New Releases by Steve Dillon

The second landmark volume of the quarterly graphic novel series bursting with the greatest stories curated from the cult comic THE ULTIMATE 2000 AD MIX-TAPE HAS ARRIVED! Best of 2000 AD is a landmark series from the cult comic, bursting with our greatest stories for a new generation of readers. Every Best of 2000 AD contains a mix of modern classics and gems from the vault. In each edition you''ll find an explosive new Judge Dredd adventure, fresh essays by prominent popular culture writers, a graphic novel-length feature presentation by global legends and a vintage Dredd case. In this volume: Judge Dredd hunts untraceable assassins firing Magic Bullets by Al Ewing and Colin Wilson; even robots get the Red Planet Blues from Alan Moore, Steve Dillon and John Higgins; not even Mega City One’s brightest can escape The Vampire Effect; join the front line of the resistance against intergalactic bigots in Gothic masterpiece Nemesis The Warlock! Boasting brand new covers from an all-star line-up of artists including Becky Cloonan (The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys) and Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead) with designer Tom Muller (X-Men), Best of 2000 AD is the essential gateway into the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic.

The title says it all. Who would think love could be so... dangerous? A mix of poetry and short fiction - love found, love lost, love experienced in ways you never imagined. Weird and macabre, sometimes humorous, often terrifying, these tales - presented by an international line up of authors - will make your heart skip a beat. Each story is a dance with love, sometimes with death as its partner. Britain''s most respected living horror writer Ramsey Campbell has said of this magazine-sized charity book of short stories:- "A fine anthology for a fine cause. Invest your imagination in it and you''ll be investing in the world as well." "Burning Love and Bleeding Hearts" is a collection of dark Valentine''s Day tales; a charity anthology to raise funds for the Australian bush-fire victims, and ALL sale proceeds will be donated to the Australian Red Cross. Thank you for buying, and hope you enjoy these stories, all for a great cause!! - Louise Zedda-Sampson and Chris Mason (editors). Cover art: Luke Spooner CONTENTS:Tender Whisper on a Crimson Tongue by Erik Hofstatter... Orchid, Squirrel, White-Hot Star by Russell Hemmell... A Saint Valentine''s Day Tale by James Dorr... To Cherish, Love, and Obey by K.B. Elijah... Waxing Her by Michael Arnzen... Old Stones by Miguela Considine... Melody in the Dark by Sarah Doebereiner... The Rose Room by Kurt Newton... Kardia by Donna Laemmlen... Smoke Signals by Lynne Lumsden Green... Abduction Again by Janis Butler Holm... Invisible Boy by Bruce Meyer... Valentine''s Volunteer by A.J. Collins... King Cupie by Josh Dygert... Geometric Dilemma or Made for Each Other? by Nadja Maril... Fallen Angel by Alyson Faye... Dark Wings by Gerri Leen... Jarred by N.M. Brown... When He Comes by Susan Snyder... Seamless by Geneve Flynn... Screaming for Love by Diane Arrelle... Edible Panties by Kevin J. Kennedy... Flowering Night by Mere Rain... Love Ya to Death by Steve Carr... Honeymoon Lodge by Kurt Newton... Cleaning up the Act by Steve Dillon... A Receipt by Josh Strnad... Pit of Love by Claire Fitzpatrick... Lover Song, Mantis Instinct by Russell Hemmell... Dance of the Forever Wolf by S.M. Fedor... Broken Crows by William Falo... Bloom by Kurt Newton... Teratophile by Blake Jessop... Wrong Number by Noel Osualdini... Vegan Vamp by Donna J.W. Munro... One from the Heart by Anthony Ferguson... Polluted by Sara Tantlinger... Lovers'' Quarrel by Michael A. Clark... Threeplay by Suzanne LaFetra Collier... DNA by E.E. King...Encore by Nic Brady... Whiter Shade of Pale by C.L. Raven... Incisions by Sara Tantlinger... The Music of the Heart by John Grant... The Catch by Eugene Johnson... Vampires and Perfume by Michael Arnzen... Doris by Ronnie Smart... Out of Sight, Out of Mind by Alan Meyrowitz... The Lucky Palace by sydney khoo... A Ballet of Blood and Flames by Liam Hogan... Still Broken-Hearted by Lynn White... The Lonesome Defeat of Bridge Repair by Gabriel Hart... Heart of Dust by Ric Connely... Or Something by Sara Tantlinger... Damaged by Kevin David Anderson... Stone Cold by Leslie Wibberley... Lovers by Laura Wild... Fermented Fatalities by Sara Tantlinger... Hermit 2.0 by Rebecca Fraser... The Ballad of Elvis O''Malley by Matthew R. Davis...

