Tim Lebbon Books In Order

30 Days of Night (Movie Novelization)

In the sleepy and secluded town of Barrow, Alaska the northernmost settlement in North America its citizens are preparing for the annual coming of the Dark, when the sun will set for more than thirty consecutive days and nights.

But this year, the Dark will bring something else.

From across the frozen wasteland, a horrifying evil descends upon Barrow, mercilessly besieging its residents with unrelenting terror and swift death. And as the darkness continues and the thirty days of night seemingly have no end in sight, Barrow’s only remaining hope lies with Sheriff Eben Oleson and Deputy Stella Oleson, a husband and wife who are torn between saving the town they love and their own survival…

Rumors of the Undead (By:Steve Niles,Jeff Mariotte)

In a sleepy, secluded Alaska town called Barrow, the sun sets and doesn’t rise for more than thirty consecutive days and nights from November to December. During this time a few years ago, from the darkness and across the frozen wasteland, an evil that normally preferred to exist in the shadows descended upon Barrow and brought the residents to their knees. Barrow’s only hope was Eben and Stella Olemaun, a husband and wife law enforcement team who were torn between their own survival and saving the town they loved. Months later, as Stella Olemaun attempts to warn the world about the looming vampire threat by any means necessary, a rogue government agent may be taking more than an active interest in her story. And meanwhile, further north, a new sheriff and his young son must solve the lingering mystery of Barrow, even as the survivors of the original attack prepare for the sun to set once again however this time, they’re ready. 30 Days Of Night: Rumors Of The Undead is Steve Niles’s innovative and eagerly anticipated expansion of a nightmarish narrative that explores the nature of ancient evil existing and thriving in an unsuspecting modern world.

Immortal Remains (By:Steve Niles,Jeff Mariotte)

Existing in shadow, thriving in night, a terrifying serial killer stalks theresidential streets of Savannah, Georgia one whose brutal signature is now drawing the attention of other denizens of darkness, for better or worse. Butthere is more than meets the eye here, and the horrifying truth behind these savage killings is about to be revealed a truth that has dire implications forthe very future of the mortal world…

Eternal Damnation (By:Steve Niles,Jeff Mariotte)

Raising the stakes in an already perilous situation, the elite members of a clandestine government sect have taken it upon themselves to become the arbiters of pain and violence against one of the most terrifying forces humanity has ever encountered. But there will be a heavy and horrifying final price to pay for both sides of an inhuman struggle that now threatens to spill over into an unsuspecting world…
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Light of Day (By:Steve Niles,Jeff Mariotte)

A terrifying species of legend that exists in shadow and thrives in night, preying on and intriguing an unsuspecting modern world An amoral, clandestine government operation that uses whatever means necessary to inflict maximum damage upon one of the most frightening and demonized forces humanity has ever encountered And all of mankind is threatened by the chain of events set in motion by this unrestrained conflict, and the ripple effects of a new element to the hostilities will forever alter the rules of engagement…
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The Lost Army (By:Christopher Golden,Mike Mignola)

The hero: Forty years after being rescued from Axis powers at the end of World War II, he’s a top field agent for the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Development. He questions the unknown, then beats it into submission. And he’s a blood red, cloven hoofed demon with a tail and stone right hand named Hellboy.

The girl: Dr. Anastasia Bransfield is the old flame from Hellboy’s past. Beautiful and tough, Anastasia wishes they could reunite under better circumstances. But she needs his raw power and knowledge of the unknown to help her search team solve…

The mystery: Around 525 B.C., a fifty thousand strong Persian army, while crossing the conquered Egyptian desert, inexplicably vanished from the face of the earth. Two millennia later, amid mounting hostilities between Libya and joint allied forces, a group of British archaeologists has met that same fate, disappearing without a trace along the edge of the Great Sand Sea.

The evil: From the mythical oasis of Ammon, the dead utter a warning to Hellboy, Anastasia and their companions: leave now or die. And be careful of the spiders. Hellboy has no recourse but to dig deeper, below the hot sands of the Sahara. As usual, what he finds is worse than even the world’s greatest paranormal agent could bargain for an immortal sorcerer named Hazred, who sees Hellboy as the instrument to summon back an even greater evil banished from our world eons before. And any who stand against him will fall before the undead legions of The Lost Army.

The Bones of Giants (By:Christopher Golden,Mike Mignola)

On the frozen shores of Sweden, lighting strikes from a clear sky. The skeleton of a huge man is revealed, its fingers clutched around the handle of an iron hammer. No one who comes to see this marvel from Norse mythology can lift it no one but Hellboy, who lifts the hammer just in time for lightning to strike again, welding it to his hand, and leading him towards a bizarre series of visions and encounters. Chris Golden, author of the popular Hellboy: The Lost Army novel, makes his return to the character, in a novel illustrated by Mike Mignola, award winning creator of Hellboy, and production designer of Disney’s summer blockbuster, Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

On Earth As It Is In Hell (By:Brian Hodge)

Fifty years ago, a blood red, cloven hoofed demon was conjured up by Axis powers at the end of World War II, but adopted by the United States government, which gave him the name Hellboy and raised him in secrecy. Today, Hellboy is a top field agent for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. He questions the unknown then beats it into submission. His latest case: Angels have attacked the Vatican, destroying an entire floor of the building’s precious library. That’s a new one, even for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. The BPRD dispatches Hellboy and his amphibious colleague, Abe Sapien, to investigate. When they arrive on the scene, they discover that thousands of documents from all eras of history have been destroyed except for one, saved from the holy fire by an obsessive scholar. His prize? An ancient scroll allegedly written by Jesus the Nazarene decades after the crucifixion. Hellboy’s first thought is that the scroll was the focus of the seraphim’s attack but why would heavenly creatures undertake such violence and ruin? The answer to this puzzle will lead Hellboy down a terrifying trail to ancient gods, vengeful demons, and a hidden world made of the purest evil…
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Unnatural Selection

Hordes of terrifying mythical creatures suddenly appear across the globe a dragon perched on the statue of Christ the Redeemer overlooking Rio de Janeiro, a thirty foot alligator lurking in the canals of Venice, a griffin slaughtering horses in Madrid, giant vampire bats, mermaids, gremlins. As the destruction and death toll escalate rapidly, Hellboy and the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defence arm themselves for battle.

