Best Selling Books by Stefan Petrucha

Panic grips the city! There is a killer loose in New York City, and Carver Young is the only one who sees the startling connection between the recent string of murders and the most famous serial killer in history: Jack the Ripper. Time is winding down until the killer claims another victim, but Carver soon sees that, to The Ripper, this is all a game that he may be destined to lose. “Petrucha’s story hits the ground running and doesn’t let up…”—Publisher’s Weekly “A rollicking story full of cannot-put-it-down twists an turns.” —VOYA “A well-crafted romp through yesteryear’s New York.” —Kirkus Reviews

Tonight''s tale . . . Rabbit food. Windowpanes. Pennies. Chelsea Kaüer counts and frets over everything—her OCD won''t let her stop. But when her biology teacher, Ms. Mandisa, asks her to pet-sit, Chelsea can''t think of a reason to say no. After all, it''s extra pocket money—nothing to worry about, right? Wrong. Ms. Mandisa''s "pet" is a six-foot lizard with a poisonous bite and a taste for red meat. And if Chelsea doesn''t think fast, she''ll be dead meat. . . .

Four ghost girls. A nightly ritual. When their precious bones are rolled, the ghosts tell of deaths so horrifying even the rats in the orphanage walls cringe. Tonight''s tale . . . Seventeen-year-old Mandy has everything: popular friends; a hot boyfriend; plans for college, travel, the future. But after classmate Nicki is gruesomely murdered, Mandy is shaken to her core. Soon she''s jumping at shadows and having nightmares of Nicki''s killer—the Witchman. Mandy tells herself she''s just imagining things—but nothing in her imagination prepares her for the terror that''s about to attack.

When Sheriff Mick Grimey wakes up in a hospital bed, he finds that the zombie apocalypse has begun! Together with Deputy Shame, Old Man Wail, Gnarl, Gory, San Andreas, Merle, No-see-im, and T-Bagg, this ragtag crew must figure out a way to survive. They''re going to need batteries, corn dogs, and especially pork rinds, but will even those nutritious supplies help them against a horde of the stupidest, and most flatulent, zombies in history? The brain-addled team who brought you the smash hit Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid and Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring have been thawed out and revived to bring you this gas of a tale!

Calling all Nickelodeon fans! Calling all Nickelodeon fans! All-new comics featuring Nickelodeon’s craziest characters are here! Join the Breadwinners, Sanjay and Craig, Harvey Beaks, Pig, Goat, Banana, Cricket, and the residents of The Loud House as they cause all sorts of Pandemonium in true Nickelodeon style!

A retelling in graphic novel form of the tale of the monster Grendal--first written some 1500 years ago--with its theme of heroism in the face of a wild and unknowable evil.

Time Travel, other Dimensions, and Ronald Reagan? Welcome to A-Time, not another dimension, not a parallel world, but your very own neighborhood bereft of linear time! Here, past, present and future merge like expressway off-ramps. Here, bestial six legged Quirks can alter the future, Glitches of powerful emotion swarm once-stable lives, and Archetypes leave (big) footprints. After a nervous breakdown, genius double-doctorate Harry Keller wasn''t looking for A-Time, but he found it. Like many explorers before him, he soon learns that the terra incognita is dazzling and dangerous, because whatever happens in A-Time also has an effect here, from benign to devastating. And, just like those explorers, Harry Keller thinks he''s the first. Being wrong, of course, he stumbles onto a devious plan to have Ronald Reagan re-elected president, so he can die in office and fulfill the Zero Curse! And yes, in context, it makes total sense! Can Harry set things right before he''s locked away for keeps? Here, collected in a single volume for the first time is best-selling author Stefan Petrucha''s 1989 comic book debut, with art by the late, great Tom Sutton, at his quirky best, psychedelic colors by Paul Mounts and eye-popping covers by Jeffrey K. Potter, known for his work for Analog and Asimov''s Science Fiction magazines. Collects comic issues 1-4. A Caliber Comics release. "This series still trumps most current comics in terms of creativity and mental stimulation." - Behind the Times Comics Review "Readers will witness a rare event in comic books, the introduction of a major new talent, Stefan Petrucha. Even more amazing is this intense, well-written, highly original book." - Suspended Animation

Contemporary detective, Nancy Drew, teams with her friends to solve new mysteries.

Collects volumes #1-4 of "Tales from the Crypt," in graphic novel format, including "Ghouls Gone Wild!" "Can You Fear Me Now?" "Zombielicious," and "Crypt-Keeping it Real."

