John Pelan Books In Order

Novels

  1. Family Tradition (2002)
  2. Goon (2003)
  3. Shifters (2005)

Collections

  1. Splatterspunk (1998)
  2. Darkness, My Old Friend (2016)

Chapbooks

  1. The Colour Out of Darkness (2004)

Graphic Novels

  1. Transcendence (2006)

Anthologies edited

  1. Darkside (1996)
  2. The Last Continent (1999)
  3. The Children of Cthulhu (2002)
  4. The Darker Side (2002)
  5. Shadows Over Baker Street (2003)
  6. The Century’s Best Horror Fiction Volume One (2004)
  7. A Walk On The Darkside (2004)
  8. Lost on the Darkside (2005)
  9. Dark Arts (2006)
  10. Alone on the Darkside (2006)
  11. The Century’s Best Horror Fiction Volume Two (2010)
  12. Tales of Terror and Torment Volume 1 (2013)
  13. Tales of Terror and Torment Volume 2 (2014)
  14. Masters of Science Fiction Fritz Leiber (2016)

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Family Tradition

Edward Lee and John Pelan have cooked up yet another tasty treat. They will whet your appetite with a delectable trip to the Pacific Northwest in search of the rare Crackjaw Eel. This romp through the woods is flavored with inbred rednecks, sauced with generous helpings of sex, and topped with an ending that’s sure to have food critics raving the world over. Only those with strong stomachs and a taste for heavy spice should attempt this meal. In Family Tradition, Lee and Pelan show that there are far more terrible things lurking in the rain forests of the Pacific Northwest than amphetamine crazed rednecks…
secrets man was not meant to sample. Indulge yourself and enjoy the sumptuous haute cuisine served up by these two masters of guerilla gastronomic outrage. Not only will you think twice before visiting the woods again, you just might never look at food in quite the same way. From the duo that brought you Goon, Shifters, and the cult favorite Splatterspunk, Family Tradition is a feast of the senses that is best devoured before it devours you. Enjoy the grub!

Goon

Six foot nine and four hundred pounds, hailing from parts unknown, he is the one man walking gore machine of the Deep South Wrestling Conference, and his name is…
GOON…
But police captain Philip Straker isn’t a wrestling fan. The bodies pile up like dirty laundry: sex obsessed tramps used as playthings by some unspeakable creature. Straker is determined to solve the rash of rape and mutilation murders with trim*mings that beggar description. Is it just a coincidence, or do all the victims have something in common?…
GOON…
Investigative reporter Melinda Pierce will do anything to find out, by offering herself up as a sexual spittoon in order to infiltrate the arcane and lust drenched warrens of backstage wrestling. There, in maloderous locker rooms and unsavory motels, she partakes in carnal forays so gross, so downright nasty, they’d make Linda Lovelace bend over and puke. All to track down…
GOON…
This human juggernaut, this masked rack of guts, muscle, and mayhem…
Is Goon just a wrestler gone insane? Or is he something hideously worse? Relentless as a Texas Deathmatch, GOON is a no holds barred festival of body slams and insatiable orgy, of pile drivers and sexual grotesquerie, of neck breakers, drop kicks and more blood and guts than a fish market floor. It just might leave you down for the count…

The Last Continent

A tribute anthology to the late Bard of Auburn, Clark Ashton Smith. These tales of dark fantasy and horror deal with love and lust, despair and debauchery. Each story is told in the author’s own voice and style these are not pastiches, and evokes the last days of a dying earth.

The Children of Cthulhu

Descend to the depths of primal horror with this chilling collection of original stories drawn from H. P. Lovecraft?s shocking, terrifying, and eerily prescient Cthulhu mythos. In twenty one dark visions, a host of outstanding contemporary writers tap into our innermost fears, with tales set in a misbegotten new world that could have been spawned only by the master of the macabre himself, H. P. Lovecraft. Inside you?ll findDETAILS by China Mi?ville: A curious boy discovers that within the splinters of cracked wood or the tangle of tree branches, the devil is in the details. VISITATION by James Robert Smith: When Edgar Allan Poe arrives, a callow man finally gets what he always wanted?and what he may eternally despise. MEET ME ON THE OTHER SIDE by Yvonne Navarro: A couple in love with terror travels beyond their wildest dreams?and into their nightmares.A FATAL EXCEPTION HAS OCCURRED AT…
by Alan Dean Foster: Internet terrorism extends far beyond transmitting threats of evil. DARK OF THE MOON by James Dorr: A cosmonaut watches helplessly as her husband walks on the surface of the moon?into inescapable horror. SPECTACLE OF A MAN by Weston Ochse: Crucifixion becomes a seductive maelstrom of madness with this postmodern twist on an ancient torture. The true horror of Lovecraft?s extraordinary fiction lies in the unknown. He beguiles us with very real worlds filled with sheer terror, which lie just beyond comprehension. Children of Cthulhu features twenty one modern masters bring who Lovecraft?s original ideas and stark images roaring into the twenty first century in all their grisly, godless glory.