The God Machine (By:Thomas E. Sniegoski)

Hellboy, a bloodred, cloven hoofed demon raised by the United States government, is a top field agent for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. He questions the unknown then beats it into submission. Religious artifacts from every faith are disappearing without a trace. The identity of the perpetrator is a complete mystery until Hellboy and Liz Sherman acting on an unlikely tip from a ghost foil a museum heist attempted by crude, robotic constructs inhabited by human spirits. One of these freed human spirits offers to help Hellboy track down those who imprisoned him: a fanatical order of psychics obsessed with creating a new messiah, one that will bring about a new stage of evolution for mankind whether mankind is willing or not. Now only Hellboy and his colleagues stand between a vulnerable humanity and an evil, vengeful god…
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The Dragon Pool (By:Christopher Golden)

Hellboy, a bloodred, cloven hoofed demon raised by the United States government, is a top field agent for the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. He questions the unknown then beats it into submission. In the upper reaches of the Himalayas, Hellboy’s ex girlfriend, archaeologist Anastasia Bransfield, believes she has found the location of the legendary ‘Dragon King Pool’ thought to be the ancient dwelling of an evil dragon who inflicted horrific devastation on the land and its people. Every year the villagers would sacrifice a child to placate the beast, until one day an unlikely hero fought the dragon and won, bringing peace and prosperity to the land. But Anastasia’s triumph at her discovery is short lived. Soon unearthly creatures are seen lurking around the dig site, someone is sabotaging the excavation with dire results, and the young daughter of one of the dig leaders goes missing. It looks like a job for Hellboy but his toughest challenge might be putting his past with Anastasia behind him…
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Emerald Hell (By:Tom Piccirilli)

Hellboy comes to the crossroads in Enigma, Georgia, a small town best by strange occurrences. Sent to keep an eye on Sarah Nail, a young girl hiding from the curse of her family, Hellboy becomes entangled in the blood debt of evil mystical preacher, Brother Jester. Stuck between human malice and the mysteries of the occult, Hellboy comes up against an intrigue of ghosts, demon trees, talking bullfrogs, and a race of lost mutant children.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army (By:Robert Greenberger)

After an ancient truce existing between humankind and the invisible realm of the fantastic is broken, hell on Earth is ready to erupt. A ruthless leader who treads the world above and the one below defies his bloodline and awakens an unstoppable army of creatures. Now, it’s up to the planet’s toughest, roughest superhero to battle the merciless dictator and his marauders. He may be red. He may be horned. He may be misunderstood. But when you need the job done right, it’s time to call Hellboy. Along with his expanding team in the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense pyrotechnic girlfriend Liz Sherman, aquatic empathy Abe Sapien, and protoplasmic mystic Johann the BPRD will travel between the surface strata and the unseen magical one, where creatures of fantasy become corporeal. And Hellboy, a creature of two worlds who’s accepted by neither, must choose between the life he knows and an unknown destiny that beckons him.

The All-Seeing Eye (By:Mark Morris)

Hellboy has his hands full. While the supernatural is on a rampage in London, a series of brutal ‘Torso Murders’ turns up at various sites around the city. All of the corpses are headless, limbless, and drained of their blood. Called in to investigate the killings, B.P.R.D. agents Abe Sapien and Liz Sherman discover a wellspring of black magic under the London streets. They also find a sack of heads. Hellboy descends into the dark underworld of London, encountering demons who prophesy the coming of plague and the opening of an eye to the otherworld, bringing forth death and destruction upon the land.

The Fire Wolves

Hellboy is called to Amalfi, Italy, by Franca, a young member of the Esposito family. She fears that a dark curse on her family is about to claim her cousin as its next victim. Hellboy makes his way to their large home, and he encounters a flaming demon a fire wolf which he successfully fights off. Hellboy and Franca make their way to Pompeii, where Franca remembers seeing an image of the fire wolf whilst on an archaeological dig. Hellboy unearths the shriveled corpse of a demon hunter who was buried during the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius, and it tells him of the fire demon that escaped the grip of the volcano leading to that devastating eruption. Attacked again by the fire wolf, Hellboy and Franca have to make their way back to Amalfi to confront Adamo Esposito, the family elder. But already the volcano is rumbling again, and an eruption even more devastating than that historical catastrophe looks very, very close!

Lobster Johnson (By:Thomas E. Sniegoski)

Ripped from the pages of Hellboy! Where greed and the occult walk hand in hand, where mobsters and monsters prowl the streets, none escape the justice of Lobster Johnson! In the years before World War II, Jonas Chapel was a respected physician, until his appetite for vice got the best of him and he found himself on the run from one of New York’s most powerful mob bosses. On the lam in Mexico, Chapel stumbles across a powerful witch and a cursed skeleton and the power to transform men into monsters. Now, he’s back in New York, selling his creations to the highest bidder. Only one man, backed by his team of trusted sidekicks, stands in his way. But will the Lobster’s resolve be enough to shut down Chapel’s twisted Satan Factory before New York itself is consumed?

The Ice Wolves (By:Mark Chadbourn)

In Cancun, Mexico, police investigate a slaughter at a wedding ceremony. In Dublin, Ireland, the clientele of a backstreet pub are found dead. In Kyoto, Japan, the bullet train pulls into the station with blood spattered windows. It is the time of the Black Sun. Across the world, the wolves are calling to each other. Locked in bodies that had no idea they were there, they rise from the depths of the unconscious and turn towards America! For Hellboy, it’s a race against time to prevent a devastating wave of primal savagery washing across the land. And so he is drawn to Boston’s Beacon Hill and the Grant Mansion, believed to be the most haunted house in New England, where the truth may lie buried.

Mind the Gap

You never know when you ll find yourself
falling through one of the cracks in the world.

Two of today’s brightest stars of dark fantasy combine their award winning, critically acclaimed talents in this spellbinding new tale of magic, terror, and adventure that begins when a young woman slips through the space between our everyday world and the one hiding just beneath it.