Man and monster are in his blood. . . His name is Jeremiah Fall. A soldier of fortune, he has been fighting his own war for 150 years--ever since the beast in him was born. Desperate to restore his lost humanity, Fall crosses the sands of Egypt, discovers a lost city off the coast of France, and finally arrives at the birthplace of all mankind. Shunning daylight and feeding only when he must, he battles the monster who transformed him forever. He can share his deepest secret with no one . . . not even the beautiful woman he starts to love, the only human who grasps the mysteries of an ebony stone as old as creation itself. Across the world, across time, Fall seeks the stone''s secret. But has he found a cure for himself or unleashed a final curse on all mankind?

Nancy Drew is in a tight spot! It all starts when Nancy trails a masked jewel thief in the woodlands around River Heights. After running into a group of hikers, Nancy asks if they''ve seen anyone, only to find that one of the hikers is also the thief! When Nancy breaks off from the group to make a phone call, she is pushed from behind and ends up dangling from a tree root, afraid to call for help lest the crook find her. This time, its up to Bess and George to help their dear friend Nancy Drew.

Nancy Drew and her friends investigate when the dolls in an attic start depicting crimes that begin to happen in real life.

Time Travel, other Dimensions, and Ronald Reagan? Welcome to A-Time, not another dimension, not a parallel world, but your very own neighborhood bereft of linear time! Here, past, present and future merge like expressway off-ramps. Here, bestial six legged Quirks can alter the future, Glitches of powerful emotion swarm once-stable lives, and Archetypes leave (big) footprints. THIS ISSUE: "Quiet Island" - After a nervous breakdown, genius double-doctorate Harry Keller wasn’t looking for A-Time, but he found it. Like many explorers before him, he soon learns that the terra incognita is dazzling and dangerous, because whatever happens in A-Time also has an effect here, from benign to devastating. And, just like those explorers, Harry Keller thinks he’s the first. Discovering that an ex-junkie’s suicide is linked to millions of future death, Harry takes the poor sap into A-Time, only to have to go mano-a-mano with a Quirk determined to make sure that someone off themselves – and it doesn’t care who! Squalor is best-selling author Stefan Petrucha''s 1989 comic book debut, with art by the late, great Tom Sutton, at his quirky best, psychedelic colors by Paul Mounts and eye-popping cover by Jeffrey K. Potter, known for his work for Analog and Asimov''s Science Fiction magazines. A Caliber Comics release.

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA is under attack--the owner of the nearby Kakieland theme park, the notorious Stephen Cling, has launch a viral anti-monster smear campaign claiming that monsters are scary! That keeps guests away from HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA and threatens the existence of the monsters'' beloved refuge. Drac, Frank, Murray, Wayne, Griffin, Blobby, as well as Mavis, Johnny, Dennis, and Winnie, must find a way to win back the public''s trust and save HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA or else they''ll be forced to return to the Bad Old Days when monsters were feared and shunned.

Based on the all-new television series focusing on the earlier teenage years of Dracula’s daughter Mavis and her three closest friends, Hank N. Stein, Pedro and Wendy Blob. With Dracula away on “Official Vampire Business,” Mavis finally sees her chance to show her father what she can do. With the help of her friends, she decides to put her brilliant ideas of how to run the Hotel into motion, but—enter Aunt Lydia, Dracula’s older and authoritarian sister. While Mavis and friends are ready to let loose and have fun, Aunt Lydia pushes for even more order and tradition at the Hotel.

Nancy Drew travels to Turkey with her father, attorney Carson Drew, who plans to negotiate the sale of an ancestral estate belonging to one of his clients. When Nancy finds that mysterious artifacts have been disappearing from the estate, she turns her suspicions to Harland Severino, a rich man who desperately wants to purchase it. Nancy does some sleuthing that leads her beneath the property into an environment no one could''ve guessed what lay there: the ancient ruins of a city long forgotten by time, filled with priceless ancient artifacts that grave robbers will do anything to get at!

Tonight''s tale . . . Lindsay''s family vacation isn''t exactly fun in the sun: the beach is littered, the locals are creepy, and the outlook is bleak. Then Lindsay meets Mark, the boy next door. He''s sweet, gorgeous, and an amazing musician. But his menacing guardians keep him locked away from the world. They perform sinister rites, and one day Lindsay glimpses terrible wounds on Mark''s back! Lindsay must save him—though it means facing pure evil.

Nancy and her father Carson find themselves in an ancient city long buried below a luxurious estate, the sale of which has brought them to Turkey. Thieves led by a mysterious rich man named Harold Severino search frantically for a priceless artifact somewhere in the city as Nancy and her father are taken prisoner. Severino, who previously attempted to purchase the estate with suspicious motives, has been led to the archeological treasure by none other than Professor David Sever, the crooked archeologist from Nancy Drew #2: Writ in Stone! It''s up to Nancy to halt the plundering of this living museum and somehow make it out in one piece!