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The farther we''ve gotten from the magic and mystery of the past, the more we''ve come to love Halloween - the one time each year when the mundane is overturned in favor of the bizarre, the "other side" is closest, and everyone can become anyone (or anything) they wish... and sometimes what they don''t. Introducing nineteen original stories from mistresses and masters of the dark celebrate the most fantastic, enchanting, spooky, and supernatural of holidays.

Laird Barron entführt uns mit Wilde Jagd in eine rohe und düstere Welt voller brutaler Gewalt, verstörender Realitätssprünge und kosmischen Grauens. In seinen lose miteinander verbundenen Geschichten rund um die knallharte Antiheldin Jessica Mace über archaische Legenden und Rituale, Serienkiller und Menschenjäger in der eisigen Wildnis Alaskas verwebt Barron eine albtraumhafte Atmosphäre mit Pulp- und Noir-Elementen zu einem surrealen höllischen Universum, aus dem es kein Entkommen gibt. Die Geschichten von Laird Barron sind nicht nur kompromisslos, spannend und packend, sondern auch stilistisch anspruchsvoll. Barron ist bekannt dafür, die Grenzen des Genres zu sprengen und seine eigene Mythologie zu erschaffen. Ein Muss für Fans der Weird Fiction und des literarischen Horrors! "Barron ist der Autor, an dem sich andere messen. Er definiert mit jedem neuen Werk die Struktur des Horrors neu." (Shane Douglas Keene, This is Horror) Mit Illustrationen von Armin Karner, einem Interview mit dem Autor und einem Nachwort von Jo Piccol.

Esoteric Introduction by Mark Booth All new Fiction by: Laird Barron, Donald Tyson, John Shirley, Simon R. Green, Simon Strantzas, Glen Hirshberg Interviews with: Adam Chamberlain & Brian A. Dixon, Glen Hirshberg, Donald Tyson, Noelle Leon Articles on: "The Secret History of King Arthur" by Mark Booth, "Through the Darkest Lens: Conspiracy Theory in Fiction and Culture" by K. H. Vaughan, "An Unreading: Notes on a Narrative of Failure" by D. Harlan Wilson Jade Sky Comic by: Joe McKinney and Patrick Freivald with artwork from B. MacKay. Columns from Gary Braunbeck, Yvonne Navarro, Richard Dansky, Robert Morrish and so much more!

"Nanashi was born into a life of violence. Delivered from the mean streets by the Heron Clan, he mastered the way of the gun and knife and swiftly ascended through yakuza ranks to become a dreaded enforcer. His latest task? He and an entourage of expert killers are commanded to kidnap Muzaki, a retired world-renowned wrestler under protection of the rival Dragon Syndicate. It should be business as bloody usual for Nanashi and his ruthless brothers in arms, except for the detail that Muzaki possesses a terrifying secret. A secret that will spawn a no-holds barred gang war and send Nanashi on a personal odyssey into immortal darkness."--Page 4 of cover.

Laird Barron''s acclaimed crime saga makes a triumphant return in The Wind Began to Howl, an all-new story set after the events of Worse Angels. A seemingly benign case gradually pulls mob enforcer-turned-P.I. Isaiah Coleridge into a chilling mix of music, movie magic, mayhem, and madness. This time, Coleridge''s dark journey forces him to confront a brutal truth: For some who try to escape the past, there is no way out.

Where ancient impulse meets contemporary dread, you find Primeval: A Journal of the Uncanny. This semi-annual publication features fiction, interviews, and insights from today''s most essential voices exploring the weird and macabre. Issue #1 features new fiction from Laird Barron, a novelette from Harlan Ellison, an interview with Jack Ketchum, and essays from Mikita Brottman, Adam Rose, Marc D. Ruvolo, and Patty Templeton.

All new Fiction by: Cameron Price, John Palisano, Max Booth III, MP Johnson, Mary A. Turzillo and Shane McKenzie Interviews with: Laird Barron, Hal Duncan and Thom Metzger Articles on: "Bizarro Punk" by David Agranoff, "Bizarro World Got Me Dirty and Wet" by L. Andrew Cooper, "Coffee - Bootlegging - Labyrinths" by Aaron J. French and Bizarro Comic by Phil Differ and Gavin Boyle Columns from Mike Davis, Laird Barron, Robert Morrish, Donald Tyson and Richard Dansky!

Questo corposo volume estivo offre tre testi ordinati cronologicamente, in modo da costituire un''ideale galleria dell''horror classico e contemporaneo: LA CITTÀ VAMPIRA di Paul Féval, con la sua metropoli di tombe: non la prima ma certo la più godibile variazione europea sulla voga del romanzo vampirico nata in Inghilterra. IL VILLAGGIO NERO di Stefan Grabinski, una scelta dei più inquietanti racconti dello scrittore polacco vicino a Kafka oltre che a Poe, con una serie di terrificanti variazioni sulla malvagità del Tempo. LA CERIMONIA di Laird Barron, il più amato tra i nuovi autori americani insieme a Thomas Ligotti. Una storia di pratiche segrete e culti innominabili che si svolge nel cuore della nostra civiltà.