Always assume there s someone after you. That was the paranoid wisdom her mother had hardwired into Jasmine Towne ever since she was a little girl. Now, suddenly on her own, Jazz is going to need every skill she has ever been taught to survive enemies both seen and unseen. For her mother had given Jazz one last invaluable piece of advice, written in her own blood.

Jazz Hide Forever

All her life Jazz has known them only as the Uncles, and her mother seemed to fear them as much as depend on them. Now these enigmatic, black clad strangers are after Jazz for reasons she can t fathom, and her only escape is to slip into the forgotten tunnels of London s vast underground. Here she will meet a tribe of survivors calling themselves the United Kingdom and begin an adventure that links her to the ghosts of a city long past, a father she never knew, and a destiny she fears only slightly less than the relentless killers who d commit any crime under heaven or earth to prevent her from fulfilling it.

The Map of Moments

What if you were given a map to a magic that could change the worst moment of your life…
for a price?From two all stars of dark fantasy, Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon, coauthors of Mind the Gap, comes this terrifying new thriller of magic and dangerous passions, where an ordinary man searches the magical landscape of an extraordinary city for the chance of a lifetime. Barely six months after leaving New Orleans, history professor Max Corbett is returning to a place he hardly recognizes. The girl he d loved and lost is dead, and the once enchanted city has been devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Max has not thought much beyond Gabrielle’s funeral until a strange old man offers him a map, and an insane proposition…
Forget all the stories about magic you think you know…
. It looks like an ordinary tourist map, but the old man claims that it is marked with a trail of magical moments from New Orleans s history that just might open a door to the past. But it is a journey fraught with peril as Max begins to uncover dark secrets about both his dead love and the city he never really got to know. How is Gabrielle linked to an evil group from the city s past? And can Max evade them long enough to turn back the clock and give Gabrielle one last chance at life?

The Chamber of Ten

From two masters of dark fantasy comes a chilling tale of magic and possession, set in and beneath fabulous Venice, a city slowly being swallowed by the very waters that have made it one of the wonders of the world. Geena Hodge is an American archaeologist working to salvage Venice’s past from the encroaching Adriatic Sea. When she and her lover, Nico, discover the lost library of Petrarch under the Piazza San Marco, they rejoice not only at the historical significance of the find but at the opportunity to bring worldwide attention and much needed funding to their endeavors. But that find soon leads to another, a room buried more deeply still: the fabled Chamber of Ten, where centuries ago the secret rulers of Venice, in their quest for absolute power, met to plot betrayals and murders. After entering the Chamber, Geena and Nico are thrust into the midst of an ancient feud, a deadly battle of wills and black magic that threatens to poison the city s future with the evils of its past.

Dusk

It is the Year of the Black 2208, and magic has been dead for three centuries. Since the Cataclysmic War, which drove away the Mages, civilisation has regressed to a more savage time. But magic is about to be reborn…

Kosar the thief senses that Rafe Baburn is no ordinary boy. After witnessing a madman plunder Rafe’s village and murder his parents, Kosar knows the boy needs his help. And now, for a reason he cannot fathom, others are seeking the boy’s destruction.

Uncertain where to begin, Kosar turns to A’Meer, an ex lover and Shantasi warrior whose people, unbeknownst to him, have been chosen to safeguard magic’s return. A’Meer knows instantly that it is Rafe who bears the miracle of magic. Now Kosar and a band of unexpected allies embark on a battle to protect one special boy. For dark forces are closing in including the Mages, who have been plotting their own triumphant return.

Dawn

Award winning author Tim Lebbon takes fantasy to new heights in his thrilling new epic as unlikely allies struggle to keep the light of hope burning against a tide of unending darkness…
Noreela teeters on the brink of destruction, but at its center pulses a magic grown stroner than ever before. Now the Mages have raised an army of terrifying warriorsand unstoppable war machins. Their goal: the annihilation of all Noreela through a reign of bloodhsed and death unlike any ever imagined. But Noreela’s last survivors will not go quietyly into the never ending darkness. One man will lead a desperate band of rebels, including a witch, a fledge miner, and a dreaming librarian. For an ancient prophecy predicts that the future of magic will emerge in a child still unborn if only our heroes can stay alive until dawn.

After the War: Two Tales of Noreela

Subterranean Press is proud to present two novellas set in Tim Lebbon’s signature world of Noreela!Vale of Blood Roses:A mercenary should be allowed to quit. That’s what Jakk thinks. But his companions don’t want to quit. As the Cataclysmic War ends they enter a valley that should not exist, see machines that should be dead, and interrupt something that should be left alone. There’s regret, but some actions can’t be undone. There’s hope, but it’s so obviously false. And there’s revenge. The Bajuman:Korrin is a Bajuman, vilified for some vague wrongdoing in his people’s past. He’s also a hunter, making his living tracking down lost people, forgotten things. Charged with finding a missing fodder member of an ancient race originally bred for food he soon realises a painful truth. In Noreela City, still recovering from the Great Plagues, everyone is lost

Fallen

From award winning author Tim Lebbon comes this harrowing tale of an epic journey, crossing the forbidden boundary separating us from all we fear the most. To the unknown corners of Noreela, the Voyagers have traveled, returning with fantastic tales of their journeys and discoveries. But no one has ever returned from the Great Divide: a sheer cliff soaring miles above the clouds and rumored to be the end of the world. Until now. Voyagers Nomi Hyden and Ramus Rheel would be mortal enemies if their lives and fates weren t so closely entwined. But now the unlikely pair are brought together for what will be their greatest and perhaps final journey. When a grim wanderer named Ten arrives with an ancient parchment he claims to have brought back from the Divide, its arcane glyphs hint at the existence of a realm most consider a myth…
and at something amazing sleeping there. Accompanied by the warrior Beko and his band of armed Serians, Nomi and Ramus set out to discover the truth behind the legends. But soon ambition drives them apart, this epic Voyage becomes a race…
and each Voyager is faced with a choice that may alter the history of Noreela forever.

The Island

The worst has come and one man must rise to lead the fight against it…
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He thought he d seen the worst…

No one knew about the Strangers from beyond Noreela, and it was the Core’s job to make sure it stayed that way. Kel Boon was once an agent of the land s most secret organization, tracking, observing, and eliminating the Strangers as part of an elite Core team. But then one horrifying encounter left his superior officer and lover dead, along with many innocents. And Kel has been running ever since.