An international anthology of dark erotic drabbles (100 words) and double drabbles (200 words). Includes the novella ''Dolls'' by the UK''s Ramsey Campbell and other ''extras'' including a couple of longer stories and some inter-related drabbles, plus some dark erotic illustrations! Definitely adult themed, not suitable for children! With illustrations and other extras including an article ''On Sex and Horror'' and includes 10 drabbles/doubles by Steve Dillon, ex-President of the Australian Horror Writers Association and series editor of the Things in the Well series of anthologies, as well as stories from other award-winning writers! Also includes a discussion article by S.T. Joshi. on Ramsey Campbell''s ''Scared Stiff'' collection.

Collecting Punisher (2001) #6-7 and #13-26, and material from Marvel Knights Double-Shot #1. Nobody writes the Punisher like Garth Ennis u0097 and these brutal tales prove it! When ex-Marine Frank Castle saw his wife and children murdered by the mob, he began a war on crime! So why is he trying to rescue a Mafia don from angry guerrilla fighters in South Africa? And Frank faces off against Wolverine as the two compete to take down a bizarre underworld predator whou0092s cutting off crime at the knees! Plus: Belfast-born Ennis brings Frank face-to-face with terrorism in Northern Ireland. The Punisher investigates a drug ring u0097 and the cops meant to be dismantling it. Frank helps a social worker who has discovered a dark secret beneath the streets and does a little dental work in a tale drawn by Joe Quesada!

Features novellas, short stories, and poems by Steve Dillon, former President of the Australian Horror Writers Association and editor and publisher of the Things in the Well series of anthologies. Contents include: The Beard, The Weirdness of Bliss, Circus Runner, Little Bastard, The Heat is on, The Memory Man, Leaf-Fall, Nature''s Ways..., Broken, Nyctophobia, Shhh... and more!Plus a selection of dark poems...

La mafia ha preparato una trappola per Frank Castle, facendo diventare la guardia del corpo Wilson Fisk un fittizio boss del crimine, “Kingpin”, in modo che diventi un bersaglio per il Punisher. Ma Fisk ha deciso che la sua nuova posizione gli piace, ed è pronto a fare qualsiasi cosa per mantenerla. Come uccidere i suoi capi e affrontare il Punisher. E l’aiuto del più letale assassino del mondo, un folle conosciuto solo come Bullseye, potrebbe essere decisivo. Il primo dei due volumi che raccolgono la serie adulta PunisherMAX, sceneggiata da Jason Aaron (Thor, Southern Bastards) e disegnata da Steve Dillon (Preacher). [Contiene PunisherMAX (2010) #1-11]

A collection of Hallowe''en short stories. Six categories, each story contains up to 666 words. Plus a bonus short story. Plus a longer-length Hallowe''en tale, ''Lambskin'' by Steve Dillon

Volumes 4-6 of The Refuge Collection. 18 tales of dark, supernatural and psychological thrillers, terrifying tales of murder, kidnap, mythical creatures and political intrigue. All inter-related and set in the mysterious town of Refuge, often described as "Heaven to Some, Hell to Others."Contents:The Refuge Collection, Volume 4:The Empath''s Tale, Part 4 by Steve DillonThe Watcher''s Tale by Amdi SilvestriWhen we were the Spiders by Marty YoungThe Heart of the Mission by Matthew R DavisThe Refugees by Mark Allan GunnellsThe Black Shuck by Brian CraddockThe Refuge Collection, Volume 5:The Empath''s Tale, Part 5 by Steve DillonThe Detective''s Tale by Pete SuttonGerald''s Memory-House by Gerry HuntmanLambskin by Steve DillonThe Undertaker''s Tale by Noel OsualdiniBlue Frog Falls by Brian CraddockThe Refuge Collection, Volume 6:The Empath''s Tale, Part 6 by Steve DillonOld Bones, Young Bones by Gerry HuntmanNo Refuge for Cat by Steve DillonSpeak no Evil by Matty TaylorThe Strange Old Man by Steve DillonThe Priest''s Tale, Part 2 by David Allen and Steve Dillon

The Meanest Man on Earth is a redemptive tale about a blacksmith who transforms from having an angry life to a joyful one. He fools the devil and beats the odds to have his needs met and his greatest wish fulfilled.

Preacher Jesse Custer''s dark journey to find God, accompanied by his gun-toting girlfriend and Irish vampire buddy, continues in this fourth volume.

