusual vampire hunters, the harvesting of human endorphins for profit, and a few other surreal and frightful nightmares. Twice nominated for the Literary Pushcart Prize, Sanchez will spin your psyc... more info>>

Edited by Nicole Thomas, Femmes de la Brume will introduce you to the women of speculative fiction and characters that will forever reside within your memory as well as the Mist. These tales are born from the imaginations of beautiful mystical women. Separately, they shine, command attention--but together, they have become the Mist, inhabiting your dreams ... or perhaps your nightmares.

What scares you? Whatever your reason for needing to be scared, I'm happy to report that this book should do the job for you. Gail Davis, Eric S. Brown, and John Grover have all entertained with their stories in the Swamp, and many other publications, both on the web and in print. This collection of their tales cover a broad range of settings and experiences, and I have no doubt that the depth of the talents of these new stars on the scene will delight and disturb you.

Editor John Edward Lawson welcomes you to a world where flesh-greed rules the day. He has assembled a host of writers who are committing the worst atrocities known to man ... to paper. This anthology aims to go where no others have, beyond the "mouth of madness" or the "belly of the beast" and straight into the minds of cannibals. The subject matter alone is guaranteed to raise eyebrows even among readers who have had everything thrown at them. Of Flesh and Hunger promises to be the most controv... more info>>

Dark Vigil is a collection of 11 short stories and one novella. The collection is comprised of 12 unique tales of horror that explore the realm of religion. From the realization of wanting in "Replicate," to the yearning to leave God's grace for the damnation of hell in "Touched," to the release of hope in "Conceded"--"The First Circle of Hell," makes Dark Vigil an eerie and twisted book sure to please any fan of religious horror.

Get ready for a very weird ride with these ten stories. Each is designed to chill your spine as you wander the border land between fact and fiction, reality and imagination, reason and insanity. Aliens, vampires, ghouls, ghosts, zombies and unbalanced lunatics all await you within these pages. A terrific assembly of twisted tales for Halloween or anytime.

Twenty-one years ago, Cassandra Blackthorne and her daughter, Julienne, fled their family home. Ironically, tragic circumstances lure Julienne Hunter back to her birthplace--Blackthorne Manor in Virginia--and into the grasp of the man her mother hated, Morgan Saint-Evanston. She soon discovers that Blackthorne balances between two worlds, that of mortal reality and the dimensional enigma known as Sclyd. Come Halloween, they will merge and Scyldian entities will be free to hunt the weaker human r... more info>>

Five Days on the Banks of the Acheron is a collection of stories that will put you on the edge of your seat and grab you by the throat! "Each story is well written and unique, proving the versatility of the author. Jason Brannon is an author to watch out for. His macabre imagination and skillful use of imagery and suspense kept me riveted while quaking with trepidation. I was compelled to keep reading until the very end. This book is not or the faint-hearted, but will keep dark fantasy fans on t... more info>>

In 1949 Ronald Shepard, the son of servants to a millionaire playboy living on a private island off the coast of South Carolina, meets Marilyn Monroe. This begins the child's movement from innocence to the eventual experience that results in an obsession with sex, power, greed and ambition that shapes the rest of his life. In 2001 seventeen-year-old Cassandra DeRoy has been employed in the world's oldest profession for three years. A dead ringer for Marilyn Monroe, Cassie stands at a street corn... more info>>

If a man is unable to dream, can insanity be far behind? Edward Grimm is a talented wood carver living in 18th century Germany. He has made a fine living for himself carving carousel horses for royalty, but his heart and soul are dark. Grimm has never been able to dream, and loathes those who can. His anger at God for denying him this simple pleasure fuels jealousy and hate toward his little nephew who tells Grimm all of his fantastic dreams. Driven insane by this venom, Grimm seeks out the assi... more info>>

Before Little Mary came to The Three-Headed Circus, twenty-one-year old Harvey's only worries were keeping his deceased father's circus running and trying to get Tabs, the beautiful wire-walker, to notice him. Then Harvey meets Little Mary, a three-foot woman who impacts his circus in a way he could never imagine.

A collection of horrifying tales brought to the brave reader from the whisperings of a dark and sinister mind--Paul Melniczek. "Darkest Jungle": The primeval forest holds many terrors and legends. Perhaps even demons yet lurk, taunting you from the deepest and blackest depths of the wilderness. "Devil Man of the Hollow": What lies in the unknown depths of the jungle? Tred softly, lest you stir from slumber the malevolent beasts that dwell within. A tale of breath-taking terror. "Rift": Was it a ... more info>>

Take a journey to a post-apocalyptic future in which society has become unravelled, and those with money have the power to survive.

Philip Lew is an ex-cop who just wanted to get away from Earth and the freak show it has become. Looking back, perhaps Hades was not the ideal spot for him to settle down. An artificial satellite owned and inhabited by The Darker Society--an organization formed to guard the rights of society's latest minority? If trendy vampires, werewolves, and such were too much to take on Earth, imagine them in close quarters. But, even in a paradise like Hades, all is not rosy. Someone, alive or undead, has ... more info>>

At the end of World War II, an American task force investigates a Nazi project to reanimate the dead and summon strange monsters from other dimensions. Deranged by their own studies, the Nazi scientists have been difficult to find, much less talk to. Only the linguist Susan Gilbert has had any luck getting their cooperation. When it turns out that the biggest, most horrific experiment of them all has yet to be completed, she ends up leading the effort to save the world. But she's not a mad geniu... more info>>