But the worst was still to come…
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Forsaking magic, living as a simple wood carver, Kel came to the fishing village of Pavmouth Breaks to hide. But when a mysterious island appears out to sea during a cataclysmic storm, sending tidal waves to smash the village, his Core training tells him to expect the worst. How can he warn the surviving villagers especially the beautiful young witch Namior that the visitors sailing in from The Island may not be the peace loving pilgrims they claim to be? That this might be the invasion the Core has feared all along…
and that he, Kel Boon, may be Noreela s last chance?

The Wild

The world knows Jack London as a writer who lived his own thrilling, real life adventures. But there are parts of his life that have remained hidden for many years, things even he couldn t set down in writing. Terrifying, mysterious, bizarre, and magical these are the Secret Journeys of Jack London. We meet Jack at age seventeen, following thousands of men and women into the Yukon Territory in search of gold. For Jack, the journey holds the promise of another kind of fortune: challenge and adventure. But what he finds in The Wild north is something far more sinister than he could have ever imagined: kidnapping and slavery, the murderous nature of desperate men, and, amidst it all, supernatural beasts of The Wilderness that prey upon the weakness in men’s hearts. Jack s survival will depend on his ability to quell the demons within himself as much as those without. Acclaimed authors Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon, along with illustrator Greg Ruth, have crafted a masterful tale both classic and contemporary, a gripping original story of the paranormal in the tradition of the great Jack London.

Mesmer

Rick’s girlfriend from years ago was dead. Murdered. Buried. Or was she? Who was the girl he’d seen at the motorway services? Why was he so sure he knew her? And who had started calling him in the night…
whispering his dead girlfriend’s name? In the world of the Mesmer, ‘alive’ and ‘dead’ are ambiguous…
the only certainty is pain. And when Rick enters that world he must confront everything he has ever held true, all those comfortable and naive beliefs, if he wants to gets out alive.

Face

A family picks up a hitchhiker in the worst blizzard in living memory. It’s a mistake. Brand is not who he seems, to the mother, the father or the daughter. He is something more, something they fear in their own ways, and soon after the thaw they are all seeing him again. They begin to learn things about themselves, and each other, which perhaps would be best left unknown. And they begin to realise other, more painful truths…
love blinds . Fear distorts . Hate misleads.

The Nature of Balance

One morning the world does not wake up. Millions lie dead in their beds, victims of their own dreams of falling. There are survivors…
but the world they emerge into is changing rapidly. Humanity is no longer the dominant species. Now, Nature has the upper hand.

Bar None

Six months have passed since the end of the world, leaving a handful of survivors holed up in a Welsh manor with little to do but survive. They’ve made the best of things, planting food, drinking their way through the cellar’s wine and ale, and reminiscing about the way life used to be. But with supplies running thin, everything is about to change. The arrival of a stranger named Michael sheds new light on their circumstances. If the survivors can reach Cornwall, a few days’ journey north, they will find a safe haven, called Bar None, quite possibly the last bar on earth!

The Cabin in the Woods

From Joss Whedon, the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Drew Goddard, writer of the monster movie phenomenon Cloverfield, comes the horror film to end all horror films! The details of the plot are a closely guarded secret, though Joss himself has described it as a straight up, balls out, really terrifying horror movie, adding,’it is not just a slasher in the woods. It’s a little more complicated than that…
‘ All will be revealed in the Official Visual Companion, featuring in depth interviews, the full screenplay by Whedon and Goddard, stunning production art, and hundreds of color photos!

White and Other Tales of Ruin

White and Other Tales of Ruin collects together six of Tim Lebbon’s novellas, two of them brand new to this collection. From the all powerful natural horrors of The First Law, to the man made terrors of The Origin of Truth, this collection explores existence at the very edge of survival…
for humankind itself. The British Fantasy Award winning White gives an ambiguous vision of a frozen hell on earth, while the new novella Hell locates it even nearer to our hearts. From Bad Flesh tells of diseased flesh, while the brand new Mannequin Man and the Plastic Bit*ch contains many maladies of the mind, most of them considered normal in the sick world it inhabits…
Contents: White From Bad Flesh Hell original The First Law The Origin of Truth Mannequin Man and the Plastic Bit*ch original

As the Sun Goes Down

his landmark volume marked the first U.S. publication of British horror phenomenon, Tim Lebbon. As the Sun Goes Down collected 90,000 words of his best work, including several original pieces, like ‘The Unfortunate’, which went on to win a Bram Stoker award, and was included in several ‘Year’s Best’ anthologies. As the Sun Goes Down also features an introduction by Ramsey Campbell. This collection presents a tableau of stories each very distinct in content and form, yet inextricably linked in disturbing the reader and challenging their accepted values. Not one tale is wasted in Lebbon’s determination to subvert our perceptions of love, life, nature, beauty and the innocence of childhood. His use of language and narrative form is unrelenting, each vying to create images from words that incessantly chip away at our confidence in the so called ‘truths’ of existence. In addition to winning the British Fantasy award, and the Bram Stoker Award, Lebbon managed, with this collection, to completely disgust a reviewer at Publishers Weekly, who went out of his or her way to trash As the Sun Goes Down…
‘Unpleasant people doing disgusting things is a theme that bludgeons its way through this collection of 16 horror stories…
If only the nightmares and unpleasantries created by this collection would…
fade…
away.’ Other critics have had nicer things to say about Tim Lebbon, and As the Sun Goes Down: ‘…
the darker moments of life are central to Lebbon’s work. Few writers can plumb the depths of these moments with his sensitivity and unflinching frankness.’ SF Site ‘Lebbon is quite simply the most exciting new name in horror for years.’ SFX Magazine ‘Lebbon is the real thing. He’s going to be Major Steve Rasnic Tem ‘..A firm and confident style, with elements of early Clive Barker.’ Phil Rickman, author of The Chalice ‘Lebbon never disappoints. His consistently first rate stories crackle with invention and surprises galore.’ Simon Clark, author of Nailed by the Heart and Darkness Demands Contents: Introduction by Ramsey Campbell The Empty Room Life Within The Butterfly Endangered Species in C Minor Dust Fell Swoop Recent Wounds The Repulsion Unto Us The Last Good Times King of the Dead Recipe for Disaster The Beach Reconstructing Amy The Unfortunate Bomber’s Moon

Last Exit for the Lost

Signed limited edition of 1500

The Thief of Broken Toys

When a father loses his son and his wife leaves him, he cannot tear himself away from the small fishing village where the boy’s memories reside. They’re all he has left. Thinking that his life is all but over, he takes to wandering the cliffs, carrying broken things that he always promised his son he would fix, but never did. They’re a sign of his failure, and they keep little Toby close. And then he meets The Thief of Broken Toys, and everything begins to change.