From the Bram Stoker Award-nominated editor of the 2018 This is Horror Anthology of the Year, ASHES AND ENTROPY, comes a new vision of weird and horrific ambiguity. NOX PAREIDOLIA is fully color-illustrated by Luke Spooner and includes stories by Laird Barron, S.P. Miskowski, Brian Evenson, Kristi DeMeester, Michael Wehunt, Gwendolyn Kiste, Zin E. Rocklyn, Christopher Ropes, Doungjai Gam, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Carrie Laben, Kurt Fawver, David Peak, Don Webb and Duane Pesice, Paul Jessup, K.H. Vaughan, and more.

All proceeds from this anthology will go to The Cystic Fibrosis Trust. You can learn more about The CFT and the wonderful things they do at: https: //www.cysticfibrosis.org.uk/ Blood Type: An Anthology of Vampire SF on the Cutting Edge is predominately a collection of stories that represent the most cutting edge science fiction-based vampire fiction. Think SF-based vampire fiction like I Am Legend and Necroscope and how they affected the vampire genre when they were first released. Dark Vampire SF that goes where the genre hasn''t before. It is not just an anthology of hard science fiction, however. This book also contains examples of science fantasy as well as some classic vampire stories including an updated reprint from William F. Nolan. Also includes brand new stories from Peter Watts (from the Blindsight/Echopraxia universe), Laird Barron, Tim Waggoner, Bram Stoker Award-winning author Benjamin Kane Ethridge, John Palisano, Jason V Brock, Peter Giglio, Jonathan Templar, Taylor Grant, and many more!

One hundred twenty-five years ago Jack the Ripper stalked the streets of London. As we come up to the quasquicentennial of the murders, Ross E. Lockhart brings together in this collection 19 more stories of the Ripper from many of today''s "darkest dreamers."

HOW DEEP DOES YOUR FEAR GO? Scarlet Galleon Publications and editor Mark Parker are here to help you find out. With thirty stories from thirty talented authors, aquatic terror has never been so chilling...or deep. FEARFUL FATHOMS: Collected Tales of Aquatic Terror (Vol. I - Seas & Oceans) will have you reading long until the last light of summer dies out.

Come Join Us by the Fire Season 2 is the second installment of Nightfire''s audio-only horror anthology, featuring a wide collection of short stories from emerging voices in the horror genre as well as longtime fan favorites. The collection showcases the breadth of talent writing in the horror genre today, with contributions from a wide range of genre luminaries including Laird Barron, Indrapramit Das, Shaun Hamill, Daniel M. Lavery, Matthew Lyons, T. Kingfisher, Seanan McGuire, Nibedita Sen, and Nightfire’s own Cassandra Khaw and Silvia Moreno-Garcia. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The spirits of the dead exist, and they want to communicate.First appearing in the late 1800s, spiritualism became a religious movement that swept the nation. Under the assumption that the dead live on in the afterlife, spiritualists believed that contact with the dearly departed was not only possible, but something those who crossed over longed for. Contact was usually made through a medium, a person who claimed to have the ability to speak with the dead.There Is No Death, There Are No Dead tackles all aspects of the spiritualist movement: from the true believers to the nay-sayers, the hoaxes to hauntings, the real mediums to the scam artists. Includes new work from some of the most talented and respected authors in the horror and dark fantasy genres, featuring stories from Gemma Files, Helen Marshall, Kathe Koja, Lee Murray, David Demchuk, Lisa Morton, Gwendolyn Kiste, S.P. Miskowski, Seanan McGuire, Catherine Lord, Chesya Burke, Nadia Bulkin, Michelle Belanger, and Laird Barron.The dead are speaking. Will you hear?

"The editor''s claim that the first season of True Detective was a big inspiration for this anthology is evident: Ashes and Entropy sports a finely balanced mixture of grit, crime and blood along with the irrational, occult and weird."–Rue MorgueStand on the precipice and prepare to dive down through the event horizon into the bleak and mind-shattering void of both the cosmos and of humanity.Nightscape Press is proud to present ASHES AND ENTROPY edited by Robert S. Wilson, an anthology of cosmic horror and noir/neo-noir. ASHES AND ENTROPY is beautifully illustrated by Luke Spooner and includes brand new stories by Laird Barron, Damien Angelica Walters, John Langan, Kristi DeMeester, Jon Padgett, Nadia Bulkin, Jayaprakash Satyamurthy, Lucy A. Snyder, Tim Waggoner, Jessica McHugh, Paul Michael Anderson, Max Booth III, Lynne Jamneck, Greg Sisco, Lisa Mannetti, Nate Southard, Erinn L. Kemper, Matthew M. Bartlett, Autumn Christian, and more.