The Darker Side

Omni magazine praised John Pelan’s previous anthology, Darkside, as ‘powerful.’ This all new collection includes stories by: Edo Van Belkom Simon Clark Seth Lindberg Tom Piccirilli Brian Hodge Jessica Amanda Salmonson James Dorr Paul Finch Mehitobel Wilson Michelle Scalise David B. Silva Joel Lane Wilum Pugmire and Chad Hensley Charlee Jacob John Pelan Lucy Taylor Brian A. Hopkins and Richard Wright Ann Schwader Brian Keene Randy Ashburn Peter Crowther David Niall Wilson Shikar Dixit Tim Lebbon

Shadows Over Baker Street

Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes is among the most famous literary figures of all time. For more than a hundred years, his adventures have stood as imperishable monuments to the ability of human reason to penetrate every mystery, solve every puzzle, and punish every crime. For nearly as long, the macabre tales of H. P. Lovecraft have haunted readers with their nightmarish glimpses into realms of cosmic chaos and undying evil. But what would happen if Conan Doyle s peerless detective and his allies were to find themselves faced with mysteries whose solutions lay not only beyond the grasp of logic, but of sanity itself. In this collection of all new, all original tales, twenty of today s most cutting edge writers provide their answers to that burning question. A Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman: A gruesome murder exposes a plot against the Crown, a seditious conspiracy so cunningly wrought that only one man in all London could have planned it and only one man can hope to stop it. A Case of Royal Blood by Steven Elliot Altman: Sherlock Holmes and H. G. Wells join forces to protect a princess stalked by a ghost or perhaps something far worse than a ghost. Art in the Blood by Brian Stableford: One man s horrific affliction leads Sherlock Holmes to an ancient curse that threatens to awaken the crawling chaos slumbering in the blood of all humankind. The Curious Case of Miss Violet Stone by Poppy Z. Brite and David Ferguson: A girl who has not eaten in more than three years teaches Holmes and Watson that sometimes the impossible cannot be eliminated. The Horror of the Many Faces by Tim Lebbon: Dr. Watson witnesses a maniacal murder in London and recognizes the villain as none other than his friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes. With these and fourteen other dark tales of madness, horror, and deduction, a new and terrible game is afoot. The terrifyingly surreal universe of horror master H. P. Lovecraft bleeds into the logical world of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s champion of rational deduction in these brand new stories by twenty of today s top horror, mystery, fantasy, and science fiction writers, including: Steven Elliot Altman Elizabeth Bear Poppy Z. Brite Simon Clark David Ferguson Paul Finch Neil Gaiman Barbara Hambly Caitlin R. Kiernan Tim Lebbon James Lowder Richard A. Lupoff F. Gwynplaine McIntyre John Pelan Steve Perry Michael Reaves Brian Stableford John P. Vourlis David Niall Wilson & Patricia Lee MacomberFrom the Hardcover edition.

The Century’s Best Horror Fiction Volume One

In celebration of the new millennium, Cemetery Dance Publications has commissioned a spectacular two volume anthology project under the editorship of noted author and historian of the horror genre, John Pelan. John will be selecting one story published during each year of the 20th Century 1901 2000 as the most notable story of that year all 100 stories will then be collected in The Century’s Best Horror Fiction. The ground rules are simple: Only one selection per author. Only one selection per year. Two huge volumes, one hundred authors, one hundred classic stories, over 700,000 words of fiction history in the making!

A Walk On The Darkside

Take a walk on the dark side 21 all new horror stories from Caitl n R. Kiernan, Brian Hodge, Tim Lebbon and more

Alone on the Darkside

Sixteen original tales of terror from Lucy Taylor, Brian Hodge, d.g.k. Goldberg, Michael Kelly, Gerard Houarner, Mark Samuels, and ten other talented storytellers in the latest collection of the continuing horror series.

The Century’s Best Horror Fiction Volume Two

In celebration of the new millennium, Cemetery Dance Publications has commissioned a spectacular two volume anthology project under the editorship of noted author and historian of the horror genre, John Pelan.

John will be selecting one story published during each year of the 20th Century 1901 2000 as the most notable story of that year all 100 stories will then be collected in The Century’s Best Horror Fiction.

The ground rules are simple: Only one selection per author. Only one selection per year.

Two huge volumes, one hundred authors, one hundred classic stories, over 700,000 words of fiction history in the making!

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