Zombies: The Recent Dead (With: ,Neil Gaiman,Michael Marshall Smith,Brian Keene,Max Brooks)

You can’t kill the dead! Like any good monster, the zombie has proven to be ever evolving, monumentally mutable, and open to seemingly endless imaginative interpretations: the thralls of voodoo sorcerers, George Romero’s living dead, societal symbols, dancing thrillers, viral victims, reanimated ramblers, video gaming targets, post apocalyptic permutations, shuffling sidekicks, literary mash ups, the comedic, and, yes, even the romantic. Evidently, we have an enduring hunger for this infinite onslaught of the ever hungry dead. Ho*ards of readers are now devouring zombie fiction faster than armies of the undead could chow down their brains. It’s a sick job, but somebody had to do it: explore the innumerable necrotic nightmares of the latest, greatest, most fervent devotion in the history of humankind and ferret out the best of new millenial zombie stories: Zombies: The Recent Dead.

100 Dastardly Little Detective Stories (By:Martin H. Greenberg)

Match wits with great detectives, devious criminals, and some of the finest minds in the all time annals of detective literature. From crime suspense Tom Curry’s ‘The Sign’ to hard boiled fiction ‘A Hand of Pinochle’ to modern noir ‘Soul’s Burning’ by Bill Pronzini, the scope of these 100 detective stories is as wide as the tales are short. They’re the brainchildren of such top names as James M. Barrie ‘The Adventure of the Two Collaborators’, O. Henry ‘The Mystery of the Rue de Peychaud’, Charles Dickens ‘An Artful Touch’, Bret Harte ‘The Stolen Cigar Case’, Jack London ‘The Leopard Man’s Story’, R.L. Stevens ‘The Carnival Caper’, Stephen Deninger ‘Damsel with a Derringer’, Nick Spain ‘Duck Behind that Eight Ball!’, and countless others. There’s even one by Abraham Lincoln, ‘The Trailor Murder Mystery,’ which appeared in 1843. Prison breakouts, grand larceny, homicide: trying to solve these tricky cases will be a treat for all mystery fans.

100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories (By:Martin H. Greenberg)

Be afraid, be very afraid: really scary things can come in small packages, and these 100 frightening little tales offer big chills and thrills. They represent more than 150 year’s worth of writing, and include the greats: H.P. Lovecraft ‘The Terrible Old Man’, Ambrose Bierce ‘The Stranger’, Lafcadio Hearn ‘A Dead Secret’, Oscar Wilde ‘The Sphinx Without a Secret’, and J. Sheridan Le Fanu ‘The Ghost and the Bone Setter’. Best of all, a variety of human emotions and behavior come to the fore, from avarice August Derleth’s ‘Pacific 421’ to revenge Thorp McCluskey’s ‘Black Gold’, from jealousy Steve Rasnic Tem’s ‘Daddy’ to honor Edith Nesbit’s ‘John Charrington’s Wedding’ to love Darrell Schwietzer’s ‘Clocks’. Using a minimum of elements, each ghost story in this collection will entertain, captivate, and evoke a powerful response in readers. So be warned: you might not want to read these while you’re all alone in the house…

100 Wicked Little Witch Stories (By:Martin H. Greenberg)

The witches who populate these 100 delightfully scary stories include practitioners of white witchcraft and devotees of black magic. Most are female, some are male, and a few are thoroughly unclassifiable. They can be born witches or made witches, and may mix simple love potions or volatile concoctions that threaten all we hold dear. Some resent not receiving the treatment they feel they deserve from lesser mortals; yet other witches don’t even realize that they wield any special influence at all. The many writers who take on this ever fascinating character so fundamentally human unlike her more paranormal, ghostly brethren include Juleen Brantingham ‘Burning in the Light’, Joe R. Landsdale ‘By the Hair of the Head’, Simon McCaffery ‘Blood Mary’, Terry Campbell ‘Retrocurses’, Lawrence Shimel ‘Coming Out of the Broom Closet’, and a coven of others.

100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories (By:Martin H. Greenberg)

From INTRODUCTION: What is a vampire? Nearly a century ago, this question wasn’t difficult to answer. If you subscribed to the image of the vampire immortalized in Stoker’s 1897 novel, Dracula, the vampire was evil incarnate, a creature whose supernatural existence and gruesome means of sustenance contradicted the norms by which civilized human beings measured what was natural and morally proper. With his nocturnal habits, the vampire served as a potent symbol for humanity’s unenlightened superstitions; in his evocation of primal darkness, he became a counter symbol of the divinity who turned the darkness of the void into light.

The Darker Side: Generations of Horror

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

A Walk on the Darkside: Visions of Horror (With: Brian Hodge,,,Tom Piccirilli,Paul Finch,,Brian Keene,,John Pelan,,Caitlín R. Kiernan,,,,,Peadar Ó Guilín)

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: Echoes From Shadows of Horror

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 Skin Trade

Douglas E. Winter presents a collection of all new, tantalizingly terrifying stories by masters of horror. Features the work of Stephen King, Dan Simmons and George R.R. Martin. ‘Strong stuff, with good shudder potential…
A success…
You’ll want to read this one!’ Locus. Published in hardcover as Night Visions 5. Occult/Horror Ctn Qty/50.

