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Nekropolis
Published by Angry Robot Books

His mean streets are the city of the dead, the shadowy realm known as Nekropolis. And in this first case, Richter must help a delectable half-vampire named Devona recover a legendary artifact known as the Dawnstone, before it’s used to destroy Nekropolis itself. That is, if he can survive the myriad horrors that infest the city.

Nekropolis is the first of a trio of urban fantasies. Originally published as a limited run novella, the expanded Nekropolis is the definitive version of the series opener.

Release date: August 1, 2009 (UK), Feb. 1, 2010 (US/Canada)

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broken shadows
Published by Darkside Digital

Fissures appear in the darkness. Shadows break, collapse, and crumble away to nothing, revealing that they are far more than the mere absence of light. Shadows are our friends.

Shadows protect us.

Because what lies behind the darkness is so much worse . . .

Fourteen stories by the author of Like Death, Pandora Drive, and Darkness Wakes.

The following formats are available:

  • PDF
  • MOBI (for Kindle & MobiPocket)
  • EPUB

Release date: January 2010

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Broken Shadows

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Hardcover: 336 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0786950382
ISBN-13: 978-0786950386

CROSS COUNTY
Published by Wizards of the Coast Discoveries

When Joanne Talon was a child, she disappeared for six days. She returned without any memory of where she'd been and what happened to her during that time. Not long after that, four people were viciously murdered without apparent motive by Carl "the Cutter" Coulter. Carl cut their throats and then carved a bizarre symbol -- a triangle bisected by a bolt of lightning -- into their abdomens.

Now Joanne is Sheriff of Cross County, Ohio, and Carl Coulter is dead, executed for his crimes eight years ago. But the killings begin again: throats slashed, Carl's signature symbol carved into the victims' stomachs. Joanne, with the help of reporter Dale Ramsey, must discover who's copying Carl's crimes and why. To make matters worse, the murders have drawn the attention of the sinister Cross family, who've ruled the county that bears their name for the last two centuries. The Crosses have their own reasons for wanting the murders stopped. Their land holds secrets . . . ancient, dark, and buried deep.

And the Crosses intend to make sure they stay that way.

Release date: September 2, 2008

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Thrillers 2
Published by Cemetery Dance
Edited by Robert Morrish

Featuring: Gemma Files, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Tim Waggoner, and R. Patrick Gates

This volume marks the long-overdue return of a dark fiction series that debuted in 1993. After a fourteen year hiatus, Thrillers is revived with a star-studded second volume.

Within these pages, you'll find terror, suspense, and mystery that range from quietly menacing to shockingly graphic, wildly fantastic to grimly realistic. It's all here, with one universal ingredient: a well-told story.

T A B L E   O F   C O N T E N T S

• Gemma Files:
"Pen Umbra"
"Author's Notes"

• Tim Waggoner:
"The Faces That We Meet"
"Long Way Home"
"Darker Than Winter"
"Author's Notes"
• R. Patrick Gates:
"Midnight Popeye"
"K.D.'s Wish"
"The Tell-Tale Nose"
"Author's Notes"

• Caitlín R. Kiernan:
"The Daughter of the Four of Pentacles"
"Houses Under the Sea"
"Author's Notes"

The formula for the Thrillers series is deceptively simple: we invite four of the genre's most popular authors to each contribute 20,000 words of original, never-before-been-published fiction. We add insightful Afterwords by each author, along with striking illustrations by a brilliant artist. The end result is a wonderful showcase for the finest of today's short fiction.

Available in two states:
Limited edition of 750 signed copies ($40)
Traycased Lettered Edition of 26 signed and lettered copies bound in leather with a satin ribbon page marker ($175)

DARKNESS WAKES
Published by Leisure Books

In the small town of Ptolemy, darkness is a living thing. A powerful thing. Its home is in the shadows of a bizarre, hidden club named Penumbra, where it is worshipped by followers who need the pleasure it gives them. They are addicted to it. They live for it. And they kill for it.

When Aaron was first introduced to Penumbra, he thought it was just a secret club where members could indulge their kinkier fantasies. Bit by bit, as he learned the club's true purpose, he began to change in subtle, horrible ways. Now it's time for Aaron to prepare his first human sacrifice to the waiting darkness. It's too late for him to back out now, but murder is the least of Penumbra's sins. The true terror is still to come when . . . Darkness Wakes.

Release date: December 2006

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Pandora Drive
Published by Leisure Books

Damara Ruschmann was a child when her ability to manifest dreams and fantasies as three-dimensional, living-breathing reality first made itself known — with tragic results. After that terrible night, Damara withdrew from the world, becoming a recluse so that her power could never hurt anyone ever again. For twelve years, she’s managed to keep her power under control, but now it’s beginning to leak out, affecting all those around her. Like a wildfire, Damara’s power soon rages out of control, and the hidden fantasies of her friends and neighbors begin to take on a terrible — and deadly — life of their own . . . on Pandora Drive.

Release date: April 2006

Named one of the best novels of 2005 by Horror Reader

Like Death
Published by Leisure Books

Scott Raymond is a man haunted by his past and terrorized in the present. As a young boy, he witnessed the brutal murder of his family, but there is so much of the gruesome tragedy that he simply cannot remember — including the identity of the killer or why Scott alone was spared. The memories won't come, but the trauma won't go away.

Scott is an adult now, still emotionally scarred but learning to deal with it. He has come to Ash Creek to write about a different mystery, a six-year-old girl named Miranda who has disappeared in broad daylight one year ago. Here, Scott meets another girl named Miranda, who bears an uncanny resemblance to the one who's missing — but this one's a teenager. She will draw Scott into the bizarre hidden world known as Shadow. A world where nightmares are very real . . . and very deadly.

ISBN 0843954981
Price $6.99
Release date: January 2005
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Necropolis
Published by Five Star Press

Centuries ago, when Earth's Darkfolk -- vampires, werewolves, witches and other creatures -- were threatened by humanity, they departed our planet's dimension and journeyed to a shadowy realm, where they built the great city of Necropolis. Matthew Adrion is an Earth cop who came through a portal to Necropolis on a case, died, and was resurrected as a zombie. Unable to return home, he works as a private investigator on the very mean streets of this shadowy, dark city.

Price $25.95
Release date: 2004
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The Harmony Society
Published by Prime Books

Reality and nightmare. Past and present. Sanity and madness. For Nathan Bennett, there is no longer any difference between them – not since the Harmony Society came into his life.

ISBN 0-7869-3385-2
Price $17.95
Release date: July 2003
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All Too Surreal
Published by Prime Books

A collection of eighteen horror and dark fantasy stories from one of the genre's rising stars.

ISBN 1894815068
Price $15.00
Release date: February 2002
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Dying For It
Published by Foggy Windows Books

Justin & Liana Mallory are husband and wife. They`re also private investigators. Fortunately enough for them, both work and play go together quite naturally, as nothing gets them quite as excited as working on a case. However, when Wyatt Trower, an old flame of Liana`s asks for help, jealousy rears its ugly head, right up until he turns up dead in an alley. Now it`s up to Liana and Justin to find out just what kind of `big score` Wyatt was working on when he died. Soon the team of Mallory & Mallory find themselves wrapped up in a web of lies, blackmail, and voyeur videos. And someone else wants them to stop nosing into the whole sordid affair - and will stop at nothing including more killing to keep the scandal under wraps. It will take all of their undercover skills to track down the killer, stay safe, and solve the crime.

ISBN 1930947054
Price $12.95
Release date: March 2001
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