Written by GARTH ENNIS Art by STEVE DILLON, PETER SNEJBJERG, CARLOS EZQUERRA and RICHARD CASE Cover by GLENN FABRY For the first time in hardcover, this title collects the story of Jesse Custer''s ultimate battle with the Saint of Killers and the forces of Starr - and the catastrophic outcome - originally presented in PREACHER #34-40. Also included: the PREACHER SPECIAL: ONE MAN''S WAR, PREACHER SPECIAL: THE STORY OF YOU-KNOW-WHO and PREACHER SPECIAL: THE GOOD OLD BOYS, starring Starr, Arseface, and Jody and T.C., the evil bastards of Angelville who haunted the Preacher''s childhood.

IDW’s newly recolored reprints of classic Doctor Who tales from years past continues. In this collection the adventures of the Fifth Doctor continues in "Lunar Lagoon" and the four-part "4-Dimensional Vistas," printed in the U.S. for the first time, and more! Featuring all-new colors by Charlie Kirchoff.

Music, Meaning and Transformation: meaningful music making for life, examines the musical experiences that students find meaningful and the ways in which teachers, parents and community music leaders might provide access to meaningful music education. This is particularly relevant today because school music often fails to provide sustainable access to music making for life, health and wellbeing beyond school. This book seeks to reframe the focus of music education within a pragmatist philosophy and provide a framework that is culturally and chronologically inclusive. The approach involves an intensely personal music teachers’ journey that privilege the voices of students and teachers of a music making community and sets these against rigorous long termed qualitative methodologies. Music education is shifting focus away from music as an object and process towards the meaning experienced by the student personally, socially and culturally. This is an important and fundamental issue for the development of philosophy for pre-service and practicing music teachers and community music project leaders. The focus now needs to be upon the 98% who could have music as a significant expressive force in their lives as a means of facilitating social inclusion, for mental health and well being and to have access to the sense of belonging that community music making can bring as a lifelong activity. The book aims to provide a comprehensive guide to music education that leads to a music education for all for life. This book emphasises the maker in context examining: the student as maker, the teacher as builder and designer and the school as village. The relationship between music making, education and health and well being has been and is the subject of many research projects and national and international reviews. Seldom though in these studies has there been any attempt to identify the qualities of successful and sustainable interactions with music making, the qualities of good teaching and good teaching practice. The focus of this book is to provide simple but effective tools for evaluating and testing the meaning evident in a music-making context, identify the modes of engagement and establish the unique expressive music making needs of twenty first century communities. For further information see http://savetodisc.net

As Wolverine''s true memories of his past are restored, he finds himself facing a foe from his old espionage days, the Soviet menace Omega Red. -Volume 2.

As Wolverine''s true memories of his past are restored, he finds himself facing a foe from his old espionage days, the Soviet menace Omega Red.

Personne mieux que John Constantine ne connaît le mal. Constantine a oublié plus de choses maléfiques qu''un homme n''en verra en une vie. Il a payé cette connaissance au prix fort. Mais heureusement pour lui, les âmes en peine ne manquent pas sur terre pour partager son malheur. Alors qu''il continue son périple à travers les coins perdus les plus sombres des Etats-Unis, John Constantine découvre que la seule chose sur laquelle il pourra toujours compter, c''est la noirceur quotidienne de l''humanité; Car le coeur des hommes est froid comme de la glace.

With his business in America finally finished, John Constantine returns to England, much to the shock of everyone who thought hed perished in a prison riot. And as usual, his actions have had bad consequences after his disappearance, his niece Gemma ran away to London, leaving his sister to move into a new council building that shelters an addictive evil. Said evil provides a clue that puts Constantine on Gemmas trail, but her persistent interest in the family magic business has gotten her involved with a very bad crowdone that now thinks it can use her as a goad to make Constantine do their bidding. But Constantine has never been known for taking ordersor for his forgiving nature.

Relates the story of the origin of Bullseye, Daredevil''s arch-enemy, from his rough upbringing in the slums of Queens, New York, to his life of crime and battles with the forces of right.

In a grimy London torn by racism and despair, John Constantine''s battles with guilt lead him to help an ex-girlfriend, now hooked on heroin and forced into prostitution. Constantine finds himself facing the wrath, not only of the girl''s pimp, but also of Satan, who intends to have his revenge.

In this volume of the fan-favorite vigilante, the former Marine once again picks up his weapons to continue in his one-man war on crime. But fighting for justice has--in this new world order--become increasingly complicated.

John Constantine continues a cross-country trek through America''s darkened backroads and finds that he can always rely on--and exploit--mankind''s everyday viciousness.