Night Visions 10

Nearly twenty years ago, the legendary Night Visions series was conceived by Dark Harvest Press as a showcase for the outstanding short fiction being produced today by the best of the established authors and the most talented of the new writers in the fields of horror and dark fantasy. Now, from the grave, Night Visions returns with original novellas by Jack Ketchum and John Shirley, and five new stories by David B. Silva…
A nightmare creature, buried by children, returns to claim them as adults. A woman’s flat tire turns into a memorable stretch of bad luck as she becomes a passenger in a car bound for Hell. A man spends his life trying to forget the misdeeds of his past. A small group of teenagers must overcome an ancient evil. Experience the return of terror in Night Visions 10, edited by World Fantasy award winner Richard Chizmar.

30 Days of Night (By:Steve Niles)

In a sleepy, secluded Alaska town called Barrow, the sun sets and doesn’t rise for over thirty consecutive days and nights. From the darkness, across the frozen wasteland, an evil will come that will bring the residents of Barrow to their knees. The only hope for the town is the Sheriff and Deputy, husband and wife who are torn between their own survival and saving the town they love.

30 Days of Night: Dark Days (By:Steve Niles)

This story follows Stella Olemaun’s efforts to warn the world about the threat the vampires pose the vampires who overran Barrow, Alaska, killing her husband and most of the town. With an exclusive introduction by screenwriter Eric Red The Hitcher, Near Dark, the flat out terror of Dark Days will reaffirm the dominance of Niles and Templesmith over the realm of illustrated horror fiction.

30 Day of Night: The Complete Dark Days (By:Steve Niles,Ben Templesmith)

The companion volume to the Complete 30 Days of Night gets the same deluxe treatment in this ultimate hardcover collection. Containing the six issue mini series that follows Stella Oleman’s efforts to expose the presence of vampires to the world, this impressive package also features a wide array of bonus material: Steve Niles s original outline and all six scripts, a complete cover gallery, conceptual artwork by Ben Templesmith and a brand new 30 Days of Night short story penned by Steve Niles!

30 Days of Night:Return to Barrow (By:Steve Niles)

30 Days of Night was one of the undisputed success stories of modern comics, spawning a bestselling trade paperback, a major motion picture deal, and the attention of thousands of fans longing for an innovative tale of terror. Now the same creative team revisits Barrow, Alaska, the town where it all began, as the long night creeps once more over the tundra. Some things may have changed, but the horror remains

30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow (By:Steve Niles)

30 Days of Night was one of the undisputed success stories of modern comics, spawning a bestselling trade paperback, a major motion picture deal, and the attention of thousands of fans longing for an innovative tale of terror. Now the same creative team revisits Barrow, Alaska, the town where it all began, as the long night creeps once more over the tundra. Some things may have changed, but the horror remains

30 Days of Night: Bloodsucker Tales (By:Steve Niles,Matt Fraction)

The world of the undead is a vast one, with many stories remaining to be told. In Bloodsucker Tales, Steve Niles continues the saga of 30 Days of Night with the bloody and terrifying story ‘Dead Billy Dead,’ illustrated by talented newcomer Kody Chamberlain. Matt Fraction Last of the Independents joins in with ‘Juarez,’ introducing Lex Nova, former private detective and free range madman, illustrated by Ben Templesmith.

30 Days of Night: Spreading the Disease (By:Dan Wickline)

Crawling from the wreckage of 30 Days of Night: Dead Space is this latest continuation of the 30 Days saga. In ‘Spreading The Disease,’ Agent Michael Henson had all the evidence he needed to prove to the world that vampires exist…
until the government took it all away.

30 Days of Night: Eben and Stella (By:Kelly Sue DeConnick,Steve Niles)

In the waning moments of 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, Stella managed to bring her vampire/husband Eben back from beyond…
only he came back hungry. Now, for the first time, see what happened next in this collection that fills in the black gaps between that tale and Return to Barrow. Co creator Steve Niles and Kelly Sue DeConnick co write this twisted tale of love, depravity, and hunger, moodily brought to life by artist Justin Randall.

30 Days of Night: Red Snow (By:Ben Templesmith)

1941. Hitler’s Operation: Silver Fox has failed, but the war on the Eastern Front drags on as the Russian winter starts to bite. British military attache Corporal Charlie Keating observes the war from the Soviet side, making sure crucial supplies get through to aid Stalin’s front in the battle against the Na*zis. With luck, he too will survive to see the end of the war. But something else is out there, and they’re not the Na*zis. No matter how hard humanity tries to kill itself, something else does it better. 30 Days of Night/Fell co creator and Wormwood Gentleman Corpse auteur Ben Templesmith’s first solo 30 Days tale is collected here, presenting a war of a different kind, one that will have repercussions felt all the way to Barrow, Alaska a half century later.

30 Days of Night: Beyond Barrow (By:Steve Niles)

After years of attacks, and several without, the citizens of Barrow have become united against random attacks on their city by the undead. Unfortunately the same does not apply outside of Barrow or the rest of the mysterious Arctic Circle. Co creator Steve Niles and legendary artist Bill Sienkiewicz take the 30 Days of Night mythos and turn it on its head in a terrifying new graphic novel. Forget everything you ever thought you know about 30 Days of Night and return to Barrow in this all new tale.

30 Days of Night: 30 Days ‘Til Death (By:David Lapham)

In 30 Days ’til Death, the horrible events of the Barrow have rippled throughout the world. A war has started in the secret society of vampires. A reaping. A death squad of elders has come to America to ‘thin the heard’ of the troublesome new breed. Rufus doesn’t care about anything but his own survival and he’s willing to do anything to ensure it, including getting a dog, and a girlfriend, pretending to like his neighbors, and going to extreme lengths to hide his insatiable craving for blood…

Goblins (By:Charles L. Grant)

Opening the X Files…

MeetMulder and Scully, FBI. The agency maverick and the female agent assigned to keep him in line.

Their job: investigate the eeriest unsolved mysteries in modern America, from pyro psychics to death row demonics, from rampaging Sasquatches to alien invasions. The cases the Bureau wants handled quietly, but quickly, before the public finds out what’s really out there. And panics. The cases filed under ‘X.’

Whirlwind (By:Charles L. Grant)

Serial killers come in all shapes and sizes, but this one is particularly puzzling. There’s no pattern to the mutilated bodies that have been showing up in Albuquerque: both sexes, all races, ages, ethnic groups. There is no evidence of rape or ritual. Only one thing connects the victims. They were the victims of a natural disaster. One of the most unnatural natural disasters imaginable, leading to a most painful, most certain and most hideous death…
.

Mulder and Scully, FBI: the agency maverick and the female agent assigned to keep him in line. Their job: investigate the eerie unsolved mysteries the Bureau wants handled quietly, but quickly, before the public finds out what’s really out there. And panics. The cases filed under ‘X.’

Ground Zero (By:Kevin J. Anderson)

Dr. Gregory, a renowned nuclear weapons researcher, is not only dead he’s been charred to a radioactive cinder. Since this is a death on Federal property, Mulder and Scully are hastily called in. As FBI agents who specialize in unexplained phenomena, they are the investigators of The X Files, strange and inexplicable cases which are also mysteries that the FBI doesn’t want solved. When a second victim, completely unrelated to nuclear science or Dr. Gregory is obliterated in the New Mexico desert, and then a third dies the same way in Washington, DC, Mulder and Scully begin to focus on the frightening dimension of their task. The bizarre deaths cannot be a coincidence. And as they work to uncover the secret unifying element that unites these deaths, it becomes clear that this twisted puzzle has fatal consequences for the entire world.

Ruins (By:Kevin J. Anderson)

A well connectedAmerican archaeologist disappears while exploring the lost Mayan city ofXitaclan and FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are flown to the Yucat njungles to investigate. Not an ordinary FBI team, Mulder and Scully are assigned to the X Files,the strange and inexplicable cases the FBI wants to keep hidden from scrutiny…
thecases involving the paranormal, the supernatural and possibly, the extraterrestrial. Based on a mysterious jade artifact and ominous local legends, Mulder decidesthere may be more to this case than simply a missing team of scientists namely ancient curses, blood sacrifices, and deadly reptilian monsterslost in the jungle since before history. Scully is more skeptical. Her priorityis to keep an eye on her partner and try to provide logical explanationsfor Mulder’s unorthodox speculations. Unbeknownst to the two FBI agents, the lost city of Xitaclan is the sceneof an impending three way brush war between Central American drug lords,international smugglers who deal in looted Mayan artifacts, and a covertU.S. military commando team that has been sent to investigate, and destroy,a strange electronic signal received from beneath the ruins a signalaimed upwards, at the stars! Mulder and Scully must unravel the secret ofXitaclan and discover what has become of the lost archaeology team beforethese opposing forces converge on the forgotten ruins…
and unleash a powerthat nothing on Earth can contain.

Antibodies (By:Kevin J. Anderson)

A novel based on the Emmy Award winning television series created by Chris Carter. When a disease ravaged body is found in the smoldering ruins of the federally funded DyMar genetic research lab, Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully fear that a deadly, man made plague is on the loose. As the FBI agents investigating the ‘X Files’ cases the bureau has deemed unsolvable Mulder and Scully pursue the truth wherever it leads, even into the labyrinthine corridors of the FBI…
and beyond. Racing to contain the lethal virus before it can spread, Mulder and Scully make a chilling discovery. Before his death, Dr. David Kennessy, a hotshot cancer researcher at DyMar, had been experimenting with a promising but highly dangerous technology: microscopic bio machines that can cure any disease, heal any wound. In theory, this research could be a miracle cure, perhaps even a doorway to immortality. It was also the only way Dr. Kennessy could save his leukemia stricken son. But when a second corpse turns up, savagely mutilated from within, it’s anything but theoretical. Could machines created to cure have learned to kill? Scrambling for answers, Mulder and Scully are opposed at every step by faceless enemies with all the resources of the government even perhaps of their own agency at their command. Enemies who will stop at nothing to ensure that the secret of immortality falls in the right hands their hands. As sinister forces close in, Scully fights to save the life of an innocent boy while Mulder comes face to face with a crazed and desperate man. A man whose slightest touch brings agonizing death and perhaps a resurrection more horrible still.

Skin (By:Ben Mezrich)

It’s a fairly common, if ghoulish, procedure: the ‘harvesting’ of skin from corpses for temporary use on emergency burn victims until their own grafts are ready. But when a team of moonlighting medical students accidentally takes skin from the wrong donor, the results are catastrophic: a New York City hospital ward is destroyed in a psychotic bloodbath, and an elderly professor, admitted for a routine skin graft, is suddenly the city’s most wanted fugitive. Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are the only ones to suspect something more ominous than a medical procedure gone awry. As the FBI agents investigating the ‘X Files’ strange and inexplicable cases the Bureau wants to keep hidden, Mulder and Scully are determined to track down the forces they suspect are behind the murderer. While the police hunt the fleeing professor, Mulder and Scully track the skin that was mistakenly grafted onto him. The trail leads from the morgue to the headquarters of a cutting edge biotech company. Soon Mulder and Scully are in Thailand, searching the jungles for an abandoned MASH Unit, where napalm victims were treated with an amazing recovery rate’even though none of the hundreds of men who were nursed back to health ever returned to their families. Scully is looking for an experimental medical technology with disastrous side effects. Mulder suspects the stakes are even higher, a fear gruesomely confirmed as they begin to uncover an unholy and totally deniable alliance between a battle trained plastic surgeon, international politicians, and a legendary Thai monster known as the ‘Skin Eater.’

Fight the Future (By:Elizabeth Hand)

Beneath the tranquil surface of a North Texas town, the future of the human race awaits…
After forty years, members of the Global conspiracy known only as The Project are finally nearing the completion of their plans. Only FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully have a glimpse of the nightmare that lies ahead for the rest of the world: an alien invasion fueled by the most devastating virus in human history. And only they know that the Truthisn’t out there anymore It’s already here.

I Want to Believe (By:Max Allan Collins)

In the bitter heart of a brutal winter, women are inexplicably vanishing in rural Virginia. The only clues to the bizarre disappearances are grotesque remains human remains that are turning up in snow banks along the highway. And a disgraced priest has begun to experience strange and disturbing visions possibly connected with a terrible secret. But are the images haunting a fallen man of God to be trusted…
. or are they the deadly lies of a twisted mind?

It is a case right out of the X Files. But the FBI suspended its investigations into the paranormal years ago. Ex agents Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully are the best team for the job, but they have no desire to revisit the past. Still, the truth about these horrific crimes is out there…
. and only Mulder and Scully can uncover it.

Scaremongers 2 – Redbrick Eden

Amongst the rubble that is England, where there is no shelter, where hope is a dim and distant memory, where every day is a struggle to survive, where despair is king, here, there is horror.

The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Thirteenth Annual Collection

For more than a decade, readers have turned to The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling continue their critically acclaimed and award winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen stories ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magical realism to dark tales in the Grand Guignol style. Rounding out the volume are the editors’ invaluable overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, and a long list of Honorable Mentions, making this an indispensable reference as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror. ContentsSummation 1999: FantasyTerri WindlingSummation 1999: HorrorEllen DatlowHorror and Fantasy in the Media: 1999Edward BryantComics: 1999, Seth JohnsonObituaries: 1999, James FrenkelDarkrose and Diamond, Ursula K. Le GuinThe Chop Girl, Ian R. MacLeodThe Girl Detective, Kelly LinkThe Transformation, N. Scott MomadayCarabosse, Delia ShermanHarlequin Valentine, Neil GaimanToad, Patricia A. McKillipThe Dinner Party, Robert GirardiHeat, Steve Rasnic TemThe Wedding at EsperanzaLinnet TaylorRedescending, Ursula K. Le GuinYou Don’t Have to be Mad…
Kim NewmanThe Paper Thin Garden, Thomas WhartonThe Anatomy of a MermaidMary SharrattThe Grammarian’s Five DaughtersEleanor ArnasonThe Tree Is My Hat, Gene WolfeWelcome, Michael Marshall SmithThe Pathos of Genre, Douglas E. WinterShatsi , Peter CrowtherKeepsakes and Treasures: A Love StoryNeil GaimanWhat You Make It, Michael Marshall SmithThe Parwat Ruby, Delia ShermanOdysseus Old, Geoffrey BrockThe Smell of the Deer, Kent MeyersChorion and the PleiadesSarah Van ArsdaleCrosley, Elizabeth Engstromn0 Naming the Dead, Paul J. McAuleyThe Stork Men, Juan GoytisoloThe Disappearance of Elaine ColemanSteven MillhauserWhite, Tim LebbonDear Floods of Her Hair, James SallisMrs. Santa Decides to Move to FloridaApril SelleyTanuki, Jan HodgmanAt Reparata, Jeffrey FordSkin So Green and Fine, Wendy WheelerOld Merlin Dancing on the Sands of TimeJane YolenSailing the Painted OceanDenise LeeGrandmother, Laurence SnydalSmall Song, Gary A. BraunbeckThe Emperor’s Old BonesGemma FilesThe Duke of Wellington Misplaces His HorseSusanna ClarkeHalloween Street, Steve Rasnic TemThe Kiss, Tia V. TravisThe Beast/The Hedge, Bill LewisPixel Pixies, Charles de LintFalling Away, Elizabeth BirminghamHonorable Mentions: 1999

October Dreams

Classic novellas, never before published stories, essays on the history, literature, and films of Halloween, and real life memories of October 31st from today’s best practitioners of fear: Dean Koontz Peter Straub Poppy Z. Brite Rick Hautala Steve Rasnic Tem Elizabeth Engstrom Thomas Ligotti Gary A. Braunbeck Jack Ketchum Thomas F. Monteleone Hugh B. Cave Simon Clark Christopher Golden Ray Bradbury Jack Ketchum Alan M. Clark Gahan Wilson Paula Guran John Shirley Tom Piccirilli Jack Cady David B. Silva Robert Morrish William F. Nolan Michael Cadnum Richard Laymon Douglas Clegg Douglas E. Winter Stanley Wiater Caitl n R. Kiernan Lewis Shiner Yvonne Navarro Tim Lebbon Kim Newman F. Paul Wilson Owl Goingback Dennis Etchison Stephen Mark Rainey Charles L. Grant Kelly Laymon Dominick Cancilla Kristine Kathryn Rusch Michael Marshall Smith Wayne Allen Sallee Ramsey Campbell Ed Gorman Stefan Dziemianowicz Peter Crowther

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror, #11

Now in its eleventh year, this winner of the World Fantasy Award and the International Horror Critics Guild Award again showcases the finest talents writing contemporary horror fiction established masters as well as new voices and presents its lively review of the past year in the field of fear and terror.

British Invasion

British Invasion edited by Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon, and James A. Moore Featuring an Introduction by Stephen Volk and an Afterword by Kim Newman. They’ve invaded before, sending their best and brightest to transform popular music for all time. This time, they’re leaving the music behind and focusing on words. The British Invasion has begun again, in a collection of twenty one unforgettable stories of horror and the dark fantastic. From the birthplace of horror fiction, the land where writers first dreamed up the icons that shaped the field we know today Frankenstein’s monster, Count Dracula, the vile Mr. Hyde and more. You think you know desperation? Discover a literary tradition born from centuries of violence, pain, and suffering, distilled through the veneer of civility, and twisted by the reign of tyrants and kings. You think you know fear? From creeping dread to hideous humor, from quiet terror to brutal horror, from mad speculation to unspeakable truth, the twenty one tales here represent the best that the U.K. has to offer. The rising stars and the masters of British horror have joined together. The British Invasion has begun.

Seize the Night

Dark Hunter: an immortal warrior who has traded his soul to Artemis for one moment of vengeance on his enemies. In return, they swear to spend eternity protecting mankind from the daimons and vampires that prey on them. Valerius isn’t a popular Dark Hunter he’s a Roman, which means that the largely Greek Hunters have a major grudge against him and his civilization for superceding them. To make things worse, he’s very conscious of his aristocratic background and breeding. So it serves him right when he runs into Tabitha Devereaux. She’s sassy, sexy, and completely unwilling to take him seriously. Not to mention Tabitha is also the sister in law of Kyrian, a former Dark Hunter and Val’s mortal enemy. What Tabitha does take seriously is hunting and killing vampires and soon she and Val have to grapple with the deadliest of all Daimons one who’s managed to come back from the dead, and one who holds a serious grudge against both of them. To win against evil, Val will have to loosen up, learn to trust, and put everything on the line to protect a man he hates and a woman who drives him nuts.